Happy Hour!

So I noticed I have not posted any actual cocktail recipes!! I am a liquor sales rep and I am around it all day so like any other job, I try not to think about it when I am off the clock. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but when I am say blogging, liquor is not on my mind! However, what is a Southern Happy Hour without a little cocktails? 

My company just acquired a new brand, St~Germain and I am so excited we have it in our portfolio! So when my mom and dad came down last weekend, I made mom a cocktail called The St~Germain Cocktail and it is fabulous! This cocktail is very refreshing and it may actually make it on our cocktail menu for our signature drinks at our wedding because I love it so much! 

The St~Germain Cocktail 

2 parts Brut Champagne or Dry Sparkling Wine

1.5 parts St~Germain

2 parts club soda

Stir all ingredients and pour into a tall Collins glass filled with ice and garnish with a long lemon twist. 

Such a refreshing and pretty drink!

Friday Favorites!

So I have a few favorites to share! 

1. Clinique's Strawberry Fudge Eye Shadow-  I have hazel eyes so I always gravitate towards pinks or light pearl type of eye shadows, and strawberry fudge is the perfect color. It blends nicely and the brown is not as dark as it looks in the palette, which I only use in the crease of my eyes. 

2. Abita Strawberry Ale- I look forward to this beer every spring and summer. I savor it, every single drop! Scott surprised me with a six pack and after sharing it when we had company in town, I am down to two... I need to put it back on my shopping list! It is crisp and sweet, and drinks more like a wine really. Simply put, it is SO GOOD. 

3. Pad Kee Mao- This is my FAVORITE dish. ever. I could eat it every single day. It may not look super appetizing but it is amazing. We have a wonderful Thai restaurant here called Basil and I go there as often as possible. It is flavor packed and can be slightly spicy. I have looked up the recipe and realized it is much more sensible to just go a buy a single serving because the ingredients are things that I do not have in my pantry, and they're costly. So trust me, try it! 

4. My New Car- I drive a lot of miles for my job so I had put over 100,000 miles on my old car in less than four years! Eek. It had started acting tired and little aggravating things started breaking so I traded her in for a 2013 Jeep Compass. I have driven cars my entire life and wanted something a bit bigger but not school bus/surban sized, so it is the perfect size for me. The best part is the seat warmers! I did not think I would use seat warmers with how warm Charleston's weather gets, but it is like a daily mini massage. I love it! 

5. Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs- I used this product for our engagement pictures and it looks so natural! I used medium glow since I already had a base tan and it looked so good with my skin. You spray it into your hand, and it comes out like the consistency of foundation, and apply it onto your legs like. It is basically a spray foundation I would say. It is water resistant so I had to use a wash cloth and lightly scrub to get it off, but it did not come off on my clothes! Ill be using it in the future for sure! 

Polish {addict}

So I keep adding to my finger nail polish collection, and I have found a new favorite color! It is Essie's Cute as a Button! It is the perfect spring color, not too orange not a bright pink (like a million of my others)... the perfect coral.  I never wear the same color back to back, usually I will change to a different color once it starts chipping, but this one will be worn consecutively, I just love it so!

The perfect spring color!

Brew Vival {the rain edition}

As part of Scott's Christmas gift I bought him Brew Vival tickets. Brew Vival is a huge beer festival with tons of different types of craft beer from all over. In short it is Scott's dream festival. Tickets were pretty pricey but I knew he would want to go and would love it. 

Scott had his friend Travis and his girlfriend Cameron come to visit from Spartanburg. I invited my cousin Ashley and her boyfriend Trey to come and stay with us too, so we had a full house last weekend.

The festival was fun, but let's just say the weather was brutal... and the entire festival was outdoors! It monsoon poured ALL DAY. We knew it was going to rain but I had not even considered the amount of rain that occurred! Thank God I purchased rain boots the day before, because they were a necessity. 

They had all sorts of food trucks, which are simply divine here! Scott and I discovered a new love for a Vietnamese sandwich called a Banh Mi, from the Autobahn food truck. We loved it so much we went to CO, a restaurant downtown, on Sunday night and got another Banh Mi. At least they are semi healthy! You should try one! 

It was pouring out, glad we brought umbrella's rain boots and hats! 

Cameron, Scott and Travis in their rain gear! 

Plenty of crazy drunk people decided to mud wrestle or make mud angels... HA!

SOOO much mud, past peoples ankles! Rain boots were a must for this event! I don't believe I've seen this much mud!

Valentines Day.

So yeah it is a little late, but I wanted to show these hysterical Harry Potter valentines. 

It is no secret that I am a twenty-something Potter fan, yeah, don't judge... we all have our guilty little pleasures whether it is reality TV (which I love), unhealthy but oh so good snacky food (which I love also), or shopping sprees for home decor and new clothes/make up (which again, I love too).  So basically I have a lot of guilty pleasures ha, but hey at least I know what makes me happy- the simple pleasures!  

Back to the Harry Potter Valentines, I posted these all over the house in silly random places: Scott's closed lap top screen, on his pillow, in the fridge etc. I'm sure I got more of a kick out of them than he did! ha.    

My favorite is "I like your longbottom" haha. 

Two Months & Counting...

So in two months, Scott and my family will meet for the first time and I am so excited. We decided to plan a mini vacation for them to all meet involving... A cruise to Jamaica, Grand Turks and Nassau Bahamas! 

Yes, Carnival Cruise line's brand new ship! I could not be more excited! 

The Breeze has TWO slides! Yes, I am still a kid and love water slides, dont judge, ha!

I will be spending endless hours by the pool here. 

With hopefully a few of these pina coladas, paired with a good book! 

They even have a ropes course on deck and mini golf. I am super excited to try my hand at the rope course! The guys I am sure will be spending time on the mini golf course since they all love golfing. 

The spa is also going to be utilized during this trip! Either all the ladies can go or Scott and I could do a couples massage! whoohoo!

My mother and father are going. (My brother cannot come because of a work scheduling conflict.)  Scott's father and step mother, sister and brother in law, brother and sister in law, baby sister (3 years old) and nephew (1 years old) are all coming. Let's just hope that everyone gets along... since we will al be on a boat for five days! Eek!

I know it's going to be great and everyone will get along great. On the way home we have an extra day so we are going to stop by one of the theme parks... I am of course shooting for Universal again, but I am sure we will probably go to Sea World since it is more kid friendly. Either way it will all be so much fun and I am counting down the days! Whoohoo! 

LIFE {update}

So I have been incredibly MIA lately, but so much has been going on that I have just not had time to keep up with everything and hobbies. But here is a quick update!

UPDATES on the WEDDING!

With the Wedding: We are about 7 and a half months away and things are slowly coming along. 

1. Venue- The Sand Dunes Club

2. Caterer - Booked, food tasting next Tuesday to pick the menu.

3. Photographer- Booked, Engagement pictures next week, lets hope for nice weather!

4. WEDDING DRESS!!! Bought and loved.

5. Bridesmaids Dresses! Chosen and beautiful. 

6. Tuxes! Chosen they're very sharp and stylish!

7. DJ- Booked! 

8. Hair Stylist- chosen, booked!

9. Cake- chosen the flavor after the tasting, ordered! It's so good! 

Wedding To Do:

1. Save the dates (waiting on engagement pictures).

2. Invitations- to do in a few months. 

3. Programs  - order and assemble.

4. Book a floor of hotels for guests.

5. Choose linens... this has been a difficult task, ugh. 

6. Decide on flowers. 

7. Order chairs for the ceremony. 

8. Book ceremony music. 

9. Rent a photo booth. 

So at least we are eh half way there? We have all the "big" stuff decided and booked so now it is all the minor details and personal touches left to do! Whoohoo! Getting closer to becoming a MRS!

UPDATES on the HOME! 

-The house is slowly becoming ours with all of our personal touches! 

-The craft room is practically done, it just needs a table and a rug. But the paint color is such a bright and fun aqua color. It looks great! Pictures to come! 

-The Kitchen is done! I'm sure eventually we will replace the counter top, but for now the kitchen is done! 

- The living room needs some framed pictures and it is done, however we just decided today on changing the furniture... so maybe it's not quite done yet!

- Guest bathroom is painted and done, so bright and pretty. 

House To Do:

-Coming up I am painting the master bedroom.

- Refurnish our dining room table- complete make over.

- Make window valences.

- Paint the master bathroom a light mint color! Ohh la la! 

- Finish priming the guest bedroom. 

- Paint the bathroom cabinets white. 

- Paint stripes on the breakfast area wall. 

- Make a headboard out of old shutters!

So basically the downstairs is done, and now it's the upstairs I need to focus on! I'm sure in the next month it will be completely done, I am on a mission!