how was your weekend friends? did you attend a super bowl party? what was your favorite super bowl food? what was your favorite commercial? and for those who actually watched the game, were you happy with the outcome of the game?

here are my answers: good, yes, chili, either bridgestone “reply all” or  volkswagon “the force”, sure

Miscellany Monday @ lowercase letters

{1} color coded vending machine

have you seen such a thing? this is the one in the break room of our office. green is 200 calories or less, yellow is 200-300 calories, and red is more than 300 calories. makes you think twice about dorito’s and m&ms.

{2} planting love

yes, teacher! and domestic, but not martha are hosting a fundraiser to help a blogger in need.  several small business owners have already agreed to help. they are going to donate items from their shops so they can have a huge group giveaway!  they’ll sell raffle tickets for items in the giveaway, and all the proceeds will go directly to amy and her family.  to find out more information, click on the button above!

{3} heeled oxfords


i want these shoes, i need these shoes. these are the steve madden trikki oxford shoes, they don’t have them in my size anymore. if anyone finds shoe like these in this color (cognac) in my size (7.5) for a reasonable price, please please please let me know! i will pay you in gummy worms.

{4} big sister/little sister

i signed up to be a big sister in after i do‘s big sister/little sister mentorship program and i just wanted to take this time to reveal my little!  are you familiar with chocolate and cream cake? based on the blog name alone, i think you should follow her. mandy blogs about happenings in her life, inspirations, books, movies and even has a fun feature called “nerd news“. go check her out!!

{5} cocoa roast almonds

these are my new food obsession. and they are quite addicting. an excellent source of vitamin E, tastier than regular almonds, dark chocolate is everyone’s friend, it’s the perfect snack to eat at 3pm when your blood sugar starts getting low. buy a pack of 4 here, because you won’t want just one.

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