Maine Weekends

So, this is one of those wayyyyyy later posts, but as I was clearing out my dslr and loading pictures, I came across these pics from a weekend in Maine with my parents. Maine is one of my favorite places to visit, and this trip was like the perfect goodbye to summer and hello to fall!

 Hope to see you soon, Maine!

Clean Eating: Pumpkin Oatmeal

So, this past weekend, my husband and I decided to dive (more like lightly dip our toes) into clean eating. We want to eat clean for as much of the week as possible, although we do enjoy eating out and going out with friends, so at this point in our lives, we're not doing a full detox...

This recipe was our start to clean eating, and it made things easy, since it was so super yummy!

Pumpkin Maple Oatmeal

Gather ingredients:

Cook oatmeal according to directions:

After oatmeal has cooked, add 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling!)

 Stir into oatmeal:

 It should look something like this:

 Add pumpkin pie spice (no sugar added):

Add 1 tablespoon maple syrup (100% pure, not the fake pancake syrup stuff):

For a little special treat, add a dollop of this Stonewall Kitchen goodness:

Enjoy!!

Thankful Thursday

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holiday-there's no pressure for finding the perfect gifts, it's a time that's full of family and feeling thankful. So, in that spirit, every Thursday until Thanksgiving, I'm going to try and reflect upon the week and list the things that I'm thankful for, no matter how big or small.

This past week, I've been in a bit of a funk, for no reason in particular, I mean work's been tough, blah, blah, blah, I feel so silly being in a bad mood and feeling bad about my life, when really there's no need to. There are people struggling with really heavy things, and I feel like I have no right to complain. None the less, it was just one of those weeks. Hopefully this next one will be better.

Here are some things I'm thankful for this week:

1.) Pumpkin everything! I had at least one pumpkin beverage a day this week, sometimes even two :)

2.) Random days off in the middle of the week, so I can have a morning cup of coffee with the hubs.

3.) People that are there for you when you're having a tough day and give, give, give, even when you have nothing to give back (emotionally).

4.) Windows open a crack at night, a cool breeze blowing in and a blanket
that is three times the size of me that I can bundle up in.

5.) Peaks of color starting to pop on trees!

6.) The fall show line-ups that are cracking me up! I'm loving Go On, The New Normal,
Guys With Kids, The New Girl, Modern Family...

7.) A variety of pumpkin beers

8.) Walking around town with this little pup in tow

9.) Pretty sunrises that make a 6am commute that much better 

10.) New slippers from Target

11.) Matching mani/pedis 

Those are just some of the things that made me smile this week, what are you thankful for lately?

Wordless Wednesday: Fall in Lexington

Tutu Time!

This past weekend, I helped my BFF and bride-to-be, Madison with some wedding duties! She had a pinterest-inspired idea to make the flower girl dresses, and as freaked out as I was originally (trust me, I'm no Martha!), it was actually pretty easy! And they came out SO super cute! 

Pink champagne + tutu time = success! 

Can't wait for more wedding crafts!!