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I forgot to mention the yummiest thing I have ever tasted...pumpkin seed brittle. Shelby gave me a package on Wednesday and I literally cannot stop eating it. It is like a little bite of heaven. Get it at William & Sonoma IMMEDIATELY!

Well, friends...the Rangers DID make history, but I unfortunately don't think this is their World Series. The first two games were played in San Francisco, and the Giants whooped their bootays both nights. They are coming to Texas for the next three games, so maybe we'll see a change. I don't feel good about it...

My update: last weekend was SMU's Homecoming, so we had a full day of day drinking on Saturday. It was a lot of fun except it rained allll day. I looked like a wet rat by the end of the day (much like Gasparilla last year, HOLLA). But it was fun...we tried to go to the Boulevard, but it looked like a hurricane was coming, so we went to one of our favorite bars Barley House, then Milo's to meet up with Burton and Shelby and their buddies. It was a crazy day...day drinking always kick my butt, so I was exhausted all day on Sunday and Monday. Monday night, my Tampa friend (who went to SMU and lives in Dallas now) Liz took me to the Monday Night Football game with the Cowboys vs. the NY Giants. It was AWESOME. It was my first time to a Cowboys game and my second time to the new stadium (which is absolutely ridiculous). We even got to go down to the field club and watch the game from the field! So awesome. See photo below

You can't see too many Cowboys, but hey look at them Giants! On Wednesday, I went pumpkin carving with Britt, Hannah and Shelby, and here is my sexy kitty pumpkin haha.

I love her. I don't want her to rot and have to throw her out!

TODAY, I am heading to New Orleans for Halloween and am so so so excited. It's been three years since my first visit to NOLA, and I'm ready for another go-around! We are apparently wearing out costumes all day on Saturday, so my hippie-ness is coming out! I'm pretty pumped. All the boys are going to be dressed up as fast food characters...Ronald McDonald, Gold Chick, Wendy, Jack in the Box, etc. etc. I will take lots of photos and will be posting them next week. Stay tuned.

And....

Dang, this pumpkin is way better than mine...

Rangers Making History?

If you know me, you know that I am a Yankees fan...I know I know, you're thinking "you are from Tampa...why aren't you a Rays fan?" Well, the Yankees spring train in Tampa, and we grew up going to Yankees games before the Rays even came to Tampa Bay. So there! Anyway, we got tickets to the first playoff game on Friday night, and the Yankees won! My brother, his wife and I were probably 1 of 100 total Yankees at the game since it was played here in Dallas, but that didn't stop us from cheering anyway. So since then, if you've been watching the playoffs, The Rangers have won the last 3 games...2 of which were in NYC. Crazy! So today (right now actually), they are playing their 5th game, and they may sweep it and make Texas Rangers history, as they've never been to the World Series before. Yeah yeah, I'm a Yankees fan, but I'm also a big proponent for the underdog. So, I'm crossing my fingers for them. I think they are literally the LAST baseball team to have never gone to the World Series...crazy!

Picture of Trey and I at the game

The rest of the weekend was really fun...Shelby and I ran 7 miles on Saturday morning, and celebrated our run with a Fletcher's corn dog and a fried snickers at the Texas State Fair. It was aweeeeesome. We even rode the "Spinnator..." a ride that I was convinced was going to fall apart and kill me in the process. Well, it didn't because here I am. Saturday night, we had dinner with some friends and ended up going to PM Lounge...totally not in the expected plans for the evening but whatever, it was really fun! The start of this week has been pretty crazy. I know I've been saying that a lot lately, but my weeks have started running together. Fall is a busy busy time for my company...isn't it for everyone? I also found out I have to move out of my current apartment by December 4...so I've been frantically searching for someone to live with/somewhere to live. All of my current roomies seem to be going their separate ways, so it's been a little surreal. Needless to say, I've had a LOT on my mind the past 2 weeks. And I don't know that I'll be back to myself until I have a place to live come December...

I'm trying to think positive about everything...that maybe this is a blessing in disguise and it's time for a change, but it's been difficult to do so. I go through spurts, I guess. Yesterday was a bad day, but today was a good day! It sounds like I just had some incredible loss...no no, just a weird time in my life where I'm starting to assess my future a little more than I would on a normal daily basis.

Homelessness aside, I have a LOT to look forward to over the next coming months, so that is really my saving grace right now. I'm going to New Orleans next weekend for Halloween woohoo! I haven't been back to NOLA since SAE's Florida/LSU road trip senior year of college...and we can all assume how that went haha. Then, I'm going to the Florida/South Carolina game IN Gainesville with my parents, Burton and Shelb. SUPER excited about that because I haven't been to a game in the Swamp since college. Can you believe that!? Then we have Thanksgiving, one of the best holidays because all you do is eat! No presents haha - plus my parents are coming to the big D to celebrate with us Texas Tuttles. Weekend after that, I'm running the White Rock Half Marathon with lots of Dallas friends, but ALSO one of my besties Mrs. Stacey Clyne and I can't wait to see her pretty little face and run with her (although I'm sure she's going to kick my behind in the race haha). Then of course we have CHRISTMAS! My favorite time of year :) I am going home for almost a full week and am ecstatic about it. I miss Florida like whoah...especially in the winter time because Tampa winters are approx 60 degrees. And *this just in* we decided today that we are going to a friend's house in Carmel, California for New Year's Eve this year. It will be a much needed vacation after such a crazy fall. I booked my flight today and truly cannot wait.

Soo...all of the above is what I'm trying to focus on for the time being...the positive!

I'll sign out with a picture of my delicious (and nutritious?? nahhhh) Fried Snickers. Yummmmo!


Go Rangers!

Thursday Schmursday

Updates this week:

Went on a run with Trey on Tuesday afternoon, and he is a way better runner than he gives himself credit for! Those long legs were made for speed...

My legs feel like jello because I ran 4 miles AND did body pump last night. There is no way my training schedule truly wants me to do that combo for the "4 miles and strength" day. Wowza!

Going to a Tom Petty cover band concert tonight at the Dallas Arboretum...and am SO excited! I've had a stressful week and can't wait to picnic, drink some vino and watch Petty Theft tonight in great fall weather!

That's all! I'm planning for a very chill weekend...dinner with some friends, maybe go to the Texas Fair for a Fletcher's corn dog (yum!)...not too much on the agenda, and happy about it!

Happy Thursday!

Lo Siento!

Sorry I didn't post last week! I had a week of hell and didn't have any time to even breathe! On Monday, my roommates and I found out that we have to move out of our current apartment by December 5. The leasing manager of our apartment completely screwed us and raised our rent by $200/month if we wanted to resign a lease there. I was totally bummed because I really like our apartment. It is so convenient...close to where my office is, close to my gym and close to where we go out at night. Anyway, I was totally frazzled trying to find a new place but we are going to look at a couple of town homes (for lease) on Wednesday that I'm pretty pumped about. I'll keep you updated!

Besides that, work was insane last week since I took Friday off to go to Horseshoe Bay for Trey's sister's wedding, which was a total blast. It was such an unbelievable wedding - everything was gorgeous and it made me excited to plan my own little wedding sometime in the future :)

My parents went to Austin City Limits over the weekend, which is hysterical to me, and my mom flew to Dallas on Thursday night to hang out with me, which was SO much fun! I didn't realize how much I missed my momma until I got me some Sandy time. The BF and I are going to the South Carolina/Florida game with the fam in November, so I'm really excited about that!

Anyway, that's really it from my end as far as an update! Will be sure to write later this week and post some recent pics.