Happy Halloween

Last night we went Trunk or Treating at some of our local Churches. Cadence had a blast!

By far the most special part of the evening was the picture that the hubs took of Cadence and I, on the steps of the Church where he and I were married almost 6 years ago now...

We were married in March, and took our wedding pictures right there on those steps. Our little witch was born 9 months later :)

Happy Halloween!

Pissed @ Pinterest

As stated before Pinterest and I have a love/hate relationship. There is so much I love about that site, but the biggest pet peeve I have about it are the links back to the original image.

 

For example, I have a lot of items on my "Let's go Shopping" board, where I pin all items I'm looking or wishing to purchase. However, if you click the pin itself, it leads you straight to nowhere and all you're stuck with is internet searching for the actual blouse, scarf, jeans, shoes, whatever it may be.

 

When you end up not being able to find said outfit, depression sets in, or maybe you'll luck out and find the outfit, only to realize the shirt you were eyeing is $300+ and I don't know about you, but this girl ain't dropping that kinda cash on a blouse!

 

Here are some of my fave items that I have yet to find where to buy from...

 

 

 

 





If any of you gals know where to find these beauties at an equally appealing price, let me know!

 



Cheer Me Up

Not long after I posted about Cadence not feeling well, the wattery eyes and stuffy nose started to settle in on me. Living in the real world however, work must go on unless you're puking or feverish...with that being said here are some hilarious GIFs via to have as a cheer me up. I'm going to use them to recap a general week for this gal.

As soon as I walk in the door on Monday morning and the boss man is cheery...

After  he tells me how beautiful of a Monday it is...

The only thing that brightens my Monday is a trip to the fridge!

After lunch and the weekend my mind is pretty much on my bed, nothing else. So when he asks me about something we did last week...

When I walk in the door later that night the hubs always asks if my Monday was good, um...

Tuesday comes and it's still so darn close to Monday (add a cold on top of that) and you have....

Wednesday comes and I don't know whether to be happy or sad because half the week is gone yet we still have the week to go #confusing

By the time Thursday rolls around I've already ransacked the fridge, both at work and at home, along with the pantry, that I could pretty much be a beacon during a hurricane...

but at the end of the day on Thursday I realize that Friday is only a day away!

I welcome Friday by giving him the sexy eye just like you would a hot firefighter running out of a burning building who just saved a baby and two dogs...

On Saturday I live it up!

...and before you know it, Sunday is here again, the last weekend day to prep you for the work week!



Lunchtime Funnies

Yesterday my sitter had a doctor's appointment so my sister kept Cadence for me. Earlier that morning the hubs took her to get her flu shot, so I FaceTime'd my sister to check on Cadence, here are some cute screen shots from our conversation!

I read a quote on instagram yesterday that stated, "life is what happens while you're on your smart phone". It hit me like a ton of bricks that we are in such a social media world. Don't get me wrong, I spend quality time with my family daily, but a lot of that is with the phone in my hand. Whether it's glancing at FB, scrolling through instagram, or snapchatting friends. As of last night we made a new rule for our household. After 7pm, phone's down unless there is an important call or text that has to be made. We will spend that time with the 3 of us, playing games, watching movies, sipping hot chocolate, decorating for the Holidays, crafting, whatever it may be.

To get started with this new rule I stopped yesterday and purchased two new games for our family. My personal childhood favorite, Cootie, and a new game I have never seen, Fibber.

We had such a great time!

Cooties from L to R: Hubs, Cadence, Me (needless to say, I lost!)

Last night I played around with my hair and mastered the Lady Gaga inspired hair bow.

It was fairly easy and super cute for a Halloween hairdo if you just want to be playful come Thursday.

Trust me, this is not something I would wear for a night out, but Cadence loves Hello Kitty, and would this not be perfect to match with that Halloween "Hello Kitty" outfit?

*****

God willing we will be able to do Halloween this year. Our little Princess woke up this morning with a stuffy/runny nose and slept terrible last night because she was so stuffy. The weather here cannot make it's mind up, so hopefully that is the cause.



Weekend Recap

Our weekend was jam packed with fun stuff and thanks to the good ole iPhone I'm here to recap with lots of pictures! Friday night we headed to Savannah and ate at Carrabbas, which is by far our favorite Italian restaurant. I know that it is a franchise and you wouldn't think it would be outstanding, but their food is amazing! Living in a tourist area like Savannah and being so close to Charleston, there are tons of authentic Italian restaurants and let me tell you, they don't even come close to being as good as Carrabbas!

Cadence's favorite are the mozzarella strips...

We had to stop by Krispy Kreme while they had their Halloween decorated donuts!

Perfect way to finish off our Friday night!

Saturday we headed off to a local Fall Festival which had games and tons of fun things for children to do. Cadence thoroughly enjoyed herself, how about her fall outfit?!

Saturday afternoon Cadence went and stayed with her grandmother while the hubs and I went target shooting with my sister and her husband.

We finished off the weekend by going to the mall, which is where we saw the most glorious sight: Christmas decorations going up! I am the type of person who does not at all mind putting up Christmas décor early. I don't skip over Holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, then Christmas, I get that, but there is still something so fun about decorating for Christmas more so than any other Holiday! I love it! I may or may not have stopped by Pier One and purchased Christmas decorations...

After seeing the Christmas decorations in the mall, along with my Pier One purchases, the Christmas spirit was definitely in our household. So I went ahead and did a Christmas craft with the family, homemade ornaments!

1/2 cup salt

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup cinnamon (for scent)

1/4 cup water (give or take)

Knead until a dough forms, if too sticky add more flour. Roll out onto a floured surface and then cut into your favorite Christmas shapes. We also did one of Cadence's hand to turn into Santa! Make sure to use a straw to make a small hole on the top of each this way you can put a ribbon through to hang onto your tree.

Bake at 200 for 3 hours. Let cool, then paint.

This was such a fun craft to do and so easy to make! I had all of the ingredients on hand, and they smell absolutely wonderful!