Friday's Fabulous Find

I am bringing a fun event back to the blog that I used to do every Friday (& I changed the name a little bit):

Friday's Fabulous Find

Each week, I will blog about something fabulous I found during the week...a beauty product, food/drink item, new store/shop/blog, etc.

This week's fabulous find comes from Thirty-One Gifts.

I first heard about Thirty-One through some girls at my church back in 2009. Since then, this business has exploded. Last weekend, when we went to the Women of Joy conference, we saw so many women with 31 purses/bags/etc. I told my mom that it was like we were at a 31 convention!

My friend Ashley (AEPerkins18@aol.com) is a consultant for Thirty-One, and I recently placed an order with her for the products below.

I got the Retro Metro Bag in Taupe (@ 1/2 price with the March special!), Cosmetic Bag (that I use as my Bible cover), Shirred Front Wallet & the Mini Zipper Pouch (all of these in the Free Spirit Floral pattern).

I love, love, love everything I ordered! The Spring colors just put me in a good mood & I love how functional each piece is.  

HAPPY FRIDAY!

**Ashley wanted me to inform everyone about the May Customer Special & Hostess Special:
Customers: For every $31 you spend, you can buy the Mini Zipper Pouch (like mine above, regular price $10) for only $2.31!
Hostesses: Step up to the next level of rewards! Go HERE to find out more!

Women of Joy Weekend

This past weekend, I went to the Women of Joy conference in Sevierville with my mom, & some other great ladies! The conference was held at the Wilderness at the Smokies Resort. We actually stayed down the road at a Hampton Inn, which was really nice, but I definitely want to go back & stay at the Wilderness some time this summer.

This was the first Women of Joy conference I had been to, and we will definitely be back next year! The whole weekend was such a blessing. For any of you who may be familiar with Women of Joy or other women's conferences, some of our speakers included Donna Gaines, Liz Curtis Higgs, Becky Tirabassi & Thelma Wells. They were all wonderful!

 Mom & I on Friday night before worship began

Charles Billingsley was our worship leader for the weekend. He was amazing!

Mom & I on Saturday night before the Casting Crowns concert!

 Our group of ladies: Mom, Mrs. Kincaid (she was my 2nd grade teacher, and I will never be able to call her Nancy..lol), Cathy, me & Mona

Casting Crowns performed for us on Saturday night. It was so awesome! They are probably my favorite Christian group. I just love all of their music...especially this song, "Who Am I."

I am already looking forward to next year!

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Happy 45th Birthday, Lorrie!

Today is my mother-in-law, Lorrie's, 45th Birthday!

We celebrated by going out for dinner at Wasabi, and then we went to John T.'s granny's for her famous strawberry dessert!

We played a little April Fool's joke on her for fun, too! :o)

I hope you had a wonderful day!

Nashville Weekend

This past weekend, I met up with some of my classmates from nuclear medicine school for the NMTT (Nuclear Medicine Technologists of Tennessee) annual meeting, held at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville.

I stayed with Jessica & her husbad Troy in Goodlettsville/Ridgetop for the weekend, and we had the best time! Jessica fixed lasagna, salad & garlic bread for us on Friday night, and it was so good. Their new house is absolutely goreous!

Our time was packed in all weekend with presentations from different nuc. med. professionals. Saturday night, we did get to go out & eat with our other classmate, Alan & his new girlfriend, Stephanie, which was lots of fun!

I miss my Nashville friends so very much, and I always love a change to get to hang out with them any time I can! 

Giveaway from "In this wonderful life"

Please check out Megan's blog here for a chance to win a $50 credit from SheShe Made! Pure cuteness!! She has lots of ideas for baby shower gifts or just cute outfits, etc. for your little one!

Orange & White Evening

On Saturday, I got to live every Vol fan's dream! My friend Donna invited me to go with her to Neyland Stadium for an "Orange & White Evening." It was too much fun! I felt like we were apart of the "important people" crowd all night!


First of all, we were allowed to park right beside Neyland Stadium. This is unheard of to me. Since I was a little kid, we have always parked at the Methodist church that is a forever long walk from the stadium, so that was very exciting!

We started out in the Wolf-Kaplan Center for registration, and then we immediately went to tour the locker room, or should I say, the Peyton Manning Locker Complex!

It was really neat to have the opportunity to tour the locker room. It was so nice!

 Love this sign! We wanted to get a picture of each of us slapping it as we walked out, but we were way too short! :o)

 Donna in front of the Maxims...a Tennessee tradition!

  This is the end zone where the players run out

 We were so excited about getting to stand on the field!

 The checkerboard!

 In Stokley Media Center: I just had to have my picture made in front of the backdrop we always see on TV!

 After the tour, we got free tickets to the Tennessee vs. Mississippi State b-ball game!

We ended up losing by 1 point. :o( It was a very sad game, but we had a wonderful time! It is definitely an experience I will never forget!

GO VOLS!