Halloween + Homecoming

For the first time in the 7 (wow) years I've been going to UD homecoming, it was on Halloween. It's like they wanted it to be an extra-huge shit show.

& it was AWESOME.


Tiff (Taylor Swift) & I (Fallout 3 Vault 101 resident)


Becca & I at the tailgate...it was raining

Wacco for Flacco

On Friday night, ben & i got a text from his dad that he had two tickets to Sunday's Ravens game for us! An awesome surprise :)

Some pictures:


view from our seats (thanks WSBA!!)


me & shannon (it's her bday today, woot)


ben & i


kristyn & i


& the best part? The Ravens won!

Happy Chrismukkah!

Ben & I put up a Christmas tree yesterday (in a completely secular way).

Since this is our first xmas, we don't have an accumulated collection of sentimental ornaments... we stuck with the classic glass balls in blue and gold, with a few random red ones.

I hung the ornaments while Ben attached the hooks (which I didn't even know you had to buy!) and we watched football. The Eagles & the Ravens won yesterday, so we were both happy :)



YouDee is our tree topper, and with all the blue & gold ornaments, i guess that makes this a UD themed tree... is that totally lame, or awesome?

And of course, it's not hanukkah without an electric menorah in the window.

October Was a Good Month

Some highlights from the month of October:


Family Weekend @ Delaware



Girl Talk @ Sonar (Tiff visited for the weekend!!!)



Homecoming @ Delaware



Halloween Farm Party on the Rutgers Research Farm



Halloween in Fells & Canton

Free Tickets are the Best Kind

Ben & I got free tickets to Sunday's Ravens game vs the Cleveland Browns.

It was hot as balls for most of the game, but the Ravens won and looked pretty decent, even compared to the crappy Browns.

Flacco was getting much love from Baltimore which made me happy. :)



It was very humid. My hair was big.

Everyone Loves Superbowl Commericals

My two favorite commercials from last night's snooze-fest-until-the-last-5-minutes Superbowl:

Of course, Under Armour's The New Prototype



T H E
F U T U R E
I S
O U R S !

and what is probably the funniest commercial I have seen in a long, long time:
E-trade's banking baby



"you know, me and the boys were talking about what to do with all this extra coin, and i was like 'I'm renting a clown.' . . . and I did, Bobo here . . . and uh, i really underestimated the creepiness."

fucking hilarious.

Shock & Awe

So my Eagles didn't do as badly as everyone had assumed they would...

Considering that the Eagles were 5w-5l & the Patriots were 10w-0l at the start of Sunday Night Football, it was kind of expected that there would be a Pats blowout.

But the Philly birds gave them a fair run for their money! If there is such a thing as a "good" loss, this would qualify. So I'm about as happy as I could be without a win :D

Final score: Philly 28, New England 31

I'm also really, really proud of AJ Feeley.


[picture from ESPN.com/AP Photos]

More details here.

Even better,

Delaware beat Delaware State in their first-ever meeting & the first playoff game of the season for the Blue Hens.

Next up, University of Northern Iowa (&& would you believe I actually know someone who went there?)

Shoe Twins

I frequent NotCouture, which I highly recommend (it's also in the linklist to your right).

NotCouture recently featured these shoes, the Maude High Wedge from Rachel Comey at Gargyle, & they caught my eye the other day, even though I think they're kind of ugly:



I realized later it's because they look just like these, the Jessica Simpson Cam:



which I bought last xmas at Lord & Taylor.

I feel so trendy!

Thoughts?? I know they are kind of ridiculous with the platform, but I swear they look amazing.

.........

Also, the Eagles play the Patriots tonight at Gillette Stadium.
My birds are in serious trouble.

Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving!
Eat yourself silly & watch lots of football.



I'm spending the weekend with Ben's family in Amish country :)

&& I apologize for the image quality & size...it was too big for the window, and now it's too small...