much adoo

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.

Teemo spent most of his time hanging with my mom & dad in their home. He loves their big bay window.

My friends & I ate at Dewey's pizza then had a long night of talking and drinking at Arlin's. Quite enjoyable and well needed for me!

I am laughing at something I'm doing. I get so ecstatic around my friends, and I'm generally a ridiculous person anyhow.

jacket : mossimo via target

dress : sugarhill boutique via modcloth

belt : vintage

scarf : old navy sarong

headband : forever 21

necklace : asos

flats : asos

bag : hobo international via modcloth

I'm going to try and catch up more tomorrow! Hope you all had a great weekend too!

Yup, it's really not quite spring yet, and the weather went back down to about 40/50 today. I don't care, though. I wanted to wear my new coral wedges with something. I love this stupid linen skirt, but we have a bad relationship. It sucks for work. It wrinkles like crazy and the middle button just causes weird wrinkles to occur. The. Worst.

Don't you love mine and Teemo's kind of matching navy jackets? I'll be posting more about his jacket from Rover Boutique and my other finds from Fab.com tomorrow!

I did my nails again. I used this idea from M Loves M only I did rotating triangles and one off set pin stripe on my thumb.

Grey : Revlon Stormy Night Pink Accents :Essie in Ole Caliente

jacket : sweet romeo via nordstrom

tee : forever 21

skirt : j crew factory (it was 30percent off plus 15percent student discount)

wedges : enzo anglioni via macy's (gift card plus 20 off)

necklace : j crew factory

headband : forever 21
bag : leather shop in paris

teemo's pea coat : rover boutique via fab.com

I had a nice visit to Akron this weekend to pick up Teemo from my in-laws who were super helpful and watched him while I was traveling this week. We got to eat at The Lockview, probably my favorite place in Akron, and I got a grilled cheese with mashed potatoes and American cheese - it was delicious!

My mother in law and I also had a nice relaxing day of walking around a near by mall where I got a pair of shoes with a coupon and a gift card to Macy's I had. I've never really owned sandals with heels, so this is a great thing to add to my wardrobe and I just love the color. I also got yummy popcorn!

Here's a little outfit for the weekend I wore, albeit before I went to Akron, but I really wasn't in a photo taking mood this weekend. Still, this pashmina is a gift from my mother in law and I love it so much. I have two of them and they are the best for traveling, work, or really anything.

New Nails! I've been really into essie polishes and doing my nails lately.

Top color : Sally Hansen in Mint Sorbet, Mid Color : Essie in Turquoise and Caicos, Bottom Color : Revlon in Posh

dress : sparkle and fade via urban outfitters

belt : vintage

flats : steve madden

pashmina : gift from my in laws

sweater : mossimo via target

purse : vahalla brooklyn via etsy

necklace : asos

sunnies : ray ban

In 2009, I took a trip to Athens, Georgia to visit my friend Alyson while she was doing work at the University of Georgia. We ate at this delicious called the Grit where we devoured this delicious tofu. I asked the guy what they used - he said they were double fried in soy sauce and oil then sprinkled with nutritional yeast. Easy enough, I thought. I spent time emulating the recipe, and actually did not find nutritional yeast and at first used something completely different that a clueless guy at Whole Foods led me too. I eventually found the recipe online here and it is also available in their amazing cookbook, but I think a step by step may help a lot of people. All of the recipes never give amounts for the soy sauce, oil, or nutritional yeast, or really any guidelines, and there is a fine line that is easy to cross. Too much soy sauce and it's a salty soggy mess and too much nutritional yeast and they burn easily or become a strange texture. Too little of either and you have some dry, flavorless cubes. Here's how we do it.

After brunch at a cafe in Winter Springs, Leah and I headed down to Downtown Disney and Jason got his oil changed and met us there. We had margaritas, traded our Vinylmation toys, and got some sun!

The Vinylmations that Leah and I got in the trade (it's a blind box and you don't see what you get - it's a fun process, you can read a bit about it here - I also think I may do a post about it later this year ^_^) Anyhow, it's a 'April Fool's' jester form the holiday 3 series and a crying baby from the Urban 6 series. Jason and I traded the baby and still have the jester, but don't think we will keep him.

We got the chaser from the Park 6 series! It's Fort Wilderness Mickey - and we had our honeymoon at Wilderness Lodge - we love him!

Leah's outfit was super adorable - from her awesome dress found in a boutique in Austin to her adorable red glasses. Leah has always had great style since the day we met at college orientation in 2006 - she was a fashion design major after all!

leah's outfit ::

dress : via a independent boutique in austin

flats : liz claiborne

glasses : eye glasses store in akron

toms : via curl in downtown disney

rings & bag : unknown to me - oops!

remember this dress? I bought it in Cleveland in February - now you get to see it post being altered and on!

dress : girls from savoy via anthropologie

necklace : target

sunnies : ray ban (gift)

flats : modcloth

bag : marc by marc jacobs

bangle : target

bag : d street!

I hope everyone is having a great week and had a great weekend! I am going to Philadelphia and am probably there now for business - then I'm going to Akron! I've got a busy week on my hands guys- but I'll be back!

I kind of love Orlando. Maybe I just love seeing my husband. For St. Patrick's day, my dear friend Leah drove up from Fort Myers to visit and we went out with her and Jason's classmate David from Iceland (only I don't know the correct Icelandic spelling sorry!) I put a photo or two on instagram, but we mostly took photos with the big camera before going out and while the sun was still out!

We got to go to Tijuana Flats - a little local chain I quite enjoy with the most amazing hot sauces ever. Yum! I wore my Star Wars dress with green accents. Not quite festive - but some guy did try and buy me a drink because these were his bed sheets as a child. Haha!