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Life,

This is the way I ended my Sunday night. #winwin

A favorite book I am reading right now!! I absolutely LOVE Liane Moriarty, she is such a fun easy light read...she reminds me of a cross between Sophie Kinsella ( shopoholic series) and Emily Giffen. All great chic lit authors :) 

Playing around with pillow in my living room.. sort of a dark picture but my new pottery barn glimmer pillows are the gold looking ones in the center. they are so cute!!!!

You can shop these pillows HERE

Going to meet some friends for dinner on this night!!!

Favorite scarf ever here

Sunday afternoon I whipped up my very own hummus. I have a serious hummus addiction. it is so bad that I will go to Zoe's kitchen twice a week to buy tubs of hummus...it was time I started making my own! 

Basically:

two cans garbanzo beans

4 tablespoons olive oil

Juice of two lemons

one garlic glove minced

1/2 cup tahini sauce ( found on the international aisle of grocery store)

cumin, salt, and pepper

water to add texture

put this in a food processor and blend until the consisitincey is how you like it. I added Paprika for color and presentation on top :)

My monday OOTD...I am obsessed with all of Apricot Lane's new outfits for fall !!!!

I have sold my soul to the toasted graham latte at Starbucks. I am over the pumpkin. So sad.

Wohoo!!! Happy Anniversary TO US!! My hubby surprised me with a GORGEOUS estate piece that I had picked out over six months ago never thinking I would get it. He was watching very closely and gave it to me on our Anniversary. 

It has started...the struggle is real #OCD #ObsessiveChristmasDisorder

ya'll...

im.done.christmas shopping. 

I know... I'm crazy...

Dinner with friends!

Tuscan Bean Soup

#vibes

Today was fabulous!! We had our pumpkin patch day at St. Thomas which meant a longggg day on my feet running around after excited three year olds. I knew I was going to be tired and would not feel like cooking so I got my crock pot out of course!!!! I found this recipe on Pinterest and tweaked it to make it my own.  This is such a yummy fall comfort food..I made ours meatless but this soup would be fabulous with some keilbasa or chicken thrown into the mix. I woke up and literally dumped all of my ingredients into the crockpot...done. Just the way I like it! 

Shopping List:

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 2 medium carrots, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 1 medium zucchini, diced
• 1 yellow summer squash, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, pressed
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
• ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 quart vegetable (or chicken) broth
• 2 (14 ounce) cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed ( I added an extra can of butter beans)
• 1 (14 ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes with juices
• 3 cups chopped kale, ribs removed
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• One to two cans of cream of celery soup for texture ( cream of mushroom or chicken would work great too)

Procedure:

Literally dump everything in the crockpot and leave!

In all seriousness though..
Place all of the ingredients inside of the crockpot and cook it.. for 8 hours...season as needed!!

Enjoy!!!

Life Lately

My alarm went off today at 7 AM ..yes it's Saturday but I wanted to wake up..brew coffee, and go for a walk. I woke up Brandon, threw on my gym clothes and ran downstairs to start our morning. When I stepped outside to let Mr. Colt do his business I was greeted with a nice gust of cool air! Finally!!! My pumpkin stuff is being put to good use-it doesn't just feel like summer with a bunch of pumpkins hanging around :)! Walking this morning in our beautiful neighborhood felt so good because I know my favorite season is here ...the season where I got married two years ago, and the season where I get to bake nonstop and blaze my pumpkin candles...the season before all of the holiday bustle. I love it! It was such a great day.

This was after our walk this morning..Brandon and I have a thing..every weekend ( unless something is going on) we try and go to one restaurant that has been on the DDD list. ( Food Network's Diners, Drive ins, and Dives) San Antonio is FULL of hidden gems. Today we went to Magnolia Pancake Haus, I have been dying to go here for TWO years. UM two years...yes that is how long I have lived in San A and I have not gotten to eat here yet. Unless you come here during the wee hours of the  morning you will be waiting for 2 plus hours..because the pancakes are that good..

So because we started our morning chipper and bright ( Brandon would hate that I said that :)) We were able to make the crack of dawn service ..ANDDDD it was worth it!!!

I had the blueberry pancakes:)

Onto last week....

Fall Makeover!!! 

I am the girl who has spring/summer makeup and fall/winter makeup

all you makeup junkies know what I am sayin'! I scavenged the Nars section of Sephora last week and found my all-time favorite fall lipstick it is called "Damage" and it is such a pretty little berry stain on your pout ..it just looks great for fall~

you can shop the lipstick HERE

Because I am part time this year my days off are glorious :) ( JK) I have a lot going on actually BUT I find lots of time to get all of my chores done.. my house was never this clean last year..laundry and coffee are what get me going on Tuesday and Thursday morning!

Pottery barn Monogrammed mugs and ON SALE :)

CLICK HERE

A few things I love about living in SA...1. The hill country 2. My friends and preschool St. Thomas and 3. My parents live down the road!!! I feel like the worlds luckiest girl sometimes that I have parents who live so close. They are here for everything...mom is absolutely in love with her home and is attempting to style it exactly the way she envisioned so we met at Starbucks this day to talk about her new ideas and paint colors for the walls. 

ps. The graham latte or whatever it is called is taking place of my beloved pumpkin spice. Yep!

We celebrated these two and their now third year of marriage! HA! Want the back story on this..wait for another post :)  I feel beyond blessed everyday to have my parents back together again! 

A fall mani done by me!! Piazza cake by OPI

In case you need a yummy fall supper try my Mexican Lasagna

It will not disappoint. I make this all the time during football season when we are hosting friends over to watch football and they love it!

I love my husband for a billion reasons but one of the main reasons is that this Texas girl loves a steak... he spoils me ROTTEN with his grilling skills and I am so proud of the Texan that this California boy has become :) Perfection on a Saturday night:)

then we went to see Martian...eh. Not the greatest but not bad either

Life lately!