This is a fall themed dessert buffet that I did for my cousin Kate's beautiful wedding last night. It was a big hit and turned out just like I had imagined....enjoy!
This morning I woke up early and organized all my coupons with the deals from the Walgreens weekly ad. The end result....all of this for about $7. I always buy dry roasted peanuts and mix them with candy corn during the fall. I package it up cute and give it to people at work. If you have not tried this combo....do it! Sooooo yummy...kinda like a Baby Ruth. Happy Fall!
Then I headed over to the mall and look what I got for free there! Eye shadow from Victoria's Secret, lotion from Bath and Body Works, a card from Hallmark, and samples with a full size bath salt from Aveda. Today was a great day for FREE STUFF!!
Joe and I had a great time this weekend at "Rotus Wedding Weekend 2009" in Denver. Both of our hotels were really cool. The first one was very modern and reminded me of IKEA. Every time we went past the maids cart, I would take a few more of the mini size Bliss products....love it!!
We drove to Ft. Collins for the day. It only took about an hour. I would have loved to have spent the night there. There were neat shops and hippies everywhere. I really enjoyed the New Belgium Brewery tour. What a neat place to work! They had a rock climbing wall, volleyball court, neat art, and even a slide that went down three stories...see the blurry picture of Joe coming down. I also LOVED the vintage bicycles everywhere!
Our next hotel was in Downtown Denver and VERY nice. It has won lots of awards from various travel magazines.
The bed was soooooo comfy!!
The bathroom had a TV, phone and Aveda products!
Here I am with a bull in Downtown Denver. We ate lunch at Rocky Mountain Brewery.
Kimberly and Doug after their wedding...look at the happy couple!!
Joe and I are headed to Denver for the wedding of Doug (Rotus) and Kimberly.
Look how cute they are!!
These are our hotels. I had 2 nights booked at the Hotel Teatro (where the reception is) but it's pretty expensive, so I switched us to Aloft on Friday night...still pretty sweet. They have Bliss products in the bathroom, HELLO??!!
On Friday afternoon, Joe and I are going on a brewery tour and then to dinner with our friends Nate and Ashley....then on to Oktoberfest!
Yay!! We have a Mellow Mushroom coming to Germantown, TN!! It opens in December and will be located in Forrest Hill across from Target. I can't wait!! Here is the link if you want to read more about it:
Tonight I marched right into Whole Foods and got a free bouquet of flowers and a free rotisserie chicken. I had a coupon that I found online...luckily I printed off extras...I'm going back tomorrow!! I LOVE getting stuff for free!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (American poet, 1807-1882)
There was a little girl, who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead,
And when she was good, she was very, very good,
But when she was bad she was horrid.
She stood on her head, on her little trundle bed,
With nobody by for to hinder;
She screamed and she squalled, she yelled and she bawled,
And drummed her little heels against the winder.Her mother heard the noise, and thought it was the boys
Playing in the empty attic,
She rushed upstairs, and caught her unawares,
And spanked her, most emphatic.
I know it's only September, but I am already in the mood for Halloween and all things spooky. I am having to use all my self-retraint not to get out my decorations this weekend. In honor of the upcoming holiday, here is a poem that my mother used to tell me. She would grab me every time she said "and the goblins will get ya" and I would squeal with a mixture of fear and delight! I plan to do them same thing to my little ones :)
The Little Orphan Annie
by James Whitcomb Riley
Little Orphan Annie’s come to my house to stay.
To wash the cups and saucers up and brush the crumbs away.
To shoo the chickens from the porch and dust the hearth and sweep,
and make the fire and bake the bread to earn her board and keep.
While all us other children, when the supper things is done,
we sit around the kitchen fire and has the mostest fun,
a listening to the witch tales that Annie tells about
and the goblins will get ya if ya don’t watch out!
Once there was a little boy who wouldn’t say his prayers,
and when he went to bed at night away up stairs,
his mammy heard him holler and his daddy heard him bawl,
and when they turned the covers down,
he wasn’t there at all!
They searched for him in the attic room
and cubby hole and press
and even up the chimney flu and every wheres, I guess,
but all they ever found of him was just his pants and round-abouts
and the goblins will get ya if ya don’t watch out!!
Once there was a little girl who always laughed and grinned
and made fun of everyone, of all her blood and kin,
and once when there was company and the old folks was there,
she mocked them and she shocked them and said, she didn’t care.
And just as she turned on her heels and to go and run and hide,
there was two great big black things a standing by her side.
They snatched her through the ceiling fore she knew what shes about,
and the goblins will get ya if ya don’t watch out!!
When the night is dark and scary, and the moon is full and creatures are a flying and the wind goes Whoooooooooo, you better mind your parents and your teachers fond and dear, and cherish them that loves ya, and dry the orphans tears and help the poor and needy ones that cluster all about, or the goblins will get ya if ya don’t watch out!!!
OK...so this picture has NOTHING to do with meal planning, but I think posts without pictures are boring...so TA-DA!! A few weeks ago I went to a coupon class at my church. I have been using coupons and taking advantage of rebate programs for years, but I still managed to learn a few things. I am trying to do better with my meal planning while using stuff that is already in my pantry/freezer. It's easier that way and it saves money. In the past few weeks, I have gotten some great deals and lots of FREE stuff. I really like Walgreen's new Register Rewards program and I have learned how to manipulate it so that they pay ME!! So, without further ado, here are my meal plans for the week. Joe will be gone all week so it is just me :(
This was Friday, June 9, 2006, the night of my rehearsal dinner. After a delicious meal at Wang's Mandarin House in downtown Memphis, we hit up Beale Street. These are Joe's crazy friends from Embry Riddle (aviation school) in Arizona. They are some of his best buddies and they are sooo fun! All of them are pilots now or different companies and we have gone on a lot of adventures with them.
Our favorite show come back on TONIGHT!! YAY!! Joe and I LOVE Supernatural. If you have not watched it yet, you should. It's all things spooky. It comes on the CW on Thursday nights. Get ready...woo-woo!
Once upon a time, there was a birthday princess who had a pilot prince. He whisked her away to the most magical place on earth so that her day would be perfect...and it was!
The birthday princess and the pilot stayed at a magical place called the "Disney All-Star Sports Resort". It had a great pool where the princess and pilot worked on their tans.
For dinner, the princess and the pilot took a ride over to the Boardwalk Resort where they ate dinner at Kouzzina, Cat Cora's (Food Network chef) new restaurant. It was Greek and soooo yummy! They even brought out a birthday treat for the princess!
The princess and the pilot woke up early so that they would be one of the first people to enter into the magical kingdom. The workers gave the princess a button so that EVERYONE would know it was her birthday. They also tried on funny hats.
The princess got one of her favorite treats, a Dole Pineapple Whip........makes my mouth water!
The princess and the pilot thought for a minute that they might want to change into pirates....arrrrrhhhhggggg!
The princess and the pirate rode many fun rides!
The pilot got sick (not really) from riding the magical teacups....the end!
