portland, & shopping, & pirates.. oh my!

what a whirlwind of a weekend (& a few plus days)!!

woke up @ 4:30am thursday to work 5 hours @ the coffee shop, then hopped in a car with my mother & sister & headed for portland! 

the moment we arrived we checked into our hotel & headed straight for the largest outlet mall we could find! we laughed, shopped, & took pictures in front of pretty flower displays..

the next day we took the MAX into the heart of portland. we explored downtown, pearl street, fueled up @ starbucks, then continued to shop until we nearly dropped @ "trendy" 23rd street.

feet aching @ that point we pressed on because we simply couldn't resist visiting VooDoo Doughnuts! & it was worth every agonizing step! soo many laughs were had as we ate our deliciously weird doughnuts.

i even took my doughnut to go so i could have "breakfast" @ tiffany's ;) 

the next morning we enjoyed some breakfast, shopped a little more & then headed for home sweeeet home... where i went immediately to work & ran a pretty packed open mic night @ the coffee shop.

i finished off my mini vacation/weekend on sunday as a feisty pirate lass @ the washington midsummer renaissance faire!! 

i must say, i am EXHAUSTED!! but thoroughly content & feeling incredibly blessed all @ the same time... 

life is so beautiful when one chooses to live it.

well hello... again?

dear blogging world,

wowee it's been a while! the last (& only) time i had a blog before this was when i went to live in paris, & then continued on through my adventures in cambodia. unfortunately in one rash decision shortly after my return i deleted the whole lot! le gasp, i know!! so i apologize for the generic background & such, i'll mess with that later, but i am happy to be up & running again!

now prepare yourselves for future posts about anything & everything! in fact, next week i have a trip to portland oregon with my mom & sister, open mic night to run, & a renaissance fair to dress up for! until then, tah for now!

yours truly,

desiree.