Relax, Unwind

After a Crazy {yes, with a capital C} day at work yesterday, I arrived home at about 8, went straight to the loveseat to lay down a bit and quickly fell asleep as Phill was tinkering around in the kitchen. I awoke to Phill's snores on the couch and, assuming it was probably pretty late, woke him up and said we should just go to bed. After prepping for bed, I went to the bedroom and realized...it was only 9:30. And we still went to bed. It was so amazing to be tired at a normal human time {actually before most-humans' time}. The time aside, I can't remember the last time I was that tired. I must've fallen asleep in less than 5 minutes time when I laid down on the loveseat. That seriously {seriously} never happens.

Today, all I've done is grocery shop {which I awkwardly love}, catch up on Facebook and blogs, & get up to date on Glee :-) That's all-around lazy and awesome in my book.

TONIGHT IS GOONIES NIGHT! 

Tonight, Verge {our weekly college-age group}, is having our 2nd movie night. We're watching Goonies and I will most definitely be reminding everyone that it was my suggestion :-) You're jealous, I know, but I'll consider you with me in spirit!

Also...

I felt cute today. Pay no mind to the orb on my skirt and the general crappiness of the photo.

loves to all

Date Day, Date Night

It was so nice to spend yesterday with my husband on his day off and actually DO something!

{Please excuse the photo editing. I'm tired and I really just want to go to bed}

Phillip & Alyssa's Day-to-Night Date:

• Alyssa's ass gets handed to her by Camelback Mountain. Apparently I just can't handle hiking right now. This was a very embarrassing, humbling, rude-awakening sort of experience. I am lame.
• Head home to freshen up
• Hit up downtown Phoenix's cute little boutiques and outdoor shopping {without buying a thing}
• Eat dinner at one of the best restaurants ever: Seasons 52. We went to one on our honeymoon and discovered yesterday that there is one RIGHT HERE WHERE WE LIVE! So we took our old Olive Garden gift cards from Christmas {they take 'em at Seasons 52 because they're owned by the same company} and treated ourselves to some niiiiice food and real conversation with each other.
• Super tasty gelato where we, ironically, saw our friend Luis and his girlfriend, Tiffany. This was only my second time meeting her, but I'm pretty sure we should become bff's...even if only because she was wearing some supa fly pants {forgiving the fact that Luis is constantly berating me for being a vegetarian}.
• After dinner movie, discounted with our BuyWithMe coupon, at the swankiest theatre I have ever seen. See Phill reading that menu? Yeah, that's inside the theatre. Each seat has a little call bell that you can press to ring an employee if you need something. There was a bar in the movie theatre and, according to Phill, sometimes they have showings that are 21+ where they serve alcohol during the showing. Crazy! It was all a little weird, though, because the theatre wasn't nearly as packed as I would expect a super-awesome theatre to be.
• Head home and regret staying up so late because I have to work in the AM

=)

Much Love

A Day In The Life

Today, Phillip and I went to IKEA in Tempe with Brian and Sarah. I was glad to go with them since this was the first IKEA trip for Phill and I. The guidance was helpful!

Upon entering, I instantly felt we were channeling Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt from {500} Days of Summer.

 

Ahh, I love that movie. Sarah & I bought some succulents there:

They make me so happy! I want to touch the felt one all day.
 
Have you ever been to IKEA? We mainly went to pick up some things for the youth room, but of course we got a bit more (especially Brian and Sarah). My husband has an intern salary, remember? I fell in love with the kitchen vignettes. So many wonderful ways to organize! And, this may sound strange, but I loved the childrens' section. When kids become a reality for us, I definitely want to get a crib, and some other things, from IKEA.

Plus, we bought Swiss chocolate. And Swedish Fish. Uh, YUM. 


In other news, our place is still a mess. We never recovered from Christmas because shortly after I began purchasing all sorts of picture frames, paint, and vintage decor.

This is the current living room situation:

Sewing machine (that I still don't know how to use), papers, frames, pictures, laptop, paint, decor waiting to be painted, garbage. Gross.

Also, to end the day Phill and I went to this little frozen yogurt place. LOVE! Only 8 calories per ounce. I definitely found my new favorite place. You guys don't even realize. Why didn't someone tell me about frozen yogurt before?! IT'S HEALTHY ICE CREAM!!!!!!!! Ok, not really, but my life has been improved 10 fold by this new discovery.

I'm so excited to finally have a weekend off! Tomorrow will be pretty busy, though. Baby shower for our friend Michelle (yay!), church (YAY!), and then we're heading over to our friends' house to watch the UFC fight (yay?).

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!