An exciting day ahead.....

Hubby and I are taking day to head out and do some shopping. We are going to an antique/flea market about an hour away. I'm very excited about it because it is 13,000 square feet. I am not sure what they will have but I am sure there will be lots of neat things to look at. 

Of course, since I don't know what I'm looking for it doesn't really matter what they have. It just promises to be an awesome day. 

After that, we are going to head over to Old Time Pottery. I want to look and see if they have any of these fall candle holders. 

Or these fabric pumpkins. My cousin makes them but I don't live close enough to her for her to teach me how. I may just buy one since they are only $3.99. Then maybe I can inspect them and determine how to make them. 

I also want to look for these little elves on ladders while they are on sale as well. I love little elves at Christmas time. 

After that, there is a yarn shop I want to stop by. I will be in 7th heaven with all these new yarns. I get so tired of the same old yarns at AC Moore and Walmart. I want a particular color of orange that I can't find anywhere else. 

Well, as you can see I have a busy day planned. Hope you have a great day as well. 

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It's hot chocolate time...

These cool early mornings are making me crave hot chocolate. I need to find me the perfect hot chocolate cup. I really want something vintage. Here are some I love. I love Snoopy. I always have, especially in his Red Baron mode. This cup recently sold for $495.00 on Ebay so I am pretty sure I will never be able to find me one, but I do love it.

 

Dad had one of these when we were little.

I saw this online, but if I had it I would never be able to bring myself to drink from it for fear of breaking it. 

These are some Hazel Atlas vintage cups I would like to find. 

I actually own some like the two on the left, but I would like to find one like the one on the right. 

These are some I would love to find. 

I love the colors in this one.

I actually found one of these this past summer so I can mark it off my list. 

Since I am a Dunkin Donut fan it makes sense that I would like to have one of these.

This is a cute one for Christmas time. 

I have seen these on the internet but never in person. I don't know if they are vintage or something someone has copied and made.

I wouldn't normally drink hot chocolate from a tea cup, but this is just awesome.

These sets caught my eye on Pinterest. They are cute. 

I also saw a recipe on Pinterest for Hot chocolate floats.

And another one for salted caramel hot chocolate.

This is my favorite hot chocolate that I make and my favorite cup that I drink it in. It is hot chocolate stirred with a candy cane for peppermint flavoring. Topped with mini marshmallows and grated candy cane.

Just checking out some fall clothes...

A couple of weeks ago, my granddaughters were shopping with me and we stopped at Vanity Fair Outlet in Sevierville. I saw some awesome items I fell in love with for fall. 

I want some nice sweaters to wear this year with some type of top underneath.

This is a cute pattern. I love wild patterns on sweaters.

This was beautiful

They had some beautiful jewelry.

You know how I am about flip flops in summer? I am the same way about crazy socks for winter.

They had some beautiful scarves as well.

This is a simple but pretty sweater. It was super soft.

I had a gorgeous model for the scarves.

And I love plain cream sweaters.  

But my favorite thing was the two cutie pies who decided to become professional mannequins.  

An exciting day....

I was very excited yesterday. I recently signed up my first recruit for Thirty-One. She earned Level 1 in the Start Swell program for the company. By reaching that level, she earned some awesome new products and because she did so good in her first 30 days, I also received a bonus. I love the new boxes they use when shipping you something you earned.

Inside was this neat card congratulating me for helping my new recruit.

So what did I earn? The Medium Utility Tote. I am loving it. 

Then when I checked the mail. I had a congratulations card on signing up my new recruit. 

I just love working for a company that stands behind you and offers so much support. And the free products are awesome!

Weekend Wrap Up

Our family has a new arrival this weekend. My niece gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She weighed 8 pounds and 14 ounces. This is the first baby in our family since they started ultra sounds that we didn't know what it would be. The mommy didn't want to know so we all were surprised. Which was awesome considering she has two boys and getting surprised with a little girl was awesome.

I didn't do a whole lot this weekend, but I did decide on one new pair of flip flops from Kohls. Our local store had the pair I was looking for. They are super comfortable. 

I found some orange nail polish and did my nails with the new theme of one finger sparkly and the rest the base color of orange. It's not perfect, but it is fall looking. 

We had homecoming at church Sunday. Tons of good food. The fried chicken was out of this world. Ms. Bonnie K. at church makes the best chocolate cake. The fudge style  chocolate icing has peanut butter in it. She makes the whole thing from scratch. It is super moist. I kept debating all week whether it would be wrong of me to call and ask her to bring that cake for the homecoming. I chickened out and never called. When I went in the dessert room, there sat the cake! I was thrilled. When everyone was getting done eating Ms. Bonnie came up to ask me if I had gotten any cake. She said "I made it especially for you. Get you a to go box and take the rest of it home with you." There were about 6 pieces and I brought them to work to share today. I may have to have a piece for breakfast in a few minutes. It is delicious.

It was a very relaxing weekend. 

Celebrating 131 Years

Today is our church homecoming. We are 131 years old. Isn't it awesome that no matter what changes, God's word is still God's word and that it stands now as it stood those many, many years ago. This is an artist rendition of our first church.

This was the second church building we had on the property. 

And this is our church today. 

Though we have grown in size over the years, it is still just a good country church that believes in God, family and country. We are going to have some good preaching, good singing and of course some delicious food today. I am very excited to see who will be visiting us today.