Portland Mini Vacation

Last week my husband was on vacation from work so he talked me into taking Friday and Monday off and having a long weekend down in Portland. It was fantastic, I didn't want to come back to reality! We drove down Friday morning and hit up the Woodburn Factory Outlet before checking into our hotel in downtown Portland. It was nice to have a leisurely day shopping with him.

Unfortunately for J, seasonal allergies took over due to driving down with the top down on our new to us convertible. Once we got checked in and settled in our room, he took some allergy medicine and passed out. I stayed up reading my book. Currently, I'm reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I'm almost halfway through it and still trying to get used to the narrative, but so far it's pretty good.

Day 2 (Saturday) consisted of heading down to the Portland Saturday market. I found a birthday present for my dad, and bought at growlette of local cider from a booth for Atlas Hard Cider Company. I haven't opened it yet, but I'm thinking it'll be perfect for when I get home tonight from work! :) Since we stayed at the Vintage Plaza downtown, it was an easy walk to all the shopping, literally a block or so away from Nordstrom. Hubby had to go because it was the men's sale going on, and he surprised me with dinner at a nice restaurant that night, but didn't bring a thing to wear for it. So I got to pick out his outfit for the night, which was kind of fun.  We had dinner at the Portland City Grill, which boasts a great view of the city. My food was excellent too, I wish my stomach did shrink lately because I just wanted to keep eating, but couldn't.

Day 3 (Sunday) we went and had breakfast at an English soccer pub, The Thirsty Lion, down by the farmer's market. Got to enjoy a mimosa and french toast. Afterwards we back to the farmer's market and just walked around the city. We also went to Peninsula Park where a friend of mine from college was working an event. She does marketing for Kaiser Permanente. We chatted with her for awhile, took a walk through the rose bushes and then left to go find smoothies. When it got closer to the afternoon, we started to find a place to watch the Portugal v. USA match. Seemed like everywhere was packed! We finally found a spot at Buffalo Wild Wings and I'm so glad we did, because before the match even started, there were people lining up along the wall waiting for someone to either leave, or just stand there for the game! My old roommate from college met up with us and we watched the game together, caught up and ate some food. After the game, J and I went back to the hotel where I fell asleep for a nap. I needed to get more steps logged for my fitbit (I'm in a constant competition with my mom who always kills me), so when he woke me up from my nap, I went down to the gym in the hotel basement and watched an episode of Pretty Little Liars while on the elliptical. When I was done and after showering off, Jason needed to get out of the hotel room (there's only so much Big Bang Theory he could watch), we walked to Voodoo Doughnut and stood in line. I wasn't feeling very well, my stomach was upset (probably due to all the food I ate) and I couldn't stand in the line once we made it inside due to the heat, so I sat outside at a nearby picnic table waiting while he bought two dozen doughnuts. We walked back to our hotel and were in for the night.

We left Monday morning after I made him search for a Dutch Brothers coffee stand. While on this trip, I decided I didn't want to go to places I could go back home, and with the exception of Nordstrom and BWW (even though that was the first time I've ever been there) we were pretty successful. I wanted to experience more of Portland and it was nice.

Pretty Little Liars is my newest Netflix marathon. I'm almost caught up the the current season. I'm hoping to be caught up to the newest episode by the end of this weekend. Should be done by Saturday which is perfect because the weather isn't supposed to be nice.

Uh-Oh. I'm in trouble.

I just discovered this. My husband is going to kill me, but I need a new project! I can only watch so much Netflix people!!

Update

Sorry I haven't updated in over a month. Not much exciting news in my life.

We're in audit-mode at work, so it's been insane with that as well as co-workers' vacation schedules so covering for them has been a nightmare. Thankfully, the hubby and I will be taking an extended weekend vacation down to Portland next week. It will be nice to explore Portland some more. Some things on the agenda are Shakespeare in the Park, and trying out some "urban hiking" (apparently that's a thing down there??)

The rest of my summer will consist of working, spending quality time with family and friends, and planning my sister's bridal shower for August. Invitations were mailed out yesterday, so it'll be nice to get some planning down on that front. It's a fiesta theme and I've been pinning like crazy trying to make it a great day. Hopefully the weather cooperates. Too far in advance to check it, unfortunately..