HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUSBAND!

I think 32 is going to be your best year yet.

I love you!

Home Improvement, part 1...

There are several things we want to do around our house,
and first up is fixing up our bedroom!
Which means purchasing new dressers + nightstands.

I've been searching online, and of course found the perfect set at DWR...
if only it came with a more perfect price tag :/

My sweet valentine...

Valentine's Day is only a few weeks away,
and so it's time to start looking for the perfect cards for your loved ones.
A few adorable options from Mr. Boddington's Studio.

My iPad needs a cover...

My amazing husband got me an iPad for my birthday,
and now I'm in search of a cute but practical cover for it...


Vers

iLuv

Bubble Sleeve


And just for fun...

Chanel
(how amazing is this!?)

Must Read: Heat

I read this book in Mexico and absolutely loved it!

Here is a blurb from the NPR book review:

It seems like an unlikely career move: Bill Buford left a dream job at New Yorker magazine to work as a low-level "kitchen slave" in one of New York's most famous restaurants, Babbo.

It all happened one night when he invited Babbo's celebrity chef Mario Batali over for dinner. After a lot of wine and grappa, the insatiable Batali — a rotund, red-haired dynamo who has a number of restaurants and a hit cooking show on the Food Network — convinced Buford that he would be a great subject for a magazine profile.

Batali allowed Buford to work in Babbo's kitchen, and soon Buford realized there was enough material for a book. The result is Heat, Buford's new book about his year in the Babbo kitchen and his search for the origins of Italian cooking with grandmotherly pasta makers and a Dante-quoting butcher in Italy.

A little running humor...

Via Carrots 'N' Cake
(one of my new favorite blogs!)

i heart Mexico.

Mexico was amazing.
It was by far the most relaxing vacation I've had in years -
here are some pictures from our trip!Meara and I at Mi CasaThe Mariachi Band that played by our pool everyday at 2:30
and then passed out free Tequila shots!Pete on our fishing tripMeara and I on our fishing trip
that's me on the left :)View from the boatChef at the Hotel preparing the Yellow Tail Matt caught!1st course - Yellow Tail Sashimi w/ Jalapenos2nd Course - Best sushi I've ever had!Pete and I at NYE dinner

The 4 of us at The Only & Only on NYE!