I tried to do good and take lots of photos of my day yesterday, but you know how it goes when you start having fun. You start talking, distractions happen, the camera gets forgotten, and before you know it the day is over. I think I managed to do at least a decent job of documenting it though.
The day started off with a brunch date to Yaya's Euro Bistro on the other side of town. If you ask me, the place serves one of the best brunches I've had in my life. First off, it's a buffet which means you can not walk away hungry. There's eggs benedict, shrimp cocktail, salads, pasta, eggs, biscuits, bacon, cookies, brownies, tarts, and brulee. I was hoping the jazz band next to the line didn't count how many times I went for a new plate! It was to die for. I went with two old pals from my working days at Bonefish and enjoed a nice morning with the girls. Here they are below. That's Megan on the left and Jenn on the right.
After that I rushed home to help Jake finish making his ninja turtle shells.
Our town has a huge kickball league made up of three different levels: leisure, intermediate, and competitive. Jake plays on the leisure league. In that league you pretty much just goof off. Everyone has a beer in hand (even if they're running the bases), and their championship points include a category for style (which explains the turtle suits). Jake spent a few hours on Saturday night making some shells out of foam board we got a hobby lobby. He drew up a design on paper and transferred it to the foam board, then finished them off with a little bit of spray paint and a pair of elastic shoulder straps.
The other graphic designer came up with something too!
This is Candace. Or Kandace. I'm not sure how it's spelled. I met her at White Water where we shared a drunken conversation about fashion. She studied fashion at the University of Auburn and has dreams of getting involved in millinery design. I thought she was super cute and talented and encouraged her to start a blog. We'll see if she ever gets around to that.
This is Sam, another old Bonefish buddy.
And this is Baxter. He belongs to our friends Peter and Heidi and was one of many, many dogs out on the kickball fields.
Here's both the teams at the end of the game. We were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the opponents went with an Alice In Wonderland theme.
It started lightening in between their two games, so we got out of there before it turned into a massive storm. Sadly, that left me little time for outfit photos. It was really too nasty to get out in a field anywhere, so I settled for the front porch for this set of photos. It ended up being a lousy day to wear this yellow garden dress, but I figured I'd photograph it anyway.
At the end of the kickball game we realized that I was dressed like April from the ninja turtles. Do you remember her yellow jumpsuit? It was completely unintentional but worked out for the theme I guess. It's funny she was a reporter in the show, and I was the only person with a big camera on the field. It looked like I was really playing the part!
This is completely random, but look at the yellow box I found on Saturday. I spotted it when I was taking pictures next to those old tires and rusty cans and carried it home with me despite the fact that it was rusty too. I really like it, especially sitting next to that old red office chair on the front porch, and now it gives the mailman something to put my packages in. It bothers me when they leave them sitting in the swing.
Dress: Ebay $15
Blouse: Ebay $5
Shoes: Goodwill $4