Friday Favorites

Friday Favorites!

Friday, April 14, 2017

Happy Friday, my friends!

I’m off school today and my sister is off work today, so we’re going to be doing a little shopping this afternoon and I can’t wait to spend some time with her! I love that my sister and I have such a close relationship 🙂

Today is also Good Friday–good because we deserve death on the cross, but Jesus, in his infinite love and obedience to the Father, took our place–and Sunday is coming!

Today, I’m sharing a few FAVORITES with y’all!

I’ve had lots of fun recapping our wedding (2.5 years later) and I finished it up yesterday with the reception where we had THE BEST time! I have loved writing these posts and reminiscing!

(my fav workout top)

Sunday I tagged along with my sister while she had a photo shoot. Before her client got to the site, she took a few photos of me. You can tell by my outfit that I was totally prepared to have photos taken……not! ha!

(Also I’m posting this even though I think I look fatter in this picture 🙈🙈)

My big sister flew in from Colorado Wednesday and I was so happy to see her! She moved in August and I haven’t seen her since, and I know my dad was so happy that we were all together again!

(I’m also wearing my fav workout tank in a different color)

Dustin and I are aggressively paying off student loans (his undergrad and my graduate school), so this will be how I feel until everything is paid off next year. I’m taking donations for anyone who wants to support my shopping addiction 😂😂 I feel like we’re kind of doing Dave Ramsey but not 100%.

Southern Charm recently came back on TV and I love that show! I follow Jennifer Snowden on IG and over the last few months since she had her baby, she’s really become my favorite and she isn’t even a main character on the show haha! Her baby was born with health issues and had brain surgery a few days after birth. If you’re watching Southern Charm, who’s your favorite? Landon is getting on my nerves big time and it’s only been 2 episodes ha!

Linking up with Erika, April, and Amanda

Friday Favorites!

Friday, March 31, 2017

Happy Friday, friends! I hope your week has been as wonderful as mine has been! Being off all week for spring break basically reaffirmed that I need to be a stay at home wife. All I need to do is find a way to work from home 😂😂

~~We are~~ Dustin is working on re-landscaping our yard and this is one of my inspiration photos for Dustin. I do know he’ll be adding in some height to our front beds, so I like the height in this photo! Also, this house is in Birmingham!

I blogged Monday about the really fun cooking class I took Sunday night at Sur La Table on cooking healthy Mexican food. Last night I whipped up some burrito bowls and decided to make homemade refried beans to go with it. I learned how to make those in that class, so I told Dustin spending the $70 on that class was totally worth it because I’ve recreated TWO of the recipes already! haha (Side Note: Did you know that refried beans in Mexican restaurants are made with LARD?! Yuck!!!)

Earlier this week the sunlight was streaming in and everything was so quiet and serene in the house–it was so beautiful.

Dustin and I both had appointments in Birmingham on Wednesday, and for mine, I had to do fasting bloodwork. I had visions of eating a great breakfast and relaxing at O’Henry’s after my appointment. I got a blueberry muffin and caramel machiatto, snapped this picture before I started eating, and not even halfway into eating this, I got really really sick and had to run out of the restaurant–literally. #horriblestomachprobs Since I don’t ever eat sugary breakfasts (or sugary anything really), I should have known better. Dustin is the best because he quickly got threw away the rest of his breakfast and ran out after me–favorite husband!

We drove around after I started feeling better looking at architecture trying to get ideas for the next house we build (which will hopefully be in about 5-6 years!!). We both immediately decided a french country theme, but that could change haha! I love the colors of this house–the cream painted brick, robin’s egg blue shutters, and dark brown door and trim.

I love visiting book stores and libraries because I could sit and read for hours! We spent over an hour in Barnes and Noble and it felt like 15 minutes to me. I could have stayed a few more hours reading 😊

Yesterday, Dustin worked really hard digging up some plants and moving other plants around in order to prepare for the news ones we’re buying. He’s such a hard worker!

I recapped our proposal story and rehearsal dinner on the blog this week. Next week I’ll recap our wedding and reception!

I’ve had this shirt in my shopping cart for over a month now. I love peplum but most of the time it doesn’t look great on me. I feel like you need a small chest in order to pull off peplum. I wish I could find this in store to try it on.

Have a happy weekend!

Linking up with Erika, April, and Amanda

Friday Favorites!

Friday, March 24, 2017

Today is literally my FAVORITE because spring break starts at 3 PM!!!!!! 🙌🙌 Let’s just say we all need spring break at the junior high, and I’m hoping everyone comes back to school well rested after their week long break 😊

On Tuesday my sister, mom, and I went to Birmingham and it turned out to be the prettiest weather!

My sister came to pick me up, and of course, we showed up in similar outfits–white jeans with blue tops.

Mom got to sit in the back since I was the navigator while Rachel drove–we had such a great time!

We ate lunch at the neatest place, Pizitz Food Hall. If you are close to Birmingham, you must go there!!

But sadly, their debit card machine had a major glitch and I ended up paying triple for our sandwiches 🙈 Still trying to figure out how to get my money back since it’s a really weird computer error. The owner has been super nice–which has made it so much better to deal with!

And when you’re in the same city as your best friend, then you have to eat lunch together. I told y’all the weather was the best, so we took advantage and ate outside.