My Weekend Summary in Pictures

I am exhausted... and basically have nothing significant to say because al I did was shop... {tough life, right?} Ha, but it wasn't big bucks shopping- just the typical day(s) out with Indie hitting up our Target/TjMaxx/Ross. I just want to show you SOME of my goodies {because some things like a bathroom scale and shaving creme aren't worth sharing!}

Let me just share my Apple story before the pictures: 

June 2010: Even though my MacBook was working just fine (I'm typing on it now), I decided I wanted bigger/better. I had the itch. I splurged and bought the 15" Macbook Pro

July 2010: Hard drive on the BRAND NEW MBP crashed. Tried replacing. No luck

August 2010: Apple sent me a replacement and I sent the "new" crashed one back

December 2010: New MBP kept acting funny and screen would mess up. Went in to Apple and had the logic board replaced. 

January 2010: Same screen messing up. Went in and had them "try and fix it"

"               "   : Came home and the minute I had it turn on saw all this white writing on a black screen. AKA Kernal Panic mode. Thought my comp was about to take off it was wheezing and huffing and puffing like me at the gym. Took it BACK to Apple, they kept it for 2 days and gave it back wiped clean of everything. 

"               "  : Yep. Again. 

So, I made an Apple Appt this Saturday and may or may not have attached a demanding comment with it... something like "fix this or else..." haha ok not really. but really. 

It took five minutes. My Apple Genius spoke the magic words, "I'm going to fix this for you." 

and that was it. He left me standing there thinking, "yeah, i've heard that before...5x..." and then suddenly, he came out from the back with a brand new MBP. I was so happy I could've hugged him. He could tell. I was so so so thankful. Just the fact that a laptop less than 6 months old had a history of going in almost once a month to be fixed, made me feel like I had a fluke. Even with them fixing them I couldn't help being annoyed and irritated that I've never taken my MacBook in for anything internal (only had a new case and new keys), but with the MBP I felt like I was always holding my breath hoping nothing would go wrong when I would boot it up. The MB is still going strong and I got it sophomore year of undergrad, so maybe you win some you lose some? 

Any way. On to the pics. haha 

FRIDAY:

Dr. Appt/Apple Appt

Ordy Boy was so sweet and worked from home so he could take me... He waited 2 hours for me. I love him. 

I tried to milk as much pity from Ordy with this bandaid. I had him almost turn the car to Toys r us haha

Doesn't Bandit look like a baby horse after they're born haaaaa

SATURDAY: 

 Apple Appt/Mall/Target

I'm too intimidated to open it. HA!

I have been looking for a utensil caddy forever and when I saw this, it screamed my name...

How STINKING CUTE is this shower curtain? I think if I had a baby girl, she would have a shabby chic room with mirrored furniture, light green walls, and these as curtains... 

I'm apologizing in advance for 1) the awful QUALITY of the pictures (iphone) and 2) the awful QUANTITY of the pictures. I'm.so.obsessed.I went snap happy. I took pics to share with my sister and friends :) And Ordy of course {he likes it}


This AMAZING duvet cover set from Target (similar one here in khaki)  I LOVE the texture it brings to the bed! I love how it doesn't matter if it's wrinkled when it comes out of the wash- it adds to the charm! I love even more that I can put my comforter sewing dreams on the back burner until the summer :)

I also bought 2 new pillows for my new King Size shams! LOVE!

the unmade bed this morning- i just love how it looks!!! 

Please look at the price... $41. That's $130 cheaper than Urban/Anthro and $75 cheaper than me buying  fabric...

Ok, enough with the comforter. I just can't believe my luck. I bought the only one in the store, the COLOR (white) I wanted in the size (KING) I wanted for the price (CHEAP) that I NEEDED! Thank you Lord for that one... We went to another Target that night and looked for another one and they didn't have one. I mean, talk about lucky. I still can't get over it... 

I found Say Yes to Tomatoes conditioner at Ross for $2.99!! AND IT WAS JUST in my cart at Target for $8.99 before I remembered I had seen it at Ross... I went back to the Ross and scooped it up. That is a steal. (I don't care how many bottles I currently have. It was a miracle I didn't buy all the ones they had. I'm learning. Slowly) 

HOW DARLING are these Grey Fleece pillows? I have so many tutorials downloaded on my computer to one day cut out my own circles and create a pillow... but why when you can just find them at your Ross for way cheaper than the materials would have probably cost (plus time...) I got these for $8 each! AH! SO CUTE! 

Other cute Ross finds (that I didn't buy but thought I'd share):

Disguise an old, ugly, plastic toilet scrub- yes please! 

White lacquer tray with silver detail? Love.

Adorable storage with handles and bow for all those Country Living magazines taking over my living room? I'll take one. 

GREY lacquer tray for the bedroom? I'll take them both. haha (I even like the boxes on the second shelf)

SO cute. ahh. so me. haha but the price was not. I couldn't see me spending $25 on these lil guys when I knew I could DIY "someday" ha

My last awesome purchase of the weekend (though small) is one of my favorites. I finally found my old face wash at Ulta today! BASIS face wash. And duh, I had to get the wipes just because they were too cute. This stuff smells so clean/fresh! 

And that's that! Besides the small necessities that's pretty much all I scooped up this weekend. My top faves: New laptop (haha), duvet, and pillows! LOVE!

Please bare with me and the blog construction! I accidentally deleted my old header and when the MBP went back, so did all my fonts/images I had saved on it! I learned a valuable lesson in backing up. Especially since I spent Thursday night awake until 4 a.m. downloading as much as I could to replace  the last time I took my comp to Apple and lost everything. Oh well, such is life! 

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Bulimic Shopper

I want this purse. and i want it now. i want him in my collection. so why, oh why, am i scared to "add to cart" because of the "non returnable" staring back at me... I shouldn't let that stupid disclaimer scare me, but i do. why?

 I'm a bulimic shopper. (first step to recovery is admitting you have an addiction, right?) 

30% of everything i buy goes back within the 30 days. yep, it does. I have Ordy Boy shopping with me in line and I go between justifying my purchase to talking myself out of it before my turn comes up at the register. If he hears me talking myself out of it more than I justify it he tells me to save gas money and just leave it in the store because he knows I'll return it. It's bad. I've been blacklisted from returning from my favorite stores. I can't help being indecisive. You really expect me to keep a pair of boots I tried on hastily in victoria secret sweatpants after sweating from the tanning bed? Well, news flash- I need time. I need to buy them, go home, shower, fix my hair, try the boots on with an actual outfit I would wear them with, walk around, sit down, etc... If the jeans don't tuck in the boot right, or don't go over the boots well, THEY'RE GOING BACK! I don't want a new pair of boots that don't look good with the jeans I already own! If all my jeans are high-water with the new shoes- they are not staying in my closet to gather dust! I don't get why the mean old cashiers don't understand this concept. They just look at me like a leper, thinking, 'back again?'

Thanks google for this image to help demonstrate. Exhibit A: Weird Knee Syndrome. If my jeans do this in my boot- I'm not keeping them!

Ok, sorry for the venting. you think I'm officially cookoo for cocoa puffs now, don't you? Just trying to explain how my little brain works...

I have never been a fan of Forever 21. The only thing that I justify is that I will probably keep the item for being "so cheap"... but when I see those $28 numbers I start to panic thinking, ok, this $30 is OFFICIALLY out of my bank account FOR GOOD. and that freaks me out. 

So now this purse. I want it, I think I'll love it, but I can't hold it/feel it/try it on to know for sure. I think it's amazingly versatile. Sophisticated and yet casual at the same time. I can totally see me toting it around once I have a job {haha}... *some day* 

I won't say how much, because it's a pretty penny BUT justifiable considering it's 60% off!!!  but that DARN NO-RETURN POLICY!! Can I do this?


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Burlap Madness + Friday's (late) Post

I have a burlap obsession. I can't wait to get my hands on these things...I am going to learn how to sew if it kills me, because I MUST make the following:

I have to ignore the fact that Ordy hates the material and thinks it's scratchy and pointless, it's just SO cute! I love when they have holiday appropriate stampings on them... like how cute would a christmas one be??

So cute, I think I might do linen pillows... i'm most excited to try out my sewing machine with a burlap runner. I really want a natural Christmas! This post is old, but because I was away for the wedding but it was a saved post:

Frideas. 

No- it's not a typo. I made a new word up- Friday + ideas = frideas. You see, I didn't really go "shopping" because I left for the sole purpose of getting ideas! Kind of like window shopping... Only snapping pics with my iphone to store away for ideas. Lots of cute stores in the area had Christmas decorations already out and I'm pretty sure I'll be decorating early because of finals and other busy weekends... I really wanted to decorate with neutrals this year. A burlap/linen/crystal/rhinestone/pearl Christmas. I didn't want any red anywhere but I wanted lots of greens. Green in the wreath, topiary, moss, etc. I have 3 huge bins full of Xmas decorations from last year that I'm debating reusing and just keeping my "burlap Xmas" in mind for NEXT year (as in buy everything 50% off dec 26)... I honestly might do that since last year I did the same and these bins have just been sitting around for a year waiting to be used!!

I started the day yard sale-ing with my bff's mom. Nothing looked too great so after the first two we gave up and were ok with it. We hit up some antique stores and cute home decor stores. I took pictures of the things I loved... But first look at how cute Mrs. B is. Her taste is amazing!! When I go to her house I feel like a creeper bc I take a picture of everything!

She has the stack of books with no cover stacked with a dainty ribbon on her mantle... Adorable.

She had the white pumpkins for decoration instead of tacky decor that clashed. So cute. And I am loving this burlap runner she sewed!!! I want her to teach me bc I almost ordered one from etsy!

love this!

Ok here are the shop cute finds:

Loved this bird plaque. And it was only $5. I am mad about not getting it...

loved the yellow pop!

Took pics of the burlap pillows because this is my next sewing project. Debating between burlap and linen though... Ordy thinks pillows that aren't practical are silly.

LOVED THIS! it's an old screen door hanging from a ceiling with lights and branches. So rustic and simple yet stunning.

Boxwood wreaths are so hot right now! Haha unfortunately this guy will probably never be in my possession unless I learn how to preserve boxwood myself bc this sucker was $200. I love the square!

 I got a frame earlier at a yard sale and I'm going to turn it into this:

Looks a lot like the mirror from my Thursday Things last post! Only this was an antique with lots of distressing as opposed to the polished white high gloss lacquer and I loved it. Only $500... No big deal.. Ha!

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30% Off at Gap!

I woke up this morning to 3 emails from TRUE friends who think about me when they see Gap savings :) (unlike my sister who informs me the day AFTER she got amazing stuff!)

Gap is giving 30% off and 5% to non-profit! GIVE AND GET....get it? haha

Enjoy the coupon, y'all! Christmas is only 46 {uber short} days away!


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Retail Therapy

Buying stuff makes me feel good, other people buying me stuff makes me feel a lot better!!! that sounds so materialistic... haha or greedy... ok ok i mean when people THINK of me- i love it.

let me rewind before you think i'm a gold digger haha -- my love languages are GIFTS and physical touch. <-- ironic, huh? coming from the girl who rarely hugs... but think about it. it makes sense for physical touch to be my love language, since i "value" it and attach a hug with "love"....so hugging randos = weird and fake to me...almost intrusive... i have to have a relationship with someone to hug comfortably. hahaha sher thinks i'm a freak, most people do but it's ok... especially since i come from a mom who hugs the bagger at Publix... she gives hugs out like it's her job! ANYWAY, all that to say- it means a lot to me when i'm thought of to be given a gift, and at the same time, i LOVE giving gifts! it's not just gimme, gimme, gimme... i imagine the person receiving a gift from me will be just as happy to receive it as i would!

Moving on, yesterday my amazing, awesome, sweet, thoughtful sister RANDOMLY bought me these:

i could stare at them alllllll day hahaha. i have wanted these Burberry sliders since my last birthday when they first came out but at $275 it was out of my student friendly budget... and then when i did corral my dad to the mall for a birthday splurge- they didn't have my size. i thought it was a sign {i'm weird like that haha} and moved on with my life... then we were reunited again. and i wanted them BAD. i sent a pic to my friends to see if i should splurge and the answer was unanimous, "NO". ugh. bummer. another sign. not even my friends were helping me justify it. they knew it was extreme.

fast forward 4 or so weeks... yesterday while shopping with my sister she surprised me with them while i was in another store!!! AHHHH so cute I LOVE HER/THEM! (by the way, you all know i love her with or without the sweet shoes)

ok, enough about the shoes- we had a full shopping day and i loved every minute of it. funny story: i told my nephew he could pick ANY TOY in the world, and wanna know what he chose????

he hangs out with his momma too much!!! of all the toys, trucks, cars, legos, he wanted a "mini" broom and dustpan set!!! whatttttt.

he loved it so much he wouldn't let it go- not even for nap time!

After our full day of shopping we headed to my house to get ready for GNI- Cookie Decorating Night!

i made the EXACT SAME TOMATO BASIL SOUP as la madeliene... it tasted JUST like it- trust me! and only way cheaper :)

SO EASY you'll die! <--not really. but you'll love how simple it is. i'm posting the recipe bc the girls asked me to:

La Mad's Tomato Basil Soup
4 Cups Crushed Peeled Tomatos
4 Cups Tomato Juice
1 Cup Heavy Cream
1 Stick Butter (1/4 lb)
Basil

mmm. i want some now.

Here are some of our amateur cookie designs hahaha (i actually am impressed with the designs!)

i won't say who did which ones but you can pick your favorites hahaha. half survived, half of the cookies were eaten... mmmm