Halloween

I love Halloween. Costuming is the bestie and I's favorite past time. We always come up with great ideas. Sadly this year we have a wedding to go to back in my home state, (super excited for it though I know it'll be a blast) so I won't be able to dress up. Sads for me. So here is a look at last years Halloween where we were finalists in the Des Moines Juice Costume Contest. 

Yes, my friends and I really get into Halloween. Everyone better costume it up for me. I want tons of pictures too. 

My Little Pony Cheers

Marisa

Wanted:

An attractive guy late twenties/early thirties, bachelors degree required, and steady job. How hard is this to find? Hard as shit if you ask me. If I meet one more guy under the age of 25 who's "thinking about going back to school" I will give up and be the crazy cat lady. Seriously though, when I was in college dating was the easiest thing in the world. There was a plethora of men from basically all over the world there at your fingertips. No need to worry if they were educated or really age either, you were all in it together! Now, being single in your mid twenties post college, thats another story altogether. Where the hot guy at the bar turns out to be 28 unemployed and "going back to school". Or they end up being youngens barely turned 21 out looking to pick up chicks and you end up feeling somewhat like a cougar. Where has my generation gone? Perhaps a change of scenery is needed. Saturday I'm going to hang out with D's sister. Although the last time I was up there I ended up with a married guy.......

While I've very much enjoyed living the single life to it's fullest so far, I think I'm done with the one night stands and drunkenly making out with the hottie at the bar. The kicker though is while I think I'm done with that.....I don't know that I'm ready for a real boyfriend. I don't know that I'm ready to put someone elses needs ahead of my own. As much as I hate to admit it, yes I'm a little guarded after my breakup. How could I not be? But, I refuse to let it bring me down and maybe miss out on someone who could really be the one. So I suppose Step 1 would be to figure out what it is that I really want. Otherwise I'll spend the rest of my life being frustrated, endlessly searching for something that isn't there.

Lime Lounge

Last night D, the Besties and I ventured out to a new Des Moines locale, The Lime Lounge. This bar has some history as D and I don't have fancy cable, just the basic, and he likes to watch the public access channel. Over the summer the hot topic on the channel was watching the city council meetings where this entrepreneur was fighting the council to open his bar. The council was trying to shut him down anyway possibly, you know those dang kids and their rap music and all. Lucky for Lime the owner is a lawyer and he gave the council the ole one two and bitches went down hard. So now we have a new establishment in the Ingersoll area it's new, it's fresh, and a nice change of pace from all the dive bars and bar and grills that line the street.

So the review....

We arrived early in the evening and Happy Hour was still going on. BEST HAPPY HOUR EVER. $1 wells and $5 flights. What is a flight you ask? The bestie is the only one who actually got it, but it is 3 mini martinis. Pretty good martinis too, but back to the $1 wells. It felt like college all over again, I cannot remember the last time I had a drink that cheap that wasn't in a bar where you stuck to the floor and the average age was 55. The vibe was pretty cool, maybe a little to hipster for D. Cool chairs, couches, benches and such with pretty mellow music.

( This is actually the couch and

chairs we sat on)

However, around 9:30 pm the dj showed up and it was time for techno and dancin. Not really our thing but it doesn't make me dislike the place. I just know now to show up early for happy hour and leave before the dancin begins.

Long post, I apologize, but get out there and check out Lime Lounge. Be sure to go for their Saturday happy hour because I don't know if I mentioned it but $1 WELLS!

XOXOXO