I hope you’re all having a great start to the weekend!
I made it to a Flywheel class this morning before
preparing for the “state of emergency” with our “snowpocalypse” in Georgia.
The Timehop app kills me because somehow things are always perfectly timed.
I of course am having a good laugh at the city freaking out about 1-4 inches of snow in Georgia.
I get it I get it. There are no plows or salt trucks here and its all hills and windy roads. And 2 years ago people were stranded in their cars for hours or sleeping at the office and it was a nightmare. I TOTALLY GET IT. It’s just hilarious that now because of that the city has to basically shut down an entire day early so that they don’t get blamed for the worst winter-storm-plan EVER, and so that people can hunker down as if it’s going to be the hardest 48 hours of their lives.
but I digress…..
so….this came up in my time hop this morning
On this day 3 years ago, I had to go to work in -43 degree wind chill (I can’t remember the real temp, I just focused on the “feels like” and YES it felt like it) by taking the train and then walking to work.
I had to WALK TO WORK in that, and everyone here is literally acting like it’s the end of the world.
But anyways….. cheers to a cozy winter weekend!
I’m interested to see how this “state of emergency” plays out!
As I mentioned earlier this week, we hosted a small group at our place for New Years !
A lot of you asked out my Champagne Bubbles DIY so I wanted to share, even though yes, New Years is 359 days way.
I tend to do things late on the blog. You know that.
I still haven’t even posted about our Christmas vacation 🙂 so stay tuned…..
I figure, Christmas and New Years may be over,
I tend to do things late on the blog. You know that.
I still haven’t even posted about our Christmas vacation 🙂 so stay tuned…..
I figure, Christmas and New Years may be over,
but Awards Season is just beginning and this would work perfectly for that.
It was too easy and TOO CUTE (if you ask me) not to share!
I think it would be perfect for the Golden Globes this weekend or upcoming Oscar parties with your girlfriends!
and if you want to take advantage of the post-Christmas decor sales (which are AMAZING) I also think it’d be cute with pink and red ornaments for Valentine’s brunches, etc…… when I find an easy craft I really don’t drop it….. prepare to see this bad boy year after year!
My first tree and ornaments when I was out of college all came from Target in one of those huge jumbo bins. They sell them year after year so I’m sure you’ve seen them. It’s a ton of plastic ornaments for about $20.
I didn’t have varying sizes, which they recommend, but it still turned out SO cute.
I had Kip cut the hangers for me and then it was a matter of minutes before it was all set!
based on champagne bubbles from The Kitchen on Food Network
All you need is
A champagne bottle – I used a jumbo one that we got for New Years
Needle nose pliers, to cut the hanger
A wire hanger
Christmas Ball ornaments, they used clear, I used gold and silver.
Cut the hanger so that one edge is straight and the other has the top/curved edge. Then just thread the ornaments of various sizes, starting with smaller ones if you have them, and building all the way up. Pop the hanger in the bottle and you are all set to party!
I had two sticks in two smaller champagne bottles since we hadn’t popped the jumbo bottle prior to guests arriving, and then I switched both sticks over into the one jumbo.
as Ina would say,
HOW EASY IS THAT?!
and as my husband says,
“I don’t think anyone is as excited about the champagne bubbles as you are.”
Whatever.
I also made take-home Hangover Helper bags for our friends.
I included : water, lemon, fish oil, aspirin, green tea, and a detox tea.
I don’t know what came over me but I was feeling crafty the day of!
There was tons of yummy food that I got zero photos of 🙁 so I am just going to skip that part……
I wore jeans and OTK boots with my feather racerback tank and this blazer that I am obsessed with.
my brain is truly fried after this week.
I’ve been sitting here for 5 minutes trying to remember all of the other things I wanted to include in this post, and you know how I ramble, so I promise it was A. LOT.
All I can think of is :
I forgot to mention in my Coffee Talk post that Nick’s job just isn’t even mentioned AT ALL on The Bachelor. Remember when it used to Andrew Firestone and all of these successful men and now they don’t even necessarily have a job? Nick’s job is literally just a reality-TV person. Same with Ben Higgins. They used to have jobs, and now are “formerly” employed. Like Ben’s fiancé Lauren who is no longer a flight attendant. And now contestants don’t even have to have legitimate jobs.
Anyways….. just think it’s hilarious that they are truly going to have a Bachelor for an entire season that literally doesn’t have a job and they aren’t even going to mention employment of any kind.
So pathetic.
In case you missed it,
on The Sarcastic Blonde this week :
Wishlist Wednesday with killer tops under $100
An update on my resolutions for Week One :
I have worked out every day this week! I am trying to do 31 straight days for the month of January so we’ll see how that goes.
I made three amazing recipes this week and I will be sharing them next week!
One resolution I have succeeded fully on is my “3 new recipes a month” — I already did it in one week!
I worked really hard on my sleep hygiene and didn’t look at my computer or phone after 10 PM, and I still didn’t fall asleep for around 1-2 hours every night 🙂 OH well.
Ummmmm when I think of all of my other ramblings I’ll share them this weekend!
But have a great weekend and get excited for the Golden Globes!
I am giddy with excitement at having an awards show red carpet to look forward to!
Cheers to a great weekend!
