What a Weekend

What a weekend I have had! The fun began on Thursday...it was Orange Day at K's M.D.O. I did not realize until the day before that the day had arrived. I was crushed because I had not planned to take off of work. So Thursday morning, I went into work at my usual 6:00 am time. I did some work, ate my breakfast and then realized I had to leave. I got my stuff together and ran out of school! I knew I could not miss K's Orange Day parade...to me, it was a major milestone! I arrived at the Crowe house in just enough time to get her into her costume...she was a chick!! She was adorable and such a trooper even though she had on a puffy chick outfit! She didn't even shed any tears...and let me say, most of the little ones in the parade were melting down left and right!!!

Sister and me at the parade

She got preferential seating on the front row of the Bye-Bye Buggy!!

Friday afternoon after work, I headed home to Albertville to spend the weekend with my parents and K. Sister and Blake went to Chicago with his parents, so we got to babysit!! Friday night the Ferneau's (Connor, Aunt Jen, Uncle D) came over for a wonderful Birthday celebration. Saturday was the best day....and did I mention it was game day? At the Decker house, that means everyone is decked out, head-to-toe, in orange and blue. Who cares if we've lost three in a row? Our devotion to the Tigers never waivers! WDE!!!!!!

Katherine loves the Tigers!!

We spent Saturday hanging out at the house, shopping at the outlets, (gotta love a trip there!), and cooking. I made some awesome WW friendly desserts and Mom made her always amazing taco soup. The Sprouses stopped by to see K and we had a great time visiting with them. The whole weekend, K's favorite thing to do was to open the pantry and pull out ALL the Fiber One bars!! haha I constantly caught her like this....

"Gigi, you caught me!!"

K kept me laughing all weekend. She walks/runs everywhere, but is always falling down, and jumping right back up. Oh if I could have her energy! We learned that she LOVES pumpkin spice cake and cheese crackers!! Her new favorite word to say is, "WOW"! We had a great time playing with her and spoiling her rotten!

All decked out for church!

Fall is my favorite time of year and I LOVE to go home during the fall. My mom always has the house decked out in the fall theme...pumpkins, leaves, and mums!!!! I strive to be able to be like my mom...she always has the perfect touch with everything. I can't even arrange three pumpkins on my porch the right way!! haha

About a year ago, my parents bought an armoire at an antique store in ATL. Since that time, the beautiful piece of furniture has been sitting in our garage...much to my dad's dismay! When I bought my house, I thought, "That would look beautiful in my bedroom....but it would have to be repainted". My mom found a man in A'ville that could paint it white and give it the beautiful distressed/shabby chic look that I was going for. Below is a picture. It is still sitting in the garage...if anyone has any ideas/suggestions on how to get it to B'ham, let me know. I'm DYING to get this in my bedroom!!

Hotlanta

This weekend my BFF, Kinzi and I headed over to ATL for a weekend of shopping. Kinzi and I have been best friends since we were in elementary school, but we never have the chance to go on a trip. She and I have been wanting to plan a trip together for awhile so we decided ATL would be a fun place to go to shop and eat. So we began saving our money (wish we had a money tree!) and penciled in the date on our calendar. We left B'ham Saturday morning before the sun came up. Kinzi and I are major clothes-aholics and we were determined to find the cutest clothes that were out there!! (Black skinny jeans, leather jackets, anything bedazzled!!!) Our goal was to have the Sexy Lexy (a.k.a. my car) loaded down with purchases when we returned.

First stop...Luna Boutique in Buckhead. This store gets the award of the weekend for the cutest jewelry. I even found an owl ring and necklace, but decided to withhold! I didn't buy anything, but KLC found some great stuff. Second stop...Phipps Plaza. Oh the beautiful things at Phipps...I could honestly spend all day just staring at the amazing handbags and clothes there....but with the amazing things come exorbitant price-tags!! haha We each made a purchase at Nordstrom. Little did I know that this would be my ONLY purchase of the day. Third stop...Lenox. We spent hours at the mall...we walked pretty much every square inch and saw every piece of clothing to be seen. We can tell you everything that's available and what the hottest trends are! Kinzi made a few purchases, but still none for me!!!!! I had a small meltdown because I was so disappointed so we decided we needed a change of scenery.

Fourth stop...H & M!! I have been DYING to go to this store since I heard it opened. I mean, you can't even online shop there, so I just knew I would hit the jackpot! Nope....we both walked away empty handed!! By this time, we were very cold and exhausted so we headed to the hotel to check in. Hello Westin Buckhead!! We arrived in just enough time to watch some college football, shower, and head to dinner at Craft. Luckily, the restaurant was right across the street from the hotel. We had the most AMAZING dinner I think either one of us have had in years. We had appetizers, entrees with side dishes and dessert. They even brought us out tons of extra food in-between courses! For anyone looking for a hip/trendy restaurant in ATL, definitely go to Craft! We give it up two thumbs up!

We started out with cocktails

Kinzi loved her "Craft Cocktail"

I loved the "Sunshine Surprise"...very sour, but delish!

Outside of Craft

They even gave us granola for our breakfast!

Kinzi had shopped 'til she dropped!

But for some reason, I wasn't tired!

We were sad to pack up and head back to the Ham.

Since we were not very successful with our shopping endeavors in ATL, we headed back early this morning to look around Birmingham. Who knew all the finds were in our hometown??!!! We hit the jackpot and made lots of purchases!!

I was so excited to have some bags in my hand!!

This is what we call our high school pic

We had a wonderful weekend! But now, exhaustion is setting in and Monday is drawing near. I'm not sure if the lack of purchases is because we're kind of in-between seasons or there's just not a lot of cute stuff out there. I suggest all you shoppers maybe wait a few weeks before hitting the stores!