Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.......

Cadbury Eggs have arrived:)

I know not everyone cares for them, but I do. In fact I love them. Cadbury Cream Eggs are my Kryptonite. Unfortunately (which seems appropriate to say, however I see it as a fortunate coincidence!) the cvs a block from my house only sells them in a box of 4. I wont even get into how many 4 packs I have bought over the past 2 weeks. I convinced myself that the Easter candy was delayed due to the blizzards that we have had here, so I was simply doing the economy a favor and making up for lost time, by buying them and eating them as fast as I possibly could, so I could go and buy some more. I keep coming up with excuses to go to cvs, only to find myself walking up and down the Easter candy isle, which is by far the best season, for a 2000 calorie post dinner "snack", I must say I am quite convincing, I even sold myself on it:)

Oh If only I lived in the UK, A Cadbury Creme egg McFlurry-that sounds like heaven to me

I have never contemplated highjacking a van until I saw this picture, could you imagine the amount of Fondant in it! More realistically, I would simply request a picture be taken of me in front of it, sheepishly posing like a dork

What the What!-This looks right up my alley! The used the mini Cadbury eggs inside of a butter cream cupcake-I might try it tomorrow, so I will let you know how it turns out:)

Hope you all are doing well! I am so sorry I have been MIA for like a week:( I finally got a new Jobby Job!! Yay! So I promise to be back on my normal posting/commenting schedule by next week!

LOOOVE YOU:)

Just Plain Silly.

I was never, ever a huge fan of cereal-in fact I am still not a big fan. I never had all the sugary kids cereal growing up, My mother has always been very health conscious, and I really don't like milk (at all). I eat Special K with berries and a splash of skim milk every single morning and that is pretty much the extent of it. Hubs is a huge fan of cereal, and for the past few months he has been talking about this cereal that he had as a kid that they were bringing out of retirement and how amazing it is, blah, blah blah (or so I thought!)

This arrived today (actually 3 boxes of it arrived, but he is saving the other two-yes I am serious)

One word, SILLY. I have had 6 bowls, only a tiny bit of milk and I could easily polish off the box! "Oops All Berries" might as well be "Oops All BELLY" because it is addictive, highly addictive. If you see this anywhere, get it-I promise you will not be disappointed. I really want to make some buttercream cupcakes and add these to the batter, and crush some to top the frosting with, YUM! So much for giving up being a glutton for lent, at least it didn't have any meat in it:0)

Hope you are all having a fantastic week!!

Dear Birthday Fairy

Dear Birthday Fairy,

I know it isn't for a Month (March 13th to be exact) but just in case you were feeling sorry for me since I should still be in New Orleans and I'm in DC covered in snow and expecting more today, and you wanted to know what I would absolutely love for my birthday here you go...

Lunch Skins These things are amazing-would be perfect for kids lunches but I am planning to use them in order to cut down on my excessive use of Ziploc bags
Lululemon "The Relaxed Fit Crop II" Incredibly, ridiculously well made work out clothing-it is true what they say about the company having a cult following, and I am one of them! Hubs got me an adorable zip up for Valentines Day. The products are fabulous, last forever, can transfer easily from the gym/yoga to out and about.
Story Book Romance Dish Towels from Anthro! I mean these are so adorable and would give any kitchen a sweet little touch

Chocolate Covered Gummy Bears AKA Muddy Bears I have yet to find a place to buy them in bulk to have on hand, which is most likely a good thing!

These Candles are just Absurd, I stand in the store and smell them all for hours, All the scents are TDF but who can resist this fabulous turquoise shade?? I'm telling you its the Pisces in me!

The Cooled Globes Lamp from Anthro-My mother would be singing "Deep Greens and Blues are the colors I choose"-James Taylor, because I am a Pisces and this would look smashing with the blue shades of our bedding!
I am in love with these cute little dinner napkins-neutral but sharp with the cute little design!

My Two fave Lilly dresses of the season, the first a must have for showers, weddings, spring and summer parties, and the second in her perfect stretch cotton jersey, throw on at the beach with a pair of white jacks and go grab some ice cream on the boardwalk-I NEED SUMMER!
I would take anything made by Seda France, but this Bon Chic Candle in Sugar Blossom Lime looks amazing:)

In All seriousness, I keep a "wishlist" of things that i update frequently-which seems to be a good thing simply because sometimes I wind up not wanting it a few weeks later, and the ones that I still love I should really get them!

Hope everyone has a great Monday:)

Grounded.

Literally, Grounded-our flight for tomorrow morning down to Louisiana has been cancelled. After a solid 7 hours of phone/Internet time with every single airline and car rental company in the united states we finally realized that we were not getting out of here. I couldn't be more disappointed. Hubs and I have literally been snowed in for a week (i did walk a few miles before the second storm hit to get my highlights done-but hey desperate time, desperate measures!) and we were looking forward to this trip for so many reasons:( At one point today we were actually contemplating driving 10 hours to Atlanta to make our connection but we are not even sure if our connection would be leaving ATL tomorrow due to storms they have coming through. We tried everything, we were willing to drive a few hours, change airlines, fly to different cities, anything-and the flights don't even exist, or they were cancelled as well:(BOOOOO to mother nature, so over weather-We want to move to Vegas-NOW!!

Hope everyone is having a better week than we are! On a brighter note, my hair looks freakin amazing-best I have had in forever:) ....Always a silver lining (or at least I am trying to find one!

Ugh!

The view from my bedroom window.

I have baked, cooked, cleaned, cleaned, cleaned, re organized, baked and slept. Oh and ate an entire pint of ice cream. Part 2 of the blizzard is here and its disgusting- the winds are absurd (45mph) and we cannot even leave the condo. I don't like complaining, nor do I like being a negative person, but this weather is making me seriously grump:( So please excuse my usually cheerful pink and sparkly blog! I promise to return to normalcy as soon as possible!

And I hope that one of you is able to look at a palm tree and the sunshine for me today:)

Fresh to Def

Two of my absolute favorite bath products ever. The first I discovered a few years ago, and has dramatically changed my life. The second I just picked up for the first time in Vegas a few weeks ago, and now I am totally smitten!

Fresh. (the name says it all)

The Brown Sugar body scrub is absolutely absurd. You don't even need to use lolo after you shower because it leaves your skin so soft and moisturized! I find myself using it at least a few times a week because the winter air (and the blasting heat indoors) has really dried my skin out! I know they say not to use exfoliators with oils in them before you self-tan, but if I buff up with this a few hours or the evening before, my self tanner comes out perfectly!

You will not be disappointed! **It can make your shower slippery (Hubs let me in on this!) so just make sure to rinse well:) I don't know why it says "new" its not-I think the size is.

I love lipgloss, am completely addicted to chapstick, hate "lip stains" and I have a collection of lip products that would rival and entire cosmetics department at Nordstrom. I am always looking for a good "day time"-if you will- lip product that will moisturize (like chapstick), last for longer than a couple minutes, give me a little bit of color (so i don't look like i just smeared Vaseline on-which i do frequently) and not look so glossy or hot pink that I look like I am going out. This is it....

It is perfect, does everything I have always wanted, and it subtle enough that it could be used throughout the day without ever looking silly. Where has this been my whole life? Honestly

Hope everyone is having a great day! "They" are calling for lots more snow here starting tomorrow and hubs just called me from the market to tell me it was as if the apocalypse were coming (at least he bought a case of wine!). I'm stocked up on baking supplies and luckily we can walk pretty much everywhere but I think I am just over winter!

Laissez les bon ton roulette

I'm Going to Mardi Gras!!!!!!!

Hubs and I decided to forgo Valentines gifts this year and we snatched up a couple of flights down to the big easy for the party of the year! Hubs and I have been lucky enough to have been to New Orleans on multiple trips! My bestie even got married in St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson square!! She had a second line band lead us from the church through blocked off streets playing music and cheering all the way to the reception site!! It was incredible! My Bestie Tara and her hubs live in Baton Rouge and they are going to be our hosts for what is sure to be an amazing weekend!! I couldn't be more excited, seeing my bestie and going to mardi gras all in one weekend-my head is going to explode!!! Being with locals I know we will get to see the most amazing parades (with the best throws) and eat at the best places, and drink the best daquaris! I know hubs is dying for a shrimp po' boy from mothers and I cannot wait to get a huge feather boa(not sure why but everytime I go to NOLA I come home with one, which has stained whatever shirt I am wearing, but I continue to buy them). It is one of the few places in the world that you look completely normal walking around with a huge feather boa and a cocktail during the middle of the day!

This is my Besties actual second line (she is in the beautiful white wedding dress-duh!) Note the beer sign on the right side of the street!

I dont know who he is but he looks like a lot of fun!

I get a picture with one of these guys every time I go, and I still think it is just as funny

Now onto the bigger questions..... What to wear????? My biggest concern is obviously shoes. There is tons of walking, and lets just say that being a shrimp isn't really conducive to wearing flats! Maybe some dresses with flat boots? I was really hoping not to wear anything that I would be to upset about if it got ruined. Our first trip to NOLA years ago, Hubs got an entire hurricane dumped on his brand new white shirt (by a friend) so I have learned my lesson. Any Suggestions??? What about a cheap pair of flats?? Where to buy?? I need your help please!

Hope you are all having a fabulous day!

My Weekend Recap.

I even woke up at 6am Saturday to get a workout in before I drove about an hour to my moms house so we could spend the day lunching, and shopping and getting some QT together. Well I did get up, did work out, did drive there, only to stay 2 hours and get back in the car to come home. The trip home was horrible and scary, cars were sliding all over the place and the snow was coming down really heavy!

Here is a view from our condo window
And another before I drew up the blinds...
Well whats a girl to do??? Bake! I made a challenge with myself to bake as many different types of sweets with only the ingredients I had on hand (no running out in the snow for an item)
I did really well! Here is a stack of the Chocolate sandwich cookies with vanilla cream filling-TDF!
Chocolate chip Coconut Blondies (my first time making blondies and they are amazing!)

Peanut butter hearts, so easy, so simple and sooooooo yummy! Paula Deen always does it up right!

More Sandwich Cookies
All three tiers!!

**I also made a giant cupcake cake for My dads birthday, and two giant Pizza Cookies! It was really fun to be creative to see how far I could stretch what I had on hand to make lots of different things!!