NYC Valentine's Weekend

Wow. We forgot what it was like when it was just the two of us. Freeeedom!

John & I had a wonderful time in New York city this past weekend. The Yearwood/Schloicka clan took Marnie & Grammy and Grampy took Tortilla & Mylee so we had all of Saturday and Sunday to do what we wanted. It was heaven.

We got into the city around 1:00pm & headed right to the Sofitel hotel where Brian had gotten us a sweet deal on a room. We settled in real quick & then headed out for lunch at the Stage Deli for some hot pastrami sandwiches. I fell in love with their menu- under the 'HEROES' section for sandwiches they had 4 different sandwiches to choose from: NYPD, NY Fire Dept., Rudy Guilani & Chelsey Sullenberger. After that we walked around near Times Square for a bit then headed to Aunt Paula's yoga studio for a couples Thai massage class. How fun is that?? A quick change after that took us to see 'Driving Miss Daisy' on Broadway featuring James Earl Jones. I loved it! After the play we went to a mexican restaurant & sat at the bar and had fruity tequilia drinks & cervazas. Into beddy bye by 12:05am!
Saturday morning we got up at 9:11am. Did you hear what I said? We woke up AFTER 9 O'CLOCK AM!!!!! Heavvven. We headed out for some NYC bagels & walked around some more. Later on we headed to Harlem for some good ol' soul food at Sylvia's. Not as good as we were hoping but nice to try something different. After lunch we headed home & you know what we did since we didn't have Marnie (she was staying over Robyn's until Monday night)...we CLEANED!! We did laundry, vacuumed, scrubbed the bathrooms, cleaned Marnie & our room from top to bottom. See all the fun you can have when you don't have a little one running around?

Well we had a really really nice Valentine's weekend & we can't wait to get away again. Check out Robyn's blog to see Marnie's weekend with them!

Thank you Brian!!!!

View of Times Square

Have you ever experienced a 'sign' that let's you know you are with the person you are meant to be with? John & I experienced it at the Stage Deli. We split a pastrami sandwich & it came with 2 pickles...one kind that I love & John dislikes and one kind that John loves & I dislike. A perfect split.

A+J=true love forever

This was us in Paula's studio after we were done with her class

On our way to the Golden Theater

BTW- it was FREEEEZZZZING in NYC this weekend!

At dinner

In Times Square

We stopped in Toys R Us just so we could get warm & eat our bagels. John got chocolate milk to go along with his bagel & at one point I stuck it in my purse so I didn't have to carry it in my hand. You know what John said..out loud..in front of a guy & Geoffrey the Giraffe?

"Where's my milky?"

Ahahaha...guess he was still in Daddy mode

(look behind John- you can see the guy in the red t-shirt & Geoffrey)

Good Times....Good Times

Circa 2003
John, Uncle Jimmy & Bobby...this just isn't right.

Just Call Me 'Lorraine Jr.'

So I've been addicted to a bunch of blogs lately that tell you where, how & when to buy certain items for super cheap using coupons & deals. Last week I hit Walgreens. Who shops at drug stores?? I NEVER did. That's just weird, right? Well hello, I'm a changed woman! These blogs are awesome. They even tell you HOW to get the best deal by combining coupons (which they provide the link for online printable coupons!), store sales and store rewards. CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid all participate in this- where you can buy certain products & recieve basically store credit back. For example, the Finesse shampoos & conditioners you see in the pic below were on sale at Rite Aid this week for 2/$6...& they also had a promotion: buy 2 and recieve $5 UP Reward on your next purchase...so essentially you are paying $1.00 for 2! And they are originally priced at $3.99 each! I didn't have any coupons for the shampoo BUT if I did I could have gotten them for free probably. Well anyway, I ended up picking up other items & used coupons & saved big time(and kept doing separate transactions so I could use my $5 UP Rewards)...I was so proud of myself for saving so much! I even went home & laid the items out (exactly like you see) and said to John..."See what I got! It originally would have cost $62.34 ( I totally got the calculator out & added it all up!!!)...but guess how much I paid!"
His guess: $6.00
Damn him, that is annoying!!!!!
I paid $5.18 AND have a $5 coupon for my next shopping trip!!!

Yep. Lorraine Jr.

Can You Say "Deal Of The Century"???

I hit Marshalls last week & I have to share this amazing deal I got. It's THAT GOOD! So I got 2 pairs of these Pour La Victoire boots pictured below...originally price was $395.00 EACH....marked $170.00 at Marshalls...but guess how much I got them for on clearance.

$34 each!!!!!! I paid $68.00 instead of $790.00!!!!!!! Tell me that is not the deal of the century! They are still being sold on Zappo's for $197.50!

So I got a pair of chestnut & dark grey...the tops fold over & those black leather straps come off..they are GORGEOUS!

And yes, I totally think I am hot shit!

Champ-E-Ons!!!

While we were in Warwick this weekend John & I got to slip out for the night while Mom, Dad, Kaelyn & Maddie watched Marnie. So off we went to go bowling with Robyn & Brian and our friends Alison & Dave.
2 games. $5 a couple bets. Guadagno's win twice. Nuff said.

Winna Winna Winna's!!!!!



Take a look at the pins- 3 left...all apart.

Congrats to Alison & Dave who just got engaged this past week!

How did this happen?? Twice in one night- check out the pins!!

Yay! Yay! Yay! You know it!!!

Guadagno's are CHAMP-E-ONSSSSS!