Weekend in full bloom

Random weekend adventures. A field of flowers hidden in Carrolton, Texas

my fantastic husband. <3

With the weather starting to settle out and "spring" in full bloom, I've been getting a lot of practice with my camera. I've still got a lot to learn but in the few months I've had my Nikon D50, I've learned so much. Over the past weekend, Jeremy and I drove past this field and had to pull over. It was such a great photo opportunity and I'm really getting the hang of going full manual on my camera.

Flowers and bugs aside, this weekend was great. We grabbed the latest issue of The Walking Dead, #110 and it did not disappoint! Mother's day was also fun. We taught my mother and aunt how to play Phase 10, though it ended in a draw because they had to leave before the game was over.

Happy Monday everyone!
<3 Stephanie

And then she chopped off her hair

before //// after

I probably should've mentioned, but the purple didn't last long. My hair just seems to be the type that doesn't want to hold color. I had burgundy dyed over it a month ago and even that faded out extremely quickly. So I went back to the salon last night and had them do what I've been dreaming of for a very long time... chopped off my long hair!

I had short hair for the longest time in High School and college. It wasn't until the last few years that it's been long. But I never really felt happy with it. It was either up or it was down. A pony tail or a bun. And ever since I cut it off, I feel like my old self again. Short hair really suits my personality.

Jinkies.


<3 Stephanie

Lumpy Space Cupcakes

Last week I had a ridiculous urge to bake cupcakes. My original intention was to make my own funfetti cupcakes, but after adding the sprinkles into the batter, ALL of the food coloring rubbed off, turning the batter a faint grey. That's when I had the idea to turn these into something new!

I used Wilton Gel colors in purple and pink. My purple gel had started to congeal, so I used a tiny amount of almond milk to get the color out of it. The result was beautiful purple cupcakes and icing.

You don't have to go fancy with the mix either. I used a store-bought white mix and added the zest of 1 lemon to give it more depth of flavor.

I've got one more box of cake mix sitting on the counter. I wonder what I'll make next? Maybe some Jake cupcakes using carrot cake or orange zest.

<3 Stephanie

Free Comic Book Day 2013

MAY 4TH WAS FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

These were our main targets and we got multiples of each.

Randoms. I definitely wanted the Atomic Robo.

Little kid comics, The Tick and more.
The Kaboom! has an amazing Adventure Time comic inside.

Keith's had an overflow of Graphic novels & comics and gave them away in our grab bags!

My Dale from TWD made an appearance!

22 comics, 4 graphic novels and 1 book.

"May The Fourth" and Free Comic Book Day were this last Saturday, and to celebrate we went shopping! Jeremy and I stopped at two different comic stores and scored a ton of free comics in celebration of FCBD. Including an exclusive The Walking Dead comic.

Our favorite store had a Buy-2-Get-1-Free sale on everything in the store. And Keith's Comics had special grab bags for the first 30 people in the store. We took advantage of our outing and bought my Dad a present. As well as a Sonic Screwdriver toy for Jeremy. We had a fun time and my Dale costume was a huge hit as always.

Missed it this year? Keep an eye out for it, it's the first Saturday of May.

<3 Stephanie