Happy Hallo 'weiner'!

I normally don't like Halloween, but I find myself getting into it just a little bit this year.

Believe it or not, this was the best picture I could get of Jackson, the weiner dog. and the pumpkin. That dang dog just won't hold still!

This is about as festive as we plan on getting this Halloween. Tonight we are going to make our last stop on the October Urban Eats trail at Seastar and then see Paranormal Activity.

Ooohhh, scary!

Never thought I'd see the day

Ever since being a pet owner I swore that I would never be one of those people who treats their pets like they are their kids by dressing them up and taking pictures of them.

Well, it looks like I might be veering a little in that direction. And I don't like it. Not at all. But my friend tells me that it's happening, so I just need to embrace it.

While at Target I got talked into buying this pumpkin shirt for Jackson. At $5 I thought 'Why not? It'd be good for a laugh.'

Turns out Jackson loves it and doesn't like it when we try to take it off him. Total goober!

Then as I was walking him the other afternoon, I thought it would be cute (ugh, I know!) to take a picture of him in the pretty fall leaves.

At this rate, we'll be doing holiday photos with our pets wearing Santa hats. Don't worry, I won't let it go that far. I've got to put a stop to all this nonsense!! ☺

One camera, two camera

As we were leaving for our Vegas trip I was tearing the house apart looking for our camera.

Absolutely no luck. No camera.

Over the following weeks I searched and searched some more, with still no luck. I finally gave in and bought a new (cuter, I might add) camera.

And I kid you not...the day after I bought a new camera, guess what Rob comes across...

Yes, it was our camera!! Rob We'd put it in a little pocket inside Jackson's 'diaper bag' to take pictures of him at the dog park (gag, I know) and forgotten about it.

So, now we've got loads of cameras...and still don't really know how to use either of them. We are awesome.

Portland and back

On a whim, Friday afternoon my Robster and I packed our bags...and Jackson's 'diaper bag' (Rob's words, not mine), dropped our pup off at the sitter's house and made our way down to Portland for the weekend.

It was a couple days full of doing what we do best...going to the movies, staying up late, eating out, shopping and sleeping in. Oh, and our version of car karaoke.

It was such a great time! Rob went and saw The September Issue without so much as a groan. He also followed me around shopping all Saturday (and half of Sunday!), even carrying my bags. Have I got a winner or what!?!

Our movie night was actually a double. After the first show we decided to stick with the documentary theme and stay around (and out of the cold) to see Capitalism: A Love Story. Great movie, but definitely a different feel from the world of Vogue we'd just visited.

There was a Halloween convention-like thing going on in the hotel during our stay. This big scary guy (I thought was a statue!) caught me off guard and I nearly lost it when he lunged for me. Halloween is weird. ☺

After a great Chinese lunch in the Pearl District and then a few hours and few hundred dollars later at Powell's City of Books we were on our way back to good ol' Washington State. We ♥ us some Portland!