Girl Friday

Happy Valentine's Day weekend!!

Tonight my friend is having a galentine dinner with the girls so I made a sweet treat for all my lady loves

that I am going to package up with these

Saturday is also Mardi Gras weekend which is huge here in STL.  I have always had a thing for Mardi Gras, it is where the hubs and I met.  This year we have Valentine's Day and Mardi Gras both happening on Saturday, which happens once in a blue moon.  We have a Valentine/masquerade ball on Saturday night with "creative black tie" dress code.  I have my red dress in honor of V day and today I am on the hunt for something like this...

since I have red/pink on my mind can I just say how much I LOVE this dress that RiRi wore

now this dress I would kill to wear Saturday!!

Have a beautiful weekend!!

Be Mine

Any of the following gifts from the hubs would be just fine this Valentine's Day

and I was very thoughtful, everything can be found at Nordstrom....
right down the street from my home

Love is in the Air

I cannot believe that Valentine's Day is this weekend.  All my Christmas decorations are down but not all have been put away, yes I need to get my act together.

Valentines is not a big gift giving holiday here but I always give something to the hubs and the kids.

My girls were easy (girls are always easy) I got them matching swimsuit coverups

and one for myself (and they are so much cuter in real life.)

My son was a little harder, but all the boys are wearing this

now he does not consider clothing a gift but that is all I could come up with.

Now the hubs was even harder.

Obsessed with this watch, but it might be a better anniversary or birthday gift

I have a mandle for his bathroom

I will be matching my girls so why not have the boys match

We have a masquerade ball on Valentine's day this bow tie for his tux would match my dress

plus I love that it is reversable.

and even though they don't like to admit it, every man loves a little pampering so I did get him a gift card for a little man pampering.

hmmm

Now what do I want??

A Night in Paris

Typically I am not a huge fan of a "themed night."  I like to get all fancy and go out with the hubs, but I despise running around town looking for any type of costume for a party.  I have one of those theme party events this Saturday, but I am willing to make an exception because the theme is "A Night in Paris."

I am wearing your basic LBD with a little feather hem

a beret

and lots and lots of pearl necklaces...

this of course would be THE perfect necklace....

 but sadly it is no where in my closet!!

Food Addict

Last weekend I was away for a girls spa/wine/eating/birthday weekend and it was so.much.fun!!  Our weekend kicked off at a spa in the heart of our wine country about an hour away.  When the girls showed up we had a breakfast bar all ready to go stocked with bloody marys, mimosas, and brunch.  I made yogurt parfait in a jar and now I cannot stop eating them

I layered greek yogurt, granola, fresh blackberries and agave nectar then repeated.  I am horrible with breakfast, usually my breakfast is a big cup of coffee, then by 10 I am so starving I will eat just about anything.  This past Sunday night I made a yogurt for each morning this week and this past Sunday I have also officially started an addiction.  Not only are they so tasty they will actually hold me over until lunch.

Friday night of our girls weekend we had a chef come out to our cottage to make dinner.  I am now completely jealous of an anyone that has a personal chef.  I really enjoy cooking but honestly night after night can get a little tiresome (and I probably only cook 3 nights a week)  Who wouldn't love to tell someone what they want to eat then hours later the entire spread is laid out for you.  

our appetizers

One of the side dishes the chef prepared was cheesy grits.  I have never had grits but all I can say is Oh My God they are so damn good.  Of course Sunday night at home we had cheesy grits with our dinner.  I made this recipe and it was almost as good as the chef's

So to counter act all my new food addictions I have promised the birthday girl to go to yoga with her

I have been dying to try this yoga studio for awhile now but I am kind of dead set on my current workout schedule,  I have my days scheduled perfectly and I am a creature of habit..... but a promise is a promise so off I go

I might need some new tops...

apparently in addition to being a food addict I am a shopping one too!!

The Hot List

1. American Sniper

If you see one movie, go see this and someone please give Bradley Cooper an oscar!!

2. Tennis fashion at the Australian Open

Maria Sharapova

via

Serena nailed it (the ball and the outfit)

welcome to the gun show

3. Glitter Sunnies

Need these for spring break, or just because

4. Anything chocolate
I made these

and this

to have around for my girls weekend away.


Well I am off for some shenanigans
Have a beautiful weekend

That's a Wrap

I sound like a broken record over here but another week has flown by.  The majority of my time was spent planning a big birthday party next weekend for one of my besties, so excited !!

Our day will begin with brunch at a spa

then onto a wine tasting

then back to the cottage I have rented about an hour outside of STL, in the heart of our wine country

where we have a chef coming from the birthday girl's favorite restaurant to make a meal for us

It is going to be a great party (and I am not just saying that because I planned it)

I did manage to do a few other things...

finally tried the flat white everyone has been talking about 

it definitely has a more milky less coffee taste

and I got tickets to this show...

EVERYBODY is saying how amazing this show is and I HAVE to see it, well ok then.

Have a beautiful weekend!!