City Fleaaaaa!

I woke up with an especially ambitious spirit this morning, and took off on a run to begin the day. 

Yes, I did that on purpose, and No, I'm not ill. In fact, Rob even jumped in on the last lap, much to my pleasant surprise. Thanks for supporting my crazy ideas of morning fitness, love ♥. 

it's a happy day to feel happy :D

We cleaned up a bit [& by that, I mean changing clothes; don't pretend like I took a shower.. that's silly] & headed downtown to meet up with Becky at CityFlea513. I love this time of the year for this specific reason, and although I don't attend every weekend of Flea, I do love drinking it in yearly. 

photo cred: insta@mrs_falhaber

photo cred: insta@thecityflea

& quite possibly my favorite shot that I've seen so far [as my phone was buried in the bottom of my cotopaxi this entire trip >:(... ]

photo cred: insta@timeandagainshop

The best part of CF513, besides all the crazy cool and crafty vendors, was running into Lauren & Sara, two sisters who I still hold dear after nearly 14+ years since our silly college days. They now run Mixie Studios, and have the most adorable collection of unique goodies for you, so if you plan on CFlea513'ing at any point this summer, make sure you go see them.. and BUY SOMETHING! 

sara [lauren not pictured :( ] 

For the sake of throwbacks, a bonus: 

haha.. oh boy. circa.. 2007. 

Fortunately, La & Sa still look pretty much the same.. beautiful as ever, and even more fortunately, I finally figured out what eyebrows were and that they should be left on your face. Sheesh. 

Anywho, it was a beautiful day to be out and about, and although Rob & I had every intention of the additional jazz festival in the evening, we both awoke from "short naps" about 4 hours after sitting down on separate sides of the room, and by that point well.. 

Happy Saturday, blogbots. I hope you're able to get out there and enjoy it! 

xo | cmd

513 City Flea | Findlay Market | Camping



 PRIORITY #1: BREAKFAST!

eggggggggcellent ;)

Ya'll should already know exactly what I made for breakfast this morning. If you don't, well... it's Saturday, and Rob's here, so as tradition is starting to have it, it was the usual slow-scrambled eggs, potatoes and fruit. I realized this is the first real meal I've cooked from scratch in the new place, too. Nothing like great company and homecooked food to start the day.

With breakfast down, we were off towards Market & City Flea.

First stop: Market! We swung by to say hello to Mike & Becky, who were "working," haha. No, I'm kidding. They really do work, hard, too might I add, but they have a blast doing it, and I think that's awesome.

While we were waiting, we managed to, after a few discarded captures, get one of my favorite pictures from the entire weekend...

i'm in love.... with this man.

I absolutely adore that picture, so much so that it's now going on the permanent side roll to the right. Haha. Just sayin. I'm one lucky girl.

Anyway....
Becky was able to break away for a little while and get some vendor prospecting in with us down the road at the 513 City Flea in Washington Park. It was so stinkin' hot outside and the crowd was enormous, so we didn't stay too long, but it was a blast and I'm glad we went! 

513 city flea | washington park | cinci, oh

One reason I really wanted to go after Elisa reminded me about this yesterday:

sara & lauren : sister team of mixiestudio

dpsa 2006 | lauren. sara. corin

Sara & Lauren! It's been a liiiiitle while since I last saw either of these pretty gals, since I've been away for so long.. but long story short: they now have an adorable operation, Mixie Studio. You should check it out if you have some time. It's so. stinkin'. cute. (:

And for the sake of throwbacks to the babydays of DPSA ... haha.. I had to toss that one in there, for the sake of hilarity and how much we've grown since then.

Oh, and Becky bought some Italian marble coasters [*note to self, purchase some of these in July at the next 513!]

I took Rob to Eli's, since I'd promised a trip there. The place as usual was packed, but worth it, and I'm glad we were able to make it out.

We headed back to the house to mellow for a little while.. It's camping time now; we've just finished up pitching tents and looks like we're in for a fun night. I love my friends.

first camping trip together (:

Life is good.

xo | cmd

Friday Fun | & Sara's Bday!

I ♥ FRIDAY

Ahhh, Fridays. Thank you for being you, and today especially, for being so marvelous. It's been a great week overall, and I absolutely believe this was the perfect way to round it out.

dewey's edwardsville
y-u-m.

It started with a planned lunch outing with my coworkers; I piled Nancy, Meagan, Courtney and Christine into the Altima and in no time, we were having a blast at the newly-opened Dewey's in Edwardsville. Since apparently this is a new trend in this area [these puppies are all over OH/KY], Nancy and I were the only two who'd been before this. The general consensus was good; I'd forgotten that I enjoy that place, and it was definitely a welcome change of pace from the usual list of available pitstops for the hour break. We got back to the office to find Jay, one of our favorite associates and personal family friend of the Voegeles, replacing each of our computers for the upcoming software upgrade. That slowed down the process of doing actual work, which made for a nice little cap on an already lovely last weekday.



niiiice :)
hoppy hoppy hoppy!



At home, I dug a special package out of the mailbox, addressed to one specific little lady, from my parents back in Ohio. Sydni wasted no time tearing into the bundle of bright, glittery foam eggs and a hilarious bunny mask. Sydni's been hopping around all evening, "hoppy hoppy hoppy.. Sydni's a bunny rabbit!" LOVE.

Oh, and in a completely unrelated matter, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Sara, waaaay back in Cincinnati. Her birthdays were always so much fun, because she is such a fun person! Hope your day was extraordinary, Sa!! Happy 26th, from Illinois to KY/OH! xo :)

happy 26th, sara!
[lauren. sara. cori] | circa 2007

Tomorrow = Zoo? Maybe. It all depends on whether or not Courtney has to babysit, and if Christine, Meagan, and I decide we're all motivated enough to get our hind ends out to St. Louis. :)

G'Nite!

xo | cmd