Girl's Day...

of shopping!

Well, the snow melted rather quickly once the sun came out. The roads cleared so fast that Mama called late this morning to see if I wanted to go shopping in Memphis. We had planned on going sometime this weekend. We had the best time!
Our first stop was La Fleur's. We always enjoy looking in this store because they have unusual little things for the house and the most beautiful plants and flowers. They had out their Easter things and had the cutest bunny made from a gourd!
Then on to Macy's. We both had our Thanks for Sharing cards and wanted to use them!!
I have been wanting some new makeup for the Spring, so the first stop (after a brief detour by the sunglass counter to try on the cutest big Coach sunglasses which I managed to leave without) was at the Lancome counter. All the workers at that counter are always so nice and do the best job with my makeup. After purchasing necessities and new colors, it was on to the clothes department where I found some cute tops and really cute jackets. Mama bought me the cutest little green jacket - it is perfect for work, but I can wear it with jeans too. I just can't wait to wear it!
Then off to the shoe department, and, of course, we had to check out the purses on the way. We were disappointed with the shoe selection, but we both managed to find a pair of shoes to buy there. Macy's didn't have the cute little pink shoes or anything similar that I saw the last time we were shopping (while I was still in my walking boot), so we stopped by Dillard's. I was able to find plenty of pairs of shoes there that I liked, and thanks to Mama, I didn't have to whittle the selection down too far!!
After a day of shopping, we had dinner at the Olive Garden and then whirled through Target.
It was such an enjoyable day. We both had the best time!!

Snow Day...

The snow had covered our birdfeeder, so we put birdseed out on our back patio for the birds. We saw cardinals, doves, and all kinds of little birds and enjoyed watching them eat their breakfast... I cooked us a breakfast of eggs, biscuits and hot chocolate so that we would have a warm breakfast to give us energies to play in the snow.
We first measured, and on flat areas, we got 5 inches of snow. We had drifts around the yard of much more!
We then decided to build a snowman. We had trouble at first because the snow didn't want to stick. We finally got it going though...
We scrounged around the house for eyes, a nose and a mouth and found almonds for his eyes, a carrot, of course, for his nose, and grapes for his mouth...Charles thought a Cubs hat would be perfect to top him off...

The hat was a little too small for his head, so we traded it for a Cubs visor...
Our poor little snowman turned out a little whopsided, but we had lots of fun making him!!

By the time we finished with the snowman, the snow had mostly melted from the sidewalks and road...

Since we had all this snow, we had to take advantage of it and have a snowball fight...

We both got in some good shots, but Charles caught me with one right in the face...
Then we decided to sled. With my ankle still not being 100%, I thought it best for me to stay on the little incline in our backyard, so Charles took our fantasy draft boards from this year and last year (thank goodness, they will finally be going to the garbage now!!) up for us to try sledding on...

As you can see, our first idea did not work out too well...
I had a little better luck, but still did not sled far...
So, Charles decided to use our lawn chair cushion on the hill...this worked out much better...
We had a great time being kids this morning!!

A Winter Wonderland...

in Spring!

So yesterday the snow kept falling around 5:30...
and 6:00...

and 6:30...
and 7:30...
and while the snow fell, the wind was also blowing at times, making the snow whirl down from the roof (which was really pretty to watch)...
By 7:30 last night, we already had a couple of inches of snow on the ground...

Toula decided that since the snow just kept falling, she should make sure she had some extra shelter and protection...

She is a Southern bunny, so she made sure that she had plenty of groceries in her home during the snow...

It is so funny how any time snow is forecasted, the grocery stores are packed with people buying bread, milk and a few little other things, and it is really packed at the sight of the first actual flake...I think half of the people who I work with spent their lunch breaks or sent their spouse to pick up "bread, milk and a few other things," and they reported seeing pretty much the whole town there doing the same thing.

I kept checking periodically through the night, and snow flakes were still coming down around 10:30; however, by then it was a very light snow...

This morning, I couldn't wait to get up and see just how much snow we got!

While I haven't measured yet, you can see we got several inches...

This is definitely the most snow we have gotten since we moved here, and the most I have seen Northern Mississippi in quite a few years, if I remember correctly...
We already have little icicles forming from our roof, and the sidewalks and even the streets are icy!!
I can't wait for Charles to wake up so we can go play in the snow and build a snowman!!

Still snowing...

It's still snowing - and the flakes are bigger now!!
This was the scene around 4:30 p.m. As you can see, in an hour's time (from the last post), we're getting some accumulation...Charles is feeling a little under the weather, so I went outside to play in the snow by myself for a little while. There really aren't too many things more fun than playing - or just standing - in snow!!
The wind is really blowing too, so the snow is making its way under our back patio and onto my pansies...
It was getting a little cold out, so I went back in to add my scarf, and Charles came out with me for a little while...
Since it doesn't snow too much in our area of Mississippi, when it does, even if you are a little sick, you still have to go out in it - at least for a little while!

Snow...

So, our office closed early today because of snow!! Around noon today, we began getting a wintery mix of rain, sleet and a few snow flurries. It stopped and then later this afternoon, we started getting sleet and snow. It started accumulating on the cars and ground. When I got home, this was the scene in our backyard...It is still coming down, but now it is mostly snow!! It is really starting to blanket the ground and shrubs!! Maybe, we'll be able to build a snowman!

Friends and Seinfeld...

Remember when the NBC Thursday night line-up included Friends and Seinfeld (ah, the good old days when there were good shows on TV). Well, this Thursday, friends and Seinfeld were back for us. We had tickets to Jerry Seinfeld at the Orpheum last night, and our friend Matt came up from Jackson and went too.

We ordered tickets the first day they went on sale. We waited until that evening to purchase them, so our seats were in the lower balcony...

Even though our seats where pretty much at the top of the theater, we had a great time! The opening act and Seinfeld both put on a great show - very funny!! At the end, we even got a "Hello, Newman!"

Getting ready for Easter...

With Easter coming so early this year, I almost waited too late to get our house ready...I had said something about Easter decorations this weekend, and when I got home today, Charles had brought everything down from the attic for me...

During the commercials of American Idol (By the way, I think the guys are doing really well this year - better than the girls, and the '80's night was really good and fun!! I actually voted tonight for the first time in this year's competition) I did a little Easter decorating.

I added a touch of Easter to our entry with eggs and a cute little rabbit...

then a little boy rabbit and little girl rabbit found a home on our coffee table...
I already had changed out the potpourri to The Smell of Spring (that and OPI Cajun Shrimp came out this weekend -- we had wonderful Springlike weather this weekend, and to me once Spring is here, that means The Smell of Spring and Cajun Shrimp), so I just added a few eggs to Ma's tea cart...
then I had to find a special place for my cute little bunny from La Fleur's...

and I had to let the little rabbit in the breakfast area hold some Easter eggs...Of course, I had to set our breakfast table for Easter...
I love toile and the colors pink and green together (I know, I am a child of the '80's who really liked the preppy fashion), so these placemats and napkins are perfect for me...
and of course, Toula had to help and investigate all the other bunnies in the house!