Almost Wordless Wednesday...Where in the World Am I?

I shall return, promise!

cBv

Derby Day 2010

What's not to love about Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby?

Good food, good company, excitement, big hats, pretty preppy sundresses, beautiful horses and mint juleps!  Oh and crazy hats, too!

I LOVE betting on horse races.  And w. no educated method to my madness, I'd say I do pretty well.  As ridiculous as it sounds I base my bets on 3 things; the horse's name, the jockey's silks and how the horse actually looks.  And I rarely pick the favorite. 

So who's my winning horse for the 2010 race?

Noble's Promise

Here's to good southern food and good times! For you all you VA'ns that are headed to Gold Cup tomorrow, have a fabulous time!

cBv

New Man

Did you hear about Sandra Bullock's exciting news? There's a new man in her life.

She's the proud mama to this beautiful baby boy, Louis.  Good. for. her. 

Take that Jesse James!

cBv

Steals and Deals

Life hasn't slowed down a second...yet.  Real quick, here are a few good sales you may want to take advantage of.

J. Crew

Monogram Chick

Buy 2 get 1 set FREE on all personalized recipe cards!  Ends FRIDAY!

I totally took advantage of this sale! 

Old Navy

15% off any purchase.  Enter code ONGET15 at checkout.  Ends Thursday!

One Kings Lane is featuring Waverly {through Thursday} and Three Designing Women {through Friday}!

How cute are those!

Some seriously good steals on stationery!  If you need an invite to One Kings Lane, email me!

Made this last night for dinner and once again Gina didn't dissapoint.

Cilantro & Lime Shrimp

Hope y'all have a happy hump day!

cBv

Quickie

Bullets seem to be a popular way to go lately as I seem to have limited to no time to do anything that is leisure or fun.  Despite the gloomy forecast that was supposed to loom over NoVA all weekend it turned out to be quite an unexpectedly nice weekend.  Here's a quickie.

• Met the hubby for an early Mexican dinner at one of our favorite neighborhood spots, Mexicali Blues.  Ate outside and enjoyed an overdue pina colada, good conversation & nice weather.
• ignore the random dude
• Fat and happy I went to bed, by choice, at 9:40pm on a Friday, while watching RHNY.  It. was. amazing!
• Saturday - ventured to horse country, aka Leesburg, to do some shopping.  It was a huge success and I managed to get lots of cute things for myself and some things for Mr. CPA.

• Was pleasantly surprised to learn that Banana now offers organic cotton.  Is this new or did I totally just miss the boat?
• Saturday night we ate sushi at another favorite place and then checked out a new hangout in the 'hood. 

• Yesterday, we did boat loads of laundry, played tennis and I actually got some sun(!) and then I made a yummy delicious and nutritous new recipe, Baked Chicken w. Dijon & Lime. 

photo courtesy of Gina

For such a crappy forecasted weekend, it sure did turn out nice. Did anyone run the GW 10-miler yesterday?!?  Nashville pics are coming soon, I promise!

cBv

Cameras and Bling

Last week Mr. CPA and I gave in and purchased a real mamma jama camera.  I decided to settle (ha!) on this as my early anniversary present with the hopes that maybe, just maybe, the Lilly Cruiser will be waiting for me at the beach.  Hey, a girl can dream, right?!

After exploring our options we felt that this baby was the one for us.  We also seriously considered the Canon EOS T1i.  As newbies to DSLRs, our trip to Nashville provided plenty of opportunities for pictures of memories made on our trip.  The camera also was quite beneficial when we arrived in Nashville and I was surprised with tickets to Paula Deen's book signing (!!!) at Davis-Kidd Booksellers.  I. was. ecstatic! I not only met Ms. Paula but I also met Michael as well.  The hubs certainly knows how to make me smile.  Pics to come, gotta figure out how to upload them!  Our trip to Nashville was definitely a trip to remember!

Does anyone have a DSLR or Nikon?  I'd love to hear any tips or tricks for mastering this fine piece of  machinery and the secret to achieving gorgeous photos. 

On a side note, Banana Republic is offering 40% off their jewelry for TODAY only!  Enter "BRBLING" at checkout.

Also, Tervis Tumbler extended their sale through TODAY and is offering $2 off individual tumblers when you buy 4 or more.  Code: EARTH.  (Doesn't include sets!)

Happy Tuesday lovelies!

cBv

I'm Back!

Well, I survived my Board meeting and made it back from Nashville, I'm actually sad I had to leave!  I have a ton of blog reading to catch up on and I look forward to sharing my trip with y'all.  Lots of exciting things happened in the past week, including meeting a Southern icon!  Stay tuned!  Hope you're having a fab Monday!

cBv