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A good weekend
Oct. 30th, 2011 10:41 pmI had a good weekend. Friday night the Scientist and I went out in search of stuff to complete our Halloween costumes. Then we had dinner (mmmmm, tacos!) and watched the absolutely STUPID Nicolas Cage/Ron Perlman movie Season of the Witch. What WON'T Nic Cage do for a paycheck? Oy vey. Then we stayed up late to wait for a guy to come pick up my old computer that I'd sold to him on Craigslist.
Saturday we got up and bummed around a bit, and then the Scientist went to Argonne to get some stuff out of the incubator. When he came home we went out to run errands. First to Target to buy cat food and stuff, then to See's Candies for chocolate cigars which he'll hand out to grandpas and uncles when the baby comes. Then to Trader Joe's for confetti rice and other random foods, and then to Oberweis Dairy to cash in his free quart coupons. The Scientist gives blood all the time (to the point where one arm has scar tissue from all the time he's been poked by the LifeSource people), and lately they've been giving out coupons for a free quart whenever you donate. So he had three of these that expired soon, so we got cinnamon (my choice), butter pecan (his favorite), and chocolate truffle for us both. Then we came home and my father-in-law took us out for Chinese for lunch. Thanks! After that, J came home with us and did my hair for the wedding. It was INSANE. She gave me pageant queen hair, all ringlets that were piled up on top of my head. Yes, we took pictures, but no, I can't upload them yet because we don't have the software installed on the new computer. I took FAR too long getting ready, but we weren't late for the wedding (thank God). Oh, in case you're wondering the Scientist went as a mobster, all pinstripe suit and fedora. It worked well.
The wedding itself was really nice. The ceremony was held in the reception hall with a friend of the bride and groom officiating. It was a short and sweet ceremony but very touching. The bride had her dress made for her by a friend, and the lace on her dress was taken from her deceased mother's wedding gown. I thought that was very lovely of the bride to include her mom that way. After the ceremony was dinner, followed by the first-ever performance of the groom's band. He and his friends have been messing around with a fake band in one another's basements for YEARS, and they finally decided to play in front of people. Seeing as how they said it would be a disaster, I was pleasantly surprised by how good they sounded. So that was fun to watch them play. And then the rest of the night was just dancing, dancing, and more dancing. A lot of people were in costume, but mostly the younger crowd. One older relative of the bride went as Scarlet O'Hara a la Carol Burnett, complete with curtain rod. I thought it was brilliant, and when I told her so the woman was glad that someone "under 50" knew what her costume was. Heh. There were also a lot of girls in the usual "slutty _____" costumes, from slutty pirate (who was wearing NOTHING under her outfit, I found out later that night) to slutty Snow White to slutty angel to slutty Luigi (she was there with Mario, Wario, and Princess Peach). One girl appeared to be some kind of slutty peacock, and I thought her dress was WAY too short. But then when the dancing started I realized that she and her date must have been some kind of semi-pro ballroom dancers, and her outfit really showcased her dancing. It was all legs, everywhere. VERY impressive to watch. Anyway, the wedding was a really good time.
Today the Scientist slept in late, I did some cross stitch (almost done!), and then took a nap. Woke up around noon -- whoops! So then I carved my pumpkin while the Scientist took a walk, and when he got home he made cheesy garlic bacon bread. Except our yeast was old and didn't rise, so he turned the bread into dinner rolls. Then I made![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aj's mom's Apple Brown Betty recipe and took that over to my in-laws' for dessert. And that was my weekend. I hope yours were all good.
Oh, and may you all have a fun, happy, and safe Halloween tomorrow! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Saturday we got up and bummed around a bit, and then the Scientist went to Argonne to get some stuff out of the incubator. When he came home we went out to run errands. First to Target to buy cat food and stuff, then to See's Candies for chocolate cigars which he'll hand out to grandpas and uncles when the baby comes. Then to Trader Joe's for confetti rice and other random foods, and then to Oberweis Dairy to cash in his free quart coupons. The Scientist gives blood all the time (to the point where one arm has scar tissue from all the time he's been poked by the LifeSource people), and lately they've been giving out coupons for a free quart whenever you donate. So he had three of these that expired soon, so we got cinnamon (my choice), butter pecan (his favorite), and chocolate truffle for us both. Then we came home and my father-in-law took us out for Chinese for lunch. Thanks! After that, J came home with us and did my hair for the wedding. It was INSANE. She gave me pageant queen hair, all ringlets that were piled up on top of my head. Yes, we took pictures, but no, I can't upload them yet because we don't have the software installed on the new computer. I took FAR too long getting ready, but we weren't late for the wedding (thank God). Oh, in case you're wondering the Scientist went as a mobster, all pinstripe suit and fedora. It worked well.
The wedding itself was really nice. The ceremony was held in the reception hall with a friend of the bride and groom officiating. It was a short and sweet ceremony but very touching. The bride had her dress made for her by a friend, and the lace on her dress was taken from her deceased mother's wedding gown. I thought that was very lovely of the bride to include her mom that way. After the ceremony was dinner, followed by the first-ever performance of the groom's band. He and his friends have been messing around with a fake band in one another's basements for YEARS, and they finally decided to play in front of people. Seeing as how they said it would be a disaster, I was pleasantly surprised by how good they sounded. So that was fun to watch them play. And then the rest of the night was just dancing, dancing, and more dancing. A lot of people were in costume, but mostly the younger crowd. One older relative of the bride went as Scarlet O'Hara a la Carol Burnett, complete with curtain rod. I thought it was brilliant, and when I told her so the woman was glad that someone "under 50" knew what her costume was. Heh. There were also a lot of girls in the usual "slutty _____" costumes, from slutty pirate (who was wearing NOTHING under her outfit, I found out later that night) to slutty Snow White to slutty angel to slutty Luigi (she was there with Mario, Wario, and Princess Peach). One girl appeared to be some kind of slutty peacock, and I thought her dress was WAY too short. But then when the dancing started I realized that she and her date must have been some kind of semi-pro ballroom dancers, and her outfit really showcased her dancing. It was all legs, everywhere. VERY impressive to watch. Anyway, the wedding was a really good time.
Today the Scientist slept in late, I did some cross stitch (almost done!), and then took a nap. Woke up around noon -- whoops! So then I carved my pumpkin while the Scientist took a walk, and when he got home he made cheesy garlic bacon bread. Except our yeast was old and didn't rise, so he turned the bread into dinner rolls. Then I made
aj's mom's Apple Brown Betty recipe and took that over to my in-laws' for dessert. And that was my weekend. I hope yours were all good.Oh, and may you all have a fun, happy, and safe Halloween tomorrow! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
