Spoiled

That's me.

I just got to enjoy the most wonderful day with my sweet friends. Yes, after I went shopping all day yesterday in the city.

We all went to the spa this morning and chatted the day away soaking in the hot tub and getting pampered with massages, facials, and pedicures. Plus the complimentary chocolate bowl they left out took quite a beating. (No it was not mostly me....pssh)

Follow that up by lunch at my favorite restaurant, Laughing Ladies (in Salida), and you can call it a glorious day! Oh, and presents. For you knitters out there, I am the proud owner of a new set of addi click knitting needles. I love my friends.

This little post is just to show you what I've been doing with my time lately. I promise you I have crafts on the list...I've just been enjoying myself a little too much lately:) Although I did sew my friend Jami a pretty cute little burlap table runner with white ruffles. Compliments of The Beast (that's what I decided to call my new sewing machine:) And of course I didn't take a picture. Bad Blogger.

Enjoy your beautiful weekend!!!

I do what I love, I love what I do

Can I just say that I love my job?!

I do hair. In a small teeny town. My job is to...get this...talk to people, catch up on life, and make them feel great about themselves. Um, jealous much? I don't blame you.

I love nothing more than when a woman leaves my chair thrilled with how she looks. There is no single thing more empowering to me than a woman with confidence, and I get to see that confidence sparked. Heck, I get to be the one who sparks it. I am too blessed.

Not only that, but I work from home so I have plenty of time to craft and blog. Who could ask for anything better?

So thank you miss Sarah A if you read this. You made me realize that I love what I do. Priceless.

Pickin' Wildflowers

There's a sweet little farm here in Buena Vista called Weathervane that grows absolutely beautiful wildflowers. They allow pickers to come reap the benefits of their hard work at $5 for 25 stems. At that price, who could beat the untamed beauty of a wildflower bouquet?

I grabbed a friend of mine this week and we picked up a pair of shears and cut away. Here are the fantastic results of a well spent afternoon.

My dear friend Lacy choosing a lovely bloom

This is a good example of why you should always snap multiples of people. Silly Lacy blinked. She claims my skirt was tickling her leg;) But isn't the farm a floral wonderland?? swoon...

Ugh...drool. Is that turquoise ball jar not delicious?

That big purple one is my fave.

Bella thought they smelled lovely

I think this one's a framer...

I really love this one too...she's so perdy.

Now you can see what I've been doing with all of my time (not crafting:\) Oh, but what sweet memories!

A Night Out

Oh what a night! Some of our friends decided to take a trip to Silverthorn on Monday to eat sushi. While we have a great sushi restaurant here in town (I know some of you are holding back gasps of surprise...yes there is a sushi place in teensy mountain town, CO.) rumor had it that this particular chopstick wielding joint was running some irresistible off season specials (50% off a good portion of their menu).  I actually got a sushi roll for $4 people!! Now that's a deal. And it was good to boot.

Here are a couple photos of the evening...

That's right. Be jealous.

Excuse the blur. This was such a fun group!

Mmm, mmm, good. The Tempura (fried) ones in the front were my fave. I think it was called "The Shredder". Give it a try when you go. You won't be sad.

Isn't this appletini cute? That's our chef in the background. He rolled an egg around on the grill and called it a Japanese Eggroll:) 

Oh the wonder.

Moral of the story is, give Nozawa sushi a try. I even got Robin (the king of simple, boring food) to try a tempura asparagus roll with a good result. (the man had never tried sushi, but he loved it!)

What a fun night out.

Yes, We're in the Mafia

Last night I threw Robin a birthday party. My good friend Traci's birthday was yesterday, so we made it a joint party! It was also kind of a house warming/summer kickoff type event. And you know what that means!? Our house remodel is done!!!  You have no idea how much of a relief it is:) I will be posting pictures soon of the transformation! Now to the good stuff.

The party was Mafia themed. That's right. Here are some great moments captured on camera.

The Ladies.

With the addition of a few late comers and...Steve? Steve. You're attire isn't feminine enough to qualify you for appearance in this photo.

Robin, Luke, and Kyle. Luke is making me a tad uncomfortable...

Nate (wearing his best dress shoes:), Charlie, Robin, and Steve. Again with the leg lift...they were taking too many pointers from the ladies.

The whole crew. Yep, we're cool like that.

My attempt at hurriedly decorating a birthday cake. Luckily Traci and Robin were both turning 27:) And those are roses. Not blood. Don't judge me.

Me, Leslie, and Traci. Don't you love our guns? This is probably the only time you'll ever see Leslie holding one...that's because it's of the water variety:)

One more smile for the camera to end a great night!

About 11 or so, we decided it would be fun to go down to The Rope (local bar pretty much in my back yard) and shoot some pool. You should have seen the looks we got when we walked in.  Everyone loved it so much that they started playing swing music for us to dance to :) It was quite fun. I definitely recommend a costume party. Consider our house warmed.