on a weekend recap.

Despite a few not-so-good things (my iPhone deciding to restore itself on me, feeling a little under the weather, etc.), this weekend was magical. Friday night was a silly night people watching with my girls in Uptown, then Saturday it was to the FAIR!

We saw, we ate, we conquered. The best parts, as usual, were the fried frito pies, petting zoo, and rides. I went on the ferris wheel for the first time - I know, kind of sad considering I've lived here my whole life.

Here's a little video of our fair shenanigans. Obviously, we spent most of the time petting goats. No shame, they were adorable. And I give you fair warning, my voice gets 100 times more annoying and high-pitched when I'm around baby animals. It's a disease.

State Fair 2011 from Hello Kiley on Vimeo.


One of the many things I love about Dallas is our State Fair. It's pretty expensive, but there are a LOT of ways to cut down the prices (coupons, cans of coke, etc.) and spend a fantastic day running around like a kid again. A good time was had by all this weekend.

Today, I wanted to send out some link love, too. A few bloggers posted some things that truly resonated with me last week. Amy wrote a post that inspired me in two ways: 1. I'm re-evaluating things in my life that make me unhappy but I keep around anyway, and 2. I totally redid my underwear drawer. Not quite sure that was the effect she intended to have, but it happened anyway. :)

Maddie's stress-free manifesto that Amy pointed her readers to also really inspired me.

Also, head over to Neely's blog for her week of giveaways!

Happy Monday!
xo.

UPDATE:

Oh, here go hell come - Amber rightly pointed out to me that I forgot the MOST important part of my weekend in this recap: GIRLS' NIGHT AT NEELY'S.

We watched the Rangers (well, sort of), ate pizza, looked at cats on YouTube, and browsed matched.com. Yeah, it was kind of a big deal. Love you girls. :)