Halloween treats!

With all my free time on my hands, that is sarcasim Sheldon, I made up some little treat bags for the girls at work. I hope they enjoy them tmrw. I also got a recipe for gooey cake batter cookies from my friend Erin, and they are tucked under everything.

Gooey Cake Batter Cookies
Ingredients:
One box of cake mix (your choice)
1 Pkg of softened cream cheese
1 cup of Softened butter
1 tsp of Vanilla
1 egg
Directions:
In bowl, whip cream cheese, butter, Vanilla and egg together. Add cake mix. Blend. I added fun halloween sprinkles to the mix
Mixture is thick and gooey. Be prepared to lick the batter off your fingers.
Place on cookie sheet with average sized spoon (cookies will not expand much in oven)
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-13 minutes (until barely browning at the edges). The less time they bake, the more gooey the results.

Happy Birthday Audra!

Just wanted to wish one of my best friends a very happy 30th birthday. I am "stuck" in CA still and do not have access to pictures. I will complete this post once I get home. Enjoy your day Audra. Love you!

Look at my wittle baby brother :)

This past week my baby brother had his senior pictures taken by one of my bestest friends and awesome photographer, Laura. I can't believe he is a senior in high school and graduating in May! I bet my parents are freaking out as well :) Last one to leave the nest, and of course the one that gave them the most gray hairs... Check out the sneak peek on Laura's blog HERE!

Birthday Surprises

A week ago I was no where ready to say I am 30... THIRTY. Sounds like a huge milestone. But after actually turning 30 I would have to say it is liberating. Finally. It is certainly is a new decade and a new milestone. So lucky to have such a great job, great place to live, great friends and great family. And today was no different in helping to remind me of that.

I started my morning (it was my day off) with some steaming hot coffee & the Today Show. I went to the gym and had a workout session with my personal trainer Abigail, which I really enjoy, even when I can't lift my arms anymore. After that I had a nice lunch from The Palace in Aggieville, then headed to the salon to have my hair cut & highlighted. It was there that I received my first birthday surprise. Flowers! My stylist is the daughter of my office manager, Mary, who made sure these flowers, lilies are my favorite, were there for me. Thank you so much Mary! I love them and they smell amazing!
I was suppose to go to dinner with my Aunt Peggy. She was going to meet me at my house after work. But when I opened my door I saw 3 of my best friends waiting with cameras in hand to surprise me and take me out to dinner. I will post those pictures later. It was a huge surprise since they drove 2.5 hours away. We went to my favorite place in Manhattan, Coco Bolos.

Here is Audra & Laura
And Me (with my new hair) & Megan After dinner we went back to my place for mini ice cream cakes. Thank you everyone for the awesome birthday wishes! I am such a lucky girl to have so much love and support in my life. 30 is going to be GREAT!

New idea for cupcakes

I always seem to be inspired when I shop at Hobby Lobby. Check out the cupcakes I made for my penthouse reunion tailgate.
I made red velvet & carrot cake
Topped with homemade cream cheese frosting of courseAll ready to rumble!

need a laugh

I found this new blog about cake wrecks. My favorites are the ones that the customer has requested that nothing be written on the cake and instead of it being blank, they put NOTHING on the cake... Idiots! Enjoy it :)

This is one of my favorite posts. So funny!

Newest addition

Tuesday is always my day off and I really do try to keep myself busy so I am not tempted to shop but the idea got the best of me. I have actually been in the market for an area rug & love seat for my living room so I couldn't pass this up when I saw it and saw the price, $99!! I got the rug at Tuesday Morning, a great place to find something unexpected and for an awesome price. If you have never been to one I recommend finding one. So what do you think of it?

I think it matches my sofa perfectly.
Here is a closer view. I love all the colors: browns, greens, periwinkle, maroon. It is exactly my taste!
And here it is with my sofa. If anyone has a love seat they are wanting to get rid of please let me know!

It's still pretty

I took this picture on my way to work in Topeka Saturday. And it isn't the ocean but I think it is still pretty. It definitely made the drive more enjoyable too :)