Ya did good Pottery Barn...ya did real real good!

Holy moly....

Has anyone else received the Christmas edition of Pottery Barn this month?! I have four words...I. want. it. all.

The season is for GIVING, Megan...GIVING!!! I know, I know...perhaps some of my family and friends will be GETTING these in that case because I feel the need to buy them.

So here you go...My Christmas I wish I could afford these gifts GIVING list!



Ok I change my mind...I don't want to give these lamps...I want them!! Especially two of the one on the far right for our bedroom. Gorgeous!

And then there are these which would be so fun to give! (Especially the "Pour" one!)



And now to the holiday items...

In the catalog it shows this in a window, which I think would be so beautiful to light at night...I LOVE this!



And you can NEVER have too many candles...especially when they sit in pretty little holders like these.



Ok...I want him below. Please?! Love him!! I think he needs a name...



GORGEOUS!! I would love these sitting on my mantle! Sparkly, without going overboard



These are just adorable...



And when I have babies, I DEFINITELY want an advent calendar like this! I think I would be more excited than the children.



And a good little (pretty) reminder to "Give" in many ways...



I think these are so pretty and so classy, and how fun to be able to pull out special pictures for Christmas of your family!



And then on to the not so holiday things...

This ENTIRE set up!! I LOVE pictures, and I love seriously everything about this picture...especially the colors and the amount of frames on the wall. Can this be my picture room?!



And last, but certainly not least I'm dying to get this for my precious little niece and nephew!! I absolutely LOVE shadow boxes, and this one is so simple and so beautiful! I especially love the gold "G"...but I'll need an "N" and a "B" :)



I hope you enjoyed! If you don't have the catalog you can always sign up for it online or grab one while you're in the store (for free!)

Happy Holidays!!

$20 worth of happiness...for my husband

On the way up to Nashville, while stopping at a gas station, I found Blake in this "Gift shop." Now first of all, if Blake ever decides to pick me up a souvenier from his travels I've already made it perfectly clear that it better not EVER be anything from the "Uptown Gift shop" unless we're talking NYC...

However, he was a happy camper to find this...



Like a kid in a candy store he kept saying, "I have to have this...I HAVE to have this!"

"WHY?!! What in the world do you want a TWENTY DOLLAR wooden snake for?!"-Me

"Are you kidding?! This thing will become a legend in our house...we'll scare EVERYONE! FOR YEARS!!"

I thought about it for a second and remembered the time when we were in Ashville with his family for the weekend and his twin, Brent woke up 3 times in the middle of the night with night terrors screaming "Oh S***!!! Oh S*** Oh God! Oh Lord Jesus, please help me!!" because we watched an animal planet special on snakes...

Or when Greg (his dad) became speechless at the sight of a black snake the size of a spaghetti noodle in the driveway...

And then I thought about how Chad and Chandler both get the willies and start itching at the mention of the word snake, and I said...

"BUY IT!"

I've never seen the kid happier to spend $20 in his life...



he even let me get a treat! :)



So...our first victim...



his dad!

Blake walked him over to the dogs kennel outside and Greg spotted it..."Oh my Gahhhhhh!!" He backed quickly away, and said "BLAKE!! You could have given me a heart attack!!"

I warned Blake about that...

Then our second victim who I THOUGHT would be the best to get...only got a little scared, but recovered quickly...




However, on the third round the whole family got in on it, and it was by far the best attempt EVER...

Blake, Brent and Greg screamed things like "Oh Lord...he's moving!!!" "HIS EYES!!" "Look at his mouth!!" "KILL HIM BLAKE" "GET AWAY BLAKE!!"



Even Sharon started screaming "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!!!"



All while Chandler (who ran in to get a gun in all seriousness) was screaming at them, "Y'ALL ARE SO STUPID!!! (as you can see here) Get Away from him, I'm going to shoot him!!"



Nikki and I have never laughed so hard in our lives! Poor Chandler was a good sport when he found out it was fake, but we could not help ourselves!

Looks like the $20 was TOTALLY worth it!

WATCH OUT CHAD...YOU'RE NEXT! :)

Weekend in Nashville!

Blake and I hit the road for a fun-filled weekend in Nashville to meet my best friend, Audrey and her husband Scott, and then to attend the Williams-Notebaert wedding! We had the absolute BEST weekend!!

I learned two things...

1. I LOVE vacations with my hubby (ok I kind of already knew that, but it was just confirmed this weekend)
2. and I love long road trips with my husband (especially through the mountains in October-GORGEOUS!!)! I think I said "I just love everything about this trip" about 100 times to him...

So here we go...you get to come along for the ride!



We were both craving Starbucks so Blake said he would run in and get it. I asked for a decaf Mocha Frappacino, and he came back with all of this...



When he walked out I thought to myself, "What has he done?!" but then he quickly told me he got the second drink for free and that dark cherry syrup for $2 (it's his favorite)...he always has good luck like that!

After 7 hours in the car we made it to Nashville!



And met up with our precious friends!



We had such a fun dinner at Urban Flats...



And a fun fancy drink for Audrey and I called "The Grape Vine"...so good!



Afterwards we made our way downtown to this place where we tried to find the worst dancer on the floor...it kept us entertained for hours-Seriously, so funny!

Oh...and we saw about a million girls in next to nothing for their "Costumes"...I wanted to tell each one of them that they would look so much cuter with clothes on, but I refrained...and covered my husband's eyes. Geez Louise!



The next day we woke up, grabbed lunch and walked around downtown



We did "touristy" things like walk through this fort...



and walk along the river



After we were done, we picked up a football from Target and headed to the park...



They look so manly don't they?! :)

Audrey was clearly the better person to have on a team seeing as my throws hardly made it 5 feet...I blame that on my mom...she made me too girly! ;)



Finally we visited the Parthenon (Where the reception for Adrianne and Chris' wedding was that night) before heading back to the hotel.



Before saying goodbye to Audrey and Scott we stopped by the worst yogurt place in the entire world...



Sick...I had this in NY and loved it so I suggested we go there, but either this one was having a bad day or I was having a bad memory...

After saying goodbye we headed to Chris and Adrianne's BEAUTIFUL wedding! I sneaked a picture in the church as Blake was saying, "Megan! What are you doing?! You're embarrassing me..." I told him I had to give my blog readers a good read! So here you go... :)



After the ceremony we made our way back to the Parthenon for the reception...and look who came with me! :)



We were one of the first people there so I was able to get a couple of pictures of the details!



There was a HUGE gold (real) statue of Athenia as soon as you walked in...it was very dramatic and very fun!

She had beautiful flowers also...I loved the green apples!



and her cake! I absolutely LOVED it! (How it tasted AND how it looked...sometimes hard to have both)



And finally they introduced the new Mr. and Mrs. Williams by entering through these GORGEOUS doors!



YAY!!



Happy happy couple



Their first dance



and look...some of my favorite people from college!!



the boys sure enjoyed themselves...



and Blake and I had the best night together!



Bonnie, Jordan and I did a special "Peek through our window" picture! :)



Not only was everything beautiful and so much fun, the food was AMAZING!! I ate mine so fast I didn't even grab a picture, but here was Blake's plate!



After dinner we danced all night...



I had so much fun with these girls that I LOVE!



Chris had a special dance...Mazel Tov style



and we wished them well on their way to St. Lucia...



Such a BEAUTIFUL bride!!



We had such a fun night!



Now I'm spoiled and I'm ready to take our next vacation! :)