Jason and I took a short weekend trip to Athens, Georgia this weekend, primarily to visit the amazing restaurant, The Grit, that makes our favorite meal - tofu with nutritional yeast gravy and rice. It was SO worth the long drive. All the food was amazing, our hotel room was great, and the dogs stayed in a cute kennel that I wish was close to me!

Dessert case at The Grit

Inside The Grit

Bronco Burger at Clocked

Our penthouse level suite in the Hotel Indigo

An amazingly large cheese plate!

Drinking a Blackberry margarita at Speakeasy

sweater : target remixed
dress : anthropologie sing sweetly dress
belt : target
shoes : mod cloth remixed
bag : modcloth (hobo international) remixed
sunnies : ray ban remixed

It snowed in Pennsylvania. First snow (for me, not for PA) this year. I really am not a snow person, but I am a hat person. I got my hair cut into a pixie cut again and realized quickly that I had lost many of my beloved hats I have knit in the past. Maybe in the move? Anyhow, this is a new one I knit up with some left overs from my mother in law's Christmas gift a few years ago. I have a few more hats to knit!

hat : handmade

sweater : micheal kors

skirt : fossil remixed

tights : target remixed

boots : target

coat : forever 21 remixed

bag : hobo international

Came home from work today to hang with the corgi and snap some photos. Also I dyed my hair.

sweater : frenchi via nordstrom remixed

dress : everly via modcloth

belt : aerie remixed

tights : target

booties : fossil

necklace : ornamental things via kismet

bow : c/o modcloth

earrings : loungefly

cape : modcloth remixed

tee : modcloth

skirt : fossil

tights : hue

shoes : fossil remixed

necklace : forever 21

purse : vahalla brooklyn larch bag remixed

Jason and I made a delicious dinner for Christmas, and the one recipe I really wanted to share with you was the awesome au gratin potatoes that we made. The idea for these is born from some other recipes I have tried, my love for anything goat cheese related, and fresh herbs. What came out was a delicious, creamy, and cheesy dish that everyone will love.

What You'll Need :

Mandoline or some awesome slicing abilities

13 x 9 baking dish
3-4 Qt Saucepot
Mesh Sieve
Cheese Shredder
Large Measuring cup or Bowl
Knife & Cutting Board
3 Lbs Potatoes (I think Red are best - we used a mix of red and baby yellow)
1/2 Cup Shallots
3 Cloves Garlic

2 Sprigs Rosemary

2 Sprigs Thyme

4 Tablespoons Butter

2 1/2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream

About 8 Ounces of Goat Gouda or similar cheese
Seasoned Salt
White Pepper

Here are some photos from our little Christmas...

Happy Holidays from my little family!

Even before I moved to the Harrisburg area, Jason had wanted to go to Hershey, PA and be able to create his own candy bar. This was long before we were even thinking about full time jobs.  Anyhow, we thought it would be a cute trip to take. Well, now I live maybe ten minutes from Hershey, so when Jason came in town, we decided to do a date night and go create our own candy bars!

The entrance to chocolate world

We had to wear little hair nets - and gloves because of my nail polish & rings

The robot placing our bars

Jason designing his custom label

Jason in his beard net!

We got a s'mores cupcake - it looks a lot better than it tasted. I'd like to believe it was amazing.

My favorite!

hair clip : goody via target

cape : forever 21

sweater : modcloth

dress : harvest season dress from modcloth

belt : forever 21

tights : target

shoes : fossil tamika bootie remixed

bag : vahalla brooklyn larch bag remixed

necklace : crave jewelry design remixed

Our holiday luncheon at work was Friday. This is really the first holiday event I've taken part in at a company, so I thought I should look a little festive, plus, I don't really think I can wear my awesome sequin skirt to work all the time. We ate lunch together and got out of work early! Great for going shopping before my husband, Jason, and my other dog and two guinea pigs came in.

i'm no professional, but i do love my christmas tree nails.

main polish : massini in silver lining

green of tree : revlon in posh

tree trunk : essie in case study

red : nyc color in big apple

sweater : target 

sequin skirt : gap 

tights : target 

necklace : fossil 

flats : modcloth remixed

coat (on bike) : ann taylor