Blue spotted tail

Fall is great, why? Well mainly there are two options of things for me to do. I can twirl around outside a midst the changing leaves while wearing my favorite tights&boots combo and holding a fancy latte of sorts or I can wear my favorite flannel pajamas and curl up on my favorite spot on the couch with Wensley while eating cheese and drinking wine and watching Christmas movies in preparation of December. GUYS, ITS HERE! And while I've managed to last this long without having a men-with-scruff-wearing-boots heart attack (who knows what the pumpkin bread currently baking in the oven will do to my heart) here are a few snapshots of my fall so far.

Dinner party extravaganza, pre-vegetable pesto pasta and post total demolition of said meal. (RIP my 'Le bon lait' milk jug. Wensley destroyed it while jumping on the table to eat the remnants of a muffin I left there one morning. THE ONE TIME I DIDN'T FINISH AN ENTIRE MUFFIN.) Lesson learned- you have to eat every bit of your meal in my house or my cat will wreck havoc. (I can handle that.)

My grandmother gifted me with this because can I get a "what what!" if you've got a giant middle child shaped chip on your shoulder. It was a delicious red with a hearty aroma and undertones of berries and 1000 year old oak with just a hint of I don't know what the heck I'm talking about.

Lazy Sundays watching "Sleepless in Seattle" and having a champagne cupcake for breakfast are becoming a necessity for me. Waking up at 6am for work at the bakery takes its toll on me and Wensley. So on Sundays we pretend we are Kate Middleton and get our princess rest.

Wensley loves his Meg Ryan rom coms. He's all like "Mom! I don't know if Harry and Sally are gonna get together!" LOLS all around Wensley, we watched it this morning.. you know what happens!

Nothing like OHMYGOSH-ITS-THAT-TIME-OF-YEAR-AGAIN-HOLIDAYS-&-FALL-&-A-BIRD-JUST-DIED-CAUSE-I-SCREAMED-SO-LOUD like a giant sparkly pumpkin on your front door.

Hope your Friday is simply spectacular!

Blue Spotted Tail- Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes have been on repeat because well there's never a reason to not listen to them. Take me away, Fleet Foxes!

Good Vibrations

I'e been watching Christmas movies all day and dreaming of the holidayzzz. And I'm wondering, on this unbearably hot summer day, if my application to be one of the elves at Santa's workshop got lost in the mail or what?! {Also can we talk about how cute the two little girls are in The Holiday... adorbz.} Maybe its the Costco shopping spree I just went on {20 lbs. of cherries and enough hummus to last me a lifetime} or its Jim Carrey in The Grinch, but I've just been filled with joy lately.. and here are a few more reasons why.

That unbeatable duo of an iced coffee and lemon berry muffin on a summer day. Really you can take away everything but the muffin and I could be just as happy. Oh muffins, who invented you?! How are you so grand?! Cheese is really starting to get jealous!

THE MOTHER F-ING BEACH BOYS!!!
You best believe it. I crossed off a bucket list item when I saw The Beach Boys at the Riverbend Festival in Chattanooga. Oh what a day it was. Driving up with bff, Katie, listening to The Beach Boys greatest hit on repeat and then seeing the Beach Boy with guest drummer {wait for it.....} JOHN STAMOS!!!! Sure it was only two of the original member left {MISS U CARL!} but it was still incredibly most wonderfully great!

Hmm, how do I begin to describe this sandwich that was bigger than my head and had more cheese than what was in my fridge {which is a lot, believe me}. Oh Jimmy Johns YOU SO GOOD TO ME!

After building a whole entire couch with OUR BARE HANDS, we had to feast on hummus, cheese, bread, pizza, and anything else we could because even we couldn't handle our strength.

Julie Darling Donuts.

Somehow these donuts have made a a donut shaped hole in my heart that can only be filled with their blueberry donut holes. I mean oh. my. gosh. they are so insanely delicious. And I don't dare go to Chattanooga without stopping by here to pick up a bag {or two} of donuts.

My mecca, my safe place, my place for Real Housewives watching and The Way We Were crying.

Is a blog post complete any more without a picture of Wensley St. Clair?! I mean his hair is all over my chair so why shouldn't he be all over my blog? Plus he's got the darnedest face and is mastering at being the world's cutest cat while being the dumbest one at the same time. He loves to chase his own tail and the amount of times he's run into the wall is embarrassing. Needless to say we are perfect for each other.

I've got a glass of red wine and Love Actually waiting for me.. Happy Christmas in July!

Good Vibrations- The Beach Boys

Honey in the sun

Outdoor movies, popsicles, cheese&crackers, best friends, picnic baskets, never having plans while always having plans, impromptu Modern Family marathons, nail painting parties, building couches, temporary tattoos galore, cranking up the AC, scaring kids with your white legs...

PEOPLE, THIS IS WHAT SUMMER IS ALL ABOUT!

Every year summer comes along and like clockwork I bust out my countdown till when I get to wear tights again. I always forget the many pros of summer! {the Tennessee heat makes me forget for like 4 seconds and then I come to my senses.}

Baking mini cupcakes is my new favorite thing because well they are uber cute and make you feel like you are soul mates with the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk and most importantly I can convince friends they are way more healthier than the normal cupcakes I bring them and we all feel much better about ourselves. {Also I got those adorable flag toothpicks from my most favorite shop in Ohio!}

There is this thing that me and my friends do where we make a homemade pizza loaded with 2 family size bags of cheese {its safe to say that I'm single handedly supporting the cheese industry. You are welcome family cheese farmers to Wisconsin! Hope the kids are well!} and watch 'Going the Distance'. Its my most favoritest of nights. {It just barely beats The Voice and mac n cheese nights with Wensley} There is green stuffs sticking out because I guess I needz my greenzz!

Guys, my cheese man at Whole Foods gave me a a free tub of cheese. And before I died, I thanked him and flashed a smile, which of course was without a doubt a spinach in my teeth smile. Damn you strawberry and pecan salad. But for real, this cheese is like THE GREATEST! Like God himself came down and churned the cheese himself, this stuff is great.

FLAMING LIPS!!

I can't even do this show justice by writing about it. Anything I say won't convey the wondrous of this show. Giant balloons, confetti galore, human bubble, Wizard of Oz guest appearances, giant hands, lazzzer lights, bears, AND CRAZINESS ETC! I mean I didn't even do two pictures of my new favorite cheese {see above} if that tells you anything!

One of my favorite humans and my most favorite animal!

{Aunt Tessa loves her nephew, Wensley, maybe more than I do because I would never feed him food from my palm because, um, GERMS!}

Going bangless makes me feel like I'm going out without my clothes on! SO EXPOSED! My poor forehead hasn't seen the light of day in one million years. {Shield your eyes! My God, its painful!}

Hope your day is ridiculously wonderful! I'm off to drink 5 cups of coffee and frost a bijillion cupcakes for the people of Nashville {Gosh, so needy} Lets be honest I'm probably gonna get a couple muffins too!

Honey in the sun- Camera Obscura

Wednesday, Thursday, happy days!

a few snap shots of happy things that happened.

and although i didn't take a picture of the tomato soup spilled all down my sweater that had just gotten a brutal tomato sauce spilling earlier that day {man, must've really offended the tomato plant recently!} i have to admit that made me smile. {now sweet mother of tide how do i get rid of this stain?!}

i always ask to do the fondant stars at work. customers can ask you whats the difference between white and chocolate cake. {insert me pointing to the door and kindly saying 'get out.'} but fondant never fails you. within minutes i'm surrounded by stars and i just became the first person who ate muffins on the moon.

sunflowers.

i'm thinking people don't realize how easy it is to become my favorite person ever. deliver zach galifankis to my front door or give me a bouquet of sunflowers! bam! numba one stunna in my life instantly.

serious egg dyeing adventures.

where and Eggward Cullen was created, watermelon eggs came about, metallic eggs shined and i had to name my friend the most brilliant egg dye-er in all the land. {p.s. happy late Easter}

i'm full on ramotional about Something Borrowed.

Darcy+Rachel=4eva.

reading this book in one day is my greatest regret ever. {except for that piece of cake i declined in the 6th grade.} i should of stretched it out! it was 2Good2BeTrUe! we won't talk about how teary eyed i get every time i see the preview for the movie. seriously we won't, i might start crying and i just did my makeup! {not pictured Trader Joe's dark chocolate edamame. SOMEBODY STOP ME!}

best blog friends who send you the most gorgeously dressed packages. it was almost sinful breaking into them. but then i remembered the handful of jellybeans i had for breakfast and i didn't think twice about it. opened it up to find this {george, brad, johnny, owen, and jake all on one tea towel!?} and justin bieber press on nails. let me repeat that for my oldies-but-goodies-80-yr-old friends in the back... justin bieber PRESS ON NAILS!!

my most favorite dog in the world. usually during movie times i need both my hands to balance my wine and twizzler combo but i make an exception for a cuddle buddy with Dash.

two for one:

nailing up shelves all by my single gal self.

new shampoo that tames my hair as to help me distance myself from my hair alter ego, little orphan annie's fro.

Wishing a happy day to everyone!

Happy days {these days are ours!}

P.s. A giant, giant HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Memo!! For I love her with all my heart and wish her a day filled with cake, balloon bouquets, and Robert Redford!

I like bread and butter. I like toast and jam!

a few snapshots of the past week not including my delicious pesto pastah dinner, superbowl fun complete with friends, cupcakes, &wine, snowy days, lime green scarves and fox hats, oc marathons, dying over certain tree huggers insanity, board game nights, homemade trail mix, target adventures that led me to buy a SUPER SAVER 35 pack of toilet paper {???????}, screaming... i mean singing at the top of my lungs to the fantastic mr. fox soundtrack, breaking the winter ban on shaving my legs, and too much bread!

the franklin theater had the lighting of their new marquee! and ain't she a beaut! of course it felt like a total tease since the theater won't actually reopen for business again till june! {don't they understand i need to be in walking distance of a working theater at all times?!?! I LOVE THE MOVIES!}

while folding my laundry {yes, yes.. lets all gasp with surprise! i was actually doing chores. TAKE THAT JUNE CLEAVER!} i realized i have a certain addiction. before you sign me up for A&E's intervention let it be known that i'm admitting my obession with stripes! 1, 2, 3...7, 8, 9! lets not even talk about the striped shirt i was wearing when i took this picture! {woops..} and folks this is just my blue stripes collection! {fine A&E i'll do your show but promise me i'll get jeff as m inventionist! and family no bringing up my floral addiction!!}

the beginnings of one of my bedroom walls. my favorite is probably the cat picture. i got the frame from goodwill and picked up the crazy cat picture {i mean the cat is wearing glasses and reading a book?! ADORABLE SLASH THE-GREATEST-THING-EVER!} the butterfly wrapping paper was given to me by the same store i got the card! flower was made with newspaper, felt, and a button!

frosting up some caramel cupcakes.

seems like our 2 day new-year's-resolution-to-eat-healthy slow period is OVVVA! thank the high heavens for people who can't stick with them! you make me proud, city of franklin!

oranges as big as my coffee and coffees as big as my head!

is it obvious that this is one of my favorite ways to decorate the walls?! its just so fun&easy! and my flower anthropologie hook is holding my canon a35 datelux camera!

its my one day off before the craziness of valentines weekend at work. {its like people like giving cupcakes to the ones they love or something.. pshh.} i plan on spending it watching grey's anatomy {season 2- OH HAII ADDISON! way to ruin everything with derek&meredith!}, baking {i've got 4 over ripe bananas calling my name!},decorating, and crafting!

hope your day is simply swell and awfully sweet!

The Newbeats- Bread and Butter

Well, hot and heavy, pumpkin pie, chocolate candy, Jesus Christ!

boy oh boy, me oh my! we've got to stop meeting like this. like a sixteen yr old who just got their license, wrecking havoc on the town and never home anymore. but to cut to the chase january has been a CRAZY month! the biggest change? I'VE MOVED! to the most adorable little apartment. with a most wonderful roommate. and i'm finally now settling down.. almost have all my clothes unpacked {emphasis on the almost, as with every place i've ever lived i always have a box of clothes i never get around to unpacking. i've really got to kick that habit!} with last week having 5 trips to goodwill {and two different locations} and way to many trips to the grocery store {its not my fault i get my dark chocolate covered edamame from trader joe's, my frozen veggies from publix, and my trail mix from costco! i gots to get those low prices!} anyway this week=debit card on lock down. and unfortunately for you that means lots of blog updates! woo! here's a few snapshots of the new diggs.

the vase is from goodwill.. for 50 cents! and what makes the purchase even sweeter? urban outfitters is selling an almost identical one for $19! sticking it to the overly-priced hipster man! huzzah! picture was put together from the help of a printer, discount wrapping paper, and a $1 frame from the cutest little thrift store in franklin-our little thrift store!

two pillows, one from target one homemade. and you wouldn't even be able to tell the difference!

two gals who love to bake?! you best believe our cookbook collection is oh the chiiiz-hain. {okay so i've maybe had two cups of tea and a cup of coffee this morning. i don't even know what i'm saying!} but of course the muffin bible was one of my contributions to the stack... YOU KNOWZ IT GRRRL!

my most favorite new blanket. that basically ties my whole entire room together. and if i could would maybe even hang it up on my wall. thanks ma!

candles, flowers, and birds.

i starting to see a slight unintentional theme to my room!

eek! i can't wait to share more with you! while the move has been stressful.. its been the most wonderful and exciting adventure. complete with {and not limited to} flickering lights {thanks ghost betty!} crackling fuse box, broken locks, overflowing dishwasher {classic movie style... and completely my fault... woops}, and fire alarms walling off the walls... like i said definitely been an adventure. and while i'll miss living in nashville {and my most wonderful roommate there!} i'm only a bike ride's away from sweet cece's. and that my friends is more dangerous than the fuse box that almost caught on fire!

hope you day is marvelously outstanding!

"my life... ohhh my life"

contrary to popular belief, i was did not get lost at sea and get swallowed by a whale {oh wait...} no no no, i've just been busy being a working lady now. {i bake and sell sweet treats all day, everyday. its basically perfection. i hope they never realize that i'd do it for free...} bringing home the veggie soy bacon is robbing me blind of my time, among other things. here's what i've been up too!

savouring my early mornings with no computer, no tv, no phone. just me. and its been so refreshing and delightful. {not to mention the oatmeal is get-in-muhh-belly delicious!}

seeing old friends! nothings better than hanging out a group of your old friends, reminiscing and catching up on each other's lives. its so wonderful. and also making fun of other friend's sweet cece's creations is fun too. {cereal, gummy worms, chocolate, reeses, granola, fruit, you name it she had it!}

RUNNING! i've become a gym rat these past few years and its about time i start pounding the pavement again. and friends, it has never felt better. no more contraptions or machines, just the open road, a fully charged ipod, and my extremely worn in shoes!

becoming a certified swirler! the angle, the pressure, the size of the swirl.. frosting is no joke! {news to me!} and i have to practice everyday. the first time i did it they looked like mini jabba the huts.. so i'm getting better.

being inspired by a belly dancing recital {yeah, its a real thing!} and now all i wanna do is sign up for dance classes. someone get this girl some blue suede shoes! and give me a beat!

saying goodbye to friends as we all scatter off to different states and colleges. its no fun at all. couldn't every one do their own thannng in the same place?!

WRITING! i was asked to be a part of a new zine and IT'S HERE!!! the only september issue you need! {anna who?} it's 14 color pages filled with recipes, DIYs, tips, artisit features and more! its way too exciting to even handle and i'm so glad to be a part of this project along side janal, kaelah, justine, and malori! all you have to do is order one before september 1st and we will ship it off to you rigfht away! cost is $4 plus $1 for shipping. {and we ship internationally too! just $2.50 for shipping} i hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed writing it and putting it together for you!

and forever be bless with sprinkles raining from the sky, unicorns opening your doors for you, eating all the treats you want without any of the calories, and leonardo dicaprio confessing his love you. {promise!}

hope everyone is having a gloriously wonderful day!

*a trillion billion points for those knew michael scott inspired my title.

the last bit of the ohioian adventures.

trips back to my favorite little city, chargrin falls!

a lot less snow and a lot more heat. but i still managed to find some nice little treasures in the darling boutiques. {thanks g-maaa for the seed money!}

delicious treats at CHOCOLATE BAR.

chocolate pasta? check.

chocolate martinis? check.

chocolate molten cake? check.

mini chocolate smore bar and campfire? check.

chocolate overload? you bet. and worth it too.

{this was the meal that led to the sugar rush insanity photos}

TESS LOST A TOOTH!

a giant molar as a matter a fact.

i tried shamelessly to steal it so i could put it under my pillow, and failed. something about putting a useless tooth under your pillow and getting money still mystifies me. darn it i wanna wake up with cold hard cash under my head!

TOTAL DOMINATION!

dots is one of the worlds greatest games to play when you have time to pass. i remember playing it on the o'charley's kids menu as a kid as i anxiously awaited my chicken fingers and fries. i'd like to say i was griff world champ but my sisters might say otherwise. so imagine my surprise when tess whipped out her itouch {kids these days} and had a dots app! so naturally we dueled. and i destroyed. complete wipeout. and the competitive side of me was overjoyed. people, its the little things in life. {i'll leave out the fact that tess turned seconds later only to annihilate me}

channeling our inner rachel zoe with shades&sterrbucks dranks.

what's all that inside the top of my cup you ask?!! CINNAMON OF COURSE!

beautiful airplane views on the way back.

i love the window seat!

have a stupendously marvelous day!

p.s. sometimes when you're feeling down and out and on the verge of a breakdown you can get the simplest of comments that sort of turn around your whole day around. and with that i'd like to say holly and becca, me oh my, thanks for making me smile! {as it turns out they both have magnificent little blogs that i love!} on a totally unrelated note, how great can the blog world be!