adorable table runner!















These Smelled AMAZING! they were the first thing I noticed ( without realizing it = )



These awesome candles ! They smell amazing on my studying table ( where I spend 95 % of my life =)





the yummy hot coco i use on clinical mornings



The cute little card she sent!






Hello Loves! I am excited for 2 reasons: I have exactly 60 days left of nursing school and that means I only have 16 classes and clinicals left give or take a few =0) I will Finally graduate on December 19th YaY! =) Anywho I signed up for a fall friendship swap at I got stephanie as my partner which was reallly fun! Where I live is where she grew up, and where I went to college I think her brother or sister went to as well. Anyway I got this lovely box from stephanie and the first thing I noticed about it was that it smelled AMAZING! Everything inside of it was amazing as well =) The only thing I didn't manage to take a picture of was the pumpkin scones- I managed to finish them off before taking pictures ( you know I am a sucker for pumpkin stuff ) I'm still not used to this blogging thing ( you would think after a year I would be haha. ) Stephanie sent me some awesome body spray ( which is now in my clinical bag) these adorable little apple satchets ( they smell amazing and are so cute! they are hanging on my christmas tree ( which I leave up all year, cuz I'm cool like that = ) some amazing vanilla carmel, hot coco ( all which are amazing for clinicals thanks! and this adorable little card she wrote in as well! I had a fun time doing it and hope to do it again next year as well! =) Welll time for me to go study. As soon as nursing school is over I plan on redoing this blog, so that it looks somewhat orgainized =)

Fall Recipes <3

Ingredients

• Cookies:

• Cooking spray

• 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

• 1/2 teaspoon finely grated tangerine zest

• 1/2 cup canned pumpkin

• 1 large egg

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Glaze:

• 2 cups powdered sugar

• 2 tablespoons fresh tangerine juice

• 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375°, and spray 2 large baking sheets with cooking spray.

2. For cookies: Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, five-spice powder, and salt in a medium bowl.

3. Beat sugar, butter, and zest with an electric mixer on medium speed in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin, egg, and vanilla until blended. Reduce speed to low, and beat in the flour mixture just until blended.

4. Drop cookie dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto baking sheets. Bake for 12 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes on cooling racks.

5. For glaze: Whisk together all in-gredients in a large bowl until sugar is dissolved. Drizzle glaze evenly over cookies. Let cool until glaze is set.

I found this recipe and picture at http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20311135,00.html

Nightmare Christmas At Disney!!! :)

Ok so ever since I purchased my nightmare before christmas dvd set about 5 years ago I have always wanted to go to the Haunted Mansions Nightmare Before Christmas Makeover. They chance it every year, so its totally something I would do. Sad tears I have A) no money and B) no friends who enjoy nightmare before christmas. Sad Day. :( Anyway it opens up this month ( Sept 17th) and runs till Jan 3 2011. Hopefully next year I will find a friend to go with me :) I love Nightmare before Christmas's Nightmare revisited soundtrack for Halloween. Not really Christmas unless its an EMo Christmas :) Oh I LOVE FALL!!!!! p.s. Made some pretty amazing recipe's and Clay things will be posting them soo. Here are some awesome pics from it ! :) Google or youtube it, its pretty stellar. Happy Early Halloween/Christmas!

With an X and an O I'm out like Woah :)

Pumpkin Spice Latte is Back!!

I Love Love LOVE Fall. The State fair is back ( James and I had an Amazing time last year- best date ever by far ) ( Well in my opinion anyway, he probably didnt really care, he was just glad to not be at work . :) Look at the artwork I saw when I walked into Starbucks. Makes my heart melt, kind of like falling in Love but way better- Starbucks won't ever break your heart ( unless you count the times when they discontinued your favorite drink...or take away the seasonal flavors...then I'm a little bitter )

Isn't the top picture of the pumpkin in whipped cream amazing ! :) XOXOXO

P.S. I had my iced Venti no whip pumpkin pie latte today. Iced is not the best for the pumpkin spice latte- frappacino or best is hot. Then its like liquid pumpkin pie ( my absolute fav) =)