Contagion

Hello everyone,

Last night my partner and I rented Contagion from RedBox.  AMAZING!  I can't get over how great it was- yes it's loaded with big name stars which I usually hate, but they did such a great job becoming their characters; and you really forgot who you were watching.  Basically this movie chronicles the spread of a deadly virus and all the mistakes people made for it to spread.  It really gets you thinking.  Needless to say, I was creeped out when I went to the library today.  I used the hand sanitizer stations several times as I walked around picking up CD's and books.

Speaking of books, now that the semester is over, I can start reading for fun again.

Today I pick up:
I am not myself these days -  by Josh Kilmer-Purcell (he's amazing!)

The Velvet Rage - Alan Downs (I guess you could call this one a "self help" book- gee thanks mom and dad)

-and lastly-

The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook by Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell  (I want to try some nice country summer recipes)

I'm quite excited to start reading these books, and as I finish I will review each!  I'll be Oprah, you will listen to what I tell you to read.  How does that sound?

Until next time-

The Sweetest Surprise

Hello everyone,

It has been nuts around here, but now that finals week is over, I can get back to blogging.  I've been doing a lot of shopping, so I will try and catch up with all of the reveals.  Today I have a special one to share.

Back in 2008, my partner and I went shopping at the Coach outlet, and he purchased my first Coach bag for me.  It was an unexpected gift, and I was so excited!  Sadly, when our apartment burned down later that year, it was lost along with all the rest of our stuff.  Coach has long discontinued this bag, and whenever I looked for this bag on ebay the sellers had it Buy It Now, and marked up nearly double the price it cost when new!  Fast forward to last month- I finally found one that had bidding on it, and it was at a great price.  I told my partner that I absolutely had to have the bag, and I would bid whatever I needed to in order to win it ($167 was my max).  Well the final three minutes of bidding came up and I put in my max bid.  Much to my horror I watched as the bidding jumped up, and up, and up.  Soon the price was well over my max bid, and I had lost.  I was really bummed when he called me.  We talked for a few minutes, and I told him that I was bummed because I lost.  His response:  "I know you lost, I'm the one that outbid you."   He won the bag for me!!!  It's the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me; one month later, and I'm still excited!

Without further ado- my Coach Transatlantic Carryall.

(please excuse the empty Ralph Lauren photo frames- I just bought them last month and haven't figured out what to put in them yet)

It's in amazing shape for being 4 years old

The vachetta details

Check out that bottom! lol

Needless to say, I'm a very happy guy lately.  :)  Be sure to check back for more reveals, book reviews, and other fun summer stuff!

Until next time-