The unplanned hiatus.

Hey guys! Did you miss me? You were probably wondering where I disappeared to! I didn't mean to take a hiatus and not tell you all, but it just sort of happened that way. Things have been busy with adjusting to school and my new job as a nanny, being pretty sick, AND working 13 hours on Saturday. But no fear, I'm back!

Over the weekend, I went exploring in the Mission District of SF with my friend and a map of where the best thrift stores are that his coworker made us. It was a nice walk around the area on such a beautiful sunny, hot day. I got these jars at the first store we stopped at for only $2.44 for all four of them. I was satisfied. I actually ended up only buying those jars, but my friend and I made it a mission to find him all seven Harry Potter books at the thrift stores. We did pretty well, getting 5 of them for $5 (2 were hardback!). I am so proud that I have converted him into a HP lover :)

I love going to thrift stores, but I wish I had the patience to sift through all of the clothing racks to find treasures like the ones I tend to read about people finding on blogs. Tell me, what is the secret?! I'm sure it is patience, which I very much so lack. 

After walking around, we decided to get some ice cream to cool off since it was so hot in the city. We stopped off at Bi-Rite Creamery, but the line was around the corner and up the street. Holy cow. But we found the loophole! Which was the Bi-Rite Creamery soft-serve hut right next to it, which only had two flavors, but only a few people in line. We were in. I got a mix of salted caramel and chocolate. Soooo good. I'd show you a picture, but I didn't care at that point to take one!

On Monday, we played bocce ball by the lagoon near my house (they have actual bocce ball "courts"!) and sat on the grass to read and take in the beautiful blue lagoon as people walked along the water. As you can see, Marly did some reading of his own (or begging for snacks). I have been loving being able to tote around my drink in a mason jar. It just  tastes better for some reason ;) Also, mixing my own drinks are so fun! Some of my favorites are Trader Joe's Pomegranate-Limeade mixed with lemonade, and TJ's Mango Green Tea mixed with lemonade as well!

Well, there you have it, pretty much what I've been up to! Sorry to abandon you guys last week <3

Summer Bucket List: Revisited

So if you guys recall, I made a summer bucket list back in June. To be honest, I kind of forgot about it, but I think I managed to pull some of them off! Let's take a look, shall we?

• Take a train ---> Does taking Bart to San Francisco for dinner count? Not really...
• Make Pinterest recipes ---> I attempted lemon bars for the 4th of July, but those didn't turn out so well...
• Have a bonfire ---> We made many fires in our chiminea on the patio this year, but I really wanted to have one on the beach.
• Go camping
• Shoot more film
• Organize my closet once and for all! ---> I did this actually! I got some nice velvet, space-saving hangers, some baskets, and organized my shoes.
• Order Instagram photos
• Take morning walks with Marly
• Take road trips ---> I did take one with my sister and nephews to San Diego! I would have liked to take more though to new places.
• Go thrifting ---> I went thrifting in the Haight and I went to an antique fair.
• Explore the SF Haight ---> Did it! You can read about it here.
• Explore the SF Mission District ---> Did this too while I was house sitting for my teacher! There's definitely more to see and do though. Same with the Haight.
• Read books that I've been wanting to
• Make a jewelry holder ---> Check! I made a jewelry board. You can make one too here.
• Watch a sunrise ---> (I'm just not a morning person...)
• Go to Big Sur
• Make cards
• Make candles
• Learn to paint
• Practice block printing ---> I did a little when making a DIY!
• Learn to sew, and sew well!
• Design my own pair of shoes
• Go to Sol Food, pretty much my favorite restaurant ---> Definitely did this. Twice. Yummy food.
• Get rid of stuff I don't need. There's too much of it... ---> Took several trips to Goodwill this summer!
• Volunteer with this awesome organization, City Impact.

Grand total: 11/25

(I gave myself a couple half points)

Not too bad. Although that is less than 50%... Felt like I did a lot this summer! I guess I will just have to add the rest of this stuff onto my bucket list for the remainder of 2012. Along with other fall things :)

Also, it is only August. Is summer really over yet??