much adoo

I got a new dress from Modcloth. I'm not going to lie guys, in all my stress, I bought a gaggle of dog related things as a pick me up. This dress is doing the trick. It's a good fit in a bright color.

I got brave and trekked across the road/parking lot and took pictures with the view over the hill. I think I like this area. Too bad it is raining and grey here right now.

dress : brighten me up scotty dress via modcloth
sweater : mossimo via target
jacket : mossimo via target
heels : merona via target
necklace : fossil
clutch : foley + corinna
bracelet : photojojo
belt : anthropologie worn backwards

My mom is in town for the weekend, and the one place to visit is Hershey. We went to the museum and chocolate world and looked around at the history of Hershey. We also went to ride the one free ride, but it broke down while we were on it and we had to walk out.

Walking off of the ride when it broke down.

The singing cows!

Old Hershey products from way back when.

We also ate in downtown Harrisburg at Cafe Fresco. I had a delicious pizza. The place was really pretty inside and I would definitely go back, but still, I can't seem to find any food here that I have fallen in love with as much as anything back home or in Florida.

This was my outfit today. I love this dress, but the boning is coming out, which is really sad. I wore it on our honeymoon, to Hawaii, and to my college's 'prom' so to speak. I love this dress. Please excuse my awkward smile. I was trying to explain to my mom how to use my camera. Handing people the 60D isn't easy, it's kind of a beast of a camera with a large lens on it.

flats : seychelles via modcloth

bag : cambridge satchel co via modcloth
necklace : ornamental things via kismet
dress : xhilaration via target (similar)
sweater : xhilation via target
headband : blue eyed freckle via fab
teemo's collar : the mod dog via etsy
belt : aerie

Don't forget to enter my Snow White vinylmation Jr. Giveaway here!

I've always loved the song 'Aux Champs Elysees', especially around the times I went to Paris and actually got to walk on it. It's definitely not the same, but I love towns with nice 'main streets' with shopping and good food. Park Avenue in Winter Park, Florida is a wonderful street of a great variety of stores and restaurants. Jason and I have eaten here before, but never shopped. We went out on Wednesday to try and find me a pair of shorts. The area is super dog friendly and has a great variety of items - from spices to clothing to chocolates to a cheese shop!

I got this skirt from Tulle in their big sale! Yay! I love it.

And this handmade headband is from Blue Eyed Freckle via Fab.

shirt : gap

skirt : tulle

sandals : miss trish for target

headband : blue eyed freckle via fab

bag : vahalla brooklyn via etsy

bracelet : kate spade

necklace : target

Passover began recently and Easter is today, and I wanted to wish everybody a happy holiday no matter what you celebrate. Or just a good weekend if none of this applies. We have been having a lot of fun here - the pups are together again and playing, Jason and I are playing XBOX together, and we are visiting our favorite restaurants.

Raynor & Teemo on a walk, the pups playing tug, and our wine to go with the beef stew!

Jason and I are cooking dinner Irish Beef Stew tonight, and I wanted to share the recipe with you. This is one of our ultimate faves and can be either made with stew beef (we prefer Whole Foods grass fed kind) or seitan if you are vegetarian.

Yesterday was a long day. I left work at 1pm (yay early dismissal) and I picked up Teemo at home and we started off on our journey at 1:30pm. 16 hours and 6 minutes later (would have been quicker, but I was delayed 3-4 hours in Virginia due to stopped traffic from 3-7pm) we rolled into Orlando at 5:54 am. I plan on catching up a little more tomorrow as Jason and I are so tired and will probably be crawling into bed fairly soon!

When I got here my package from Modcloth was waiting for me! I have been waiting for my Cambridge Satchel and new Seychelles all week. Jason picked these things out with me, the shoes were his find! The satchel is amazing - the quality is to die for and it's just a steal for a nice leather bag make in the UK at the price it is. Well worth it.

Jason and I ran errands in the afternoon, had lunch at Tijuana Flats, and got all the supplies to make Easter dinner tomorrow. I love my straw fedora - it's perfect for Florida! When we went out for dinner, I draped a scarf around me - it got CHILLY here. Seriously, it's always like 95 degrees here and it was around 70 when we took the pups on their walk!

Mickey nails! Yup. I'm so excited to go to Downtown Disney this week.

dress : coda via urban outfitters
scarf : gift
bag : cambridge satchel co via modcloth
hat : target
necklace : target
shoes : target
belt : target
bracelets : target
sunnies : ray ban
obviously everything i own is from target

In case you haven't noticed, I've been gone a lot. Right now, I've got the corgi in tow and we're taking the 17 hour drive to Florida. Yup. I have put 10,000 miles on my Fiat in under 5 months, and I have driven over 48 hours in the past month. Yes. I have spent well over 2 whole days driving and have another 17 hours soon. I may be crazed. Or my dad has taught me well that 8 hours is not really all that bad of a drive.

Oh hai!! (PS. This is my car!)

I love driving, but there are definitely some things that I have learned from my many trips over the past years, from almost monthly 4 hour drives from Cincinnati to Akron to trips to visit friends.

I love doing my nails. It's one of the many things I spent time on learning how to do. I'm just a weird personality who grew up with the internet and I do whatever I like to my husband's dismay at times. As a kid, my mom was really great and always allowed me to pursue the random array of arts and crafts I loved, from creating the Brady Bunch in popsicle stick figures to buying me Klutz books so I could learn to do my nails and braid hair. I learned a lot from those books.

Anyhow, when I was younger, my neighbors, who were like little sisters to me growing up, would come over and I would do all of our nails. One of our favorites to do, since we loved swimming in their pool everyday, were fish nails. I still love doing them 10 years later (yes, it is hard to believe that these awesome vivid memories happened 10 or more years ago! Time flies)

What You'll Need
Blue Nail Polish
White Nail Polish
Black Nail Polish
Colored Nail Polish
A Toothpick

I got back from my little trip to Cincinnati at 8 tonight and have spent most of the night doing laundry, unpacking, and editing photos. I'm tired, mostly because it feels like I never stop, but I had an amazing weekend full of good food, friends, and family.

My parents and I tried a new BBQ place in Cincinnati called Eli's. It was delicious! The inside was adorable and they had a record player and a bunch of records to choose from. And jalapeno cornbread - yum! Too bad they didn't have iced tea as my mom, dad, and I all drink basically only unsweet iced tea.

I got a chocolate cupcake from the Sweeterie, near my old house. My mom and I had a lot of fun going shopping and buying me all the limited edition Woodchuck I wanted at the big old alcohol store in Newport. Plus, we got my car all tuned up!

My friend Megan & I took our dogs Sally & Teemo to Fido field, a strange dog park that P&G opened in downtown Cincinnati in between a main road and the highway. You can see it's kind of under Interstate 71.