our weekend in pictures...

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We had a great weekend this past weekend. Friday night we had our usual grocery shopping and dinner date in Huntington. Before we left I snapped some pictures of and with Louie, just because he is cute. Also, I felt kind of guilty for leaving him...so here to to hoping that a shout out on the good ol' blog will cheer him up! I just hate leaving him at home...is anyone else like that with their pets?

I will say that it does melt my heart when we do come home and he is so excited to see us. It is the only time her gives kisses and I gladly receive them!

I can tell in this picture that he does not look happy, but he is still so cute and loved!

Our town has snowflake lights up on the street lights along Main St. I thought it was beautiful and tried to get a picture...but you can see that it did not turn out quite right. Maybe it was because we were driving 40mph? Better luck next time!

Saturday morning we had some errands to run, including getting the tires on my car balanced, rotated, and checked for winter. I was very happy when they told me they would be good for another year...that was not an expense I really wanted to deal with now. Not needing new tires mean that I can still go Black Friday shopping. Woo!

Our photo shoot in the car! :) 

After our Discount Tire appointment we went to the mall and grabbed lunch at Red Robin. I have to say, I have eaten there several times and I am just never impressed. Am I the only one?

I did get some things that I wanted at Kirklands...well, Stephen got my some things for Christmas. Which means, that I have to wait until Christmas to open and use them!

In the afternoon I did some Pinterest inspired baking:

Y'all, this was DELICIOUS and SO easy. Several people on Facebook asked for the recipe, so I will be posting that later this week. Or you can find it here.  Later in the afternoon Stephen's Dad came over to help move our living room furniture to make room for the new furniture that's coming! It ended up being more than a two man job, so they called in Adam for back-up. I was so thankful that they were available to help us because I know that Stephen and I could not have handled that on our own!

It was a tight fit into the new room...

And this is what our living room looks like now:

I will say that after spending our free time on Sunday laying on the floor watching football and movies, we will appreciate our new furniture so much! It really is so nice to have a sofa to sit on-don't take it for granted!

Louie looks for soft places to lay. All the time! These blankets were on the floor for no more than 1 minute before we found him looking pretty comfortable. He likes blankets, pillows and laundry. Sometimes I leave my PJS on the floor in my closet and I always find him in there laying on them (they are fleece for winter). It is just precious!

All the old furniture was moved to our "library" and arranged so we can now use this room for reading, crafting, and playing games. So fun! Here are some shots of the room with furniture in it:

This door goes into our half bath and laundry room that is also connected to the kitchen...it's one big circle!

While the men were moving furniture, Louie and I were taking pictures. The noise and activity was scaring him so we just stood back together and watched.

After all the activity and furniture movement, we headed to church for a donation dinner and auction. I had never been to an auction before (apparently that is weird, Stephen was shocked and called me sheltered, ha!) and it was so fun! I really, really enjoyed it and just listening to the auctioneer. I thought he was great, but I was told that others talk way faster...I cannot even imagine. At the end of the night we walked away with a tree stand that I got for $2. I call that a good deal, and I was thrilled that I was able to raise my hand and place a bid. Maybe I am easily entertained? Oh well, it was fun!

Last but not least, our updated bathroom downstairs. I forgot to post about this last week but we have made some improvements. Our first floor bath is a half bath and it has our washer/dryer in there. I did not like the way the room looked or felt with the appliances visible, so I scoured Pinterest for ideas to minimize the industrial feel. I decided the easiest way and cheapest way would be to hang shower curtains:  

Well, I did it and I LOVE it. To me it looks like a shower/tub now, so unless you already knew our washer/dryer was there you would have no idea! Score for that!

So that was our weekend in a nut shell. I hope that you too had a great weekend! New furniture comes tomorrow...I CANNOT WAIT!

Happy Tuesday!