Hey y’all!

So, the post I had planned for today has been pushed back to tomorrow. When I got home from work last night, I was super exhausted, and I could get the things written down that I wanted to say. Instead, I’m going to talk about the wonderful surprise I got yesterday!

I was working in the back of the shop when Becky came back and told me there was someone there to see me. When I walked out front, Amy and B were there!

They live in the Nashville area, and they were in town visiting family, so they stopped in to surprise me! Their family is a very special family to me, and I loved getting to spend a few minutes with them. I got to see them back in February when I was in Nashville for Blissdom, but I had no idea when I would get to see them again.

B was a little shy at first, but he warmed up really quickly. We played for a little bit, and I’m so thankful Becky had my camera and captured a few fun moments.

What a great way to start the week!



Hey y’all!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I feel like so much has happened since the last time I blogged! I know I say this over and over, but I’m REALLY going to try to do better!

First, I have HUGE news! Y’all remember this from week before last, right?

Well, last week, Lori and I got tickets to see Carrie Underwood on her Blown Away tour!! She’s going to be in OKC in October, and we are so excited!! I’ve seen her twice before, but this is Lori’s first time. I know we’re going to have a fabulous time!

Speaking of Lori, I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it here, but Lori has a blog too!

She’s super sweet, and y’all should go follow her now, got it?

My little Sweet P has started doing pageants, and at almost seven months old, she is already doing so good! She went to one a couple of weekends ago, and she won Beauty and Outfit of Choice in her division and Mini Grand Supreme overall!

She’s already taking after her Aunt Ashley :)

Moving on…

With it being the week of Mother’s Day, we were sooooooo busy at work! There were several days that I only sat down for maybe 15 minutes the whole day! I didn’t want to wear flip flops or tennis shoes or anything like that, so I’ve been wearing some wedge sandals a lot lately. They are super cute, but after being on my feet all day, they start hurting pretty bad. One day last week when we were closing the store, I had to just kick them off in the middle of the floor. Jo thought it was funny, so she snapped a picture :)

I got a call on Friday from my boss Ryan, and he told me that GARTH BROOKS had just called the Tulsa shop to see if the jewelry he ordered for TRISHA YEARWOOD was ready so he could pick it up!

I was just overcome with extreme excitement and extreme jealousy all at the same time! I seriously considered leaving my girls alone and heading to Tulsa! It’s good that I didn’t, because if I had been there when he came it, I probably would’ve embarrassed myself! He’s my favorite, what can I say?

Pinkitzel, an adorable cupcake shop a few doors down from us, had cupcakes decorated extra special on Saturday for Mother’s Day, so I had to go get some for me and my girls :)

I had a chocolate truffle one, and it was pretty much amazing!

I had originally planned to go home after work on Saturday for Mother’s Day, but because my car is needing some work and because most of my family tried to talk me out of it, I decided to not make the quick trip home. I was really sad to not get to spend the day with my momma, but I got to have a great Sunday anyway! I went to church and spent the rest of the day with Joyce and her family. We were also really excited because the parents of Little Miss and Little Bit, two of Joyce and Wade’s foster babies, came to church and lunch with us! It was great to get to share the day with them, and the girls were so proud to have their momma and daddy at church with them!

Alrighty, just a couple of things before I go. Tomorrow, I’ve got kind of a serious post planned. I don’t get super serious on y’all very often, but there’s something that’s been on my mind the last couple of weeks that I want to share.

Also, this week is the last week of Boob Tube Babble!

Hey y’all!

Not a lot happening around here today, so I’ve just got a little bit of randomness for ya today!

First, I did a guest post yesterday for Emily yesterday! I shared pictures from my senior prom, and I’d love for y’all to check it out!

My sweet friend Lori came to visit me at the shop yesterday!

I just love getting to share The Vintage Pearl with my friends! So much fun!

Last night was the last performance night of The Voice, and Chris Mann was amazing! I really really hope that he wins.

What can I say? I kinda like this picture :)

My precious friend Carrie is starting a little girls’ clothing line!

We met on Twitter before Blissdom and got to meet in person there! She is the cutest, and the dresses and bows she makes are just wonderful! For more info and to help her get her line going, go here!

That’s all for today! Hope y’all have a great Tuesday!

Hey y’all!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

I had a pretty fabulous one! Friday night after work, I went out for Mexican food with my girls from the shop!

Becky, Lauren, and Jo are just so much fun to work with! I have been so blessed to have a wonderful team of girls, and I love that we can have a great time together away from work.

I just love these girls!

Saturday we worked all day. It was our last day for Mother’s Day orders, and we were pretty busy. During a slow time in the afternoon, I got a surprise visit from some of my family!

My aunt Davene, uncle Boyd, and his sister Sue came to see me! Davene and Boyd were in town for a wedding, so they stoppedy by after. I think it had been about three years since I’ve seen them, so it was such a wonderful surprise! Totally made my week!

After work, I went out to Joyce and Wade’s to play with the babies and watch the OKC Thunder game.

The Thunder beat the Dallas Mavs (sorry Neels!) to win the first round of the play-offs. It was a close and exciting game!

Yesterday I went to early and evening service at church. They announced our new pulpit minister yesterday morning, and we ended the day with our high school senior service. It was a great day!

We’re getting ready for a busy week at The Vintage Pearl this week! Hope y’all have a great one!

I actually sat through an entire episode of Army Wives that did not show General Holden one time. I’ve realized there is just no reason to watch if he’s not going to be on there. Waste of my time…

The final four was decided this week. I predicted three of the four!

Chris Mann is the finalist for Team Christina! He’s been a favorite of mine from the beginning because of this:

Yeah, that happened :)

I think Chris has a fantastic voice, but I’m really having a hard time with him being on Christina’s team. I want him to win, but I don’t want her to win. Unfortunately, I can’t have one without the other.

Tony Lucca is the finalist for Team Adam! I loved him back in his Mickey Mouse Club days, and I’d really love to see him win if Chris doesnt!

Not a huge fan of Blake or Cee Lo’s contestants, so I definitely hope that one of my boys can win the whole thing!

Super sad that my favorite Skylar was eliminated this week :(

I think she’s awesome and will definitely have a big career ahead of her.

What did you watch this week? Link up with Neely and me!

*Also, be sure to stop by BlogHer today because Neely is being featured there today! So excited for her!

Hey y’all!

Yesterday was a ridiculously exciting day for me because Carrie Underwood’s new CD was released!

Hey y’all!

Hope you all had a fab weekend! I don’t have much of a weekend report for y’all. I had a migraine Friday, so after work, I crashed. Saturday we were super super busy at work, and then I got to babysit two of my favorite kiddos while their parents went to the Thunder/Mavs game!

A & J are such great kids! Nearly every time I’m there, J puts on some sort of costume. Saturday night’s choice was Spiderman :)

After the kids went to bed, we started having thunderstorms with heavy rain and some hail. Because they just got a storm shelter the day before, the neighbor kids and their babysitter came over, just in case things got scary and we had to go into the shelter. I felt so bad for the little ones because they were super scared :( Fortunately, it ended pretty quickly, and we got to just hang out and watch Keenan and Kel!

Oh, and the Thunder won by 1 point right in the final seconds of the game!

Have a great week!

One year ago this weekend was a huge, exciting weekend!

No, I’m not talking about this:

This weekend last year was Dallas Blogger Meet-up!

Yes, it was all kinds of crazy, but it was a great weekend with great friends! There were some of us who had been blog friends for awhile and some of us who just met that weekend!



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Private Practice was super sad this week. Apparently Ameila’s baby doesn’t have a brain :( It was so hard to be happy for Addison finally getting a baby when Amelia was going through something so horrible. I definitely cried a lot through this episode!

What did y’all watch this week? Link up with Neely and me!

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…to want to elbow “Metta World Peace” in the face.

…to SOB watching the video clip of Giuliana & Bill finding out their surrogate is pregnant!

…to seriously need a weekend (or longer!) with these ladies!

…to already be excited for next year’s Blissdom! It’s not too early, right?

…to come back from a bloggy break and still not have anything to write about :(

…to really think y’all need to link up with Boob Tube Babble tomorrow!