Memorial Day weekend

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and got to enjoy the sunny & hot weather. I went to watch Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on Friday night. Good thing we bought the tickets in advance and got seats earlier because it was jam packed! I thought the sequel sucked so I figured the last one couldn't do worse. I definitely liked it better than the sequel but I still think the first one was the best. Can I just say how hot Orlando was in the last 5 minutes of the movie? Mr. Rico Suave coming through!

On Saturday, I went out to the city with Susan. She took me to Alice's Tea Cup for brunch. It was a small cute place, very Alice in Wonderlandish. She always goes there when she has the chance and she knew I love drinking tea, so she wanted me to try it out. The waitresses wore fairy wings and they had the wings, wands, and tiaras on sale in the store. I saw a lot of little girls come in with wings. That would definitely be a fun place to take your kids. They have an upstairs that would be perfect for showers, but it's pretty pricey though! Their teapots come with this attached sponge that keeps the tea from dripping down - a pretty nifty idea, not that I was ever bothered by the drippings. We had a pot of their almond tea and black fruits tea, very good. I bought home the Phoenix Dessert blend and Wedding Chai, but I haven't tried them yet. Susan ordered the poached eggs with scones and I had crepes - blackberries with creme anglaise and nutella with marshmallow fluff. They were good but the nutella/marshmallow was overkill with the sweetness factor!

Susan had made an appointment at Bloomie's to check out their Vera Wang dresses. She was so-so with a few of them but I honestly wasn't a fan of any of them. Afterwards, I just followed her around to stores she wanted to check out. She definitely goes to the upper-end stores so that definitely isn't how I roll. I touched a lot of bags and shoes at Bergdorf Goodman. I didn't buy anything but she purchased a Yves Saint Laurent handbag.

We made it back to NJ around 5:30. Kevin had come over because we promised my uncle that he'd setup his computer and hook up the internet. Luckily, I brought Cinnamon to keep me company. You know, since my only job consists of unwrapping things.



At one point, Kevin was tying up all the wires and Cinny decided that Kevin's back was the perfect sitting place! Since we were there for hours, Cinn was pretty pooped from running around and probably bored because I accidentally left his toys at home. He ended up laying on the long pillow and when he went into a deep sleep, he fell off when he rolled over!

On Sunday, we went to a BBQ at his uncle's house. His cousins wanted to play monopoly because it would be a quiet game. It tends to get extremely loud and out of control whenever we play Taboo or Pictionary. Let me just say, I have never seen a game of monopoly with that much yelling! I'd love to see the day when we can find a game that loudness doesn't occur.

I went over to Kevin's on Monday but knew I couldn't stay late because of my balls to the wall Tuesday. Kevin, Jeff, and I ended up going to play some tennis and cooled off in the pool. It definitely took me forever to get in because the water was freezing! There was a sale at the supermarket for Alaskan King Crabs so we had that and a bunch of other stuff for dinner. Crab legs are always good!

Officially there are now 2 words that I utterly despise! Budget cuts. Arrrgggh, budget cuts! Let's just say that it has happened 3 times now that I've lost out on getting a job because of them. You get pumped up like a balloon and POP! Shrivel up into nothing.



Here's the last outfit he got from HK and one of my personal favorites. You know I love stripes and the whole nautical thing. Cinn looks good in yellow.

Here are some cute pics with Cinnamon. There are some really funny sequential ones of Kevin and Cinny, of the faces they're making and the things that they're doing. Kevin caught a picture of Cinnamon coming up close to lick my nose. Too cute!