My Dressy Week

This past week was "dressy" for several reasons.  Last week, I tried on dresses and finally purchased my dress for my brother and (soon to be) sister-in-law's wedding.

This is the dress with the color swab I was trying to match beside it.  I found it at a local boutique, which I adore!

The same day of the dress, I decided to make a pot roast dinner with potatoes, carrots, cabbage and onions.  I made it with a vegan roast of mushrooms, etc.  It tasted well, but made both of us a little sick afterwards, so I will not be using that recipe again!  It was too heavy of a dish.  Maybe I put in a little too much sauce :P

This week was another movie night with friends, and we shared sushi take-out as well.  The movie of choice was the "Dallas Buyer's Club".  The movie was nicely done, but it was very sad.  Next week, I will help in picking out a happier movie, or so I am told :)

This past weekend, I had another "dressy" event.  I wore business casual to a Starbucks event.  I met some great people and had fun.  No coffee, but that was mostly my fault!  I also went to a farmer's market on Sunday and watched a cute couple get engaged during a song by a local band.  The guy had one of the venders, who write poems, write a "will you marry me" message to his girlfriend and then he knelt down on one knee and proposed.  All of their friends were there snapping photos, and we got a good view because we happened to be sitting right beside where all of this was happening.  One of the guys' friends was the "spy" and told the boyfriend when his girlfriend arrived at the market.  He was actually easy to spot because he was wearing a very obviously fake mustache!

We have also been watching the Olympics, which is always exciting.  I have watched almost every ice-skating competition so far - which has been only the team events.  Everyone is so lovely and talented, but of course the Russians are the best so far.  I also watched as two Americans (one in the men's competition and the other in the women's) won gold in slopestyle (snowboarding).  I am looking forward to watching Shaun White compete, and to watching the continuing ice-skating competitions.

Week of writing

This past week, I applied for online writing for Traveler's Today and the Guardian.  So, I was busy this week researching and writing up articles to post online.  We will see if I get the jobs, but, in the meantime, you can check out what I wrote for Traveler's Today here: http://www.travelerstoday.com/reporters/colleen-lindsay.  I will point out that my editor changed my original title for the Mars piece, which left the headline reading as if my article supported the idea that there was life now on Mars, which it doesn't.  So, overlooking that, it should be ok.

I also have a space on Yahoo.com.  So, I will try to put in an article or two for them if I don't get the other jobs.  They give you money on a per-article basis, so I could keep up writing part-time with them if I get desperate :)

Other than that, I have started the search for my bridesmaid dress!  So far, I have come up empty.  But, tomorrow I will renew the search.  I hope to find something, or drown in teal dresses in the attempt!

This past weekend was the Super Bowl, which was not as exciting as it could have been.  We were cheering for the Broncos, so we were pretty sad with the outcome, and also sad that it wasn't a closer game.  That would have been more fun to watch!  I kept up with the news coverage on Twitter (yes, I now have an account there).  I followed a funny news feed about how women were represented in the commercials and on the field.  It was more exciting to read than watching the game, so that kept me busy!