See you next Tuesday

For years now, Kylee, Colleen, Maureen and I have been getting together for a girls dinner. In fact, if I look back at my OCD calendar*  the earliest one I have documented is July 30, 2008 when we all met at Cactus. From Cactus we moved on to having them at Colleen's house where she would make the main course, and the three of us would either bring an app, salad, or dessert. It's been a fun way to make sure we get to see each other often and catch up. We've had lots of fun times at these dinners, including the time Colleen unknowingly got hammered off of the double margaritas she was making herself (mixing pre-made margaritas thinking it was just a mixer with more tequila)...that was fun, and a good thing she wasn't driving! Weiner is always such a trooper for making the drive out all the way from Canada Snohomish. Especially since we like to have them on Tuesdays, just so that we can say "see you next Tuesday!"

Charlotte: Is it so much to ask that you not wear your dress up around your see you next Tuesday?
Samantha: My what?
Charlotte: (drawing characters in the air) C - U - Next -
Carrie: Tuesday? Oh my God! Was that a schoolhouse rock I missed?

With my new home coming together now, I decided to host the girls and invited them to come out to West Seattle and see the place. We had a blast. We laughed all through dinner, and probably drank too much wine while staying up way too late for a weeknight. We agreed next time we're doing it on a weekend so that it can turn into a slumber party.

At the end of the night we tried to get a group photo by setting the timer on Weiner's camera, which then turned into an 80s inspired photo shoot. We thought we were pretty funny, but each photo came out worse than before. Here's hoping Weiner doesn't post them...

Thanks for the fun time girls, and glad you were all able to come see my new home!

pretty flowers and a homemade card
from Weiner Boo

* My OCD calendar is something that I started about 5 years ago. It's just a calendar that I keep in a Word document where I keep track of what I've done everyday. Just a little something to remind myself. I don't even know why I started it exactly, but now I can't stop. Every few days I open it, update it, and hope it never gets deleted! For instance, this day last year I was flying home from Hawaii for Colleen's bachelorette party! The year before that? Tanning, bootcamp, and dinner at Clint's house. So pretty much just useless information...

**UPDATE**
Okay, the pictures from Weiner's camera are actually kinda fun, so I'll post them here too. She also got a shot of our dinner, Cajun Shrimp Linguine. It was the first time I made it, and it turned out to be a really easy recipe, so I'll share it with you here. I thought it turned out a little bland, so next time I plan to add either more cajun seasoning or something else to give it a little kick.

Colleen suggested a ladder,
so I got out the step stool