Do you know what my biggest accomplishment was this weekend? I'm totally caught up on Scandal. Sad, I know, that this was my biggest accomplishment. Hello, my name is Penny and I'm a binge watcher. Eric has been a real trooper during my last week-and-a-half of binge watching. He's brought me food and drinks, tissues when something sad happened in my life with Olivia Pope and helped me figure out exactly how to keep the episodes streaming. Yes - Best.Husband.Ever!
Surprisingly, I did do a few other things. Saturday was my friend Lauren's bridal shower. Her soon-to-be aunts hosted the event and you could see how excited they are to be welcoming her into their family. The shower was held at One 19 North Tapas and Wine Bar in Kirkwood. Adorable place. The food was wonderful and we had sangria. Great little desserts. Adorable nail polish favor. All this equals GREAT shower.
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| Lauren with her wonderful annts-to-be who hosted the shower. |
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| Friends from work |
Saturday night I did manage to pull myself away from the television long enough to make dinner for Eric, Ian and Kayla and watch the St. Louis Blues Hockey game. Check out these shoes we gave Kayla for Christmas. How great are these?!? A friend of a friend paints on shoes and she came up with this design for my St. Louis Blues loving daughter-in-law. I'll have more information on them on my Five on Friday this week.
My crockpot saved me on Sunday. Our meal cooked all day while I was -- you know, watching Scandal. See what a fantastic multitasker I am! Check out this sandwich -- Pepperoncini Beef. Recipe coming on Tuesday. I know that's St. Patrick's Day and most people will be talking about green stuff and corned beef. Maybe that will be me next year, but this year I'll be sharing my Pepperoncini Pork recipe.
We decided to cap off the weekend and celebrate the warm weather with getting ice cream from one of our favorite ice cream stands -- Dairy Haven. It's one of those places that have plethora of wonderful novelties on their menu, but I get the same thing every single time we go there - a medium black raspberry shake. YUM! This establishment is closed during the winter, so the fact they are open is a sure sign that summer is coming.
Check out what others were up to this weekend.
You sound like you had a relaxing weekend! We all need that once in a while. I did very little either--I did read a lot--now I just have to write up the reviews--I just felt like reading. It rained Saturday when I took my Mom shopping but at least it has been warmer out--the snow is beginning to disappear!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletePenny, your activities always make me smile. To have wonderful family and friends to share your days with. I love the way you etched BAKER into that glass. Looking forward to how you do that on "the machine." I didn't know we could do that ourselves. I may have to look into that. You are right, makes nice personalized gifts.
ReplyDeleteLooks like my kind of weekend! The Silhouette has been on my to-buy list for way too long, I think it's definitely time to take the plunge! I will definitely be looking out for your pepperocini beef, sounds like an awesome recipe :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great weekend. I've never watched Scandal, and I regret it, becasue it looks like my type of show. At some point I might have to catch it online or something...
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a pretty fabulous weekend!!!! That crockpot beef sandwich looks like it was pretty delicious :)
ReplyDeleteHello fellow STL-er - found you on Meg's blog - going to start following more :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great weekend with the gorgeous weather. That tapas bar in Kirkwood is on our list of places to go, hopefully we get there soon!
what a fun shower!
ReplyDeleteI love the etched glass. It made your gift extra special because its personalized and handmade by you.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I got caught up on Scandal, too, this weekend!
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine told me Scandal is a good show to watch. I might look into that when I get extra time.
ReplyDeleteGood times fo sho! We've had nothing but shorts type weather for the better part of six weeks now. I'd love a cold day in Phoenix where I could stay indoors and marathon something.
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched Scandel yet but it looks like a really great series from what I heard. It also look like you had a really great and busy weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great weekend. I love using my crock pot when the weekends get busy!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great weekend. I love the pictures from the shower. I love the shoes. What hockey fan wouldn't.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great weekend! We got a reprieve from winter up here too! It was so nice. That pepperoncini beef reminds me of drip beef! So yummy! I can't wait to see the recipe.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great and relaxing weekend to me! That shoes looks great and comfy!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had an awesome weekend. I love the etching on the dish for your friends bridal gift. I would love to do something like that as a hobby. The Pepperoncini Pork sounds interesting indeed. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you really had a good time. And thank you for sharing us those photos. The food looks delicious to me!
ReplyDeleteOh gosh! I love Scandal and Olivia Pope! Looks like you had such a great weekend
ReplyDeleteI just can't get my eyes on those food. I have always love the weekend just like this.
ReplyDeleteThis looked like you had a great week-end. The food looked really good too. Especially the beef sandwiches. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun weekend! :) That food looks amazing. It's horrible to me that out of this entire post the food caught my attention. Can you tell I'm hungry? Haha! :)
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