"The Afternoon (not so) Quicky"

Happy Hump Day Yall!
Its been way to long since my last post so lots to catch up on!

Lets get some house keeping out of the way:

1. Yesterday we entered single digits until Punta Cana (8 Days to be exact)

2. All my beautiful bridesmaids have dresses in their possession and they FIT!

3. I ordered awesome new bedding from West Elm that should be here any day and I am So excited about.

4. My Planner from Erin Condren Shipped Yesterday (Alleluia!)

5. I finsihed all of the pinterest projects I made for Jill for her birthday (Feb.1). I will post my finished product after I have them to her, don't want her getting a sneak peek!

6. I cleaned out my closet this weekend and purged two huge black garbage bags of closed, damn it felt good and you should see all the room I have in that thing!
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On to other things. One of my other blog Friends Jessica does a weekly challenge with her readers. I think it is a really great idea to get us doing, thinking and acting differently once in awhile.

So every Wednesday I will post a weekly challenge and you all have one week to complete it. Be sure to post and let me know how things went for you.

This Weeks Challenge

"Share the Love"

Purchase the coffee for the person in the drive thru line after you.

I had someone do this for me once and it was such a warm surprise. It feels good to give and to receive on this challenge so find some time in the next week to do it and let us know how it goes!

And lastly a little pinterest find that made me giggle...

If this isn't Kait&Mabes I don't know what is...

Similarly releated, tomorrows post is on being grateful for true friends.

See you back tomorrow!

The Vacation To Do List.

It's almost here - and I'm elated. We leave for Costa Rica on Sunday! Everyone loves a vacation, but no one loves getting ready for them. And, if there is someone out there that does, you are nuts.

What needs to be done before departure? Well, everything. Here's the Top 5 on the to-do list.

1. Laundry.

2. Drive Porter and Maverick to Medina for the time we are away

3. Purchasing book #1 of the Hunger Games to read on the beach - I've heard good things. And, I may as well read the fun stuff since Mabes is reading all of the serious ones!

4. Charge new camera (woo!)

5. Pack - gather the sunscreen and big floppy hats, here we come!

Stay tuned!

Kaitlyn

OH, How PINteresting..

Today highlight are some of my top picks from Pinterest. Pinterst is one of the best inventions since Michael Jackson. I pin constantly and it is always the perfect distraction on a hectic day.

I am teaming up with Jessica from Lovely Little Things to show off what I find to be very, "PINteresting!" Enjoy!

Ok so how absolutely amazing does this look?! I am a big fan of sleeping. And those of you that know me well enough know that I can practically sleep anywhere, besides standing up, but then again that hasn't been tested so lets not discard it just yet! This just looks like half circle heaven, I think I need to contact Santa about this one for next year!

This is my favorite Dr. Seuss quote. Mainly because it reminds me of mine and Brandon's relationship. We constantly do things and make jokes at each other and end it with "... we are SO weird." So it's just fitting. We liked it so much it is the quote on the opening page of our guestbook!

Um, Hello?! Why haven't we thought of this before. Frozen grapes as ice cubes? Not only uber classy but obviously delicious and rich in antioxidants and alcohol once consumed!

Ok so I love this out fit. And I am so happy lace is in. I love lace, I love blazers and I love handbags. Win, win, win, if you ask me :)

Last but certainly not least... Deep Dish Salted chocolate chip cookie pie a la modeeee!

Yup- I don't need to explain. I obviously saved the best for last.

And...I'm drooling.

Have a Happy Thursday All!
Love Mabes

It's only Wednesday...

Motivation. I want to want it. I also want to do nothing. Ever had this internal debate?

That is the feeling going on right now as we head towards the four o'clock hour on day that just seems like it never wants to end.

I've decided that maybe writing a post will perk me up! So I'll let the rush of words to my brain send energy to my fingers and see what happens. In the mean time I'll sip on EBOOST. Have you had it? Its a delicious drink that helps give you energy and support your immune system. I was given a few trial packets from my BirchBox. Wait... did I tell you I got BirchBox subscription?!?

Rewind ...dniweR.

Let me introduce you to BirchBox...

It is kind of like cheese or wine of the month club or something. Well not really but here is the jist-of-it, you get a subscription to BirchBox and then every month they send you a package (who doesn't love a package!) and inside is 5 sample size products from beauty products (make-up, hair, nails) to health things etc. etc. Then if you decided you like it you can go on an purchase it at a discount.

My Birchbox was a fantastic Christmas gift from my brother. I obviously hinted to him that I wanted it (and sent him the link to order it). I was so excited to see my first box at the door last week.

It included the EBOOST packets which are just what you need after the 3pm slump. An awesome shade of nail polish, lip gloss, face cream and a headband!All great stuff! Its kind of like five random things from the Sephora check out line bins!

Well I would like to say tonight is going to be one of those chill-laxin kind of nights but I have made commitments to go to do CrossFit and Power Yoga. So I will work my butt off, sweat my brains out and then feel rejuvenated enough to pass out and go to bed! Sounds lovely right?

And I'll go out today with a little... Motivation...

Sunday: It's supposed to be unproductive.

It's hard to say what I love most about the weekends - coffee with Aaron, Facetime-ing with Megan & Dunkin, or the feeling that its absolutely ok to get nothing accomplished before noon, or before 5pm, or at all.

Our house renovations - going non-stop since August 2009 when we bought the house - are nearing end and it makes me happy that Aaron is finally on board to not be productive the minute he wakes up. This weekend, although unproductive before 9am, we started the final stretch to our home remodeling.

So, here's a little bit of fun from our weekend in pictures. A continuation of the renovations, but the fun stuff (for me anyways.)

To start: we did do dinner at the new restaurant (replaced the mexican placed we loved, Lily's) and is now the Sycamore Grill. Yummy food, good service, but a little loud for my liking. But, we'll go back because Kirky and I loved the martini's.

On Saturday Aaron and I went Antiquing. It was really just my way of getting Aaron to drive me to Zanya Spa Salon to get my bangs trimmed - I knew there was some antiquing to be done around there and we haven't been in months.

Our first stop was good for viewing, but no purchases. Our second - bingo! We went to Zinc in Lambertville, right across from Haas framing (I sent you a picture of that forever ago, remember?). And we found these two beauties, that are already placed in our house.

Mr. Piggy has found himself happily at home in the guest bathroom.

And, today we started the closet renovations. We still aren't done - I had to take a break from the crazy productivity - but will have everything put away before dinner. :-)

Cheers to antiques, martinis and tin pigs!

high 5 for Friday

For this post I am linking up with Lauren over at 'From My Grey Desk' to list my five favorite things about this week this far!

Here we go...(really in no specific order of greatness)

1. THE MAT-

My new obsession with power yoga has lead me to purchase a new mat from Lululemon, it is wonderful and sweat proof, no sliding and slipping. It is fantastic! Bring on the heat, this rookie Yogi is ready to go!

2. This week marks entering the teens for days left until I am in Punta Cana. WOooHooo for the vacation count down! Heaven awaits...

3. To jump to the complete opposite of number two, we FINALLY got snow in Buffalo. For all the haters, believe it in not it has been in the 40's and 50's for most of December and January! This is more like it...

Maybe B and I can finally go skiing?!

4. Blueberry coffee from Dunkin Donuts... need I explain the greatness?

A Kait & Mabes classic. <3

5. Tonight is date night. Weather permiting. I'm hoping for a nice dinner with a couple of glasses of wine- who cares if we are snowed in!

Have a great weekend!

Peace. Love. Prosperity.

-Mabes

"Coma-fied"

I made the word up. But it best describes my being this week. Every morning when the alarm goes off I feel as though the bed monsters are tearing on my hamstring and triceps to ensure that I do not leave. The effort to go from horizontal to vertical has been such a chore. And even worse... the days haven't been much better. I feel as though I am a zombie with the occasional zip from a coffee rush- hence being "Coma-fied." The above photo explains it all.

On a happier note its only 21 more days (not that I am counting) until I am lounging on a beach in Punta Cana with a delicious fruity alcohol filled beverage in my hand and brandon waving palms over me. I will probably also consider myself "Coma-fied" then too, but in a GREAT way.


On my list of to do's before our excursion (Its only 4 days but I like to make it seem like its lifetime of happiness that awaits) I had to order some new books. They came yesterday from amazon, and the titles are..." Getting Things Done- The Art of Stress-Free Productivity," "The Road Less Traveled- A new psychology of love, traditional values and spiritual growth," and "Stumbling on Happiness." Not exactly your typical beach reads eh??


Well don't run off to Amazon yet, let me read them and see how drastically my life changes and then I'll share the love if it is worth it.

Another side note is that I have fallen madly in love with Power Yoga. The studio I go to is Power Yoga Buffalo they are amazing. You sweat your brains out but you feel like a new person when you leave. Since I have gotten all "Yogi-fied" (another new word for the day) I have become in love with Lululemon clothing. It is expensive but totally worth the money, I could easily drop $500 in 5 minutes. They have great tech stuff for running too, and I am sure it is "techy" enough for our upcoming dog walking career as well. I think our next adventure should be for you and I to find and Lululemon Outlet somewhere in this country! AHHHH heaven!
One of their quotes on their blog yesterday said "Friends are more important than Money" I though that was fitting for our blog today. So true--- although we have to have money to buy that great gear...duh! :)

I saw a mug on pinterst that said "I'm to blessed to be stressed" I guess that will be my motto today.
Oh and one healthy quote from last nights yoga session...

"Change is not something that we should fear. It is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they're meant to be."
(Moral to story- Embrace it Bitches)

LOVE

Wear it with style.

I'm not sure these sneakers, or this skirt, has ever looked so good.

Can we talk about ridiculous? I may have been slightly embarrassed to walk into the gym looking like this today, but one would assume they are used to this apparel. The outfit looked much better with the cute pumps I had on, but that was not practical for my journey from my parking spot (picture Lot A in our Fredonia days and Erie dining hall, it's quite possible it was that far away).

I hope we can still be friends after you see this. Boop.

The other half.

My first post - woo! More to come later, but I love life a little more already.

Just the Reminder We Need

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We are best friends from upstate New York using a blog to document our two very similar yet distantly different lives. We will be posting pictures of the day from our two separate lives and talking about our worlds together and apart. We cant wait to show our individual journeys to each other and the world.

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