Coach change of heart

I have never been a Coach purse fan, those C's make me a little ill really, but then shopping with my boyfriend's mom I came across this beauty and had a change of heart. This bag is beautiful and I fell in love with it as soon as I spotted it. I never knew Coach had gorgeous purses like this, but without one "C" on it I guess I wouldn't know. It is a very large purse, even strangers comment about my "overnight bag", but I love big bags and its even prettier in person (really nice cognac color leather not shiny at all). Who knew Coach...

New low calorie product

I am not a Weight Watchers member or anything, I just love to try new diet foods, and add them to my menu of things that are low cal and don't taste like...it to trick myself. So yesterday when I was shopping in Super Target I came across these babies!! ...Weight Watchers Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling...aka diet Twinkie, they are a little pricey I think at $3.99 for 6 tiny cakes, but are well worth it since they are surprisingly yummy and only one Weight Watcher point. The filling is a little gooier, but that was never a bad thing in my book and just a heads up don't let the raspberries on the box confuse you like they did me, there is nothing raspberry about these, I had to double check.

Moving Day

It's official, my boyfriend of a little over two years, Dan, finally moved in this weekend. He was living 80+ miles away, but still drove back and forth 4 days a week, and I did it twice during the week...lots of gas! He finally got the okay from his company to work from home a few days a week so home will be over here! Yay! What a difference it will make, I am so excited!

First Day of Fall

Fall is definitely my favorite season and Thanksgiving is definitely my favorite holiday, and even though our fall is not like up North's I can still feel a difference in the air. I decorate for fall almost as much as I decorate for Christmas, I just love these pictures from Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel...



Makes me want to have and Fall themed party or Thanksgiving right now.

Birthday Weekend Recap

What a great birthday weekend! In my family birthdays are always spread out.

This years birthday celebration started on Tuesday with my best girls, way to many hors d'oeuvres, pomegranate martinis, ice cream cake, and Taboo. Good times!!

Friday I took a very very long lunch, Starbucks first, then some shopping...I had a lot of savings cards from Ann Taylor Loft that were burning a hole in my pocket (code 8940012 to get $25 off a $50 purchase, even on clearance!!). I also wanted to hit up some stores to get some nice fall decorations for the house, Kirkland's, and Target had plenty! Great deals too!! Then Panera for some lunch and back to the office. After work I went shopping for some new jeans and mineral makeup then we went out to dinner and Dan watched the Ryders Cup.

Saturday at 12am I was woken up for my first "Happy Birthday", of course I went back to bed then was woken up again around 8:30am with blueberry pancakes and fresh squeezed orange juice, yummy! After eating and getting ready it was present time, my main gift from Dan (my boyfriend of two years) was a new fancy grill and cover, this has been on my list to get for a while, I also got a DVD of Jim Gaffigan(he is just too funny, if you haven't seen him yet you have to!!), season 4 of The Office (that came with a Rabies Run t-shirt, wrist band, and water bottle...hehe!), windshield wiper blades (so practical and I really needed them, what a guy!) and last but not least a spa package with mani/pedi, massage, and facial at my favorite spa.

After presents we went to my favorite sports bar Coasters to watch college football and try an "Only A Rated" beer sampler, and a ridiculously good bacon cheese burger (you can be bad on your birthday). Then to the gourmet grocery store Green Turtle, so Dan could pick up ingredients for my birthday dinner. Home to rest up and talk to friends calling to wish me a happy birthday, then my wonderful dinner of macadamia nut mahi-mahi, brown rice salad, and asti. What a wonderful day!

Now the family birthday! Sunday we went over to my parents house around noon for heavy hors d'oeuvres (I see a pattern), swimming and watching football. Lots of great family time with my sister and her little girls, 2 and 4, more presents and one of my favorite meals, chicken cordon bleu. After the long day and weekend we crashed in bed!

What a great weekend!

Tis The Season!

I am so excited! Its that time of year...the Pumpkin Spice Latte is back at Starbucks!! Yay!! That means its almost Fall, my favorite season!

Welcome!

I was googling what to wear with a chartreuse Banana Republic top I got at an after Christmas sale last year and I accidentally fell into the world of blogging.... and of course became obsessed, not with writing my own just with reading them. I just love getting all the tips, and good finds and reading about the day to day life of others. It helps that I sit in front of not one, but two computers for 9+ hours a day 5 days a week, and when it comes to work I have the attention span of a 5 year old... reading blogs is a great break and you still look like you are working! So now I have decided to start writing one too, Saturday is my birthday so I figured what's a better way to start off the new year with a blog of my own! Here I go!