Friends, Food, and Football

I had such a great weekend with wonderful people. Weekends like this remind me how grateful I am for some of the people in my life!

Friday, my old coworkers friends and I checked out a new-to-us restaurant in Jersey City called Kraverie. This place is AWESOME. First of all, they are BYOB. I'm a sucker for any place that doesn't charge me to get my drink on! Secondly, they are a French- Korean fusion restaurant. Yes, you read that correctly. Basically, their menu was divided- one sied French entrees, one side Korean BBQ style entrees, or you could get a Korean crepe- their truest fusion. I had never heard of such a thing, so I was a little nervous.

Luckily, I had no reason to be nervous. The food was delicious! We started off with some wings that were in a semi spicy, sweet sauce with some sesame seeds on top. For dinner, I got a "Korean Burrito"- it had spicy pork, sticky rice, and kimchi. It was so different, and so tasty! It was so good, in fact, that I forgot to take a pic until I was halfway finished with it!

Of course, I could only eat half because I wanted to leave room for dessert. I never have room for dessert, but I saw that they had crepes! I don't even remember the last time I had a crepe, but I love them. Mine had Nutella, fresh bananas and strawberry, but they had a big selection to choose from! It was seriously heaven in my mouth. My friend has a dulce de leche one...wow! So, so good.

Saturday was low key. Cleaning and errands. Womp.

On Sunday, we hosted a Superbowl "party"- it was very chill, just one other couple, B&A. (The same two that saved our asses just two weeks ago!) Before the game started, A and I took a little trip to Ulta. I had a gift card burning a hole in my wallet (spending freeze still in effect- using gift cards doesn't count!), and she is my go-to make-up person. She is the best when it comes to knowing tools, techniques, and products, and she's great and knowing what colors look best on me. I was planning on getting some brushes, a Clinique lipstick (I just wanted an "everyday" type lipstick, and I heard this one was a good one), and a highlighter. They didn't have any of the things I wanted... Boo! (Plus, the salesperson was completely clueless about their products and availability, and almost rude. How about getting off your phone for two secs when a customer actually has some questions and needs some assistance? But that's a whole other topic.)

Anyway- so yeah, they didn't have what I wanted. So I got some stuff I didn't even know I wanted!

Maybelline Super Stay 14-Hour lipstick in Please Stay Plum

Ulta nail polish- Into Astrono-me?

Benefit "Ulta"-mate Sexy Six- their 6 best sellers

Revlon nail polish- Iconic

Lorac Breakthrough Performace Lipstick (SPF15) in Ingenue

So, I found two "everyday" lipsticks, and I wanted a bluish gray polish, so I got that. I'm having a bit of Buyer's Remorse about the six-pack... we'll see if I keep it.

Afterwards, it was time for the Superbowl! Unfortunately, I totally forgot to take pics of our feast! But this was our menu (Blue was B&A, Purple was me and C, black was all):

Dips as Apps:

• 7 layer bean dip 
• Guac and Salsa on the side for C
• Spinach dip
• Chips

Sides:

• Cheesy buns, with pesto and/or artichoke
• Orzo Tri-Color Salad

Dinner:

• Hoagies and Wings

Dessert:

• Oreo truffles
• Snickerdoodles

Drinks:

• Beer.

We actually didn't get to pizzas, because um... we had waaaay too much food! And yes, all this was for 4 people!! As for the actual game- I was rooting for the Ravens because they were the underdogs- and I'm so happy they won! That 4th quarter was a bit close though!! And I thought Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, and Beyonce were fabulous. I was so happy to see the rest of Destiny's Child too! Though I thought it was a bit weird they did "Single Ladies, but whatevs- they looked and sounded great!

How was your weekend? 

Did you watch the Superbowl? Who were you rooting for?