Weekend Thrifting

This past weekend my parents treated us to a quick weekend getaway for a little thrifting. We woke up early Friday and headed to Wichita, KS for the night. We made sure to stop off for some lunch in the cute little town of Peabody, KS.


These chairs were just hanging out on the sidewalk outside of the town diner, and I wanted to take them home with me so bad! I was good though!


With such a long car ride, Mom and I of course packed some crocheting to keep us entertained. I worked on a shrug for myself...

And mom worked on the most adorable granny square apron...



Once we checked into our hotel, we were off hitting as many antique stores that we could! One of my favorite things to do while thrifting is of course taking some silly pictures...




We even took a normal one ...


Wichita has some amazing antique shops and we will definitely be heading back soon. We didn't come back with too much. We started a collection of vintage children's books for our future lil' poot.


One of the main things I was looking for on this trip was a plant stand. I had seen a picutre of a vintage one recently that I was hoping to come across. We searched for almost two hours and only made it half way through one antique shop and I didn't really see any in the style I wanted. We decided we would head back the next morning and to go through the rest of the shop. On our way out, we came across the exact plant stand I had in mind!!! And it was 10% off of an already super cheap price. Needless to say I was extremely happy!

I promptly came home and put all my pretty flowers on display! Now I smile everytime I walk out my front door!

Thanks Mom and Dad for a fun little getaway! We had a blast! Love you bunches!
XOXO
Amber

Celebration At The Station...

We have made it an annual tradition to celebrate Memorial Day with friends at Union Station. It is Kansas City's 9th year to host this free event and we always have such an amazing time. We pack a cooler full of delicious food and sit back and enjoy the Kansas City Symphony with fireworks!




Scott, Jeremy, and Oliver were our entertainment when there were breaks in the evening.




The fireworks are my favorite part of the night...along with Poot serenading me with God Bless America.




We decided to dance to Katy Perry's Firework for Oliver before we headed home. He was NOT impressed...in fact I think he was kind of embarrassed. Ha!


Happy Memorial Day!! Hope you were able to relax and enjoy some time with your friends and family!
XOXO
Amber

Summer Reading List...

Summer to me always means reading lots of books! I recently became hooked on a new website Good Reads. I love love love this website! If you love to read than you should definitely join! If you do look me up! I would love to be friends on there!

Here is a list of the books I hope to read over the upcoming Summer months:







And I won a free copy of this book on Goodreads! They have tons of giveaways!


What is on your reading list?
XOXO
Amber

The ABC's of Me!

I decided to play along with Becky and Olivia and share some facts about myself. If you decide to join in leave me a comment so I can read your list!


Age: 34
B. Bed size: King
C. Chore that you hate: cleaning the bathroom
D. Dogs: none...but my parents have two Annie and Jersey and I love them like they are my own.
E. Essential start to your day: Coffee!!! and a kiss from my Poot:)
F. Favorite color: mustard yellow
G. Gold or Silver: silver
H. Height: 5'2"
I. Instruments you play: None
J. Job title: Office Assistant
K. Kids: none...yet:)but hopefully we will have a little Poot someday
L. Live: Missouri
M. Mother's name: Cathie
N. Nicknames: Poot, Lil Poot, Pootie, Bersie,Raquel
O. Overnight hospital stays: None... I have been very lucky!
P. Pet peeve: snoring
Q. Quote from a movie: "I'm in love and I don't care who knows it!"
R. Right or left handed: Right
S. Siblings: Eric who is 27
T. Time you wake up: 6:45 or 7:00am on the weekdays
U. Underwear: yep... I wear them:)
V. Vegetable you hate: cucumbers...and that is seriously the only one I hate!
W. What makes you run late: my snooze button! which I hit at least 5 times every morning! I am NOT a morning person.
X. X-Rays you've had: I had my kidney's scanned does that count?
Y. Yummy food that you make: Roast and Potatoes, gluten free pizza
Z. Zoo animal: Elephants

Our Weekend Adventures...

I knew the weekend was heading in the right direction when I came home to find these waiting for me on my doorstep Friday afternoon!



Friday night we attended Scott's theatre department banquet to celebrate the end of the school year! We ate lots of food and then headed to a party that had a bounce house! Yes a bounce house!

Scott and I have been walking around 3 hilly miles nightly and that still did not prepare us for the bouncing! That thing wore us out in less than 5 minutes. Ha!




I wish I would of taken a picture of my entire outfit, but the heels were the best part! I did take them off when I bounced.

Saturday was soooo cold but we braved the weather and went to the farmers market. Our tomato seeds really didn't take off like we had wanted so we went to pick up several tomato plants and some local honey.



We treated ourself to a little lunch at Lulu's after our cold shopping adventure.




That night Scott headed to a retirement party for a fellow professor, I stayed home and relaxed!


Sunday we did a little yard work and I hit the gym!



It was such a nice weekend!!
XOXO
Amber

Owlet Vintage Shop Update!

I will be adding a lot of beauties this week in my Etsy Shop. This evening I added some of my favorite dresses...they are really hard to part with! Ha!




I think they are just perfect for the upcoming Summer season!
XOXO
Amber

Jewelry Crush....

I recently happened upon a couple of websites that carry some pretty stellar jewelry! I have been looking for a simple, delicate, and shorter chained necklace for some time and this necklace is perfection:

You can find it here from Stella & Dot.

Kris Nations has so many pieces I want it is hard to choose.




**I want this because Arkansas is where we got engaged and married. Plus, I love how it spaced out to look like ar-kan-sas!**Ha!

**I need to get this one for my dear friend Becky. You can get these in any state and they are made from recycled metal!!

I don't typically wear alot of gold tone jewelry but these have really made me change my mind!
XOXO
Amber

Snippets Around Poot Manor...

I have been trying to document some of the "little" things here around Poot Manor and I thought I would share them with you!



**I planted some new pretty flowers and some herbs!**


**The current state of our living room. You can definitely tell that a crocheter and PhD student reside here**


**Poot very excited about using a tiller. We were able to borrow one from a friend for the week to help spruce up our little garden!**




**Trying out some new recipes from my Sugar Free & Gluten Free Cookbook!**



**Finally framed and hung up some new prints and embroideries**



**Starting a new shrug for ME!! and I have been my favorite owl earrings ALOT!**



**And of course I have to share some cute pictures of our cats...being lazy of course!**

XOXO
Amber