Good friends, good food, good fun...

 Tuesday night I had some much needed "girl" time with my Thirty-One sisters. I adore this group of women. We have become very close over the last few years. we went to a neat little restaurant called The Mason Jar Cafe.

It isn't real big and the place was packed, but we had reserved some seats.

Pretty in pastel...

As I was looking for headers for one of my Facebook groups, I stumbled across some beautiful pictures of items in pastel colors. This has really gotten me in the spring mood. Which is a good thing, since we have another round of snow and ice that is supposed to arrive tonight. Is this mess ever going to end? I am so ready for spring. Hope these pictures will bring a little sunshine in your life today.

 

Mr. UPS

I had to rant last week about Mr. UPS. They carried my shipment around on their truck for one full week before they delivered it. My road was fine on 3 or 4 of those days. But with all the horrible weather, they were so bogged down with packages they just couldn't get them all delivered. 

But he finally made it on Friday and once I got to see my pretties he brought me, I forgot all about being upset with him. I had a Thirty-One party and earned some awesome hostess benefits. I am so in love with my new tote bag for the summer. This bag is around $80 and because I was the hostess of the party, I was able to get it for just $20 and the personalization was free. I love Thirty-One.

I am really into anything with acorns and where I found out we could customize any bag with an anchor icon, I just had to get the mini canvas crew tote for my spring purse. 

My daughter ordered her one as well and I love the way her initials turned out on it.

A friend of mine ordered the new mini diamond district purse with matching wallet. I already have the wallet and I'm doing another order right now. For my hostess rewards on this order, I am going to pick this pink purse. I am loving pink this year.

We got snowed in and had to cancel our February Celebrate & Connect meeting so we did some phone training and then met with our leader to get our amenity. It was one of the monogram initial necklaces from the new JK by Thirty-One jewelry line that launches on March 16th. I am loving it. And we each got our initial for our first name, which thrilled me.

My daughter is a consultant as well, so she was able to get hers Saturday as well. We just loved the fact that Thirty-One took the time and expense to package them in little wooden boxes. It was just too adorable.

Now if we could just get spring to get here so I can care my spring purse.

Welcome March

Finally, March is here. Spring is around the corner. I saw my first robin in the tree outside the kitchen window. It always gives me hope to see that. To me it is a sign that maybe, just maybe we won't get too much more bad weather.

But what encourages most is when I start seeing the daffodils growing wild along the roadside. To me that is a sure sign that spring is on the way. Obviously, I haven't seen that yet, but I am holding out hope.

Not sure is March will be coming in like a lion or a lamb. It is raining today so I know it is coming in wet. What worries me is when all this snow we have had gets washed away with rain, will we start having flooding issues?

I don't think the lake water is high enough that they will have to open the flood gates. It is very rare when they do, but it is very awesome to watch. People come from miles around to watch them let the water out when that happens.

As I sit here typing this, the heavens just opened up with a downpour. Glad I found my lost umbrella yesterday. It's going to be a wet one out there and I have three errands to run on my lunch hour.

Yes, no matter what, March is definitely coming in wet if nothing else. Enjoy your day.

Fragmented Friday

I called this post fragmented because my mind has fragmented into a thousand different directions with this stupid...though beautiful...snow. It hit sometime Wednesday evening and we worked from home yesterday. By the time the day was done, I was going stir crazy. I went by hubby's puzzle he is working and inserted about 3 or 4 pieces. By that time, I was over it. 

So I moved on and checked out the few pieces left in the big Valentine's candy box that my boss and his wife got us. I found one more butter cream so I ate it.

Then I stopped at the chocolate cake I had made and had me a small bite of that. 

Then I read on my new book for awhile. I love Robyn Carr and her Thunder Point series has been awesome. I was so happy to find the most recent one in the series at the store on Wednesday.

I worked a little while on my Thirty-One planner and started setting my goals for March.

Wednesday night I had an online Facebook Thirty-One party...which I highly recommend if you want to earn some hostess rewards. My hostess just invited her Facebook friends and family and we did a little party online. She earned $40 of free products and one item at 1/2 off. I showcased some new spring products and some of these cute Easter ideas. The wonderful thing about a Facebook party is you can order online and have people at your party from all over the U.S. It's awesome.

As a result of her party, I earned some free products in our upcoming JK by Thirty-One jewelry line. I can't wait to get them.

I am supposed to get my other JK piece tomorrow. We had to do our C & C meeting over the phone so we are going to  hook up to get our amenity. We are each getting our initial necklace from the new line. I can't wait to see my B. I know I will love it.

Decided to try some pink and blue nails last night. I love having one signature nail that is a different color. It's just something I have been doing this past year. I wish I had a steady hand because I would get some of the nail paint in white and stripe the blue nail.

I am in love with this blue. It's Wet & Wild brand and I am loving it.

I kept seeing all these people posting the snowmen they had made. So I had to pop out on the porch and make one real quick. Had to use some mismatched buttons on him and I crocheted a little chain for a scarf. He's weird looking but at least I can say I built a snowman.

So now on to the power of positive thinking. I haven't polished my toes since December. So I did that this morning and slipped on my flip flops and clicked my patent leather heals together and chanted "There's no place like spring. There's no place like spring." We will see what happens.

I know what I'm making....

I have a dessert that make a lot and it is very popular. I call it the Resee's Peanut Butter Brownie Trifle. I wake up this morning and find this post on my Facebook page from my son-in-law...

I've been made aware you make this.... This has to be some kind of mistake there is no way my favorite mother-in-law would make this and deny her favorite son in law this piece of heaven ?????

So I guess I will be making this for him sometime over the next few days. I always wanted to be famous for some food that was the "best ever" that always gets requested at gatherings. I guess this is my claim to fame. Every church function we have, somebody always asks me if I am bringing this. Every Vacation Bible School I get asked what night I am bringing it. I guess it is just understood that I will make it. Whoever made this one used the miniature Reese cups. I prefer to use regular Reese's and cut them up. Here is a pic of one I made a couple of years ago.

It is definitely heaven in a bowl. It is so simple to make. The longest part is waiting for the brownies to bake and cool. It has brownies, Reese's, vanilla pudding, peanut butter, and Cool Whip. Super simple. If you want the recipe, I did a step-by-step tutorial with pictures on my blog one time. You can find it here http://mamawsplace4.blogspot.com/2010/08/saturday-snackin.html.

Everybody have a safe day. Stay warm if you are in the snow zone. We have about 4" and are expected to get another 2-4" tonight. I am going to brave the roads and go to work today so I can get some stuff done and go to the store this evening. 

UGH!!

I was in a bad mood yesterday all day. Then at 7:30 I get a text from UPS that my package couldn't be delivered AGAIN. Folks, I am located about the equivalent of two city blocks away from the main road. We had NOTHING on any road leading to me. I passed trucks literally a block from where I lived. And they STILL took my package back for redelivery. As if that didn't make me mad enough, I wake up this morning to this and it is still coming down. My hill is ice under the snow and so far nobody that has tried made it out. They all slide back down to their driveway. We are in the cul-de-sac so there isn't a second way out. 

It is beautiful but now I have the struggle of trying to figure whether or not to brave going into work.

I decided to amuse myself while I decide. So I checked out to see if there was anything good on Facebook. My daughter knows I love the vintage utility carts. I have one that I am trying to decide what color to paint it. She shared this one she found on a Good Housekeeping site. Here was the before...

And after. The change is unbelievable. I love it. Just image it with Pyrex on it and vintage collectibles. 

Then I visited Pinterest and saw some pretty nails I liked really well. I am starting to look at manicures. I am going to treat myself to one later this summer for Conference. I really like this one.

But I also loved this plain shiny pink.

I am really into the one accent nail right now. A lot of times, I do this myself with a glitter on my ring finger and pink on the rest.

I love anchors and this is very whimsical. I adore it but just can't see myself going this crazy.

Speaking of anchors, I have been seeing some cute ideas for the Thirty-One cosmetic bag that people use for a bible bag. I think this is one of my favorites. 

But I'm not sure if I like the font above or below the best.

As I have put on weight over the years, my fingers have too. My original wedding rings were lost in a move and my replacement rings have been sized so many times, they can't size them any more. I saw this set the other day and fell in love. They are a lot like my first set when we got married. Trying to decide whether I want new rings for our anniversary this year or not.

Well, I guess I need to call the boss and decide whether it is a "try to come in" or "work from home" type of day today. Have a safe day wherever you are.