hey let's go to atlanta!

First things first, thanks so much to everyone who linked up yesterday! I LOVED all of the sass :) 

And if you're visiting from my BBFF Alexa, welcome!

Today I am going to re-live one of my favorite trips during college. I'm calling it throwback thursday, but really I just miss college and I will reminisce about it whenever I have the chance. Lucky for you, I had a lot of fun in college. 

Rewind to December of 2008. I had pretty much been living in the library for two week "studying" for my finals with my two best friends Alexa & Lindy and Dan. Dan was on the special teams for LSU Football and was sorta-kinda-but-not-really-at-all dating Alexa. Maybe we just used him for the fun things that came along with being a football player at LSU. I mean, he's a ginger. Which is really only OK if you are a girl. After one particularly long study sesh we started talking about the bowl game. 

Now, background. LSU played in and won the big kahoona (National Championship) the year prior. So to end up in the Chicken Nuggest Bowl the year after obviously meant that we were a no good terrible team. NOT. LSU fans are just the worse fans ever and losing one game means you suck. 

Dan happened to be there with us and he casually mentioned that the players get four free tickets for family members. Say wha? Naturally we already knew that none of Dan's family members could go, so we snagged those suckers up. And within a matter of 5 minutes I booked us a hotel room and we were ready to spend NYE in ATL. 

Except I wasn't 21 and we booked a room with the most ghetto hotel ever right next to Turner Field. Turns out that you aren't supposed to stay on THAT side of the interstate. The cab driver told us not to leave the room past 8pm. THAT BAD, PEOPLE.

Anyways, the morning after my brother got married I drove to good ol' Bossier City to meet up with Alexa. She got into some shenans for a few days (think falling asleep in the backseat of her mom's car after she picked us up at the bar) and then decided (ok, it was cheaper this way) that it would be best for us to leave around 3am the day of the game.

Eight hours after that we arrived into the glory ghetto of Atlanta. Cue a quick change and we headed out to "tailgate." Now, if you've never been to Atlanta, let me fill you in. THERE IS NO WHERE TO DO THAT. The Georgia Dome is in the middle of the city. So we bought small liquor bottles and smuggled them into the arena where there was some sort of LSU hype party. 

Remember that quick change? I wish I could rewind 5 years and kick myself for thinking it was OK to 1. Look like that in public and 2. Wear tennis shoes with jeans - IN PUBLIC. The threes we are holding up are for Dan, his number was 33. Had to at least show some support to the guy, he did get us free tickets, after all.

Then we sat on the ground for four hours and drank what little amount of rum we had. SO much fun, lemme tell ya!

The team came through prior to the game and we cheered a bit. Fun story - that massive creature is Herman. He used to come to Calzone Wednesday with us in college and he nicknamed me Carnie because my hands are so small. Said the guy who holds the record for being the biggest baby ever birthed in the state of Texas. 

We won the game and it was great blah blah blah. We hightailed it outta there to go to the team hotel so we could get some NYE kisses. Was I delerious? Who was going to kiss a girl in tennis shoes?! So we end up at the Hilton and wait. For an hour. Did you know that there are TWO Hilton's in Downtown Atlanta? We went to the wrong one. Cue some running to the other one so that we could make it there before the team got back. We made it and what do ya know, they get back just after midnight. COOL. REAL COOL. 

So we went to bed. OH - and the three of us shared a king size bed with ME in the middle because Alexa didn't want Dan to get any ideas. I am such a nice best friend, huh?

The next day we met my parents (they were in town on a church trip randomly) at the World of Coke and I had more Coke that day than I'll ever have in my life. 

OH LOOK! More tennis shoes! I was all about fashion on this trip. Oh and yea, that's Dan. The ginger.

I love looking back at this trip because it was NOTHING like we planned. We ended it by going out in Buckhead that night. But I had to drink Sprite because I was 20. Who plans an awesome fun NYE trip when you're 20?!

Even though it was nothing like we planned, it's something that Al and I will never forget. We also will never let her live down Dan. 

#sorryimnotsorry

<center> <a href="http://putabowonitblog.com"><img src="http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag89/pearlsandcurls/sorrynotsorry_zps8070535b.jpg" /></a></center> Hey friends - happy hump day! Wednesday is such a great day - halfway there to two days of freedom. Annnnd today is an even better Wednesday because it's host to a super fun link-up that I better see on all of your posts. Subtle enough? 
The premise is easy - just tell us all the things that you will never ever, ever apologize for. Like, ever. I'll get you started...

I really don't like Kate Upton. And no, it's not because she has some belly action on her, I just think she looks a bit girl-on-the-corner. #sorryimnotsorry

Nothing drives me crazy like OBVIOUSLY fake purses. They aren't even cute! Go to target and get a perfectly adorable purse for the same price. #sorryimnotsorry

Condiments are the most disgusting things in the entire world. Ketchup, mayo, mustard...GROSS. #sorryimnotsorry

I don't find Brad Pitt attractive. Jusssst can't see it. #sorryimnotsorry

Erin Andrews, no thanks. #sorryimnotsorry

There is nothing sexier than a man with an accent. Not talking from London - I'm talking Southern. There's just something about that twang. #sorryimnotsorry

I don't see how girls wear four inch heels on the reg. How do you people walk in them? Flats for the win. #sorryimnotsorry

I have no tolerance. If you feed me shots all night, I might throw up on you. #sorryimnotsorry

If you run into me on the street, there's a good chance that I'll have at least one monogram or bow on me. #sorryimnotsorry

When someone gets into the self checkout line and they don't know what they are doing slash take forever, I want to punch them. #sorryimnotsorry

If my house ever caught on fire (and we all made it out safe), I would cry first over all of the books I just lost. Nerd alert. #sorryimnotsorry

I get really into March Madness. Super competitive and I will cut you if you beat me in my bracket. #sorryimnotsorry

I could do on and on and on about our wedding. I have a HUGE major wedding obsession and I just want to dream about them all day long. #sorryimnotsorry

#ireallylikehashtagsapparently

I'm sure that a week down the road I will think of about a hundred more things I could add in. That always happens to me and I hate it! Like that really good comeback that you think of...five minutes after you've already left the situation. 

And for reals for a second: If you ever REALLY truly believe in something, don't ever apologize for that. We don't all have to agree on everything, people.

Now it's your time! Grab the button and link up with me, Staci, Sara and Katelyn.

celebrity, celebrity

Remember that nsync song? (Yes, I still have any and all nsync songs memorized. And BSB. And o-town.)

I took notes during the oscars about my fashion picks, but then I started drinking wine and they started looking strange. And let's face it, I know zilch about fashion. It boiled down to this: She could be elected the president of any Alabama or Auburn fraternity based upon the quality of these bangs. (I lean towards the fraternity portion of this because what sorority would rush her?) You should know who I am talking about without me saying. 

The most important thing I learned on Sunday night was that Jennifer Lawrence needs to be my bestie. This got me thinking about other celebrities I like. Which basically boils down to me wishing certain celebs had blogs. 

Certain ones? OKAY FINE. Just one. I have an obsession. 

Obvs, Jennifer Lawrence. If you've never seen any of her hunger games interviews, go search tumblr for gifs and that will pretty much explain why. So will this video:

Every time I read Staci's blog I always think "you know self, I think this is what Jennifer Lawrence's blog would be like. Honest and hilarious and I need to be her BFF."

Need more reasonings as to why? Well ya don't have to tell me twice. Feast your pretty little eyes.

A is addicted to the Chive and they just so happened to have a J.Law thread so that's where I found all of these. She talks about food all the time, so I'm envisioning a lot of posts about drinking and eating bar food after a night on the town with B.Coops. 

She'll join in with all of us to talk about what reality shows we watched last week. After all, she was quoted ON THE RED CARPET saying how much she loved Dance Moms. 

She goes gaga over celebrities just like all of us normal people do. She'd blog about how awkward she was after this happened. And we would all comment and be like "OMG! I would have reacted the same way! You are adorbs."

So if anyone of you has any J.Law connections - make it happen. Make my dream come true. 

Which celeb would I not want to read? Emily Maynard. Which is suuuuuper fantastic because guess what? She's starting one. Sorry all of you bachelor lovers, she just rubs me the wrong way. Sort of like Anne - there's just a whole lot of fake there. Will you be reading?

PS: Don't forget to link up tomorrow!

PPS: Don't pee your pants like I almost did:

shorty got class, ho behave

Maybe I should write my posts at night since I can NEVER seem to post one in the AM anymore. Or maybe not since I plant myself on the couch and don't leave until it's time to go to bed. So afternoon posts it is!

The title of this post has nothing to do with my weekend. It's from my favorite jam, Buy You A Drank, and I heard it at exactly 8AM this morning, which meant that it was going to be a SUPER WONDERFUL amazing Monday. In reality it meant that it was going to be a great three minutes of listening to the song. Because today sucks.

Let's chat weekend. I would show you the fancy weekend shans link up picture, but this ghetto old PC hates me and won't post it. So instead I'll be oldschool and tell you that I'm linking up with the prettiest princess ever, Sami. You should too!

We started off Friday celebrating the holiday - National Margarita Day, that is. I found a super yummy recipe - fresh lime, lemon and orange juice/zests with homemade simple syrup + tequila and triple sec. SO YUMM. And we completely forgot about getting that bad boy for a shower gift - makes the best homemade margarita texture wise that I've ever had.

I wore my new favorite pants on Friday thanks to a super-de-duper Gap sale. And I may or may not - ok I AM - be wearing them again today.

I found this at Target. That is all. No, I didn't buy it. Tempted.

This is how the majority of the weekend looked, really. Dawon's on loop on Netflix - even though the first season is making me want to throw something at the TV it is so insane. I'll probably make a blog post about it, that's how passionate I feel.

I got one of my favie's favorite wine's to chug drink during the oscar's. DEEELISH. Complete with purple teeth.

O hayyyyy, two selfies in a row! HA. I took this to send to my sister but I forgot to send it. I wanted to show her how pretty the necklace she gave me for my birthday looked. KS for the win!

I hinted at A all day on Sunday to bring me back a snoball after the UL baseball game. He "forgot" but he really had it the whole time. Bestest ever!

Bowden was not impressed with the lack of red carpet interviews. Div-o!

Speaking of red carpet, let's chat Bradley Cooper. I know most didn't like his slicked back look, but I was cracking up over it. Because my brother in law is his CARBON COPY. Don't believe me?

You see it, right?

Speaking of Bradley Cooper, can these two just get married already? They are so obviously in love.



Tune in tomorrow for my thoughts on J.Law. Hint - I'm obsessed with her.

ALSO - link up Wednesday!! It's going to be suuuuper fun, we promise :)

run for the cube

The other day A and I were running some errands (aka going to Target) and we were listening to The Jim Rome Show. His car, his choice. I actually really like listening to sports shows, so I don't mind at all. 

We started in the middle of a segment about pronunciation. By the end of it, I was laughing so hard I was crying. So like all other funny things in my life, I feel the need to share with all of you. If you are having a bad day, you no longer will be after this, trust me.

Runforthecube is a channel on YouTube. The about me? "I'm an unprofessionally trained Pronunciation & Linguistics expert in the English Language." And a really freaking hilarious one at that. I actually heard about this a while back but couldn't remember it for the longest time. Of course it all comes back to me now and OF COURSE it was a segment on Ellen. Turns out that people over seas are actually listening to this and THEY BELIEVE IT. I die. 

The segment was a game to see who could guess which celebrities were being pronounced. Here's some of the funnier ones.

Hilarious, right? When you see the name he's pronouncing, it makes sense. But when you don't? It's hard to know what the heck he is saying. 

If you didn't find that funny, you are insane you need to watch this last one for sure. And then spend hours on the channel like I just did. Whoops! 

I ka-new you were trauble when you walk-ee-d eiiinnn. 

Happy thursday, y'all!

Wedding Wednesday

O hey 1pm and I'm just now posting. It's been that kind of day. Moving on.

I woke up to a text from A saying: "It's wedding wednesday. You should blog about the honeymoon." How sweet of him to remember, right?! But I can't get that out of order, so, sorry A, today I'm blogging about my bridal portraits. The honeymoon shall appear on here in a month or two. After all, who wants to look at wedding posts day after day? Oh, HA, ME. I DO.

Who knew that bridal portraits would be SUCH an ordeal? Finding a place to take these was more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack. All of the "cool" places in Houston required a permit to shoot there - which was around $100. And I kid you not, this new hoity-toity venue wanted to charge a $350 fee JUST TO TAKE PICTURES FOR AN HOUR. WHAT?!

I ended up getting super lucky. I had been calling The Houstonian (fancy hotel when old man Bush lived right after being president) for weeks and wasn't hearing back. I finally got a hold of someone and they felt so bad about my issues that they let me take them there for free. If only they could have solved the heat and mosquito problems!

This picture shows perfectly just how AWKWARD this whole thing was. Throw your veil up! But then act like you didn't and just smile normally! Yep, I'm awkward. 

This is the picture I used for my portrait at the reception and for the newspaper announcement. 

And then I went home and ate 5 pounds of bread and carbalicious goodness. 

i am a terrible liar + a giveaway

I am probably the worst liar ever. Andre' can take one look at me after a lie slips out and he will know that it wasn't the truth. We're talking little things here, people. Like who took Bowden out last.




So it's a really good thing that this link up is over the internet instead of face to face, because y'all would know for sure which one is the lie. 

1. My dad helped arrest Carl Lewis.

2. I went on a cruise through Greece and Turkey for my 8th grade trip.

3. The first time I went skiing, I broke my leg on the bunny slopes on the first day.

So which one do you think it is?! Number THREE is the lie! While I have been skiing before, I never broke my leg. (Actually, I've never broken anything...knock on wood!) There was that one time that I ran into a tree and got a concussion, but we're just going to pretend that little tidbit never happened. I went back a few years later and didn't fall once, so I think I more than made up for it!

Carl Lewis was an Olympic runner if you didn't know that, and in the 90s he was arrested in Houston for a DWI. My dad was DWI task force for HPD my whole life and that night must have been his lucky night! But not really because Mr. Lewis ran from the police station after they brought him in. And you just don't catch an Olympian when he runs away from you!

A history teacher at my middle school sponsored the best 8th grade trip known to man-kind. We flew into Athens, Greece and stayed there for 2 days and then took a cruise around the Greek Isles and Turkey for 10 days before coming back to spend another night in Athens. Santorini stole my heart - we actually thought about Honeymooning there but then we looked at the flight prices. Bahamas looked a lot better after that! But we WILL get back there one day so Andre' can experience it. Ever seen sisterhood of the traveling pants? You know the part where they ride the donkeys up to the house? It's 100% real. And those donkeys are MEAN!

On an unrelated note, I'm part of a really great giveaway over at Heavens to Meighan, you should check it out and maybe win some fun stuff.

here's a sneak peek of all the gifts you can win!

boo, you whore

I can't go out. (cough, cough) I'm sick. Why yes, I do try and incorporate Mean Girls into my every day life. 

I had grand plans to get in a lot of Shenanigans this weekend so that I could have something worthwhile to link up with the pretty Miss Sami, but then I got sick. 

We went to Houston because I had a baby shower on Saturday and because we just can't get enough nephew time. But it's bad news when Reid spent his entire weekend having meltdowns and then falling asleep on his mom or dad's laps - something he NEVER does. 

So of course, since I still couldn't resist snuggle time with Reid, I got sick. I'm not sure what I have, but I have a fever. And I read somewhere once that fever = flu. Please say that is not true!

We still wanted to have some fun, so we went to dinner with friends on Saturday night at Beaver's. We went there last month for drinks and wanted to try out the food this time. I wasn't really hungry, but I got a small side of mac & cheese. Along with being a pizza snob, I'm a bit of a mac & cheese snob. I am not exaggerating when I say that this stuff was one of the best I have EVER had. I'm going to give up making it at home because I know I will not even come close. (And the whole being healthy and no pasta during the week thing.) I have zero appetite right now thanks to the maybe flu, but I would still eat a gallon if this if someone gave it to me. 

The rest of the weekend looked like that. Hot tea to make my throat feel good enough to meet the friends, and the best drink I have ever put into my mouth. Cuties + coconut in a healthy smoothie? SOLD. Now I just need to figure out where to buy coconut chuncks so I can recreate this. And I guess I need a juicer? In my nighttime medicated state last night I was thinking of how to properly make a cutie smoothie. Do you blend them or juice them? And then I passed out two seconds after putting my sleep mask on (face mask? sleep mask?) and dreamed of being a hoarder of bookshelves. That Walgreens knock off of Nyquil really gets ya.

last minute leroy

Is that a thing? You know, like Debbie Downer? Last minute Leroy? Well if it isn't, I just made it one. 

I told Andre' around 10 times this week that I did not want to go out to eat on Valentine's Day. Too many people and the food is never very good because there are SO many people crammed into a restaurant. Not my cup of tea. 

So around 10AM yesterday, I asked him if he would rather a pot roast or turkey stuffed peppers for dinner (I know, so romantic), and he responded with NO! We are going out tonight!

I laughed in his face and promptly gchatted this little lady something along the lines of "HA! Andre' thinks he can call right now and get a reservation for tonight. Good luck with that one buddy!"

Five minutes later, he had one. But it turned out to be OK because it was at the adorably tiny Italian place downtown called Pane & Vino. Bread & Wine? SAY NO MORE. I am in. 

So I got all dolled up...which I never get to do so I guess that part was OK too. (Don't make fun of me for this picture. I REALLY don't like selfsies so I'm really bad at them.) And what, you thought I was kidding about the bow thing?

I had to get the cheesiest thing on the menu (ha! in two ways! I crack myself up) - the Lovers Ravioli. The red ones were Lobster and the white were cheese - and all on a bed of broccoli sauce. You GUYS, it was so good! Who would have thought, broccoli sauce?! 

Some snippets from the night above. 

Any good dinner must ALWAYS have champagne. If you didn't know that, your dinner must suck. Sorry bout it. 

They gave me a rose when we walked in - so cute. But the daisies Andre' got me are much cuter.

And then we pulled a real classy move. We stopped at a liquor store for MORE champagne and then went to Target for dessert. We only planned on getting some Key Lime Pie, but we ended up with that AND everything else in the picture. Uhhhh...whoops?

Andre' sent me this last night, and even though I kinda like me some T-Swift (don't judge!), I thought this was super funny. And super true. 

And then we came home to some puppy snuggles. Yes, this is how he cuddles. I know, best puppy ever, right? 

And now it's FRIDAY! Can you believe how fast this week went? Maybe it's because I had a mini-weekend in the middle of it, that probably helped :) Hope you all have a fantastic weekend, we're headed to Houston for a baby shower and some nephew time. Never enough of that.

passport to yummsville

If you're visiting from Helene in Between, thanks so much for stopping by! I did a domain switch this morning - so if you are viewing me on put-a-bowinit.blogspot.com, it won't let you follow me :( Head on over to putabowonitblog.com and you should be able to - I would love to have you follow along!

Remember that time I kept talking about Mardi Gras, but I spelled it Mardis Gras? Yea, I'm still embarrassed about that. I've only lived here for 6 years, no big deal or anything. 

We don't really do anything for Valentine's Day. I'm not a fan of waiting for a table at a restaurant or paying an arm and a leg to eat good food while people are making out at the table next to us. But I always like to do a little something for Andre' as a surprise. Usually I make him some baked goodies, but we're trying to not eat so much dessert, so this year I did something I found on Pinterest. Where else would I look?!

original pin via

I knew we HAD to do this. Mainly because on the nights that we want to go out to eat, we spend more time deciding where we want to go than actually eating there. Lafayette is a small-ish city, but there are restaurants galore and we've been to very few of them. 

The original pinner did 50 restaurants that they had never been to. Andre' grew up here, so I'm sure that he has been to some of the ones I did, but I say they count because I've never been to them. 

Here's how I made mine. 

My Steps:
1. Find an old notebook you don't need for anything else.
2. Tear out the pages until you have the amount you need. (I'm re-purposing the pages as scratch paper for work.)
4. I didn't want to write it, so I went on inDesign and used cute fonts. I printed it on sticky back paper and then cut to size.
4. Stick in the book and there you go!
5. As we try out the places, I'm going to do what the original pinner did: green for amazing, pink for OK, and yellow for never go there again. 

We don't eat out a lot (cheaper and healthier to eat at home!), but I think this will make those nights when we do even more fun.

In other exciting (to me) news:
1. You may have seen me complaining about my domain woes. I never got it figured out after HOURS of trying, so I just called it a $10 loss and bought a new one. The original one was supposed to be thebowblog (dot) com, because I just thought my full name would be too long, but I couldn't think of anything else when that one didn't work, so it's now and forever: putabowonitblog.com. (Mouthful, huh?)

2. Over the weekend I noticed that I now have over 100 of you following me! I remember being excited for FIVE people to follow me. If you haven't reached out via email or comment, please do! I love getting to know everyone. 

3. I made a facebook page! There's nothing on it because I'm the only one who has liked it so far...but I plan on updating it with this week's posts today. Like away!

Hope everyone has a great Thursday/Valentine's Day :)

Linking up with Steph and Katie for saw it. pinned it. did it!

don't give up

Oh hiiii, there. I was MIA yesterday because it was Fat Tuesday and we were being the typical Louisianians and catching beads and drinking beers. If I was on top of things, I would have scheduled a post...HA. Anyways:

We are Ellen watchers in our house. Not just the casual viewers who happen to tune in and watch when it's on - we DVR it and haven't missed an episode in three seasons. I've found that it's pretty impossible to have a bad day if you watch Ellen. Sure, I've had many of bad days, but right after I watch that day's episode, I can't help but think positive and end the day with a smile on my face. If you don't watch it, let me fill you in on a fun fact: Ellen is, without a doubt, one of the nicest people on this earth. Seriously, she gives so selflessly and always looks at life with a glass half full mentality. One of these days A and I will travel to Cali so we can witness it in person. 

Lately I've been thinking a lot about what my "dream job" is. I throw around a lot of options, but it usually all comes back to the same job. 

In a perfect world, I would be Jeannie on Ellen.

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Does it get any better than her job? I don't think so. She gets to travel everywhere to bring people good news. I mean, seriously, she has to have the most rewarding job there is! Yesterday she traveled to NC to present a single mom with $10,000 and her two daughters with front row tickets to Justin Bieber. All in a days work, I guess. 

She also recently traveled to Australia to show the lucky audience members of the Nicole Kidman episode what they were in for when they took their trip in a few weeks.

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Oh, you didn't hear? Yes, Ellen gave away an all expenses paid trip to Australia to an entire audience. If you still don't think that she is the nicest person, your head needs to be examined. 

I didn't know much about Jeannie until I watched this video. The gist of if: Jeannie was a huge fan of Ellen and sent in MILLIONS of letter for 6 years to try and win a prize. Ellen caught wind of this and called her up one day to tell her...that she still didn't win anything. She then went on to offer her a JOB at the Ellen show. Jeannie went from crazed fan to receptionist to what she is now. 

She has the best job ever because she didn't give up. She went on writing letters and entering contests for SIX years. I don't know about you, but I would probably stop after I didn't win the first 5 I entered. 

She has the best job ever because she worked for it. How am I supposed to get my dream job if all I do is sit here and think about it? Not going to happen. I've got to work at it and put myself out there. I've got to DO SOMETHING. 

So that's one of my Lenten goals. Yes, I am giving something up, but I also like to make goals. In the past, I've made goals to work out every day, make a daily prayer journal, etc. But this year my goal is to figure out what I want to do and try and make it happen. I may not succeed, after all, it's only 40 days, but at least I tried. 

take a load off, Annie

That song has nothing to do with anything, except that for the one minute of the Grammy's I actually watched, that was on, and I loveeee me somma dat song. Our Sunday TV/DVR schedule is too packed, so we couldn't watch the Grammy's. Well, I guess we could, but that would have involved moving into the bedroom to watch that TV. HA. Not moving from this couch on a Sunday. And in case you were wondering, DUH of course you are, we watch The Walking Dead and Revenge on Sunday nights. Hellooooo best TV shows ever.

This weekend we kicked off MG 2013 with a bang. And by with a bang I mean at a bar on the parade route that was filled with 18 year olds and $10 doubles. Ain't nobody got cash for dat! Nonsense. 

The goal of MG is to catch the good beads. As in, the ones that someone spent $10 on - for one bead. Clearly, I didn't do a good job of that AT ALL, but it was because no one threw any where we were! Tuesday I will make up for this. And I texted the above photo to Helene on Friday, because I had to share that TERRIBLE bead. It was a choker on Andre' - stop being so cheap, float riders! Throw us the good stuff!

And then I danced. This is a rarity - I am awkward, I don't bar dance. Clearly you can see why - I mean, what am I doing with my mouth? I need lessons. (looking at you here again, Helene.)

I avenged the crappy beads with some awesome stunna shades. 

Sometimes I like to pretend like I'm still in college. Taco Bell just never feels as good the next morning, such a shame. 

It wasn't all craziness, though. On Saturday night I made, what I think to be, the best meal I have EVER made. Honey Butter Pork Tenderloin with brown sugar glazed carrots and some homemade garlic knots. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. And then last night I made chicken tortilla soup - thanks to the lovely Alexa for suggesting it! A is coming down with a sickness of some sort, so it was perfectly comforting. 

Also, today may be the only Monday that I will ever be OK with. Only because tonight we are going to watch A's mom ride in the Queen's parade and tomorrow is Mardis Gras. And I get to head out to a tent at 7AM and drink bottomless mimosas for free. I am determined to not let the 90% chance of rain ruin the fun. More beads for me! 

Linking up with Sami and Leeann: