My week in photos

Here's what I was up to this past week.

I rarely wear dresses to work. I decided I needed to wear my wardrobe, so I changed it up and threw on this dress one day. People noticed. Note to self-wear more dresses and buy more. :)



Craig and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary on Wednesday. We went out to Ann's Italian restaurant in Hales Corners for dinner.



I had mushroom ravioli and it was delicious!



Dessert was chocolate lava cake.



We were near our wedding site, so hopped over there to walk around.

I love this picture of my husband.



The rose garden (our site) at Boerner Botanical Gardens.





I was inspired by Karis's kale frittata last weekend, so I made frittata muffins by adapting this recipe.



I think this will be a great way for me to use up our kale, have a healthy snack at work and to get my protein in.

I went to the Parade of Homes with my mother-in-law yesterday. We walked for about 6 hours and saw at least 20 houses. I have a very good idea of what I want in a house now.

I liked this exterior--particularly the gray/blue shingles with the white trim.



I found my dream kitchen in my dream house. I need to take Craig to see this model.





The dream home even had a screened porch. I'd love one some day.



After the parade of homes, we went to my nephew's b-day party.



I loved the angry birds theme since I'm a big kid and enjoy the game myself.



Today, Karis and I met some new Milwaukee bloggers at Blogs and Books.





Such a cute welcome table.



Pretty flowers from fresh design in Milwaukee.



For this first event, we read and discussed The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin.



We discussed the book in this fantastic and unique space, the Pabst Theater pub.



We had spiced pecans from Treat Bake Shop and delicious lemonade!



Sara showed us Japanese gift-wrapping. I plan to use this soon for a gift to someone.



So pretty and eco-friendly!



I am looking forward to the next Blogs & Books in the fall! Thanks to Sara and Colleen for organizing it and bringing bloggers who love to read together.

It was a good week! Hopefully this one is just as great, especially since my birthday is on Friday.