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Saturday, August 3

Amish Country

I took a lovely work trip to Amish country, here are the highlights!

Lititz, PA

My wonderful B&B: The Lititz House

Reading on the back porch

Wilbur Chocolate Co.

Heavenly Soaps & Scents ~ the cutest store with natural & locally made bath items! Check out these wine candles made in old wine bottles, they all were different wine scents! Syrah was my favorite.

A Tea Affair was wonderful for a tea lover! And the owner was great to talk to :) I came home with Provence {rose, lavender, elderberries} & Palace Marzipan {very almondy}. They had so many delicious flavors & can't wait to order Mexican Winter {chili, orange, cinnamon, coconut & red pepper}!

Beautiful old church

I adore The Tomato Pie Cafe! I loved them so much I ate there twice!

Delicious chocolate ale at Bulls Head Public House

Catching some Amish ladies buying shorts at Target?!?!?!

Left: Bobbi Brown Treatment Lip Shine SPF 15

in Pink Seashell & Orchid Pink

Right: Bobbi Brown metallic eye shadow

in Gold Dust & MAC eye shadow in Neo

Lovely mani to wind down the week :) Essie Shop Till I Drop

Best part of the trip home ~ Cantina Laredo in the Philly airport!

Wednesday, July 24

Back to School

Today I spent all day in Continuing Education for my Insurance license.

OMG how time crawls when an 8 hour lecture is not relevant to your life.

I was quite surprised at how quickly my behavior today reverted back to college-esque. What time did CE start? 8 am. What time did I wake up? 7:30 am. :) I also wore super comfortable clothes... I did have a 30 second argument with my self about yoga pants vs. jeans. I was totally prepared to rock the yoga pants but my left brain kept reminding me, "Every time you're at CE there are usually a handful of people from The Firm there. Do you want them to see you in yoga pants? Last time one of your Partners was there!" "But I don't think she recognized me!" Oh, that crazy internal dialogue. I'm pretty sure a good 15 of my morning routine was packing my tote full of food & things to keep me occupied during the day.

Pretty much the only saving grace of the day (besides the iPad, who am I kidding?) was the instructor. He is OLD and says CRAZY stuff :)

"If your pager goes off, please step outside to handle it." (I'm sorry, is it 1995?)

"Did I make all this crap up, carrot breath?"

"Medicare don't care about you!"

When he was taking role he asked, "Why are you sitting on the back row by yourself?" and I said, "So my iPad can stay plugged in to this outlet" and he said, "I don't even know what that means, but ok."

The morning session was titled "Medicare" and the afternoon "Annuity Suitability" but it was really a lot of people complaining & then getting the instructor rilled up so he would go on a long tangent/rant about Obama-care or market crashes or government spying or a random socio-policial topic.

However, I did get all my fav blogs added to bloglovin', figure out what I'm going to use my ULTA coupon for, added a lot of things to my Nordstrom wish list, read every article possible about the royal baby & grabbed lunch from one of my favorite places Pastries of Denmark. They give you a small cheese cake with every order! All in all I was happy with the outcome of my day :)

Wednesday, June 19

Laundry Time

It's laundry time! Why am I online shopping? Who knows really. I think my body shops as a biological impulse. Inherited obviously- y'all do know Mamma Kay, right? Even if I don't buy anything I love online shopping. When I need a quick break at work I online shop. Just to see what's out there :)

I do need to get my booty in gear and do some laundry! James & I have decided to avoid ending our marriage in that weird stage of "could this count as an annulment it was so short" that we do our own laundry. James does three loads of laundry once a week- lights, darks & towels/miscellaneous items. The first time I saw this it FREAKED ME OUT! (When I met James he paid the dry cleaners to launder all his clothes. True story.) I probably wash 20 different loads of laundry... I do separate clothes in the hamper by white/neutrals, cools/darks, warm/pinks. But when it comes time to do laundry I wash my delicate cool/darks, then the everyday clothes, then the jeans, I wash sweaters by them selves, bras by them selves. Lululemon by itself (I think this flabbergasts James the most). Occasionally I'll get so tired after vacation that I will wash swimming-suits with Lulu, but those lapses in judgement are very rare. I need a chart to explain it to anyone. Due to the intricacies of my laundering habits it takes me a good month or two to accumulate enough in various categories to have a full load of laundry. Hence the separate laundry truce of 2012.

I need to wash my Spanx! Because James & I are going on a very special date this weekend :) We hit a milestone of being completely out of consumer debt! This was one of the first goals we made when we got married - to be done with debt before our first anniversary. We still have car, student loans & house left, and will probably start our next phase of getting out of debt soon but we are taking a night to CELEBRATE! I guess it's good that two people who work in finance are out of debt! Haha. Thank goodness for James, because I am not good at sticking to a budget. And I love shopping. (see first paragraph)

I was talking to a friend who was nervous about starting to get her finances in order. It's exactly like losing weight. Everyone knows how to (eat less/spend less + exercise/save more + choose quality = progress) not everyone has self discipline. I had a bad habit in college/grad school of falling in love with a pair of shoes I couldn't afford. Buying them. Then eating OATMEAL three times a day until my next paycheck. Like it takes a rocket scientist to figure out that's not healthy.

Anyways I digress.... My neutral Spanx/ neutral bras are done in the washing machine! Time to line dry! I am so looking forward to our date night! I probably need a new outfit!!! :-D

Monday, June 10

B*Fest 2013 ~ Chicago

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I love seeing my sweet friends from ACU, sorority sisters, bridesmaids, besties ~ isn't it great to have such fun friends???

This year for our annual girls trip Kylee Ann, Elizabeth & myself had a lovely long weekend in Chicago! Welcome to the post of 1 million pictures!

We stayed at the Chicago Getaway Hostel in Lincoln Park. Elizabeth & I have stayed there before, it is a great location, very clean & they offer individual rooms with bathrooms. The rooms are very sparse, cinder block walls painted white, bunk beds & a desk. Basically we relived our lives in Gardner Hall :) Without the curfew! haha

Our weekend was filled with girl talk (obviously), seeing a gorgeous city, taking pictures of architecture, enjoying the quirky neighborhood, sight-seeing, eating tons of delicious food, drinking many a delicious beverage, just doing what we do best! (Ash I missed you every second!)