Dear Beau

I had such a fantastic morning with you. It was so nice being able to get ready together. I also don't think I mentioned just how dashing you looked this morning in your starched white button up, Levis and shiny cowboy boots. I love to see my man in his boots. Can't wait for the weekend so we can spend every minute together!

(engagement pic)

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Dilemma

So my mom sent me a link today of several coats that are on sale. She wants me to pick one out for my upcoming birthday. YAY! Well I narrowed the 95 choices down to 3, but I can't go any further. I'm horrible at making decisions - especially when ordering online!! So this is where you lovely ladies come in. Now keep in mind, that even though the outfits that are shown on the models are adorable, I will mainly be wearing this with jeans, pants or a dress. But mainly jeans, I'm sure. OK, Without further adieu:

So chic and I'm loving it with the white tights and tall boots. This one is available in black and ivory

I like that this one is double breasted with blouson sleeves. This one comes in iris, red, camel or black

I like the A-line of this, but will the sleeves make it too little girly? And the only color left in this is grey or black

So what's the verdict?? And thanks for any and all help in advance!!

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Slow Day = Random Post

Ok, so today is a little slow at the office. The boss is out so I have been playing a little this afternoon.

I scheduled my hair appointment with Alan at my fave hair salon. I only get my hair cut 3 maybe 4 times a year. Yeah, I know. The cost wasn't the issue (or it didn't used to be the issue until I met Alan) the issue was that I liked my hair long and I only went in to get it trimmed or re-vamped. Well, about 3 months after beau and I got married (in July, I believe) I decided to chop about 7-8" off without letting him know what I was doing. Eeek! Long story short, there was an argument about him not calling me while he was on a fishing trip. He came home from his little manly outing, I woke up the next morning and took it upon myself to go to the salon and chop my hair off. I knew that would show him. Mature, I know. So 6 months later I am finally going back in for another cut. I need a new style, but I want to keep the length, ya know? The layers have grown out and my bangs are officially no longer bangs. Oh how I miss my long hair!! I thought I would show you all a little before and after. Makes me sad! Do you know how long it's going to take for my hair to get that long again??? The second pic was even taken in October, so it had already grown some since then. Oh and don't pay attention to the puffy shirt. It's a lot cuter in person :)


I found a wonderful place in our area that does spray tanning. Not the booth kind, but the person actually spraying you kind. I have done the booth thing and it never comes out right. Plus I got a coupon for buy 1 get 1 free!! Woohoo! My friend Lauren and I are hosting a couples shower for our friend Alison at my house in which I will be wearing a dress and my legs are going to need a little pick-me-up in the tanning department!! I think I will get sprayed before V-day (just in case I need to look a little more tan for any V-day celebrations :)) and use the free one before the shower.

I have also managed to completely depress myself by looking over my taxes. I am self-employed so I get hit pretty hard come April 15. This year is no different than the others, except I am filing jointly with Beau, we have a house and he has been paying in. So whatever he was going to get back vanishes into thin air based on what I owe :( Poor guy. So sad! It's also been very hard to put money aside for taxes while at the same time trying to keep your savings and fun account alive too!

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Weekend Happenings

Hello ladies!! How was every one's weekend?? We had another eventful couple of days. I'll have to make this quick because I have some catching up to do at work (re: sick)

Friday night Beau and I met up with my sis (Chee) for some yummy Mexican food at the delicious Armandos and then out for some drinks. It was a blast as usual to get to hang out with her.

Saturday morning I woke up and was craving sausage, biscuits and gravy. Well all I had was the sausage, so I made our gravy and biscuits from scratch - without a recipe, mind you. Let me just say, don't ever attempt this unless you really know what you are doing. I didn't know you could screw up biscuits so bad, but I did. Beau ate it all up like there was no tomorrow. I opted for cereal instead :) I'll tell you who else like the biscuits. Miss Daisy! She's found out that she can jump up and reach the counter tops now. (Did I mention that she's HUGE! What happened to my baby D?) When she first did it we thought it was adorable....now, not so much. She is up there all the time and I caught her doing this:

Now do you think I scolded her? No! I'm a wuss and she looked so cute. My kids are totally going to walk all over me.... I spent the rest of the morning cleaning and then we headed to see my parents. They had asked us to come over for steaks and I wasn't about to pass that up! Oh and PappaT got a new car so I had to check out his new "whip" - I think that's the slang kids are using these days. I'm officially in love with his car! It's fast and shiny and smells so good! He and momma have coined it the "silver bullet" named after their favorite beer, of course. Check out those wheels. It's a beauty!

And I'll leave you with an image of my lil sis, Binks. Not sure why we call her Binks, maybe because when she was a baby she loved her "binky" aka pacifier. Who knows. Anyways, this is what happens when you leave an 8 year old alone with your camera. Check out that nose! HA She's totally going to hate me for posting this. I love that little girl!

Happy Monday!!

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Sick as a dog

I've been MIA the last couple of days because I have not been feeling well at all. I think I might have caught the stomach bug that has been slowly creeping through my office! I've been home the last couple of days trying to kick this thing. I've been achy, have had a fever and haven't been able to keep any food in. Not fun. But on a lighter note (pun intended) I lost 4 pounds since this fun little stomach bug! And since last Saturday I am down 6 pounds! Woohoo!! Beau and I have been working out like crazy (5 days a week) and I hope some of the weight I've lost is from that too.

I have to brag a little about my wonderful hubby! First off, last week he brought me home a cast iron skillet just completely out of the blues! Now, since I love to cook, I thought that was so sweet. He had gone shopping during his lunch break and picked up the little beauty. I love it and have already used it a couple of times! Then, last night he made me a bath. I thought that was so sweet. He knew I was so achy and he felt bad. What a sweetie! He's also done the dishes and all the laundry! Maybe I should get sick more often :)

I hope everyone is having a great week. I am off to eat some mac n' cheese. Hopefully this will settle well since nothing else has.

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Just a little Birthday love!

I wanted to wish miss Lauren over at Life with the Rudloffs a very Happy Birthday!! Today is her 25th birthday! I can't believe we are already reaching the quarter of a century mark :) I've been good friends with Lauren for the last 5 years and we've been having a blast ever since! Love her!! If you get a chance, head on over there and wish her a Happy Birthday!

Can't wait to celebrate this weekend!!

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I can't resist!

So during my lunch break I started skimming the Pottery Barn website and decided to go to PBKids and check out some bedding for my little sis' room. I then jumped to the baby rooms, because I couldn't resist and found some of the most adorable cribs, bedding, quilts, sheet sets, rugs, lamps, mobiles....I could go on and on! Now, Beau and I are nowhere near to expanding our family, but let me tell you, we both have some strong baby fever! He will come home at night and say things like "I can't wait until we have a little girl and she runs and jumps in my arms when I get home!" I mean you should see how excited he gets when Daisy runs to him when he gets home, I can only imagine when it's our baby!! We both LOVE kids. We even have our babies names picked out :) Not sure I'm fully ready to give up my easy going schedule, date nights and...wine! It will happen one day, when the good Lords timing is right!! For now, I will continue to look and drool over the beautiful findings at PB.

Are you also noticing that everything I picked out is for a little girl??? Hmm, maybe I should start looking at the boy rooms too.

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