Monday, November 7, 2011

IPO and City Life

On Friday, Groupon went public. While I have no stock in the company, it was a pretty cool experience to be apart of a company that went public. They kicked off the morning bright and early with champagne and cake to celebrate the day!


Needless to say after champagne and cake, productivity around the office on Friday diminished quickly. So, why not bring in Donatello's hands from The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...!!! WHAT! Apparently, our COO of North America was Donatello from TMNT. I don't know about y'all, but I was a huge fan of that movie! Check out those hands...they have a presidential seal too (although I am not sure why?)!


So, a while ago we had a little taste of Texas in Chicago. We went to Pat Green at Joe's and I finally got to bust out my boots in Chi town. They might be a little aggressive for Chicago...but who cares...I am a Texas girl and I love them!

We also finally went to Navy Pier...it was not the experience I was looking for...but at least we went. We did not ride any rides, nor did we play any games or buy anything...BUT, we can now say that we have been to Navy Pier; I guess...

Lastly, I just had to throw these in here. We obviously LOVE our dogs, but the other evening they were both sleeping in the most awkward positions.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Good Night Y'all!

Tiff

Updates - too many for one title

It has been quite a while since I have last posted a blog, but to be quite honest I have been rather busy with my new job and schedule. However, I have still managed to have some fun. About a month ago, I went to Houston to celebrate my one of my best friends Lauren Drapp and her sweet baby Aubrey at her baby shower! I had so much fun getting to catch up with her and ask her about her pregnancy. Check out all of her fun pics here.

The very next weekend, I had a quite a change of pace and went to celebrate another of my dear friends, Emily Holland, for her bachelorette party in New Orleans. We had the best time! While I got there really late on Friday night and had missed all of the daytime fun, we stayed up late chit chatting and catching up! Saturday night we went out and partied with the soon to be Mrs. Tim Davis. The whole trip was awesome...the only thing that could have made it better was a stop at Cafe Du Monde!

October came and went fast but we did finish off the month with decorating some pumpkins for Halloween!
Bentlie Belle also participated in Halloween with some booows. She is not one for costumes!

These pumpkins lead perfectly into my next update...SMU Homecoming. This year was our 5 year reunion. We flew in to Dallas last weekend and did not rest until Sunday night. Friday night, we went to our friend Leo's new house for his birthda, and then I left to go have some dinner with girlfriends at Javiers. If you are ever in Dallas, you must GO! I love Javiers! It was so great getting to see all of my Dallas friends. I have really missed all of my friends and living in Dallas so much. Later that night, like usual, everyone was re-living the glory days at the local SMU hangouts Barley House and Home Bar. It is so fun to act like a college kid again!

Saturday, was the day of the game. Although, SMU football does not get that many fans in the game (which is something that drives me crazy!) they ALWAYS get tons of people on the boulevard. The boulevard is very similar to The Grove at Ole Miss, if you are not sure what it is. As students, and as residents of Dallas, we always went to tailgate, so this Saturday was no different....except, that my little sister Maddi is now an SMU cheerleader - following in her big sister's foot steps:) I loved getting to watch her walk in the parade and cheer. It was also great to see some of my family that day as well! To top off the weekend though was LSU beating bama. Wow, what a game, and and even more awesome ending! Geaux Tigers! Enjoy some pics from the weekend.
Tailgate


Maddi walking the boulevard



Lauren, Julie, Me

So good to see Jen!


The Fam

Have a great week!
Tiff