Some Things About Moi

Happy Monday folks.  Definitely not feeling the workflow after 3 great days off but hey - only another 7 & 1/2 days of work and then I'm off for 14 - can't complain!

 

I'm copying this post idea from Angela and Desiree ;)

 

 

A - Age: 30

B - Birthday: 12/21

C - Chore you hate:  LAUNDRY.  Every week we have atleast 4 loads of laundry between 2 of us!  It was 6 this week but that's because I washed some clothes I need for our trip that were wrinkled.  I avoid ironing!

D - Drink:  Coffee, water, wine, pomegranate Vintage seltzer

E - Eyes: Blue

F - Favorite color:  Green

G - Gent:  Fiance Saro!

H - Hobby:  Running/exercising, baking, couponing

I - Indulgence:  Real ice cream.  Homemade ice cream from a place near my house, Ben & Jerry's or Haagen Dazs.

J - Job:   Glad to say I only work 1 job now.  40 hours/week.  For 3 years I did 2 jobs/60 hours/week.  I now work 3 miles from home and love it.

K - Kids:  No and we don't plan on it.  Plus I'm not fertile.  Sorry if TMI but I know people are going to start asking me about it soon.

L - Love:  Sunny, warm weather like we've been having the last couple of days.  This winter really bothered me for some reason.  I don't recall the snow/frigid weather bothering me this much in past years. 
M - Music:   Everything from DMB & Fleetwood Mac to Busta Rhymes LOL.N - Nickname:  Ray, Rach, Pinky 

O - One Wish:  Pay off debt and student loans ASAP!

P - Pet peeve:  When Saro shaves and makes a mess on the sink & mirror and then doesn't wipe it dry.  Oof.

Q - Quote: Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.

R - Residence: Northern NJ.  And what Ang said - I've never heard any of us call it New Joisey.

S - Siblings: I have 1 half brother who lives in Texas.

T - Time you wake up: 7:15 M-F and usually 8AM on the weekends or whenever Murphy starts crying.

U - University:  Montclair State University

V - Vegetables you dislike:  Scallions - ick. 

W - Worst Habit:   Leaving shoes for people (Saro) to trip over.  Oops.

X - X-rays:  Plenty - teeth @ the dentist just 2 weeks ago, my foot when I broke it (not once, but twice), my back.

Y - Yuck:
Z - Zoo (favorite animal): Tiger

 

I hope you all have a good week.  My Aunt from Seattle arrives this Thursday, Dad & his wife from NOLA & my cousin from CA next week!  Woohoooo!

Wedding Wednesday: My Bachelorette Party!

 

 

 

This past weekend was my bachelorette party.  I did not know what my bridal had planned until we got IN the shuttle bus haha.  I was fine with this.  We ended up doing a winery tour in upstate NY.  It was soooo fun and I enjoy wine so it was perfect.  The weather was PERFECT also.  It was about 70-75 and sunny.  I even got a little tan!

 

We went to 3 different wineries and tried 20382958 different wines ;)

 

We got back to Angela's house around 7 and played a couple games.  By 8:30 I was already hungover and ready for bed - Ha!

 

Without further adieu, the pictures:

 

 

 



I'm very lucky and blessed to have such great friends and my cousin Heather!  I would definietly like to do this again, especially since the wineries are pretty close to home.

 

I typed, printed and cut all of the place cards last night.  I would be lying if I said it didn't give me a headache.  Oof. 

 

Only 18 more days!!!



Potato Pancake Recipe

8 small creamer potatoes

1/3 cup shredded Cabot marble cheese

(or any cheese you prefer,

or you can omit cheese)

3 tbsp flour

2 eggs, whisked

Coconut oil

Salt

Pepper

*You can also add shredded onion or parsley for more flavor

 

Boil potatoes until soft

Mash potatoes

Add egg, flour & cheese.  Mix.

Heat coconut oil on a pan

Form a handful of the potato mixture into patties

Fry about 5 minutes on each side

Serve with applesauce or sour cream (I tried Breakstone's new Greek Sour Cream)

 

Not exactly low carb/low cal.  We had it with skirt steak and grilled asparagus.

 



Thrifty Thursday: CVS Deals

Happy Friday Eve!  I'm looking forward to this weekend.  My bachelorette party is on Saturday.  What we are doing is a surprise so I will find out Saturday morning!

 

Today I'm sharing two CVS deals I got yesterday.

 

If you go to CVS a lot, you know to scan your discount card at their coupon machine.  So, I did that yesterday and $4.50 Extrabucks came out.  Score!

 

I went in the first place to get an already good deal - a Venus razor.  I had a $4 off manufacturer coupon and with the purchase of one razor, $5 Extrabucks are issued.  I tried to use the $4.50 but with the tax, I couldn't.  I wanted to buy the Jergens glow lotion so I waited for the 2nd transaction.

 

So I paid $5 for the razor and got $5 ECB.  Technically "free" but I still shelled out $5.

 

The coupon machine also printed a $4 off $20 moisturizer coupon.  Jergens was having a deal - spend $20, get $5 ECB.  I grabbed a face lotion, body lotion and two travel size Aveeno (to meet the $20)

 

So, I used the $4 off $20, $4.50 ECB and $5 ECB.  My total was $8.26 and now I have $5 ECB :)



 

Here's my "thing" about couponing - while I paid $5 for the razor and got $5 ECB, it's not really free.  It's $5 to use towards my next purchase, which is what I did and spent the $8.26.  So, I guess $13.26 for a razor, two Jergens and two mini Aveenos.  The razor is normally $8.49 and the lotions are normally $11.99 each so this was still a pretty good deal!

 

 

Dr. Seuss Themed Baby Shower

This weekend I hosted my cousin's baby shower.  My Aunt, my cousin's sisters-in-law and a couple of her friends also helped out.  I was in charge of the invitations, cake, diaper cake, and RSVPs.

 

Her sister in law decided to go with a Dr. Seuss theme.  Everything came out really cute and the shower was fun.  She purchased the printables from Etsy and printed them herself.
 

 

Vera Bradley luggage tags with Dr. Seuss poem

 

 

Table numbers, place card and favor

 

 

 

Oh! The Places You'll Go!

 

Dr. Seuss poster

 

 

Diaper cake made by your truly

 

 

Gift tables

 

 

The cake matched the invitation (she wanted a book theme)

 

 

Books!

 

 

Have a good week!

 

Wedding Wednesday: The Music!

 

Three hours.  That's how long it took to pick out the songs for our wedding last night.  That doesn't include ANY of the songs people will be dancing to during the reception.   We did give him a list of songs we don't want and a few songs we definitely do want.  The key is to get as many people dancing as possible and we trust they'll do just that.

 

I'll share some of the names of the songs but not all ;)

 

We chose:

 

*Our song

*Mother son song

*Father daughter song (Landslide, Fleetwood Mac)

*Mother daughter song (Forever Young, Rod Stewart - acoustic version)

 *Cocktail hour music (a mix of our favorites - DMB, Depeche Mode, Van Morrison, Frank Sinatra, etc.)

 *Ceremony prelude

*Ceremony bridal party processional

*Ceremony bridal music

*Ceremony recessional song

*Parent entrance song into reception

*Bridal party song into reception (The Best Day of My Life, American Authors)

*Our song into reception (My favorite of ALL!! It's a secret.)

*Cake cutting/feeding songs (A Love That Will Last, Renee & 1979, Smashing Pumpkins)

 

 

OOF.

 

 

It was a lot of fun and we have some pretty unique tunes.

 

I can't wait - 32 more days!!!!!!! 



All the Random Things

 

*Despite the fine weather we're finally having in NJ, I'm feeling blah.  I haven't done T25 since last Thursday and it's annoying me.  We had a friend's wedding Friday night which was a lot of fun, Saturday I felt hungover and we did a bunch of errands when we got home.  Sunday, I got things done around the house in the morning, then we went to a family get together and lastly, took my Mom out for her birthday.  Yesterday I had a doctor's appointment followed by my last dress fitting and then food shopping!!  I got home at 8:00 and then we cooked dinner.  By then it was 9:30.

 

I am pretty sure it won't get done today either because I work until 5, we're taking Murphy to the vet at 6 and our emcee is coming over at 8:00 for our "creative session" for the wedding.  I am sure that will last about two hours.  Excuses, ugh.  I could get up at 6:15 but I'd really rather not.  Tomorrow through Sunday, there will be no excuses.  I do have to host my cousin's baby shower on Saturday and we're leaving at 9:00, so I'll get up at my normal time of 7:15 and get it done.

 

*I've been feeling very tired lately, especially come 3:00 p.m., despite sleeping from 10:30-7:15 almost daily.  I saw my endocrinologist yesterday and he said I need to give him a lead as to why I'm tired.  Um, I have no idea.  After talking with him for a good 45 minutes, he said it's probably stress.  I can't argue that.

 

*Today I started another 30 day green smoothie challenge.  I blended 1/4 cup almonds (soaked overnight), 1 cup almond milk, strawberries and blueberries, half of a banana, cinnamon and spinach.  It was good!

 

*33 days until we're married! 

 

 

 

 

*I just ordered 200 succulents today for the wedding. Hmm, what to do with all of those after.  Ha!  I'll think of something.

 

Have a good day!