i ♥ weekends

this weekend totally flew by.....in a good way :)

on friday night, a few girls from my floor and i went to queen anne to get a few things (including hair dye) for which we planned to dye hope's hair. she wanted more of a chocolate-y color, and it turned out really well! before that, we all watched 'down with love' which i had never seen....not a huge renee zellweger fan, but the set and 1960s costumes were amazing. it was definitely quirky, and not like anything i'd ever seen before. staying in the 60s mood, after that was over at midnight, we watched hairspray. i had forgotten how much i love this movie, it's SO good. it makes me want to get up and dance.

after crawling into bed @ 3am, the next morning (err...afternoon) 5 of us went shopping at northgate and then u-village. let's take a minute to talk about how much i love u-village. minus the whole outdoor shopping in the rain part of it, it's awesome. we didn't even get through half of it, just enough to satisfy our H&M craving (successful) and my pumpkin spice latte addiction. after a few hours of retail therapy, we went to buca di beppo, which is always a life-changing experience. we met up with 3 other girls from our floor, so there were 8 of us. buca isn't always the cheapest restaurant, but we split a huge bowl of spaghetti, a pizza, and mozzarella garlic bread so it only ended up being $5.48 each.....not bad! there was a homecoming group there that had - not kidding - at least 40 people. it was SO loud in the room that you basically had to yell to be heard. minus that, the food was great and the girls are so fun. after that, we came back and went to the soccer game which was against montana state. it rained literally the entire time, and i clearly was not prepared for it. i was wearing a sweatshirt and my northface fleece over it. i got soaked and kind of looked like a wet dog (see included photograph).....the upside to this whole debacle was that spu won in overtime 2-1! and there was a good turnout, minus the terrible weather. after that, we defrosted and watched benchwarmers.....a piece of advice : make friends with people who have a plasma screen tv on your floor :)

this morning, i went to bethany community church, came back and ate lunch, and have been doing homework basically the whole day. i'm kind of taking it easy because this week is going to be crazy. i have a spanish test tomorrow, midterms in my other two classes, and my best friend is coming to preview spu on thursday night/friday morning. i'm coming home on friday and am SO excited. i'm sure it'll be much needed after my crazy week, and i can actually take a BATH! ps. mom, it would be wonderful if you made spaghetti one of those nights ;) it'll be weird to drive my car too after a month of not driving, but i'm sure it won't be too bad. cross your fingers! and i'm planning on carving a pumpkin or two....

i'm off to study for my spanish test! pray for my midterms this week...that would be so appreciated.

have a great rest of your night :)

LOVEEEEEEEE