Friday, July 3, 2015

Father's Day

We spent Father's Day at Estancia, my husband's favorite mall. I swear, he's there all the time. It's a pretty small mall, but he always finds something to do. And boy did we find something to do that day. 

He said he wanted steak, but Highlands Steak House wasn't accepting walk-ins. We ended up at Burgers and Brewskies, but I honestly can't remember what we ate, let alone take photos of our food, because we're were just talking about this coffee table we saw at Pottery Barn the whole time.

Okay. It started out as a normal conversation. We already had a coffee table in mind. In fact, we already had it quoted by our supplier. We were simply admiring that coffee table at Pottery Barn... With beautiful, beautiful cracked leather... That happened to be on sale... On Father's Day. Only on Father's Day... 


Before we knew it we were getting the bill  and running to Pottery Barn. Coffee table, check. 

Oh hey, a rug underneath the table looks pretty cool. Maybe our house needs a rug, too? But I'm not feeling the ones at Pottery Barn so maybe not. Oh look, West Elm is right across Pottery Barn... And it's on sale, too. Only on Father's Day. 


We spent a good two hours picking the perfect rug. We were running back and forth just trying to match the rug with the table. 

Finally it was time to go home. We spent half of the day at Estancia. It's a small mall, but apparently half a day isn't enough when it comes to West Elm and Pottery Barn. Kinda reminds me of the time my parents dragged us to their antique dealer, and we spent hours just looking at two identical wooden chests. I'd be screaming: "Just pick one please!" Now I understand. I understand everything.
 













Sunday, June 28, 2015

Bento

I tried bento making once when Jaime started going to school, and I didn't make one again because it was so difficult. The only tool I had back then was a knife. I wondered how those moms could make such beautiful art everyday. 


It wasn't until our trip to Japan that I learned all about these little tools that help make bento-making so much easier. With that note, there was nothing left to do but hoard. Haha. 
 

So now I try my best to make Jaime's lunches "cute" and fun to eat.