More Whips

So as promised, more amazing pictures of the Whip. Yeah, it was that good that it deserves more than one post. Try one, and you will understand.

Ok, this picture is hilarious. We went back another day before we left for another whip, and my mom was determined to get a picture of Adam and I holding one. Well, apparently she didn't realize that her finger was in front of the camera....and she tried this 3 times! This is the only one where I am even partially visible... I think it is hilarious.

Whips

Springfield weekend!  So much food already and we've only been here one day.  I think my mom is trying to make us fat...  but it's sooo good! Ha.

Anywho, we are doing Kelsey's senior pictures today (I still can't believe my little sister is a senior!) which should be fun.  And hopefully we will stop and get another of these amazing little gems called a "pineapple whip". 

Yes, the whip.  Apparently they are these little hidden gems of Springfield that have been featured on the Food Channel and everything.  Is it ice cream?  Is is sherbert? Apparently neither, though they won't tell you just what they are.  Well, whatever they are, they are amazing.  And now that I have had my first, I want more.  And more.  Mmmm whip.

I attached a picture of the stand, it doesn't look like much does it?  But I guarentee you that enclosed in that small trailer stand is a world of goodness. 

One drawback to this app on the Droid is the lack of ability to attach more than one photo to a post.  I have many delicious pictures of us enjoying the whips, but unfortunately can only inclue one.  Ah well, we can't have everything I suppose!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Today was my grandpa's birthday, so my mom made him a cake and we headed over to give him his presents. Skye made him a card, but it basically just had 80s all over it...I don't think he was quite as amused to see his age all over it as she was. Ha!

Of course there were monkeys! There are always monkeys involved...the reason we still have yet to understand...

For some reason I REALLY enjoy the looks on their faces in this picture. It makes me laugh!

Moving on Up!

I am so incredibly excited! 

So earlier this week I was in Office Depot to get printer ink. I decided to take a slight detour and stop by their furniture department.  I had seen a flyer when I walked in showing they were having some sales on desks, so I decided to take a look. Granted, I always just assumed when we bought a desk it would be from a place like Nebraska Furniture Mart, since that was the only place I assumed sold nice desks.

Imagine my surprise when I wandered into this little gem?  (Literally, I walked right into it while gazing about) 

Imagine my even greater surprise when I saw the price- $399!  "Hm..."  The wheels started turning, and my desperate desire to have an actual desk for our office left me wanting. 

But wait, it gets better.

Because of Memorial Day, apparently the store was having some special deals (remember the flyer?) and this desk was included. Sale price? $299. 

AND free delivery?!  I was getting more and more tempted....

I snapped a quick picture and sent it to Adam and headed home to look up any on line reviews.  After all, I didn't want us to end up with something crappy regardless of the price.

So I'm on trusty Google looking up reviews while I get a text from Adam saying we should get it. Reviews were perfect. I'm thinking this needs to happen.

As if to confirm this, the gods decided I needed to have my computer accidentally redirect to Office Depots home page, and there in shiny lights- a $45 off a $300 purchase.

Yeah, I know, right?!

We bought it last night.  It took a very long time and was very frustrating (apparently the manager doesn't know how to do simple math) but our brand new pretty will be delivered Tuesday.  Adam now has many hours of building ahead of him, but from the reviews I've read- it's worth it!

New Phone!

Thanks to Verizon's nice "Buy One Get One Free" sale, Adam and i are now proud new owners of two very pretty and very shiny Droids!

I've been having quite a fun time playing around and learning the frustrating world of the touch screen, as well as exploring the thousands of apps the Android market has.  Well, one thing that i always found frustrating about the Blackberry (among other things) was the lack of ability to update my blog.  I searched for an app to be able to do this, but could never find one.  So i was pleasantly surprised when I searched and came across not just one, but many options to allow me to post my all important thoughts instantaneously.  To say the least, i was quite the happy camper as my newfound app was downloading.

How does it work?  Well I'll give you a hint- I'm not at home right now!

I'm becoming quite the happy Cassie.

Weston

Last fall Adam and I shot a wedding in a little town near us called Weston. We heard about the greatness of this town from that couple and a few others, and ever since then I've wanted to spend a day there. Since this is our last wedding-free weekend until July, we decided now was as good a time as ever, and went to explore this quaint little city.

I had heard that a must-do was the Pirtle Winery...apparently this little winery built in the basement of an old church is something special, so that was our first stop. We were greeted by a free tasting of every one of their wines...yum!

They also had this super cute little garden area where people could drink their wine and share a picnic basket, and well, we were all into the picnic basket idea! Warm sourdough bread, summer sausage and 2 kinds of cheese...yummy! Although we skipped the wine part (we did buy a bottle of the yummy bubbly blueberry wine to take home, though!) the basket was pretty darn good.

It was ridiculously hot yesterday, especially for May. Think 90's, but super humid and muggy. But we managed to wander around to a few of the stores and antique shops here and there . I found the cutest coin purse- made out of a sock!!

We really wanted to eat at the popular Irish Pub for dinner (that's where we had done the wedding last fall) but we weren't hungry yet, so we headed back into town and stopped at Old Navy...yesterday was the annual $1 flip flop sale. Even though it was only afternoon, our store was completely sold out. Bummer.

After a couple hours we headed back to Weston for dinner, and they had the best burgers- ever! It was so huge...I didn't eat near all of mine but was so ridiculously stuffed it was insane. And their Cheddar & Ale soup was also amazing. I'd totally go back!

Waiting for food! I didn't carry my camera in here and it was INSANELY dark...and well, my phone doesn't take the best pics to begin with...



YUMMY Cheddar & Ale Soup!



Best. Burger. Ever!

It was fun, and I think we are going to make a point to go back sometime and stay in one of their cute little bed and breakfasts that the town is known for. That, and there were some shops I didn't get to go into- so that alone is worth another trip back!

Craigslist is Pretty Amazing

I am always amazed at some of the things that people choose to throw and give away. I have this habit of checking the "free" section on Craigslist a couple of times a day. Most of the time it's junk, but every once in a while you find something that you just have to think "wow, why would they just GIVE that away?". Most of the time when I see one of these amazing steals, it's for something big- like the one time a big game room downtown was getting new floor models in so they put their big arcade cabinets and jukeboxes out near their docks and said "Hey come and get em". Do you know how BADLY I've always wanted a jukebox?! Working or not (and these were WORKING none-the-less!) I've always wanted one, just because I think they look pretty amazing and have always thought one in a basement would just be amazing. Problem? We don't have a truck, and I doubt a full sized jukebox is going to fit into the back of either of our cars any time soon. We also dont know anyone here, so we can't simply call up a friend and have them come help...so when I see these amazing free deals, I have to either justify renting the truck at Home Depot and shelling out the gas, or let the amazing deal slip away. Most of the time letting it slip away tends to win.

But then every once in a while you find a smaller item for free, only down here, it's a cut throat process...unless you see the free posting IMMEDIATELY after it has been placed, you aren't going to get it. I think some people must just sit on Craigslist hitting refresh constantly throughout the day, since I never seem to get anything even if it was posted a mere hour beforehand.

Today though, I got lucky. Maybe it was just lucky timing, but I was doing my daily checking of the listing, and I happened to click on a post. It was junk, but when I went back to the main page, the listings had updated, and a new post popped up offering designer pillows. I thought "Hey, pillows are expensive, let's see" and came across these gorgeous designer pillows....3 of them matching, and one that was different but still went with the set. I sent the email, expecting to get beat out. About 15 mintues later, I get an email from the lady saying I was the first to inquire and if I could get there by tonight, they were mine! I was ecstatic! I wrote back saying of course, and I got another back asking if I wanted the candles as well, since apparently she'd gotten tons of emails from people wanting both the pillows and the candles. Candles? I hadn't seen any candles? So I hopped back on CL and apparently while I was emailing the posting in such excitement, she had posted another listing for a bunch of free candles. In the picture I thought they looked alright, but Adam and I go through candles like it's nobody's business, so I said "Sure" and later I told a very confused Adam we were going out to get these and we were off!

What we ended up with were 3 super beautiful decorative pillows, and 4 brand new, huge, great smelling decorative candles! So excited. And to top it off, while I was picking them up, the lady asked if I wanted these decorative flower things...said she got them at Crate and Barrel and just didnt need them anymore, but they go with the colors of the pillows so she thought she'd see if I wanted them. Um, yes! They would look great in a tall vase in our main room. So I totally scored tonight, and even after Adam saw them he said "Wait, you got these for FREE?!" and was pleasantly surprised.

Ignore the ridiculously messy table. I hadn't cleaned up from work yet... And the blurry cell phone pic doesn't really do it justice, but you get the idea! There were 3 of these!



The brand new, HUGE candles, complete with pillars! The white one is from Bath & Body Works and smells soooo good!



Pretty branch flower thing. It's HUGE! And there are 2 of them. They'll look great in a tall vase.

Yay for Craigslist!