I'm A Winner!

A sweet and kind blogging friend, Kerin at Cottage On Main, held a giveaway offering some cute fallish items, and I was the winner!
WooHoo!!!!

Kerin wrapped each item carefully in yellow tissue, tying each bundle with brown ribbon.  

Perfect fall colors.

Kerin attached a handmade tag to one of the bundles.  Isn't it adorable?!

Just look at that great assortment of goodies!

A wonderful recipe journal book full of Paula's kitchen wisdom.  

Love Paula!

A gorgeous fall plaque.

Some much needed kitchen towels.  

Mine are getting ratty.

And little crocheted dish scrubbers.  I love these!  

I've had some in the past and just love how well they clean.

Thanks so much, Kerin, for such a nice and generous package of fall goodies!  I can assure you I will make good use out of all the items you sent.

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Autumn Greetings

I found this quote and liked it so much I decided to print it out and frame it.

I repainted and distressed an inexpensive frame found in my frame graveyard in the basement.  Mounted the quote to a scrap of burlap, and glued a rusty tin leaf the frame.

The first dat of Autumn for us here is turning out to be a dark, damp, dreary day.  As a matter of fact, this whole week's been pretty damp and rainy.  It's felt more like living in the Pacific Northwest than along the Eastern Seaboard.

Guess all this wet weather will at least help contribute to some blazing fall foliage when the leaves turn.

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Ya Snooze, Ya Looze

Yep!

That's exactly what I did.  

Photo from Pottery Barn

I had been eyeballing this bathroom accessory set from Pottery Barn for months and months.  

Photo from Pottery Barn

The Blue Beach Glass Bath Accessories Set

This set would have worked perfectly in the little reno of our master bath  . . . the one that's taking foe-evah to finish.  The color palette for the room is going to be those beach glass colors of blues, greens, grays that you associate with a spa-like decor.  Casual and restful.

Photo from Pottery Barn

I don't know why I kept putting off ordering.  I guess seeing the set in the 2-3 monthly cattys I get in the mail had me thinking I had time to order. 

Photo from Pottery Barn

Well, my time ran out.  The set is no longer available.  Booooooo :o(

Photo from Pottery Barn

 From here on in, when I see something I want for that room, or any room for that matter, I'm grabbin' that sucker up.  No more loozin' for me!

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Peppermint Crunch Chocolate Chip Cookies

Boy, that's a mouthful, huh?!

I was in the mood to bake something Sunday.  And I've had a bag of Andes Peppermint Crunch chips in the pantry for a while now.  I picked them up at the grocery one time thinking they were neat.  Something different.

I got busy following the recipe on the back of the bag.  You can find the recipe  here.  The only things I did differently to the recipe was omit the coconut.  Not a fan of flake coconut.  And added some semi-sweet chocolate chips and an extra egg.

Think peppermint patty.  

Mmmmm

I will say, the cookies were met with pretty ho-hum reviews.  "Why couldn't you have just made regular ole chocolate chips?"  Well, cause I wanted to try something different, that's why!

I like 'em.  I like the combination of the peppermint and chocolate together.  I would make them again, except I'd probably eat most of them, and that would not be a good thing.  So, they may not make it to the all-time-favorite cookie list for our family! 

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