i love sweater season!

Both of my pregnancies have landed with the bulk of the "big" months being in the Winter. Fall and Winter are my favorite clothes months, so I will randomly find myself online or in stores wistfully looking at all the beautiful sweaters and Winter clothes. I carry my babies like I have a giant basketball under my shirt (i'll post a photo sometime). Not much hope for squeezing into cute sweaters. BUT, I am only looking at a handful of weeks left and so I can't help but think about possibly getting a couple of months worth of sweaters in. I peeked in the Gap last night super fast and saw lots of beautiful sweaters. This morning, just by chance and torture, I wanted to take a second look and found that all the sweaters can be purchased online for just about 1/2 off! Sweaters are always expensive, so it was exciting to see! I might just have to get myself one to celebrate (or motivate) loosing the "basketball"!!! :)

Here are some I like just for fun (and so i won't forget!):

toggle cardigan reg$100 sale$50

ruffled-front henley sweater reg$44.50 sale$22.50

cropped-sleeve cardigan reg$80 sale$40

classic cardigan reg$50 sale$25

ribbed shawl cardigan reg$70 sale$35

extra seating just in time!

Finally covered the other two chairs we found to go with the antique set of four that we already have (and were recovered also). Thought I'd mix up the patterns a bit to keep things interesting. Same color scheme so they go together nicely. Glad they're done for Thursday!

an outrageous deal

The lovely ink blue color (indigo?) is the only option left online at Pottery Barn, but the full/queen size that is normally $179 is going for $50. Only fifty bones. What a steal. It's beautiful and their quilts are always super high quality. Just thought I'd share, would make a great Christmas gift.

the boys' room...almost done

I'm loving the blue in this room more every day. The stripe added a lot too. I just used some of the leftover paint we had from painting our bedroom ceiling and the colors ended up going nicely together. I have some ideas for art over the crib...just need to get some supplies together.

It really is almost done! Feeling the crunch a bit time wise, but really there isn't too much left to be done. Just some more things to go up on the walls and a shelf over the changing table. The red baskets will be replaced with cream ones, and I am going to paint a design on the paper lantern.

We're getting a lot of loose ends tied up around here this weekend. Entry bench is almost done, a step stool for the bathroom too. The stairway railing is now complete. The bathroom will be finished tomorrow (art for the wall is all that is left to do in there). Chairs are recovered and fixed. All the cupboard, closets, drawers, etc in the entire house are cleaned out and organized! (i'm a little crazy i know. i'm very aware of this already :) And I just might get some more Christmas sewing done too! I'll post photos throughout the week to show the progress, and as trivial as the projects may seem, they make a big difference. It just feels good that the house is coming together so nicely.

i'm just dreaming (or possibly lusting)

i've been obsessed with all things kitchen, baking, gadgets, etc. perusing anthropologie tonight probably didn't help much. but aren't these things just so lovely and fun? i wish...i wish...

felt tulip pendant

fleur de lys glasses

hobnail tumbler

tapestry dishtowels

dotty match pot holders

measuring jar

appellation utensil jar

again and again canisters

bluebird shakers

the pioneer woman cooks

I decided to buy this cookbook after all.

I was given a gift card to Barnes and Nobles for my birthday, so it was a fun little treat to get (although you can get it on amazon for almost 1/2 off). I've had my eye on it for awhile, but something I've noticed over time is that some of the food blogs I love (even sewing blogs) have all these great sources, recipes, photos etc on their blogs and it makes you want to support/buy their books when they come out to see even more. What tends to happen though, and not always, is that it pretty much is the same thing as having the blog in your hands, just in paper form instead of shining at you from your computer screen. Which, I admit, I do prefer, but still. Seems like a waste of money when all you really have to do is open up your computer. Anyways, the meals for our family this week are coming out of this book. And while I saw quite of few of her recipes online already, there are some new ones, and it is definitely the most unique cookbook I have yet seen/owned.

We made "Edna Mae's Sour Cream Pancakes" this morning (the reason for this weekend blog entry) and they were unbelievably amazing. We both walked away saying that they were the best we'd ever had and the easiest we've ever made. And we cook a lot of breakfast meals around here from scratch, it's one of our favorite mealtimes. I looked online for the recipe to share, but didn't find it in her archives...and I don't know if it's something I can just up and post for everyone to see. Is it wrong of me to do that? I know that I've done it for some cleaner recipes, but the creators/sharers of those weren't marketing them or trying to make any money off of them...hum...what do you think?

Anyways, the pancakes were amazing. And I'm excited to try out other recipes this week. I'll keep you posted!

a fun little splurge

Look at what I discovered last week. Another Kingsolver novel! Not sure how I had NO idea that this was coming out, but it's out and it looks good. Good enough that I actually broke down and bought a hardback book (gasp!) today...given that it was at Cosco and was the same price it would be if it were out in paperback...but still. I hate holding hardback books too, it's not all about the price. They're just big and bulky. I should have bought the book we're reading for book club right now: The Help (also hardcover, and also at cosco), but this was a fun little splurge for me. Now I'll just need to juggle 3 books this week somehow...I don't think I can wait. :)

We are having such a great weekend. And I love that we still have another day left! :) I hope you're enjoying it as well!