Problems with Polka Dots!

I LOVE polka dots!! Its gotten really bad. I have had to start really watching myself or every piece of clothing I own would have them. This was what I wore a couple of days ago. The white leggings are back. That is what I do if I feel something is a little too short. The dress is from ModCloth. Also I am sure anyone who reads this has noticed that I shop there a lot. That is because I have a very hard time finding vintage clothes that fit me, so I have to go for vintage reproductions or vintage inspired clothes are nice too.

Did I Cross the Pond??? NO it's Foamhenge!!!

This past Saturday Tim and I drove to Natural Bridge, VA to see Foamhenge!! It is a full size replica of Stonehenge made out of foam. How cool is that?!! It was quite interesting. I was expecting a big tourist attraction, but instead there was one small sign and then a one lane road. We were the only people there which was fun because we could run around and take whatever pictures we wanted. The artist who did Foamhenge also has a dinosaur exibit just up the road, but it does not open until June. I was dissapointed we didn't get to see that too, but Foamhenge was quite fun! Just the kind of quirky odd thing that I like. Here are a few pics.

Mealz and Clothes

Tim and I started a new meal plan program this week called Emealz. Maybe you have heard of it. It was brought to my attention by a friend and seemed like it could be a good idea. You have to subscribe to the program for two people it is $1.25 per week to subscribe. Every Friday there is a list of five meals and recipes, and a shopping list of exactly what you need comes with it. Having everything all planned out is supposed to save you money and create less waste. We did spend considerably less on groceries this week, and also seemed to have less waste. I also did it because we were in such a meal rut, and never seemed to eat dinner together. We would each go to our desks or the couch and eat there. Now we are sitting down at the table together everynight, and cooking the meals together too. I think that little bit of time at the table everynight is going to be a really good thing for our marriage, and we will be in the habit of it already when we have a family!

Here is the only picture that I got of what I wore yesterday. I tried to take some around my apartment complex, but they were mowing the grass, and the guys kept looking at me like I was crazy. It does not bother me for people to see me take pics of myself, but the way these men were looking at me was really getting on my nerves. Anyway the irritation really showed on my face so I had to scrap the pics. The dress is from the wonderful ModCloth, it is a bit short so I am wearing white leggings from Kohl's, and if you can see it a pearle necklace my husband gave to me. I am almost always barefoot around my house. Unless my feet get cold then I wear fuzzy socks!

Tell me if you do Emealz or are interested in trying it!

I'm Back!!

The husband and I have succesfully moved to Virginia!! However, it has taken awhile to get our household together. We had some trouble finding a place to live. We thought we were going to live on post, but there was nothing available. Then we went looking for a house to rent, but nobody would rent to us for just six months. Finally we found a nice apartment and they did a six month lease! We really like the apartment. It's really quite large, and the complex is very pretty and quiet. After we got our apartment we had to go on the hunt for internet service. That was much more difficult that it should have been. We thought we could just work off of our Ipad, but there is hardly any signal here. That meant we had to get a home phone, because cell phones don't work out here. I think thats really weird for an apartment complex. This is the first time in my entire adult life that I have had a landline. I never saw the point in having both.

It took a week after we "moved into" our apt. to get our household goods. I know I talk about wanting to be less materialisic, and going a month without any of my things was a good lesson in what I can live without it does get really hard when you don't even have a frying pan!! That is the stuff that was the hardest to live without is the kitchen stuff. Sandwiches get old in a hurry and eating out all the time is so expensive. I am very happy to be able to cook meals again.

Now that I have internet I will be back to regularily reading and commenting on all my favorite blogs. I can't wait I have missed reading everyones posts. Here are a few pics from a party that my mom gave for us before she left. While not necessary many people gave us giftcards to restaurants. Those came in VERY useful while we had no cookware. We are very thankful to everyone for coming to the party and supporting us in this next step of our life.