- live football games
- funny text convos
- Chinese food
- love notes
- sleepovers
- cancelled plans
- slow dancing in my living room
- karaoke
- early birthday presents
- Netflix streaming plan
- Thanksgiving food! Serious my favorite meal. Love it!
- A super short work week... 2 days?! I'll take it!
- Dress down days at work
- when friends visit you at work!
- surprises
- payday
- winning a week in fantasy football! Especially after losing like, 10!
- wine
- cuddles
- Netflix streaming
-Sharing books: A month ago, I was able to share a book that I thought my friend would enjoy. On Monday, another friend and I swapped books. And don't even get me started on the love affair I have with Paperback Swap.
- an extra hour of sleeeeep (or whatever you wanna do with it)
- the new Jack Johnson album
- mini Reese's cups free CANDY!
- fresh flowers
- a great performance review at work
- dressing up
- baking treats
- meeting my friends' babies
- this:
- Jamie Dornan (who played the sheriff in Once Upon a Time in Season 1) as the new Mr. Christian Grey
free one year magazine subscriptions
leftovers
winning a box for a Superbowl Sunday pool!
waking up without an alarm clock {especially when you forgot to set the alarm the night before}
men's basketball shorts- seriously guys, so comfortable
being caught up at work
finding a new favorite song
biergartens
a weekend with NO plans!
I first heard about him here, and then learned more about him here. Just the fact that a giant rubber duck exists makes me happy, and I hope he comes up to the NJ/NYC area soon!
- winning last week's Fantasy Football game! Hoping to do it again this week!
- a new found appreciation for my job
- link ups: they give you a defined topic to write about, and I love finding new blogs to read
- Youtube suggestions: I like finding great new music as much as I like finding awesome new blogs
- putting up some fall decorations
- opening all the windows
- coupons. I seriously bought the Sunday paper just for the coupons!
- I cooked meat for the first time... and lived to tell about it!
- this video:
Around the Interwebs:
- I just found The Other Juliette, and this post absolutely cracked me up!
- I also just found Helene in Between (super late, I know) and she gives a great tip right here
- Not only am I a part of Gen Y, I'm pretty much the definition of it... and this article is actually pretty accurate as to why so many in my generation are unhappy
- Allie outlines some positives about being single
And I am stuck home, in quarantine, still trying to recovery from the mystery virus/infection/whatever that has taken over my body. Yayyyy Yawn. I wish I was out enjoying the last little bit of summer with my friends, but alas... I cannot. So here are a few things that have made me happy in the last week, because you gotta look on the bright side, right?
- donuts (mine was actually chocolate frosted, but I ate it before I remembered to take a pic... oops)
- nice doctors close to where I live
- a very lenient sick leave policy at work {thanks for not firing me for being out the entire week!}
- raptors
- direct deposit
- pandas on slides
- Paperback Swap
- this kind of weather
-DVR
-This video (I've had a bit of free time on my hands lately...)
- and since I missed #BackThatAzzUp on Friday, and because Labor Day signifies the end of summer, this song:
- happy hour with the girls
- lunch dates
- great money advice from Femme Frugality, and this article on her first lesson in personal finance
- coral pants
- checking out new places
- getting cable and internet set up!
- sleeping on a bed for the first time in months!
- really great friends
- laundry day
- And just for fun, in case you're in the market for a "Plush-Ass" Mattress
- making new friends
- moving into my new apartment (deets to come!)
- munchkins
- cooking again
- winning ad space at Why Girls are Weird... you should check her out, she always had fun posts!
- homemade chicken cacciatore... madeby my friend
- Freecycle
- coupons
- Home Goods
- Jimmy Fallon:
- Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream
- Marc Jacob's Daisy perfume
- air conditioning
- sunny days
- clothes from friends
- getting other free stuff from friends
- I'm not having kids anytime soon, but I thought this nursery reveal was really cute
- I'm also a sucker for a great proposal...
- making plans
- This list of Office Humor... sooo true!
- One of the funniest stories I've read in awhile... NSFW! A Toot Tale (not the real name of article)
- new shooooeeeesss
- getting back into crafting
- realizing that my local liquor store delivers! Can't decide if this is awesome, or very, very bad!
- being independent
- a new favorite song (especially the Indian sounding beat!):
{Maybe} "this love ain't finished yet..."
- a super fun-filled weekend
- hand-delivered flowers
- finding money in unexpected places, like your jean jacket that you haven't worn since last year!
- you! THANK YOU for all your supportive comments since my last couple posts! They really helped, and I truly appreciate each and every one of you, even though I don't say it nearly enough!
- Having a Saturday off work
- Phillies game
- School plays
- Outdoor movies
- This post about choice
- Finally caving and buying colored denim
- C back at work= not having to take morning train from home
- SNL: Real Housewives of Disney (not sure how I missed this!)
- You Posted WHAT on Facebook?
- Found this over at Mariah's blog and could not stop laughing!