Happy Monday! It’s a holiday week and I am so excited. I am ready to eat all the Thanksgiving food and buy all the Christmas decorations. Here’s what I was up to this past weekend. Make sure to link up to your weekend adventures at the bottom of this post!
Dinner and movie date night
Friday after work Josh and I had a dinner and movie date. For our four-year-dating anniversary I made reservations for us at Dolce. We had heard fabulous things about the restaurant but had somehow never visited for ourselves before. I’m so glad we were able to change that.
We started off by sharing a veggie risotto that was phenomenal. I could have eaten this for my meal and called it good. But there was still so much more to come.
Cauliflower truffle soup. I wanted to lick the plate.
Warm goat cheese salad. Delicious.
For our main entree we each got goat cheese raviolis with kale, asparagus, and roasted tomatoes.
Dessert was bread pudding for two.
It was such a fun night getting to spend with my favorite guy. There was good food, great conversation, and a late night showing of Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1.
Where I proceeded to have heart palpitations and make this expression for the next two hours. This was one of the most intense movies I’ve ever seen. It was absolutely amazing, but such an emotional roller coaster. I knew what was coming and still couldn’t stop myself from grabbing Josh’s arm during tense scenes.  Josh and I looked at each other as we walked out of the theater and were like, “What just happened?!”
A lazy Saturday
Saturday was wonderfully lazy. After lounging away the morning I met up with Hannah at Starbucks for a blogger date. We worked on some social media stuff and laughed at how different our conversation was from the two law students sitting next to us.
Josh and I ran to the mall to make some returns and I marveled at how much it looks like Christmas already! I love the holidays.
We also scoped out the Whole Foods hot bar for lunch and I loaded up on all the Thanksgiving staples. My eyes were bigger than my stomach because this ended up becoming lunch and dinner for the day.
Verizon tech holiday blogger event
Sunday I was invited to a Verizon Tech Holiday Blogger Event that Judy put together for Omaha Bloggers. We got to learn about the latest products and try out the coolest new toys. I’ve been a Verizon customer since I made the switch from TracPhone in highschool. I traded in my brick for a smartphone and never looked back.
There are so many cool products out there I had no idea about! Josh officially wants to change all the lightbulbs in our apartment to these color ones and buy a remote control hovercraft. 😉
I managed to get him away from the remote control robots to show him these Sol Republic headphones that he promptly fell in love with. Santa (*cough* Sol Republic) is gifting us a pair of wireless headphones and a pair for a lucky reader, too! 😀 I should have some more info on that in the coming weeks.
While we didn’t buy any cool tech toys I did buy a new cell phone! I’ve been long over-due for an upgrade and decided to get the 64 gb gold iPhone 6. I should have it in a week and am so excited! I also picked up this adorable cell phone case.
It was such a fun event. I really appreciated the Verizon employees staying after the store closed to show us around and explain all the products to us. I learned a lot!
They also clued us in on Verizon Wireless Connection Day. This Wednesday they are giving away a ton of connections for your devices for free. I’m talking extra gb of data for your plan, free in-flight WI-FI, Amazon Prime memberships, and more! Make sure to check it out.
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Questions of the Day: What was a highlight of your weekend? Who is your cell-phone service provider? Do you like them?
I went to Mocking Jay this weekend too and it was an intense movie. I did not realize they split the book into 2 movies so kind of bummed I have to wait next year to see the rest.
Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com
I’m so bummed we have to wait a year to see the next movie! I feel like I’m going to forget everything that happened in that time!
Your meal looks fabulous! Where is Dolce located? I love things like risotto and delicate soups. It’s 4am in the morning and you’ve already got me thinking about dinner 🙂
Dolce is out in West Omaha, at 123rd street. It’s amazing!
Looks like a wonderful weekend filled with some great food! That Whole Foods hot bar lunch/ dinner looks absolutely delicious! Have a wonderful Monday!
Whole Foods hot bar is my favorite! I hope you’re having a great week!
I love that iPhone case and that risotto looked delicious!
I spent most of my weekend in a coffee shop too! I didn’t have law students next to me but I did overhear a lot of people’s stories from the night before and how hungover they were. Most of them had their makeup on from the night before. I guess that is what you get when you go to a coffee shop by Depaul’s campus.
Oh man college stories are the best! The Starbucks we were at is always full of Creighton students. Too funny!
I was going to make a cauliflower soup this week . . . .haven’t come up with the recipe yet, but now an addition of truffle oil sounds amazing
The truffle oil took the soup over the top! It was so good!
Glad y’all had a fun anniversary night. Wasn’t Mockingjay so intense?? I walked out of the theater needing a massage lol.
Yes! haha Funny you mention that because today’s post is about a massage!
Happy anniversary! What a fun way to celebrate — good food + Gail 😉 I re-watched the second Hunger Games this weekend in preparation for Mockingjay, can’t wait to see! Thanks for hosting the linkup again!
I love the Hunger Games! Although I’m team Peeta all the way! 😀
Happy, happy anniversary! 🙂 We saw Mockingjay too–soooo good!
It was so good! I wish I didn’t have to wait a year to see the next one!!
Looks like someone had an awesome weekend – thanks for sharing your fun with us! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week Erin!!
Rebecca
http://www.redtagchiclosangeles.com
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving week too!
Whoa that is one epic meal! And now I HAVE to go see Hunger Games!
Omg you are going to love The Hunger Games!!
Looks like you had a great weekend!
~Samantha
http://goldcoastgirlblog.com
It was a great weekend! I hope you’re having a wonderful week Samantha!
Fun weekend! You must be so excited about your new phone. Thanks for hosting the link up! Have a great Monday.
It was a great weekend! I can’t wait to get my phone in the mail! I hope you’re having an awesome week!
Looks like a great date night you had! I always wondered who would use those coloured lightbults, ha ha.
My husband! haha I do not support turning our apartment into a rainbow colored space!
Whole foods hot bar = LOVE. Looks like a great weekend! Happy Monday! xo
It was such a fun weekend! Whole Foods hot bar is my favorite!
Hi Erin! Sounds like a lovely weekend, especially all the food at dinner. I love bread pudding as a dessert, and that’s definitely something I only get at a restaurant. And a new iPhone? Yay for you! Hope your Monday is off to a great start, and thanks for hosting the link-up. 🙂
I had never had bread pudding before! It’s Josh’s favorite dessert and the price fix menu offered one dessert to share so I thought we should go with what he wanted. I’m so glad we did. I loved it!
We may not be future lawyers, but we are pretty serious bloggers!! 😉
Heck yes! haha They could have learned a thing or two from us! 😉
I really want to see that movie, but I still haven’t seen the last one. I was hoping to rent it from iTunes last weekend, but it’s not available yet and I don’t want to buy it.
I hope you get to see it soon! I love all the Hunger Games movies so far!
Sounds like a great weekend! I love date nights too!
Stephanie
http://positivelystephanie.blogspot.com/
Date nights are so fun! I hope you’re having a great week!
What an awesome weekend! So busy and full of fun. 😀
It was a great weekend! It’s crazy how fast time flies!
I love your blog, girl! It’s gorgeous and I love the peek into your weekend 😉
The highlight of my weekend was putting up my tree!! Our Canadian Thanksgiving was in Oct, so we’re all Christmas here now!! xxoo
Aww thanks Kris! I’m so glad you like it! 😀
I’m so excited to put up my tree this weekend! Christmas is the best!
Looks like such a fun weekend! Craving the weekend right now..
Evolution of Glam
Me too! I’m ready for the holidays!
Looks like you had an awesome weekend, especially Friday night! I need to check out Dolce some time! I just got the iPhone 6 back in September and love it! I got the gold one also & it’s so pretty!
I also joined your link up for today!
I’m so excited for my new phone! I’m glad to hear it’s good! I’m a little nervous about how much bigger it is!
And Dolce has a groupon right now! You should definitely check it out!
What a fun-filled weekend! Happy 4th Anniversary! The food at Dolce looks amazing. Now I’m hungry. Have a great Thanksgiving week! ~Cynthia
Thanks so much Cynthia! I can’t believe how fast time flies! I feel like I’ve known Josh for forever, but at the same time its also been a blink of the eye!
Your date night sounds like so much fun and that food looks AMAZING!
I’d love to hear your thoughts about my latest post if you have a second! Fash Boulevard
Thanks Anna! It was an awesome date night!
Congrats on your 4 years! I just celebrated my 4 year dating anniversary with my boyfriend on Nov. 13th! Even had a blog post about it. I saw Mockingjay this past Friday and even though I’ve read the book I probably had that look on my face the whole time too. Great movie!
The movie was so intense! Omg I could barely handle it!
Congrats on four years! Isn’t it crazy how time flies?
Sounds like a great weekend. Love the phone case! Thanks for the link up invite!
It was such a fun weekend! I can’t wait to get my new phone!
I am so excited to see Mockingjay, although I don’t think I’ll get around to seeing it in theaters. I’ve also been a verizon user forever and can’t image life without a smartphone these days!
I am so thankful for smartphones! They make my life a lot easier!
Looks like you guys had lots of fun during the weekend!
zhuo
http://staybeautifulforyou.blogspot.com/