Decorating season begins!!

This time of year is VERY exciting!! I love Halloween, not sure why, maybe it is because it means my birthday is coming. But I do love it, I love the candy and the costumes and getting to dress up as some crazy character... don't worry I have retired my pirate costume that has been worn the last two years...time to find something new! But one of the biggest reasons I love this time of year is because it marks the season of decorations! I get to put new decorations in my home for the next consecutive 7 months! (Yes, I do decorate with winter items during January, Valetine's day in February and even St. Patrick's day!) But the next three months are the best! Not to mention the changing of seasons, which from what I've heard from the weatherman, it sounds like the weather is abruptly changing as of tomorrow (high only in the 50's??). I have just begun the decorating process so it is kind of on the light side now.. but I am overly ecstatic so here are some pictures!

Last trip of the summer

Justin decided that we should take a trip before the summer ends and before grad school gets too crazy just as a short getaway and who am I to oppose a trip! We realized we haven't made our annual trek down to Las Vegas so that was the destination. (A little background history... Justin and I had our first date down in Las Vegas, so it was where our relationship really started and where Justin served his mission, so albeit strange to some to go there so frequently, it is kind of a special place for us to go).

We headed down Friday after work and stayed until Monday afternoon. We tried our a new hotel this time, as we do everytime, so it was the Planet Hollywood this time. I would recommend this hotel to anyone based strictly on it's location and view! We ended up staying on the 50th floor, I know it sounds high but it jumps from 6-23 and then from 38-50, which apparently isn't a floor many guests stay on so it was quiet and relaxing.

Since we like to try out different things each time we go, we actually didn't spend much time on the strip like we have done the last 2 times. The Miracle Mile Shops were in Planet Hollywood so we didn't have to go far for good shopping. We wanted to try a Las Vegas buffet, so we tried the Spice Marked in our hotel, as well as, see a new show, which was the "V"(Variety) show in our hotel.

The "V" show was okay, it kind of paled in comparison to the Cirque de Soleil show we saw a couple summers ago. And the buffet? Well we don't feel like we really ever eat our money's worth at a buffet (especially considering this was a $30 a pop buffet -- don't worry, it was a package deal with our room so it was included!), plus the food to be honest wasn't that great. Justin even got sick right at the tail end of dinner. Maybe I would recommend trying another hotel's buffet? If you've ever had a great experience at one in Last Vegas-let me know!

Anyway--here are some pics of our adventures. Oh we also went to the Freemont Experience, another 'new' thing we tried. There are some pics of that place as well.