weekend tidbits

Well, this weekend was pretty darn fun.  I worked Saturday as per usual, and then Saturday night it was off to a friend's party.  Ben's mom sent us a cute Valentine's Day package with too much delicious candy and a beautiful scarf that used to be her moms.  Smokie took an instant liking to it.  Then Sunday I went to the Dose Market.  Rachael and I walked around looking at all the fun booths drinking coffee, eating delicious pie from Bang Bang and then of course, had a mini cocktail.  I spotted this lovely arrangement of sunflowers made by my good friend Leah, of Leahlaloca.  The arrangement was at a booth for Lill Street, which has some gorgeous pieces.  The pre-Valentines weekend wouldn't be complete without a cheesy girl movie with Mary.  We saw the Vow.  And it was awesome. (Well, it was good enough which was exactly what we needed.)

my crazy weekend hijinks

You may be wondering, what exciting hijinks did Martha get in to this weekend?  Well, since you asked, my weekend was pretty tame, aside from a semi-crazy night of cocktails and balloons at a friend's house after work and a trip to Target to see the Jason Wu.  I worked a lot this weekend, so I was insanely tired last night, especially because of the waking up at 7:30 to go to all that Target business... I did end up with this lovely dress, which I didn't need and can't really afford.  Really all I wanted was the cat scarf or maybe the daisy purse, but it was so crazy in there.  All the accessories were gone by 8:30, which is when Mary and I got there.  It all ended well though because we both got cute dresses that we'll wear lots.

The other news of my weekend is this:  I'm now selling my necklaces in the flower shop I work in.  I figured it can't hurt, right?  So I've been making some minor adjustments to some of the necklaces and trying to make some more.  I was going to keep the necklace above for myself, but decided to let go.  I can always make myself another!  I replaced the chain with twill tape so the necklace can be adjusted to whatever length one desires.  Come by Marguerite Gardens and check them out, and to visit me too of course!

antiquing in Indianapolis

As promised, here are some pictures from our trip to Indianapolis over the weekend.  We did a lot of antiquing which was great.  The first two photos are from our trip to Midland Arts & Antiques Market, which was completely awesome. (Two gigantic floors of awesomeness actually)  I only wished we had a) money to buy furniture and b) some way to get it back to Chicago. The second place we went is Reclaimed. It was much smaller, but just as good.  I found this amazing hand made vintage eyelet dress.  I can't wait to wear it.  I'm thinking it would be fun for Valentines Day.  And of course I couldn't pass through Indiana without taking a picture of the wind turbine farm spanning 20 miles.  It was a gorgeous day to watch them.

developing a pattern...

I feel like one of the hardest things about blogging is developing any kind of pattern without being boring and monotonous.  Well, hopefully this isn't too boring and monotonous for you, but I've been super addicted to Instagram and so why not share some of those pictures here?  As I am not a fancy schmancy photographer, I like to rely on all those cool filters on my phone.  They just make everything cooler, right?

So without further adieu, this is what I did over the weekend.  I actually had Saturday and Sunday off which is generally unheard of.  I think I got in Ben's way, messing up his routine of playing video games, but all in all, we had a good weekend.  We ate lots of good food with good friends, he kindly bought me a couple records, got a new fern for my cute purple pot, did a little crafting, went to a friend's brunch, hung out with Smokie in my new forever 21 necklace.  Good times were had.  And next weekend may even be more exciting because we are taking a mini road trip to Indianapolis!  Can't wait!  If all goes according to plan, I'll post every Monday goodies from all my weekends!

first real snow

It was super snowy last week for the first time this winter.  I got a couple of pictures before it turned into grey slush.  Plus a few more things I did in the last week.  Looked out the window of my apartment, got a new Kansas charm for my mom's old charm bracelet, walked to work, drank a beer (or two), finished my latest necklace.  Though I think I'm keeping this one for myself!