wednesday loving

I'm linking up with Jamie for What I'm Loving Wednesday to share a few of my current random loves.

1. Nutella Muffins with Cream Cheese Icing

I've made these delicious muffins the last couple of weekends and we are hooked! Here's the how-to if anyone is interested.

• 1 can Pillsbury Grand Biscuits
• 1 small jar Nutella
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 4 oz. cream cheese softened
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees

- Roll each of the 8 Pillsbury Grand Biscuits out into a flat circle with rolling pin. Coat with sugar on both sides.
- Spread a couple Tbsp. of Nutella onto each rolled out dough.
- Roll up each dough.
- Cut each rolled up dough into 3 equal pieces.
- Place 3 pieces, with the cut side up, into each muffin tin slot.
- Bake at 350 F for about 15 minutes. Once cooked, let cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes, then remove and let finish cooling (or if you are like me and like them warm, then you won't have to wait long :) )
- For Icing, beat softened cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar together until smooth. Top Each Nutella Roll with Icing.

 Recipe via Chef In Training

2. Carrie Diaries

It's no SATC, but you take what you can get. And I think this new series about high-school-age Carrie Brashaw is a fresh, pleasant surprise. Check it out!  

3. SAG Awards
I thought the SAG fashion was a bit of snooze-fest this year, but I did see a couple of looks that I loved.

Jennifer Garner

Amanda Seyfreid



Katrina Bowden
All SAG images via Yahoo

4. THE Kiss

Nick and Jess FINALLY locked lips last night on New Girl. On a side note, if anyone knows where Jess got that super cute ruffle robe, please tell Mr. M that yours truly would like one for Valentine's Day.

Have a good Hump Day!!!

miscellany monday

Happy Monday pretty people! I am not sure who actually reads this from time to time, but if your part of the country is anything like mine- I hope you are managing to stay dry. Enough with the torrential rain and dreary gloom!

Lucky for me, in addition to my normal Sunday night programming (Once Upon a Time, Revenge, and Good Wife), I also had the Golden Globe red carpet to enjoy from the comfort of my sofa and away from the nasty weather outside. Let's talk fashion, y'all. How about we start with the most fun- what I hated:

Get over yourself J-Lo. I'm certainly over your nude, see-through look. We get it- you're hot.

What the what?! Poor Sienna. This is just BAD.

I love you and your pregnant belly Kristen Bell, but I'm pretty sure there HAD to be a more flattering dress for you.

Love this color on Jessica and I like the dreamy, romantic concept of this dress. But in reality, it kinda just looks like she has saggy boobs. There's plenty of time for saggy boobs down the road; why try to achieve that look now?

This dress is as crazy and inappropriate as Halle is these days. Act your age.

Ummm, no Lucy. Just no.

Yellow is my favorite color. But somehow this frumpy satin mess makes it my least favorite color. Ever.  

Helen Bonham Carter is always a hot mess. I love seeing just how ridiculous she will look at each event.

And now, for the lovely ladies who did everything right last night:



I adore Jennifer.  She isn't afraid to bust out the mom jeans when spending the day with the kids, yet she's still a perfectionist at glamming it up on the red carpet.

Ann Hathaway- always stunning.

Only Kate could pull off this dress, and I love it. She's another hot mama!

Vavavoom! I kinda hate Jessica Alba. It's not fair that she's that gorgeous.

Isla looks so pretty in sparkles.

I've got the McPheever. Katherine looks SMASHing. Ya like what I did there?

Helen- true timeless beauty.

Hayden- representing Nashville well.

Love Amy's ballet pink dress. That mermaid silhoutte is gorgeous on her!

I'm biased because I'm 100% obsessed with Nicole, but I adore this ice blue color on her. So chic!

Loved seeing Emily in gold. Her hubby made a pretty nice accessory too.

Another Nashville standout. The hair, the sparkles, everything...

And finally- my favorite look of the evening. I love the sparkles and romantic skirt paired with the fiesty, spunky hair. Julianne is breathtaking!

Aaand back to real life....

Instead of walking the red carpet, I spent my weekend like this:

Mr. M's pick for movie night. Pleasantly surprised.

Candace hosted a "Roaring 20's, Rolling 30's" surprise party to celebrate Jonathan's 30th!



My favorite flappers



Such a fun party! Candace outdid herself!

And then Monday started off like this...

FINALLY! New tunes from the one and only JT!

All Golden Globe arrival images via Huffington Post.

Go ahead: link up for Miscellany Monday!

thursday phone dump and randoms

Hey people- I hope your 2013 is off to a fantastic start! It'll be hard to top 2012, but I'd say 2013 is going pretty well for the Ms so far. Sorry for the absence but here's a quick run down of what's been going on lately...

Ringing in the new year with a few of my favorite people.

We also attended an engagement party for the eldest daughter of a family near and dear to my heart. Sadly I don't have any pictures of the actual party...but here's a little post-party aftermath. I already can't wait for the wedding!



RB fun





I don't know if you heard but this little thing called the National Championship took place recently...




Unforunately, we were stuck at work this year instead of on location in Miami..

We attended a viewing party with some of the other suckers who didn't get to make the trip. No gameday is complete without a traditional yellowhammer!

And if you are really living under a rock, spoiler alert: The good guys won again this year.

So proud of my school.

Roll Tide.

Repeat championships = long nights of celebration = much coffee the next day.

And of course, you gotta rub it in a little with your non-Bama fan coworkers...



Spotlight stealer


Sooo even if you didn't watch the game, you've probably heard about Miss Katherine Webb. She has gotten more publicity than any other aspect of the game. Yes, she's absolutely gorgeous. And yes, I think it was ridiculous that ESPN felt the need to issue an apology because Musberger commented on just how gorgeous she is... But a newfound friendship with Donald Trump and a Today show appearance immediately following the game?? Famewhore, much? Watch your back AJ...

Speaking of AJ, love him.

Does anyone even watch the People's Choice Awards? I don't. Modern Family is ten times more important in my opinion. But you know I love the red carpet. Here are my favorite looks from last night:

Lea Michele looks stunning in this pink mini.

Hello Sexy Taylor. Finally a non-sparkly dress! Love the dramatic eyes and blue earrings.

Yep, those were the only two who made my "Best Dressed List". Quite frankly I was a little disappointed in the fashion. But my biggest WTF moment goes to:

Rachel Leigh Cook

Not because her dress is bad. I think her whole look is a little boring but certainly not bad compared to some of the others. I'm simply saying WTF because I wasn't aware that she had been red-carpet-relevent since She's All That...


Enjoy your Thursday- tomorrow is FRIDAY!

sigh

After a standing Monday night date for six years, last night I bid farewell to Mr. Chuck Bass. 'Twas a pretty awesome series finale. I'll surely miss the love and drama, the gorgeous NYC backdrop, the groundbreaking fashion, and the quick-witted dialog. But mostly, I'll miss Chuck Bass.

Via

Long live Gossip Girl re-runs.

-xoxo