FebruANY, any 5.....

Ok. For all you clever folks out there, don't be jealous that I stole the Subway theme song for my blog post title. You will get over the heartbreak. Oh, and just try and get that song out of your head now. It's not going to happen.

 So for February I have chosen my top 5 favorite things, etc to talk about. They are in order of no particular order.

1. Cruisin' Austin style
Mark got this outrageous idea to rent bicycles and ride around the city. Well I haven't been on a bike in almost 15 years I wanna say. And the last time I got on a bike it did not end pretty (all inquiring minds find the video of me on Facebook.) So I decided to be the awesome wife that I am and agree to the bike shenanigans. I had one rule. We weren't going anywhere near the street. Well it didn't take long for Mark to find the spot where we had to go in the road. He is very much an adventure seeker. I am not. Needless to say it was a ton of fun! We went to this place called Barton Springs. Its great. Trails everywhere, bodies of water everywhere, people out enjoying the sun everywhere. Just a lot of happiness...well, everywhere. And I rode my bike just fine (I was still very cautious).

These were on the doors of the bike shop. Rough times

2. Valentines Day

This was one of my favs. For Valentines Day this year Mark had booked us a couples cooking class at a place called The Silver Whisk. I had known about this for about a month so I was suuuper excited when it was finally time to go. We were with about 18 other couples. I think we were the youngest ones in there. Scratch that. I know we were. We met some really nice people. We cooked a delicious menu of poblano corn chowder, crab stuffed mushrooms, cheese(I can't remember what kind but it had a really fancy name. Who am I kidding. It was probably provolone) and spinach stuffed chicken, and this to die for molten chocolate cake. Folks I am here to tell you. The molten cake at the eating establishment Chilis is NOT, I repeat, IS NOT molten chocolate cake. So don't bother ordering that again. Ever. It was a ton of fun. And I can't wait to go back. Thanks again Marky!

Oh and I failed to mention that the night before my lovely Marky poo brought me home flowers.

Gorgeous right? He done good

 Ok. Thats all.

3. Sarah's bridal shower

I have a co-worker from my last job. We are friends. Her name is Sarah. She is getting married. She had a bridal shower. I braved the trip from Austin to San Antonio to attend said shower. 

It was a much needed reunion with my friends. 

We are the fab five. These girls are all co-workers. And yet, somehow we all became really close. Probably because we spent more time with each other than we did with our families. We are all sooo different. I mean come on. In our clique we have two brown people. Diverse isn't it? But thats what makes us so great. Everyone wants to be our friends. Ok thats the biggest lie ever. But look at these faces? How could you resist?

 Let me tell you a little about them. Starting at the top of the staircase we have Stacie. Stacie is asain/white, catholic, an aspiring physical therapist, addicted to playing sports, and the sweetest person you will ever meet. Have you ever met someone really sweet? Well that person is the devil compared to Stacie. I like to call her baby spice. She is cute as a button. I'm pretty sure when we met I asked her if she was hawaiian. And then I proceeded to say that I've never seen such a brown asian person. Remember when I said she was really sweet? Yeah, thats why we are still friends. We are both addicted to the Thai dish Neum. No one likes it as much as we do. Neum lovers for life.  

Now to Sonal. Sonal is Indian. The one with the red dot, not the feather. Don't worry. She doesn't get offended by that. Its an inside joke because someone actually said that to her at work. People are ridic. Anyways Sonal was given the name Sunny because Sarah couldn't pronounce her name. Good stuff. Talk about a rough first day on the job. Sonal is a graduate of  Texas A&M and is a proud Aggie. She has also been mistaken to have a weave, being hispanic, and african-american. This all happened at work by the way. Anyways, Sonal is like the hindu kardashian. Super cool, stylish and up with the latest trends. She just cut those bangs and they look smashing don't they? She loves spicy food. I'm talking pours red pepper flakes on everything and it doesn't phase her. Sonal is like my sister but in brown form. Its like we've been friends forever. I love this girl and I miss her on a daily.  

Sarah. Sarah is Catholic. She is something else, but in a good way. This lovely bride-to-be has been given the following nicknames: big bird, banana hands, tiger lily. Catch phrases are: "I got this", "I have a migraine", "I need coffee", and "I have a doctor's appt". I love Sarah. She is always good for a laugh. She can palm a basketball with those hands. Her first 6 months of work were interesting. She put deodarant on over her shirt missing the pits completely. She lived in her car for a while. One time we asked her to take the trash down to the dumpster so she threw it in her car and drove it there. She likes to hunt and we give her a hard time about it. She also likes to feed missionaries. And you can convince her to do anything! Like donating blood during lunch time to get a free burrito. Her and her fiance Andy are hilarious. I can't wait for this girl to walk down the isle. 

Last but not least, Jessie. Jessie is a methodist. Jessie got hired about a month after I got there. She is an athletic trainer from Pennsylvania. She is always trying to convince us how great Pennsylvania is when in reality, Utah def wins that competition. I say that in the nicest way possible Jessie! Jessie is the only one in our group with 2 kids. She just had a baby boy in January and she doesn't even look like she had a baby! The perfect accessory for the little girl that they already have. She has been given the nickname Grandma Jeazie. I think the name speaks for itself. While we are all up late she is in bed by 9. We tease her but its all in good fun. And we love the show Pretty Little Liars. And she made us have a Twilight marathon. I had a migraine for two days after that. 

Together we make the fab five...or something like that. I miss them. 

4. Corner people

On my daily travels there are a lot of funny things you see on the corners. This month I have chosen to highlight my two favorites. The first one was on Ash Wednesday. 

That sign says Ashes To Go. I don't want to have to explain what Ash Wednesday is, so just Google it yeah? But. It is sorta funny to walk into the gym and see the Yoga teacher with Ashes on her forehead. No disrespect...I'm just sayin. And here is my second one. 

This guy was running across the street with a Texas flag. Kissing his fingers and waving to the cars. Texas pride is in the air folks! How could you not love that? Note how both of these incidents happened on this same corner? Hmmm...

5. Poppin' tags

There are a lot of thrift stores in Austin. Some really interesting ones at that. Me and my good friend Mariel did some exploring. Here is what we found....

And at the next store we found this...

These people seem to like death...and money.

There was also a bullet hole through the door of this establishment. And these places are about 3 blocks away from me! I'm the luckiest girl in the world!

I think this just about wraps it up! These are my 5 favorite memories from February. March is sure to be full with more blog worthy stories. Are these even blog worthy? I don't know. I still don't know what I'm doing. If you are reading this, then you are truly heaven sent. Until next time I bid farewell to my adoring fans. I'm sure.