Wedding Weekend

Last weekend we attend the wedding of one of my very best friends. The wedding was beautiful and the bride was absolutely glowing. I was completely jealous of the FABULOUS hair pouf she was able to archive. I promise there was no bump it involved in creating that perfect wedding hair.

We were also able to get together with some college friends. It was great to catch up.

We stayed at The Peabody. Their lobby has a beautiful tree for Christmas... I said hello to the ducks each day in our way in and out of the hotel. They quacked back.

Other than that, we have been up to the normal December activities.

• Playgroups
• Wine dates
• Decorating for Christmas
• Christmas parties
• Seeing Santa!
• Baking Christmas treats
• Christmas cards

And regarding the fashion dilemma.... You can see that I wore black. I was not courageous enough to rock the navy tights/navy dress.

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Fashion HELP!!!

What color tights do you wear with a navy dress??

I have a wedding this weekend and NONE of those lovely LBD's below worked out. Too small. Too big. Too much bubbie. You get the picture. So, I am left to dive into my closet.

This dress fits (whew!) and is wedding appropriate. The only problem is that I have pasty, ghostly white legs and I need to cover them up with tights. But what color? I have lots of shoes, so that should not be a problem. Hopefully.

Oh yeah, the wedding is this weekend. Help!

Kiss me!

Holy moly... It has been a while since I last posted. We have had some crazy times in our household lately, but nothing a little baking can't cure.

We went down to S Texas for Thanksgiving and had a great time. While we were down there, my cousins and I made some delish cookies. The recipe was from a Hershey Kisses calender and we took the easy way out and used premade cookie dough. Maybe that is why ours do not look like the ones in the calendar. But they were still tasted wonderful!

Before we departed on the trek to S TX, A and I met up with some lovely bloggers and had a wonderful time! Ladies, thanks for a wonderful lunch.

**New pictures over at Baby M.**

Mommy Juice

Does it defeat the purpose of a walk if I am sipping on this the entire time?

I need to get something more discreet... The solo cup screams LOOK AT ME!! Perhaps something with a lid.

LBD and Sequins

Is there anything better than a great little black dress? Maybe a great pair of black sequin shoes!


I have 2 weddings to attend this December so I am beginning to plan my attire for them. I plan on wearing the same thing since they are two completely different crowds. (Best friend from college AND my grandpa... yes, my grandpa)


I am going to mix Kate Spade with Target. Who cares is the dress cost 1/10th of what the shoes cost? And, since I am still getting rid of the baby lbs, I have no idea what fits me so I had to order a variety of dresses.

Here are the shoes:

And here are the dresses..

Add a pair of black tights and some glitzy earrings and ta-da!

Which one is your favorite?

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What a great idea!

A couple weeks I went back to my college town to attend a bridal shower for one of my best friends. Not only was the weekend perfect, the shower was lovely and I now have a great idea for our house!

A TV area under the stairs! I used to joke around and say that A would be put in the closet under the stairs if she got too loud... ha ha ha

(above) outside looking in..... (below) inside looking out

Here we are at the shower.....


And check out the beautiful table! I love the bright green wrapping paper.

Vampires? Really?

So, I know I am going to go against the grain with this next statement, but here it goes.

I have not read any of the Twilight books (or seen the movie) and I have no desire to do so in the future.

I don’t get what the big deal is? Forbidden love? Teenage, vampire sex?

Please enlighten me if you are a Twilight lover….I would be open to possibly renting the movie.

Casserole time!

Are you beginning to get in the holiday spirit? I am going to be totally honest and say that I have not caught the festive, holiday spirit yet. But thinking about food always puts you in the holiday spirit – right? Our family Thanksgiving meals are quite the spread. Everyone has their favorite side dish, and these ‘favorites’ seem to multiply each year.

The casserole baking dish gets quite the workout on Thanksgiving. And I LOVE it. I would much rather have my green beans covered in cream of mushroom soup and topped with fried onions…and I want the sweet potatoes baked into a creamy casserole that is covered in a delicious topping of crushed cornflakes, brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans. I have experienced a boring food spread and I have experienced the casserole spread.... Give me the casseroles!

Here is our family thanksgiving menu:

Cranberry fluff
Sweet potato soufflé
Mashed potatoes
Broccoli and rice casserole
Company casserole
Onion pudding
Corn soufflé
Green bean casserole
Stuffing

Ham
Turkey & gravy

Cheese rolls
Pumpkin bread

Apple pie
Pumpkin pie
Chess pie
Tollhouse pie
Pecan pie
Pumpkn toffee roll
Assorted cookies

Hungry yet? I feel like I have left something off....

I mainly eat the sides – who needs protein when you have a casserole?!?!

What is your favorite Thanksgiving side?

Image from Crate & Barrel