Potpourri for $200 please Alex

Kudos to you if you get that :)

This is a this and that sort of post.

Today I have to make cupcakes for PJ to take to the monthly staff meeting. Cupcakes were requested again by a certain Plumber Business Agent who has the BIGGEST sweet tooth I have ever seen. I was told that last time he ate three cupcakes before 9am! So I am going to go with my standby Martha Stewart choc. cupcake recipe and I'm going to try this Choco-Marshmallow Peanut Butter frosting. Don't worry I have plenty of butter and powder sugar on back up if I need to whip up a plain buttercream.

I'm also making some Cinnamon-Apple Chex Mix for snacks at Maggie's preschool tomorrow. It's my first time being the snack helper and actually bringing the snack. Llast time I was that position the teacher actually brought the snack but it was so chaotic. We had a parent helper not show up so we were short staffed to begin with. I was actually covering two jobs in one of the big activity rooms including the "painting center". Added bonus the kids were doing an apple stamping activity which consisted of them stamping halved apples with popsicle sticks in them into a pizza pan that had red paint just poured out onto it then on their papers. If you think that sounds kind of messy, you would be right. The snack that the teacher brought was called apple burritos and had like a millions steps and components for me to set up and prep. Hence the easy chex mix snacks. Each kid gets a dixie cup full and viola, done!

I went to a three hour "getting started" workshop on starting a Girl Scout Troop. It's looking more and more like I'm going to be helping Co-Lead a troop. I'm a bit apprehensive because it seems like quite a time investment and I was already told the Auburn area troop leaders are "a bit more passionate than most", "have a tendency to make new leaders feel inept" and "have their own watch dog group". Great......

Those who know me know I don't buy myself new clothes very often. I've also fallen into the bad habit of jeans and some sort of variation of a sweatshirt almost everyday. As a result I have practically nothing to wear on our week long business trip to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida that meets the general swankiness of where we are staying, the 70-80 temps and the actual "business" part of the trip. I've been wanting to try ordering some clothes from Land's End new Canvas line. The clothes remind me of J. Crew back in the day when they were known for more of a classic preppy look with lots of closet staples (rather than the more trendy stuff in stores now). So when I saw that Canvas was having a huge sale and offering free shipping on orders over $50 I was thrilled. Then when I found out I could use my Sears card and return anything ordered at my local Sears store it was decided. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that some of these pieces will work, I haven't had a whole lot of luck online/magazine clothes ordering in the past. Some things I ordered:

Pattern lawn skirt in Grey Gull Circles


Fit and Flare dress


Pocket dress in Navy


Heritage Cardigan in Soft Fern and Orange Spice


Boyfriend V-neck Sweater in Orange Spice and Seaport


Washed Cotton Coat in sand


Slub Knit Scarf in kiwi stripe and heather gray

and some ribbed tanks and pocket tee's. You might wonder about the sweaters when it's supposed to be sunny and warm but it will still get chilly at night and I tend to freeze in places with AC. I'm just not used to it. I still need to find some nice jeans, slacks and possibly a cocktail dress.