happenings

We've had a very busy last four days. Here it is in pictures.
our fort that we built to watch scary movies
my not so gourmet Halloween meal
snuggle time with our little man
six flags date
rehearsal dinner
wedding
dg wedding chant
ready for trick-or-treaters
his body looks so out of proportion here. it cracks me up.


boo!

Today Charlie and I are celebrating Halloween together. We have a wedding this weekend, and we're going to Six Flags Sunday (yes!) so we figured today would be a good day to do it since the Halloween episodes of our favorite shows come on tonight. We're watching American Horror Story which is such a freaking CRAZY show, but I love it. I've actually screamed out loud while watching it, and I never even do that for scary movies! We're also watching The Middle and Modern Family.

To surprise Charlie I've set up a big blanket fort in our living room, bought Charlie a bucket of cheese balls (he always tries to buy one when we see them in the grocery stores and I never let him!), and I'm making some Halloween treats.

I plan on making "mummy dogs" and "swamp creatures" tonight along with some vegan chocolate chip cookies that Charlie loves.
Healthy, right?

Seriously, try these. You will never go back to a regular chocolate chip cookie again!
The Joy of Vegan Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies
4 1/2 t. Ener-G Egg Replacer
6 T. of water
1 C. non-dairy butter (Earth Balance)
3/4 C. granulated sugar
3/4 C. brown sugar, firmly packed
2 t. vanilla extract
2 1/4 C. unbleached all-purpose flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1-3 C. non-dairy chocolate chips (I used Kroger brand dark chocolate chunks)

Preheat oven to 375. In a food processor whip the egg replacer and water together until thick and creamy. 

In a large bowl cream the butter, sugars, and vanilla. Add the egg replacer into this mixture and thoroughly combine. In  a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the wet mixture until it begins to form a dough. Stir in chocolate chips. Bake for 8-10 minutes of until golden brown. Let sit for 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.

On a completely random note, I just found out that Trader Joe's is officially coming to the DFW area! Happy day!! Plus, to top it off H&M and Restoration Hardware are opening up literally 5 minutes from my house! These could be putting a ding in the ol' bank account this holiday season.

bedroom

Using the blue and green inspiration that I've found online I have finally figured out our bedroom plan (for real this time!). The best part is that I've found the fabric for my curtains and it has.... stripes!
These black and white curtains aren't the exact fabric that I found (mine aren't silk) but the stripe is about the same width. It's not at thick as I had originally wanted, but I still think I like it. I'm trying to decide now if I want to keep them vertical, or spend a lot of extra time sewing them into horizontal stripes. I'm supposed to take the fabric with me to Oklahoma in a couple of weeks to get help making them, so I'll make my decision then.
Ta da! I just need to order the pillows and headboard and we'll finally have a complete room!