Things That Made Me Happy This Week - November 1, 2009

• A day of apple picking, picture taking, hiking and pie making with the mister.
• Straight hair for a few days, courtesy of my favorite hair stylist.
• A fantastic meal with Wendie at Bacaro. Fantastic food, fantastic company.
• A really fun Halloween party.
• A date with my groom at Cuban Revolution followed by a double feature!
• Beginning the process of packing up my office in preparation for the move next weekend.
• This mushroom risotto recipe.
• A great photo shoot at home with Erika for Bob's new headshot, followed by some quality time with her and an appearance by Julie!

I had a great week! Lots of stuff was accomplished at work, and I still managed to have a ton of fun. Both of those things don't happen simultaneously very often, so I'm appreciating the heck out of it.

The week began with a fun day out with Bob at Sweet Berry Farm, picking apples and taking pictures. They had a ton of apples left to pick, so we ended up making a couple of pies that night. After apple picking, we headed to Norman Bird Sanctuary for a short hike. This place has some meaning for us because it's where we went on our first hike together. We got some great pictures there too!

Wednesday night, I met up with Wendie for a phenomenal meal at Bacaro. The food was wonderful, and the conversation even better. I've been seeing a lot more of her lately, and it makes me happy :)

Oh! And Bob surprised me with tickets to see Ray Lamontagne! I tell ya, I did something right somewhere along the way.

The end of the work week consisted of a lot of work leaving my desk, and the beginning stages of packing up for our move next weekend. We're moving to a beautiful new office space and we're all very excited. It's going to be a long weekend, but worth it.

Friday night, we went to the annual Halloween party of our friends', Josh and Kristine. I was looking forward to spending some time with Connie and Carolyn, and I'm so happy that I got to. :) It is required that guests dress up for this party, and dress up we did. I was Khloe Kardashian (that's me on the left), and Bob was my paparazzi! The best costume by far was our friends Derek and Lisa, who dressed as solar panels and a wind turbine. So creative, and hilarious.

Saturday, Bob and I had a date at the Cuban Revolution, followed by a double feature! We saw "Law Abiding Citizen" and "Zombieland". Both very different, very good movies. I was pleasantly surprised by both.

Today (Sunday), we went out to breakfast, then spent a few hours cleaning the house. Erika came over for lunch, then proceeded to spend HOURS with Bob on his new headshot. He has a goatee in his other one and it was time for something new. We had seen Erika's work and were really impressed, and she did not disappoint. I think she got some really great shots of Bob :)

Julie arrived at the tail end of the photo shoot, when Erika was taking shots of Gruxy (can't wait to see those!!) and we had a nice visit with the both of them. We subjected both of them to the wedding video, and they said they didn't mind... heh.

Days like this, I really just feel so fortunate. Life is what you make of it.