Birthday Bliss

Hi everyone! I just wanted to pop in and share with you guys some fun little pretties that I received for my Birthday....


These are my pink glittery frosting nails...

In my own little world everything is better with glitter.

The second surprise of the day were these beautiful flowers that my friend/some day sister in law sent me! Isn't she sweet?!

Getting flowers is my most favorite thing ever! No one can be mad looking at flowers. Its impossible!! 

P.S. I am on the hunt for a new camera, so the picture quality should be improved very soon, and I'm mentioning it on here so I will actually hold myself to buying one and not put it on the back burner! One of my friends said to me today "you'll never regret a picture" and I just thought that was so true. I will hopefully have one soon so I can show you a little shelf project that I've been working on. Stay tuned....

The Best Part of Waking Up....

Is Keurig in your cup! I'm pretty sure I've used like twelve k-cups since last night when I got my Keurig! It was an early birthday present from the boyfriend!! He's so sweet! Just like the cinnamon roll coffee k-cup or the milk chocolate hot chocolate k-cup or the french vanilla ice coffee k-cup.... ok, ok ya get the picture. But, seriously. SWEETNESS.

Anywhoo... I promised you guys some pictures of the couch and I'm finally going to deliver! (warning the lighting is horrible still and the real camera is on the fritz so I was stuck with my trusty Iphone....Sorry!!!)

Ta Da!!!

BING 

Bang

BOOM

So COMFY! Like so comfy you pass out for a while and wake up the next morning kind of comfy! The couch purchase is just the beginning to project "Overhaul Boy Living Room." I never really showed you guys before pictures but visualize brown microfiber couches with pizza stains and bob marley/jimmy hendrix albums tacked on the wall. That. was. my. living. room... I finally persuaded Trey that we needed to start "fresh" and so we started saving our pennies for a new couch. I'm hoping that this new couch is going to be a jumping off point in the decorating process. 

Heck! Even Trey said the other day "Curtains would make this room 10 million times better."

With my response: "THEY would!... Are you feeling alright?" He doesn't talk decor much with me.

I immediately ran to get my computer to start hunting down fabric, which I found this at JoAnn's Fabric..

Keepsakes Calico in Aqua Damask

Unfortunately, It is out of stock and I don't know when it will be back in... So option number two is to paint my own curtains. I think the bold stripes that Dear Lilly is working on would look great in my living room. Maybe in a soft aqua color? Have you guys ever painted curtains? Any tips? I'm hoping to share them by next week! 

Happy Birthday to....

ME! Its my Birthday today!

I'll be back later with the couch post! 

Monday Monday

Unfortunately all I have to show you guys is the fabric of the couch... I know I know shame on me!! It was one of the greyest days we've had here in a long time and the couch kept coming out as greenish grey which isn't the real color at all. Here is a picture I snapped of the fabric at the furniture store to give you guys a sneak peek... keep in mind that the lighting in the store is not ideal either!

It is so soft! I basically called it my precious for the first week that we had it... no judgement! Anyone else buy a new piece of furniture with all the awesome deals going on out there? I promise I'll get up bright and early and get these photos on here tomorrow!

Oh Drat.

Womp womp womp I got home from work and the lighting in our little bungalow was way too dark already to get a good shot of the new couch. I hope to get a few good pictures this weekend, so I can show you guys early next week. But, to kick the weekend off right I'd like to leave you guys with some eye candy!!

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Can anyone guess what my new color scheme is going to be in the living room? I hope ya'll have a great weekend! I've somehow managed to rope the boyfriend into going basket shopping in the morning for a little kitchen project I have up my sleeve.... muahhahahahaha (that's my evil laugh) Anywhoo... catch ya on the flip side!

I'm BACK!

You better believe it! I apologize for sketching out last semester, I fully intend to be around a lot more this Spring. For some reason the Fall semester always completely overwhelms me and I tend to lose all sense of time my mind. Anywhoo...

I thought I'd start 2012 out with a fresh list of resolutions! (like everyone else on the blog block) I like to make my resolution lists a bit more structured with wait for it ........................... categories! I know, that was shocking, huh? 

Here we go with the Blog category:

Blog Resolutions

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                               1.) Blog at least four times a week

                               2.) Make this blog into a more well rounded every day stuff sort of blog

                                                    -with posts topics such as fitness, cooking, decorating, etc.

                               3.) Add more pictures and links to each post

                               4.) Finish up the "For the Love of the Lake" series

                               5.) Get each page up and running 

Fitness Resolutions

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                                1.) Actually get on the treadmill :) Not just look at it...

                                2.) Eat at home more (I've actually gotten a lot better about this already) 

                                3.) Get into a routine 

Life in General Resolutions

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                               1.) Find more balance 

                               2.) Finish projects within the month 

                               3.) Take more pictures of my day to day life

                               4.) Wake up earlier and seize the day! Carpe Diem! Oh yeah!

                               5.) Create a weekly goal lists (I love to cross things out!)

Okay enough resolutions for now! Tune in tomorrow for a sneak peek of what I have cookin in the living room! I'm super excited to show you guys! Can I get a S - O - F- A!?

Boo Blocks Giveaway Winner!

The winner of the BOO Blocks giveaway is.......

Bobbie! Congratulations Bobbie! I will be emailing you shortly!

Be sure to check out Three Peas Designs! She already has these Christmas Stocking Holders in the mix! 

***This giveaway winner was chosen via random.org***