My Favorite Things

Last week and this weekend was spent scrubbing my house from top to bottom and hosting a baby shower for a sweet friend. With the scrubbing and the baby showering out of the way for right now, I have a little more time to devote to my blog. Yay! I promise baby shower pictures are coming soon. My sweet friend loved the shower, and her soon to arrive baby girl received some very sweet gifts!

Speaking of showers-rain not baby. Georgia has experienced more than its share of rain this year. These rainy conditions have left me with a need for a pair of rain boots (any excuse to buy a new pair of shoes), but every time I try to find a pair they were either ugly or too expensive. Thankfully, my local Target just started carrying the cutest line of rain boots. Target on-line also has a huge selection of rain boots.

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to purchase these precious houndstooth rain boots. They are cute, fun, and functional. I haven't worn them a lot, but I have loved them the times I have worn them. They also get great reviews on-line.


My friend, Heather, snagged these cute fish rain boots on one of our lunch time outings to Target.

Here's a peek at a few more cute pattern that are available. I really wanted the pink and black houndstooth, but they were out in my size.
Most of the rain boots are currently on sale for $20. There are a few patterns that are still a little more expensive at $24 and $29. Rain might make for a gloomy day, but these fun rain boots are sure to add a little cheer to it!

My Favorite Things

I love to rock a pair of heels, but my feet can’t always handle a full day of wearing heels. I have a pair of fold-up shoes that I adore. I toss them in my purse and when my feet start to ache I trade my heels for my fold-up flats. While I do still love my fold-up flats, I have found a similar product that I love even more.

Introducing Footzyrolls!

Footzyrolls are rollable, foldable shoes. They take up such a tiny space in your purse and are even small enough to fit in your favorite evening bag! Each pair of footzyrolls comes with a shoe bag for your heels and a small bag to use for your footzyrolls.

These wonderful shoes retail for around $25 with the limited edition styles retailing for $30. Do your feet a favor and check them out!

My Favorite Things

Happy Monday! I hope all of you have had a great start to your week! I must apologize for my absence during the majority of last week. Last week was my birthday week, and while it was very wonderful it was also very busy! I look forward to catching up with you all this week!

It's no secret that I have a love for all things cute and inexpensive. That is why my favorite thing this week is the dollar bins at Michael's (the arts and crafts store)! Michael's has the cutest dollar items! During my most recent trip, I spotted precious note pads, coasters, luggage tags, menu planners, and more! They had such a variety of items from elegant to preppy. They even had a line of products with a hipster look.

One of my favorite line of dollar bin products was the "Queen of the Kitchen" products. They were all so cute. I purchased these disposable coasters. I thought they would be fun the next time the girls come over for a night of kitchen fun!


The dollar bins contained a lot of kitchen related products. I fell in love with all the cute recipe cards they had. I purchased five sets of recipe cards. I plan to put them in my gift closet. I thought they would make a precious gift combined with a cute apron and some wooden spoons all tied up together with a pretty ribbon or maybe given in combination with a cookbook or other kitchen accessories! The possibilities are endless! Here's one of my favorite sets. I love the little lemons!

However, my favorite purchase has to be these precious lanterns.


The lanterns are designed to hold a battery operated tea-light. I purchased several pink ones to use at a baby shower I am hosting in the Spring. I couldn't resist buying the other colors. I plan to use them as fun decorations on our back porch this summer and even use them at the luau we are hosting in May.

One of my favorite blog friends, Miss Fancy Pants, also loves the dollar bins. Click here to see all the cute things she found!

Like I said, I love the dollar bins at Michael's. I always find small items that are perfect for adding that special touch to gifts, or I find something cute to make a coworker or friend smile when they are having a hard day! Oh, and I can always find something fun for myself! The next time you stop in to stock up on craft supplies make sure you take time to check what goodies the dollar bins have to offer!

My Favorite Things

Wow! This week has been so super busy, but it's been a great week! Guess what this week is!! It' s my birthday week! Hooray! I turn the big 31 on Friday or you could say it's my third annual 29th birthday! :)

Okay enough birthday foolishness, on to my favorite things! A few weeks ago while browsing through Target I found a display of wonderful notepads. The notepads are by Jean Chatzky for Franklin Covey. Jean Chatzky is a financial guru-kind of like Suze Orman. I found the line of products to not only be helpful but super cute!

I purchased a Needs and Wants To Buy List. I love that it has separate columns for needs and wants. It also has a place to write your budget and the amount you actually spent. This little note pad has really helped me cut out a lot of my unnecessary spending. It makes me think before I buy.

I also purchased the meal planning pad. It helps you plan your week of meals and compile your shopping list!


The last little treasure I found was the Worth Noting pad. It is great for multi-tasking! Here's what the Franklin Covey web-site had to say about it.

"Juggling multiple projects? Keep track of them all with this innovative notebook. This small twin wire notebook has four stair-stepped sections (one for each project) that can help you keep your tasks together and get more done. Use each section to organize notes, projects, Family members, and more."

All the notepads are reasonably priced. They are available at Target or on-line at Franklin Covey. The line also offers other products to help with financial matters.

Monday Edition: My Favorite Things

I received a very special package in the mail today-a c.d. with all of my wedding photos and a letter releasing the copyright to me! Yippeee! This option was not available when we were married, but my photographer recently decided to clean out her databases and offered to sell us all of our photos (digitally). I couldn't be more excited! Michael and I were married almost three years ago, but I still treasure our wedding photographs like our wedding was yesterday (and I am sure it will be the same 60 years from now).

Browsing through all the sweet memories of our wedding led me to my favorite thing for today-my wedding shoes! I totally can't take credit for this idea, but it is such a wonderful idea that I just have to share. If you are looking for "something blue" for your wedding consider having your shoes dyed a baby blue. My bridal shop gave me the idea, and I immediately fell in love. They dyed my wedding shoes blue, and they were the cutest thing ever! My shoes were cute and fun and the perfect "something blue".



P.S.-Please excuse my ugly feet. I don't usually post pictures of my feet, but it was all in the name of shoes! :)