Shopping, Playing, & Baking!

The last few days have been incredibly busy but really fun at the same time. At this point, I'm super exhausted, and I have a fairly busy weekend ahead of me.

On Wednesday night my mom and I went shopping. I mainly stocked up on some new makeup. I ran out of several things earlier in the week, so I needed to replace some of those products. Then it was Estee Lauder's bonus time, so I got some free stuff with that, and I got a new lipgloss that I had heard really good things about. I just love trying out new makeup products - I'll have to do an updated post soon on some of my new favorites!

Thursday was so busy - I think I was going a mile a minute from the time I woke up until the time I went to bed. I started off the day by watching and playing with my cousin/goddaughter!

My mom stopped by and brought us chocolate doughnuts - yummy!

They were obviously a hit!

I love, love, love the way this picture turned out!

After that fun, I went home and worked on cake pops all afternoon, which is exactly what I did this afternoon as well. I made over 100 in a little over 24 hours. Wow - I'm still impressed with myself that I was able to pull that off. I had an order from a girl I went to high school with for 2 dozen. Then I was asked to make some for Relay for Life, so I decided to donate 4 dozen to that (such a good cause - so happy I was able to help out with that!). I also had an order from my cousin for 2 1/2 dozen for a baby shower she's giving. It was a LOT of work, but they all turned out so cute!

I attached my contact information to the cake pops I donated to Relay since they're going to be sold there. Maybe I'll get some new customers as a result? Can you tell I'm studying business? Ha!

These sundae ones are always some of my favorites. Not sure why the picture is only loading sideways though.....

The baby girl pops were some of my favorites ever to make though. All of the pink was just too cute and sweet! Loved the way the monogrammed ones turned out too.

Hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Project 365: May 2014

May is always one of my favorite months. I always get to kick off the month by celebrating my birthday, and then the rest of the month is always pretty busy it seems with family parties and celebrations. Plus it's finally starting to get warmer, which is always a good thing, especially after the winter we just had!

Here's what I was up to this May.....

May 1 - Slept in until 12, cuddled with Coco, spent the day relaxing, and babysat.

May 2 - Yagoot, a manicure, and dinner at Moerlein make for a pretty good pre-birthday celebration!

May 3 - Birthday selfie with my pup!

May 4 - Cheered the runners on at the Flying Pig this morning!

May 5 - Coco being crazy tonight....

May 6 - Picnic at the park with Danielle and an afternoon of reading and relaxing on the couch....this is why I love summer.

May 7 - Can't put this book down tonight. So good!

May 8 - Loving this pair of Sam & Libby wedges - I may have to go back to Target and pick them up soon!

May 9 - Making a yummy dessert for a KBS party tonight!

May 10 - Lazy Saturday of planting flowers, eating Zip Dip, and watching movies in bed.

May 11 - Celebrated Mother's Day by eating dinner at Crave and seeing The Phantom of the Opera.

May 12 - I love sitting on the couch reading my book with the windows open and the breeze coming in!

May 13 - Got to play with Savannah today!

May 14 - Rainy day at work, but that's always just a good excuse to wear my pink Hunters! Loved this outfit with my new blouse and pendant!

May 15 - Got to see Sydney's spring concert tonight!

May 16 - Beautiful night for dinner at Don Pablo's with Danielle!

May 17 - Outlet mall shopping, Rita's, and a family party. What a great day!

May 18 - "I wanna stuff some chocolate in my face!"

May 19 - Why am I reading a business book on campus during summer?!?

May 20 - Having fun getting some birthday stuff together for Dad's 50th tomorrow!

May 21 - Celebrating Dad's birthday at Incline House!

May 22 - Love my puppy!

May 23 - Such a fun night at the Red's game!

May 24 - Busy day: made cake pops, went to a graduation party, and babysat!

May 25 - Finished up cupcakes this morning for Melissa's graduation party in the afternoon!

May 26 - Perfect way to spend Memorial Day - at the Taste of Cincinnati!

May 27 - Saw this ad in a magazine today, and it gave me just another reason to question the person who came up with the saying "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."

May 28 - Orange Leaf after a long day of work!

May 29 - Saw these at Target tonight and just had to try them!

May 30 - Took a walk with my best girl this afternoon!

May 31 - Went to Findlay Market this morning where I got this amazing chocolate chip cookie with an Oreo inside - yum!


Such a fantastic May - can't wait to see what June brings. I have a feeling that it may be the best month of the entire year...... ;)

Summer Treats

It's only the beginning of June, and yet I feel as though I've already had a pretty awesome summer. I am loving how perfect the weather has been these past few weeks - it's been just great for spending time outside.

On Friday I didn't have anything going on. Over the last month, Tuesdays and Fridays have been my free days since I didn't have to work those days but everyone else in my family did, so I've had those days to spend doing whatever. Most of the time that has meant not leaving my house and staying in my pajamas all day ;) This Friday though I actually got ready, ran some errands, and picked up lunch for myself.

I also took Coco down for a little walk at the park. She's the laziest dog ever and could hardly make it through our entire TEN minute walk. Clearly, that's rough when you're a nine pound diva dog......

I read my book outside on the deck for a little while in the hopes of getting some sun. It was really hot though, so I ended up only reading about a chapter before I went back into the air conditioning. I started re-reading the Harry Potter series at the beginning of May, and I just finished the fourth one yesterday. I just can't seem to put them down - they're even better than I remember when I first read them years ago!

She may be a diva, but I love her anyway.....

On Saturday morning my friend Courtney and I went downtown to Findlay Market to eat lunch, walk around, and shop. It was the absolutely wonderful morning for it - they had a German band playing, and there were a ton of people there. It was perfect!

I got a waffle from Taste of Belgium - my favorite!

I also grabbed some cookies to go! I haven't tried the sugar cookie one yet, but the chocolate chip one.....

....had an OREO inside of it. The cookie was soft, chewy, and delicious on its own, but when you added in the Oreo in the center? It was one of the best cookies ever. I loved it and am kind of wishing I would have bought more than one :)

Yesterday was just a usual Sunday. I love the simplicity of Sundays though. It's the one day a week where I feel like I can consistently take it easy, get some things done, and prepare for the week. My Sunday routine lately has been church, reading a book, and sometimes watching a movie. That's exactly what I did too - read all afternoon.

Hope you are off to a good week! This one's going to busy for me - I've got lots of cake pops to make that  I can't wait to share!