Saturday morning we hit up the Farmer's Market in downtown B'ham. This is Lindsey buying some fresh cut flowers.
We had to ask someone to take a picture of the 3 of us...and don't we look fabulous?? I'm pretty sure the humidity was 200% that day...(oh and we're all pre-shower!)
Beth and Linds eating some of the free food from a local restaurant. Watermelon salad...not bad.
We walked around downtown Homewood and had lunch at a cute sandwich shop. (Lindsey still laughs when I say "sandwich") We drooled over all the amazing home decor in the little shops, and realized that on a PT salary, we may NEVER be able to afford such luxuries! Free cupcakes from a thrift store trying to entice people to buy...we didn't buy anything, but hey, they were free :)
We napped while it rained then showered and went to dinner at Taziki's...I wish Greenville had one of these!
How quickly a fantastic weekend comes to an end!
The best we could do with a self-timer!
Birmingham was fabulous and I definitely plan on going back!
Nolan and I went to the beach last week, and sadly, I have no pictures to share from that trip. The weather was amazing and I managed to get something that resembled more of a tan and less of a burn, so that was good. On the way home, we stopped by Columbia to visit with Kris and Jessica and scoped out their AWESOME condo! It was a nice way to split up the drive home and we had fun at their dinner party with Jessica's co-workers. I drank an entire bottle of wine and managed to let the neighbors dog (who they were babysitting) out of the apartment...no worries...Jess caught up with her when she ran into a "dead end" in the complex hallway. Maybe this is a sign that I'm not quite ready for a dog of my own yet.
This weekend we stayed in town and did a whole lot of nothing, which is sometimes so nice! I had originally planned to re-do a dresser into "shabby chic" for our guest bedroom, but decided to wait until the weather is cooler and the humidity isn't unbearable. I'm pretty sure it will be better for the paint to dry. I got the complete 1-2-3 step directions from the author of this blog. I love her blog and all her artistic decorating ways...
Today Nolan and I sat down and made a hard-core budget. We're trying to "spend wiser" in order to make sure that we are secure in case of an emergency and have $$ set aside for things like house renovations and vacations in addition to saving for retirement. Nolan is definitely our "family CFO," but I do like to have an idea (and say) in what we do with our money, and today's little discussion provides me with both. It's a little along the Dave Ramsey plan with a few tweaks along the way. I'm hopeful for the positive changes we will see because of our new budget.
I can't believe today is August. Where did the "summer" go? I guess if you're not a student and not a teacher, the days just all start to run together and the only thing that makes June 1 different from December 1 is the weather. I'm ready for fall weather and temps in the 70's. I definitely think that fall is my favorite season.
We're still brainstorming for a place to go on our first anniversary as no decision has been made, so please suggest something in the comment box if you have an idea. We're thinking that in order to stay in our newly founded "budget," we won't be flying anywhere because that adds a significant expense. I can't wait for Greenville-Spartanburg airport to start flying Southwest...hopefully tickets will be oh-so-much-more reasonable :)
So that's life in a nutshell. Nothing super exciting or out of the ordinary. But I love my life and am super pumped about the future :)
