just a little rant

so, why is it..sometimes you get an exceptional bagger person at the grocery and sometimes you dont?? i mean, i assume they all get some sort of crash course on bagging groceries?  eggs on top.. bread on top.. cans and solid containers on bottom..  you see where im going with this? ok..so i love the green bags.. mostly (and i know it should be bc im saving the earth one plastic bag at a time or something) but i really love carrying less bags in the house, and those things just hold SO much! so.. you can imagine what my bags of watercress looked like when i found them buried beneath a 4lb bag of apples, several oranges, biggest bag of carrots they sell, half gallon of chocolate milk, bag of purple grapes and two cement blocks.  ok, sorry, no cement blocks, but it SURE LOOKED LIKE IT!!!!!???!!! poor delicate watercress:(  was so not happy about it.  the plastic bags they came in  looked like one of those storage saving bags you use for cramming your clothes into your suitcase.   seriously.... what was he thinking?? haha.. oh well, not worth crying over. however...rant, yes.

found

rummaging through the baking section of the cupboard.. look what i found.. yikes.  completely irresistable. it was hopeless..2 tablespoons later i felt as gluttonous as ever..haha but, it was so worth it. LOVE nutella...

oh..delicious chocolately hazelnut dream.. so glad i found you..

and then YOU..peanut butter pretzel..yeah.. perfect indulgent combination.. MMMMmmmm.. happy start to labor day weekend!

its official..

the shoe/ sock combo, that is. i noticed it in a j crew catalog about a year ago. thought.. ohh im a sock girl, really love that look. but, the real question is.. can i pull it off??  i planned my christmas outfit around a pair of crew socks and open-toed heels. i walked out ready to go and the reactions, lets just say.. were not very positive. at all.  most of my family thought i was joking around trying to be silly.. haha, not really the reaction i was going for. so, i chickened out. who knows, maybe people are doing this more up north?  it definitely hasnt hit florida yet..so anyway, i saw a ton of pictures on pinterest today.. and well, folks its official. im going to do it. we will see if i can pull it off or not. either way, its happening.   anyway, here is a pic of one that i love:

beet cake

i love this video.. found it on one of my favourite blogs poppytalk..  http://poppytalk.blogspot.com//

this is the kind of baking id love to do.. kind of kitchen id love to bake in.. love the storage of the flour.. so off the cuff and creative.. enjoy! oh.. and happy weekend<3

beet cake from tiger in a jar on Vimeo.

night ride

again.. its been a while. this wont be perfect.  it will be short. but, i just wanted to expell these thoughts running through my head.. so here:

i love night bike rides. why did i stop doing them?... oh yeah.. there was that serial killer thing. i think thats past  now?    anyway..  fresh out of the shower, drying my hair in the wind. watching my streamers dance off the end of my handlebars makes me happy. and wow.. the colour of the skies as they change. i love it.  looking at all the houses lit up so big and pretty. the balconies, the climbing vines-they make such pretty sights to see.  the confederate jasmine is in full bloom. there are rows and walls and trellises full of them, blooming so heavily dispensing their fragrance into the air around me. heavenly.  consistently amused at those people who turn every light on inside their house, yet leave their blinds open. its quite entertaining for me to see what youre doing.. but dont you know the world is watching?  a particularly curvy wall, be still my heart. who made you? who decided to make you wavy and not straight? thank you wall-builder person, youve  made quite a special wall.  a delicately lit back yard, hidden behind a sky-high ficus hedge..so beautiful..the italian opera music drifting out into the night air made me feel like i was some where else. landscaping, just like my moms. you stick out like a sore thumb, but so creative and beautiful. i hope everyone finds some spark of inspiration in you. 
turn the corner..home ahead.. ride over the curb, duck under the trees.  ive missed this.