GUILTY FOR GILT

Some very exciting news my Louisville friends! Gilt, a website FULL of designer discounted goodies for men, women and kids is having a, "pop up" store location!!! From what I have read, when Gilt does have a pop up store it is typically only a few days. Well, the one here in Louisville is going to be open for ONE MONTH! Eeek! For a nano second I debated on blogging about this because I wanted to keep this gem to myself. But after my nano second of evil-good-deal-hiding-thoughts, I snapped out of it and said heck no, I'm telling EVERYONE! It opens June 28. :)

Yummy dinner last night. Spinach, feta, almond slivers, purple onion, shredded turkey, tomato, craisins, balsamic vinaigrette and a side of seasoned fresh green beans. Topped this beauty of a meal off with some Dove Dark Chocolate. My fav!

And as for tonight? The hubs and I had one of our favorites: Chicken and rice! It is one of the recipes off the Campbell's Cream of Mushroom can, and it is SO yummy! Paired with Salad and some of those left over green beans. And no, we do not eat perfectly prepared and perfectly plated meals every night. The hubs is typically used to a sandwich or some cereal, ha!! Especially when I'm working 12 hour shifts!

Now on to that amazing family photo shoot we had on our 3 year anniversary! We had the wonderful, Brittany Bowen, come to our home and it was SO much fun! I have dreamed of doing a in-home photo session and it finally became a reality. Brittany is one of my fab coworkers' daughters and is taking her love for photography and making it her living. After checking out some of Brittany's work, I knew I needed to jump on the opportunity before she got too busy! And it was by chance that our anniversary happened to be a good day for us and for Brittany, so we got some nice shots of us with some of our wedding mementos as well. Here are some of my favorites!!

Cheers to three years!

xoxo MaryBeth

ANNIVERSARY FUN

Has it really been three years?! Wow, how time flies! We celebrated with some professional pics done in our home with our fur children and it was SO much fun! I'll share some of my favs once I've seen them all. Can't wait! 

We broke out our flutes and server ware, drank our annual drink out of the German Wedding Cup, went out to dinner and then watched some of our wedding video. Perfect night! :) The German Wedding Cup was first used on our wedding day at the reception. The larger, bottom portion is filled with your drink of choice. Once it is turned upside down to be filled, the smaller cup, which is on a hinge, will flip right side up so it, too, can be filled. The two of you then drink from your end of the cup, without spilling a drop (bad luck), and whoever finishes first, "rules the roost" that year. Well, believe it or not, I lost this year! Ugh!

Outfit number one (yes, I made the hubs and myself wear a casual outfit and a "fancy" outfit for the in-home pics) was a fab shirt by designer Narcisco Rodriguez for Kohl's, Rock & Republic faux leather pants and black heels. Love!

For my "Fancy" outfit I wore a gorgeous gown from the BCBG Off The Runway outlet store that I go to every year during my family's annual Branson, MO vacay that we take prior to Christmas. I didn't get a selfie of that beauty but will share it with you when I post about our family photo session.

My handsome man perusing the menu. We ate at this fabulous Italian restaurant, Porcini's, and it was very yummy! Grouper for him, fettuccine with salsiccia for me, bottle of wine and a pizza to go. Yes, you read that correctly, a pizza to go. We couldn't decide on what to get! ha!

We cut the cake for our pics but decided to wait until after dinner to eat it. I don't think anything beats ice cream and cake after a fabulous dinner!

I cannot wait to share all the info and pics from our family photo session. Ah, so fun!

xoxo MaryBeth