Hey There, Long Weekend!

SO excited Labor Day weekend is finally here. We've been planning a beach getaway with some friends for months now and the time has finally come to enjoy our beachfront condo with frozen cocktails, BBQ & good friends on sunny St Pete Beach.

St Pete Beach - Treasure Island

Now a quick recap of the past week...

 

1. Pretty hummus I got for lunch on Wednesday from a Mediterranean food truck that came to our office.

2. Our kitchen backsplash has finally been installed and it makes such a huge difference.

3. Enjoying sunny summer days in our neighborhood.

4. Birthday dinner for a friend last night at a new Mexican restaurant downtown. Good times!

5. Can't beat 2-4-1 Pomengrante Margs. Shrimp tacos and goat cheese Guacamole were also on the menu. Delicious!

Joining Lauren for H54F and Darcie for Five on Friday.

I hope you ladies have a safe & memorable Labor Day weekend!

Saving When Eating Out

I'm pretty much signed up to all my favorite restaurants' mailing lists and it really pays off when it comes to finding deals and coupons. We often choose a restaurant to eat dinner at based on the coupons I got via email that week.

These are some of my favorite deals:

 Smokey Bones sends out $10 off coupons quite regularly.

Olive Garden sends out a variety of coupons for lunch & dinner.

Outback's most recent $8 off coupon.

50% off from Ruby Tuesday. 

Other restaurants that send out great savings on the regular are Red Lobster, TGI Friday's, Chili's and Bahama Breeze

Ordering in?

I got this coupon code via email last week to get 50% off a large pizza when ordering online. We used the promo code PLAY50 last weekend but it's still valid until Sept 1st.

How do you save on food & eating out?

What's Your Monday Face?

Yep, this is how I feel today after a super fun weekend.

Photo credit: http://www.funnymisfit.com/my-monday-face/

On Friday night, K and I went for dinner and then went to the Orlando Brewing company to watch my coworker's band play. We were really impressed by the band considering that they're quite new.

On Saturday, K had his football draft which they do live so all the friends got together to pick their teams while the ladies had to run around making drinks and giving out shots to anyone that messed up their pick.

Sunday was a rainy day so we stayed in and finished some stuff around the house and later ordered Pizza for dinner.

Joining Sami for Weekend Shenanigans.

How was your weekend?

Finally It's Friday!

I'm sure you're just as ready for the weekend as I am. I got some fun stuff lined up including a live football draft and going to see a local band at the Orlando Brewing company tonight. Don't forget next weekend is Labor Day! Who doesn't love a long weekend?

1. Shimmery neutral nails. I love this color and need to get it more often since it pretty much goes well with any outfit. 

2. Baked Pesto Salmon & sauteed veggies was on the menu this week.

3. Have you tried Michelob's Cider? It's nice & light and not as sweet as most ciders like Woodchuck. This might be my new favorite drink for the beach or pool.

4. Good times last weekend with our group of friends. Sometimes our lives seem so busy and we don't see each other for weeks but it's good to get together and celebrate.

5. I'm loving the wood floors that were installed this week in our TV room & hallway - which used to be carpet. Can't wait for all the renovations to be complete so I can share pics of the finished house.

Joining Lauren for H54F and Darcie for Five on Friday.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Renovations After The Flood

I'm so relieved that our house is starting to feel like home again two weeks after the flood and living with gutted floors and furniture piled up everywhere.

It was fun picking out new carpet and wood floors. Kind of felt like we were decorating a brand new home.

Luckily insurance covered this expense and we were left with some extra money to do some "upgrades" so we're finally able to afford that kitchen backsplash that I've been wanting for so long along with some painting.

Here's a little sneak peak of our newly renovated living room.

The rest of the house should be done by the weeknd so the nightmare will finally be over.
Happy hump day!

Weekend Full of Bday Celebrations

I had a busy weekend celebrating two birthdays and working on our house.

On Friday night we went to a birthday dinner at Bonefish Grill, which is one of my fave restaurants. I always rave about the Bang Bang shrimp.

Saturday was Kate's 30 and Fabulous Birthday pool party. Her husband did a great job decorating and lots of shots were shared!

Sunday was spent suffering with a killer headache from the shots but I managed to get out the house to pick out materials for our kitchen renovation project (before and after photos to come).

Joining Sami today for Weekend Shenanigans.

Hope you had a fabulous weekend!

Happy Friday Everyone!

It's finally here!

It's not going to be the most relaxing weekend for me since we're still fixing our house after the flood last week but I'm looking forward to some birthday celebrations and dinner with friends.

1. Last weekend in St Pete beach. One of my favorite bars on the beach called Jimmy B's.

2. Sweating it out in the sauna at LA Fitness.

3. Picked out wood floors to start the renovations (we chose the color on the far left).

4. Asian Chopped chicken salad from Crispers is delicious!

5. I caved and ordered strawberry cheesecake. This and wine has helped me deal with our gutted house from the flood ;-)

Joining Lauren for H54F and Darcie for Five on Friday.

If you haven't done so already, hop on over and join Kate's 30th Birthday Giveaway for a chance to win a ton of fun prizes.

Enjoy tha weekend!

Green Fashionista's 30th Birthday Giveaway

Hi Ladies!

I'm participating in my first giveaway today for Kate @ Green Fashionista's 30th B-day Goody Bag Giveaway where you can enter to win a ton a fun prizes! 

I've only been around the blogging world for about 7 months now and it was Kate who encouraged me to join this awesome community so I can't thank her enough. I'm also right behind her with turning 30 this year so I want to make sure the last days of her 20's are one for the books!

Hop on over and check out Kate's Birthday Giveaway and don't forget to wish her a happy birthday!

Summer Weekends

After weeks of rained out weekends in Florida, we finally got a sunny 90-degree weekend, which is best spent at the beach!

On Friday night we took K's parents out to dinner to celebrate his Dad's birthday and to spend some quality time with them since they live 2 hours away.

On Saturday we met up with a bunch of friend's out at St Pete beach to celebrate a joint birthday/going-away party.

 

The guys had a corn hole tournament going while the girls got some sun.

We spent the night out at the beach and headed back home Sunday morning to deal with our house & pick out new carpets and wood flooring since it's still gutted from the flood last week.

Sunday night we grilled out and got to eat our weekly "cheat meal" which we like to do on Sundays so cheese burgers were on the menu.

Joining Sami for Weekend Shenaigans.

How was your weekend?

High Five For Friday!

Hey you! 

Well I'm still dealing with the flood that happened in my house on Tues and now living in a gutted house. It's a site for sore eyes and only wine can help me at this point! We're waiting to get money from the insurance company to start fixing our carpets and flooring.

Anywho joining Lauren today for H54F!

~ Have any of you tried Crystal Light's new flavors?  They now have appletini, mojito, mango passion fruit all for 0 calories. It's also great with vodka and soda ;-)

~Happy hour at work yesterday to celebrate our weight loss challenge. So far, with about 50 participants, our company has lost a total of 729 pounds!

~ Healthy dinners at home. We're loving Tilapia these days.

~ I randomly won 2 tickets to the Orlando City Soccer game this weekend. Since we're going out of town, I gave them away to the intern that's helping my team out for the summer. He's a happy camper.

~ Pathetic selfie at work. Sorry didn't really have a 5th good thing to share this week. I do have tons of sad pics of my gutted house tho.

Also joining Darcie for the first time today for 5 on Friday.

I'm heading out to the beach for the weekend and to celebrate a friend's birthday. Hopefully it will get my mind off my poor house. What's your weekend plans?

When Disaster Strikes

I experienced my first crisis last night as a homeowner for the past 3 years.  K and I both arrived home from work to a flooded house. 

Our toilet pipe broke and was gushing water into our house for a couple hours before our neighbors noticed water pouring out our front door and down the driveway from the garage so they thankfully cut the water supply to the house around 4:30pm. K and I arrived home almost 2 hours later so thankfully someone else noticed.

We spent the entire night ripping up our carpets and flooring so this is what my living room and dining room look like now.

Thankfully insurance will cover most of it but it's a very hard site to look at right now. Not looking forward to all the renovations and workers in and out my house.

Hope you're week is going a hell of a lot better