5 on Friday: Link Up

Today I'm linking up with a. liz adventures, carolina charm, hello! happiness, and the good life blog for 5 on Friday. 

<ONE>  On Wednesday, Jonathon’s firm invited us and bunch of his coworkers and their families to see the Detroit Tigers play the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park. We love going to sporting events in The D, but we LOVE to drink and dine down there too! This time we decided to try two new places that we've both wanted to try for quite some time. We were fully expecting to eat something amazing and we were sadly disappointed, but we still managed to have a good time. I also got my hands on a giant frozen daiquiri that was in one of those obnoxiously ginormous souvenir cups at the game and that more than made up for the less than awesome dinner and bar experience from earlier in the night. Sadly, we left our cell phones in the car, so no pictures. :( The Tigers pulled out all the stops in the last two innings and won the game 7 - 1!

<TWO> TGIF! Every Friday has been a TGIF as of late. Work is becoming more and more demanding on both Jonathon and I. We’re considering going somewhere tropical in the very near future. I personally cannot wait to sip a pina colada while lounging on a beach somewhere! We’re highly considering going back to the Riviera Maya which is by far my favorite place I’ve ever been too.

Play Del Carmen 2011

<THREE> I bought this cute little pumpkin at Home Goods this week. I am getting so excited for the fall. I’m even more excited that after all these years of living in an apartment or a condo I finally have a front yard and porch to decorate for Halloween! I cannot wait to carve pumpkins, make my grandma’s famous caramel dip, buy cinnamon doughnuts at the cider mill, and bake apple pies! And of course, pass out candy to the little trick or treaters!

<FOUR>  Who Do You Think You Are? I've always been interested in genealogy, so I guess it's only natural that I would enjoy this show. I've been watching it On Demand, but you can watch it Tuesday at 9 pm on TLC. I was especially touched by Christina Applegate's episode. It wasn't a super interesting episode, but I was brought to tears several times. I don't want to give the story away in case you're interested in watching the show, but I was really touched.

 

 

 

<FIVE> I don't care what anyone says... I love to shop at Forever 21! It's the one place I walk into and have a hard time not finding at least one item that I want to purchase. I bought this cute little maxi last weekend with the intention to wear it at a birthday party, but didn't. It's super flattering and was less than $18!

 

It's much prettier in person

 

PS- please ignore the state of my blog! I'm currently working on changing some things around. Thank you!

Living Room Inspiration

living room by Sprinklesandkisses.blogspot.com featuring Pottery Barn, Zgallaeie, CrateandBarrel, Ethan Allen

We purchased our sofa and chair for the living room some time ago, but we've had a difficult time trying to find a coffee table and end tables that aren't insanely expensive. I see so many things that I just love but when I look at the price tag I quickly fall out of love, well actually I'm still in love but I just can't afford to make it love me back. Jonathon always jokes that even if there were two identical items in front of me I would instantly gravitate towards the one that was more expensive. What can I say, I have great taste! 

Moving on, this is my initial inspiration board for the living room. I want to keep the living room somewhat neutral and maybe even a little monochromatic. I don't want too much color going on. 

Part of my inspiration comes from the restaurant Villa Blanca in Beverly Hills.  We ate there when we were in California visiting with Jonathon's aunt and uncle. I loved the decor. Everything felt very peaceful and natural yet was absolutely chic at the same time. 

I have also considered putting a rug in the living room, but I'm still undecided whether it is or isn't an interior decorating faux pas to put a rug over wall to wall carpeting. What do you think?

 

Happy 34th Birthday

We celebrated Jonathon's 34th birthday last Wednesday. Unfortunately I had a final exam that day, so the celebration really didn't begin until I got home with the Pizza which wasn't until 8 PM! I left school at a quarter after 6 pm and it took me over an hour and a half to get home! Normally it only takes me 40 minutes to get home from school!

I ordered him a cake from Trifles, the same place we got our wedding cake from. I couldn't get a better picture because Jonathon had already waited until 9 PM to eat it! He requested the Peanut Butter and Jelly Cake and that's exactly what I got him. It was delicious and we've been having a small slice of cake everyday since last Wednesday. I ordered the smallest cake. I would say it's slightly bigger than the top tier of a wedding cake. It was perfect size for just two people.

His birthday gift was a gift certificate to the Dollar Shave Club. I gave it to him earlier in the month and seems to be enjoying it so far.

Jonathon mentioned that he wanted to go see the movie, Meet the Millers, so I'm thinking I might surprise him with movie tickets tonight since his actual birthday celebration was kind of lame. I feel like a bad wifey!