Weekend update, continued

Before I continue, let me first congratulate both Gayla and Rebecca for knowing my title came from "So I Married an Axe Murderer." Love that movie!

The weekend goodness only started with my fabulous Junk Swap from Andy. On Saturday morning I skipped the garage sales. I know, I know--how could I? Well, I blew my budget at the thrift store on Thursday afternoon, so that was part of it (I have fun stuff to show you!) but mostly it was because at precisely 11:00 a.m. I was seated in front of my computer to sign up for Silver Bella 2007! I was so afraid that it would sell out immediately and I wouldn't be able to get in, so I wanted to sign up as soon as possible. Thank goodness I had no problem and got both myself and my mom signed up! I'm so excited; I've read about it the last two years with envy and decided that this year I had to go, no matter what. I'm so glad that my mom will be going with me! It will be our big "Girls' Weekend" outing this year, like our NYC trip was last year.

My goal is to pay for my trip and all my shopping money via my eBay sales, so I've got to get my rear in gear! There's going to be a vendor fair with all kinds of wonderful shabby, glittery, artsy things to buy and so I want to be sure to have lots of pin money to spend! I'm hoping to take classes from Teresa McFayden (the event organizer), Jenny Holiday (of Everyday's a Holiday fame), Pam Garrison, Rebecca Sower, and Jennifer Paganelli. I absolutely can't wait!

Getting registered for Silver Bella was my big thrill for Saturday, but another great thing was a hot date with my very own Dream Date husband. We ate shrimp tacos at Wahoo's (delish!) and went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3, after I got us lost and we drove about 10 miles the wrong way in each direction. In reality, we could have practically walked from the restaurant to the theater. Big oopsie. Dream Date husband was really sweet and didn't even bring up that this was the second or third time I've gotten us lost even after looking at Mapquest, and still got us to the theater in time for the previews. I wore the cute enamel pin that Colleen sent me and it totally made my outfit!

Sunday was good too--church, a good dinner of salmon and dessert with our good friends. In all, a great weekend!

Yesterday I had my first Wilton cake decorating class. I've been wanting to take the basic course since January but just haven't been able to work with any of their available class times until now. I'm taking course 1, which teaches how to frost a cake, use a star tip, make dropped flowers and the Wilton rose. Some of it I could probably figure out on my own, but I might as well learn it correctly the first time.

The frosting recipe we're to use is provided by Wilton. It's called buttercream but there is no butter in the recipe--instead we have to use plain white Crisco. Gag. The teacher even admitted that the frosting tastes pretty
disgusting, but the consistency is perfect for decorating. I plan to learn the techniques using the nasty frosting but I'll be using my own good recipe for buttercream on anything I actually plan on eating. I'll be posting photos of my class projects as I make them. Prepare to be underwhelmed. :)

Time to go make dinner. I'm making Ina's Roasted Shrimp and Orzo salad. Looks delish, no? See you tomorrow!