Dennis Family Files: Valentine's Day & GMU Homecoming Weekend!

Friday was Steve and my Valentine's Day dinner a day early since Saturday was going to be a long day of drinking for Mason's Homecoming party at Brion's Grille. He kept the location a surprise and ended up taking me to Reston Town Center to McCormick & Schmick's. We got caesar salad, bacon wrapped filet, mashed potatoes, a vegetable and chocolate covered heart shaped red velvet cake all for only $30 a person. We also added to that pot roast nachos and a bottle of wine and left STUFFED! It was a good time and then we met Jamie, Kiser, Jere, and 2 of Jamie's friends at Martini Bar after a lot of persuading on Kiser and Jere's part. We were too full to go out but went for about an hour to say hi and then went back home. Before we left for dinner we had swung by 2 townhouses to possibly rent. I wasn't crazy about either of them from their pictures online but we wanted to see them anyway because we need to move out by March 15th. The first townhouse was about a mile from our apartment down Braddock and I did not get a homey feel from it. The only thing I did like was that it had a doggy door but that even walked out onto the patio where there was no grass for Onyx so we'd still have to take her out on a leash to grass. Anyway, he said that he was deciding tonight on tenants because he had a few applications already. I'm not sure if that was a lie or not but it wasn't helping in persuading us to fill out an application for it. So, we left there and went to meet another realtor at another townhouse across the street from where we are now. It was listed for only $1600 a month which is on the cheaper end of what people are posting these things for right now. I thought this townhouse would be worse than the first one because it had been listed since December and no takers, they had decreased the price, and they now were allowing dogs. And, the pictures online weren't great for this one either. So, we went there and it reminded me a lot of my old townhouse that I owned. It was cute, homey and had an awesome backyard and deck that walked down to the backyard which is rare for a townhouse. And, it's an end unit so the backyard is really big. So, we decided to put an application on the house and apprently the owners are thrilled. We're just waiting for the Property Management company to go through our credit checks and applications...yikes! Hopefully, if all goes well, we are moving in on February 28th. The same day as my pole dancing class!

Saturday day AND night at Brion's was a good time. I dont' need to drink that much again for a long time though. It was kind of like a block party where they had a tent in the parking lot and bands and the game on. So, when Sunday arrived, we definitely didn't do much besides eat brunch and pick up Steve's car. Now, with moving and the last 2 months of the wedding planning, my weekends are going to be very full. My bachelorette party is April 10th-13th and I don't know where they are taking me. I have a few ideas but no ones spilled the beans yet. We're meeting with Stacey this Thursday to go over what we need to be working on with the wedding for this month. Now, it's starting to get expensive. And, we are sending out the invitations in 2 weeks at the latest. I'm going to be stressed about that I'm sure!

this is outside behind the tent at Brion's grill. By the bar of course!