It appears the polar vortex has come and gone, and with that my mums had to get themselves back outside. While my darker flower varieties seem to have been fine stuck in the house, the lighter ones were yellowing and looking pathetic.
Now it's up to them to survive the winter.
I also should have done this ages ago, but I bought some of plastic drip trays for them. While they're easy to maintain and come back easily, watering is not my strong suit.
Here's a little "What I Wore to Work," but I couldn't decide. I ended up wearing the Old Navy Pulla Barrel Pants. If something isn't offered in petite, I'm rolling it. At 5'3" and a tad... I need the petite sizing.
Last summer I got my hands on a shirt pattern that I was dying to make, needless to say that time is not a friend of mine. My plan is to make this out of a bedsheet, the set is my favorite pattern I think we've ever had. Plus we, as traditional millennials, have never touched the top sheet and I might as well use it for a shirt.
I only got this idea after seeing someone use this exact bedsheet to make their wedding dress. If I could rewind the clock, it would have been my dream wedding dress as well.
Anyway, I tried to get started this weekend, read the pattern instructions, and ultimately decided I needed the time that Mardi Gras Break offers me, maybe MLK. Christmas is just so busy deep cleaning that I can't get into sewing projects. I need a good surprise snow day when all my house work is done.
This weekend I broke out of
Mosquito Supper Club and
Chasing the Gator cookbooks and made Crawfish Bisque and Cornbread. Who knows if cornbread really goes with bisque, but Isaac Toups cornbread recipe should really go everywhere.
If you're on the market for legit cajun cookbooks, get both of these. I also told a friend this weekend, but Cajun Red Head Seasoning is another legit one. I use it only is true Cajun dishes, the seasoning blend just has this Cajun granny taste, where Tony's is more of a house seasoning.
Now for another King Cake Review!
A friend handed me this mini one the other day from Village Deaux, it's pecan praline.
Being that it is from a donut shop, I was really expecting the donut dough. It wasn't, while it was still fried, it had an almost fritter texture. But definitely an enriched dough. For a donut shop king cake, this was actually really good. I cut it and Elliot immediately consumed half of it.
I saw Rouses has a Tres Leche flavor this year, I'll have to get my hands on one.
When I tell y'all its either eclectic granny or camping vibes, here's the camping side.
I ordered the
Chaco Paonia Clogs for Christmas and am obsessed with them. If I could eternally live in 30-40 degree weather with wool socks and these shoes, I'd die very happy. Make it snow now and again and that would bring me ever more joy.
