Jam-Packed Weekend

I'm a little late on getting my weekend recap up, but better late than never. :)

Friday:
After work, I went home to eat and get ready for my TKD ceremony. I finally decided that I wanted Bryan and his mom to come and support me even though I didn't know whether I had passed or not. However, as many of you already know I did pass. Though there were some kinda corny parts to the ceremony, there were many parts I loved. I really liked taking off my current belt and then having my instructor tie my new belt on. It was surreal to look down and see a color other than yellow around my waist, but it was also very awesome. I better get used to seeing new colors because I'm going to be testing as often as I possibly can. After the ceremony Bryan's mom was kind enough to treat us to some Amy's ice cream in celebration. After returning home, we simply just enjoyed the remainder of the night hanging out.

Check out pictures from my TKD ceremony:
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Saturday:
The first thing we (Bryan, his mother, Wendy, her son Nicky, and I) did was hit up the farmer's market on 4th. I had never been to it. It wasn't huge but it was still pretty cool. I was surprised at how many samples and freebies you could get at most of the food stands. Bryan purchased some leafy thing, and I bought us each a t-shirt. They were too cute to pass up. I spent most of my time at the market carrying Nicky around and being amazed by his cuteness.

When we returned home we hit up the garage sale that was being held in our community. There wasn't much to be desired besides some free cookies and smoothies, or so I thought until I spotted a man selling 2 Ataris and a box of games. For $20 I was able to purchase both, all the attachments, and games! I am such a sucker for gaming systems, but I have been wanting an Atari for such a long time. I'm going to finish my little collection one day. Ok, they will always be putting out new ones, but I'll have all the old ones. It's just one girls dream...sigh.

Around 6 Bryan and I headed to Ben's house for the second installment of pancake theater. We didn't stay for the actual movie because we wanted to get home to Bryan's mother who had stayed behind not feeling well. While we were there we enjoyed:
- s'mores milkshakes courtesy of Ryon
- foosball and Ben showing us how the game is played
- a ride on the back of Tommy's new bike (ok, this was just enjoyed by me)
- many, many episodes of Metalocalypse (season 1 - I finally found an appreciation for this show).

On the way home we stopped and rented The Simpsons on blue-ray. It was pretty good. We chilled and finally hit the sack.

Sunday:
On Saturday our new bedding (1200 count sheets and comforter/shams) had arrived in the mail. While we liked the sheets, the bedding was really nothing like the picture on the site. Both Bryan and I agreed we should return it. Luckily Macy's accepts returns on online purchases in the store. We decided to hit up the one at The Domain. We looked all over the store and found what we liked. We purchased a nice white comforter, and while we found the duvet cover that we liked, they were out forcing us to order online once home. Since we were at The Domain, we decided to have some looks in a few of the stores. I have never been to an Apple store so I fixed that. I have been really wanting an Apple computer (probably a laptop). I think I found the one I want, but the 90 days same as cash just doesn't fit into my budget at the moment.

Check out pictures of Bryan and me sporting our new shirts before heading to Ben's:
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And pics from our time at Ben's house:
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After shopping, we dined courtesy of Bryan's mother. By this point I was finally feeling like I had a connection with her. I definitely like her! :) Lunch was awesome. After this we went home to chill and get ready to take her to the airport. After she was safely delivered to the airport and on her way back to NYC, Byran and I returned home. Wendy and Nicky came over to get some of the famous rainbow cookies (sooooo good) that Bryan's mom had made for the pancake theater. We ate a late dinner after they left because Sunday to Monday is our fasting time.

Monday (our 4th month anniversary):
Fasting was awesome today! I was not really hungry all day. I went to class (first time as a green belt) and had no problem performing. I really worked hard in this class, and still - nothing. Even when we finally made it to Kerby Lane for our weekly meal I was still not that hungry. We were joined by a bunch of the Kung Fu people. However, none of us ate there because our waiter was so damn slow that we all ended up leaving after 30 minutes to get just water which we only received because we asked the manager to get it for us. Ridiculous! Bryan got us some Whataburger instead which really hit the spot.