attention lilly pulitzer fans...

head's up...by now you all are probably members of rue la la, right!

[photo credit: www.lillypulitzer.com]

just wanted to give you all a heads up and let you know that lilly pulitzer will be on rue la la on wednesday at 11:00am  CST!

remember, get there early! the good stuff sells fast! not a member of rue la la? no problem, click on the link below:

http://www.ruelala.com/invite/plittledress

sales are private! membership is free!

happy shopping!!!

another fabulous recipe thanks to pinterest!!!!

well, well, well, looks who's posting for the 3rd time this week!

anyway, as if you didn't already know i am obsessed with pinterest!

well, tonight i made a summer corn cakes recipe with salsa that i actually found on LAUREN CONRAD's pinterest page.

of course, i had to stop at whole foods and pick up a few ingredients:

i'll be honest, i have never made corn cakes before. so the thought of putting corn in a food processor was a little strange to me! lol!

the recipe is super easy to make though, even though i tweaked the recipe a little. for example, i added some cilantro to the mix and instead of buttermilk i used milk and chobani greek yogurt.

then into the pan, with my fish spatula from williams-sonoma. if i had to pick one kitchen item i couldn't live without aside from the obvious wusthof knife set, all-clad pans, kitchen aid stand mixer [a MUST for every bridal registry that i still NEVER use!], my "must have" dualit toaster, etc... the one item i couldn't live without is my fish spatula! def. worth the $30.00!

note to self: i probably should have made the avocado and salsa mix  prior to making the corn cakes, but in the end it really didn't matter.  ha! ha!

finally, a photo of my version of summer corn cakes with salsa. yum!!!!

if you would like the recipe you can find it (and ME) on PINTEREST by clicking on the photo link below:

Source: ezrapoundcake.com via Just Another on Pinterest

def. worth trying and the recipe makes a lot of corn cakes! anyone know if you can freeze the recipe? the recipe says you can store it in the fridge for up to 2 days? anyone?!?!!

yum! yum! yum! plus, a serena & lily score!

curious, if anyone else out there is fan of jason's deli?

jason's deli has locations all over the u.s. currently, i am obsessed with their fruit dip! omg, this stuff is amazing! wish i had a recipe so i could make my own! lol!

anyway, i had their califonia club for lunch - guac on the side, of course!  too bad, i waited until i was pretty much done with my meal to snap a photo.

oh well, check it out www.jasonsdeli.com and if you haven't tried their fruit dip you should! it's delish!

almost forgot, anyone score any deals over at the SERENA & LILY SALE event over at ONE KINGS LANE today?

i did, thought i was too late...waited a few minutes, b/c the GOBI SHOWER CURTAIN i wanted in NAVY was in someone else's basket. hate it when that happens, argh!!!! sure enough, i waited long enough and it magically came available ....SCORE!!!!

[photo credit: ONE KINGS LANE website]

as if i need another shower curtain, sheesh! lol!

not a member of ONE KINGS LANE? no problem, click on the link below for your personal invite.

https://www.onekingslane.com/invite/preppylittledress

sales are PRIVATE! membership is FREE! 

another fabulous trip!!

greetings!

a few days ago we returned from a wonderful trip out to vegas. we stayed over at the bellagio, which is still my favorite place on the strip!

below are some random photos from our trip.

speaking of CHANEL, i was walking up from the pool and notice a woman wearing a pair of CHANEL flats.

it soon dawned on my that the CHANEL logo was missing from the right shoe. man, that's gotta suck!

curious, would you wear a pair of CHANEL flats

knowing one of the logos was missing?

here's one of my favorite view of the pools:

speaking of vegas, it's hard to go to vegas without a little gambling. i won, i lost, won again...luckily, i came home with $600 more than i left with.....BONUS!

i'm not a big gambler, i stick to the slots. SEX & THE CITY is def. my favorite slot machine! not sure what to do with the money?

$600.00 probably doesn't seem like much to you, but for someone who normally loses it was great to come home a winner! ha! ha! ha!

then again i play for fun! it's such a sad sight when i see seniors using their social security $ on the slots!

oh well, the only famous person we saw was taylor hicks. at first i was like, he looks familiar? i'm not a fan of american idol, so it took me a moment to realize who it was, lol!!!

can't wait to go back! ;)

christmas in july!

greetings!

i am heading to vegas tonight! can't wait, but before i forget i wanted to let you know that GRAPHIC IMAGE is once again running their christmas in july SALE again next week!

it's never to early to order your planner for 2013!

the christmas in july SALE is a one-day, site-wide sale and everything is 50% off.  NOTE: the sale is only on http://www.graphicimage.com/, there will be a few select GiGi New York items too! 

mark you calendars the sale date is monday, july 16^th. 

tory burch, mackenzie-childs and hunter boots ...OH MY!!!

greetings!

hope your summer is off to a fabulous start! things have been super busy around here. can't wait to go away on vacation in a couple of weeks!

anyway, while i was out shopping this afternoon i stumbled upon these "mackenzie-childs" HUNTER BOOTS! really, just when i thought i'd seen it all! ha! ha!

thoughts?

don't get me wrong, i am a huge fan of both HUNTER BOOTS and MACKENZIE-CHILDS but i am not sure how i feel about these boots.  lol!

oh well, in case you didn't know ruelala will be hosting a TORY BURCH sale event on monday, june, 25th! can't wait to see what they will have this time!

not a member of ruelala? no problem, click on the link below for your personal invite.

http://www.ruelala.com/invite/plittledress

sales are private and membership is free!

later!

greetings!

hope everyone had a fabulous memorial day weekend! we spent the weekend upnorth at our cottage in northern michigan.

it was nice to get away from chicago and escape the sweltering heat. well almost, it was 97 degrees when we arrived home....ugh!!!

thankfully the pool is FINALLY open! ha! ha!

anyway, while upnorth i came across these awesome styrofoam cups and napkins at a store over in leland, michigan.

"WEEKEND WATERFORD"

"COTTAGE CRYSTAL" 

"LAKE LINEN"

...lol!!!!

this afternoon i stopped over at TRADER JOE's for some groceries and across this small bottle of trader joe's 2009 late harvest moscato paso robles.

small, being that i got only 2 glasses worth of wine out of it! if you love sweet wine like i do, can't beat this wine for $3.99/bottle!

cheers!