Galatoire's...

What up, homies?? This weekend my mom came into Baton Rouge to visit me (and to shop of course!) and this is the outfit I wore on our trip to Galatoire's Bistro on Perkins for dinner Friday night. We had a wonderful time full of laughs, and I even saw an old friend, Will. Let's get to the outfit though, shall we?

 

Above is the Uncommon Folk art deco necklace I mentioned in a previous post, except this time I am actually wearing it. Isn't it adorable? I paired it with a simple black shirt, skinny jeans, and this killer thrifted Ralph Lauren blazer!! Can you believe this brand new, tags still on, probably originally super expensive blazer was THRIFTED? I can't believe my luck, either.

 

I rounded out the outfit with some of my favorite brown ankle boots. Today I scored a different pair of brown flat ankle boots that I will show you in another post, they are SO COOL.

 



Here are some pictures of my dinner. I began with a chocolate martini. Unfortunately, they were out of the chocolate syrup that usually garnish chocolate martinis, but it still tasted great.

 

My entree' was the Yvonne, which consisted of fish (not sure what kind, I didn't pay attention while our awesome waitress, Rosalyn, took our orders haha) with crab and mushrooms on top.

 

I think it's funny that fancy restaurants name their dishes after women's names. One of my favorite restarants in Lafayette, Mazon Grill, has a Della fish dish that is delish.

 



Finally, Mom and I shared a bread pudding with bananas and a liquor sauce, TO DIE FOR. When I was a child, bread pudding skeeved me out, but now that I am older I don't even listen to the other types of desserts because I already know I want the bread pudding.

 



 

We actually ordered a bunch more than I included here. My favorite aspect of the evening was the decor: Galatoire's interior is just so beautiful, I felt like I was in a palace at Versailles! This location was definitely modeled after the New Orleans' location, down to the tile on the floor. So, if you are looking for a taste of New Orleans and don't want to take the trip, Galatoire's BR is the place to be.

hello mr. anderson...

Above is a detail of a skirt I found on an impromptu Goodwill trip last weekend. It's pattern in the picture below is a little distorted, so luckily I had taken a detail picture so you can see it up close.  

 



thrifted top: Ann Taylor

thrifted skirt: Express

thrifed shoes: Ann Taylor

 

DING DING DING. ENTIRELY THRIFTED OUTFIT ALERT. AS A RESULT, ALL READERS GET TO BE MY FRIEND FOREVER.

 

I wore this outfit as my office said goodbye to our Institutional Research Director. She is retiring!! Congrats to you, Sandy, but we will miss your presence around the office. We celebrated her retirement with a trip to Mike Anderson's.

 



restaurant: Mike Anderson's

 

At Mike Anderson's, I ordered the Seafood Pasta Primavera with cheese sauce (if you go, add the cheese sauce, it's a $1.50 extra, but who currs, totes worth it). Holy shizz, this meal was DELICIOUS. The only problem, and it wasn't much of a problem, was that there were tons of mushrooms. I like mushrooms, but after I eat them I'm never sure if it was a good idea or not. Haha. I ate the leftovers for lunch today. Score. 

 

I would like to say I took this picture, but I stole it off of Instagram because I forgot to take a picture of my meal. This is exactly what I ordered, though, except I got angel hair pasta instead of rotini. Sometimes I am just so excited to eat that I forget about other things like taking pics for my blog.

 



 

My mommy is coming to stay with me tomorrow!! I'll be glad to have another human around the apartment :) . PLUS, we are sure to visit Urban Outfitters. I will probably make a post about my purchases. Gawd I lurv Urban Outfitters.

plants update...

I am not in a totally talkative/typative mood, so I won't say too much. I'm sort of exhausted, because I have been spring cleaning around the apartment! It's spring, so spring cleaning was a natural progression. Who knows, maybe I'll take it one step further and go through my clothes soon and donate some??

 

I won't be donating this dress. It literally works for any occasion: work, weddings, dressed up, dressed down, you name it. Plus, it's super cute. It has a generic brand name so I won't bore you with it.

 

Below I have provided you with a plant update!! They are finally flowering and showing signs of bearing fruit, and by bearing fruit I mean bearing vegetables, unless it's those vegetables that can double as fruits, in which case I have no idea which vegetables double as fruits.

Carrots!!

 



Squash!!!

 



 

Beans!!!! Oh my!!