Graceland

Before Christmas, Joe and I took a trip to Memphis to go to Elvis' house, Graceland. It was so cool to see the house left exactly the way that Elvis had it. I was pretending that we were buddies and he invited me over. We weren't allowed upstairs, which really ticked me off, and I almost bolted up there to get a peek. WHAT is so secretive up there?!?!?!?!?! Why did they have to tell me I wasn't allowed, because I probably wouldn't have cared if they didn't. Ugh.

His Christmas decorations were up too!

The Jungle Room! In the words of Mr. Ryan.."sick"

There were some super intense Elvis fans that kept hogging the good views and having "moments" all the time. I thought they were going to have a meltdown when we got to the gravesite.

Bffs

After leaving Graceland, I am obsessed with Elvis. I am dying to get a record player and some Elvis records. I made a fantastic discovery that XM has an Elvis station, and it is now a pre-set in the Prius!

You know you love it

Can't Win 'em All

We got together to watch the final playoff game for the Saints, which turned out to not have a happy ending. Black and Gold won't be winning the Superbowl this year. Christine went into mourning for a few days, but hopefully she has moved on :)

In true Oxford fashion, our friends cared about the loss for a good two minutes...and then were on to making margaritas and forcing us to go to the bar.

So professional!

Which turned into late night at Sean's house, and the cops came. hahahahahha. Luckily, Sean "dealt with it."

Anyone who is not in college would think we are drinking Red Stripe!

Law school people sure know how to have a good time. Do they ever sleep??? Joe and I were out of commission all day Sunday, of course.

Nun Pig

Meredith left her scarf at Joe's, so I stuck it by the door so he would remember to bring it to her.

I couldn't stop chuckling when I noticed what was going on here. I thought he looked like a nun, but Joe thinks he looks like "Death." Either way, Mr. Pig was mighty frightening!

Cheese Connoisseur

New cheeses, much more successful this time!

Cotswold - known as the pub cheese, it has chives in it...very yummy!

Fromager d'Affinois with pepper - soft cheese that tastes a lot like Brie with less "mushrooming" (I cheated and read that part.) Pretty tasty, but probably won't buy it again.

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What a good number! We wished that we could have stayed in New Orleans for the entire week until the National Championship game, but sadly we could not. "Work" and "School" sure can get in the way sometimes.

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Festive Red Velvet cupcakes

We decided to have our own National Championship party and invited our friends over in an attempt to avoid going to the bars and being amongst the enemy. I am not a good sport, and I hate when people smack talk - so I don't like watching intense games with mixed crowds.

Yellow Hammer Bar

Jambalaya

It turns out that our plan backfired, as our friends started showing up one by one wearing their LSU colors, or just talking trash in general. Really black bears!?!?!?!? Things ended up alright though, because they were quickly silenced by the extreme beatdown that took place. Served them right!! You should always root for the good guys.

Timothy has suddenly become an LSU fan?

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Celebrating the shutout! 21-0

Happy 2012!

We drove to New Orleans to celebrate the new year with Christine, Sarah Blake, and Murre. The Prius' maiden voyage went extremely well.

Its no Volvo SUV, but at least I am doing my part to save the environment! Now I don't have to feel guilty for not recycling.

We ate at Christine's and then went out to see the Soul Rebels at Blue Nile on Frenchman Street. Joe loved them so much he bought a CD.

Joe and his favorite people

It was a great time as always! We popped our champagne (since we didn't have enough in celebration anyway) and had a fancy toast to welcome the year that we will get married! That may not have been what everyone was toasting, but we can pretend it was.

Joseph had a rough time waking up and getting on the road on Sunday, but I had the Prius loaded up and was getting antsy, so I forced him to get in the car, and we left everyone else lounging around watching the Saints game! It didn't look like anyone was moving too fast around those parts. We can't wait to get back to New Orleans!!

Surprise!

Can you hear the wedding bells ringing?? Joseph popped the big question over Christmas and we are getting married in 7 months! There was a lot of champagne drinking over the two weeks we were home, and wedding plans are in the works. Good thing I have a retired mom who can do all of the dirty work while I am six hours away. Thanks mom!

Can't wait to marry my very best friend!