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i had a fantastic weekend, though it began with a few hiccups.

i arrived home with the best domestic intentions for my weekend without alex. i made some delicious dinner out of my garden. that's right. i used stuff from my garden. yes, it was barely anything, but i've never cooked with something i grew myself. it was awesome. recipe to come.

then i headed to the fabric shop to pick up some embroidery thread and some yarn i've been needing to start a couple hats that probably should have been done months ago (though they aren't needed until october, so i'm okay). i decided that since i was out i might as well get some ice cream. i was being domestic and deserved a treat. there's just something about banana shakes from sonic that just get to me.

i came home and began my apron. i was excited. i was motivated. i was less excited and way less motivated when my back started hurting from cutting out the fabric. and even less excited and motivated when i kept having to rip out seams when i screwed up. and i was just plain angry when i burned my finger on the light bulb on my machine. so i quit. until mom could fix everything the next day.

i woke up saturday ready for a new day. i thought a run would be a great way to get started before the rain hit and it got miserable. i took the puppies since they were going to be stuck at home most of the weekend anyway. it was miserable. part of the problem was uzi running on the wrong side and getting tangled in gandalf's leash. part of the problem was gandalf stopping every 10 feet to smell or pee or do whatever he does. part of the problem was the 87% humidity outside. not an exaggeration. 87%. i cut the run short because it looked like uzi was limping. she was faking, turns out. but i got home feeling like i just got out of a shower. took a real shower and headed to mom's house.

mom helped me get the apron together. i spent a few more hours working on the embroidery for it and finally finished, vowing to never sew again. then i got over that. and then i came home and made banana cinnamon cookies. i made them with whole wheat flour, so they were a little weird, but delicious with coffee.

i left town the next morning with mom and paige to head to austin for the renegade craft fair. it was a really fun time.

after a frustrating start to the morning (turns out denton starbucks aren't open at 6:30 on sunday morning), we arrived in austin ready for some guero's. delicious as always. and as usual, i ate way too many chips. we walked around south congress for awhile, then made our way to the craft fair.

it was delightful. it's hard to beat a place with a free photobooth (with props) and filled with creative people. it makes you want to do fun stuff. and spend a whole lot of money. unfortunately i had no money and was given a spending limit. i still made the most of it. i got 2 new t-shirts- one from the same people that made my "nobody puts baby in a corner shirt," and a wayne's world inspired foxy lady shirt. it's awesome. i'm hoping that it's as awesome on as it is on the hanger. yellow light-weight t's aren't always great at hiding frumpiness. i also bought about 5000 (or 5) new prints for my walls. and i got some really cool bill murray stickers, some embroidery kits and an iron on ball of yarn. i could have spent another 500 bucks without batting an eye. someday i'll be rich and it'll be awesome.

i ran into my friend joy (of sad accordion fame), who i was secretly hoping to see, given the setting. she's preggers and is gonna be even cuter when she gets a bump. i'm absolutely in love with she and her husband, nathaniel (also of sad accordion fame). they're gonna be the funnest, cutest parents ever. and their kids will be way cooler than i could ever hope to be.

we hit up curra's (more and more chips) on the way out of town, then braved storms to get back home. sadly, the storms were much worse for a lot of the country. poor joplin, missouri really got hit hard and a lot of the town was destroyed. so sad.

the rain is continuing today and looks like for a lot of the week. i'm going to try to get in some exercise one way or another and get it together. i'm looking at swimsuits today in hopes that that'll keep me honest. and thankfully, i only gained a pound in austin (a miracle in itself). so here we go, a new week begins today. why am i still looking at cookie recipes?