My night out!

So I'm currently typing this from my room...which is weird cause I should be at the office. I decided to take a half day, since I didn't get home until CRAZY late last night...and tonight we have a "lock in" with the youth group at church...which means NO SLEEP for Kayla until Saturday morning at 10AM. I'm excited, though! Just sleepy :)

Onto more important things besides my sleep deprived self.

Last night, a co worker and I scored free tickets to see The Sister Act from our office. We found out last minute the show didn't start until 8 so we decided we'd frolick around downtown and grab dinner first.

We went to a semi-fancy joint called Via Vite, luckily though it was happy hour so I scored this monster of a pizza for $6! I ate about half too, which means lunch for me will be quite delicious.

I decided to text my girl, Ashley yesterday morning when I put this outfit on...her immediate response "UM! OUTFIT POST, TOMORROW!" -- girl. is. crazy. ;) this is the closest thing you'll probably ever get from me to an "outfit post". I don't pose well...I get super awkward...so I decided to take a shot next to the ad for the show? 

Seriously though, dinner was amazing...and SUPER cheap. I love being downtown. I've never been to NYC, but I'd say we have our own little slice of heaven down here. The nightlife, the food, the atmosphere, its really amazing.

Something funny happened right before the show started... Dana (my co worker) bought some junior mints to enjoy during the show...she got one down her throat, and the entire box.... one by one...trickled down the descending aisle way... we tried to play it off like we had no idea what happened. All the while I cannot breathe from laughing so hard, and an innocent woman says to her "Ma'am, did you see? Your chocolates fell!" HA. It was adorable, and we had to be all "ohh nooo, shucks!" ... we are not good at faking.

I love the Aronoff center though, its beautiful and the seats are velvet like they were in the olden days. The show was amazing... a funny comedy that I'd DEFINITELY recommend. I love me a good musical.

I know, its unbelievably red in there, but this is the best we could get.

This weekend I am looking forward to the youth group "Lock in" at church....

getting some MUCH needed sleep...and BUYING OUR WEDDING BANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a good one, friends :) 

HAPPY FRIDAY!

I'm pretty much a pro.

...at this whole painting thing. Yeeaaahh, the ladies from my company got a company paid "ladies night out" at a local (amazing) art painting studio called "Cheers to Art".

I'm totally kidding though, I'm not a pro...but I have to say, I was kiiiind of hyperventilating before the class started because I'm a TERRIBLE artist. I can't even draw a stick figure correctly if my life depended on it. The lady in charge thought she'd comfort me by saying "don't worry honey, this is the easiest painting I'll be doing all month!" ...great, that makes me feel better......

Before we dive into my painting, look how cute this place was! It was a full blown natural light studio, with a boutique attached. How adorable, right?

The paintings above were all done in the previous months as the "project of the night". Lots of them reflected our big city, which I thought was pretty neat!

Then began the painting... oh did I mention we had a private party?? Haaaaaaaaaayyy.

So the original painting was supposed to be all different colored vases, with a few blocks of color on them... some green leaves and crooked twigs hanging out. The little heart of rebellion in me screamed "BE DIFFERENT"... & did I listen?

You bet I did.

Watch my artistry unfold....... ;)

 Drumroll pleeeease!

I didn't want to add the green leaves, because it was just too bright and cheery for me to mess with. Those leaves were gonna be messing with my vibe.

So I have to say, I really pretended to play "artist" last night. I think I'll go back soon. *ahem, CALEB?

It's a tiny thumbnail, so forgive me...but this is what it was supposed to look like:

No thanks, my love for yellow and corals just had to be shown ;)

This was totally outside of my comfort zone...buuuut I loved it.

Ever done something like this?

Cheers!

PS:

One quick Friday letter to my girl, Erin:

YOU ARE COMING HOME TONIGHT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SQUEEZE THE CRAP OUT OF YOUUUUUUU. Don't ever leave me for another week again.

;)