a less than brilliant plan

As it is my semester break and I have FIVE WEEKS off, I decided to pick up a little side job, temporarily, to make some extra cash. Today I work my last shift at Anthropologie, my favorite store. I have always LOVED this place, just wandering through for hours looking at all the lovely things. UUGGHH. Not the same as working retail over the Christmas holiday... which has turned in to a complete NIGHTMARE. Lesson learned. NOT. A. RETAIL. GIRL.

let the baking BEGIN

best recipe archive ever, from Gourmet magazine

SURPRISE!

this picture sums it up.... my first and best ever SURPRISE PARTY, thrown by my most incredible friends. Nice cake, no?!

running the Richmond 1/2 marathon

my mom and I ran the RIchmond 1/2 marathon a few weeks ago... here are some good pics from that day. (I ran with my camera - it was much easier than I had anticipated.) There are the cheerleaders... anyone that has run a big race will remember how AWESOME it is to have cheerleaders out there. They rock, they give off TONS of energy, I love them. Then there was the couple that ran the entire race holding hands! So intense. I think she had breast cancer, and I could barely look at them without tearing up. Thats some serious PDA.