A break down in the system

Since Trevin and I have been married we have had down the absolute best system. I would look through the ads before we went to the store, we never went into the frozen foods, chips and cookies, or prepared food aisles. We would stick to our list and come out saving oodles of money. Yes we were pretty much awesome at it.

Lately however grocery shopping seems to be a little more traumatic. When I finally realize there is no food in the house and the realization that we have to go sets in I'm not usually very pleasant.

Since the break down in our grocery shopping system our cart is usually filled by browsing the store for anything that looks appealing and more and more items seem to be coming from the once forbidden aisles.

Maybe one day we will get back to our amazing system but for now I'm not complaining, as long as we keep the shopping to a minimal.

All Alone All Weekend

The last time I slept alone in my bed was the night before this.......

Now I have to sleep in my bed alone all weekend!!! The first time in 15 months but in return I get to be in this glorious city for three days

I'm still trying to figure out how in the world I will cope. I'm sure a little bit of shopping will help cheer me up :)

Flashbacks

With school starting and the weather turning to fall it makes me start to play the flashback game. Trevin probably gets super sick of it because everything that happens reminds me of something from the past. Here is how it goes:

We drive up the canyon and I say "awww remember our first date when we came up here, awww how cute, now we're married." Or we go to a football game "Remember when we were dating and we went to football games together, aww how cute, now we're married." Yeah he probably gets super sick of my reminiscing so I'm sparing him and turning to blogging.

This time last year this was me. The junior core accounting program pretty much killed me and all I ever wanted to do was sleep. I am sooooooo glad to me done with that year, hardest year of school ever.

This is the glorious building where I spent the entire past year. This time last year I lived in the Tanner building. Bleh, thank goodness that is over, now I only spent half my life in there.

This time two years ago is much more fun to play flashback about. Trevin and I had just started dating. Its crazy to think about all the things we did then that we would never do now. Trevin hiked the Y with me and I ate beef. We did many a group date with his buddy Trevor and his now wife Natalie. Good times!!

This time two years ago Trevin and I took a road trip to Fort Collins for the BYU vs CSU football game. While in Ft Collins I met all of his buddies from school and he met my parents.

College Football: We have a love/hate relationship

As the official start of college football kicks off tonight I'm debating my opinion of the college football season. Currently Trevin is watching the Utah vs Pittsburgh game. It has only been 30 minutes--my blood pressure has risen drastically, I've developed a twitch in my right leg, and my brain feels like its being squeezed to the size of a popcorn kernel. I don't know what it is, there is something about random football games that I find totally frustrating and boring. Don't get me wrong, I love BYU football. In fact I am so pumped for the game Saturday. And I love the Broncos too. I'll even watch those games occasionally. I just can't seem to understand the need to watch every football game regardless of who is playing. These are the best conversations:

Me: Trevin who do you want to win the game?

Trevin: Oh it doesn't matter I don't really care

Me: Why are you even watching the game....

Seriously. I guess I'll just have to hit the mall more to easy my college football anxiety.

Proud New Parents......of a Chevy Malibu

Yes that is right, we finally bought a car and it is our little baby. Today I picked up Trevin after work and we set out on what I thought would be a miserable journey to find a new car. We had our eye on a 2007 Chevy Malibu in Salt Lake. We headed up there figuring the salesman would be a jerk, we would hate the car, and come home miserable. These assumptions were all based on previous car shopping adventures. Well little did I know how surprisingly please we would be with today's outcome. We went up to Mark Miller Toyota in Salt Lake. Best place ever to buy a car, ps if you do buy a car there mention our name because they like referrals. Anyways we test drove this Malibu that we had had our eye on. Before we ever started the car buying experience it was decided that I would do all the talking, I'm the money person and most definitely better at bargaining. Anyways we went on the test drive and the salesman came with us. Super awkward. I couldn't say how much I loved the car and I would pay whatever for it and didn't even need a test drive with the salesman sitting right there. That would ruin the whole bargaining effect. So as Trevin drove the car around I picked out every possible thing there is to hate about a car and shared my opinions loud and clear. By the time we got back from the test drive Trevin was fuming mad and I thought he would never speak to me again. Unfortunately he has never been very good at the bargaining thing and had no idea that it was all fake. Well we struck a deal with the salesman, got a good bargain and drove off the lot as proud new parents of a Chevy Malibu. Hopefully we wont have to do the whole car buying thing again for awhile now.

Rehab and Car Shopping

So I've been trying to kick my addiction for McDonald's ice cream cones. They aren't all that bad for you, I mean if you need a treat it doesn't get much better than a 150 calories cone of dreaminess. Unfortunately this little dollar splurge has started to add up and so Trevin has been desperately trying to get me to quit. It is tough and some days I go through withdrawals but I am officially clean since Wednesday. So what four days? Don't worry I'm still going strong......except for the carton of ice cream I bought at Smiths today. Oops.

On another happy note, Trevin and I went car shopping today and I absolutely hated it. Our car, aka the Sauna is becoming unbearable without air conditioning and we aren't sure when it will completely give up on us. Anyways, there is nothing worse than walking around car lots in the 100 degree weather gazing at all the car that are way out of your budget wishing you could buy them. We schemed and plotted and recalculated and reassessed and no matter how hard we tried those beautiful cars were still out of our price limit. The cars in our budget were the ones in the back corner with the beat up bumper and smoke coming out the hood. Well needless to say we left the dealership empty handed hoping that maybe next time we would be more lucky. I don't know if I'm even up for a next time.

Oh Summer Please Stay Forever

Well unfortunately summer is coming to a close really soon. It is even more unfortunate that I feel like my summer is just beginning since classes ended on Thursday. Despite school and work Trevin and I managed to have an amazingly fun summer! It seems like there were lots of moments this summer where I realized how awesome this summer has been and how much great stuff we have been able to do. These were the very best, most fun moments of the summer. Here they are....in no specific order:

Swimming in a cove at Lake Powell. Another boat drove by playing California Gurls and since then I absolutely love that song.

The hot tub at the Waldorf in Park City. There was classical music playing in the background and an awesome view of the mountain, not to mention it was our anniversary!!

The Fort Collins drive-inn. We saw Toy Story 3 opening night.

Riding jet skis at Bear Lake. This picture is actually Lake Powell but you get the idea. Trevin's parents rented us some jet skis to play around with while we were at Bear Lake

The Rockies Game. My parents took us to a game while we were back for a visit. We had great seats and the Rockies won 17-2

Jack Johnson concert. The concert last night was so awesome and inspired this blog post.

Eating McDonald's ice cream cones. I am seriously obsessed, just ask Trevin. Actually don't ask Trevin because it's embarrassing how much I constantly want them.