Happy New Year!

Erin and I sharing a cheers!

This is me in an amazing jewel toned Carolina Herrera courtesy of my mother, 

and my new favorite Kate Spade earrings (bright spot danglies in gold).

This past year has certainly been action packed. 2012 marked the beginning of this blog, new job offers for both Josh and I, the big move to Detroit, and a lot of amazing evenings with family and friends. I can hardly wait to see what comes along with 2013. 

I have been working on a couple resolutions for the new year, they are as follows, 

and in no particular order:

-Refrain from purchasing as many shoes as last year.

-Get back into regular work outs.

-Work on being more patient, I hear it's a virtue. It is also a weakness of mine.

-Find and try fun new recipes for Josh's and my dinners.

-Get back to posting on here more often!

We'll see how these go in 2013. Any words of encouragement/advice are welcome. Wish me luck!

Here's to you, my amazing readers! 

Cheers!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

This Christmas photo of the Scully children and dogs took only 15 minutes (we couldn't keep everyone still any longer), 3 photographers, and about a billion photos. This is one of the better ones.

Christmas is one of my favorite times of year. I love everything about Christmas, from the decorations to the music, and of course the presents! I've decided on this Christmas Eve to share some of my favorite Christmas things! 

Here we go:

Holiday themed treats.

Festive centerpieces.

 

Christmas trees! 

Ornaments!

While I prefer real, large, Christmas trees decked out in lights and ornaments; this year Josh and I had to settle for a rather small fake Alberta Spruce from Target. It fits perfectly in our living room and it also provided a great toy for Hank...he LOVES the box! We are in the process of beginning an ornament collection so that as the years go by we get a fully decked out tree. 

Decorations!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE holiday decorations! Above is the exterior of the Hecker-Smiley Mansion, one of the most beautiful historic homes in Detroit. I attended a DAR meeting in this city treasure, and had the pleasure of a tour of the first floor of the home, an insight to the home's history, and best of all a chance to see this amazing home decked out for Christmas!

Hecker-Smiley front entrance.

Now I am off to enjoy some more holiday music as I finish wrapping and relaxing before venturing out with Josh to visit family members.

Merry Christmas!

Hank's Latest Antics...

This little bugger and his toys have created quite the nightmare for Josh and I lately. Naturally Hank's mice, ping pong balls, and little trinkets wind up in and under EVERYTHING. I trip over them walking down the hallway. I find them in my shoes constantly. We recently had our oven replaced, and I found about a dozen of them when we pulled the old one away from the wall. He often pulls the bifold door of the laundry closet open and pushes his toys into the closet and under the washer and dryer. Somehow a ping pong ball got stuck up under the washer and Josh and I could not get it out. Normally I would just leave it and forget about it, but this thing was making SO MUCH NOISE every time we tried to use the washer! This ping pong ball had to get taken care of asap. My sanity was at risk. This turned out to be a project instead of a simple task on Josh's "Honey Do" list.

Yes, that is Josh taking apart the washer. The sad part is the bifold closet door was the worst part. BY FAR. This thing took about an hour or more to get back on and close correctly. I thought Josh and I might kill each other before we got this door back in place. This whole project was such a nightmare, Josh and I vowed to never let the cat's toys get in there again. We started putting the laundry bin in front of the closet and we even put a towel down so that if Hank got the door cracked, he could not get anything under the washer. We vowed to never take that door off again. This lasted about a week until I turned around to fold clothes and Hank jumped on the washer, fell off, and got stuck between the washer and the wall...

At least we got the bifold door back in place in under an hour the second time around.

This little munchkin is so lucky he's cute.

Thank You, Sam Edelman

Sam Edelman Ballet Pink Pointed Toe Flats

It's been a little while since I discussed my latest food wear favorites, and these are absolutely perfect!

Sam Edelman makes very nice shoes with soft leather and flexible, padded soles. These flats are not only comfortable, but they look great with both pants and pencil skirts.

Hank also finds my flats appealing.

LOVE THESE! 

The quilted, padded soles are greatly appreciated when I run around in them all day long.