Family Business

I was shopping on ebay yesterday afternoon and I came across a new brand while searching for Lilly stuff, Lilly & Van. Looks like Lilly's niece Lilly is staying in the family business and her stuff is super cute! This brand is sold on QVC and has great prices! Here are a few of my favorites!

Registry: China, flatware, and stemware

So with only 4 months left Danny and I finally registried and decided on china patterns, flatware, and stemware. I was glad he actually had an opinion and joined me in selecting, helps me not second guess myself. There are so many nice choices out there it was hard to narrow it down, I found 4 I liked and Dan vetoed two of them, then we agreed on one. Since we already have everyday and fine china, both very light, we decided to register for some with a little more color.

Here is the stuff we have now.

Vintage in Ivory
Royal Doulton Naples Platinum

And for especially girly events, like tea parties and showers, and for Christmas I inherited these...
Johnson Brothers Old Britain Castles

Lenox Christmas

The New Ones

Pfaltzgraff Villa de Luna

Lenox Vintage Jewel

And as an engagement present we already got 3 sets of the Villa de Luna and all the cute matching stuff...a napkin holder, canister set, salt and pepper shakers, trivets, cookie jar, cream and sugar, butter dish, pasta jar and my favorite the parmesan cheese server, so cute, I love when china has a ton of matching stuff!

We also got our everyday flatware as an engagement gift(they discontinued the one I already had) so we are all set for Thanksgiving!

Lenox Esquire Everyday Flatware

Gorham Ribbon Edge Frost Fine Flatware

Lenox Firelight Platinum Crystal

What we already had
Wallace that was discontinued

Pier 1 clearance special, cheap but they worked for now

Cant wait to have a nice dinner party with all our new stuff!

Fall Wardrobe Basics

For some reason I have been all about getting my wardrobe ready for Fall this year, so much more so than I have ever done in the past. I have just fallen in love with all the purples, greens and browns that are out there, so I decided this weekend I would go shopping for some Fall basics. I found so many tops I loved at Ann Taylor Loft, and right now they are having a huge sweater sale and a coupon promotion so its hard to pass up! I got way too much purple, most likely because I fell in love with this Badgley Mischka purple bag from Nordstrom's about a month ago and decided to order it on Saturday since they were having free shipping...But I figured I can finally wear those purple flats I got this Spring. Gap was having a great sale also, the light brown sweater was only $19.99! Throw in some clearance taupe pants from Banana Republic and grey ones from Express and I think I am all set for work basics! Not sure if the new blush shoes and green purse are fall colors, but I will try to work them in somehow! Yay Fall my favorite season, just a week and a day away!

Patio Furniture

With Summer just around the corner living in Florida means one thing, entertaining outside! We already have two parties planned for late July and Labor Day weekend, so we have got to get our backyard and pool area ship-shape! Last year just after summer we got a great deal on a grill, we added that and my mini fridge from the garage to our back patio covered section with our old patio furniture.
After a while I decided we needed new patio sets, one for the covered area and one for next to the pool. It took me forever to decide on one for the covered area,but we finally got it!! It was on super sale at Home Depot!
We also ordered a new set for next to the pool from Palm Casual, we just had to go Saturday and pick out a pattern we liked for the cushions and umbrella and we are all set, they should be in on Wednesday!
The yard and house are finally coming together!!
Now we are pressuring cleaning, trimming trees, Dan even had a chain saw out on Saturday, planting plants and putting up a new fence section that fell down, hope its all done by July!!

Huge Sale at Macy's

Right now unit May 31st clearance items are an additional 25% off!! Woo-hoo!! Some super great deals and super cute clothes!!

Things I love: Mary Engelbreit

When I was in about 4th grade my aunt introduced me to Mary Engelbreit's artwork, and I just fell in love. I just love the sweet innocence in her drawings and the downright cuteness really. Back then I collected everything I could find and to this day love finding new stuff. I was so excited to find tons of cute little Mary Engelbreit things at Michael's crafts in the dollar section...note cards, magnets, boxes, stickers, all Mary Engelbreit and all for a dollar!! So cute!!

Super cute Marshall's find

I just love wandering around Marshall's, TJ Maxx, and Ross and finding something absolutely adorable on clearance or not on clearance even, since their prices are so good. On my latest trip to Marshall's I found two super cute Tommy Hilfiger watermelon roll-up beach mats on clearance for $5 each, what a deal!! I might redo my pool patio to be green and navy just to match them! Here is a picture of them I found on the internet. They will look so cute on two white lounge chairs with a navy and green umbrella...now to find an umbrella...

Correction

I just tried using the Ann Taylor Loft promotional code 8940012 to get $25 off a $50 purchase, even on clearance, and the code is 89400012, sorry! It works though and what a great deal!

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...