Five on Friday

Whooo-Hooo! It's Fridayyy!

Usually I'm not this excited for the weekend especially when I really don't have shit going on, but for some reason I'm in much need of a break from this J.O.B.

It's been awhile but today I am linking back up for Five On Friday with the pretty Darci @ The Good Life.  

{One} It. Is. Texas/OU weekend. Can I get a hell to the YES?! 

I'm so excited to support from the comfort of my outside patio with an extra full glass of wine, instead of fighting all the crazy fans at the Cotton Bowl and State Fair. The Mr. and myself decided a few years ago we are just to cool old to hangout with the first year college students anymore. -Ha!

I assume I will still wear my UT dress...mainly because the Hubs LOVES me in burnt orange. -Hahaha!

{Two}

It was love at first sight when I saw these adorable duck bookends at Goodwill for $3 bucks! I'm really thinking about going crazy and turning them to glitter covered duckies. 

What do ya'll think? 

{Three}

These $89.00 Steve Madden riding boots! Aren't they uber cute?! I will be purchasing this beauties this afternoon while I'm hardly working at work! 

{Four}

I bought and received this super duper cute makeup bag a couple weeks, but like I said it's been awhile since I've linked up. Anyways, Madi over at Madi May Design custom makes these adorable 

makeup/travel bags in tons of different colors and print combos. Before I ordered I was a little worried it wasn't going to be big enough to hold all my products, but it is PERFECT! I can get everything in it and still feed my obsession for anything chevron print. :)

Check out the Etsy store

{Five}

I saw this quote on Pinterest and thought it was so spot on! 

Sure hope all you beautiful people have a GREAT weekend!

Thursday Tunes Link-Up Party!

Let's be real honest for a second, we all have those few songs on our iPod that we are a tad bit embarrassed to admit that we enjoyed at one time or another.

So this week for Megan and I's Thursday Tunes linkup party I'm gonna reveal the songs that I wish I would have thought twice about.

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The rules are simple... Any genre. Old or New. Slow or Fast. 1-5 songs in a your post. Then come back and link-up with Megan or I. We are not requiring anyone to follow us to be apart of our link-up but we do ask that you include our button in your post.

Pussycat Dolls-Whatcha Think About That

What is more distrubing is this isn't the only Pussycat Dolls' song on my iPod. Dear Lord.

 

Lindsay Lohan-Over

This is the one I'm probably most embarrassed of, I have no clue what on God's green earth made me decide to contribute $1.29 to Lindsay's addictions.

Eddie Money-Take Me Home Tonight

I'm kinda ashamed of this song but what makes it even worse is I can sing it word for word. Ekkk!

Miley Cyrus-Can't Be Tamed

Who in the hell would have ever thought the girl/bird singing from a giant bird's nest in a music video would hump herself with a foam finger a few years later?!?
But then again I'm the one that downloaded her music so who am I to judge.

Hope errrbody has a GREAT Thursday!

Link-Up Reminder

Don't forget to come link-up tomorrow for Thursday Tunes with your one and only and the gorgeous Megan @ Barefoot and Bluejeans.

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Here Comes The Bride...

Heyyyy!

Happy Humpday!

This past winter my dear sister became engaged to the love of her life and yours truly was of course nominated to be the Maid of Honor. Whaaa Whaa! Bachelorette Party. Here. We. Come. But before I get to bust out a move on the bar, just like she did at my bachelorette party, we have to come together for the more significant details of the wedding. So this morning I received a text asking when would be a good time for us to go bridesmaid dress shopping. **This totally reminds me that I need to get my ass on the treadmill before this wedding in April.** But we discussed going a few weeks from now and when she should send out her save-the-dates. Like most brides, to my sister the dress is probably the most important aspect of the whole wedding. She has put a lot of energy into finding her perfect dress, finally after a few months she found "the one". I'm very happy for her and if she loves it...I love it.

But for me when I was planning my wedding the dress wasn't as important to me as it was finding the BEST photographer. I said from the beginning of my planning that I would prefer to spend more money on my photographer than another element of the wedding. Weird? Maybe. But the idea behind that was...when the Hubs and I are 100 years old and we are bat shit crazy, our photos will still be around even if our minds are not. To this day I have gone through my engagement, bridal and wedding photos at least 3 times in the last year and half and I'm never disappointed that we spent extra for our fabulous photographer, Krystle Akin.

So, what was/is the most important wedding planning details to you?

Flowers? Photographer? Food? Dress?   

I'm gonna need to order this before the Bachelorette Party weekend!

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday Everyone!

 

This weekend was JL's first baseball tournament for the Fall, we were all looking forward to it because it meant we were not going to be sun burnt and drenched in sweat from just being outside for 10 minutes. JL has played year around travel baseball for the past 4 years, which makes us very busy...year around. The Fall season is always my favorite mainly because I get to wear sweatshirts the whole weekend. It is the small things in life, right?!

 

We love our #4!

 

Anyways, on Saturday we drew the 4:00 and 8:00 games, which are game times I will never complain about because all that means to me is that I don't have to get up at the crack of dawn.Our 4:00 pool play game went great...6-4 win.

 

JL & his cousin Rhaina

It's hot chocolate. Not coffee, folks.

 

A legit cold front actually moved into Texas Saturday, so the weather was set for us to be playing baseball in football weather. Again. No complaints from me. But some of the other moms were cold and I was craving a white chocolate mocha so after our win we loaded up and made a trip to Starbucks...to wait 40 minutes in line. Usually I would say eff this line I'm out of here but that warm liquid heaven was really calling my name. We made it back to the complex in hopes to win the next game and then head out to dinner with most of the team. Right about the time the boys were taking the field, it started lightening and raining. We all loaded up in our cars waiting for the rain to pass...45 minutes later they finally cancelled our games. We all got checked into our hotel rooms and got the boys rounded up to go to dinner at 9:30. Dinner was great, lots of laughs between the boys and parents. Finally at 11:45 I got myself and JL in bed while a few of the dads were partaking in some adult beverages in the parking lot since we had no clue if we would even play the next day.

 

The next morning we got the call that the fields for to wet to play on and the rest of the tournament was cancelled. It was pretty disappointing considering we drove all that way, spent a few hundred dollars and only played 1 game. Since the weather was 75 and gorgeous, we grabbed Olive Garden (JL's favorite place.) and headed home to catch the Cowboys' game.

 

Spaghetti and lemons for lunch.

 

The hubs and I watched the game on the patio with the dogs while JL went to the football field with his cousin to play around.

 

She is such a classy lady when she crosses her legs

 

My nosy, Scooter

 

Even though we didn't get to play much baseball and the Cowboys lost, the weekend was still a great one. Cooler weather...Starbucks...dinner with friends...and sleeping in...It is the smaller things that make it great, right??

Thursday Tunes Link-Up

Hey Ladybugs!

I woke this morning not even realizing it was Thursday because I have been passed out in bed for 3 days straight...how sad is that?! I promised myself though that I was still going to co-host our new weekly Thursday Tunes, even if I look and feel like I got hit by a bus. So today in honor of my sweet Hubby's birthday I'm gonna share some of the songs that I know he loves.

The rules are simple... Any genre. Old or New. Slow or Fast. 1-5 songs in a your post. Then link-up on Megan or I's blog. We are not requiring anyone to follow us to be apart of our link-up but we do ask that you include our button in your post.

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Eminem-Berzerk

I think no matter what Eminem puts out my Hubby will probably be listening to it and loving it!

Iggy Azealea & T.I.- Murda Bizness

The Great Divide-Yesterday Road

Dj Khaled Ft. T.I, Akon, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman & Lil Wayne-We Takin' Over

 Can there be anymore people on this song?!

No Fun In Being Sick...

Hey Sweetpeas. 

Please excuse my absence this week because I feel like pure hell! I have been coughing and running a fever for 2 days. And if that wasn't enough throw in a achy body and headache and you get a feel for my Tuesday. :( 

I will be back for our weekly Thursday Tunes linkup though, so don't f