If You Looked At My Pinterest Account…

Are you guys on Pinterest?  I think a majority of the things people pin are stupid — and how about those pins where the link takes you nowhere?! — but I’m also a fan of virtual idea organization.  So much easier than keeping a pile of torn out magazine pages (except that I still do that…) and it helps for those of us who need help visualizing things.  Anyways, my total lack of pictures this week (bad blogger!) means I’m resorting to Pinterest to show you guys what’s up with my life.

So if you looked at my Pinterest account…

You’d know we are desperate need of some entryway organization.

entryway

I cannot even stand a pile of shoes at the front door and this is 100% my mom’s fault.  Hey mom, remember when I used to be the one driving you crazy by leaving my shoes at the front door?

You’d know that we have a bunch of steak in the freezer that needs to be used up.

steak

We came home a few weeks ago to a Christmas present from one our suppliers at work.  We were the only ones in the office who got something from them so I guess being the company purchaser has it’s perks.

You’d know that our pots and pans cabinets are a MESS.

pots and pans

I’m dying to make a pretty hanging display for them because needing the pan at the very bottom of a stack of 7 is driving me slowly insane.

You’d know that I’m dreaming of a honeymoon in Europe.

paris

If I do not see Paris and get a chance to use the few French words I still remember from high school, I will die.  Je voudrais une glace.  Which translates to “I would like an ice cream,” naturally.

You’d know that a certain couple of people probably needs to get going on ordering Save the Dates.

save the date

And those two certain people really like the format for the wording on this one!

You’d know that we finally picked a wedding color palette!

colors

No joke, we’ve been telling people we’re having a rainbow colored wedding up until last week… The girl running out catering tasting looked at us like we had 5 heads when we made that joke.  Emphasis on joke!  Hint: There’s purple involved 🙂

You’d know that I’m itching to buy some pretty jewelry.

ring

I used to be so into earrings and now I cannot even tell you how many times I have forgotten to put a pair in.  I think I need some new jewelry inspiration.  Also, I haven’t worn any of my gold jewelry since getting engaged because I hate the thought of mixing yellow gold and white gold jewelry… what are the rules on that?

You’d know that it’s a month away and I’m still kinda excited about Valentine’s Day.

Valentine's

I can’t help it, I just love that cheesy Hallmark holiday with all my heart.  Did you know it’s on a Friday this year?  I think a good old-fashioned dinner-and-a-movie night is in order!  Any restaurants out there who plan on filling the entire dining room with helium balloons a la the Sex and the City movie?

You’d know that I’ve been lamenting the fact that I have no fashion sense.

outfit

Seconds after pinning this image, Jenn texted me to say she was wearing almost this exact outfit.  In other words, she has all the fashion sense and I’m utterly jealous.  I’m currently going through one of those stages where I detest everything in my closet.  Know what I mean?

What’s going on in your life?

Weekend Things

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10 Things from This Weekend:

1. Friday.  Did I mention we went into work immediately afterwards?  I was deliriously tired by the time we got into bed… at 4:30 PM… Only to wake up at 7, eat dinner and go back to bed.

2. Another trip to our very favorite place…Ikea!  We’re old pros by now and know how to cut all the corners and weave through the crowd to get where we need to be.  In and out in less than an hour, I’ll take it!

3. Our room is so dang close to being done.  Our wardrobe is finally completely put together and we LOVE it.  All we need is something to put above our bed — there’s a big picture hanging on the wall across from it and our wardrobe has two GIANT mirror doors so I’m at a loss for what to put up there! — and new blinds/curtains and voila, it’ll be done.

4. We went for a run on Saturday afternoon after taking a week and a half off and I felt like my lungs were going to explode.  I’m all about feeling wiped out after a run because I really pushed myself but not so into being wiped out because I feel out of shape.  Help.

5. Saturday night dinner with our friends Bobby and Becca to celebrate Bobby’s birthday, which was last weekend.  We were just about to pay $5 to park when a car on the side of the street left and we nabbed it.  Score!

6. Pancake Sunday!  Okay, so lately I’ve just been making these for Pancake Sunday because they’re so easy and we both love them but I decided to make an effort and do something different this week… Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Pancakes!  They stuck to our griddle so bad.  C’est la vie.

7. The Cowboys won.  I couldn’t care less, but our household is generally a happier place when they win.

8. I went on yet another run and felt even worse than I did on Saturday.  I think I walked at least half of the distance.  What the heck?

9. I felt like I spent so much time in the kitchen this weekend, making this on Saturday afternoon, the aforementioned pancakes Sunday morning and this (only muffin version) on Sunday evening.  I roped Joey into cooking us dinner because I just didn’t think I could stand to cook another thing.

10. I adore Sundays.  Whether it’s staying in and getting prepared for the week ahead or totally ignoring all those “responsibilities” for one last hurrah before Monday comes, they just make me feel happy.  Plus I love the ritual of Sunday night TV.  Amazing Race for the win!

Happy Monday!