Strumpet's Crumpets Giveaway!

Becky over at Strumpet's Crumpets if having a giveaway, and there will be two winners! Head over to her blog to enter.
xxoo

Wedding Wednesday: Pâtisserie inspired Bridal Shower

O.M.G. is all I can say about this! Can't I throw a bridal shower right this moment? Melissa over at The Loveliest Day styled this amazinggg shower for a photoshoot. She runs the site and somehow manages to always find the perfect things to feature. She is launching an event design and styling business and this is one of her first ventures I believe. Prepare to be in awe!










You should definitely follow her blog if you don't already do so. Stop by and tell her hi!

xxoo

Weekend wrap-up

Friday night was very laid back. My night consisted of:

and

(Note- I promise all that candy was not for me and we still have most of it at the house. We just got a little excited at the gas station)

Saturday I just ran some errands while Mike was at work. Later that evening he took me to the fair down the road to ride the ferris wheel. That's all I wanted to ride! He reallyyy wanted to ride the ring of fire but I've done that before and it wasn't happening again!
Quick wardrobe pic before we go:

Dress- Target
Cardigan- Target
Tights- TJ Maxx
Boots- Delia's

I was SO happy to be going home with a bag of this:

Sunday we had a couples baby shower to go to for our friends Chris and Rachel. Its their first baby, a girl! She is due next month. They received sooo many nice gifts! I only took a couple of pics, silly me didn't even get one of me and Rachel! Sad face.

I didn't know they cut the cake before I could get a pic! Her name is Emary Ruth.

In the above picture they are playing a game. There were teams of 2, one person being the parent and the other the child. The parent had to change the child's diaper, haha. Whatever team finished first won! Since I didn't get any pics of the parents to be, I'll share a couple of their maternity pictures:



Such a sweet couple. The shower theme was Saints. Apparently they conceived little Emary on Superbowl Sunday, after the Saints won their first Championship! Yes, we are STILL talking about it down here :)

After the shower I decided to get a little crafty. I made a Halloween wreath for our front door. LOVE how it turned out. Definitely need to practice bow making a little more, hehe.

I had a very great weekend and now its back to work I go. Hope everyone had a beautiful weekend.
Xoxo

Tasty Thursdays:

Hi everyoneeee. Guess what? Tomorrow is Friday! Weeee :)
Im not sure if I will keep all of the daily features I have been doing. I guess I will just try a bunch until I find a schedule I like :)
Hawaiian chicken sandwiches and homemade Cajun fries:
Ingredients-
For the sandwhiches:
2 Boneless skinless chicken breasts or 4 tenders ( I normally use and would recommend tenders, but tonight all I had was breasts)
4 slices of bacon (2 per sandwich)
2 buger buns (we always use wheat but tonight we used sweet hawaiian rolls, DELISH!)
1 bottle of Hawaiian marinade (should be near the salad dressing at your grocery store)
1 bottle of Teriyaki marinade (same as above)
1 can of pineapple slices (you will need 1 slice per sandwich)
2 slices of pepperjack cheese (you can use as many as you want really!)
red pepper flakes
mayo
bbq sauce (honey flavored is best with this in my opinion)



For the fries:
2 baking potatoes- medium to large size
Tonys seasoning (or some sort of Cajun salt seasoning)
Extra virgin olive oil

Put chicken into zip lock bag with equal parts of each marinade and 1/3 parts pineapple juice from the can of slices. Sorry i don't measure anything. It is probably about 3/4 cups of the marinade for 2 chicken breasts. For 4 just double it. Add red pepper flakes, about 1 teaspoon or more if you like it extra hot! I would let this marinade for at least 2 hours, even though the bottles says 30 minutes. The longer the better!
Pre-heat oven to 350. Boil the potatoes for 15 minutes. This will make it a LOT easier to cut. Place chicken in oven on a greased pan. I always flip my chicken 1/2 way through, so set your timmer for 15 minutes. Slice potatoes long ways. I leave the skin on, but feel free the peel it off. I think its easiest to cut the potato into 1 1/2 first and then just keep cutting that part in 1/2. Does that make sense? Sorry, this is my first time writing out a recipe and its harder than I thought it would be! You want your fries to be about the size of Wendy's fries when your done, haha.



Drizzle with olive oil and add Tony's seasoning. Toss until evenly coated. Your chicken should be 1/2 way done by now. Flip it onto other side and place back in oven for 15 more minutes. Now you can cook your bacon, I dont think I need to explain that one!
Bump your oven temp up to 400 and place the pan of fries on bottom rack. You can toss them around every 5 minutes or so. Take chicken out after the last 15 minutes. Place bacon slices on top of chicken and then top with cheese. Place back in oven for few seconds, until cheese melts (have to try to remember to do that next time!)
Assemble your sandwiches: mayo, bbq sauce, pineapple slice. Your fries should be done by now but if you want them a little crispier, you may want to turn your broiler on for a couple of minutes. KEEP YOUR EYE ON IT! It will burn fast. Anddd done!
Wow, this seems soooo much more complicated then it really is! Trust me, its easy and delish! I have heard of recipes like this but with marinaded portobello mushrooms instead of chicken for all the vegetarians out there. Sorry, I haven't the slighted idea how to cook a mushroom. You're on your own with that one. So enjoy. Leave a comment if you try it :)

Wedding Wednesday

So its pretty much already Thursday but I figured I would still post this. I was feeling under the weather today and decided to stay home from work and rest up so I'm just now getting around to posting. A few years ago I was 100% sure I wanted black and red as my wedding colors. Now I have about a billion other ideas but its still one of my favs. I love all the details about this wedding. Its very elegant, that is definitely what I want!







(rocknrollbride.com)

Music Monday

My weekend consisted of a whole lot of laziness, no need for a weekend wrap-up! Today was like any other Monday at work. In.Sane. Im about to hop in the tub and listen to the following relaxing songs while I soak away the stress :)


Bon Iver- Skinny Love (dont think there is a video for this one)


Florence and the Machine- Cosmic Love


Christina Perri- Jar of Hearts


Cat Power- Sea of Love

Hope everyone had a great weekend! xoxo

Fashion Friday: Its Fall ya'll!

Fall is definitely my favorite time of year and the fashion is the best part. I love fall colors... plum, deep red, orange, teal= love! These are some of the pieces im currently eying and hope to get my hands on soon:




lulus.com




urbanoutfitters.com




forever21.com


dbshoes.net
I ordered these babies a couple days ago, cant wait for them to come in!

Today is Friday ya'll! Hope everyone has a great weekend :)