nashville! part 2:

on our second day there, we decided to spend all day downtown. we walked around for a bit, had lunch followed by coffee, then bar hoped while having a few drinks at each stop. i honestly dont know what i was thinking. i drank way too much! we were in bed by 11pm, ha! oh! and it was 45 degrees and all i had was that black cardigan! whos the idiot that didnt check the weather the day before her trip!? oh that would be me! regardless of all that, we had such a fun day!

@ mike's ice cream fountain for coffee

drinkin' & watchin' a band @ crossroad's

@ broadway brewhouse

@ mcfadden's

on our third day we decided to venture out to hillsboro village area. we ate the most delicious breakfast at the pancack pantry! we walked around town for a couple hours then went to the mall of green hills. talk about a nice mall. its definitely a rich persons mall! i was feeling like death that day due to my over drinking the night before. we managed to take a nap before getting ready for dinner. we headed out to east nashville and picked batter'd and fried for dinner. we then went for a couple drinks at beyond the edge and the red door saloon. fun night!

we decided to sleep in on our last day (8:30) instead of getting up at the crack of dawn again to drive. we didnt mind getting home late since it was a saturday and we still had all of sunday to recoop before going back to work. we loaded up the car and stopped at shoney's for the breakfast buffet before we hit the road.

mike's pouty lip :(

we got home around 8 and immediately starting cuddling our pup and catching up on our dvr'd shows. heres some instagram photos of the trip to enjoy :)

all in all: lovely trip! have i ever mentioned that i dont like country music? well there is prolly about 100 out of a million country songs that i actually like. and for mike, its even less. anytime i told someone we were going to nashville they would say "i didnt know you liked country music!" well people, nashville definitely has more to offer than that :) and the 2 bands we watched downtown played the good stuff! this was our 2nd time there, we went 4 years ago. i think this was better than the first. hopefully we can go every couple years or so!

sooo... whens my next vacation? ;)
xxoo

nashville! part 1:

our trip to nashville was way too short! we only 2 full days there since our drive is 8 hrs each way (9 after too many stops) i really wish it wasnt so far away so we could visit more often! i think next time we will go to memphis which is only about 5 hrs away... stay there for a couple nights then head to nashville for a couple nights. that way we have more time to actually enjoy our vacation! and ive never been to memphis! so maybe later this year? hopefully :) we had a great time! does anyone else start planning their next vacation before the one they are on is even over!? just me? well i do it all the time, ha!

drivinggg

bowling after dinner, first night there

exploring the city, second day there

1. happy to be done with my part of the driving!

2. lunch stop! hardee's in mississippi
3. awesome counter in the hotel lobby!
4. dinner @ ru san's

1. dinner @ ru san's
2. dessert @ sweet cece's (YUM!)
3. i love bowling shoes :)
4. new found love from urban outfitters!

enjoy :) i have plenty more and some extremely goofy ridiculously dumb videos i am thinking of sharing... we shall see!
xxoo

monday already!?

i cant believe its monday already! i had 5 days off and yet monday still came too fast! i had the weirdest dream last night about work... i dreamed i went back in from my vacation thinking it was friday and it was actually monday. i get in the office and it is completely different... they remodeled while i was gone! and everyone was so rude and ignored me and acted like they didnt know me. weirdest dream ever!

i have decided to move my weekly weight watchers weigh in day from monday to friday. so start expecting those on fridays! also, i totally forgot to weight myself this morning... and im pretty scared to anyway. we ate nothing but fried foods on our vacation, ha! so i will give myself until friday to get rid of that extra water weight, then i'll start my weekly weigh ins again.

i will start blogging our trip tonight. we had so much fun! more on that later :) have a lovely monday friends!
xxoo

quick update before our trip!

hi lovelies :) it is 11:50 pm and we are supposed to be heading out at 6am for nashville! eek! i wont be able to sleep as usual before a trip! im waiting on the last load of laundry to get done drying then i am hitting the bed. unfortunately i dont have a laptop so i may not be able to update while im gone. BUT you can follow me on twitter :) @darlinvictoria. i will be driving the 1st 1/2 (8 hr total trip!) so i wont be tweeting in the a.m. ok well got to run! have a great rest of the week :)

outfit + beer fest

saturday was a great day! first i had a baby shower for a friend of mine. no pictures of course :( i actually had to leave after the first hour because me and mike had plans to go to the top of the hops beer fest with 2 other couples. it was our first time, i think this was only the 2nd year they have had it in our area. the tickets are normally $38 per person and you get unlimited 2oz samples of over 150 beers. well we found the tickets 2 for 1 on a 1/2 off deals website so we decided to give it a try! we ended up getting there 2 hours late and its only 4 hours long but we had lots of fun in those 2 hours! the weather was hottt! the high was 84 and its only march! grrrr. in the summer its normally 95-100 on any given day :( i guess we are in for a hot summer! after the fest we spent about 15 mins deciding where to eat. always hard for a group of people that love to eat to agree on a place, ha! we decided on chili's. its pretty much our go-to place. we headed to a local bar to watch a band afterwards. by around 11:30 we were ready to head home. we all had a 45 min-an hr drive home and were pooped from being out in the sun. all and all it was a great day :) i asked (told) mike to snap some outfit pics before we left.

{dress, cardi & hat: target} {shoes: rue 21}

amanda me & heather

ahh, prom pic!

amanda & her hubby casey

heather & her hubby matt

hope everyone has a great monday! xxoo

drool worthy

SHOES! why do they have to be so beautiful??

found here

found here

i'll take them all please ^_^
xxoo

ww's weigh-in: week 8

.4lbs lost. at this point i honestly have barely been trying. life is just getting in the way too much right now. going out to eat, picking up something quick for dinner. i was also sick a couple days last week so i didnt workout my normal 4 days and the times i did i took it easy. so im just happy i didnt gain! i cant let excuses get in the way anymore though. and i definitely need to try harder. we are leaving next wednesday for our trip and when we get back i need to be hardcore with my workouts and stricter with my diet. i will definitely be enjoying some delicious food in nashville next week, but i do plan on working out at least twice at our timeshares gym. that way i will feel at least a little less guilty about the fried chicken and bbq im hoping to eat :)

xxoo

beautiful tunes

im so in love with the band warpaint right now. i have their cd entitled "the fool" and have been playing it over and over since i got it. here a few of my fav tracks:











lemme know what ya think!
xxoo

abc's of me

source

hi y'all! i thought this was a cute idea after seeing it on shawni's blog

A. Age: 24

B. Bed size: stupid full- not happy with that current situation

C. Chore you hate: dishes & mopping

D. Dogs: my dogter coco

E. Essential start to your day: protein shake

F. Favorite color: its always changing... purple, gray, turquoise....

G. Gold or silver: silverrr

H. Height: 5'0 maybe a smidge shorter

I. Instruments you play: ive owned a guitar for 10 yrs... never learned to play!

J. Job title: receptionist @ a law firm

K. Kids: none yet... i do have the baby fever though!

L. Live: albany, la

M. Mom’s name: paula

N. Nicknames: tori, tortellini, torito, toe ring, toedoe

O. Overnight hospital stays: thankfully have never had to have one!

P. Pet peeve: people biting their nails. was never a problem until i met mike!

Q. Quote from a movie/show: ow! i burnt my ladyfinger's! (modern family)

R. Righty or Lefty: righty tighty

S. Siblings: older sis, we're 8 years part

T. Time you wake up: 7:15 for work. as late as possible on weekends :)

U. Underwear: thongs and bikinis mostly

V. Vegetables you dislike: hmmm i guess asparagus

W. What makes you run late: the fact that i get up at the last possible second

X. X-rays you’ve had: teeth. and arm, i broke it ab 17 years ago.

Y. Yummy food you make: homemade spaghetti and meatballs. white beans with pork roast and sausage.

Z. Zoo animal favorite: i like monkeys :)

now you know my abc's :)
xxoo

6 years together

sunday was me & mike's 6 year anniversary. crazy! cant believe it has been that long. i couldnt even begin to imagine life without him. he is without a doubt my best friend.
we were supposed to see an early showing at the movies then go grab some lunch. welllll we ended up sleeping till 1 (which NEVER happens for him!) due to a little too much to drink the night before. so we just had a late lunch at our fav mexican place (yes! again!) followed by grocery shopping and late night scary movie watching. we kept it low key since we are going to nashville at the end of the month. im getting very excited! SO not looking forward to the 8+ hour drive! and leaving my pup for 4 days! :(

dress: target
cardigan: maurice's
hairbow: mark by avon
earrings: local boutique
tights: unknown
shoes: charlotte russe

xxoo

ww's weigh-in: week 7

.2 lbs lost. well i was definitely expecting a gain so im pretty happy with this! although of course i wanted a lose. im thinking next week i'll be down a couple lbs. 1 step forward 2 steps back right? story of my life! only 2 more weigh-ins before our trip! i originally wanted to be down 15 lbs by then but yeaaaa that aint happening since im back down to a little over a 6 lb lose. i just have to keep reminding myself this when i want to indulge: nothing tastes better then being skinny/fit/healthy. i dont have to eat this today, i will still be alive tomorrow. and if not, at least i'll die a little skinnier.

most people say that dont want to be skinny, they just want to be healthy. blah blah blah. im sure that is the case for some. but lets be honest... i wont be healthy unless in skinny(ish). if i worked out enough to be healthy then i would be skinny! i think ive said the word skinny a few too many times in this post. i dont want to be skin and bones. i have a curvy body and am proud of it! i would just like to be a hell of a lot less flabby. less cellulite would be awesome too! my ideal body would be that of kim kardarshian. she has tons of curves and is still sexy as hell. so heres to getting a kim body (minus the tits, i would need a boob job for that!)

xxoo