Walmart Shoes

If there is anyone looking for cute and cheap flats for every day, Walmart has some adorable ones right now and they are only about $15. I bought these yesterday, so COMFY!And a pair of purple ones.

I bought ones that looked EXACTLY like this from Spring Shoes (a shoe company called Blowfish) and they were $60 and were ruined like 2 months later. I would much rather pay $15 for the exact same pair of shoes to get ruined.

Birthday: 25 Things About Me!

I case anyone cares to learn more about me, I did a post (well... it ended up being two posts) with 25 things about me. You can view it here.

Birthday!

This day, the 22nd of July, at 7:16 PM 23 years ago yours truly was brought into this world after an intense and LONG (more than 24 hours) delivery by her beautiful mom. Thank you mom for being such an amazing person and bringing me into this world. Thank you for being adamant that the doctors not do a c-section, and telling them that I would come out on my own terms (even though it might have been easier for you). Thank you for giving me a beautiful name, home, and family. I love you more than you will ever know.

That was me the day I was born! ♥

Cookiegasm: Oreo Truffle Recipe

credit: rockYOface on flickr.com

Sometimes when all is said and done the bride and groom are left with a bunch of favors left behind by their guests. This won’t happen if your favor is an edible! I found this delicious recipe for diy oreo truffles on the kraft website ad thought it would be a perfect diy favor idea for all of you planning your own wedding!

They only require a few ingredients so they are extremely affordable and they don’t take very long to make! Here’s the recipe!

Oreo Truffles (Makes 42 individual truffles!)

• 1 pkg. (1 lb. 2 oz.) OREO Cookies, finely crushed, divided
• 1 pkg.  (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 2 pkg. (8 squares each) BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted (Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, White Chocolate..Choose your fav!)
• Optional – Candy sprinkles for additional customization – find some in your wedding colors!

1. MIX 3 cups of the cookie crumbs and the cream cheese until well blended. Shape into 42 (1-inch) balls.
2. DIP balls in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover melted chocolate can be stored in tightly covered container at room temperature and saved for another use.) Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. (Here is where you can also add some of your candy sprinkles to add some color! You could also wait till after refrigerating  and further decorate your truffles with different colored chocolate by piping pretty designs or swirls on top!)
3. REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm. Store any leftover truffles in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

credit: Kraft Foods

That’s it – you will only need to wrap them up for your guests! Some cute packaging ideas would be individually wrapping each truffle in cellophane (clear or colored) with a pretty bow to match your theme and a favor tag. You could also put them in pretty favor boxes!

If you make truffles for your big day using this recipe please be sure to send us the pics! We would love to see!

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Found this recipe here.

Summer Tiiiiiiime and the livin's easy....

Summer means no more snow, nicer weather, and possibly some rain in there (but I love rain when I am "prepared" for it) which equals more photo shoots for my photography biz!!! Summer is my favorite time of year!

Time to go rafting down the Red Deer river (possibly with a beer or two in hand and some friends):

We actually went out to a club last night to celebrate our friend Steve's birthday. First time we've been out to the bar in some time. It was nice to go and dance, I LOVE dancing. Some songs I heard there and that I'm digging right now:

• Ke$ha - Take It Off (yes... I just admitted to liking a Ke$ha song. WHAT OF IT?)
• Katy Perry - California Gurls (Probably the ONLY Katy Perry song I will ever like.)
• Flo Rida ft. David Guetta - Club Can't Handle Me
• 3OH3! ft. Ke$sha - My First Kiss
• David Guetta Ft. Fergie & LMFAO - Getting Over You
• LMFAO - Shots

 My birthday is in 6 days. 23. No plans really, since we're kind of broke (thanks wedding <3). Last night at the bar all I could think was... I remember when I could dance at the bar for HOURS on end. Where did those days go??? LOL Oh well. I enjoyed myself at the pace that I could handle. :)

3 Cheers for Weddzilla!!

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