Snowed In

Greetings from snow-laden Kansas City!
Fifteen inches of snow on Thursday made for two incredibly awesome snow days. I spent Thursday at Adam's house (soon to be our home - weird!).

We had a fun and super productive snow day, and it was just what we needed. It feels good to have so much done and now we can relax this weekend!

Started the day off with coffee and chocolate chip pancakes 

(the way every morning should start out)...

... and received our cute little love birds wedding cake topper in the mail...

The entire afternoon was spent moving furniture and getting rooms put together. We received the gorgeous Crate and Barrel bedding on our registry from my wonderful parents, and a fluffy C&B brown quilt from our good friends.

Waiting on the matching brown euro shams (hoping to be gifted them at the wedding!), and we're in the market for some super cute lamps.

It's slowly coming together!

Today has been great so far, and much more relaxing. Did a few wedding projects this morning while Adam was out shoveling the driveway... for 2 hours. What a trooper!

I made melty grilled cheese sandwiches, and a nice big pot of tomato roasted garlic bisque to warm him up when he was done.

Now, I have the afternoon to myself, and I plan on diving into Downton Abbey, season 1. FINALLY!


Hope your weekend is off to a great start!
...stay tuned next week for the debut of my new blog design (so excited!!).

Snow Day + Annual Christmas Date

Greetings from my cozy couch!
Santa granted my wish of a beautiful white Christmas snow last night, so I am one happy girl. I am currently sitting by the window watching the snow fall, sipping on homemade hot cocoa while Bella Beast and I are all snuggled up.

It's highly doubtful that I will change out of my pajamas today, and I have a slew of movies to keep me entertained.

I absolutely love today.

             Source: twighutchinson.com via Tawni on Pinterest

.:: My Snow Day Agenda ::.

+ infinity scarf crochet project

+ hot green tea

+ bake this cinnamon coffee cake

+ wrap Christmas presents

+ the grinch (jim carey style)

+ finish packing
+ oh and ah over my new wedding shoes

+ napping, lots of napping

+ paint my nails

+ more hot cocoa

Even better? 

This evening, the future hubs and I are heading out for our annual Christmas date. Every year we dress up, pick a quaint/romantic restaurant, enjoy gourmet food and order dessert to share (a must!). 

This year we chose the lovely Cafe Europa in Brookside. It's hidden away in a cute little neighborhood and is quite little, only seating around 20 people in the whole restaurant.

The gorgeous stone fire place in the middle of the restaurant has unique old world charm, and makes the whole room glow. The food is spectacular, but did I mention their famous lemon cake is absolutely how we based our decision this year? Yum.

After dinner, we head over to the Country Club Plaza (I love living in Kansas City!) to see the gorgeous Christmas lights and do a little window browsing as we stroll hand in hand. 

It just feels so Christmasy and magical... the way Christmas should always feel.

At the end of the evening, we exchange presents, and then curl up on the couch with the pup to watch a favorite Christmas movie.

I can't wait 'til 6 p.m.!

Did any of you get a snow day today?
If so, make it a magical one!