� December 2010 | Main | March 2011 �

January 26, 2011

wallingford wednesday.

it was super nice out today.
instead of our usual stroller/walk to wallingford we walked to the bus stop and rode the bus.
on the way to the playground we got distracted by the vintage tools in the window.

we never made it to the playground though......... boo boo remembered that there is a "tay store" inside of wallingford center and a "clothes store" too.

we played with "tays" for a while.
and ended up buying a helicopter toy even though i didn't want to buy anything. ( i always feel bad for hanging around while boo boo plays and then just leaving.)((but they were having a sale!!!))

we got a cupcake

ugh. the cupcakes at trophy cupcakes were BEAUTIFUL to look at but i'm definitely losing my taste for sweet things. it seems like everything is really over sweetened these days. i used to have a SERIOUS sweet tooth but i've been trying to cut out most sugar when i bake and so now i love the taste of very subtly sweet things (re:bland!!)

they have these toys at the toystore called "calico critters" . the little bunnies look soooo familiar. i think i might have had one when i was little. i wish we had a doll house here to play with. boo boo liked playing with the one there.

Posted by alison at 3:24 PM

January 20, 2011

why does every post need a title anyway.

i downloaded the new(ish) ((it came out like almost a year ago)) she&him album 'volume 2' last night .

She & Him - Don't Look Back from Merge Records on Vimeo.

corey downloaded volume 1 when it came out and we listened to it A LOT right around the time boo boo was born. so it kinda makes me think of that. but not really.

seeing zooey deschanel in that video reminds me of when we watched the first few seasons of weeds , also when boo boo was just born, and yeah. she's kinda a kooky lady. WHICH ALSO REMINDS ME, we like to watch bones(with emily deschanel) a lot. well, corey likes to watch it. i just happen to be in the room when it's on. but whatever, boo boo really likes to dance to the beginning theme song to that show.

this post is all just one big stream of consciousness.

Posted by alison at 1:28 PM

January 18, 2011

date night.

we went on a date last friday!!!!!!!!
we went to see true grit. i met up with corey downtown. boo boo stayed home with my friend renee and her wife erin. they have a little baby and we are doing a child-care co-op. i watch their baby on friday during the day and then they watch boo boo at night. SWEEEEETTT! date night!!!!!

we walked around for a while before the movie started. corey took me to this store called all saints which i have never, ever heard of before. they have ALLLLL THESE OLD SEWING MACHINES IN THE WINDOWS AND ALONG THE WALLS OF THE STORE. it is like sewing machine heaven or something. amazing.

then we went to american apparel.

this is the fabric of a shirt. it's neat but i would never wear it as a shirt.

i feel so old and out of the loop lately! i also saw some pleated pants at AA and they were just terrible. i mean, yeah, someone out there is hip enough and pleated pants will look awesome on them but it's NOT ME.

Posted by alison at 11:04 PM

January 10, 2011

happy new year

we just got back from the thrift store and booper got some new tools. i got some new shirts(!) and a pair of pants (!) so that is EXCITING.

i thought boo boo would be distracted enough so that i could blog really quickly but i'm not sure if that's gonna happen!!

SO: new years ! new years was a big big night for us. boo boo spent the night at his grandparents for the first time while corey and i went to a wedding. this was a super big deal for us because boo boo still nurses to sleep EVERY night (and most naps too) and so i am the only one who puts him to bed. but, i knew i REAAAAAALLLLY wanted to go to the wedding because 1.) friends from highschool 2.) new years eve 3.) it was time to have a night alone for once.

i knew that esmond and probably my mom wouldn't get too much sleep and it would be really hard, but i think that he did OK overall. and WE had a lot of fun at the wedding seeing friends and drinking and everything. it was so nice not having to think about leaving early to get back home. SOOOO NICE.
and the next day was amazing too. nice weather, slept in a little, had a nice leisurely morning, went to the coffee shop, WENT THRIFTING. goooooood times.

anyway, it was all really nice and i think that it was a great way to end the year/ start the new year.
YAY!

in other news corey and i have been playing around with instagram on the iphone a lot. it's fun. you should find me on there!
i almost like it more than flickr (on the phone). it's different. and FUN.
check it out:

new thrifted shirt of awesome-ness

at the toy store:

ok. now boo boo is awake and i really wanted him to sleep longer but i guess now we can go out to the playground or something so we can get the wiggles out. sheesh.

Posted by alison at 1:14 PM