No Power = Productivity!

I apologize for the lack of blogging as of late. We were without power from last Friday until 2 AM last night due to storms, tornadoes, and hurricane force winds that came through the area on Friday afternoon. We had no damage, but our neighbor did have a small tree fall on her house. Luckily, we were able to stay with our good friends Sara and Byron Friday and Saturday night. We roughed it and stayed at our house on Sunday and Monday- boy was it hot! I definitely took having power for granted! I was so bored ... it's amazing what boredom will drive you to do! I don't think I've ever deep cleaned my house as well as I did when we didn't have power. I also organized my closet and finished up some gardening projects I had been putting off.

A few things to share with you:
1) My Cole Haan's that I had been searching for were finally found! If you recall a past post, I was on the search for a pair of adorable Cole Haan slingbacks that my friend Claire wore to my rehearsal dinner. I did a massive internet search and even had my friend Sara check the Cole Haan store in Nashville, but I was unable to find them anywhere! Last week my friend Claire sent me a link to Nordstrom's where she had found the shoes ON SALE for 50% off! I was so excited and I immediately ordered a pair. I am here to report that Cole Haan Nike Air shoes are amazing! I wore them around doing housework (weird, I know, but it's how i like to break in my shoes) and they were so comfortable!

Here is a picture:


2) PIPM has acquired quite the "green thumb"! I have always been fascinated with gardening and flowers. I was so excited to start planting when we got our house! Recently I have been working on our back deck that was completely boring before I started working on it ... now I am happy to say that I enjoy my morning coffee on our deck and think of how cute and "homey" it has turned out to be!

Here is a mini-tour:
I am obsessed with hanging baskets ... I have several hanging from our porches:

I also love flower baskets ... and petunias! They are one of my favorite flowers to plant:

How awesome is this braided hibiscus tree? I love the blooms!

More petunias and a tropical assortment planter:

Even more petunias! We got this table & chairs set at Costco for under 100 dollars ... it's perfect until we can afford a true patio set:


3) The belt that I ordered Rob came in last week! I also received an adorable Tucker Blair Headband that is SO comfy! I have trouble with headbands because they are normally too tight on my head, hence why I never wear them. This headband is perfect and I am pretty sure that they are all on sale on the Tucker Blair website.
I could only do a half head shot considering the massive zit that decided to park itself on my chin: