Weekend Recap: Staycation Edition

Happy Monday everyone! I had a wonderfully relaxing, full weekend, which makes Monday slightly more bearable. Slightly. 

As I mentioned, we were supposed to be going to Charleston this weekend but we had to cancel, so instead we decided to have a little Staycation right here in J-Ville! We were able to relax and really enjoy our time together, which was so nice! 

Friday evening we just grabbed a pizza and relaxed at home watching movies. The next morning we had planned to go to the zoo, but the weather was forecasted to be pretty bad. By the time we would have been heading that way it was looking ominous, it ended up POURING and we even had tornado warnings! So postponing the trip to the zoo was a wise choice. 

Before the weather got too bad we were able to make it to Maple Street Biscuit Company for a late brunch! 

I loved the decor and it had a really cool vibe! They sell maple syrup and maple coffee, which I got to try, SO good! I want to go buy a bag of it now. But I should probably drink the 12 bags of coffee I currently have in the pantry first.

The food. OMG. So, so good. Definitely not something we could eat all the time because holy calories, but it was a wonderful treat! The biscuits were amazing and those sweet potato fries, OM NOM NOM. I will be dreaming about those all week. I definitely want to go back! 

After brunch on the way back home it started pouring buckets, so we spent the afternoon at home and then went to dinner at The Flying Iguana and had yummy chips and salsa and tacos. Then we went to Books-A-Million and read magazines and drank coffee, one of our favorite rainy day activities! 

Sunday the weather was MUCH better, so we went to the zoo! I have waaay too many pictures of the animals, so I'll probably do a separate post with those, but for now here's a few! 

Had to pose with the Flamingos since I was wearing my Flamingo shirt! 

The giraffes were SO ADORBS. 

Mint chocolate chip ice cream! My fav. 

After the zoo we had a late lunch at our favorite BBQ spot and did some shopping. Sunday evening was relaxing and getting ready for the week! How was your weekend? 

Just another manic Monday...

Welcome to another week! This weekend was weird for me. Adam was out of town at an RC event so I was home by myself. He hardly ever goes out of town so it feels REALLY weird when he's not here! Plus my friend had to work all weekend so my plans with her got cancelled. However I made the most of it by shopping, watching Beverly Hills 90210 episodes on Amazon Prime, and cleaning like crazy.

I did have a wedding cake to deliver to a restaurant in St. Augustine on Saturday, which if you've never driven
through streets built for carriages in an SUV with tons of people walking in front of your car and a wedding cake in the back, and then had to illegally park in front of a stop sign to deliver the cake, that's lots of fun.

I do feel really accomplished though! I cleaned pretty much the entire house, including the blinds. I dusted the blinds, you guys. That's hard core. I also got all of the laundry done, finished decorating my front door for Fall (it's about time!) and got almost all of my addresses for the Christmas Party invites! Ok, I'll stop bragging on myself now and show you some pictures of my super wild and crazy weekend (which may or may not have included eating macaroni and cheese for dinner twice. I can't be bothered with cooking just for myself):

Scarves from Charming Charlie's 2 for $5 sale! 

Wedding Cake

Totally necessary Pumpkin Pie Donut, my reward for delivering the cake. 

Fall decor! 

Waiting for daddy to get home

One of our traditions this time of year

 How was your weekend? Link it up and tell us about it!

 

Why Monday, Why??

You guys, I am a total fail whale today.

 

I had fantastic weekend, I have tons of pictures, (well maybe not tons, but a lot) and I got home late last night and was way too tired to upload all of said pictures and create a coherent blog post. And then I got up this morning and Monday happened, so I still didn't upload pictures and write a blog post. Well, other than this lame one.

 

So all of this to say the weekend recap will have to wait till tomorrow ('cause I won't be able to upload pics until I get home tonight), and I will link up to all of your lovely ladies then. Because this post isn't very link-worthy. Come back tomorrow and I will be much more riveting! Or at least marginally more riveting. I can guarantee I will feel much more alert and clever than I do today, because today I feel like this:

 

 

Although there is one thing I need to mention because it is monumental:

 

THE JAGS WON!!!! OMG!!!!

 

 

I really can't top that, so I'm done.

 

 



I'm back!

It's so good to be back to blogging again after more than a week away! It was great to take a break from real life in the land of magic and Mickey Mouse, but I'm glad to be getting back to a routine- not to mention back to eating normally (let's not talk about how much junk I ate this past week).

Best movie EVER.

I just downloaded the massive amount of pictures from my camera card, and let's just say it's going to take me a while to sort through them all and come up with a recap post. So that will be coming later this week (I hope). We actually got back on Thursday, but I've been in post-vacation funk and haven't felt like doing much of anything beyond continuing to eat everything in sight, watch movies and football, and sleep in. So basically I've been really productive this weekend. 

How I'm pretty sure I looked waking up this morning. 

I actually did get my grocery shopping done yesterday (yay for vegetables, lean protein, and greek yogurt!) and went by BBW for some Fall Wallflowers. Usually I like to wait for the semi-annual sale to buy those, but I was almost completely out of them and had no pumpkin scents! Oh noes!

Now that I'm back from vacay and ready to buckle down, I'm very excited to be joining Sarah Christine Style for her One Thing Challenge! Check it out here! 

I have come a long way since the beginning of this year, but I still have a little ways to go to reach my ultimate goal weight, so I am very excited to be joining up with her in this challenge! 

I'm also really excited about the package I got from eShakti this weekend! More on that later! 

 

I'm currently wading through emails and trying to feel motivated to get the morning report ready for our daily meeting. Yippeeee.

 

How was your weekend?

Linking up with B Loved Boston, Dateless in Dallas, and Join the Gossip!

 

 

 

Monday, Monday...

Happy Monday! Or something. At least this Monday doesn't feel so bad to me since this time next week I will be at Disney World! That makes a full week of work a little easier to manage.

This weekend was pretty chill. I did some baking, cleaning, and planning/budgeting for our trip. Watched some football (It's rough being a Gator and Jaguar fan right now, woof!) and read some books. Also ate my weight in carbs. That about sums it up.

Yes, those are nutella filled crescent rolls. Yum. 

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies with Maple Glaze I made for some friends. I may have eaten some too. For safety. 

Church

Lunch on Sunday while watching the second half of the Jags game, in which they did slightly better than the first half. 

Sunday afternoon ritual- Coffee and magazines

Oh, this is excellent news. Since I sit at a desk approximately 7 hours a day. 

How was your weekend? 

Linking up with B Loved Boston, Champagne and Suburbs, Dateless in Dallas, and Join the Gossip!