weekend shenanigans

Oh hey there, August!!! I didn’t even realize it was the first until I looked in the right bottom corner of my screen just now. Crazy! August is my birthday month! Yay! It’s also hopefully the last of the hottest months in the summer. Even though it wont actually get cooler until November. Whatever. I am melting down here.

Friday for lunch, Laura and I hit up Zoes. We wanted something quick and fairly healthy. And my healthy I mean I ordered a salad to balance out my pita and hummus. Their hummus is always so delicious!!!

Friday after work, I stopped by the outlets on my way home to exchange a skirt I got at Motherhood last month. I only have about 9 outfits that fit me right now and I still wasn’t grabbing for it so that should tell you something! I got a beautiful striped Jessica Simpson dress instead! I also grabbed some tanks they had for $5 and their clearance was buy one get one for $5 so I picked up two tops to wear with my jeggings. I love that everytime I buy something there I get goodies too!! The first time was a magazine. The second I got a bottle and a bunch of coupons. This time? A super pretty Jessica Simpson necklace!!!

Saturday I finished reading a book, cleaned the house, and then my dad and sister came over and got the guest bed out of our nursery. It is starting to get real over here!

Chris and I headed out later and hit up two Bargain Hunts and scored some major baby finds!!! We got the monitor we registered for over $100 off! We also scooped up a play mat, stuffed animals that sing a lullaby, a sleep halo and a swim suit top all on the cheap. Bargain Hunt is the place to go for baby stuff!

After all that bargain hunting we grabbed a late lunch at J. Alexander’s. They have my absolute favorite salad!

Sunday I read 60% of a book before 9am, meal planned, grocery shopped and chilled the rest of the day with Better Call Saul.

Today I am lucky enough to work from home to look after two of my nephews whose sitter is out of town. I have all the game systems charged up and ready to go for them while I knock out some work. Thanks to our extensive game collection, our house is a kids dream!

I hope you all had a great weekend! Let’s see what August will bring us!

Linking up with Biana.

You guys…it is hot as SHIT down here. Just felt the need to say that if you were wondering. I swear I just wrote last weekends post, no? Crazy how slow the weekdays are but how quick the whole week passes!

Friday started off with lunch at Babalu. I have one word for you: GUAC!!! I happened to mention something about guac to Laura on Thursday and it was all either of us could think about until we finally had our mouths full of it on Friday! I didn’t even snap a picture of it because I dove right in. I did manage to get my enchiladas before they were devoured.

Saturday morning I read a little and cleaned house. I also borrowed my sister’s pimento cheese recipe and made my first batch to take to Sheffield’s first birthday party!!! Several people commented about the cheese and asked for the recipe so I will be posting it tomorrow!

After the party, I headed over to Buy Buy Baby to register there. I found bedding that I fell in love with and have completely changed the color scheme I was originally going to go with. I picked up a blanket while I was there to use as inspiration for paint and decor.

Sunday morning I headed to Home Depot to pick up some paint samples!!! You guys, this is going to be so hard!!! Why are there so many shades of every color? Yikes! And I haven’t even decided on what color the walls are going to be. I originally wanted a light gray but now I am not sure. I grabbed some other neutrals and pretty blush pink samples. Decisions decisions!

After, I headed to Target to poke around and get our grocery shopping done. Ummmm how adorable is this mint green and gold heart ottoman??? And these wire baskets?!?!?!

I am really REALLY tempted to go back and get them for the nursery!!!

I came home and meal prepped and we are now up to the last season in Breaking Bad! Also, what would a weekend be without snuggling with our little Macachu. (Chris gave him a new nickname this weekend. Apparently he is a rare Pokeman to be caught!!!)

I have made a little more progress on getting the junk cleared out of the nursery, got the clothes hung that we have so far, and have about a million other things I meant to do  but didn’t get to this weekend. There is always next week, right?

Linking up with Biana. Hope you all have a fabulous week!!!

Whale Whale Whale look who showed up today!

Sometimes when you go to the beach for a week, you need to take a vacation from everything in life. And that is just what I did. I felt all relaxed and refreshed, and then I had to go back to work Friday and it all got washed away like it never even happened. Funny how reality is, isn’t it? Such is the adult life.

We seriously had a fabulous time at the beach though, the longest stretch that we have stayed. I even came back a few shades darker! Let’s just say, we ate most meals in and didn’t leave our condo grounds because why would we? We have access to the beach and pools so what more could you ask for? We did go out to eat for lunch when we got there. We hit up Mikee’s. one of our favorites!

We also checked out Sassy Bass one evening for dinner. This place is super close to our condo and a real gem. One of my favorite things about beach restaurants? Crab claws and hush puppies!!!

Because I am five, there were plenty of jokes about the “happy endings” dessert menu.

We stopped and walked around downtown Foley on our way in to check out the video game store that we always hit up. How cute is this town?

It was hot as fuck basically everyday except the last one, which was a wonderful overcast. It is sad when you think 88 degrees is cool, right?? Regardless, it was a wonderful trip. I will let the pictures do the talking!

sunset over bay

storm coming on to shore

dreaming about one of those houses

bay view

The last nights sunset was my favorite!!!

My SIL and I got away for a few hours to hit up the Foley outlets. Check out this gorgeous Michael Kors clutch I grabbed on major sale!!! I had a hard time choosing between the pink and blue and my SIL and the sales girl talked me in to blue. I am glad they did.

We took the new Explorer with us and my oh my what room we had!!! I cant get over how big the back is when the third row seats are down. So much room for activities! Or stuff for activities. Whatever.

We stopped to grab Mac from boarding on our way home. Once he got in the car with us and realized he was in fact going home he got ridiculously excited. Clearly we were missed! The little guy wouldn’t leave our side. I think someone had a little separation anxiety. He got his summer buzz cut, how cute is he??? He looks like a completely different dog when he gets buzzed.

And that was our trip!!! This past weekend we played catch up and cleaned the house, did about 500 loads of laundry, started shopping for new furniture for our living room, finished watching House of Cards and started Breaking Bad and enjoyed a delicious lunch out at Billy’s in Liberty Park.

I am back to regular blogging this week and just in time for the book link up tomorrow! I have a lot of good ones to share with you from this past month so get your TBR list ready!

Linking up with Biana.