Pink & Green Thursday: Weddings

I don't know about yall, but I daydream about my wedding all the time. I love thinking about anything wedding related and you better bet if I come across a wedding magazine I'm going to pick it up! So this week's installment will be all about weddings! Don't forget to link up with Trish over at Pink Preppy Lilly Lover for the weekly blog hop!

There is so much fun to be had decorating for a wedding. If yall need some ideas for your own pink and green wedding, I suggest heading over to theknot.com for some 2000 pages of inspiration!

Such a great idea for a beach wedding!

Monogrammed AND pink and green? I'm in heaven!

(Belated) Recipe Wednesday: Meatloaf and Roasted Potatoes and Asparagus

Finally something not stuffed! Well as much as I would love to share my meatloaf recipe, because let me tell yall, it is rather delicious, I have been sworn to secrecy. Sorry! I wouldn't usually cook something I'm not giving up the recipe to, but me and Beau were craving it.

Anyways, I can share a delicious and healthy side dish with yall.

Here's what you'll need:
3/4 lb of yukon gold potatoes, cubed
1 Tbsp of olive oil
4 cloves of garlic
2 tsp rosemary
2 tsp thyme
1 tsp salt
1/2 bunch of asparagus
pepper to taste

serves 3

So start by preheating your oven to 425. Then, on a foil covered baking sheet, toss potatoes with olive oil and seasonings. Cover with foil and bake 20 minutes.
Mix in asparagus and continue cooking 15 minutes.
Then increase the temperature to 450, remove foil and continue cooking an additional 5-10 minutes.
Season with pepper to taste.


Sorry for the complete lack of pictures. I promise I won't be as slack next week!
On another note, Beau and I have been making the effort to take walks after dinner lately and Tuesday we decided to go to the Riverwalk for the first time. It was awesome! So pretty and it just seemed crazy to me that this was a 10 minute walk from downtown Cola. Needless to say we will be frequenting it much more often!

AND for the first time in my life I won something! Yall don't understand, I am a frequent visitor to contestbee.com to enter sweepstakes. I enter anything and everything, even if I'm not that interested in the prize, but up until today I had never won. Today EAS over at Let the Tide Pull Your Dream Ashore informed me I had won her Sperry giveaway!

Here's my loot:

Perfect timing too, Beau is in dire need of a new pair of Sperrys! Thanks again EAS!

Haircut!

So let me start off by saying I am not a short hair kind of girl. The couple of times I have gotten a short haircut were a complete disaster and I cried for days (ridic I know). This time I found Laura on the internet by searching for DevaCurl trained hairstylists. If you are a curly girl you understand the importance of finding someone who knows how to cut CURLY hair because it is indeed not at all the same.

So up until today I have been sporting the same look give or take 2 inches since 8th grade. I am a junior in COLLEGE now. It was time for a change.

Anyways, I've been loathing the upkeep of having long hair and with summer right around the corner I thought it'd be the perfect time to try a new style. Plus my confidence was boosted by Laura's training. So at 11 hundred hours I took the plunge and told her I wanted it off.

Oh and side note: Beau loves long hair and would've liked if I kept growing what I had out. So before I leave he jokingly says "Hope it doesn't make you look ugly". Thanks babe, thanks.

Here's before and after:

Sorry for the sketchy mirror phone pictures.

So when I left I felt brave and powerful and was on a high from the big change. Now I kinda miss my long locks. I think I'm just having a case of the grass is always greener.

What do yall think of my new do?

But I never even learned how to Dougie!

Breaking news! "M-Bone" of Teach me how to dougie fame was killed in a drive by shooting.



How will humanity go on?!

In other news, I started orientation for my new job today and tomorrow I am getting a serious haircut. I'm thinking this:

I'll share before and after pictures tomorrow!

And Beau and I are having a midnight date to see Pirates 4 on Thursday night! So excited! I love me some Johnny! Who doesn't though?!

Here's the awesome trailer!


Also, my future little brother in law graduates high school this Friday! They grow up so fast! Go Eagles!

Current Obsession: Judith March

My new obsession I stumbled upon is Judith March. She has the most precious dresses! There are even a few that are gameday colors for football season! I'm in love with her feminine and whimsical designs. To make matters worse since I'm trying to save better there are two stores zero miles from my casa that sell her line. TWO! ZERO MILES! Oh these temptations are hard to resist. My visa may get a little lovin this month! Here's a few of my favorites:

Absolute favorite! How could you be gloomy in this?!

Some gameday goodies!

These were the faves that existed after THREE rounds of cuts. There was that much I loved! Hopefully some of these babies will find their way into my closet very very soon!

Last jab at Royal Wedding and new recipe box!

A friend recently posted this cartoon and I thought it was hilarious!

Also, my new recipe box from etsy came in today! So cute!

Dual Survival...sort of.

I'm back! Beau and I's camping trip was great, everything we needed. There were a few downs (rain!), but overall the trip was great. Friday we drove along the parkway to Crabtree Falls where we were staying and set up camp.

We saw turkeys! SIX times!

On Saturday, we spent the day at Mt. Mitchell. The fog was pretty heavy that morning when we climbed Mt. Mitchell the first time so we came back after lunch. We ate at Mt. Mitchell's very own restaurant, "the highest restaurant on the east coast". It had the most amazing views! And the food was delicious! Beau and I couldn't decide who's was better!

After Lunch we re-hiked Mt. Mitchell, which isn't really a hike, more like a ten minute walk up a steep pathway. Then we decided to hike to Mt. Craig, a real hike. Mt. Craig is only about 40 feet shorter than Mt. Mitchell! The hike was labeled strenuous, so we got a great workout and the payoff was so rewarding!

That peak is where we are going!

And we are here!

Beau and I can't wait for our next trip. We want to camp at Mt. Mitchell next time. Since its so high up it'll be perfect for summer camping!