Winter storm Florida style!

Last week the sky opened up and the ice was falling! Having grown up in Philly, I've seen my share of snow and ice. When I moved to Florida, however, I though I had left all of that behind for sunny skies and warm winters. Well as I'm sure everyone has heard, winter has finally hit the south! I'm talking about bridges being shut down, businesses being closed and streets suddenly becoming ice skating rinks for the neighborhood kids. It was crazy! For me, it was a mix between excitement of finally seeing a true change in the season, and oh my god people down here don't know how to drive and there are going to be a million accidents.There were only a few major accidents to report in my immediate area (luckily!), but there was a train derailment a few miles away that involved a few cars leaking phosphoric acid into the river! The furthest that we ventured was a walk through the woods behind our house to get to the dollar store, and even that felt like a huge undertaking!

I was able to capture a few pictures of the ice around our house, and since I'm sure you haven't already seen four thousand pictures of snow and ice in the blogging world lately , I'll share them with you:

 

Icicles in Florida!! Never thought I would see the day!

 

 

And since we love to torture our dog, here's one of Casper dressed up and ready for the snow!

 

Tell me that's not the cutest face in the world!?

I know that most of the country is buried under 2 feet of snow and haven't seen their grass in weeks, but for us this was HUGE! Now that the snow and ice have melted away and the sun is shining, I will look forward to our trip up north in a few weeks and hope that there is at least a little of the white stuff hanging around for the kiddos to enjoy!!
 

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

 

 

Snow in Florida!?!

Yes, it was actually snowing here the other day!!!! All you hear about it global warming, but it feels more like global freezing here in the Sunshine State! There wasn't enough snow to actually stick to the ground (and it quickly warmed up to 60 degrees the next day) but I figured it was still blog-worthy information!

Another low key weekend here at the house, the sickness has run its course and we are FINALLY feeling better! And despite my shopping diet until our trip, I was still able to squeeze in a trip to Burlington for a new blazer. While on the topic of Burlington, let's talk about some of the clothes that I saw while perusing through the racks, shall we? Between the itty-bitty cropped tops and the dresses that show way more va-jay than I would like to see, I have come to the conclusion that older I get, the skankier the clothes become. Take the following dresses for example:

 

If I can tell the color and type of underwear that you are wearing, the dress is too short

 

 

This was categorized as a "prom" dress. I know that I when to prom quite a few years ago, and styles change all the time, but I feel like there's about 12 yards of material missing from this dress. Who's with me?

Call me old fashioned, but I like to keep some things to the imagination. And I also enjoy sitting down without fear of the dreaded peek-a-boo. 

Aside from our quick trip to Burlington, which wasn't actually quick because we were there for 2 hours, we made a pit stop at Toys R Us for the nephews and then headed home for some quiet time around the fire pit. This morning we went to the in-laws for a DELICIOUS breakfast---biscuits & gravy, eggs, hash browns & sausage--and if the sun ever decides to show its beautiful face, we will be washing the cars and the puppy this afternoon. 

Here's a little peek at what I wore for yesterday's outing. Since it was a lazy day, the hair went up, the "Hot Buns" went in and the and the flats came out.

 

Tank: WalMart

Shoes: Body Central (Found here) 

Jeans: Delia's

Necklace & Earrings: Body Central 

Shirt: Sister

I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend. Tomorrow I am going to be posting some delectable banana caramel decadence cupcakes that I baked last night! De-Lish!!