My Halloween-y Easter

For Easter this year, I dressed up as a Stepford Wife. =)  From my Scarlet Samples necklace to my prim and proper flower dress to my glittery heels, I'm channelling a Stepford Wife.  

Dress ($10) & Heels ($20): Bealls

Cardi (Mom's):  NY&Co

Tank ($10): Express

I've been wearing a lot of flowery skirts and dresses lately. I just can't help myself. The weather here is absolutely gorgeous. Sunny, warm but not humid, it's just perfect! Yesterday, when I re-wore this outfit (minus the glittery heels, they're entirely too high to wear all day!) to work, one of the engineers next door said that I must have decided to wear my April flowers.

Necklace, Bracelets & Earrings: Scarlet Samples from Flats to Flip Flops

Gold Chain Link Bracelet: Gift

Ring: Target ($7)

Typically, I like to dress my kids, the Hubs and I all in coordinating outfits for Easter.  This year, however, Easter snuck up on us, so the kids wore their duds from my sister's wedding (I'll share pics with you as soon as they're edited!) and I picked this little dress from out of the back of my closet. 

Do you typically dress up for Easter?

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Tasty Tuesday & A Bestie

Tasty Tuesday - Cookies & A Super Delicious Dip

The other night, I decided it was high time for Nate & I to have ourselves a "date night". Date night usually can mean anything from watching part of movie together on the couch to the occasional getting of a sitter and going "out".  This time I decided to make some yummy snacks that we could eat while we played a game or two of scrabble. I love board games with my man. We're pretty competitive though. If we're not careful, we'll end up not speaking to each other before the night is out, so we usually have to set up some ground rules to keep it light hearted.  Nate came up with the brilliant idea to use a timer and only allow 30 seconds to put out each word! Thirty seconds, people, is NOT a lot of time when playing scrabble. But it kept us from getting worked up and the silly words we came up with kept us laughing. =)

These cookies are the most delicious oatmeal cookies I've ever had! I could eat ten of them in one sitting. Oh wait, I think I did that. =)  I'm all about improvising recipes and "Oatmeal Raisin Cookies" just doesn't sound as delicious as "Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies," does it?  You guessed it. I added chocolate chips. I'd say, just add as many or as few as you think looks perfect. =)

This dip that I got from Painting the Air was SO good. I mean, SO incredibly yummy. Of course, I like to try to make everything as easy as possible, so instead of using an Italian dressing mix, I just used Italian dressing that was in the fridge. Maybe it would have been even better if I had used the mix, but I don't know how. Absolutely, super delicious!! Thank you, Painting the Air for sharing that recipe! 

A Bestie a/k/a Best Friend Since Almost Birth

My best bestie, Staci, and I have been friends since we were in diapers. On Easter Saturday, we took our kids to a big Easter Eggstravaganza (egg drop, pony rides, bouncy houses, petting zoo). It was HUGE and the kids loved it.  We were able to snap a pic of the two of us to document the day.

I am wearing:

Shirt: Target

Green tank: Express

Shorts: Old Navy

Nude wedges: 6pm.com

Staci is wearing:

Shirt: Gift from her mom-in-law

Cropped pants: NY&Co

Shoes: I forgot to ask her. =)