Three of my best friends are all getting married this Spring/Summer. Today I co-hosted a shower for the lovely Kristina. As you can tell we did a Chanel theme and I enjoyed getting crafty making a few little banners. My friend Stephanie ended up showing up in the exact same outfit. Pretty ridiculous but that’s what happens when you’ve been friends for 15 years I guess!
This is how we get bundled up…Owl hat? Check! Puppy paw mittens? Check! Cute boots? Check! Tutu? Of course!
My mom, sister, and I at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs right after Christmas. It was a quick trip but it was fun! We don’t look like we’re related at all, do we?
I just met Snooki at CES!
Really terrible view from my balcony at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas ;)
I made the Banana Split Cupcakes from the Georgetown Cupcake book today for Chris’ birthday. They were fantastic!!!
Easily my favorite photo from Christmas Day.
I am pretty much obsessed with Georgetown Cupcake so when I saw that the owners, Katherine & Sophie, would be signing their new book, The Cupcake Diaries, at their cupcake ‘lab’ in Georgetown today, I had to go. They did not disappoint! It was so cool to get a look inside their lab at their collection of rainbow-colored mixers. They were so nice in person and graciously signed several copies I brought for pretty much everyone I know. And obviously I couldn’t come home without picking up one of each of their holiday cupcakes!
I had high hopes for our photo with Santa this year. Silly me. Did I forget about last year? Or how about the rage she felt over the Easter Bunny? Sydney has been talking about Santa Claus for weeks now so we decided to get tickets for the VRE Santa Train this year. Tickets sold out on online in 3 minutes so I figured it had to be good. The second we got on the train, she said “Where’s my Santa Claus?” Then when Santa actually stepped onto that train car, exclaimed Ho Ho Ho, and sat next to us, Sydney immediately hid from him under her train tickets. All I could do was laugh.

Then I was able to pry the tickets away from her face for a split second. When Santa left, she declared, “Santa’s mean!”

Apparently sitting next to Mrs. Claus was an even bigger form of torture.

There’s always hope for next year!
I saw some wine cork reindeer ornaments like this at a winery last weekend and decided to make my own today. I think the little Winedeers turned out pretty cute!