Weekend Recap: Painting + MN Swarm Game

We had a busy and productive weekend! On Friday after work we ran to Home Depot to get me my first ever power tool - a detail sander! I can't believe I didn't take a photo with it! Then we were off to Sam's Club for a few things before heading home.

At home, I did some spackling in the new guest room upstairs, and then made Sriracha caramel corn. Delicious!!! I was a little nervous how it would taste, but we both loved it. It wasn't too spicy either; just really great flavor. Recipe here

Saturday, we slept in and then started our upstairs project. I used the sander on the walls - there were lots of random bumps and of course, all my spackle to smooth out.

I even uncovered some hideous bright blue paint. Can you imagine this room was once that color?

After a quick lunch, it was time to get painting. Goodbye lovely (NOT) rose / orangey-in-certain-light walls!

Chester was a good boy and hung out in the hallway.

BEFORE

AFTER

I love the light grey in there, it really brightens up the room and has a calming effect!

We got cleaned up, discovering paint in interesting places like my hair and Adam's elbow, and then we were off downtown for the Swarm game. First, we picked up our tickets at Will Call. I bought them BOGO through a CrowdCut, so I was really surprised to find that we were fourth row off the glass (only lower level seats were promised).

Our original plan was to go to Cossetta's for dinner, but it was packed, so we went to Burger Moe's instead. The service wasn't the best because it was super crowded, but the burgers were great! I had a yummy bison burger with onion straws and BBQ, while Adam had a jucy lucy (not as good as his own, of course).

We got to the game 20 minutes before it started, and made our way down to our seats.

 They were excellent, but we were surrounded by a lot of season ticket holder crazies. I had no idea professional lacrosse had such a following?

There was even a grown man wearing face paint and a dyed beard (far right). Scary.

And then there were the three loud obnoxious guys behind us. Who for as big of fans as they seemed to be, would not shut up the entire game.
It was a fun night out though, and we didn't even care that the Swarm lost!

Sunday morning we headed to Target for a few things. Poor Adam got dragged along because they were handing out a free sample bag for Earth Day (and so he could restrain me from my random Target purchases).

We watched a movie, Anna Karenina, and then rearranged upstairs. Adam did an excellent job taking apart the futon and moving it into the new Guest Room #2 while I took photos of Chester.

When the futon was put back together, I had fun putting on all the accessories I bought for it. Like a new (wrinkly) comforter, throw, and lots of throw pillows.

The walls look bare (I have ideas to help that), but it's coming along. Also, I'm waiting to paint the radiator until I decide what I want to do. Probably white so it doesn't have to be repainted again if we (or future owners) ever repaint the room.

Yes, that's a pug pillow. I ordered the cover online! It's from the same artist (Gemma Carroll) as my favorite "Pugs Not Drugs" shirt from John, Nicolle & Carolina.

My new office across the hall needs some work though... It'll get there!