What I Didn't Buy Wednesday

So, I'm in Florida with my friends. We always do our grocery shopping on the first day. I saw this and thought, "Eww! I have never seen these before. 

Pickled eggs. What? We were at the Piggley Wiggley. How is it that they don't have normal stuff that we are used to, but then have so many random things? Every item on this end cap is weird! I never heard of these before. 

I didn't buy any of it and never plan to!

Travel Tuesday

I'm off again! This time, I'm at the beach with my friends.

We're at Connie's beach house (she's on the left). Nancy is on the right. We were at the airport. It was a full flight with 5,000 kids! Apparently it's still Spring Break!

I'm so bad about remembering to take pictures that I handed my camera to Connie to take the one of Pam and I. 

We arrived around 9-ish in Panama City. Our first stop was the Waffle House. It's not my favorite place, but I admit the food is good--and that's what it's all about. We got to Mexico, dropped our luggage, and then headed to Port St. Joe to the Piggley Wiggley for groceries. 

By the time we got back and put groceries away, Pam and Nancy decided to hit the beach. Connie wanted to watch a basketball game--UT girls. I sat on the balcony and read, talked to Butch and napped--a perfect afternoon. Happy hour started at 4 followed by dinner at a pizza place around 5:30. When we got home, we watched 

a show and hit the sack early. 

We have a full week of nuthin' to look forward to! You can bet I'll be doin' somethin', but it will add up to a whole lot a nuthin'!

Monday Mystery

Tulips are a mystery to me.

So. I got this picture yesterday from Nicky. 

Last year at this time, we were with Nicky and Stephanie on our "Tulip Cruise." The Keukenhof gardens were so beautiful. Stephanie and I picked out dozens of bulbs--carefully planning out what we wanted. At that time, she asked me why I never did tulips. I told her that I had, but didn't have much luck. We were both excited about our $500+combined purchase!! We knew exactly what we were getting. What could go wrong? 

I kept the information, so I knew what each of us got. When the bulbs arrived, I knew which were hers and which were mine. The problem is that we didn't know how they were to be arranged. So now it was going to be "hit or miss!" Nicky sent me the above picture wondering if this was the right color palette. Heck if I know!

I was just thrilled that theirs were up and blooming. 

On the other hand, ours...

aren't looking too swift. In this picture, it looks like there are about 6 of them coming up. 

This is the other side doesn't look much better!

Then I remembered another reason I never had much luck with tulips. SQUIRRELS! And we have many of them! 

Steph and I have many more that should be coming up soon. But most of mine were in the pictures above. I wanted them to be bunched together for a beautiful display that I could enjoy from my kitchen window. 

All I can do at this point is keep my fingers crossed!

One thing is for sure, I'm DONE with tulips--and there's no mystery why!!

Something for Sunday

Do you remember this? This goes all the way back to 2021.

I got this darling, miniature beach house for Christmas.

The level of detail is incredible.

We had so much fun putting it together. 

Well, for Christmas this past year, I got this miniature "Shakespeare" book store.

We spent the last two weeks working on it. Okay, Butch did most of it--all the hard stuff. I punched things out and covered dozens of books.

Once again, it was so much fun. There were a couple times that Butch got frustrated and we had to walk away. But he always figured it out. 

It turned out so cute. There's a little overhead light. There's so much to look at. I thought I would put it in the library, but at least for a little while, I'm going to keep it in the kitchen so everyone can see it.

Now I'm thinking I might need to get something else for us to work on. 

Scrapbook Saturday

While I was in NYC last week, I was already planning my layout. I had a few ideas and couldn't wait to get started.

I had purchased this design from a seller on Etsy a few months ago for $1.99. All I had to do was cut it.

One night, I told Janet that I had an idea for the layout. I wanted to get right on it when I got home so I wouldn't forget my plan. When I was thinking about the fact that we were there for 4 days, my mind automatically organized the layout like this--4 sections--one for each day. I backed the title on black to make a fold-out.

I vaguely remembered these day stamps. They are at least 20 years old and NEVER been used!! I went a step further and embossed them. I don't think I've used my heat gun in 10 years! 

I used yellow and black because of the iconic taxis. 

I just sort of "collaged" the whole thing.

When the fold-out is open--on the left, I told the story of my adventure with Josie and the steps. In the pocket is our itinerary, "peaks and pits," a vinyl sticker and another photo.

The very day I finished the layout--Thursday, I got thank you notes from Janet and each of the girls. That was sweet of them.

But really, the truth is--I'm so happy to have been along! Anyway, the envelope with the notes had that statue of Libery sticker on it. I used a circle punch and added it to that page. It's just a little thing, but still fun to add rather than just throwing it away.

As you are reading this, I am on my way to Mexico Beach with my girlfriends for a week. When I get back from that, I'll be heading back to New York with Sandy, Stephanie, Mindy and Butch.

Then, in just about a month from now, Janet and I will be off again! We're going to England together for a week. 

It's going to be a busy month and will fly by--for sure. 

I hope you have something fun planned for the weekend!

Friday Funnies

What I Buy Wednesday

While we were in New York, we had to have pizza.

We went to Ray's--a hole-in-the-wall type place. You can see how big the pizza slices are.

Evie had TWO of the gigantic slices!! The pizza was very good, but the ambiance (if you can call it that) was ruined by a huge group of kids that came in after us. They took up the whole space--we were the only other ones there. Lots of screaming and crying--which made us eat quickly! Still, I would go back--and might when I'm back there in a little over two weeks with my family!

Now for what I didn't buy! We didn't even go in the store! In all honesty we didn't have the time. But I think you can guess what it is.

This is the Louis Vuitton store on 5th Avenue. The entire store looks like a gigantic stack of LV trunks and suitcases. I don't know if it is still under construction. I don't know if this is just a temporary facade or the actual store. It's pretty darn cool! I think I want to see if the store is open and peek inside. But one thing is for sure--I won't be buying anything here. I am not an LV lover. I'm more of a Kate Spade kind of girl--if we're talking New York. But recently, I am in love with my favorite London find--Kurt Geiger. I owe that to Stephanie. She's the one who took me in to that department in Selfridges! I'm hooked!!