Petsmart

Petting pets at petsmart.

Say that three times fast.

That is exactly what Adele and I did Sunday morning.

We really wanted to pet and hold little critters so we went to Petsmart.

However, all the animals were locked up, so...

we pretended to be potential adopters.

It all started when we wanted to hold one of the cats and the worker asked us

how long we had been thinking of adopting.  We answered that we had just started looking into it.  (hmm, like in the last five seconds?)

Somehow between the both of us, we seemed to answer all the rest of her questions as well.

So if you hear that Adele and I are in the market to adopt a cat, you'll know why.

However, we did get to pet a fluffy orange cat and hold a dwarf hamster.

Success.

Perhaps we would be better off adopting this guy?

The Village

Adele and I took a small trip to The Village this Saturday.  The Village features a block of cute little shops and restaraunts.  It reminds me of a small Galena almost.  I've been meaning to go for a while and was so happy I got to go with Adele.  She's quite a good shopping partner.  Actually she's a good partner for pretty much any adventure. ;)

On the top left is the deal of the day: Adele purchased an adorable eye glass case with little piggies on it for a whopping three dollars and fifty cents.

On the bottom left is Lagomarcino's, a confectionary and ice cream parlor.  We stopped in for a mid-afternoon snack and fell in love with the place upon entering.  It has the old-fashioned feel of a fifties parlor complete with a soda fountain.  And of course, we sat at the fountain bar.  We both ordered sundaes- Missippi Marvel for Adele and an Italian Sundae for myself.  I kid you not when I say that that was one of the best desserts I've ever had.

I think it's safe to say Adele and I were quite charmed by The Village. 

wheelin' about

Tonight Adele and I took what was my first bike ride of the season.

It was such a perfect evening.

I think we covered just about every neighborhood, but it seemed to go fast

(probably because of the good conversation!)  After I got home I realized

we had been riding for an hour and a half.

(To me, this is impressive.)

I can't wait to get out on my bike more. 

Summer just can't come fast enough.

things i'm loving right now...

1. Anne Hathaway's hair in One Day.  I saw this movie over Christmas break and to be quite honest, I thought it was just fair.  However, the aesthetics-costuming, locations, etc. were quite breathtaking. And the hair.  It stuck with me.  I love it.  Makes me want to cut mine again!

2. Floral pants.. I don't currently own any, but I'm quite enjoying the thought of them.

3. This Volkswagen toaster would make mornings oh so much brighter!

4. I love the simplicity of this typographic print.  You can get it here!

Birthday Lunch

Today my very good friend, Adele, took me out for a birthday lunch!  She happened to be in town, so we made a date of it.  Our lunch consisted of soup and bread and salad, which was all delicious.  I got to catch up with her on her recent trip to Nashville to the Phi Theta Kappa National Convention.  It sounded like an awesome time!  We also shared notes on research projects: hers is on substance abuse in college fraternities and sororities and mine is on the effects of physical cleansing on moral judgment. Whew!

So as much as I hate to admit it, twenty caught up with me.  I never thought I'd be one of those people who didn't like birthdays, but I was resisting this 2-0 thing.  Why, you may ask?  Selfish reasons, of course. Haha!  I'm doing a lot of things in my life whipfast, including college.  I like being ahead of the game, and well, to me, 20 doesn't put me ahead of the gang, it puts me in the crowd if that makes any sense.  Plus, I didn't want to not be a teen anymore.  But enough of that.  Yes, you can feel free to roll your eyes now. ;)

This being said, I really love my life right now.  I love where I'm at and what I'm doing so with this in mind, I think twenty will be a really good year.  So bring it on!