Tuesday, November 1, 2011

SC State Fair

My husband and I plus the Evans' went to the fair on the last day it was in town. I absolutely love the fair; my husband on the other hand would rather be doing anything else. He was sweet to come to the fair and hold my purse and take pictures while I rode rides with Caroline & Josh. We even managed to get him on the haunted house ride which was oh-so-scary, I don't know how he was able to sleep that night after experiencing such a scarrrrrrrrrrrry ride.

One thing that I don't love about the fair: how much money you spend there. We walked in, rode some rides, ate some food, walked around a couple buildings and somehow managed to spend $80. And that was with Derrick only riding one ride with me, it would've been more had he rode all of them.



It was a really fun day though and I'm glad that we got to go before it left town, because the fair that follows it in North Charleston is not the same. A little more redneck (if that's even possible) and a lot more scary. There are sideshows there...like the snake lady (head of a lady, body of a snake) Nothankyou.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Heroes in a Half-Shell

I love HALLOWEEN! It's my 2nd favorite holiday next to Christmas. Here's a look back at costumes of Halloween past.
Kelly & Zack from Saved By The Bell (Our 1st married Halloween)

Strawberry Shortcake & Friends

Aaargggghhh! A pirate.

Some costumes are obviously favorites of mine:
I think the husband makes a wonderful scarecrow. He's sweet enough to wear whatever my little heart desires on Halloween...which is usually something most men would rather not wear. Maybe we'll do Peter Pan & Wendy next year...

This year the hubby was on call (dang doctor life) for Halloween weekend so I participated in a group costume with 3 of my dearest friends. We were the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. I've been wanting to be them for Halloween for FOREVER and our costumes were awesome if I do say so myself. Caroline had everyone over to her house to watch the USC vs. Tennessee game as well as the Clemson vs. Georgia Tech game and to celebrate Halloween. Thankfully, Carolina squeaked out another win and Clemson lost their first game of the season (WooHoo) Enjoy our turtle power pictures!

Friday, October 28, 2011

Pinnable Me: Cocktails

Who doesn't love a good drink? I tend to go for things that are less sweet but do enjoy the occasional fruity concoction. For this Pinnable Me Friday, I'm linking up with Paw Prints & Pastry Bags to bring y'all some yummy looking cocktails for you to enjoy. Drink up!
















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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Eff-Marry-Kill

I love this game.

I'm linking up with The Vintage Apple to bring you my Eff-Marry-Kill : Gossip Girl Edition

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The husband immediately leaves the room when he hears "you know you love me, xoxo" He thinks that Gossip Girl is the stupidest show ever made. Well, to be honest, I don't think it's high quality tv, but oh do I LOVE it so.


Here are three lovely gentlemen to choose from: Chuck Bass, Dan Humphrey & Nate Archibald

So let's start with the first, who would I eff? No question, Chuck Bass. I think he's a little strange and quite the bad boy which makes him a perfect choice. I could definitely see him being under some people's kill category though. He's so pretty, I could stare at him for a night.

Marry? Nate Archibald.
Good breeding? Check.
Dashingly handsome? Check.
Knows how to treat a lady? Check.
So maybe his family has had their fair share of issues, but he seems to have come out of it well with his head on his shoulders. Marry me please.

So that only leaves Dan Humphrey to knock off. He irritates me. Alot. I can't deal with the whiny emo "woe is me" way of going through life. He seems to be such a handful and exactly what I would want if what I'm looking for is an overly emotional woman. Bye Bye Dan.

Celebrations

My birthday came and went. I don't really feel traumatized yet about turning another year older. I feel like I'm where I'm supposed to be at 27. A college grad, married for a couple of years and considering babies in the near future (before 30 near future) Maybe when said babies are celebrating their 27th birthday I'll feel old then. :-)


We went to dinner last Friday with my lovely group of friends in Columbia at M Vista. I'm blessed to have such sweet friends to celebrate with and who give me such pretty things. (Like my pretty Kate Spade earrings that I love) There were no less than 30 wine glasses on our table because pretty much everyone decided to do a flight of wine, I promise we're not all alcoholics.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Tigers vs. Tarheels

No, the title of this is not a joke. We ventured this past Saturday to what my husband more affectionately refers to as God's Country. I think that Death Valley on a Saturday is my personal hell not that I'm being dramatic or anything with all of those people in orange. Yuck. It was Carolina's bye week so I so lovingly agreed to attend the Clemson game with my husband. Despite my whole family being die-hard Carolina fans, we also have season tickets to Clemson (my granddaddy is a Clemson grad) Despite my attempts to pray and will Clemson to their first loss, they didn't lose. I don't remember the score of the game but it was 50-something to 20-something when it was all said and done. Clemson is now 8-0 for the season. I'll be glad to see my Gamecocks back in action next week again the Tennessee Volunteers minus our Marcus Lattimore who was injured in the Mississippi State game and is out for the rest of the season.

I'm linking up with The Belles of Saturday to bring you our tailgating pictures from Saturday. There weren't very many because we were so late leaving Columbia. Whoopsies.
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Someone parked in our spot. Thankfully, we have 2. I left them a nice note. I should've added a "Go Gamecocks" at the bottom


We try and keep it as classy as possible in Clemson


With extra large miller lite's in paper bags. K-L-A-S-S-Y

Friday, October 21, 2011

Pinnable Me: Kiddos

My bestest friend is 16 weeks pregnant and we are anxiously awaiting whether we're going to be welcoming a baby boy or baby girl in March. In honor of her and the fact that she's having a girl (according to me and the oh-so reliable Chinese gender chart), here are some precious little girls.

Disclaimer: She (and I when that time comes) would welcome either a baby boy or baby girl, I just found some precious little girls via pinterest

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Source: etsy.com via Brittany on Pinterest