Happy Halloween!!!

Hey Y'all!!

Happy Halloween!! and more importantly happy halfway through this week!!

I am glad October is over though - it has been kind of a rough month.

So ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, we closed on our house! 

I can't believe we have already owned that house 365 days - time sure does fly!

You can read the post I did right around that time last year here

The whole process was SO exhausting! 

Immediately after closing, The Husband went back to work and I went to shopping.

I bought all the flooring for the main part of the house and that night we unloaded it into the garage.
 And so the exhaustion began! We worked our tails off for about 10 days to get the house completely finished -...well we with the help of some dedicated friends and family! 

We have done so much to the house and recently we have started again! 

Tomorrow I will share the valances I made and then Friday the sofa table we built together. 

This year, we hadn't been prepared to go to any sort of Halloween bash so I hadn't planned out an outfit to dress up at work this year.  A couple years ago, I was a witch, and low and behold, the dress still fits =) So again, i am a witch - my shoes are better this year! AND when I did this at work three years ago, there were only 3 of us in the office and we have more than doubled in size since then sooo they should see the cuteness!.

Oh and the jacket isn't part of the original costume but it is 55* here this morning! brrrr for this Florida girl! Don't get me wrong, I am LOVING the weather, however, it is a little chilly for what I am wearing sans jacket.

Happy Wednesday y'all!

What are you dressed as for Halloween?
Do you have big plans for tonight?

A Little Random on Thursday

So for some reason, when my post for yesterday went up it kind of froze my poor little bloggy =( I don't know why - I didn't have anything out of the ordinary going on in it. I just tried it again and it worked so if you have found my post today - you could also check out the post that SHOULD have gone up yesterday.

I picked out the master bathroom color yesterday at lunch. Before deciding on it, I went back to the tile department with a sample card to make sure it would look good. I was stressing with the whole beige tile and oak cabinets but it is going to look awesome! I think that has to do with the fact that it has warmer undertones as opposed to blue undertones. I was going to share the color with you but it sits on the counter at home =/ booo!!

Our tentative closing is Monday at 11 AM! I am so excited! I can't wait!!! The appraisal came back and it is all good to go =) There are SO many steps and hand changes that things make when you are buying a house. I know to some of you this isn't surprising, but let's be real here -- I haven't ever bought anything. We DID have to buy me a car a couple months ago after my accident, but we paid cash and I feel like a car is SO much smaller (not talking physically here) than a house.

I am hoping to be able to take half days all next week to work on getting stuff done. I can't wait to start showing you transformation pictures and different upgrades we do.

My husband started his new position today! I am so so excited -- no more out of town working and no more traveling. No more nights away from one another -- this is going to be BLISS!!! He will work a normal job - I think it is probably the first in his life! He has worked so so hard this past year, with the traveling and the hard, back-breaking work he of his previous position. There were most nights than not, when he would get home and be so sore he could barely move. It pained me to see him like that because there wasn't anything I could do for him. I'm so thrilled that won't be the case any longer! YAY!

A very good friend of mine is interviewing for a new job today - so if you could take a moment and send prayers for her or positive warm fuzzies or whatever it is you do, it would really be appreciated. She is such a kind and smart girl and she is a hard worker. This would be an incredible opportunity for her and her husband.

Tomorrow is Friday and we are having our 3rd Annual Halloween Bash. This year my sister is hosting it at their new house. I can't wait! We are going to play board games with a drinking twist and I hope I can convince a bunch of people to play twister =) Can you imagine -- grown people in their twenties and thirties playing drunk twister!? Sounds like fun to me!!

Two weeks ago I bought my first pair of skinny jeans. The salesgirl picked them out for me and let me just tell y'all -- I am IN LOVE! The husband even likes them. I think for Christmas, I am going to re-do my wardrobe. =) We'll see, that idea may change once we get moved in and start thinking about other things for the house that we want or need.

Alright - I think that is enough news and random-ness for a Thursday. I hope you are having a wonderful week!!

Anything new and exciting with you???

Happy Halloween!

I know I know! It's late!  I skipped out on work yesterday to spend it at home with Hubby! We slept in a little, I made a cake for my FIL, we watched some movies and made a new dinner recipe (the cake and dinner recipe are forthcoming).
Saturday night, some good friend's of ours hosted a Halloween Party.  I had already made part of my costume so I knew what I was going to be. J's was a little harder.  I was going to have him be something that related to my costume.  He really wasn't feeling it but was going to play along.  Before the party, my sister and her boyfriend went to lunch with J and I.  We were sitting in 5 Guys (amazing!) trying to come up with a funny costume or creative costume that was cheap for J.  My sis got a little carried away and we started being silly. 

On our drive home we came up with an idea and it cost a total of $10 MAYBE! Here is a picture of J and I in costume at the party:

I really hope you can tell what he is -- everyone got a good laugh out of it! AND it was super creative! He's a Lily pad! hehehe!!! =)

::Some other costumes from the night::

Patty Mayonnaise and Doug Funny

Biker and his Cowgirl

Cowgirl, Me, Katy Perry, Cute Kitty

Drunk Out of Work Clown

The Cranberry Guy

We had a really good time! and I really enjoy dressing up! Next year I think we are going to try a couple's theme -- J really wants to be a pimp but I'm not so sure I want to be his hoe! Maybe I can talk him into a pirate or some cute TV/movie couple?! I hope everyone had a safe and fun Happy Halloween!