Early Voting

Last night, Mr. Accountant and I early voted…. It was the first time I ever had to stand in line to vote – and we were even doing early voting! I sure hope this is a sign of things to come next Tuesday. It makes me excited to think about all of these people doing their civic duty. As we were walking into the polling place, we were laughing about how our votes were going to cancel each other out… I have kept my blog free of political commentary, but can you guess which candidate the Mr. and the Mrs. each voted for?

And the winner is....

Newly-Wedded Wife!

Laurie, please send me an email and I will get these brushes on their way to DC!

mrspreppy at gmail dot com

ecoTools

I love nice makeup brushes... You know, the kind that are super soft and you can wash them without half of the bristles falling out. (Not that I wash mine on a regular basis, but when I do...)

I was given a 6-piece set of ecoTools make-up brushes that I am going to give away to one lucky person. Just leave me a comment saying what your favorite item of make-up is and I will draw a name.

I will go first.

I love mascara. Love, love, love it. And, I have tried almost all of them. From the expensive to the cheap and my current favorite is Cover Girl Lash Blast, when paired with a primer. For primer, I just use Jane Max Lash and ditch the other half of the tube. This stuff is just as good as the more expensive primer, plus Jane is made by Estee Lauder. (You can get it at Walgreens)

You have until Monday evening at midnight to leave a comment -- I will announce the winner on Tuesday.

Circus Circus

It is a sad day.

Mother's Frosted Circus Cookies are my all time favorite store bought cookie and it looks like they are about the be nonexistent.

I need to stock up. Now.

Ribbon Wreath

First of all, let me say that our apartment was on the 3rd floor and we never had people "just walk by..." That being said, I have to admit that I still have our Easter wreath hanging on the front door. Gasp! I have had good intentions of changing it, but never found the right one to replace it with and since every apartment in our complex looked the same, people used our Easter egg wreath to find our place. I am super picky... I don't like silk flowers. I don't like super cheesy things. I don't like things with words / sayings on them. I do not want one that is only good for a month at a time. And I certainly will not spend a lot of money of the thing.

So when I came across this beautiful ribbon wreath, I knew my wreath problem was solved.

I am going to make this beautiful (and cheap) wreath for our new house. And as far as color combos go, I am going to do something that will work all winter long. Forget fall, I am going straight to winter. We have a dark red front door, so maybe shades of cream/white with some silver/gold mixed in? What color combo would you do OR would you stick with one color?

Moving means...

... living in a maze of boxes

... having to purchase a cooking utensil only to use the same one for dinner AND toss the salad. Want seconds?? Clean the utensil that was used to cook dinner.

... drinking out of the same 2 glasses for the entire week

... long days and even longer nights

... and finally, eating Cinnamon Toast Crunch in a mixing bowl, with a plastic spoon, with a box as a table



This weekend is the big move and I can hardly wait!

Vote for Anna!

This is a shameless plea to get my friend's little girl to win a contest in Austin. Plus, there could be something in it for you.

All you have to do is go HERE and vote for #11. Leave me a comment and let me know that you voted, then my friend will randomly draw a winner and will make you a personalized monogrammed or appliqued onesie or t-shirt. She makes super cute things, but her little girl is even cuter.

Note: My friend didn't enter her daughter into this competition as a beauty contest or anything, she was entered automatically after they had their portrait taken by this photographer. But once in the competition, it's a matter of principle that the baby who is truly cutest wins!

Below is the image the photographer entered into the contest as well as a sampling of other cute pictures of Anna.

And here are the cute things her mom makes... and that you could win!

Halloween Costume

I think this will be a perfect costume for us this year!