The Weekend Update

Friday
After Allen got home, we went shopping so I could take advantage of a 15% off coupon at the Gap. I bought myself some new gray-ish straight-leg jeans (I know, very adventurous with my big booty), a thermal and a pair of flats; all for $75!

Earlier in the day, Allen had read some article listing some of the best places to get burgers. The Counter in Santa Monica was listed as one of them so we decided to try it. We both got turkey burgers (plus cheese and 4 included toppings), a shake and we split a 50/50 dish made up of onion strings and french fries. Sounds yummy right? My burger (the smallest they had) was so large I had to knife-and-fork it. I finished only half of my strawberry/banana shake and we barely put a dent in the 50/50.

I felt completely sick afterwards - like a bowling ball was sitting in my stomach. We pass out around 11pm and both wake up at exactly the same time, around 3.30am. Neither of us could fall asleep and both our minds were racing! We ended up watching a short film and then went back to sleep at 4.30am. Burger and fries? Okay. Burger and shake? Maybe. All three together - never again. I don't know how some people eat like that every night. I'm not a health nut, but geez, that really made me feel like crap.

Saturday
Allen and I went to pick up our new cell phones. I got so irritated because they didn't have all of the products we purchased, including the very-important memory card. Grr! I hate professional incompetence! Now we have to go back a THIRD time to pick up our memory cards and our car chargers. Ick.

We were so wiped out from our weird sleepless night that we didn't do anything except go to Target.

Sunday
Went to watch Blood Diamond. Personally, I'm not a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan, but (aside from his accent) he was pretty impressive in this film. In general the film was slightly depressing, especially for a diamond lover (aren't we all?). If you were planning on getting me diamonds for x-mas or any other gift, please consider a high-quality cubic zirconia instead. Conflict diamonds can not be tracked and therefore you can never be sure that you aren't funding terrorism or civil war.


Go watch it and give me your feedback on the film!