Baby Shower #4-Or Not

So this weekend I was supposed to go to baby shower #4 but since I am paying off school and on a budget I have to have a "lets do something for free weekend". I have heard about them before but never really done it. Ha just kidding. My uncle rich was the inspiration behind the free weekend. I remember him telling me that "you don't always have to do something that cost money". My response- "Yea right"! Turns out he was right. So let move on shall we?! This weekend while I was cleaning out my purse. I found some gift cards. I checked all the balances and most of them were $0.00 but I did have a movie card that had some left on it so I decided to go see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I have always been a fan of the books and I have seen all of the movies so why not go see that. The problem was I had no one to go with me. Of course it was a nerdy thing to go see but hey sometimes I can be a nerd if I want to, ya know?! So I decided to go by myself. ( That one was inspired by my auntPeggy). I went over to the movies a little early so I found a lighting shop that was right around the corner to look in while I was waiting for the time to pass. This picture above is just one of the hallways that was in the store. Very cool. (We will review the movie later.)

When I first walked into this place it was overwhelming. There were light fixtures every where. Any kind of fixture you can think of they had it. But at a pretty high price I might add. I went to town on the picture snapping. It was all just amazing.

This one I would think of having at my imaginary beach house (Out side porch or in the bathroom).

This is very my style. I love contemporary looks and silver.

As you go further into the store it get a bit fancier.

They had beautiful chandeliers.

Different colors to go with whatever theme you wanted.

Isn't it beautiful?! I liked to use my camera fora close up like this. Shows good detail.

Outside lights. I kind of like the bronze too.

The next ones were inspired by my sister. She loves color and crazy out of this world things. But when she picks stuff out that are bizarre, she seems to make it work very well.

This was one piece. It was big so I thought it would go good in the Fourier.

This one would be good for my uncle Richard. It can go in his ballroom. You can have green or white.

Here is some more sparkle. This is more dinning area or bedroom bling.

This is an ugly picture but just want to show you guys that they have some fans too.

This rainbow was also inspired by my sister but can also be used in a kids or baby's room. I loved it.

This just freaked me out!

This room was very cool. It was mostly chandeliers with a piano. They had a couch which I thought really seriously about taking a little nap on or going to my car and getting my harry potter book and reading for a bit. I realized it was getting time to go see the movie so I told myself I would come back the next day and read then.

Movies!!!!!

When I got to the movies I had to walk down this scary hallway to get to the inside. I wanted to run for the doors but I just pulled out my pepper spray instead. At the very top there were kids looking over and I was praying that one of them doesn't spit on me at the last minuted. Walking...Walking....Safely inside. 2 1/2 hours later I came out loving the movie. The book/movie was very long and a lot of detail went into the book/movie. I was very curious to see how it was going to work but they did it. The whole theme around Harry Potter is magic and I guess it is very hard to portray with out it looking fake ( Of course we all know it is fake). I guess the studio spent the extra money to have really good special effects and the movie turned out great, I was completely entertained. I give this movie an A-. The minus part was for some part that was left out. Well it was a great "free weekend". The next chapter in my life is starting school again. I hope it is not that difficult to start so you will be hearing more about that in the future. For now I must enjoy the two weeks I have left of freedom. After that it's back to prison. HAHA! Happy weekend!

Baby Shower #3

Time for baby shower number 3. Every shower seems to be different and fun in its own way. This shower was for my boyfriend's cousin. He and his wife are having their first child and are thrilled about it. When I was invited to the party I was a little worried because THEY ALL SPEAK SPANISH!!! (Hint: I am a white girl). I was so scared driving over to the house. The whole time I was thinking..."Ok you can do this. Just smile and say yes to everything. They'll never know." Then when I got there it wasn't so bad. My boyfriend told me to come at 4 when the part started at 3. I thought he was nuts but thats when I came. I met him at his house ( which was right next door to his aunts, which was hosting the baby shower) and all of his family was still at the house. He was right ( for once haha). His brother in law said " When Hispanic people say a time, they mean one or two hours later to show up". We all laughed and I felt better. Ok on with the shower.

Of course plenty of gifts for the momma and daddy.

There were games also. Some of them I didn't get pictures of because they were like the other shower. This is called the feeding game. Picture explains it all. The first one to finish wins.

My boyfriend's beautiful sister, her aunt and son. It was kind of funny.... In the other picture you can see that all the other people are sitting on laps but her son didn't want the aunt sitting on his mommy's lap so he sat there instead.

Measure the belly.

My boyfriend's mother. Very nice. She was saying as we were eating that she was ready for her two son's to have babies. AAHHHH!!! Run for the door!!!!!! Just kidding. I said well we have to get married first.

Here is the mommy to be and daddy to be.

Food!!!! Well my boyfriend is Salvadorian and they have some really good food. There is a sandwich they have during Christmas that they had at the party that I love. It is shredded chicken with a cole slaw topping and radishes on a toasty bun. It is ssssooo good-minus the radishes. This was some fruit salad with coconut ( which I love) and some cake. I almost ate all the cake before I realized I needed to take a picture of it.

Some presents....Winnie!!!!!

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And finally the stroller. Man that thing is fine!!!

Shopping cure...

Have you ever walked into a store and just felt old? Well it happened to me yesterday. Sounds crazy right? Let me explain. I had a pretty rough week at work and there are a few things that make me feel better or relieve the stress that get pent up. One is exercise. Another is a hot bubble bath with a glass of wine and the last is to go shopping. I had to go to another baby shower ( shower #3) and I needed something to wear and that would make me feel great. Plus I needed to get the shower gift. I set out to Memorial City mall to go to my favorite store. Forever 21. When I walked in there were teenagers everywhere. I felt so old and gunky. Let me give you a picture here. The store was playing good music ( I wanted to add that I knew what they were playing so I'm not totally out of the cool circle) and young people going in an out in their cute little out fits with jewelry and shoes to match. I had on tennis shoes and old workout clothes on. My hair was up and messy and no makeup. I wanted to die. Well not really because when you get older you don't really care. They did annoy me though. I haven't been to the mall in over 7 months and everything was changed. The big thing that is totally in right now is plaid. So just take a look what I got. A cute shirt and necklace to match. Made me feel great!

Cooking for Grandma

Sometimes when my aunt goes away on a trip my uncle and grandma are left alone. Most of the time he gets fast food or just heats up a microwave dinner. When he ask me to feed her because he had something to do I was more than happy. He said to just go get her something and I suggested that I cook something. I love to cook for people because it gives me a great joy seeing their faces and the "Mmmm" that comes out of their mouths so I try and do it as often as I can. I decided that I was craving beef enchiladas. So that's what I made.


The ingredients are a lb. of beef, canned enchilada sauce ( I don't have time to make the real thing so give me a break would ya)corn tortillas, Mexican cheese and minute rice or any kind of rice if you have the time to make it. ( Don't mention the time to clean an extra pot). I usually don't add rice to it but I decided to try it and see how it goes.

Cook the ground beef in a skillet until it is nice and brown

The cooked ground beef should all be brown and after you should strain it to get all of the grease out of the pan. I like to wipe the pan with a paper towel after I drain the meat to make sure all the extra fat is out.

Heat some oil in a pan. ( I used olive oil because it is better for you but you could use anything)

Fry the tortilla for about 20 seconds on each side. I made 6 but you can guess how many will fit into your casserole dish.

Casserole dish

(One step that I forgot to show) Take a paper plate and put some of the enchilada sauce on the plate. Next coat each side of the cooked tortilla with the sauce.

Don't forget to cook the rice.

Mix the rice and ground beef together

Put the mixture on the tortilla.

Cover it with lots of cheese.

Fold both sides in and place the folded side down.

You can do an assembly line: Coat tortilla, add beef mixture,cheese,fold! It should come out like the picture above.

Pour the rest of the enchilada sauce over the enchiladas.

Should look like this.

Add tons of cheese.I love my cheese. So the more the tastier!

It should look like this when it is done. It was so yummy! That it for today's show, until next time you can always make food yummy! ( I like to say yummy)