Searching for Sugar Man

To kick off Thanksgiving Break JP and I along with Shayla and Nick decided to head up to Salt Lake City and try out Bruges Waffles and Frites followed by a movie at the Broadway Centre Theatre. 

But seriously, Bruges Waffles and Frites is UNREAL. Best waffles I've had since I spent Thanksgiving in Brussels two years ago. 

And we're already planning another trip specifically to try out their frites and sandwiches (which are apparently legendary, and they had unfortunately turned the grill off last night by the time we got there). 

Then we went and saw the movie "Searching for Sugar Man."

It's a documentary about an American musician who's records never really sold in the US, but his music became wildly popular in South Africa - like, on par with The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkle. Crazy right?

It was a great documentary, and has won all sorts of awards, including three at the Sundance Film Festival. 

I would highly recommend it!

 

The one & only thanksgiving decoration gracing our home...

aww... festive isn't it?

Okay not really. But hey, don't I deserve a few points for trying? These past few weeks have flown by and suddenly Thanksgiving is a mere two days away. And the motivation to decorate our tiny apartment that doesn't even have a fireplace mantle (oh! the injustice!) is seriously lacking. 

So three cheers for free printables off the internet!  

This particular beauty is from here.

And I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

I am in charge of baking the rolls for our feast, can you say stress? Crossing my fingers that they rise properly and I don't burn them...

Date Night

JP has been typing his fingers off for the past month writing a huge memo for his law school writing class (it's due today, so yay! I get my husband back!) but I decided he needed a break, so I took him on a little date last night!

It started off with attended the grand opening/christmas tree lighting/fireworks show at the Outlets at Traverse Mountain! Which are really nice, by the way. 

We sort of bought ourselves lots of early christmas presents from the J. Crew there... but everything was an additional 40% off so can you blame us?!

Then we stopped by Chipotle for some steak burritos and onto see Skyfall 007 at the IMax theater with a large diet coke and crepes (with gelato on JP's... yeah, he's heading straight for diabetes, it's fine).

Pretty good date if I do say so myself. 

:)

Hot Chocolate Party

This past weekend, in light of the freshly fallen snow, JP and I decided that we really needed to have a gourmet hot chocolate party. 

So we bought the fanciest chocolate we could find, whole milk, and combined this recipe and this recipe into our own high-calorie, incredibly rich, delicious hot chocolates. 

We had dark chocolate, white chocolate, and a milk chocolate option, just in case one kind didn't suit all tastes haha. 

Feelin' Crafty

Yesterday was a great day. 

I decided to abstain from doing anything school related and instead filled my time with french toast from kneaders, some much-needed time at the gym (its been months... literally), and a little crafting! I am determined to get better at this sort of thing, and I do think it is happening... slowly. Baby steps over here. 

My cousin always wears the cutest hair bows in her gorgeous long hair and come to find out, she makes them herself! So we decided to monopolize her saturday afternoon and have her teach us how to make some hair bows. It was hilarious, and so much fun. And fairly successful! I now know how to make my own hair bows, so I have something in the homemaking department to pass on to my future daughters haha. 

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

JP and I have officially began the christmas music battle. 

I say there are few things that make me happier than christmas music, so why on earth would i not listen to it in november when it snows? But he insists on a no-christmas-music-until-after-thanksgiving rule. 

We might need to start driving separate cars. 

A Wedding and A Reunion

This past weekend I had the privilege of attending my friend Jen's wedding reception!

Her dress was gorgeous -- I have never seen lace like that!

I loved her reception too. First of all, it was at the Zion's Bank Tower in Salt Lake City and the view up on the top floor there is unbelievable, and second of all, she had this fabulous pasta bar where you could build your own pasta dish, which I have never seen at a reception before, and it's not often I see something I haven't seen before... I thought it was such a good idea! 

She's a gem. I just love her. 

 

After the reception I convinced Mr JP to run over to City Creek for a couple minutes (haha) so I could check out the new Anthropologie store location! Which didn't disappoint, I am pleased to report. 

And THEN (we were all over the place that night) my London study abroad group had a reunion that I LOVED!! We reminisced about memories including this, this, this, and this, while the husbands were good sports and indulged us/took pictures for us for over two hours! 

And we missed everyone who couldn't make it! I love these people, I feel like we will always have a bond with one another, they're each really amazing individuals and I feel lucky to know them!

The best professor in the world right there!