Detoxing

29 December 2013

One week has flashed by already. We've surrounded ourselves with good friends, dabbled in delicious food and spent plenty of nights doing absolutely nothing. This is what winter breaks are made of! Even the B-boy has thoroughly enjoyed the late nights, eating chocolate and drinking juice. 

Today Lindsey and I decided to  do a little detoxifying at the spa. My friend Jo     and her boyfriend, Aaron treated us to an afternoon at  the Aqua Sauna Spa at
Elveden Centre Parcs. We  sat in 15 different experience rooms-each one with different scents and humidity levels to give the body a little sweat sesh. There was also an outdoor pool with different water massage features. 
Afterwards we walked through the holiday village and  treated ourselves to some Bella Italia followed by lattes at Starbucks. 

 Best. Day. Ever!

Winter Solstice

21 December 2013

Mr. and Mrs. Weatherford-still getting used to that one!

Happy Winter Solstice from England where the sun set at 3:46 PM.  It's dark and dreary, a little rainy, but not at all cold. I've had the windows open because Darren cranked the heat up last night! We stocked the fridge in preparation for our good friends, Ross and Lindsey, whom we introduced 5 years ago in Alaska. And as the saying goes- the rest is history. The newlyweds fly in on Monday morning and we plan to stay a couple nights in London and then drive back Christmas day to make dinner and entertain  several of our friends.
Time to pack an over night bag, which should be pretty easy since I'm a pro at packing for an overnight-and not just for me-for my son and hubby too. I always keep a small make-up bag ready to go with my essentials. When it comes to clothes, I grab some sweats and a t for sleep and lounging, 2 tops and a tank and a couple pairs of jeans. I try to use the same color scheme so I only need to wear one pair of shoes. Right now my go to boots are my brown Bare Traps with an sole insert. Lame yes, but necessary since I'm a teacher on her toes all days and because the five of us we will be hoofin' it around London. (Well, maybe just the four of us. Bradyn will be loungin' like royalty in his stroller!) My boots are cuter than this picture shows, trust me. I snagged them up for $50 at the BXtra.  My other fave boots are my Nine West Motos  (pictured). Oh, and I have these beauties arriving any day now from AEO. Thanks for the early Christmas prezzie, Mom and Dad! I'm excited to take some updated pics with my girl and always look forward to having Lindsey around because she likes to do my hair-something I never have time for anymore. Sigh. Plus it always looks better when someone else does it. Stay tuned for pics!

Weekend Duty

15 December 2013

Last week I reconnected with a friend I hadn't seen in a while, Heidi. She was a student intern at Liberty Intermediate last year and unbeknownst to me, her husband is also "Weapons". I walked into the their Christmas party last night and found Heidi grabbing some 'nibbles' at the buffet table.  This lady loves food- her words, not mine. She has even started up a food blog called, Military Spouse Dishes.  After our chat last night, she inspired me to post more often and include some posts on fashion, which is MY guilty obsession. I feel as if I can commit to posting at least once a week since Darren will be deploying to Lithuania in a couple weeks. I will make it my "weekend duty", Heidi! 

Filling up on good times...Heidi, Me and Fil

Fil and I-I've known this Weapons spouse for 8 years now!

 My flirty party dress-which looks more blue in the second pic. 

Gotta love iPhones and photo editing....

Floral Lace Skater-New Look
Envelope clutch-New Look, Watch-Michael Kors (Birthday present from the hubs)

 Crazy last minute purchase. The mail is slowwwwww this time of year!

Copycat

8 December 2013

We have a copycat on our hands.  The day has come when Bradyn says words we want him to repeat, luckily none we don't.  When he wants fruit snacks-the character themed ones:  Thomas is T-T and Spongebob sounds something like Ponbob.  Last night he repeated some family names-Olly=Holly, Adda=Addy, Ewa=Evan. Every time I say Mommy, he grins and says, "Daddy". Little stinker! 

This picture was taken in June while visiting Darren at Ramstein AFB.