Went to REI today to use up my dividend (a whopping $30) and coupon—as we’re going to Iceland this summer, I wanted to get some light hiking shoes and convertible pants that could turn into capris. I bought a nice pair of Keen Voyageurs. As a last minute splurge, Matt and I decided to have a fancy steak dinner at the recently opened Capital Grille here in Seattle. We’d only been to the one in Kansas City on the Plaza and know that the steaks are awesome. Boy, our dinner here in Seattle was phenomenal — watch out El Gaucho! The service was fabulous and the food was cooked to…

I have to admit–it’s quite hard remembering to keep up this blog between all the status updates on Facebook and dots on Faves so apologies for the delays between posts. Over the weekend, we attended the Make A Wish Foundation Gala & Auction night at the Westin which was super fun. Until now, the only auction I’d ever attended was the Emerald City Swank for Seattle Works–an event I’ve attended for the last 4 years or so. Suffice it to say, this was far more elaborate than the Swank with tables costing $2,000 and live auction items ranging from a trip to Cabo to a Labradoodle puppy! (which was quite…

Man, I feel bad right now. I decided to try getting my haircut at the salon around the corner since it’s close by. I mainly wanted to get a trim, nothing fancy, pretty straight-forward. The shape of the haircut already predefined-just a trim. Now, I’ve got the infamous “Posh” haircut, or the inverted bob where the back of my hair is shorter than the front, and it’s a dramatic line. Well, haircut over, in the front it looked good, I was happy. Then I went home and realized that the back of my hair really wasn’t cut as short as I wanted–and my funky haircut went from being an inverted…