Kick off your shoes

First off, you should probably know that I am very organized and I like to plan things in advance. I love my color coded agenda book.

However, what I'm about to type will shock you.

I received a text message from my friend April while I was at work Saturday.

At 2:30pm she asked me what time I got off of work and if I had plans.

Well, let me tell you...I had the most random yet exciting weekend that I've had in a long time!

I left work, went home, threw random clothes in a bag and hit the road!

90 minutes later I was in A & K's driveway

and we were on our way here:

Keith and April waiting for the fun to begin!

April and I!

Now April and I have been friends since my freshman year of college, her senior year. We've had a ton of fun times together. I mean, I was her MOH when she and Keith got married, so clearly, the 3 of us get along great! However, we learned that things don't change as we age which is great! April and I dance and have a grand ol time and Keith hangs out watching and shaking his head!

Sunday for lunch we went to one of the fine dining establishments I miss the most...

Tokyo Express

and I enjoyed Teriyaki Chicken with Fried Rice, Broccoli and Carrots. Sweet Tea to wash it down.

April and I went grocery shopping, home to bake some cookies and just lounge and then I went to visit the kids I used to babysit.

We watched the Panthers win, ate dinner and then Susan and I decided to be creative and make Tyler's Halloween costume. He's going to be an Indian (MJ's going to be a Cowgirl). Well, we stopped in the gas station for the Sunday paper since it always has a 50% off coupon for ACMoore and my college suite mate Katrina (who I saw at Steph's wedding) happened to be in the same gas station on her way to Chapel Hill! however, I saw her car, looked around the store, couldn't find her, checked out, called her and she had already hit the highway so we missed one another...but how random!
Anyway, next to ACMoore is a massive Halloween store so we bought Tyler a costume (he's only 22 months old) and found this:

Overall, it was a random but amazingly exciting/fun weekend!

It's kind of nice to not have a schedule.

The fabric store

Adventures with the one and only ABC

would also be great entertainment for my Reality Show

The other day, Adrienne and I went to a local fabric store to look for fabric to make cushions for a window seat in the library room of ABC & JMC's house. Clearly, we didn't really know all that was involved with fabrics and the whole window seat gets directly sunlight/fading issues/fabric weight/indoor outdoor and all of that happy stuff.

Really, we just wanted to walk in, be inspired and pick some fabric!

This sign also helped...

And carrying around this yardstick made me look really official!

Perhaps me thinking (from afar mind you) that ABC found fabric that was Princess prints got us off on the wrong foot...

But the best part of the excursion was Adrienne finding these birds (in green and black) but liking the lattice fabric (I kind of hinted that I really like it....a lot) so we got samples and did some moving and well, if the store has cameras, we are probably on YouTube by now. While putting the birds on the black and white, we kind of knocked down the entire display. Everyone stared, we were a bit shocked...we looked around and within 30 seconds we were hysterical. Sadly, no one else laughed.

I really think the following fabric would make AWESOME dresses!


Sadly, I don't have a picture, only a fabric sample of "Lovely Lattice by Waverly" in green that I think would be an AMAZING strapless dress with a black cardigan and black heels! Or White! Or Navy Blue! Yes folks, the fabric was that versatile!

Needless to say, A brought some fabric samples home (we had quite a few that I didn't photograph) and now she and J have to decide what they want.

My life should be a reality show...

Seriously! Some days I stop and think to myself
"If a production crew followed me around with cameras I'd probably be a millionaire by now!"
One day last week I left work and went straight to the grocery store to buy chicken and a few other ingredients for the dinner that I was going to make as soon as I got home. Well, the lines were kind of long and I was hungry so I decided to use the self check out lane. I'm kind of a raw meat juices touching my bag of pretzels/eggs/waffles/oj freak, so I had my chicken in a bag (to prevent cross contamination of course!) and the bagged chicken wouldn't scan. The clerk had to come type in a code and then he bagged the chicken and placed it above where my groceries were and I proceeded with the rest of the items in my cart.
I got home, unloaded my car, preheated the oven, unpacked my bags, changed out of work clothes and into comfy clothes, and started to put together the chicken dish (Salsa Chicken, McCormick seasoning bag style...not that phenomenal if you want my opinion) and all of a sudden, I can't find the chicken! So I look in my car...no chicken. I call the store, they have it. Thankfully the grocery store is close to my apartment so it didn't take long to go back for it but I had to turn the oven off, cover what I had already assembled, get back in the car and it was just a hassle.
-See, made for tv!

Fast forward to last night.

I stopped by Target after I got out of a Small Group meeting to get a few things for a dessert that I want to make tonight. Target didn't have everything I needed to so just went to HT since it's in the same parking lot. I noticed they had a TON of bigger pumpkins and they were now a VIC special of $3.99 (they were $5.99 last week) so I just knew I needed one for the

Pumpkin Carving Party next weekend!

I looked at them all and realized the one I wanted was in the middle and a few pumpkins needed to be moved. So I stepped in the hay/straw, planted my foot and started moving pumpkins to get to the one I want. I grab it, hold it like a football and start to work my way out of the pumpkins. I step back and am missing my shoe. Yep, when I planted my foot it got wedged between 2 pumpkins and the more I moved, the more it stuck. So I had to put my pumpkin on the sidewalk and retrieve my shoe...as customers walked by because I was in the front of the store by the cars.

-Such a shining moment...but that's not all!

I proceeded to enter the store and grab the 2 items I need and after I checked out (with my one bag that I remembered to grab) I left the store to walk to my car and this was parked next to me:

Apparently the driver of the car had been shopping for a LONG time! :)

And this morning:

I ironed my shirt, ate breakfast, dried my hair, put my shirt on....stood in front of the mirror and realized I only ironed HALF of it.

Needless to say, I'm now wearing a cardigan that required no ironing!

Happy Fall!

I LOVE Fall

I LOVE Candy Apples

(the candy part, not so much the apple. I mean I love apples alone, not with candy coating)

I LOVE Pumpkins and Pumpkin things

Well, it's certainly not fall like weather outside and that kind of makes me sad

But....

my Mom ROCKS!

Mother found Candy Apple Mix (which I still can't find in stores)

and

Pumpkin Spice ice cream topping

(which I've looked for and not found, but only looked for because Mom found it)

I am SO excited!!!!

I can't wait for it to be a bit cooler so I can make Candy Apples

(with a hint of cinnamon before dipping....yum!)

As for now, I just want to have a Pumpkin Carving Party where everyone can drink Hot Apple Cider, eat Candy Apples, have a great time and hand out candy to the Trick or Treaters!

Wednesday

*I was driving down 485 a few months ago (I forgot I took this pic until I downloaded the internal memory of my camera and found it) and thought this was just funny! Nothing special...just random!

Ten.

Since today is 10-10-10, I've decided to formulate a list of 10 things that I've enjoyed, but are no more.

1. Chocolate Snaps (seriously, the BEST chocolate cookies ever/from my childhood! They came in a small box but it was jam packed with flavor. I can still taste these treats!)

2. Ben & Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk (it is divine....I could eat just the cookie...and the chocolate...but sadly, can no longer purchase by the pint. Stupid B&J Flavor Graveyard)


3. Lowes Foods Frozen Wheat Bagels (I've explained this before..and breakfast just hasn't been the same)

3.1 Lender's Frozen Bagels in the RED bag (reminds me of spending the night at my grandparents and using "real stick butter" after double toasting the bagels! my Mom always bought ICBINB but Gramma always had real butter and "fake" butter)

4. Clear Pepsi (I'm not a soda drinker but I remember thinking this was cool when I was a kid)


5. Planters Peanut butter and PB Chocolate goodies...they were in the form of a peanut with a creamy pb/pb choc center but a wafer like outside. (my best friend Cassie and I would eat them by the bag during our middle school summers but I can't remember the exact name)

6. Who's the Boss (they just don't make tv like this anymore)

7. Friends/Seinfeld (I know the reruns are still on but really, it's not the same...and Seinfeld I'll watch now but rarely watched when it was an ongoing sitcom)

8. Gilmore Girls (Such a cute, wholesome show that ended too soon)

9. 7th Heaven (the earlier years...but again, a cute show with morals and values)


10. Coach/Wings

*all images used in this post were found using the search bar within Google Image*

Well, that's my list of 10. Hope everyone had a great day!