[My] Friday's Fancies #1

Oh my gosh! Two posts in one day!! What the what!?

I decided to give it a try and link up with Long Distance Loving for my first Friday's Fancies!

This weekend I'm hoping to hop in the car with the hubby and get out there with this gorgeous fall weather, beautiful colors and yummy cider. I thought I would base my Friday's Fancies today on the perfect outfit for fun fall activities! (It's supposed to be mid 60s - low 70s and sunny this weekend, so we are totally lucking out!) So necessities include: scarf, blazer and sweater to kill the chill, messenger bag so I'm hands free, boots to trek through the woods, sunglasses (since it's supposed to be sunny!) and a camera to capture the memories!

Friday's Fancies #1 - Blazers! by amygrace02

Featuring...

DALIA merino wool top

A P C wool tweed blazer 

True Religion boy friend jeans
Lumiani hidden wedge shoes
Alexander Wang studded handbag
By Malene Birger gauze scarf
Ray-Ban wayfare sunglasses

Have fun and safe weekends, friends! 

fabric friday: Oct 7, 2011: Duralee Fabrics

Another feature on to-the-trade fabrics for homes: Duralee Fabrics.

Duralee was founded in 1952 and is a family owned and operated company. They are one of the fastest growing decorative fabrics companies in the interior design industry. In 2001 they introduced a luxury brand - Highland Court - offering the finest in design and quality. Recently they created Trimmings to enhance their fabrics and furniture, and their contract division has earned a high standing in the hospitality market. They are headquartered in Bay Shore, NY

42179-5 from the Classic Prints & Wovens Collection - book #2819

51014-113 from Sheer Encyclopedia Volume IV - book #2768

90861-66 from Raspberry/Strawberry/Pomegranate - book #2800

90870-181 from Raspberry/Strawberry/Pomegranate - book #2800

73016-619 from Oakdale Collection - book #2775

In 2003 they started making furniture!

Tribeca  Sofa / comes in three widths: 72W / 84W / 96W

Park Avenue Occasional Chair / 28W x 29D x 34H

Park Ave Sofa / comes in three widths: 72W / 84W / 96W

Soho Round Coffee Table / two sizes: 36Dia / 42Dia

All images and information from www.duralee.com.

chewy chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

[Check out the recipe from How Sweet Eats.] You think you don't want to add all that cinnamon, but trust me, you do. It's amazing.

They are like granola bars. Chocolate chip, cinnamony granola bars...in cookie form. With more butter.

Totally acceptable (and delicious) for breakfast with your morning coffee.

I'm sad these only made about 20 cookies, because they lasted two days. Well, three days, but one cookie left over thanks to my hubby and brother-in-law doesn't count.

I had been craving chocolate chips and oatmeal in some combination and this satisfied that. Or, I mean, made me want more. These are so good. Make them!!

Tuesday Readings - Oct 4-11

Okay! So it took weeks, but I've finally figured out how to get this blog + Bible reading thing going. It is going to be called "Tuesday Readings."

I will probably be getting my passages from BibleGateway.com under their "Reading Plans" section. I've chosen the Old/New Testament to pick readings from. They post them daily, sections from both the Old and New Testament, and it's technically a one-year study on the entire Bible. I'm not going to lie - I'm no good at reading and studying the Bible, so we're going to work up slow - one section of a few passages per week.

On Tuesdays I'll post about the past week's passage and I'll post what the next week's reading will be (I'm going to try to be consistent and put this at the end of each Tuesday post). If you want, feel free to follow along with me and link up (except I'm not quite sure how this works - I think you just click the "Links to this Post" on the bottom and enter your info? Someone who knows more about this - HELP!!). You can do whatever you want here - write a whole post dedicated to the reading, link up and mention you're doing this with me, or just stop by my blog on Tuesdays and tell me about your thoughts on the passage!

As there was no reading last week, there is no "about the passage" for this week. Some days the "about the passage" might be a lot. Might be in-depth and hard to work through. Other times it will be quick, short and it might not feel like much.

The point of this study is for me and a few of my blogging fellow lady friends out there to keep ourselves accountable and get reading! As I've explained before, I want this to be geared towards young women bloggers, specifically married without children. Again, I'm not trying to exclude anyone, just trying to reach out to ladies out there like me!

These are the friends of mine who have expressed interest!
Alisun from the In-between
Bethany from lee & bethany
Hannah from Unraveling Perfection
Meg from henning love
Staci from SuperYay!
if I missed you - let me know!


So. Let's do this!

Reading for October 11, 2011 
Isaiah 17-19, Ephesians 5:17-33

Weekend Update: Sept 30-Oct 2, 2011

Really, I don't have much to share about this weekend.

Friday afternoon/night Rachel + I shot our cousin's wedding (well, our mom's cousin's son...) and it was cold, rainy, gorgeous and so much fun. We danced, hung out with our family and stayed for the whole reception (that doesn't always happen). Can't wait to see the pics!

Saturday I slept in, had a horrible headache almost all day and did lots of laundry. Seriously, that's it. Oh and I tried getting caught up on some blog reading and I made chili for dinner. It was yummy. Josh and I finally got to spend more than 40 minutes together that night as well, since we had been pretty busy the rest of the week. It was nice just spending time lounging with him.

Sunday Josh and I were on band duty at church, then we had lunch, took a way long nap, and now it's almost 730 and we're just waiting for our Pizza Hut to get here.

The last three days have been cold (in the 40's - 50's), rainy, gloomy, kinda fall-ish, and fairly lazy (except for Friday). It's supposed to clear up this week in Erie and get warmer again, but I mean, let's face it. It's October. It's fall.

I'm looking forward to a not crazy week at work. No bids due, just time to get caught up on projects and get a lot of stuff out the door!

Hope you had fun and relaxing weekends!!! Next weekend will hopefully have some better weather so maybe we can get some fall fun in!