easter dinner

Easter dinner at Michelle's!!! Since we are starting out on our own, we have been starting our own traditions and hosting our own holiday parties. So grown up! Michelle and I have traded off on holiday get togethers, and Michelle wanted to do Easter. She made roast beef with all the fixin's and we all contributed in the best way we know how: wine and dessert!

I promise we had dinner before dessert, but these pics are too fun, so I switched them around. Michelle thinks she looks like a stepford wife, and it is fantastic!! At the last minute, I changed into a babydoll white dress instead of a more fitted one. [i AM going to eat!!]

I'm wearing a Benetton summer white dress that's too big for me

This wonderful little dessert was taught to us in Santa Barbara. It's vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and 18 year old aged balsamic vinegar from Foley Winery. We also had frozen custard from Stricklands, which we have been wanting to try since we got back from Seattle's Old School Frozen Custard. The rocky road was so delicious, I finished off the pint without a pic.

We started with wine and cheese! The wines are mostly cabernet sauvignons. We had a Humboldt Fog and a Brie cheese. The Humboldt Fog is insanely good. Our friend brought some pastries from 85 degrees in Irvine, and when you pair that with the cheese, oooh my goodness it's delicious.

THIS is the roast beef!! There were two actually, and we ate both!!!

yummmy salad

my plate!!!

oooh yea, yummy food!

omg we are sooo full

easter vigil

Tonight, I went to Easter mass with the family. The church decided to merge the American and the Vietnamese mass together into one...and then decided to throw in baptisms and confirmations too. It was the longest mass I've ever been to in my life, and I was dying of hunger. I literally walked out halfway to get some water from my car, and I saw this little bunny that my friend Emily made for me. It made me super happy, so I ate one, and then went back into mass. Happy Easter everyone!

four eyes

These are my glasses. They are excruciatingly thick. My eyes are my biggest weakness. I've been wearing glasses since I was 10 and it has not been an easy ride. Must be the trade off for my rock of a stomach. No one ever sees me with them unless I'm either under insane stress or doing nothing but watch tv like right now...and blogging of course!

I scored this dress today at H&M but its a little big. I'll figure out how to wear it tomorrow and hopefully get an outfit shot in!

oh, and here's a pic of me in my glasses. Please excuse the blurry half assed attempt. I couldn't find my gorilla pod, so I took a pic of my reflection in the mirror, but the energy saving lightbulbs are not very conducive to photography....nor is my lack of care on my attire. It's 1 am in the morning.