our first weekend

So we've been in our house a week now, and this weekend we made our first real meals together. I mean, we've made some frozen burgers during the week, eaten cereal, that sort of thing, but they weren't real. Anyway, Chris made us breakfast yesterday morning -- totally delicious.

mmm!

We then trekked out to Rochester Hills to go to a specific Pier 1 store so I could buy a really awesome rug for under the dining table. When I changed my address at the postal service web site, they sent me coupons for all kinds of stuff, including Pier 1 -- $15 off a purchase of $75 or more. Pretty easy for the numbers to add up in that store, too, you know? We got some really great stuff and our house has some cool new decor.

it's called the scroll border jute rug, and it was originally $120, and on sale for $39. amazing!

So the rest of the day consisted of cupcakes -- my mom had come to visit on Friday and brought me all the ingredients I needed to make a recipe I saw on the Rachael Ray show, including cake mix and frosting, so hell yes I used that right away -- and my lady Sooz came over to check out the house.

mom! :-)

so many cupcakes...

we killed a bottle of wine between the three of us -- and two pizzas and some bread -- and had a lovely night.

Tonight, I used my newly gifted ingredients and made buccatini with tomatoes, red peppers, green peppers, bacon and garlic. Delicious. I baked a half of a French roll and whipped up some dipping sauce, too. Very tasty. The recipe should still be on her website (I think it has archives) and it's actually pretty easy.

so pretty, and so yummy.

the clean up! we're such a great team.

It's been a really great weekend. Relaxing, happy, comfortable and...well, fuzzy, thanks to the cats climbing all over us while we try to do anything around the house. This week...maybe finally painting the hallway (it's almost the last thing we have to paint around here) and just enjoying the place. I need to start working outside, but for that to happen I'm gonna need some more attractive weather. This 45 degree crap has to end soon. Right?