Smoothies & [More] Panama Prep!

Guess where we went again.. today? 

can you guess? 

I'm not telling you. You'll have to guess.

... Ok I lied. It's Community Blend! The only reason I'm telling you that is because I want you to GO there & support them, as well. :)

ALSO.. THIS CAME TODAY & I AM SO ESSSSITEDSSS!!! [Excited, for those of you who don't speak my version of idiot...]:

1 step closer to panama!

This camera [supposedly] stands its ground when it comes to the outdoor elements and contained forces of gravity [ie, don't throw it off a building]. It's exactly what I think? I need for Panama, as the vision in my head of what I would manage to do with a regular digi cam kind of scares me. Haha.

We'll see.
NINE DAYS TO GO!

xo | cmd 

Happy Belly!

New places to visit! Yay!

Elisa told me a week or so back about Happy Belly, a new resident to the 1300 block of Vine in OTR. I took a peek at their website and FB page, and decided I wanted to try it out. Like, really wanted to go. We decided today would as good a day as any to go and check out the new digs, so we closed up shop for an hour and headed south.

green smoothie & spirulina bites!
happy belly | cincinnati, oh

What a cute place! Their menu boasted of some tasty lunch items, but we decided to go light today and snagged a couple of smoothies and bite-sized snacks for the road, instead.

adorable (:

With plenty of time to spare, we stopped by Mica 12/v, just across the street from Taste of Belgium. I think I've figured out some things Sydni might be getting for her birthday [which, btw, is way too quickly approaching].

wall clocks!! specifically, owl wall clocks!

And for the car:

magnets!

^^ There were about five or six different versions of this magnet book: people, faces, animals, nature, robots... all kinds of fun combinations to be made. I'm pretty excited. I went digging and found a lot of the other versions I saw today (& then some!!), on THIS WEBSITE. The website pricing is about the same as I saw instore, once you figure in shipping/handling and all that jazz.

Anywho, we are one step closer to the weekend, and the countdown is in full effect for Tyler, Jason, Miranda & FGL at the Burn It Down Tour on Saturday. CAN'T WAIT!

xo | cmd

Hoxworth Reds Blood Drive

The fact that I participate in blood drives will forever be blamed on Becky. Hahh. I'm not upset though; I'm glad that she ingrained the necessity to attend these as frequently as I'm allowed.

The last time I attempted to donate, I nearly passed out, apparently not having eaten enough earlier in the day. I decided this morning that that would not be an issue today: 

breakfast

lunch

It was time to go! It's always unnerving to get a needle stuck in my arm for 15 minutes, but I was happy to report even halfway through that it was a no-worries situation!

good to go!

SUCCESS!

cincinnati reds swag ;)

Your turn, friends! These donations save lives; if you are able, GO DONATE!

xo | cmd