High 5 For Friday.

This week was crazy... so much work, so little time! But we did manage to squeeze some fun in.

#1. February date night to Firebirds! Thanks to an awesome Christmas gift from my lovely sister-in-law and her hubby!

#2. Season finale of Parenthood on Tuesday. Ohh, the anticipation of next season is a killer!

#3. I had the privilege of making dinner for our sweet friends from our sunday school class on Thursday night! I love cooking for other people... plus we got to go spend some time with precious Parker!!

#4. Like I posted yesterday. I'm so excited about #Marchphotoaday!

day 1. {waking}UP

day 2. FRUIT

#5. Hubby was accepted to UAB for grad school! I'm so proud of my favorite boy! He will start working toward his MBA in August!

Go Blazers!

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March photos.

Happy March everyone!! Time is flying by... just two little months till hubby and I will celebrate our first anniversary!!

So, I stumbled across #Marchphotoaday this morning on Pearls & Such... originally from Fat Mum Slim!

I am so excited to attempt to do it this month! I saw quite a few February hashtags for it last month and wondered where it had come from!

Here's the guidelines from Chantelle:

*Starting on March 1st take a photo each day with inspiration from the prompt. For example prompt 1 is 'up', so take a photo looking up. Or of the word 'up'. Or something that lifts your mood 'up'. It it totally up to you how you want to interpret it.

*Once you've taken your photo you can share it on Instagram, Facebook {on your own profile or business page}, Twitter, Flickr, your blog, Pinterest, Tumblr or even just keep them in a folder on your desktop. If you're sharing on Twitter or Instagram add the hashtag #Marchphotoaday so others can find your photos too.

Are you going to play too?!

Wednesday Lovin'

Linking up today for What I'm Loving Wednesday!

#1. FREE pizza for dinner. It's been a long day and some Papa John's really does make it a little bit better!

#2. Summer time clothes! I'm ready to save up some money and go on a little shopping spree!

#3. The anticipation of sleeping in tomorrow! I've been working extra hours this week and when you aren't in the routine of waking up early... it's tough!! (I know I sound so lame!)

#4. Dreaming of decorating my own home at some point. I long to decorate a guest bedroom... or a baby room :)

#5. And everyday I learn to love this man even more.

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Monday.

Last night too many thoughts kept me awake!

I was slightly upset with myself and my mind was just a thinkin' away. In my bible study with my girls from Sunday school we just started studying "The Me I Want to Be"

Since reading the first few chapters the Lord has been working on me. Last night He convicted me that too often I look outwardly about who I strive to be. My flesh desires to be someone I was not designed to be.

I began to think, it's not about who I want to be... it's about who I'm meant to be!

I was convicted that who I'm meant to be is a better version of my here and now... not becoming someone else. So, who am I... right now? I'm a Christian, a wife, a daughter (in-law), a sister (in-law), a teller, a blogger, a photographer, a crafter, a couponer, a fashionista, and a decorator.

Okay so I may have stretched the last few, but I strive to be those!

So in order to become who I'm meant to be I need to stop focusing on others around me and focus on improving in who I am.

Here's what I came up with to become better in each of these areas.

I am a Christian: Serve, Encourage, Love, Pray, Give, Meditate, Praise

I am a Wife: Honor, Respect, Love, Cook/Clean, Submit, Support, Serve, Give

I am a Daughter: Honor, Serve, Love

I am a Sister: Love, Share, Listen

I am a Teller: Work hard, Diligence, Listen, Patient, Happy

I am a Blogger: Honest, Share, Fun, Creative

I am a Photographer: Learn, Practice, Confident

I am a Crafter/Couponer/Fashionista/Decorator: Practice, Fun

Do you have any more to add? So instead of taking this as a get by free ticket... I'm taking it as a challenge to become what I'm meant to be. Join me?

So lastly, we got our prize pack from the "You Had me at War Eagle" contest through AuburnArt today! Lots of fun orange and blue stuff :)

War Eagle!

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High 5 For Friday & Blog Award.

Linking up with From My Grey Desk again today :)

5. Auburn played a great game last weekend and beat Miss. State! They aren't very great so anytime we can squeeze in a W me and hubby are pumped!!

4. Last night I threw some fish together and stuck it in the oven. It was SO yum! I've been failing as of late on the cooking front so this was a needed uplift!!

3. Last weekend was GREAT! Surin on Friday night and catching up on some of our shows.

The Vow, Panera, and shopping on Saturday. And Mexican on Sunday. Blissful! Hubby is so good to me!

2. Monday night we went to go visit our friends Abbey and Lyle in the hospital to meet their sweet baby boy Parker!! Baby and Momma are doing great and he is as cute as can be :) It's so fun to have friends with babies! Hello baby feverrrrr....

1. GIC. This week at our church we are having our Global Impact Celebration. It's my first time ever to attend but I've always heard great things. Wednesday night was the kick-off and it was just as great as everyone had said. We all cheered as Pastor Danny introduced the missionaries and they ran down the isles! The kids/youth sang I Will Follow by Chris Tomlin. I've fallen in love with this song!

And now on to the blog award:

My sweet friend Kristen over at A Lovely Mist gave me my first blog award:

Here's how it works- upon receiving the award, you are to:

1. Link back to the person who awarded you

2. Answer all the award questions

3. Tell something about yourself that you haven't told anyone on your blog yet

4. Award as many bloggers that you think are worthy of this award and make them aware of it

Questions:

What is your go to make up brand?

The truth is... that I don't have a go to brand. I buy what's on sale or cheapest. Pitiful and not very good for my skin, I know! I do love my Neutrogena face powder though- it's pretty much a staple!

What was your favorite fashion trend of 2011?

I'm no where close to being even a semi-fashionista. But I did love all the lacey additions to an outfit. For awhile I thought lace was just meant for wedding dresses but now a days its so great for a dress or a skirt!

What is your favorite dessert?

I loveeee petit fours. But not just any petit fours... Peggy Ann's! They are the most delicious dessert EVER. They melt in your mouth and they are just the perfect size! I had them at my bridesmaids luncheon for my wedding. YUM!

What is your favorite color?

Green!

What is your middle name?

Before I was married, it was Lin.

The last song you listened to?

Adele- Someone Like You.

We just caught up with the rest of the world and downloaded our first Adele song. I'm obsessed.

Dogs or cats?

You know me... can I pick fish?! If I had to pick I would says dogs.

Something you haven't told anyone (on your blog) yet?

Ecckk, I don't know. I've had this blog too long to keep secrets.

Bloggers I award:

The Thaxton Life

Robyn's Reflections

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I'm trying to encourage these girls to blog more so I can keep up with their lives! Maybe this will help :)

Savings.

This weekend turned out to be a good little savings weekend!

Me and Matthew hit up Publix on Saturday morning for their 50% Kellogg's Cereal sale!

Here's our breakdown:

1 box Kellogg's Corn Pops @ 2.35

1 box Kellogg's Rice Krispies @ 2.17

1 box Kellogg's Raisin Bran @ 1.90

1 box Kellogg's Fruit Loops @ 2.14

1 box Kellogg's Frosted Wheat @ 2.20

-Used $5/off 5 boxes coupon

Total spent: $5.76

2 boxes Green Giant Frozen Vegetables @ BOGO 1.99

-Used .50/ off 2 boxes coupon

Total spent: $1

1 bottle Wishbone dressing @ BOGO 2.85

-Used .70/ off 1 bottle coupon

Total spent: $.73

AND, we had one splurge (atleast it was on BOGO)

1 bag Ruffles Chips @ BOGO 4.29

Total spent: 2.15

Total paid: $11.09

Saving of $23.00 (coupon savings: $6.70)

CVS was really my pride and joy this week though.

All of this for $3.23 out of pocket.

This makes me feel some serious satisfaction :)

Lastly we hit up Target for some free yogurt. We got 2 4 packs for FREE. And picked up some can drinks on sale to take to SS. We used our last Target gift card from our wedding. Whew, it was a sad moment!! (We almost stretched it a year!)

Love to save me some money!! Heading to Target again tomorrow on my day off for a few more freebies!!

High Five for Friday.

1. All things Valentines. Including my wonderful Valentine:

{even though he is a goob}

2. Making our bed cozy and welcoming like this:

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3. Laughing. I made 4 big ole mistakes this week in my cooking. Which resulted in one meal that wasn't edible. :) Glad hubby will laugh with me and then order us a pizza!

4. Baking successes. It's only right to say something I did right after sharing the negative details! Made some delicious cupcakes and blondie brownies. YUM!

5. Winning 2nd runner up in the "You Had Me at War Eagle" contest through AuburnArt :) We will see what our prize is once we get it in the mail. Ohhh, the anticipation!

Have a happy weekend, soak up the weather today.

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