Our Halloween Night

{Goodbye October!}

I can't believe October has already come and gone. It seems like the month literally flew by! It's been a bittersweet month for me, because for some reason Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. As a child I couldn't wait to get dressed up in the fabulous costumes my mother would make my sisters and I. Some of my fondest memories are of those Halloween nights. 

Not much has changed since then, except now that I'm an adult I pass out the candy instead of trick or treating but I still love to get dressed up. Usually I go all out and spend between $50-$80 on a costume and accessories since there was always a party to go to back home or something spooky to do. This year I intended on being a little more frugal and opted to not buy a costume. That was until Halloween came and I all of a sudden had the urge to dress up. {Great idea waiting til the last minute, don't ya think?}

So after work I rushed over to Wal-Mart and found some adorable kitty ears, glow bracelets and some candy for the trick or treaters. I was so proud of myself for only spending $12! For the rest of my costume I wore a black skirt, tights and a long sleeve black tee. I did my makeup to match my ears and voila. This kitty was ready to play! ;)

After I was dressed and ready I headed over to my deployment buddy Brittany's house. {Yes we are both Britt's so don't mess with us! haha} We made dinner, handed out candy and watched spooky shows like "Ghost Adventurers," all night. It was low key and relaxing and I loved seeing all the kids in their costumes! Even though I'm no where near ready for kids it made me look forward to having them in the future. 

Here is a photo of Britt and I dressed up...I was a naughty kitty and she was a sophisticated kitty! 

Brittany even got her dogs dressed up, {much to their dismay} and it was the cutest thing. Lady Puggle was a naughty pumpkin and Roland was a naughty hot dog. :0) Aren't they cute? 

We also had a Halloween gift exchange at work and I got my coworker these awesome goodies. I was so happy that she loved everything! ♥

All in all this has been such a wonderful past few days! My hubby was sweet enough to send me flowers on Sunday since he wasn't able to be home to spend Halloween with me. It really touched my heart that he bothered to do something sweet like that, he knows how much I love Halloween and I couldn't stop smiling all weekend!

I hope everyone else had a Happy & Safe Halloween! Now we're headed straight for November and I am so glad the Holidays will be here soon because that means we are getting closer and closer to the end of this deployment!!! I can't wait until next year to finally have my hubby home safe and sound. ♥ Here's hoping these next few months fly by!

It's a celebration!

This past weekend my bloggy buddy and real life friend Brittany and I got together to celebrate passing the half way point! It has really helped to have a friend to listen and be there who is going through the same thing and knows exactly how you feel. Thanks so much Britt for listening to me vent and complain and just hanging out and keeping me company on dozens of lonely nights! :) I can't wait for our hubby's to get home so we can all go out for a double date, FINALLY! haha!

Britt has two adorable doggies named Lady Puggle and Roland. Lady just so happens to love me and I think you could say it's a love to last a lifetime. ;) Here's proof!

Isn't she adorable!? :) This weekend we went to Cheesecake Factory in Virginia Beach to celebrate the halfway point and I was so excited we chose to go there. They have one of my favorite drinks called a Georgia Peach and I'm telling you, they are sooooo delicious! ;) If you haven't tried one, get your butt down there and get one...they are seriously that amazing. ♥

We got so much food it was almost absurd, and seeing that it was cheesecake factory we HAD to order dessert. We ordered some yummy nachos and we both got pasta for the main course. I can't remember what mine was called, but it was delicious!

 I ordered the Tiramisu cheesecake for dessert, because if you didn't already know, I'm obsessed with coffee and Tiramisu is my absolute favorite dessert. ♥

Nothing makes me happy like food does, (well except my hubby and family, but you know what I mean) and this feast was perfect for celebrating all the struggles and trials we have overcome in the last six months. I know we still have a long way to go, but with the lord on my side and good friends and family to help me through it, I know I'll survive. :)

Our Fabulous Weekend and Hubby's Pre-Deployment Party

This weekend has been amazing. It started a little early this week with our St. Patty's Day celebration on Thursday. After I got off work my hubby, our good friend Jimmy and myself all headed to one of our favorite local spots, a bar and grill called Salty C's.

 I looovveee this place. Its small and draws in a more local crowd. They have the best fried pickles that I've ever had! :) They also have amazing buffalo wings and a good variety of seafood as well. Needless to say it was PACKED on Thursday night and we ended up having to wait a bit for our food...but it was delicious and I finally got my fried pickles, so I was a happy girl. :) Then we headed over to our friends Megan and Brian's St. Patty's Day Party. I had to work on Friday so I couldn't drink too much, but we all had a great time anyway. 

Friday I was exhausted from working all week (and staying up so late on Thursday night) so the hubby and I decided to stay home and rent some movies. You gotta love how redbox and some Mcdonald's can be the best cheap date ever...it was magical. ;) We watched "Life As We Know It" with Josh Duhamel and Katherine Heigl. I love, love, loved this movie! It was funny, heartbreaking, and romantic all at the same time. If you haven't seen it you need to! Its definitely a good date night movie. (Even my hubby liked it...shhhh don't tell!)

I got off work Saturday and came home and watched "Wolfman" with my hubby. I was so tired from working six days in a row and barely getting any sleep, that I passed out before it was even finished. I know, I'm lame!! Lol!! But I knew I would need my rest seeing as we were going out to dinner with a bunch of friends and having a Farewell Bash for the Mr. later that night. After getting some much needed beauty sleep I got all gussied up for our fabulous dinner and party afterward.

Here's a photo I managed to snap right before we left. I wish I had gotten one of my hubby and I so you could see the rest of my dress, and how handsome he looked...but I forgot with all the excitement. We all headed down town and ended up at one of my favorite restaurants here in Va Beach...El Azteca. Its the only place I've tried out here that meets my California standards for authentic mexican food. And let me just say that their peach daiquiris are to die for! ♥

We all had a great time at dinner and the food was DELICIOUS as always! I really can't say enough how much I LOVE that place...♥ Once we had eaten to our hearts content we headed back to Megan and Brian's for Isaiah's Farewell Bash. Its a good thing that Megan is a bar tender because thanks to her I had yummy drinks all night and even managed to take a few shots. I was feeling pretty good by the end of the night! ;) Everyone had a blast and here are a few photos to give you an idea. 

We were both a little buzzed at this point...just a little. ;)

Sarah and Josh were being such goobers. They were making me laugh ALL NIGHT LONG!! I loooovveee this girl!! ♥

Here's a shot of me, Angel and Megan having a blast! And if you look closely in the left corner you can see her husband Brian making his way into the picture, lol! 

Here's our other friends Sarah and Kyle. They make the cutest couple and are probably some of the most laid back people I've ever met. :) 

There are so many other hilarious pictures, but for now I'll leave you with this one. I realized last night that I am so blessed to have met such amazing people here in Virginia Beach and that I'm going to have lots of support once Isaiah actually leaves.

Even though I had an amazing time I kept thinking about how much I'm going to miss my husband once he leaves for his deployment. I just kept trying to savor each moment, each touch and ingrain them into my memory so I will have something to smile about when he is gone. I know this is going to be a difficult journey but I am confident that we will not only make it through everything, but that our relationship will be stronger because of it. So on that note I'll say farewell and I hope you all had as great a weekend as we did! ♥