Chicken Salad Chick

Columbia finally got a Chicken Salad Chick!!!!!!

If you haven't heard about it, Chicken Salad Chick is a restaurant that sells 15 different flavors of chicken salad. AKA HEAVEN!

Andy and I went by to try it and we both decided to go all out and get three scoops each of different kinds. (We've been eating our way through them for the last two days.) Andy got the Jalapeno Holly, Barbie-Q, and Buffalo Barclay. I got the Mimi's Mix (apples and cashews), Sassy Scotty (ranch, bacon, and cheddar cheese), and Cranberry Kelli (cranberries and almonds). They were all so incredibly good. I can't even pick a favorite and can't wait to go back and try a whole different combo.(We skipped the side dishes but they are high on my list for next time too.)

Everyone was so nice and we got our food super fast. I can't say enough good things about this place. Just go and try it for yourself.

Five on Friday

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

 

 

ONE

While in Virginia we stayed at the lovely George Washington hotel. They had the best toiletries in the bathroom by Bath and Body Works. The lotion they provided was called Grin and Bare It and I'm obsessed. I think I'll be picking up a bottle of it since I've flown through the travel sized bottle from the hotel.

TWO

Also while in Virginia I had my hair done for the wedding I was in. The girl used Moroccanoil Hairspray and I was shocked at how well it held. Curls in my hair ALWAYS fall. I have fine, thin hair that won't hold anything if there is an ounce of humidity. But this hairspray was amazing. Has anyone every tried it?

THREE

I started the book The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty yesterday. It's interesting by I guess I'm still  not sure why everyone is so excited about it. 

 

 

FOUR

Someone walked around the office yesterday with a box of hot Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Yes, I ate one. No, I didn't regret it. They are a little slice of heaven. However I did tell my coworker not to come near me again with that box. I clearly have no self control. 

 

FIVE

You know when you see a piece of clothing on someone and you just have to have it for yourself? Well, that's what happened to me with this blue and white dress from The Limited. A friend posted a picture of it on Instagram and I went and bought it the next day. I just had to have it, I'm obsessed. It was on sale and impossible to find online. But check your local store if you are interested. 

Pretzel Turtles

Last Thursday night I was invited to a get together the next evening. Great, no problem.

Oh yea, bring an appetizer or a sweet, okay thanks. Ummm......

Of course I had nothing in the house and basically no time to bake something impressive. After scanning my Pinterest boards I found what looked like an easy, bite size treat, Pretzel Turtles. These were a hit!

Pretzel Turtles

Via Glorious Treats

Pretzels

Rolos

Pecan Halves

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper to make clean up easy.

Line up your pretzels on the cookie sheet and top each one with a Rolo. 

(I highly recommend you cheat and get the bag of already unwrapped candies.)

Bake the pretzels for 4-5 minutes. The chocolate will be shiny but not melting yet. 

Quickly press a pecan half into each Rolo as soon as you take them out of the oven. 

Let them cool. If you can, stick them in the freezer for about 10 minutes.

And that's it! Easy and delicious!

Fruit Salsa

I had my monthly girls night last night and I wanted to make something new. I looked through my Pinterest files and found a recipe for fruit salsa that honestly was one of my very first pins years ago. (Can you believe Pinterest has been around for YEARS now?!?!)

The whole recipe was super easy and was a hit with all the girls. Perfect spring and summer appetizer or dessert. I combine a couple different recipes and you can totally use whatever fruit you like best or what you have in the house.

Fruit Salsa

1 Kiwi

1 Handful of Strawberries

1 Handful of Raspberries

1/2 Green Apple

1 Peach

Strawberry Preserves

Lemon Juice

Dice up all fruit into tiny pieces. I peeled the kiwi and peach before I diced them. Then in a glass bowl heat up a couple spoonfuls of preserves and the juice from a whole lemon for just a couple seconds. (I did this because I found it easier to mix with the fruit.) Then mix everything together and refrigerator until ready to serve.

Cinnamon Chips

Soft flour tortillas

Butter flavored cooking spray

Cinnamon 

Sugar

Stack three or four tortillas on top of each other. Stray each one with the cooking spray. Cover each tortilla with cinnamon and sugar. Take a pizza cutter and cut into slices. I cut mine into quarters but I'll probably do eighths next time since the chips were a little too big. Separate each slice and bake on a cookie sheet in a single layer at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Let them cool and you are ready to go.

Five on Friday

Yay for my favorite post of the week. I'm in the middle of my Washington D.C. / Winchester, Virginia trip at the moment. I'm a bridesmaid in my gorgeous friend Krista's wedding this weekend and I'm just so happy to be here.

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

 

ONE

I have yet another Trader Joe's addiction: Trader Joe's chocolate covered Sea Salt Butterscotch Caramels. Little candy = tons of flavor. Do yourself a favor and go buy two bags of these. I say two bags because they go fast. ;)

TWO

I know everyone has already posted about this show but I watched the whole Chrisley Knows Best season this weekend On Demand. It's incredibly entertaining, in a "Are these people for real?" kind of way. My favorite part are the quotes that come out of Todd Chrisley's mouth. He is a hoot.

THREE

I bought a new bedspread this past weekend and I'm obsessed! I'll do a room post, but here is a peek.

FOUR

Have y'all seen The 3 Year Epic Selfie video? If not it's amazing. If you have watched it, well watch it again. I want to be this guy. 

FIVE

As I said earlier, I was in Washington DC yesterday and Winchester, VA for the weekend. I'm super pumped for the wedding of two great people. 

Washington, DC

I'm in Washington, DC today for work. I really won't have time to site see, unless I get incredibly lost, which is a distinct possibility.

 

Then it's on to Winchester, VA, home of the Apple Blossom Festival, for my good friend Krista's wedding. So excited!

Second Anniversary in Greenville, SC

A couple weekends ago Andy and I took a quick trip to Greenville, SC to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary.

Downtown Greenville is beautiful, fun, and clean. We were there the same weekend Artisphere, an art festival, was in town. We had fun looking though all the booths and imagining what we could put on our walls at home.

 We loved walking through Falls Park. It's always so peaceful and it makes us so jealous that we can't walk Camden here every evening. 

We always eat well when we go to Greenville. For lunch we stopped at Blue Ridge Brewery, which we loved from a trip a couple years ago. It did not disappoint with my buffalo burger and a cordon blue sandwich for Andy.

As a treat for all the walking around we were doing we stopped for gelato at Luna Rosa. It was such a fun experience. The girls behind the counter where so nice helping us pick a flavor and let us try anything we wanted. We sat outside and just relaxed for a bit.

All of a sudden the temperature dropped by like 10 degrees and we decided it might be a good idea to walk to the car. We were barely in the stairwell of the parking garage when the bottom fell out. It was raining so hard that water was flying inside the parking garage. Thankfully it didn't last long and we left when we did.

 

We then met up with some friends who live in town for some drinks and dinner at Soby's. If you visit Greenville, do yourself a favor and go to Soby's. It was so good! I had an amazing spinach salad and the crab cakes and Andy had the she-crab soup and the pork loin. We both we beyond happy with our choices.

 

(Pics from their website)

I swear we did more than just eat while we were there. We stopped in all the different stores and I bought some tea for my mom for Mother's Day.

I thought for a second Andy was going to take a puppy home. A guy had a whole litter of brand new puppies on display right on the sidewalk and we couldn't resist taking a peek.

 

Now a question for anyone who knows Greenville, do you know where I could find a print (photograph or painting) of either Falls Park or downtown Greenville?