Pink Saturday - 5/15/10

Happy Pink Saturday everyone! I had to take a couple of weeks off from Pink Saturday becuase of vacation, but now I am back! Hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start!

So for this week I wanted to share my latest obsession. I found out this week that I am receiving a little spot bonus for meeting my Q1 numbers. I busted my behind in March (working 60 hour weeks), so I thought I deserved a little something fun, and then the rest would go to pay off bills/put into savings. So right now I am debating on this:

I have not bought a new purse in 1.5 years (I keep rotating out my purses), and I LOVE Coach purses (at one point in time I kind of had a problem). The other day I went shopping for purses (and went into like 6 stores), and so far this one I keep coming back to. The only drawback is it is a little big, more of a tote than a purse. I decided I needed a few days to sleep on it, so we will see what I end up doing.

                                    

I also liked one similar to this, but in a lavendar instead, but it was a little more money, so who knows what I will end up with. I really want a fun colorful bright pink one, so if anyone knows of any fun pink purses, let me know. I typically prefer leather purses, but this silky fabric seemed like fun. I asked the sales associate if it would pull, and she claimed that so far she hasn't had any complaints, but if I did have problems I could take it back anytime and they would fix/replace for free. I love that about coach!

Don't forget to check out Beverly's blog for more Pink Saturday.

Show Us Your Life -- Favorite Books

When I saw the topic for this week's Show Us Your Life -- Favorite Books, I got so excited because I LOVE to read. I am always reading something, and sometimes a couple of books at one time -- although that can get confusing sometimes =)

I have read so many books that I actually started a spreadsheet to keep track of them (yes my friends call me a dork, until they ask to see my spreadsheet...ha!!). But it is great because it helps you keep track of what you have already read. Of course about a year ago my computer crashed, and I lost it, but I did my best to recreate it, and then I came across this great site Goodreads that is like a online bookshelf that keeps track of books you have read, books you are currently reading, and books you would like to read. I love it, and you can access my library by going here. Feel free to check it out and friend me if you would like.

So my favorite type of books is chick lit. I especially love when the books I read turn into movies such as The Devil Wears Prada, The Nanny Diaries, Confessions of a Shopaholic, etc.

My favorite authors are:

Jennifer Weiner -- I think I have read all of her books, but Good in Bed had to be my favorite

Jen Lancaster -- this chick is HILARIOUS. The first book Bitter is the New Black was my favorite and was about losing her job and why you don't want to carry a Prada bag to the unemployment office (ha!). They are all pretty funny, and I can't wait to read her new book My Fair Lazy. She also has a blog Jennsylvania if you want a daily read of her world.

Clare Naylor -- I didn't realize how many of her books I have read until I checked out my bookshelf on Goodreads. I really love the illustrations on the front covers. Do you ever pick up a book because of the cover? I do all the time!!

Lauren Weisberger -- Of course, LOVED the Devil Wears Prada. I think I actually read it 2 or 3 times, and watched the movie a dozen times. She has a couple of other books, Chasing Harry Winston and Everyone Worth Knowing, that were pretty good also.

Sophia Kinsella -- Who doesn't love the Shopaholic series? I'll admit I think I only read the first 3, after a while I was like, STOP SHOPPING! The movie was really cute though. My favorite book of her's actually is Twenties Girl. It was so different from the Shopaholics, it was a mystery book, and really good.

Well, I hope you get a chance to check out my bookshelf, and if anyone else has a Goodreads profile let me know. I am always looking for book recommendations. Feel free to leave me a comment with some recommendations as well.

Tybee Island

While we were visiting Savannah, we decided to drive out to Tybee Island before we headed on back to Hilton Head. By this point in time the weather was really starting to turn bad, so obviously my pictures are a little dreary, but luckily the rain held off so we could enjoy the island for about an hour or so.

We first started off by visiting the lighthouse. I love lighthouses, and I always try and get a picture of every one that I can visit. This one had a cute little community of buildings around it that I suppose you could tour, but unfortunatly the property was closed off with a gate. We couldn't figure out why it was closed. We were bummed we didn't get to see any more of the lighthouse. I didn't realize until I got home that there were those nasty powerlines in my pics. Of course because of the gate, it was hard to get a really good pic of the lighthouse.

We then drove to almost the tip of the island and visited the pier. It was fun to walk out onto the pier, and look back on the beach. There were a couple of people fishing off the pier. My boyfriend always likes to go up to them and ask them what they are trying to catch.

Here is the picture of the beach from the pier.

There was also a cute little discovery shop/welcome center behind the pier, and it had this cute turtle out front. I just loved all of the fun bright colors.

Well that is all I have to share about my trip to Tybee Island. Hopefully I can go back to Savannah again some day and spend a little more time on the island.

Savannah and The Lady And Sons

Savannah is probably one of my favorite cities, and when my boyfriend and I were discussing taking a trip to Hilton Head, I told him the only thing I really wanted to do was go to Savannah for a day. I was so excited that we were able to take a day trip, but was a little bummed that it rained that day. Of course it didn't start to really downpour until later in the day, and luckily that was the only day that it wasn't sunny, so all in all it wasn't too bad.

What I love most about Savannah, and the south in general, is all of the southern trees with the hanging Spanish moss. I really enjoyed walking through the little squares in the city. We weren't able to tour too many of them because of the weather, but the ones we did visit were beautiful.

While we were there, we had the chance to eat at Paula Deen’s restaurant The Lady and Sons. Luckily I looked it up online, because there was a protocol for getting a table at the restaurant.

We arrived about 9:15 am to stand in line, although there were people there at 8 am! The hostess stand opened up at 9:30 am to take our names. It didn’t take long to reach the hostess stand, probably because the weather was cruddy, and it was the middle of the week, in May.

Anyway, we were able to choose what time we wanted to be seated (11 am, Noon, 1 pm or 2 pm) and then were asked to wait across the street from the restaurant 15 mins prior to our reservation (which for us was 10:45 am since we choose the 11 am reservation). Once our names were called (which didn’t take too long), we were given a card, and asked to take the elevator to the 3rd floor to another hostess stand which then took us to our table.

Once we arrived at our table, they took our drink orders (sweet tea of course!) and brought us each a hoe cake and a cheesy biscuit (which were awesome!).

We both decided to try the buffet so that we could sample a lot of different kinds of food. My favorite was the baked chicken, mac and cheese and mashed potatoes. We both also got to choose a dessert and I choose the chocolate chip butter cake (which was almost too sweet, but very good), and my boyfriend choose the peach cobbler. Of course we tried each other’s desserts, and the peace cobbler was awesome also.

We really enjoyed the food at The Lady and Sons, but both ate WAY too much. We were a little stuffed, so we sat on a bench and watched these fountains for about 20 mins or so just to feel a little better.

I also went into the Paula Deen store,

I picked up an autographed copy of her book The Lady and Sons Savannah Country Cookbook, as well as a cute platter with images of Savannah on it.

We also took a trip to Tybee Island that day, but I’ll save that post for another day.

Hilton Head Beach Pictures

So we are back from the beach, and not happy about this cold dreary weather! I have lots of pictures and things to share, but thought I would go ahead and post some beach pics to get started.

My boyfriend and I at the beach

Cute little bird on the beach

Ocean and the sand dunes

Sunrise on the last day

Sunrise on the last day

OSU Glee Flash Mob

Last Monday (5/3/10) Ohio State University students put on a glee flash mob performance to promote the new Ohio Union student building. I love flash mob performances, and thought it was awesome that our local students were able to come together and pull this off. The performance was to the song "Don't Stop Believin,” included around 70 dancers, Brutus Buckeye and even University President Gordon Gee, and involved around 2.5 months of rehearsals. Check out the video below and you can find out even more from this LA Times new article.

Beach or Bust

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Vaction time is here! If you are reading this, then my boyfriend and I are probably on our way to the beach for vacation. We are going to Hilton Head for the week and are hoping to take a day trip to Savannah and Tybee Island as well. I am so super excited because I haven't been to the beach in 3 years!! Well I hope everyone has a great weekend and I'll be sure to share lots of pictures and stories when I return!