Happy Friday

we woke up to a winter wonderland this morning.

hope you have a fun filled weekend!

Recipe

friends + margaritas + a piano + chinese food + an aquarium + a takeout sign + scorpian bowls = a pretty great 31st celebration.

let's just leave it at that, shall we?

My Favorite

Birthday Card

From One of My Favorites.

Celebrating joint birthdays tonight with two other February Babes.

14 People + Drinks + Karaoke = Wish Me Luck.

And After All

You're My Wonder Wall

Happy Valentine's Day Hubs.

Happiness

Is a friday night date with your hubs.

Pasta covered in cheese and pepper.

A waiter who sneaks you extra olives and parmesan reggiano.

A big glass of wine. 

Fits of giggles. 

An espresso with a scoop of your favorite ice cream (graham central station) topped
off with bailey's irish cream.

And scream singing to your ipod the whole way home.

Happy Birthday Momma

(one of my favorite pictures of my Mom, sister and I at the beach)

Sending you lots of love, hugs and kisses today and everyday!!

We love you so much!

If My Birthday Were In 13 Days...

This may be my wish list.

Just sayin.

Domestic

This week I made dinner.... try and collect your jaw from the ground.

The real kicker is, it was actually good.

Behold Balsamic Garlic Crusted Pork Tenderloin.

No, this isn't a picture of the actual pork I cooked but cut me some slack, it was pretty similar. I'm pretty certain the person who cooked the pork in the above picture didn't injure their hand like moi, below.....



No pain, no gain right? Right?!

Note to self, when taking pan out of oven, do not forget that the handle is still hot 45 seconds later. Noted for future reference.

The best part of this little beauty is how easy she is to make, and how impressed your picky Hubs will be.

Especially if you leave out the antiseptic and gauze.

Girl Crush

i have a serious girl crush on this little lady

her name is Sydney, she is the author of the The Daybook Blog, and this girl's got it going on.

when most girls chronicle their outfits on blogs it goes a little something like this: shoes: Louis Vuitton, bag: Chloe, shirt: Dior, pants: Gucci.....

whilst i love looking at clothes i cannot afford, Sydney shops at the gap, payless and wal-mart, and she manages to look just as cute if not cuter than all the other richies.

serious girl crush.

and while we are on girl crushes....have you seen this video of Kristen Bell receiving a sloth for her birthday? she may now be my favorite person on earth.