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Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

So last Thursday, T and I got invited to go to the Savannah Film Festival by some great friends of ours.  I'd never been to a film festival before, and it was a much bigger deal than I had imagined.  They started off the show by giving an award to Sir Ian McKellen or as some of you may know him, Magneto or Gandolf.  Yeah, that guy...

Believe it or not, this grainy picture, is him...

He said a few words, accepted his award, and then the show started...

The movie we watched was called Blue Valentine - and it.... was.... terrible!  Ugh.  Not only was it super depressing, but it had about 6 graphic youknowwhat scenes in it, which I really could have done without.  Anyway, we endured the movie, and truly the only highlight was that Ryan Gosling was the lead actor.  I'll forgive him for playing in such an awful movie, only because he played in a really good movie, anybody remember The Notebook!   Of course you do because it was awesome.  Man, he is cute.  I also really like Rachel McAdams, who I though was great in that movie, too.

Did anybody ever see them accept the MTV award for BEST KISS?  Oh, check it out.  Swoon.  Love them.

Anyway, after the movie, we headed over to a super swank hotel here in Savannah called The Mansion.  Our friends had given us some VIP passes, which meant we got to go eat h'orderves and drink some free cocktails.  The Mansion was really lovely and if you're ever in Savannah, I'd highly recommend staying there.  The hotel overlooks beautiful Forsyth Park and also has a great restaurant!

 Here are some pics of the hotel...

Forsyth Park

 

Pretty fancy, huh?

Anyway, here are some pics from the party!  We had a great time, and I think we're planning to get tickets and go back next year...and hopefully, we will see some better movies! 

Yes, I acted like I had never been out of the house and was taking pictures of the ceiling.  I thought T was going to die of embarrassment, but I thought they were pretty - you never know when your going to need some good design inspiration!

Well, I'm pooped.  It's only 7pm and I feel like its 10pm!  I guess since we "fell back" an hour today, I'll have to get used to it being dark at 5pm!  I'll be back with my Paula story tomorrow!  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!!

Sunday Inspiration

The Lord says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.  

I will advise you and watch over you."-- Psalm 32:8 

I'm official...

Got sworn-in today - I'm the real deal now - a lawyer.  It's been a surreal experience - I can't believe after 3 years, I was finally taking the oath today, while standing next to my husband.  What a whirlwind this past year has been!  I can't say thank you enough to my parents, my grandparents, and T - they were so supportive throughout every step.  I guess sometimes we take for granted our family (bc sometimes they can be er annoying, and I guess sometimes, only sometimes, I am, too) but I am so blessed to have such wonderful, caring, awesome people in my life.

Here are some pics from the ceremony!  Hope everyone has a great and relaxing weekend!!!  PS:  Ate lunch next to Paula Deen today, more on that later.

I admit it...

T and I have a fake Christmas tree.  So lame.  I know.  But it's what we have and we're sticking with it......for now.  My parents never had a fake Christmas tree growing up, so this is a new thing for me.  If we are going to embrace this fake Christmas tree thing, I'm still going to need my house to smell like a fresh frasier fir.  Well wallah!  Bath and Body Works (I haven't been in there in ages - I got burnt out for awhile, but they have some great stuff) has solved our dilemma!  They have this yum scent - that smells exactly like a Christmas tree!  I bought a candle - on sale for $5 - and some of those wall plug-ins, so we are ready for the Christmas season and we will smell like it, too.

T and I are gonna eat some chili (cooked in my new pot - which I love, love, love) and then meet some friends and go to the Savannah Film Festival.  I have no idea what we are seeing, but since the tickets were free, who cares.  Hope everyone is having a fun Thursday night!

PS.  Is anyone watching Grey's anymore???  I haven't watched all season, but I used to love it!  I think I checked out after they killed off Izzy and George.  Good thing, I still have The Office.

Weekend..

We had such an awesome weekend!!!  I got the big news that I passed the bar exam Friday at 4:30 (can you believe they made us wait 3 months to find out if we passed)!  Needless to say, I was relieved, excited, pumped, etc, etc.  T and I went to my favorite restaurant, The Melting Pot, for dinner.  Have yall ever eaten there?  It is delicious and it will put you in a serious food coma!  Saturday we watched football (all day) and sadly, UGA lost yet again to the Gators.  Oh how I hate them!!!!  We also had some awesome trick-or-treaters, who we treated to a load of Reese's, Nerds, and Sweet Tarts.

T got me a dozen roses for passing.  I decided to put them in the smaller vases, so I could enjoy them all around the house.  The vases are really old candle containers - if you freeze them for a day, you can easily pop out the leftover wax, then pop them in the dishwasher.  They make great little vases - and they are awesome for parties bc you can put flowers everywhere.  T has made me stop collecting them though bc now I have so many, I think I could be on Hoarders!

Sunday we went to Charleston for lunch and to shop.  I really didn't buy any except this Le Creuset dutch oven.   I'm really excited about this - a sign of age.  Does anyone have one?  Do you love it?  It was hard to pick a color.  I wanted something fun, but then I got second thoughts and decided I should go for something neutral.  T is expecting lots of great dinners after purchasing this item.  Any ideas for dinner - I need them!

We didn't tour around too much, but I did snap a few pictures...Charleston is so beautiful and old.  I really love it there.

Sweet Husband

He would kill me if he saw this.  Hahaha - can you tell he is the youngest child and the only boy in the family?  Such a show off.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Thank Goodness...

for coffee.

this came in mega handy today - it was such a long monday!  definitely hard to get back into the swing of things after such a fun weekend.

does anybody have a keurig - we got one as a wedding gift and i love it, but we may not be able to afford it for much longer!  those little k-cups are expensive (maybe i should just learn to drink less coffee)!

anyway, hope everyone had a great, productive monday!  be back tomorrow to give you all the deets on our celebratory/halloween weekend!