cafe du monde and sucre.

i know what you were thinking yesterday.. "chelsea, why was there such a strong absence of good from your post??" answer: because i have to dedicate a whole special post to it of course!!

my two most favorite places we went were cafe du monde and sucre. obviously they both are sweet treats places. who needs real substantial food anyway? not me. give me a muffin for breakfast, a piece of cake of lunch, and a fruit tart for dinner and i'm a happy gal {see, fruit tart.. healthy. how am i not the editor of woman's health yet??}

cafe du monde.

{as in its the only cafe the world ever needs.}

Beignets.

how do i even begin? no words can do this fluffy goodness justice. its like taking a bite from a cloud deep fried in the most pristine and richest butter and covered with the lightest, sweetest powered sugar ever. its heaven in food form. and it took all the will power in the world to stop from buying a life supply and getting them delivered to my house everyday {which i'm still considering} or signing my soul away to get the recipe. {which is the best idea i've ever had.}

no beignet is complete without a cafe au lait.

this cafe au lait was just as good as the ones i had in france. it was rich and creamy without being insanely sweet and you could taste how strong the coffee was. it was the perfect pairing. up there with pb&, ross&rachel, popcorn&butter, and dare i say pam&jim!!

SUCRE.

sweet is right. sweet success at all things delicious. {i asked the guy and he said they first named it franc succes a tous les choses delicieuses. but it didn't fit on the sign...} it was the cutest little shop filled to the brim with cupcakes, macaroons, tarts, gelato, and so much more!

SPARKLY MACAROONS?

i mean does it get any cuter?

{i think not.}

chelsea skye dug into these...

but i had to go with the award winning recipe of chocolate cake with a salted caramel buttercream! all i can say is RUN to your nearest car, airport, scooter, hot air balloon, trampoline shoes... and get to new orleans to get this cupcake!! it might be the best one i've ever bought {something about a homemade cupcake is always better to me!} but how cute is the fleur de lis? and equally delicious.

and they had the cutest easter decorations. which ultimately made me want to rethink the design of my entire room. {colorful flowers sprouting from the ground, offering chocolate to all who pass by!!? I'M IN!}

i want to go back and eat sweet treats with chels all day!

have a tasty day!

HUZZAH for happy days.

TODAY was a wonderful day! and here are a few reasons WHY:

my NEW boots

{i feel like LAURA from "Little House on the Prairie"}

{GOT them on SALE for $15 believe it or not!}

frozen yogurt at SWEET CECE's with my most fabulous friend CHELSEA

(we call ourselves ChelseaSQUARED. so goofy but i love it!)

RASPBERRY-POMEGRANATE sorbet & Very VANILLA with BLACKberries & cheesecake bites! SO DELECTABLE!

MY incredibly CHEAP yet WONDERFUL finds at GOODWILL

SIX items for a grand total of $8.59

TWO of my favorite items:

Anthropologie-esque FLORAL vase for only TWO DOLLERS and my variety of fun KENTUCKY landscape PLACEMATS. A total of 12 for 50 cents all together! I AM IN LOVE with them!

MY new EIFFEL TOWER gold EARRINGS!

now i can PRETEND i am in PARIS everyday.

{found in my STOCKING aka best part of CHRISTMAS morning}

AND today, i FINALLY finished my LOVELY january MIX. Every January I make a MIX CD for my friend. It is sort of like a tradition now and it is something I can look forward to after the HOLIDAY season! SO, this year these are the songs that made the CUT!

1.CLICK FLASH- Ciara

2. BOYS WITH GIRLFRIENDS- Meiko

3. SO YOU SAY- The Bird and the Bee

4. COIN LAUNDRY- Lisa Mitchell

5. DANCE ANTHEM OF THE 80s- Regina Spektor

6. HAVEN'T MET YOU YET- Michael Buble

7. YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG- Frank Sinatra

8. THE BIRD AND THE WORM- Owl City

9. JUMP(FOR MY LOVE)- The Pointer Sisters

10. EMPIRE STATE OF MIND- Jay-Z

11. CREATOR- Santigold

12. SLEEPY HEAD- Passion Pit

13. THE DUMMY SONG- Louis Armstrong

14. SWEET DISPOSITION- The Temper

15. EET- Regina Spektor

16. BOTH SIDES NOW- Joni Mitchell

17. SHE's GOT YOU HIGH- MUMM RA

18. SKY- Joshua Radin

19. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT- The Smiths

20. 1901- Phoenix

21. IF SHE WANTS ME- Belle & Sebastian

22. MOI JE JOUE- Brigitte Bardot

and a couple blunders...

i am yet again another day late returning GONE WITH THE WIND to blockbuster. {IT's the movie of my childhood strangely enough and i only have it on VHS. which breaks my heart a little} Now I know how they make ALL their money. late fees. But Clark Gable is SO dreamy, I just can't get enough of this movie! {fun fact: my GREAT-great AUNT, MARGARET MITCHELL, wrote the book! It's my one CELEB family member!}

(photo found here via google images)

BLUNDER #2: I got a flat tire.. my poor, poor little car. She already has no HEAT/AC and likes to eat any CD I put in.. and now she has a flat tire. OH WELL, just adds

more to her!! haha.

one more WOOPS- I "forgot" to work out today. oh well. having frozen yogurt instead of the real deal basically means 30 mins on the elliptical. right?

WHAT made YOU happy today?!