Happy Monday everyone! How was your weekend? Mine was a lot of fun, even though I started feeling a little under the weather halfway through. Thank goodness I have a stockpile of cold-fighting nasal swabs. 😉 Don’t forget to link up to your weekend snapshots at the bottom of this post.
Saturday consisted of running lots of errands before Josh and I had a special date night. The Moscow Ballet was in town performing Sleeping Beauty at The Orpheum Theater. I was really looking forward to this as it was my first ballet!
Blurry Snapchat selfie for the win!
We lucked out with our seats: second row in a packed house! The show was amazing. I was in awe of the dancing, the costumes, and the music. The performance was breathtaking and I surprised myself with how much I enjoyed ballet. It’s fun to discover new things about yourself.
After the show we came home and got ready for bed. My eczema has been flaring up on my hands lately, so for the past week I’ve been massaging argan oil into them before bed and sleeping in gloves. I really wish I had a before and after shot because the redness is GONE. I’m loving NOW Foods Argan Oil. It has a little eye dropper for easy application, it’s affordable, and helps strengthen my cuticles too!
Sunday started off the way it usually does in the Fairchild household. This cat is so loved.
For brunch, Josh and I went out to Old Chicago. They were running a promotion where whatever you spend that day you can get free on Super Bowl Sunday. I woke up not feeling that great on Sunday, so if it weren’t for the promotion I wouldn’t have left the house. But if there’s something I can do to get free food, you better believe it’s going to happen. 😉
We started with delicious pretzel bites.
I got the chicken pesto panini, hold the panini and add all the fries.
And Josh got a Mediterranean Farmer pizza. It was all so good.
Afterwards while wandering home, we stopped into a local art gallery to browse. There is something so relaxing about art galleries. It was the perfect little end to our outing, before I came back home and slept the rest of the day away.
Questions of the Day: What was the highlight of your weekend? Are you a fan of ballet? Do you enjoy browsing art galleries?
That good though <33 I totally need to try aran oil. I have the WORLD'S worst eczema (obviously a slight exaggeration but still) so I'll try anything once!!
Hey girl! Sorry you aren’t feeling well! 🙁 Feel better soon! Yes, I LOVE the ballet!! Although I love the traveling shows better than local… the girls are always fantastic, but the guys seem to be… well, not as great. As far as art galleries- I love them sometimes, other times if it’s creepy and weird, they disturb me. Lol, art is SO subjective!!!
I went to the theater, too! Only my date was my mom 🙂 I didn’t have scrumptious food like you though! Hope you’re feeling better!
Oh, I love the ballet! Looks like you had wonderful seats!
I love, love going to the ballet!! Hope you feel better, soon!
Aww! It looks like you had a really good weekend! My hubby and I did too!
How fun !! And that pizza looks amazing !!! Laci
What an interesting promotion! I guess it’s a good way to get return business. I’ve never seen a ballet either. I’ve always thought I would find it boring but then again I might surprise myself.
Oh, I love the ballet! Both dancing it and watching, although it’s been years since I’ve actually been to a production of one! The highlight of my weekend was snowshoeing in the mountains!
I was in Mexico City this weekend and it was my birthday! So those were some highlights :)I’m not a big ballet fan but haven’t been in a while. Love art galleries!
I’ve never heard of argan oil. I MUST try this when my psoriasis flairs up!
I hope you feel better soon. 🙁 That oil looks interesting. O_O
I’m glad to hear you had fun at the ballet! That would be so much fun!
The ballet sounds so fun! I’m glad to see you didn’t end up wearing your bridesmaid dress! 😉 hehe
What a lovely lunch you had. I have always wanted to see the ballet. Must add to to do list.
That food is making me so hungry! looks like you had a great weekend!
Looks like a great weekend! We were snowed in and nothing as exciting as this happened 🙂
I’ve never heard of nasal swabs. Where have I been? Do they really work for you?
I’ve gone to art galleries alone. I agree it has a therapeutic effect. 🙂
Next time hold all the fries and pile on the paninis for me…and I will have Josh’s healthy looking pizza too.
Hope you are feeling a lot better and are keeping warm 🙂
Your weekend snapshots are lovely exp the ballet dancers 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Love your weekend post, sounds like a great time! I also love your orange kitty..so beautiful, I am a total cat fiend! I just did a post in early Jan about a cat café here in Seattle, love it! Also the oil for eczema is a great suggestion..>I get it on occasion…
Thanks for sharing!!
Valerie
The food looks amazing!! I wish I could have some of the pretzel bites!!
Date nights are so fun! Love the kitty pic!
The ballet must have been amazing! That’s so awesome you went! And I really like the kitty too. 🙂
Looks like a great weekend!
Sounds like a wonderful weekend! I love that Old Chicago promo — nom nom. I was under the weather this weekend, too — no fun. Hope you’re feeling better!
Looks like you had a nice, full weekend! I was snowed-in and will link up to share. That pizza looks great! *takes virtual bite*
Looks like an awesome weekend! Mine was quite different since I was here in Washington, DC for the crazy snow storm!
Sounds like such a great weekend! I love the ballet and linkup parties are my favorite. I found a bunch of cool stuff here!
Sounds like such a fun weekend!
Glad you got to go to the ballet and have some yummy food! Sounds like a great weekend!
Besides feeling under the weather, it seemed like a great weekend. Loved the pic from the ballet.