Loving.

Dinner at Mex 1 last night for David's birthday

Vestique's Sole Sister Taupe Wedges

Only $34.50 and they also come in black!

Archer Farms (Target brand) Blue Corn Tortilla Chips with Flax Seed

Great nutty flavor and excellent health benefits from the flax seed!

Spinach salad with blueberries, feta, and poppyseed dressing from dinner on Tuesday night

 

Our new ice maker that I'm picking up today!

My work auctioned it off and we won, so I'm picking that bad boy up today. It's going to save us so much time and money this summer!

 



Wedding Wednesday: Pickle Bar!

File this under the category of "Why Didn't I Think of That??"

 

We all know about my love for pickles.

Spoiler alert - we had fried pickle chips passed around during our cocktail hour!

I even thought about making homemade pickles as our wedding favors.

 

But man, oh man, do I wish I would have seen this Southern Weddings post before our wedding!

 

Some people have bourbon bars at their wedding, but this couple had a pickle bar at theirs!

 

What kind of specialty bar would you have or liked to have had at your wedding??



Tasty Tuesday: Pimento Cheese Grits.

As requested, here is the recipe I used for the pimento cheese grits I made on Mother's Day! I promise, you will never go back to the regular ones.

 

Pimento Cheese Grits

 

½C Instant Grits

1C Heavy Cream

1C Chicken Stock
1T Butter

2/3C Pimento Cheese (Palmetto is my favorite)

 

In a pot, bring the cream and chicken stock to a boil. Slowly stir in the grits and bring down to medium heat and simmer 5-7 minutes. Melt the butter into the grits. Lastly, add the pimento cheese and whisk until the grits are creamy. Set aside and keep warm.

Supper Club, needtobreathe, and Mother's Day Brunch Menu.

Friday night we had Supper Club at Emily & David's house. All of the food was so tasty and my chocolate brownie trifle was a hit! The bowl was pretty much licked clean by the end of the night!

Saturday we spent all day cleaning the house and getting it ready for Sunday. Drove to Folly Beach to celebrate Cameron's grandma's husband's 90th birthday, then went to La Hacienda for some pre-concert drinks with Justin and Jenny.



 

After the nastiest margaritas I've ever tasted and a refreshing beer, we headed to the Performing Arts Center. It was our first time seeing a show at the PAC and we both thought it was awesome! Intimate and amazing acoustics. We had great seats, right in the middle, but being in the middle, it was a longgg walk through people to go to the bathroom. Needless to say, we did not drink that much.

 

The opening band, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, were AWESOME! Think Lumineers sound. In between bands, Jenny and I stood in line to meet Drew and get his autograph so we can say we met him before he made it big. Because they will. 
Please excuse my double jointed thumb.

 

 A few pics from the needtobreathe concert:

 

On Sunday, we invited our parents, my sister, and our grandmother's over for a brunch! I was so excited to pull out all of our new plates, platters, etc!

 

Here's what I served:

 

French Toast Casserole

 

Breakfast Casserole

(or Egg Bake, as Cameron's family calls it)

 

Pimento Cheese Grits

(All thanks to Natalie for telling her readers about the ones that she ordered at a restaurant last weekend!)

 

Fresh Fruit Salad

I received so many compliments so I'd say it was a success! I'll never make grits without pimento cheese again!

 

Hope all of you blog (and fur) mamas had a wonderful Mother's Day!

Loving.

Chic Shelf Paper

The cutest site for the most stylish drawer liner! Is it weird to get excited over drawer liner? I was searching for some for the china cabinet when I came across it. You can either order per roll or you can have custom sizes cut for you!

Below are some of my favorites:

 Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector

I got a sample of this and started using it twice a day on those pesky dark spots left over from past blemishes. I noticed them getting lighter after just a few days! The price does sound high but a little of this stuff goes a LONG way.

China cabinet progress!

 

 Charleston is getting an H&M on King Street this Fall!

Your sweet comments on yesterday's post! Thank you for letting me know I was not crazy in thinking that comment was ridiculous.

Thursday's Thoughts.

-We had a fun dueling piano event at work last night! Everyone was having a good ol' time!

-It's not cool that my Dolce Vita sandals are coming apart just a month after having them.

-I know I probably shouldn't even bring this up, butttttt the other day I got a nasty anonymous comment. In the 3 years that I've been blogging, I've only gotten 2 sassy comments, both of them being this year. Both over something completely ridiculous. This time? Get this - it was because I called Cameron handsome. I wasn't even going on and on about him. I simply stated that he looked handsome in one picture and for that, I was "bragging." Excuuuuuuse me if I think he's handsome. Last time I checked, this was my blog, he was my husband, and I'm allowed to say whatever I want and I'm also allowed to think he's handsome and say so. And thank you to my bloggy friends that saw the comment and backed me up. :)
So now - bye bye anonymous comments. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat. 

 

 

-We're starting our supper club back up and this Friday is the first one! So excited! This time, instead of the host making all of the food, the host will make the main dish and everyone else will bring either an appetizer, salad, side, or dessert. I volunteered to bring the dessert and I'm making this chocolate brownie trifle!

-Excited for Saturday when we celebrate Cameron's grandmother's husband's 90th birthday! Then after that, we're heading to see needtobreathe at the Performing Arts Center! Going to be a great weekend!

One more day until Friday!

Baker Wedding: Reception Dancing!

Sorry for the lack of wedding pics so far..I'm waiting on a certain something before I post them. :)

 

To hold you over, here's the video of the reception dancing my videographer put together.

The dancefloor was packed the entire night thanks to our amazing band, Quiana Parler and Friends!

 

Again, click on the video to make it larger.

-The crazy guy with the sunglasses on is my BFF's husband.
-The two other crazy guys are Scott and Ted - both single, ladies!

Can we please do it again?!?!