Month: October 2012

Weekend Things: Getting in the Spirit

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There’s basically a 3-week window where I actually like fall.  I know, that sounds sacrilegious, considering the majority of the population lives for every single pumpkin-filled second of fall, but I do not dig any semblance of cold weather.  I mean I love a good sweater as much as the next person, but I’d rather that sweater be for decorative purposes only.

So as it gets further and further into fall and the temperatures continue to drop, I’ve felt the winter blahs coming on already.  But that’s not what this weekend was about.  It was blissfully pleasant weather-wise this weekend.  Crunchy leaves and vibrant yellow and red trees are everywhere.  And I decided I’d better get in the fall mood while the weather is still nice.

I bought these this week for a little craft project.  Totally typical Target purchase, right?

Oh my god.  That picture just keeps getting better every time I look at it.  I’m just not really sure why Target thinks vampires have one longer tooth in the middle of their mouths.  I gave this one to my parents but I have 4 more tiny cute pumpkins to carve up for myself.

I hadn’t made pancakes in so long so when I woke up on Saturday morning, I made a batch of pumpkin pancakes.  This post is really pumpkin-y already, isn’t it?  All I did was google “pumpkin pancakes” and used this recipe, which was the first search result and had 1447 reviews and 4.5 stars.  Sounded trustworthy to me.

They tasted like pie.  Which is obviously fine with me.  And there’s leftovers.  Which is also obviously fine with me.

The weather was perfect for pumpkin picking so we headed to the pumpkin patch.  We go to the same one every year but we must have taken a different route once we got there because we had to weave through a bunch of really tall and really pokey grassy weedy stuff.  Let’s just say it didn’t feel good when I walked right into one and had to pull thorns out of my pants.

I actually had to put some elbow grease into cutting mine off the vine.  So did Joey but it was kind of a waste because we brought them home in the back of his truck and the stem broke off while we were driving.  Oopsie.

Please tell me I’m not the only one who suddenly thinks they need a bundle of dried out corn on the cob or a corn stalk when they see all that stuff set out at the pumpkin patch.  Also note that a couple had put their baby inside one of these crates of mini pumpkins just to the right of my picture.

I also got a mani/pedi with what I decided is a fall color.

We ended Saturday night with a housewarming/cocktail party at my friends Jenn and Alyssa’s new place.  Their fall decorations and the spread of food was too cute, and I have no idea why I didn’t take any pictures even of us girls!  I wasn’t in my right mind 😛

Yesterday’s weather was equally breathtaking.  I’m going to enjoy the next few days of sunshine and warmth before this hits on Friday.

I’m so not ready.

Happy Monday!

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Do you mind colder weather?

What are you doing to get into the fall/Halloween spirit?

What did you do this weekend?

Madonna at the Pepsi Center

Lauren6 Comments

On Thursday I somehow managed to suddenly acquire two box seat tickets to the Madonna concert at the Pepsi Center in Denver.  I coerced my friend Jenn into going with me, although neither of us were sure we even liked Madonna.

After seeing the show, I can say with certainty that I know I don’t like Madonna.  Except she still has some pretty classic songs that I probably couldn’t not dance to if they happened to come on somewhere.  And except that I hope I look that good when I’m in my 50’s.  Anyway.

The concert started at 8 and Madonna didn’t come on till 10:45!!  As in almost 3 hours later.  And it probably would have been even later if the whole crowd hadn’t been booing her.  To make matters worse, her opening act involved her pointing a gun at the audience while singing “bang bang” over and over, with a backdrop of splattered blood behind her.  I wouldn’t say that’s appropriate to do anywhere, but in Colorado, where there was a horrific shooting just months ago, I think it’s especially insensitive.

Moving on.  We left a little early but in the hour and 45 minutes we watched her perform for I heard maybe two songs that I knew.  Call me crazy, but singers put on concerts for their fans, no?  Well her fans were pissed.  No joke, everywhere we went we heard people complaining about how long she waited to come on, how bad she sounded, how disappointing the song choices were and how offensive the gun stuff was.

She also sounded like she may have been using the T-Pain microphone through most of the show and at one point she mooned the audience.  I will say that her performance of Vogue was awesome, but it was followed up by the most awful rendition of Like a Virgin.  In other words, Madonna proved to me that she’s the selfish diva I always thought she was.

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Do you like Madonna?

Have you ever been to a disappointing concert?

What are your weekend plans?