Ready for S'more Fall?

Here is another yummy and delicious Katy Recipe! I love s'mores! They are one of the main reasons I am in weight watchers now. Chipotle and S'mores! To make my diet harder Katy has given us another yummy recipe!

1. Take a box choc cake mix and prepare it as normal, but add some chocolate chips in to the batter. (just to make it different... I don't like box mixes, so I try to spruce them up when I use them)
2. Then crunch up a sleeve of graham crackers and add 1/3 cup melted butter, and 1/4 cup sugar to the crackers. Spread this on the bottom of the cake pan, then add the batter. Bake cake according to box. 
3. When done throw some marshmallows on the top and put it in the oven. I like to use the broiler, but you will need to watch the marshmallows closely so they don't burn. 
Then I just threw some more graham crackers on the top and pieces of Hershey bar! Yum!

Favorite BHG Pumpkins for Fall

BHG is one of my favorite magazines. Every year I try out some of their pumpkin ideas and they are even manageable for a novice carver like myself. Here are some of my faves for this year. Can you guess which one I am trying this weekend?

This one makes me wish I had a big porch!

I feel like this one would be hard to mess up. I wonder what they used for the eyes?

Again, even I can handle this.

I feel confident this one is taller than me.

I love the kitty cat split in half. I can see this being great for all my cat- loving freinds. This may be the only kind of cat John ever lets me have.

This one just screams fall!

Flower Arranging

As I showed you earlier in the week Katy is an amazing floral designed. She has lent her skills to many friends and family since my wedding. Here are a few example of flowers she has done. If you have any questions about these projects please post in the comments and Katy will be happy to answer!

Here is a beautiful fall colored bride's bouquet. 

Don't you love these colors for a fall wedding?

Here is a simple yet elegant centerpiece that Katy did. The colors are so rich. It would be wonderful for a winter wedding. 

Here is our sweet cousin Lauren on her wedding day. 

This is a close-up of Lauren't bouquet.  

And Lauren't bridesmaids' bouquet. Gorgeous huh?

Recent Obsession: Hair Blogs

I am in the middle of growing my hair out. It's in that lovely not short, but not long middle length that looks super odd on me. As I anxiously await longer tresses I have been vicariously living through bloggers with beautiful hair. I vow once my hair gets long enough I will be trying all this gorgeousness. Here are a few of my faves.

The Small Things Blog: Not only does this chick have hair so gorgeous it doesn't look real, but she also crafts. A woman after my own heart. If I didn't love her so much I would hate her. She does great tutorials on hair and has tons of tips since she is a stylist herself. She swears by certain products and I am totally sold!

This haircut makes me want to cut my hair. I'm not gonna lie, I may give in and just have my hair cut like this. I'm not sure I can resist.

But then I look at this and think of the endless possibilities of growing my hair out. Life's great question; To cut or not to cut.

Split Ends and New Beginnings: This is my friend Mallory! She used to do my hair when I lived in C-Bus and I was so scared to have to leave her magic hands. She does amazing tutorials that make styling seem really simple.

What Hair blogs do you follow?

What I Wore Wednesday

I'm thinking of jumping on the WIWW bandwagon. I know I am obscenely late, but I think it may be a good way to visually track my weight loss. I don't think I need fashion help since I get dressed up for work every day, but you never know.

Being overweight, I hate seeing myself in pictures. Especially full body shots! So this may be a good way for me to keep it real and stay honest about how I really want to look. Stay tuned to see if I stick to this when I get home today.

More Wedding Gorgeousness!

Last week I showed you some invitations that my SIL Jen made for our cousins wedding. You can see that post here. This week I want to show you the beautiful flowers my other SIl Katy made for the wedding, as well. Katy can seriously do any flower arrangement you can think of. She could easily just become a florist and call it a day. Check out these flowers below.

Here are the supplies before Katy works her magic. 

This was the bride's bouquet. 

Here is a snapshot of one of the flower arrangements.

Here is the beautiful bride Lauren with her flowers.

Weight Watchers Weigh-In Week 1

So week one was up yesterday and I survived! It was especially tough since my birthday was on Sunday and all week long people were brining me treats and offering to take me to lunch. Somehow, I managed to stay within my points.

Weight Loss: -3.6 lbs
Current Weight: 191.4

What I ate:
1. Cinnamon Raisin English Muffins with Spray Butter
2. Asian Apple Pears
3. Adobo Seasoning- I love this stuff on beef, ground turkey, chicken or even veggies!

Only 1.4 lbs until I make my first goal of 5 lbs! Thanks for all of your encouragement and please continue to share your tips, successes, and goals!