Excuse me, but...

...how freaking awesome is my Dawg sash?!

I am rather proud considering it's only like the 3rd thing I've ever sewn. Can you tell I modeled it after J. Crew's sash that goes with the Lyndsey dress? Remember when they sold those sashes a la carte in a million different colors a few years ago? Yeah I have like all of them. And now I have a Dawg version! Woof woof!

From my mom, the Auburn fan...

Sorry, she just couldn't help herself...

From the weather service:

In the event of a rash of tornadoes sweeping through the state of Alabama, we are asking all Alabamians to take shelter at Bryant-Denny Stadium located inTuscaloosa, Alabama.

We are fairly certain a touchdown will not occur there.

Oh isn't she the jokester... I'm sure you Bama girls will LOVE that one! Hehehehe...

Well, southern fried football is officially upon us! The hub and I are heading up to the UGA game tomorrow and I cannot wait!!! We don't have tickets, but we're just going to go and see if we can snag some cheap ones. If not, we'll just enjoy the fanfare and watch the game downtown or something. And I am gonna be collegiate cute to boot... I'll be wearing this dress...





...with my fabu silver Bonanno's (courtesy of bestest)...




And I got some fabric today at JoAnn's to make a Dawg-a-riffic sash for my black dress...



Goooooo Dawgs! Woo hoooooo!

Winter Wonderland.

I can't believe we got another fun snow this weekend. The dogs actually got out in it once the flurries stopped falling. I'm not sure why the flurries are so scary... they look pretty harmless to me. But they had a ball running around in our backyard. Our street was lined with snowmen by Saturday afternoon. Too fun!

Well the weekend was great... I got SO much stuff done. I was a total domestic diva all weekend - non-stop. I'm actually caught up on laundry (a miracle in itself) and I started my first ever sewing project. I'm making drapes out of an old duvet cover we have. I've got one panel cut and marked and ready to sew. I'm sure this is like the simplest of sewing projects, but for me it's a super big deal. I really hope they turn out well. I will post some pics once we get them up (assuming they're OK to use!).

Oh and another thing that made my weekend fabulous... we found out at work on Friday that Saturday hours during busy season are no longer required!!! This is my 9th tax season and I've had to work Saturdays every year for those 3 months. It just really wears you out and puts a damper on your whole weekend (er - one day off). So to get that news on Friday was HUGE. It just makes my outlook on busy season so much brighter and more positive. I still have to get my hours in, but we just have the flexibility to work them in during the week and enjoy our FULL weekends now. I'm beyond excited.

I'm meeting one of my girlfriends tonight at Houston's.... I can't wait. That's one of my favorite restaurants and I don't get to go as much since moving up to the 'burbs. Seared ahi tuna salad, here I come! Mmm...

A very Harry weekend...

I am so uber excited for the 7th and final installment of Harry Potter to hit stores tomorrow. I usually pre-order the books, but I failed to do so this time, so I guess I will have to join the madness to get my copy. I'm thinking I may hit a Kroger or something less obvious than Barnes & Noble to pick mine up. Sadly, I have such a busy weekend that I won't be able to devote all my time to the book, as I'd very much like to do! I can't wait to learn whether my own theories are true... what are some of yours? I know some of you out there are crazy about HP like me! I think Snape is really and truly good... that's what I want to believe anyway. There's something I like about him. JK Rowling says this final one is her favorite of them all, so I'm just beyond excited to find out what's in store. I'm getting a pedi tomorrow after my Sewing 101 class, so I should at least get a good jump on it while my tootsies are being pampered.

Yep, so I'll be at my first sewing class tomorrow and I'm *sew* excited to learn how to sew. It's been on my to-do list for years. It's one of those things that I know I could be good at, but I've always been intimidated by it and have never taken the time to learn or just jump in and teach myself. I have a machine, though I'm not altogether sure where it is right now. Collecting dust somewhere... I also have a little mini sewing machine for paper crafts because I really want to incorporate sewing into my designs.

I also have quite a few orders to finish up this weekend... one of which I am super proud of and I will have to post pics of it once I'm done. It's a bachelorette party invitation and it's just stupid cute. Then I'm meeting a couple of girlfriends for brunch on Sunday for some quality girl time. So it's pretty packed...

On Monday I go back to the doctor for my first $600 shot. This is not the technical name of course, but it's my name for it. I'm carrying it my bag right now and I'm a little paranoid about it. It was such a damn hassle to get it pre-certified through my insurance - ugh, don't even get me started. Anyway, once I get shot #1, they'll go ahead and schedule surgery #2. Should be mid/late September. I think we will be pretty much good to go after the 2nd surgery as far as getting me prego. I think I will have to have another HSG after surgery to make sure everything looks good, but that should be the final "procedure." So it would be super duper fun if Santa would put a bun in my oven by Christmas! I'm thinking a 2008 baby sounds fun. It's a good even year and 8's are fun to write. I was really hoping for a 2007 baby (originally) because my mom was '47, I was '77, so I thought it'd be cool to have an '07. But that's out, obviously! So here's hoping for a tot in '08!

Hope you all have a fabu weekend! TGIF!