Monday, January 2, 2022
It's 2023! Did you eat your good luck foods yesterday? Today is going to be crazy here at Coffee and Cocktails at the Casa. I am linking up with Sarah and Holly for Hello Monday and Tanya for Prime Purchases. Hold on to your coffee mugs!
I am super happy to have today off. Tom is still off, too, and the college kids move back tomorrow or Wednesday with classes starting Thursday for their junior year spring semester. You all - how is this even possible?
Tomorrow we have a teacher day and then our students ease back in with just a 3 day week. I need to remember that short weeks always seem longer, though. I miss my students. I am excited to see them - truly!
What did I do this weekend? What even is a weekend? What day was any day over break? I was really lost most days. Thursday I finally got my Chick Fil A peppermint shake and it was wonderful!
Friday I used my birthday pedicure gift card and it was amazing. I don't think I had been to the salon for at least 9 months.
I chose a dark metallic blue.
Then, we went to our friends' house to meet their new yellow lab puppy named Willow. We brought her a "Heinekennel" beer. She was so cute!
Tom did his one cooking stint of the year and did the whole soaking of the dry beans in preparation for Friday's bean soup.
I made cornbread to go with it and this is what we had for dinner Friday night. Our kids went out so it was just us.
Saturday we tried out Tom's new Solo Stove Mesa. It is so cute! It puts out a good amount of heat.
I needed a couple of things from the grocery to get us through the next few days and picked up the Truly Holiday Pack.
Pear Martini, Holiday Sangria, Cran Orange Sparkle, and Berry Bramble are the flavors. They are good! I haven't tried all of the flavors yet, but the ones I have are really good!
The grocery wants you to organize and eat Valentine's candy, apparently.
Tom's team is the University of Kentucky and the happened to be playing both basketball and football at 12 noon. So, he parked himself in his big chair with his bean soup for most of Saturday.
For our NYE plans, we went to our friends' house and got I got a smoked bourbon old fashioned.
Their cat liked my new party purse.
We showed up twinning! We both knew we were gonna get out the sparkles and I don't have that much stuff, but my friend has lots and this is what she decided on.
We had a reservation at The Pine Room and Heather and I had the best Paloma I have ever had.
I had a delicious salad:
and their fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and a really unique square biscuit. Everything was so good!
We declined dessert and went back to their house for a little bit of the Georgia game because that is where their daughter attends college.
It was a low key NYE for me! That is just how I like it.
Now, let's talk Amazon. I didn't use Amazon as much for Christmas gifts this year, so December was actually a light month for me.
First of all, I ordered myself a present. I saw these clogs on a "Best of 2022" list on a blog I read. I have struggled with black shoes. I need and want something comfortable that I can just throw on. These are like if Dansko and Crocs had a baby but you really can't tell they aren't leather unless you look closely. I wear a 38 in my brown Danskos, but I had to return and re-order these in a 39. So far, I am thrilled with them.
Then, I needed a little bag that had silver in it. You saw above that the cat really liked it. It basically only holds an ibuprofen. It doesn't even hold my phone!
Next up, are two really nice Amazon Essentials sweaters that I got for my boys. I am super impressed with the quality. I got red for Mason and eggplant for Jack. I will show you photos later on in the post. Amazon Essentials does it again.
Ernie likes his Rachael Ray burger treats!
I have to have my butter spray!
Jennifer recommended the Qibest brand liquid lipstick set. The lipsticks are all matte but it comes with a gloss that goes over. I am super happy with this set and have been wearing it any day I have put on makeup. I layer Burt's Bees or other things over it usually, too. It smells slightly like chocolate, too!
The Dansko clogs in action:
The Qibest in action:
The Amazon Essentials sweater in checkmate - lol:
Another sweater in action:
You're welcome for the action shots! Ha!
If I had to sum up my entire break from December 16 until today I would use the words HOME and SLOW. I would also include the words COOKING and DISHWASHER. I stayed home a lot due to the cold and snow. I didn't run around just to be running around to all the stores.
I was so thankful we didn't lose power or have our pipes freeze. I cooked all the meals and was like a short order cook sometimes and I wouldn't change a thing. I love making whatever my college kids want and that is definitely my love language. I loaded and unloaded the dishwasher with a happy heart because of all the meals that I was cooking.
I am so thankful for my winter break!
Re-entry will be hard, my friends. Maybe that Amazon truck will make it sting a little less - Ha! Let's do this!
Amy
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