My weekend started with 1.5 hours of traffic on the Kennedy. Okay actually my weekend started with a bit of weakness. I had a $10 store credit at the Talbots Outlet in Park Ridge. Let me start by saying Talbots is one of my favorite stores, thus the Talbots Outlet is a little slice of heaven. Deals were abound there. And I spent more than $10 in store credit. Bite me, I’m only human and I am wearing thin people. Not to mention I was at a time of weakness; I was tired from being up at 5 am as well as two days of meetings working my noggin’ like Calculus II in college.
For 66 bucks I got the following: 1 pair of jeans (mine are straight fit, not signature fit), 1 cream 3/4 length sleeve v neck sweater, boyfriend cardigan in black, the picnic dress, a fun costume jewelry ring, a scarf (see below) and 2 belts. Nothing was more than 10 dollars! Motherload. Best deal was the picnic dress, I paid $7.90 for it. I passed up on a few items but I’m thinking about going back. THINKING…people…Just THINKING!
After my trip to Talbots I spent 1.5 hour in rush hour traffic. I’m sooooooooo glad my commute to work consists of a mile walk daily.
I came home and quickly changed to go to dinner. We decided on Chilapan. It was a bit chilly but we dinned alfresco. It was delicious!!! It might be my new favorite BYOB restaurant.
We had chips and guacamole, delish. I had tortilla soup which warmed me up. As an entree I had the slow roasted pork special. It was slow roasted with chipolte peppers and pineapple. It had a really unique flavor. And the pickled onion slaw that it came with was a great compliment. We finished off dinner splitting a warm chocolate tamale (complimentary because the service was a bit slow).
With a belly full of refined Mexican and wine I went to bed. Ah Bed, how I love my bed with clean sheets.
Saturday started with a home project. We mounted a new TV in the bedroom. Were getting a new Dish Network box with all kinds of fancy features so Charlie upgraded our TV to be compatible.
After the TV was hung, I went to the garden to get what might be our final harvest of the year. I’ve got a lot of green Roma tomatoes that I hope ripen. I’m also hoping I can replant the pepper plants into a pot over the winter.
We sneaked in a run in the brisk fall weather and then got ready and headed to Lakeview Oktoberfest.
Apparently the key to getting attendees to a dying festival in Chicago is to have Groupon for it. The place was mobbed! 16 Candles was playing and we waited in line for over an hour for a bratwurst. As tasty as it was, it wasn’t worth an hour wait.
We ended the night with a night cap with a friend at Tiny Lounge (it was my first time at the new location, I kind of missed the old locale). My drink was really tasty. I must make a point of going back and eating there. After our night cap (the live music drew us in) we had another night cap and late night snack at Glunz Bavarian Haus. I have not been in the place in years, and I must make a point of going back for dinner.
I love your sense of humor. The edits are hilarious.
Glad you had a nice weekend.
Delane
I love that picture of you in front of the train, you look amazing !
Not so much the food, hello there have some consideration I am cutting back on my food intake.. (i am only joking, i am jealous of your food !)
Dont beat yourself up on your purchases you got a great deal.
BTW you ispired me with your LOCAVORE post to do today’s post.
TINY LOUNGE RULES!
Cute boots and scarf!:)
Okay, first of all you totally deserve to do a little shopping. And whoa, I can’t believe you got all that for $60! Second of all, that pork dish looks freaking amazing. Last of all, all day pj days are the best.
I am IN LOVE with your bag! And what a haul – I had similar luck at H&M this weekend. And I never find what I’m actually looking for when I’m shopping. Weird.
E…I think I paid something like 20 Euros for it. At the time the conversion rate was something like .89 to the dollar.
I have so many great thing that I bought when I was working over there.