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Another Move

October 7, 2012 by Kristin

It’s hard to believe that the weekend I’ve been dreading for weeks has come and gone.  It almost seems too good to be true that everything went so smoothly that I’m sitting here, early on this Sunday morning, eating my breakfast at a leisurely pace and writing about it.  The movers came on time, the cable guy came on time, nothing was damaged, 95% of our stuff is put away, the animals are not killing each other getting along, the GATORS WON!  All of our big stresses are over.

Even the little stressors are nil.  We both had apartments full of opposite design spectrum furniture prior to moving in together.  I had grays and pinks and she had browns and reds.  Somehow, not only did all of our stuff fit (and nicely), it all came together and immediately felt like a home.  No more fears of living in a temporary bachelorette pad.  Phew!

Kara even gave me the sunshine room, which as you can see from the living room pic has a pretty fantastic view of the Greenbelt.  I’m excited that my room will have enough natural light that I can do my blogging business in here rather than cluttering up our living room.

But now that I’ve unpacked, it’s time to start packing again for a work trip to Tacoma, WA in the morning.  I’ll be there until Wednesday for work, anything in particular I should hit up while I’m there??

Filed Under: lifestyle Tagged With: austin, greenbelt, moving, texas

A Gluttonous Goodbye

February 7, 2012 by Kristin

My last weekend in Tampa was one for the gluttonous books.  It started on Friday, ended on Sunday, and provided me with five pounds of extra errr love.  I am perfectly OK with tighter than usual pants.  It was completely intentional and oh so worth it.

Friday night, Lex, Lindsey, and I went to The Refinery where we split a handful of small plates and entirely too much red wine.  We cleaned our plates and headed to Fly, where we bounced back and forth between the upstairs and downstairs bars, sampling concoctions from my two favorite bartenders.  We laughed, we danced, we woke up on Saturday with upper-twenties-hangovers.

We completely failed in the picture department.  Thank goodness for Facebook…

Saturday night, Val, Amber and I cashed in my coveted Pizza Fusion coupon and had a pizza/movie/brownie sundae sleepover.  I think we all agreed that we had never felt so full in our entire lives.  The feeling was worse than hoarding candy on a childhood Halloween, but we powered through it until it was time for the deepest food coma sleep EVER.

On Sunday, after two serious girls nights, it was time to meet up with the boys and the family for brunch at Gaspar’s Grotto.  We packed around a few umbrella covered picnic tables and dug into more deliciousness.  My mom and I split the eggsters rockefeller which was so much better than I would have ever imagined.  Forget Canadian bacon, I’ll take spinach and fried oysters any day.

I couldn’t have asked for a better day.  My oldest friends, newest friends, and family, enjoying yummy food, bloody marys, and sunshine together?  Nothing could have topped that!

And there were even presents!!  Colette brought me a pair of Austin approved shades that I can’t wait to pair with my favorite bikini this summer.  They’ll be a good conversation starter, don’t you think?

And it dawned on me as I uploaded this picture that brunch was my last Tampa resident meal with Robbie, my all time favorite lunch buddy…  Yikes.

But it wasn’t just an amazing day, it was an amazing weekend filled with as many good memories as we could possibly squeeze into a way-too-short-two-days.  I am beyond blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life and, even though it’s so tough to imagine my day-to-day without them, I know without a doubt that we’ll be seeing each other soon (benefit of moving to a cool city, right?).

Filed Under: lifestyle Tagged With: florida, fly bar, gaspar's grotto, lifestyle, moving, pizza fusion, tampa, the refinery

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