Sunday, July 5, 2009

Weekend recap

I had to work all day on Friday, which was a huge bummer. It would have been nice to just go to the pool and relax. I’ll get the day back at some point, I suppose. We also had neighbors partying since Wednesday night and it lasted until Saturday night. It got old Friday and then really got bad on Saturday when they were setting off fireworks close to our house. When we took the dogs out, we found what was left of a roman candlestick in our yard and we were not pleased.

Onto the positive; last Tuesday was Geof’s birthday, so we saved the celebration for this weekend. Friday night, some of our friends came over and we had a few cocktails here and then headed out for the evening. We had a nice time and hubby really enjoyed himself, which was the most important thing to me.


Getting ready to head out


Pregaming

I also received a package on Friday and wasn’t expecting anything, so I was surprised to see that it was for me. It turns out that my sweet friend, Lis sent me the most adorable tote bag and had my monogram embroidered on it in pink! I love it so much and it is absolutely perfect. It was an early birthday gift and so very thoughtful of her.


Cute bag!

Saturday, I gave Geof his gifts and had a cake for him. I got him the Kindle since he travels a lot and likes to read. He loved it and was so excited. It always makes me feel good when I know I did well on the gift selection. Saturday evening I took him out for a birthday dinner at an Indian restaurant that we wanted to try. The food was really good and the place wasn’t crowded considering it was the 4th of July. After dinner, we walked around town and talked. The weather was perfect and we had a nice night with just the two of us.


Geof's cake


Gifts


After dinner at Shere-E-Punjab

Sunday, I wasn’t feeling so hot and we just laid low. Our friend Kelly came by for a little while and we caught up. Later that night, Geof and I took the dogs to the park and wore them out. We came back home, relaxed and had a quiet night.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! What did you do?

26 comments:

Megan said...

Sounds like a great weekend! I'm curious to see how much your husband enjoys his kindle. I'm interested to hear how well they work.

Anonymous said...

awww, I'm so glad you had a great weekend! :-) Lis is so sweet!

The Queen of Clearance said...

sounds like you had a low key, but fun 4th of july weekend! Mine was boring! But good none the less! Have a great week!

Brittany Ann said...

Sorry you weren't feeling well yesterday. But good call with the Kindle! I'd love to hear what he thinks of it after he's had a couple trips to use it on.

Anonymous said...

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Jennifer

Poolside with the Girls said...

Nice bag!

Hope your dogs weren't too upset with all the noise. Dogs and fireworks don't mix do they?

Sorry you had to work! :(

Gwen said...

I hope Geoff's birthday was fabulous!!! Lis is just the sweetest!!! (I bought myself the same bag about a year ago and I use it all the time!!!) Have a fabulous Monday!!! XOXO

Lindsey said...

What a fab weekend!! Cute pics!

Lis said...

Great pics!! Yay for a good birthday for Geof!! (Funny - JDs is only a month from mine - we are a bunch of summer babies!!)

I'm SO glad you liked the bag!! :) Thank you again SO much for my gift!! Birthdays are so fun!

I'm so interested in the Kindle - a friend of mine has it and I was just fascinated by it - I'm so glad he liked it!! I always have SUCH a hard time picking out gifts for JD! Guys can be SO hard to shop for!!

I'm glad you had a great weekend!! (Minus the WORK!!) xoxo

Southern Champagne Wishes said...

Wow, what a great present! The Kindle is definitely on my wish list and I would love to hear your husband's review of it after using it for awhile. It looks like you had a really fun weekend!

Naturally Caffeinated Family said...

sounded like a great weekend! happy birthday to geof!! love the bag, so sweet! i hope you're feeling better!

Angela said...

what a super weekend. hope you had a wonderful 4th of july.

BonBon Rose Girls Kristin said...

Sounds like you had a fab few days. Cute tote!!! We worked on home projects galore. Why didn't we buy a new house?

Unknown said...

Sounds like you had a great time! That sucks about the party crazy neighbors; a Wed-Sat 4th of July party is definitely a little much.

Anonymous said...

what a cute bag! I swear people celebrate in the most annoying ways on the 4th more than any other holiday :) I love fireworks but I think they should be limited to one night and not a week before and a week after :) it is great for the dogs :P hehe.

TracyZLesh @ Then I Got To Thinking said...

The cake is so cute!! Looks like you guys had a fun weekend! :) Bummer you had to work!

Posh Peach said...

Sounds like a good weekend! What a nice birthday suprise!!

Anonymous said...

It sounds like your neighbors might need an attitude adjustment Miss Jules, honestly. But you clearly made the most of the weekend despite them! Thanks for sharing pictures of the birthday, the Kindle is an amazing gift! You two look so cute in those pictures too, and the cake must have been yummy, the frosting is pretty!

And that Lis is the nicest, what a fun gift she gave you! Enjoy the rest of your week!
tp

Shoshanah said...

I had to work Friday too which wasn't the greatest, but at least it was really slow.

That cake looks really good, and I'm glad you had a good 4th

Miss Sweet Tea said...

Hi Jules! I just wanted to say Hello!! It sounds like you had a great weekend :) Your hubby is one lucky man to have such a lovely wifey!!

That was very sweet of Lis to send you that adorable purse...if I get some time this week (ha!) I will be heading to the p.o. to send your bday present too!!!

Have a great week! xoxo

Jill said...

Fun weekend, expect the annoying neighbors. :)

I love your monogrammed bag. What a sweet friend! I have one just like it. It's huge and holds everything! You'll love it.

Happy Birthday to Geoff!

Anonymous said...

Cute bag! and pictures too :) Great gift choice too, it's always hard to pick perfect gifts.

Kim said...

Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend! LOVE that bag - so cute!!

Wearing Mascara said...

That is so sweet of Lis to send that to you! Love it!

Anonymous said...

Love the bag, I love anything with monograms!

Tasha said...

What a great birthday celebration weekend! You guys are so cute together!