Tuesday Trends :: Sliced

Loving this design seeds palette:

There is so much back to school talk in the air, but I'm not quite ready to rid my life of rich, summer tones. Coral and yellow have me dreaming of a sunny boardwalk somewhere! These bright colors would warm up any room and have me feeling fresh and ready to tackle the day. Not to mention I would be one happy girl nomming on a grapefruit every morning.

Where are you finding color inspiration?

S'more what?

Sidenote: This is one of my favorite movies of all time. My family has probably watched it a hundred times!

Anyways, I. Love. S'mores. There is nothing better than sitting around a campfire all snuggled up in a big blanket and eating way too many s'mores. However, when you're either a) without a campfire or b) at your apartment and you are dying for some chocolatey-marshmallow taste, I have a new solution for you!!

I used to just make the s'mores (graham, chocolate, marshmallow, graham) on a cookie sheet and pop it into a 350 degree oven for 5 minutes. That way works well, and it even sometimes gets the toasted film feeling on the marshmallow. But what if you don't have time to preheat the oven and wait 5 minutes?

Here you go:

+

Either spread the fluff between 2 squares to make a sandwich or spread over just one.

Voila! I have to give complete credit to SB for this. I bought those granola thins at Sam's (so I have about a trillion) and then he mentioned getting the fluff to add. He's a genius!

Just thought I would share that fun fact with y'all :)


This morning I got out of class 30 minutes early because my professor thought it ended at 10:15...and no one (out of almost 100 people) said anything. So we all left. I definitely wasn't going to be "that kid" who ruined it. Haha, but I'm not complaining!
xoxo,

Tuesday Trends: Welcome to Summer

WOW, if you live on the east coast, you know how HOT HOT HOT it has been the past couple of days! Blacksburg set two new heat records both yesterday and today...can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. We had a freezing winter, then a couple of weeks ago all we had was rain all day, every day...and now we can't get a break from the heat & humidity. I don't think we'll ever win! To beat the heat after work this morning, I headed to the pool with my roomie.

Pool @ Maple

We got there just in time to grab some good chairs before the wave of people rolled in. We could only stand to be there about 2 hours though because it was soooooooo hot!!

Yesterday, I went shopping with my Momma & cousin - it was her 14th birthday present! A shopping trip! Found some good deals! I got some linen pants, a t-shirt dress with rope belt, running shorts, denim shorts, bathing suit, halter dress and some sandals. I think I'm set for summer! :)
I'm super excited to wear the white linen pants - found them for super cheap at Target! (love Target) I've never owned a pair, but I figured they would be nice and light for summer. Already broke in the bathing suit today at the pool!

Meg & I outside of Old Navy

SB had his first game in Martinsville tonight...can't wait to hear how they did! The temperature down there has been around 98/99 degrees. You couldn't pay me enough to stand out on a baseball field for hours in that heat. Bless those little souls...

Tonight I had my CPR/First Aid certification training! I am now certified to perform CPR on adults & children! I also know way too much about first aid/broken bones/yucky stuff. It's good stuff to know though, if you don't have your certification you should get it! I work with elementary school children so it's definitely important for me to have updated!


Getting up at 6:00 + running to work + out in the heat + 6 more hours of work tonight = I'm exhausted!
Hope y'all enjoy the short work week :)