I think I have a new hobby!! Button hair clips that can double as any other kind of clip as necessary.
I found a super cheap (and cute) hot glue gun and I have just gone wild! I hope I'm not the only one who enjoys these. Let me know what you think. I'm considering selling them (for really cheap).
Also I received my beautiful, colorful, handmade postcards in the mail today which gave me the chance to finish one of the frames in our dining room. Here is the finished product:
I've very pleased with the result! I just have one more frame to finish, then I'm going to trade the big flower picture for a chalkboard. After that our din will FINALLY be complete!! Yay! Only 10 months later.
Thanks to my sweet friend, Mary Straton, something inside me has ignited that wants to do it all myself. I've always wanted to do some DIY projects, I just needed someone to tell me that it can be done, and how.
Saturday afternoon Mary Straton and I had a girls day out. First we ate lunch at Bon Ami in Jackson. It was delicious. I had the chicken florentine panini, side of fruit, with their DELICIOUS berry tea. It was so tasty. We finished off the amazing lunch with a shared caramel brownie. HOLY. MOLEY!! My tastebuds have never been more happy with me. If you live in Jackson, you must go to Bon Ami and if you get nothing else, you HAVE to get the caramel brownie. So awesome.
Anyway, enough of gushing on this dessert. After lunch we went to Antique Mall and took a look around. While we were there I picked up two old frames and a hat hook. For the frames, MS suggested that I staple chicken wire to the back of them and clip pictures to them. For the hook, I was originally going to tied string on the hooks and hang from each string "C&R" or "C(heart)R".
I was going to hang the frames and the hook along side this painting my best friend painted us for our wedding gift. When I got home I realized that there wasn't enough room for the hook and the frames. So I decided to hang the frames there as planned and use the hook as a jewelry holder instead. As far as the frames, I'm going to pin pictures to one and some postcards on the other. I bought some super cute and colorful, handmade cards from a girl on etsy.com and I am SUPER pumped to get them in the mail soon.
Here is what I've gotten so far:
My jewelry hook
My jewelry hook in my jewelry nook
Can you tell which one I made first?
Our dining room is almost complete!
Once there are pictures and postcards up, I will post a picture of the finished product! I am just so excited and feel so accomplished having done this by myself. My next big project, sewing a couch and chair cover!!! I have another sweet friend going to teach me how to do so. Otherwise, I would never even attempt.
I am proud to announce that after a month of no change, I finally lost 3.8 lbs. this week, putting me 11 lbs. lighter than when I started Weight Watchers in November. Sound the trumpets of triumph!! I am so very proud and have needed this boost for quite some time now. I just have 15-20 more to go and then I will be at my goal weight. I'm half way there.
First, I must apologize for going through the entire month of February and not posting a single thing. No need to worry, all is well in the Wiggins family. I've just been MIA for no particular reason at all.
Second, I know it seems a bit late for a Valentine's post, but my dear ole husband was sick during the original date and we were out of town last weekend. So we celebrated Valentine's day last night.
The celebration kicked off around 3:30 when I got a knock at the door. Guess who it was...!? It was a nice lady carrying with her a lovely bouquet of yellow and pink tulips, my absolute favorite flower!! It was so sweet of him to do that and to remember what my favorite flower is.
One thing beneficial about postponing a Valentine's celebration is fighting the major crowds. Well maybe not for one place (our original choice), Julep, which serves southern style food with a twist. Apparently if you want to eat there on the weekend, you need reservations. Being semi-new to the area, we did not know that. So we opted for our second choice, Spice Avenue, a fine dining Indian restaurant.
I have never had Indian food before but since Rob got back from India, I've been telling him I'd try it. I was very surprised at how tasty it was. I ordered the Lamb Curry and garlic naan. It was awesome. We also ordered this smoothie type drink called Mango Lasi. It was also awesome! All in all, I was very pleased. The restaurant was sort of sketchy looking on the outside, with bars around the front doors. The inside was nice and very quite, though. A nice low key place with great service and wonderful food. It was a bit pricier than we expected, but not completely ridiculous.
After dinner we walked around Barnes and Noble to kill some time. We had about 2 hours between dinner and the movie. This is one of the major things I love about my husband. I love how great of friends we are that we can walk around Barnes and Noble, make fun of goofy, teeny-bopper vampire books and have a grand ole time.
After about 2 hours of dilly dallying around, we went on over to our movie, The Adjustment Bureau with Emily Blunt and Matt Damon. It was INCREDIBLE!!! We thought at least. I could see how some would not enjoy it since it's not crazy action packed for quite awhile, but we both thought it was very creative.
In case you have been living under a rock and haven't seen or heard anything about this movie, here is the trailer:
While it is an incredible movie, it will not be exactly what you expect. Not necessarily the plot, but the way it is all played out, I guess. It's full of simple sarcasm and flirtatious conversations, with some action thrown in the mix. Emily Blunt is adorable and she and Matt Damon have great chemistry. It's a love story in a new light and I HIGHLY recommend it.
All in all, we had a great first married Valentine's day celebration. I am so blessed to have such a sweet husband and best friend.
