Five on Friday

I'm linking up with my favs April at A. Liz Adventures and Christina at Carolina Charm for.....

 

ONE

Yay for Friday! Let's start with some pretties. I'm loving navy and coral at the moment. The combo is very classy spring in my opinion.

(All pictures from Pinterest)

TWO

For my third trip to Charleston in a week I got a book on CD. I just ran into the library and the first one to catch my eye was Billy Crystal's autobiography Still Foolin 'Em. It's honestly wonderful. He is a fascinating person; not only as an actor, producer, & director, but he is an avid baseball fan and grew up around jazz music.

THREE
I don't think I should be allowed in Trader Joe's anymore. Every time I go in there I grab something new that I don't really need. Like White Cheddar Corn Puffs. They are crazy addictive and I can't stop eating them.

FOUR
I have decided Easter is my holiday. As in I am cooking so everyone come on over. Last year I cheated and bought a ham, but we had friends in town so I figured it was okay. But this year, I have my sites set on The Pioneer Woman's Glazed Easter Ham. Anyone ever tried it?

 

 

FIVE

Speaking of Easter, if I could have one thing in my imaginary Easter basket I would want Essie's Cute As A Button nail polish. I think it is the best spring color, somewhere between pink and coral.

 

 

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

I can't say that I've ever had meatballs without pasta before, but when I saw these on Designer Bags and Dirty Diapers I knew I had to try them.

Let's just say they are amazing, you need to try them and leave it at that. No serious, make them tonight.

I used ground round, because it's what I had, and marinated mozzarella balls, but otherwise I followed Natalie's recipe.

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday Y'all!

This weekend I went on an express trip to Charleston, SC for a friend's bridal shower. It was great to see some of my sorority sisters and who wouldn't love an afternoon in Charleston. Sunday was spent in the yard riping out overgrowth like usual. One day I hope to actually be able to plant pretty things in our yard, but we have to get rid of the ugly stuff first.

One a totally different note: Chick-fil-As in South Carolina are testing smoothies on their menu. I picked up the Pineapple Mango with Spinach added this morning. It was awesome. If you are running late and need some fruits and veggies for breakfast I highly recommend it.

Easiest Way to Cut A Pineapple

My favorite fruit is pineapple, hands down. When we registered for wedding gifts I knew I had to have a Pineapple Cutter from Williams Sonoma. Andy thought I was crazy. I was super excited when we received the gift and I use it all the time. You can easily cut a pineapple in about 2 minutes and I love it!

Here's how it works.

Cut the top off the pineapple

Line the center of the cutter up with the core of the pineapple

Then just twist

Squeeze the sides to loosen the fruit, then pull straight up

Slide rings off the cutter and cut into wedges

You are left with a couple servings, depending on the size of your pineapple. This is a healthy snack with no added sugar, water, or high fructose corn syrup.

Weekend in Review

What a great weekend! We had absolutely nothing planned and really got a lot done.

Saturday morning we finally made it to Soda City Market on Main Street in Columbia, SC. There are lots of different venues all lined up and you can just wander around. We grabbed brunch (breakfast burrito, s'more crepe, coffee, and a strawberry, basil, ginger lemonade) from lots of different vendors, grabbed some homemade bread and cheese and leisurely browsed the other stalls.

Then we changed into t-shirts and spent the day in the yard. Despite the huge amount of pollen on the ground we rinsed the cars, mowed the lawn, moved around a bunch of pine straw, raked, and laid grass seed. Fingers crossed we can get more grass than weeds in our yard this year.

Sunday we waited for the rain that never came and just hung out at the house.

I hope you had a fabulous weekend!

Five on Friday

I'm linking up with my favs April at A. Liz Adventures and Christina at Carolina Charm for.....

 

One of my favorite parts of spring is all the food. Everything is light, bright, and fresh; it just makes you feel good to eat good food. So here are some of the items I am craving and excited about.

 

ONE

If you live in an area that has a Publix grocery store you probably already know that their deli makes the best sweet tea. Well they recently came out with a special green tea that is flavored with pineapple and mango. The fruit notes are light and so refreshing. This tea is amazing! If you have a Publix near, do yourself a favor and go get a half gallon.

 

TWO

Here is another score for Publix. Recently Laura over at The Reedy Review told me about the amazing basil plants that Publix has. I this is my second basil plant from there (thanks to the weird cold weather in March) and I'm so excited to plant it. Basil is one of my FAVORITE herbs and I can't wait to start using the fresh stuff.

 

THREE

Speaking of fresh, have you ever been to a meat market? And no, I'm not talking about a fraternity party, I'm talking about an actual place where they butcher and sell super fresh meat. I hadn't until this week when my husband found a local place that does a monthly deal. We got crazy amounts of meat (pork, chicken, and beef) in all different cuts for one lump sum. Everything went right in the freezer and we just pull something out each morning for dinner. We have been super impressed with our experience, anyone else tried it?

 

FOUR

I try to stay away from sodas generally, however sometimes you just want something more fun than water. I've really gotten into La Croix waters and during my trip to Target yesterday I spotted a new flavor. It's Cherry Lime. Has anyone tried it yet? I don't think it's too bad.

 

FIVE

To end on a high note, but not a healthy one, let's talk ice cream. Ben and Jerry's came out with a verison of their pints with a special "core" in the middle. We picked up the Hazed and Confused which combined chocolate and hazelnut ice cream with a nutella-like fudge core. Needless to say, it's really good!

 

 

Have a fabulous weekend!

 

My Rent The Runway Experience

I had a fantastic experience with this company. I was pretty nervous because I didn't have a backup dress option for a wedding I was going to, but everything work perfectly.

 

I ordered a dress, which they sent in two different sizes (the second for free!), and two different earrings, one for the rehearsal dinner and one for the wedding.

 

I got the box Friday afternoon and I was so excited! It's so fun to get packages in the mail. The box has a fun quote inside and even came with free product samples.

 

I absolutely loved my dress! I got tons of compliments on it, even from the wedding photographer, and it fit like a glove.

 

Both sets of earrings come well packaged and I was sorely tempted to buy both pairs, that is until I looked at the price tag.

 

After the event I just stuffed everything in the prepaid evelopes and dropped them in a UPS dropbox. Easy-peasy!

 

I honestly can't wait to use this company again. Who doesn't love designer shopping at a crazy discounted price. Since, like most girls, I try not to wear the same dress around the same people more than once, this company comes in handy. I'm already planning for the next wedding I'm attending.

*PS Rent The Runway has no idea who I am, I'm just writing about my own experience.