House hunting Trips 3 and 4

Are you totally bored with our house search yet?! I know it sounds very similar week-to-week. Here is a recap of weeks 3 & 4:

We saw about 9 houses over the past two weekends and none of them were "the one" -- at least, not yet. There were a couple of lovely options with some caveats, as in one was too expensive at the moment and one was in a weird location -- I'm talking you could see Colfax from the bedroom window. No thank you! You can't change the location but you can change the price! So we are going to watch the pricey one and see what happens.

I ate a lot of these cupcakes this weekend!

I still like the "small" house from the second househunting trip and it's still on the market. So, that's another option possibly, if I can convince Max to get over the square footage issue! The expensive house we saw last Saturday only had 40 more square feet (in the form of a bathroom), but it was $35K more than the one I am into. Is 40 square feet worth $35K? They were on the same street, just about 2 miles apart.

So that's about it! We attempted to win some money in Blackhawk this weekned (wishful thinking) but sadly lost $100 instead. Guss our down payment won't be doubled in the form of chips! I also baked up a storm and had some friends over for the Oscars!

Hope you have a good week!

Easy Academy Awards party

Next weekend I will be throwing my first (and last) party at our apartment! We have refrained from hosting anything big because our apartment is so small! It's hard to fit very many people in the living area. Can't wait for that new house entertaining to commence!

However, I can't resist having the girls over for an Academy Awards/Oscars celebration!

Menu:

• Izze cocktails (plain for my pregnant friend and with champagne or vodka for everyone else)
• Mini baked mac-and-cheese (going to bake in a muffin tin for easy, individual servings)
• Bacon-wrapped dates (these are always a hit in my circle!)
• Raspberry Asparagus Endives with Candied Pecans  (via Yummy Mummy)
• Trader Joe's chocolate cupcakes (I got a mix the last time I was there!)

Super easy, right? I'm also going to print out these ballots so everyone can make their picks!

Guess I better catch up on some of those nominated films this holiday weekend! I want to see The Descendants, The Artist and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Although to be honest, we are more excited about the fashion than the films. :)