Weekend recap

Jeff and I had a great weekend, doing things we both really enjoy.
Saturday was a perfectly mild day so we headed about an hour south to a big national park.  We walked around and enjoyed nature and did a little fishing - Jeff even surprised me with my own fishing pole!
And I got to break in my new boots (an early birthday present to myself!)
After hanging out in the woods all day we ventured to Bloomington to see an IU basketball game.  It was a great time....and a great way to spend my last Saturday as a 22 year old!

So handsome!  

I was lucky enough to get the only catch of the day...a nice branch.
Is is not completely gorgeous out there?  For being mid-November we had a perfect day....but no fish were biting, not even a nibble all day!  We have already agreed to go back in the Spring when everything is coming back to life and then earlier in the fall to see the leaves changing color.

Then we watched IU kick some Savannah State butt!  Not the best seats in the house but we could see all the action we needed too!

Now I am watching some Happy Feet on TV and getting pumped up for my Birthday tomorrow! WoooHooo - If you know me at all you know that I love my birthday and I am doubly excited because tomorrow is my golden birthday; 23 on the 23rd!   So that means that today is my golden day; 22 for the last time on the 22nd!  Yeah I may be be crazy, but I like it! So Jeff and I headed to The Cracker Barrel for a delicious dinner....and the best part, no dishes to clean up after!

So Ciao for now - next time I'll be 23!!!  :)

OOTD!

Today was cold and rainy all day...so I threw on one of my favorite cozy sweaters and put my hair in a pony tail and called it a day.  Of course I wore dress pants to work, but I went to visit my Grandpa and run some errands after work, so jeans it was!

Jeans - Van Heusen
Sweater - The Gap
Shoes - Sperry

What did you wear today?  :)
Happy Tuesday friends.

Girl Crush

I know every girl has one...heck, I have a handful.  Over the summer I was infatuated with the gorgeous and talented Grace Potter.  {And let's not even talk about her perfect name; Grace is on my name list for when that time comes in a long long time} But this week I was watching Millionaire Matchmaker and there was a GP look-a-like on the show.  Thus my girl crush was reignited.

There is something so chic about her.  Yet she is so laid back and casual at the same time.  If there is one thing I want to be it's part gorgeous fashionista part rocker.  She gets to wear gorgeous dresses, shoes, faux eye lashes, has giant curls and mod make up yet get to rock every night on stage and hang out with her equally cool band members. 

Grace Potter, you are my girl crush.

Happy Saturday, Friends.  I am spending my day with my real crush.  We are doing a whole bunch of wonderful things today and I couldn't be more excited about it.

{{{Oh Ps---it's my last weekend being 22! EEPS!}}}

Last week Jeff and I celebrated our (official) one year anniversary.
I have to say the year flew by.  Jeff and I have already been through so much together; college graduation, both living with my parents, a big move to a new city, our first full time jobs, managing money and learning how to live together. I have to say though - there is no one I would rather spend my time with.

There is so much that I love about Jeff but what I love the most is his romantic side.  On the outside he may be rugged and masculine.  He tells good jokes and could talk sports all day long - but what he is best at is loving.  He is the sweetest guy I know and I am truly lucky.

Our actual anniversary was Sunday (the 13th) but Jeff was going to be out of town, so we celebrated Thursday.  I had no idea what he was planning.  I came home from work, walked through the door like any other day and what did I see?  My handsome hunny dressed in slacks, a dress shirt and a tie!  Yes, he was wearing a tie and he was holding a dozen roses.  He had a fire going in our fire place and had the table set for two, with candles <3 

Jeff is a wonderful cook, he can whip up a mean dinner and this was no exception.  He made a wonderful steak and pretty fancy potatoes.  He also bought me my favorite beer, am I lucky or what?
He did it all without me having any idea!  We were even texting earlier in the day about what to have for dinner...I thought we were going to have chicken and noodles! HA!

Our delicious dinner - check that steak. It was so good.

Our glowing fire place. 

Thursday is also our favorite day of the week because it's the day we go to our favorite custard place and get a little sweet treat and we watch our favorite show, Revenge!

Jeff went to Ritters after he got off work and picked up our custard - put it in the freezer and had it ready for us after dinner so we wouldn't have to leave the house, Thursday was cold!

We snuggled up on the couch watched Revenge and a good movie and called it a night.

Is he good or what? 

I would say I'm pretty lucky lady.

Jeff - thank you so much for the past year.  You mean the entire world to me. 

I love you.

Pins...

So Friday has just become a bad day to post my favorite pins...I can't pin at work anymore and when I get home after work on Friday I am usually getting ready to go do something or cuddling up on the couch with Jeff.
And since I can not Pin at work anymore my pinning has decreased drastically.  : ( 
Now that I have a little bit of time to catch up, here we go.
Happy Pinning my friends.
Today I have Jeff looking over my shoulder as I pin and every other second it was "Oooh that looks good!" So it's all about the foods today!

Salted Caramel Cheesecake....umm yes puhlease!! 

Baked French Toast

Cinnamon Rolls as pie crust for an apple pie....oh my my yes yes yes!

No Bake: Oreos, mini Reeses cups, chocolate pudding,
Cool Whip and PB!  YUM

And now I need to go get something sweet. Have a happy Monday! 

Birchbox!!!

I feel like I have waited and waited and waited for my Birchbox sample box to come!  Today was the day, it felt like Christmas when I opened the mail box and saw the box.  I rushed inside and opened it right away.  Here is what was inside

**Kate Spade  Twirl. I love this scent, always have, just have never wanted to splurge and lay down the $80 for a bottle.  When my Victoria's Secret Super Model body spray runs me $25.
**Thymes Eucalyptus Body Lotion.  This I am excited to try out, I need a new body lotion and this one seems devine.  Also from Thymes is the Kimono Rose body lotion, I got a sample of this a year or so ago from a wedding show I worked, and never got around to trying it out.  Guess now is the time!
**Zoya nail polish in Noel.  It is described as a shimmery denim shade and it is from Zoya's holiday 2011 collection.
Too bad I just put OPI's Warm & Fozzie from the new Muppets line on my nails yesterday.
**They also threw in Hair ties from Alex and Isabelle.

So overall I am pretty happy and I can not wait until December 10th when my next Birchbox ships :)

What I wore Tuesday (OOTD)

I had a meeting right after work, so I came home and changed real quick and headed to my meeting,  Here is what I wore :)

Purple silk tank top - NY&Co
Fly Away Cardi - NY & Co
Jeans - Van Heusen
Shoes - Sperry

My favorite shoes everrr....gold sparkle Sperrys = happieness!

Happy Tuesday!