HOO Goes There?

How fitting!  Happy Hooloween!

Via....DO!

This weekend I had the pleasure of visiting Boone, North Carolina.  As a native North Carolinian, I've always heard about the Blue Ridge Parkway being beautiful.  Yes, I've been on it before, and yes it is beautiful.  There's always that one typical picture that represents the parkway though, and I've never seen it!  Honestly, I thought it was a myth.  Well, it's not.  I got to go over the Viaduct, and it was amazing.  Everyone should go.  Almost as good as that time I visited the Natural Bridge in Virginia.  Except this was better, so nevermind.

Viaduct in the distance..... (click to enlarge)

Hello Do-Gooders....

Do you shop at Target, Nordstrom, or J. Crew??  What if I told you they would donate to a charity of your choice just for buying their goods?  Well they do!  I recently stumbled upon a website called Goodsearch.com.  They provide you with a list of charities, local or national, and provide links with what type of merchandise you're interested in.  Then those retailers will donate a certain percentage of what you spend to the charity of your choice. It costs you nothing, and helps others!  DO IT. now.

ARTn't You Glad I'm Writing This?

Recently, I attended Charlotte's Festival in the Park to broaded my artistic horizons.  Of course after attending I planned many art projects, then day dreamed into me becoming famous and everyone being jealous of my artsy skills.  THEN, I decided to just buy some art instead! Lazy? No.  Realistic?  Maybe.  The fesitival has hundreds of booths set up for local artists to display their works.  I ran into a booth I had seen before, at an art festival last year in Birmingham, AL.  His name is MJ Villanueva, from Georgia. His works are beautiful with a lot of color and texture!  He had a new set of little owl paintings, so of course I got one.  His stuff is AWESOME.

Yum In My Tum

This Shrimp with Roasted Peppers & Feta is tasty tasty.  It's super easy to fix, and quick.  It's also super good and you don't have to have a taste for ethnic foods to like it.  Serve with jasmine rice and pita bread and you've got it made.  Make it now, and then send me a plate. Go, do it... right now, I'm waiting.

Shoo, Jimmy Choo!

So, my life has made several turns lately.  Going from Birmingham, Al to Charlotte, NC.  From living with my 20-something cousin to living with my 50-something parents and brother.  From being a part-time nanny, full-time stay at home twenty-two year old mom (did I mention I don't have children) to being.... (drum roll please) EMPLOYED!  Well technically, I haven't started yet, so we'll keep the details at bay to prevent jinxing it. 

For all this change, I know that money and life planning is something I need to take in to account for planning my new adult life.  That is why I 'invested' $14.95-15% Barnes and Noble coupon discount-15% Barnes and Noble Member Discount in this new book called Shoo, Jimmy Choo by Catey Hill.  Basically, it's a cute way of reaching young women and teaching them to save money and how to plan.  The book is bright pink, so obviously it caught my attention.  Also, it has a high heel on it, and it teaches things, so I bought it. DUH.  So should you.

Frannie's Found!

Where was I? Maybe I'm a spy.  Sorry I haven't written in um, almost 3 months?  Whoopsies.