Monday, February 18, 2008

Valentines Day


I woke up to the only thing I wanted on V-day...a pound of chocolates from See's Candies - I didn't think he had gotten it for me since we are saving as much money as we can for our trip to the Philippines (March 10-23). I was so excited to see this very large heart shaped box from See's. On the box it said "Good Morning Love, Will you be my Valentine?" It was the sweetest thing ever! It's amazing what a box of chocolates can do to a woman, it made my day!

After school we headed up to salt lake so we could start buying stuff for our big trip! We bought a bunch of little travel sized necesities...(Utah County doens't have the best outdoor store selection that's why we headed up north). One gadget we bought is the coolest little tripod for our camera...except it's flexible so you can put it on anything from a light post to a door knob (very convenient, I hate asking other people to take our picture). We also bought neck pillows for a 10 hour overnight bus ride we are taking to Banaue, home of the Rice Terraces. Some claim it's the 8th wonder of the world.

After our shopping adventure we headed to the Gateway Mall...we needed to go to the apple store so they could fix eric's iphone, it's been causing him some troubles. Once that was done we went on a search to find something to eat for a romantic v-day dinner. I was craving cafe rio (good, cheap and we don't have to leave a tip) but eric wanted Goodwood BBQ. Since we almost always fulfill my cravings I wanted to get what he wanted. The wait wasn't bad, it was about 45 mins. We waited in the car and watch Rob and Big until our buzzer went off. Dinner was delicious and the service was great (we tend to have bad service everywhere we go...we just have bad luck). I ordered baby back ribs and pulled pork, it came with a baked potatoe and steamed veggies. Eric got the same thing he always gets, the honey stung chicken sandwich. We also got dessert (yeah, I need to head to the gym to work off all the calories I gained). It was a great valentines day!

Sunday, February 17, 2008

CES

in january we took a road trip to Vegas with our best buds greg and jalaine. we went for the International Consumer Electronic Show (CES). the show is all about the cool new electronic gadgets for '08. This is our 3rd time going and we always have a blast... ever since eric's been with best buy we haven't missed a show. i mean with eric working there it's almost a given that we go...he just has to know about all the cool stuff he's gonna be installing in cars. it's fun to see the latest and greatest of everything electronic...like the new microsoft surface. we saw a demonstration and it was pretty amazing! we usually go to the show for a day and spend the rest of the time bumming around. whenever we go to vegas it's our tradition to hit up the cheesecake factory! we absolutely love it! we've been talking about opening a franchise in utah...but someone beat us to it...and we're glad b/c now we can enjoy it anytime (not just when we're in vegas, cali or hawaii). eventhough we have one here now we still went to the one in vegas. we also went to the m&m factory, the belagio buffet and...of course we went shopping!

we stayed at the southpoint hotel & casino, it's on the strip but about 5 miles south (which is nice b/c we avoid the craziness of the main strip). we loved it b/c it had so many fun things to do, like a 24 hour bowling alley. in one of the pictures you can see greg and eric racing up to the top of the stairs -where the bowling alley was - it looked like a tie, but i think greg one (i mean he does have a couple inches on eric so his long legs beat him by a hair). in bowling, greg came in first, jalaine second, me third and eric LAST! sad for him...but wonderful for me b/c that was the first time i'd ever beaten him! haha...i think i bet him a massage but never got it of course!

in our shopping adventure we went to h&m...i was sorely disappointed and didn't buy a thing! the one in san francisco was gynormous and amazing...i wanted to buy the whole store, but this one was a lot smaller than my express. oh well...i just spent all my money at urban outfitters b/c that's one of my favortie stores.

our trip to vegas was a short, fun 3 day trip. we can only handle so much of vegas at once so 3 days was long enough.

CES Vegas 2008