Weekending: Disney, Birthday & Wedding Fun

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

My weekend started on Thursday after work. K took me out for dinner and bought me a cute little cake to celebrate my 31st birthday.

Sorry for being MIA on Friday as I took the day off to go to Disney with the hubby and have a little staycation at a resort nearby. 

We spent most of the day at Magic Kingdom and went on a few of the main rides and rollercoasters. I'm going to post more about our Disney trip later this week since it was a fun-filled adventure and I got tons of photos.

We ended that day at Epcot to explore all the different countries and try different drinks and food from around the world. 

 

 We had dinner at Morroco's Marrakesh restaurant which was amazing!

After dinner, we headed back to the hotel and enjoyed our nighttime balcony view of the resort before crashing.

On Saturday (my actual birthday) we explored the huge resort and had some poolside lunch before heading up to the hotel room to get dressed for our friend's wedding.

 
The wedding ceremony was outdoors in the garden and the weather was perfect to tie the knot.

We had some fun in the photobooth taking funny photos with friends but also got a nice shot of our group looking "normal".

On Sunday, we checked out of the hotel and went for lunch at Seadog Brewing Company. We've been wanting to check out this place for a while now and were pleasantly surprised to find out they have $2.50 mimosas and bloody mary's on the weekend.

 

I had an amazing birthday weekend filled with so many fun festivities. Thirty one is treating me really well so far!

How was your weekend?

Joining the lovely Biana for her Weekending linkup. 

Disney Bound + Friday Favorites

Happy Friday!

I took the day off of work today to head out for a long weekend staycation near to Disney. I know I just did a 1-night hotel staycation last weekend for my company's holiday party but we're back at it again to celebrate my birthday and a friend's wedding tomorrow. Being a December baby makes the holidays even more hectic around here!

Luckily our Disney passholder wristbands arrived just in time for our trip today.

On Wednesday I met up with Kate for lunch at a modern cafe. We seriously work like a minute away from each other so it was about time we caught up over some lunch.

Rocksbox sent me this beautiful shine necklace as a little gift along with my 4th Rocksbox, which I'll post about the new pieces next week or sometime soon.

Snuggles with Lola every night has definitely been a highlight of my week.

Joining Amanda for a few of my favorites on this Friday.

Favorite Recipe: 

Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle by Paige @ Tomatoes for Cucumbers

 

Favorite Funnies:

Favorite Purchases:

Favorite Holiday Giveaway:

Last day to enter Blue Chair Bay Rum's 12 Days of Christmas giveaway. 

Enjoy the weekend!!

Christmas Decorating

It's the most wonderful time of the year and I've finally finished decorating for the holidays. We have a small fake Christmas tree which we've been using for the past few years so it's not nice and fluffy like the real ones nor does it have that nice tree smell but it's easy to maintain and will do for now. I hope to upgrade later on down the road.

Star Tree Topper from Kohl's

Christmas tree skirt  

Tree ornaments from our travels

I started off with very little Christmas decorations and have been trying to buy a few new pieces every year and also get ornaments as souvenirs from our travels. I bought the Mickey & Minnie tree ornament on our recent trip to Disney and I purchased new stockings since we now have a new addition to the family.

Our Living Room where the Christmas tree is set up to the right.

   

The little details

Kitchen (or bathroom) towels

Martha Stewart Ornament Wreath from Home Depot hanging on front door.

Happy Holidays!

How's your holiday decorating coming along?

Birthday Restaurant & Retail Love

Every year my inbox gets flooded about a week before my birthday with freebies and coupons from restaurants and retail stores. The majority of the restaurants send free dessert coupons which I rarely use but I wanted to share some of my favorite birthday freebies that you could receive by signing up to their mailing list. Now to decide which ones I want to use!!

$25 Gift Certificate from Texas de Brazil.

 

Free appetizer from P.F. Chang's.

 

$10 off from Victoria's Secret.

 

Free boneless or traditional wings from Buffalo Wild Wings.

$10 off from Bonefish Grill.

Free burger from Ruby Tuesday.

Free appetizer from Texas Roadhouse.

Free dessert from Outback.

Free mascara and lipstick from Sephora.

$10 off from Maggiano's Little Italy.

Last year I posted here about my retail and restaurant birthday freebies which, the majority, I also received this year.

What's your favorite birthday discounts or freebies?

 

Spinach & Goat Cheese Quiche

 Serving size: 1 quiche
(Double the ingredients for two pies)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup cooked spinach
3 eggs
1 9" frozen pie crust
1 tbsp sun-dried tomatoes
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup goat cheese crumbles
3/4 cup shredded rotisserie chicken (optional)

What To Do:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Beat eggs in a mixing bowl and stir in the whipping cream, spinach and chicken. Mix well.
3. Pour mixture into frozen pie crust and top with goat cheese crumbles and sun-dried tomatoes.
4. Bake for 45 minutes or until top becomes golden brown.

I've done a couple quiche recipes in the past including this Ham & Mushroom Quiche.

Enjoy!

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