Weekend Snapshots!

Perfect weather for hubby's week off! ♥

Some farmer's market!


and some carne asada!


Hope you all had a great weekend too! ♥

DIY flavored water!

I am upping my water intake even more as part of my bikini challenge! I am good about drinking my water but here is an idea for when  you want to spruce it up a bit! Add fruit to your ice cubes! Either slices of lemon, or pureed! It's simple, it adds a little flavor, and it's better to use fresh fruit than drinking the stuff they sell at the store!

Things I'm ♥ing Friday!

1. Rumor has it that Essie is going to be releasing this gorgeous "Mirror Metallics" collection! I am hoping it's soon!!! Photo Credit.

2. Eat Sleep Cuddle's gold leaf notepads! How pretty are these?! Must do.

3. Free People's Seafoam Flag Scarf! Love love the color of this! It's out of stock online but fingers crossed our store still has some in stock! :)

4. Kate Spade Ticker Tape Plates & Mugs. Well, this stemmed from all these ideas I see on pinterest where people organize their jewelry by simply setting it on cute little plates and bowls. So naturally, I started hunting for pretty plates & bowls and came across these. Sigh. Now I can't  picture my girly area without them. Photo Credit.

5. Wee Mouse Tin House! Such a cute idea! You can actually purchase the pattern as well!

Hope you all had a great weekend!!! The thing I am hearts;ing most of all this week is that hubby took some time off and we have the next NINE days off with him! ♥ Nothing too crazy planned just lots of family time which we are looking forward to!!

I am..slowly...pulling together some ideas for my Alex storage and I can't wait to share it all with you once it's done. Which...might be awhile! I don't want to even begin until I know exactly what it is I am going for!  So, my plan is to have it all pretty and complete by the end of May! I'll try to update as I go along but so far...I'm just trying to get an idea of what I want where, etc!  Wish me luck :) ♥

Less Processed. More DIY! DIY Brownie Mix, etc!

One of you lovelies wrote in this week and said you struggled most with eliminating processed sweets! Sweets...they get the best of all of us, right?! :)

Well, I have no magic trick. But here is my suggestion! Make it easier on yourself, you can premake your own little baking mixes, etc. so that they are just as convenient as running and grabbing some sweets from the store, etc! For me, the key is always doing things ahead of time so that they are still easy and convenient, you just don't have to buy them from the store and worry about what is in it!

So, pull out your favorite recipes...I needed to make brownies for my hubby's work potluck tomorrow, so I figured I would show you all brownies first! Just simply mix the dry ingredients. Put them in a ziploc and label it including the wet ingredients to add, temperate & time to cook it at! Easy as that! You can do this for just about anything using the same idea. Mix the dry ingredients in a ziploc, label the wet ingedients to add later. I like to make a few at a time so that again, they are there and ready and convenient for if I need them!



If you don't already have a favorite homemade brownie recipe, here is what I do!

Mix all dry ingredients into bowl, then slide it in a ziploc!
1/2 c all purpose flour
1/3 c unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup of white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

And here is what you need to add when you decide to use your mix, label it on the front of your bag!
2 eggs
1/2 c oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes

(Recipe from allrecipes.com, simply separated wet/dry ingredients!)

Dress up anyone?! :)

Look who!!!

It's the lovely Alex unit I've been staring at over at IKEA!

After searching online for the "perfect" storage for my girly things like makeup, jewelry, nail polish, hair stuff, etc. I decided that this was going to be the best option for me! As for now, it's just some drawers...but it has lots of potential and I am really looking forward to getting it all set up how I want it! Hubby had off today so we woke up and decided to go on a little IKEA adventure. Or,  maybe I did and he was sweet enough to come along and help with this...90 lb, yes, 90 lb box that Alex came in!

My hubbs gave me the task of figuring out what size I want the dividers now because we're going to do a mix of buying some dividers for within the drawers and then he's also going to make me some! It's pretty nice having a handy man around :) I'm really excited to get to work and will of course be sharing pics and ideas along the way as I get things sorted out!

Some Weekend Reading!

Loving the Magic!!! ♥ Hope everyone is having a great weekend! We did lots and lots of relaxing! The hubby has off tomorrow so we're going to get out and do some running around then when it won't be so busy!!