Saturday, September 24, 2011

The closet!

You may remember this post where I first talked about the master closet remodel, and shared a few pictures of the construction.  I am embarrassed to say that a) it has been over a year since that post, b) the closet has been done since January of this year, and c) I have still yet to update the blogging world on the finished product!  The original master bedroom closet in our house was pretty small, as most closets in older houses are. So last year, James and my Dad set out to build a walk in that would be big enough for all of our things.  I mean, I dont know why they were concerned...it's not like I have a lot of clothes or anything.

After the walls were constructed and painted and the carpet was installed, we started purchasing the closet organization system.  We ended up going with the Elfa system from the Container Store.  James said that the system was really easy to install, and we are pleased with the way it turned out.  They have a lot of "extras" that you wouldn't normally think about.  Things like tie racks and shoe racks that pull out to make access easier and valet rods where you can hang your clothes for the next day, or your dry cleaning when you get home. Here are some pictures of the finished product:



Jewelry organizer

Drawers for t-shirts, socks, etc


Shoe racks!

...that pull out!


Valet rod


Belt organizer

Necklace hooks

Tie rack


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Sixteen

On Monday night, I hosted sixteen of my sorority sisters for a supper club at our house. I think sixteen definitely takes the cake for the highest number of people we have ever hosted at our house, which might I add, isn't very big! It went really well, and we had a lot of fun. The weather cooperated, so we were able to open out all of the french doors onto our back deck and spill out to the deck. The theme for the night was Italian, and everyone signed up to bring a different dish or bottle of wine. We had quite the feast! Between everyone we had baked ziti, lasagna, salad, bread, bruschetta, caprese salad bites, pasta salad, cinnamon biscotti, tiramisu, Italian wedding cake and many bottles of wine.




I am able to see some of the girls that came over every week, but it had been a year or more since I had a chance to catch up with the others. It was so much fun hearing where everyone is in life now and reminiscing on good ol' college days at 317 South Milledge Ave.






Dawgs Win!

This past Saturday, James and I headed up to Athens for our first home game of the season. Obviously, we are the dawgs good luck charms, because we finally got a win! Orrrr maybe we just won 59-0 because we were playing Coastal Carolina. Either way, we had a great time. Athens is such a special place to us. It's where we both spent four of the best years of our lives and also where we met. Lots of great memories in the classic city!

James and I tailgating at Sig Ep


After the game we headed to Sweet Peppers Deli downtown. Two of James' fraternity brothers, Alan and Ryan Pope opened Sweet Peppers in downtown Athens last year. It's really yummy and walking distance of everything. If you go, I would highly recommend the Mediterranean chicken panini. I actually didn't get the Mediterranean panini, but James did, and I wish I had after he gave me a bite!

Here's to hoping the dawgs can pull out a W against the rebels this weekend!

Monday, September 12, 2011

Kiawah Island, SC

Over Labor Day weekend, I went on a girls trip to Kiawah Island with 6 of my girlfriends, my friend Sara's mom and my mom. Sara's family has a house on the beautiful Kiawah Island, about 30 minutes outside of Charleston. A fun, relaxing weekend could not have come at a better time, after a stressful few weeks at work. On Thursday morning, me, Sara and Mary Frances made our way to Kiawah. Our moms had been there since Monday....and we were super jealous and ready to join them! On Thursday evening our friend Kelly flew into the Charleston airport. After we picked her up, we headed out to dinner in downtown Charleston at Coast. Can't get better than girl talk and fresh seafood at the beach.


On Friday, we headed out to the beach for the whole day. During the afternoon on Friday Kristi & Shannon arrived and then Amy got there Friday evening. Here we all are before heading out to dinner on Friday night.


Oh, and I know I mentioned Sara's mom and my mom were there the whole time. Well, they pretty much had their own agenda the whole week and spent all their time chatting on the back porch, and going out to dinner together. Apparently they were too cool to hang with us. Honestly though, I am so thankful for the friendship they have formed. It's so fun to be such close friends with Sara, and then our mom's be friends also. All weekend we called them "The Twins" or "Moms".
The Twins, my mom, Edie on the left and Ms Margie on the right

We sat on the beach all day Saturday afternoon, and then went to dinner at our favorite restaurant in Kiawah, Rosebank Farms, on Saturday night. As soon as dinner was over, we headed over to a sports bar to watch the Georgia/Boise State game. Even though the Dawgs lost we had a really fun night!

All the girls after dinner at Rosebank Farms

My mom and I and Sara and her mom

Unfortunately, Sunday was a little overcast and rainy. But it was probably for the best because we were all dragging a bit from the night before. Ms Margie took us all to lunch at The Beach Club on the island and we all kind of lounged around all day. On Sunday night Ms Margie did a low country boil and we stayed around the house playing games and drinking wine.

Feast

Edie and Marge- they have learned the picture pose from their girls...

Sara and I

Sweet friends: Me, Kristi, Amy, Mary Frances, Sara, Shannon and Kelly

It was such a fun weekend, and I can't wait for our next girls trip. I definitely missed my hubby though, and I think he missed me too. I came home to a spotless house and these on the kitchen table: