My husband, Mike and me on New Year's Eve. I look kinda weird because I was dressed as Kim Kardashian, but I took off the wig in this picture.

I just went looking for a post on my wedding, and there wasn’t one! I can’t believe I forgot to post about my wedding. Well, here’s a picture of us on our wedding day.

January 17, 2009 in Newport Beach, CA.

As much fun as it was to marry my best friend in front of our family and friends, we had been together so long at that point it kind of felt like we were already married, lol. We purposely chose to get married as close to our original dating anniversary as possible (Jan 20th), since we had been together almost SIX YEARS by the time we got married. So even though we’ve only been married three years… we’ve been together for nine years now. I can’t believe it!

Mike and I on our first date in 2003, our senior year Winter Formal.

I can’t believe how young we look there. Happy anniversary to my best friend, my confidante, my biggest supporter and the love of my life! We are going to dinner tonight to celebrate.

Have a great day!

We went to The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, CA. The Villa itself is incredible, it was built in the same style as the art it houses (mostly ancient Greek and Roman pieces).

lol, Are we old enough to be married? We still act like children!

Us in front of the fountain in the gardens.

That afternoon, we drove over to the Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey and checked in. The staff there was really friendly and excellent. They saw our note that we were celebrating our first anniversary, so gave us complimentary champagne:

and strawberries:

View from our room:

After we dropped our stuff off in our room, we rented bikes from the concierge and took a ride along Venice Beach:

The next day we went to The Grove and The Farmer’s Market:

tee hee

Afterwards, we tried to get in to see The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien but we didn’t get in. It’s really unfortunate that we didn’t, now that he’s off the show. Instead, we went to LA Live to look at the new Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles (it wasn’t open yet, so we couldn’t go inside) and saw Avatar and went to a really nice dinner at Sur using a coupon from Groupon:

The next day we went to the Griffith Observatory:

You may remember it from movies and tv.

Awesome Periodic Table exhibit:

Went to the plane-arium and saw a show:

Oh hey, Hollywood sign!

The next day we drove to Marana, AZ and checked into our hotel:

They upgraded us to Club Level (!! a room with unlimited free drinks and food) and more champagne and strawberries were waiting in our hotel room:

View from our balcony:

The next day we went down to the pools. Mike went down the water slide:

It was kinda cool outside so I didn’t go in the pool.

Mike used to work with the guy that is now head chef of the restaurant CORE, he made us a really nice meal that night (that he didn’t comp it ended up being like $100, thanks for nothing, man! Oh well, it was still really nice of him, and tasty):

The next day we had to drive home :

It was an incredibly long drive:

The next day was our actual anniversary, we stayed in and celebrated All in all, a great way to end the first year!

Me: “Husband, will you please go to BevMo on your way home from work and buy Triple Sec and Peach Schnapps? We’re out.”
Husband: “Sure, will you come outside and bring my wallet? I actually just got home.”
M: “I can’t, I’m not wearing pants.”
H: “Put some on and come with me.”
M: “But I’m doing the dishes.”
H: “Do them later?”
M: “Also, we’re out of beer.”
H: “You’re an alkie.”

Eventually I brought him his wallet, but didn’t go with him to BevMo. Some wives send their husbands out for milk or diapers, but in our house it’s “Don’t come home without the vodka.”

I had a cold shot of Tequila waiting for him when he got home.

Well, my Tuesday started out like any other (this semester, anyway). I woke up at 7:00AM and hopped into the shower:

7:20AM = Wow, it’s early. I’m still tired.

Then I got ready for class:

7:30AM = Schmexy!

7:40AM = Of course I need to check DMB before I go!

7:52AM = Aghhh late! And I need gas!! CRAP!

So I make it to the gas station, I should have taken a pic but I felt weird, lol. Our gas station looks really futuristic though. But I FINALLY got in the freeway, and of course there were butt-loads of traffic:

8:15AM = Sigh. Cars as far as the eye can see.

By 8:50 I was finally at school and parking! Hooray! I put on my makeup in the car, texted my friend and met her in front of the parking structure. While walking down I saw a guy dressed up as what looked like a monk. I’ve never seen anyone dressed up on campus before, so that surprised me! I finally find my friend and she gave me a bag FULL of candy!!

9:15AM = Awww Christina! You’re so sweet!

We sat there and gabbed for a while, our classes don’t start until 10:00AM. I need to get there an hour early to get through traffic + get a parking spot. AHH the joys of being a commuter student at Cal State Fullerton. After a while, we see a few people gathering in ninja costumes. What? Then they start fighting!:

9:25AM = Weirdo Ninjas, lol.

Then this other guy they obviously didn’t know comes up and starts fighting them!:

9:35AM = Go weirdo Ninja!

So we watch the ninjas fight, and take some pictures:

9:45AM = HOTTNESS!

And then we need to head to class. I have a Personal Financial Management class and she has a Creative Writing class. In my next class a bunch of people marvel at how much candy I have (PLEASE TAKE SOME!) and I read my book while my professor lectures. By 11:10AM he’s done talking, so I head to my next class, all about John Milton.

And since I’m there a little early, we decide to take pictures!:

That’s Charles, a fellow student in his tie-dyed business shirt! I always tell him he looks like a hippie like that, haha.

Stevie and Katie are eating my candy!!!

Some guy in my class came dressed up as The Prince of Persia, which I appreciated as a cosplayer.

Katie, me, and Denisse, some of my friends at CSUF!

I’m being a dork and touching my tongue to my huge schnoz (nose).

So finally 11:30AM rolls around and our professor, Dr. Blaine, shows up to class WITHOUT the graded papers he promised us! I was quite put out, but I still managed to give him some of my candy on the way out of class, since I’m so mangnamimous like that.

My best friend Vanessa and I decided to meet at the The Irvine Spectrum for lunch around 1:30PM. While there, we see a big group of random people dressed up. I decided we should take a picture with Sherlock Holmes:

Elementary, my dear readers!

I took her over to lunch at the Tea Station. I love the (what I’m told is) authentic Chinese food and tea here, but the service is notoriously horrible. I’m used to it by now, though, lol. I don’t think she enjoyed the food as much (it’s an acquired taste for Americans, I think), but I was really in the mood for it, so it hit the spot, hehe. At about 2:30PM we finish up and go our separate ways.

2:45PM = I’m heading over to my boyfriend, Mike’s house in Laguna Niguel. Crap! I am running really late! But what else is new, right? LOL!

I get there, wake Mike up from his nap and we run over to the post office to mail a birthday present to Mike’s brother in Japan. Then we hop on the freeway and head over to Katie’s house. Around 4:10PM we hit some really bad traffic (again, the story of my life!) but we still manage to make it to her house on time at 4:30 PM. We get inside, meet her Mom, and Katie puts the finishing touches on my outfit: Devil ears and fake eyelashes!

4:35PM = Matt, Katie’s boyfriend, Katie, me, Mike.

I can’t believe how hot we are! ;D

We pile in the car and head over to Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA for their annual Halloween event: Knott’s SCARY Farm’s Halloween Haunt! Matt, Katie, and I had all been before, but Mike hadn’t, so I was excited for him. We hit some bad traffic (welcome to southern California!) but we still managed to get parked by 5:30PM. We walked over to Claim Jumper across the street for some food (YAY SALAD BAR!). The park wouldn’t open until 7:00PM, so we had plenty of time to relax and enjoy.

Finally, around 6:45PM we head back over and go inside. Everyone I talked to said it was going to be SO CROWDED there on Halloween night, but I didn’t think it would be, and I was right. It was pretty dead (LOL GET IT I MADE A PUN) inside, we didn’t have to wait more than 5-10 minutes for any attraction. Here are some pictures:

10:30PM or so = Mike and I waiting in line for the Log Ride.

Katie and Matt waiting, too!

Haha I look so goofy! I was trying to look sexy, but I just ended up with duck lips, lol.

Mike’s a scary monster attacking me!

Mike really looks scary, lol

We ended up staying until about 11:45PM, but I was beat by then. We got back to Katie’s pretty quickly, and then Mike and I started for home. But he was hungry, so we stopped by Del Taco on the way. We were in bed by 1:30AM… good thing, because I had to go to work by 10:00AM the next day!

Hope you enjoyed reading about my Halloween! And hope you had a fun one, too!

[21:22] rin: ok who is getting voted off
[21:23] Mikey: hmm…
*Kellie Pickler walks onstage*
[21:23] Mikey: she is
[21:24] rin: one can only hope
*they are separated into two groups onstage*
[21:24] Mikey: its the “you suck” group and the “you did ok” group
[21:24] rin: yeag
*Taylor declared safe*
[21:25] Mikey: good
[21:25] Mikey: hmm i wonder…
[21:25] rin: lol
*Ryan tells Taylor to pick which group he thinks is safe after the break*
[21:25] Mikey: thats just mean
[21:26] rin: haha no it’s awesom
[21:26] rin: e
*the group with Paris, Chris, and Ace declared bottom three*
[21:30] rin: WHAT
[21:30] rin: WHAT?????
[21:30] Mikey: no way!
[21:30] rin: OMG
[21:30] Mikey: how did that happen
[21:30] rin: ACE BETTER BE VOTED OFF
[21:30] Mikey: i know
*Paris is safe*
[21:31] rin: OMGWTFBBQ
*Simon predicts Ace will go home*
[21:31] rin: I HOPE YOU’RE RIGHT SIMON
*Ryan says Chris is safe, Ace is going home*
[21:31] Mikey: yayyy
[21:31] rin: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
[21:31] rin: YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYYYY
[21:31] Mikey: thank goodness
*start playing Ace’s clips*
[21:32] rin: “HAD A BAD DAY, blah blah blahdy blah!”
[21:32] Mikey: haha
*Ace starts singing his song*
[21:34] Mikey: haha they cut him off
[21:34] xmyrin: they did? hahaha

Hahaha we’re retarded.

Any of you have this kind of situation?