ww's weigh-in: week 6

2.5 gain. a gain?? a GAIN??? yea, it pretty much blows. im very disappointed. i knew i would have a gain this week but not this much! i did it to myself though. alcohol? yep i drank it. late night bacon cheese fries dipped in ranch? yep i ate it. carrot cake cheesecake? yeppp, had that too. and all within 24 hrs. and all only 24 hrs before i had to weigh in. i think i need to change my weigh in days to friday instead of monday! i normally do very good mon-fri and then BAM! piggy mcpigg comes out to play. then i have no time to make up for it before my weigh in. i would be lying if i said i wasnt going to drink this weekend. you know that little thing called mardi gras? well its this weekend and its kind of a big deal to us louisianans. so we will be down in the french quarter drinking hand grenades, hurricanes and topping it all off with a couple lucky dogs. at least im being honest with myself right? i guess ill just have to be extra good until the weekend. because i cant NOT drink at mardi gras... right? i still have 3 mondays to weigh in before our trip so there is still time! im going to step up my workout this week also. here goes nothing!

xxoo

busy weekend

whoaaa i cant believe its 11pm sunday already! i hate how the weekend flashes by so quickly. and whyyy is the workweek 5 days long? i mean srsly, who do we have to convince to change this?? friday night was spent eating quiznos, watching 5 episodes of weeds in a row and conking out early. wild night right? mike had to work saturday so i slept in then went to get a massage :) ahhh it was blissful! i won a free 30 min massage at my gym for doing a survey! i actually went to massage therapy school when i was 18 (6 yrs ago, OMG!) and graduated but i never got my license. i just lost interest in it then but have been considering taking my test to become certified. we shall see! after that i rode over to my dear friend/hair stylist's house for some good ole girl talk and a bang trim. i was gone pretty much all day and mike got home shortly after i did. all i wanted to do was take a nap buttt i had to quickly shower and get ready for the night. we went out for some sushi & drinks for a friends bday. im terrible, i took no pictures except for today! sad face. i need to get better at this! today we drove out to mike's brother's house for lunch. our newborn nephew got blessed at their church today so we joined them for a pot luck at their house after. we also did our usual grocery shopping and watched 3 episodes of weeds (addicted?) i can barely hold my eyes open now.... night everyone :)
xxoo

dress: alloy.com
cardigan & shoes: target

drool worthy

these are some items i am currently lusting over. please feel free to purchase any and all items and ship to me :)

everyyyything in erin from sunshine and carousels' new spring line

these two lovely pieces from red velvet. they go on sale march 1st!

this adorable skirt, dress & pair of heels from lulu's

just let me know if you need my sizes and shipping address ;)

tomorrow is friday!!!
xxoo

milkmaid braids & a giveaway

on monday, danielle from sometimes sweet did a sweet little round up of her readers rocking milkmaid braids! i of course sent my picture in :) check it out here

kaelah from little chief honeybee is having another fab giveaway! she is giving away an oktomat camera! you can check it out here but i hope i win! i have this app on my iphone and looove it.

have a lovely thursday everyone :)
xxoo














photo source

president's day brunch date

me and mike both took this past monday off to have a long weekend together. it was very nice & relaxing. although i was sorta sick of seeing his face! does anyone else get "tired" of their significant other after spending 24/3 or more together? just me? oh..... well.... moving on... he was feeling sickish on friday, then i was feeling the same on saturday. sunday we were a bunch of lazy ass couch potatoes, so we made sure to get out the house on monday! he woke up early and headed the the gym while i slept in. after he got back, we got ready and went for brunch at a new place in town. veryyy yum! we ran a couple more errands, picked up a king cake, then headed home. i had to let my food settle for like 3 hrs (ate too much!) then i finally made it to the gym. the weather was perfect out. its making me very anxious for spring! my body is not ready for a swimsuit though >.<

biscuits topped with scrambled eggs, cheese,
sausage patty and (way too much!) country gravy.
can you say mmmmm?

bavarian cream filled king cake!!
if you have never had the pleasure of trying a
king cake, i feel deeply sorry for you!

happy hump day :)
xxoo

ww's weigh-in: week 5

image from weheartit

on monday january 17th i started weight watcher's. i didnt sign up or anything, im just doing it on my own. im following the older program... not the one that just came out. i have one of those little hand held calculators that tells you how many points something is and i bought a ww cookbook with over 500 recipes in it for dinner. to save us from spending a butt load and me having to cook every night, we eat the leftovers the next night instead of for lunch. i normally either eat a turkey sandwich or a frozen "smart ones" meal for lunch. it has the points right on the front! sooo easy! its a pretty easy program to follow. i really like it! i like that i can still eat "bad" food, just in small portions. and of course not too often! here is my weigh-in record so far:

week 1: 3.4 lbs lost
week 2: .6 lb gain
week 3: 1.6 lb loss
week 4: 1 lb loss
week 5: 3.6 lb loss

total = 9 lb loss

i really really wanted to lose 10 lbs by my 4th weigh in, so im pretty disappointed that im STILL not there. but thats also because i have been eating all my extra points every week (you get 32 extra points every week to use as you wish) and havent been pushing myself as much as i could at the gym. and i have nooo idea how i lost 3.6 this past week! i had a ton of mexican food & margaritas and a couple pieces of pizza this week. so if i can do all that and have that big of a loss, theres no reason to get discouraged! me and mike are going to nashville on march 23-26 to celebrate our 6 yr anniversary. i would LOVE to get to 15 lb loss by then. that leaves me 4 weeks. I.CAN.DO.THIS. im going to cut out all alcohol until then and really try not to use those damn extra points! im going to do a weight-in post every monday so y'all can follow along with me. wish me luck :)

xxoo

st. valentine

we had a lovely low-key night on monday. i was getting ready while mike was on his way home from work. i heard him come in so i locked myself in the bedroom and made him come knock on the door to "pick me up" for our date, haha. little things like that make it feel like more of a date then just going out to dinner like we always do.

we headed to our fav local mexican place. its already cheap as hell and on vday, they were having a 25% off discount! count us in :) we pretty much pigged out: chips & salsa, chicken nachos to share, 2 entrees &&&& 60 ounces of frozen margaritas! i definitely went off the charts with my weight watchers points. oh well!

we exchanged gifts the saturday before since i already knew what i was getting and i wanted to use it that night. i got a curling wand which i LOVE & he got a couple pairs of basketball shorts. he surprised me with tulips and we exchanged cards before dinner. all in all: one of our best vday celebrations :) hope everyone else had a lovely time with their valentine!

xxoo

joyful january

hey guys! here is january's recap.
this one is short and sweet :)

spent time with our new nephew:




went bar hopping with a couple of our
friends, matt & heather:





that pretty much sums it up!
were wild, wouldnt you say?

almost done with recaps! wooooo!
be back with the beginning of february.

xxoo

beautiful december- part 2

hi y'all, im back again :)
here is the rest of december's recap.

celebrated w/ my mom's side of the family on christmas eve:

went home to open our stockings and prepare mike's first turkey:


i'm gonna save you from going blind by not
posting pictures of xmas morning :)

that morning we headed to mike's brother's
house for foooood & gifts. oh yea, and family.


on 12/30, finn michael was born :) he is such a doll!

we went low key for nye this year,
dinner with some friends then drinking and card games at home:


and that wraps up december!
xxoo

beautiful december- part 1

hey ya'll! im back with my december recap. it was gonna be way too image heavy so i decided to split it up in 2 parts. trust me, its for the best >_<
hope everyone had a lovely valentine's day monday :) i plan on finishing all the recapping this week and will post all about the wonderful vday we had!

lets get started shall we?

we started the month off by decorating our tree:

froooooze our butts off at our town's parade:


drove to natchez, ms to celebrate christmas with my dad's side of the family:





and attended mike's work party:
(open bar = baaaad)




i couldnt post a lot of the pictures from that night if you catch my drift!
ill be posting part 2 tomorrow. have a lovely evening everyone :)
xxoo