Day 415

...and so begins summer! I didn't realize that I passed over the 400 day mark until just the other day, and I said to myself 'WOW! That sure went fast!'

Summer is always my favorite season; maybe it's because it's my birthday in the dead heat of it. I'm sure of that actually. Maybe it's that I love being carefree and wearing sundresses. {If I could wear anything, it would be a sundress and a hat.} Maybe it's that everybody just seems happier with a little sunshine and a tan. I guess there are a lot of reasons why I love these next few months but I am sure of something, they always fly by.

Chris and I have been quite busy with some household projects that had been placed on the back burner for quite some time. We've been trying to downsize our wardrobe {yes, I said downsize} for sometime now and last weekend was THE weekend. Over the past 6 months, we've been donating our clothes to the Goodwill. We've accomplished our donations with over 30 bags filled to the brim and washed EVERY single item we owned. We still had a large wardrobe after the downsize so we purchased a new wardrobe from Ikea to fit everything in it. This was Chris' idea {you're thinking, yeah right} to buy this thing... and after a full weekend of screwing, hammering, shifting, nailing and hauling we finally got everything in. We're just about to intall the doors to it! If you're wondering if Chris' clothes made it in, yes they did! Our next project is to take our walk-in closet and make half a non-season clothing area and the other half, the shoe closet {HEAVEN!}.


Our beautiful exposed closet... not to worry, the doors are going in this week

A few weeks ago, I had a work road trip to Northern California, and Chris took a day off to go with me. We ventured into San Fran a few nights and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge. I was so excited to drive across this bridge and as a Californian, it was my obligation. It was a little to chilly to get out and walk it but it was pretty amazing. On our last day, we headed to Napa for a few drop offs and a little wine tasting. We stopped at PEJU Winery; it's seriously the best wine ever. We signed back up for our wine club and just received our first box last week.


At Fisherman's Wharf at sunset


My view looking up driving across the Golden Gate Bridge


Peju Winery. I love Napa!

We have a couple things planned in the upcoming month and of course there is carmageddon, where we are not going anywhere... off to ikea to get our last items for the wardrobe and maybe some storage containers for my office {project office begins later this year}.

xxoo,
Mrs. Waycott

Day 366

I'm sure most of you saw my updates from good 'ole Facebook, so you know about how much fun we had for our 1st Anniversary {weekend}. Here's our recap {picture form} featuring our "We Did" ornament I had Melissa do for Christmas 2010. Thank you Melissa for making this, We Did made a lot of appearances!

We Did stop at The Waycott's to pick up our wine slings


We Did eat Goldfish on the way up to the Central Coast


We Did end up in beautiful Paso Robles, CA


We Did drink a lot of wine at the Paso Wine Festival


We Did eat delicious cheese there, too!


We Did stay at The Madonna Inn


We Did celebrate our arrival and went to dinner at their restaurant


We Did take tons of pictures in our awesome room


We Did love room 150


We Did get champagne and a busted balloon upon our arrival


We Did have Sweet & Saucy cake pops for breakfast


We Did take pictures in front of The Madonna Inn sign


We Did stay in the Romance Room, suite 150


We Did break the "We Did" but repaired it when we got home


We Did go to the SLO Mission and mosey around Higuera Street


We Did stop in Solvang for some sweet treats


We Did end up having both of our cakes for our anniversary


Our trip was amazing. We started our weekend festivities in Paso Robles and ended it in Santa Barbara at our favorite restaurant, The Palace Grill. What an amazing 365 days. Chris and I are so very happy and look forward to the many years ahead.