**Some Random Tuesday Thoughts...**

First and foremost, I am sending out thoughts and prayers to all those who were involved in the tragic incident that took place in Boston yesterday. I truly do not understand the evil that one must have in their heart to commit such a horrific act.

On a more positive note, last week I attended a social art class that including painting and vino! I had bought a Groupon a while back for Fear No Easel and finally got around to using with one of my girlfriends on Thursday night.

We had a great time and I highly recommend participating in one of these classes if you can find one near you.

The newest addition to my collection of fine art!

Yesterday was a fun-filled day of "blates"! I had lunch with Lindsey (and Liam) at Saffron downtown. It was delicious and I always love catching up with her. We are trying to get together soon so do one of the painting classes that I mentioned above :)

And....Last night, I got to meet with up Elizabeth from The Better Belle Project at Pearlz Oyster Bar for dinner. Her and her fiance are moving to Charleston in August and they came down for a long weekend to house hunt. S and her fiance hit it off really well and there was also no lack of conversation on our end, as always. I had such a great time with them and cannot wait for them to move here for good!

(Sorry for the bad iPhone pic, I forgot our other camera!)

Hope you are all having a great week!!

**Weekend Update, a "Blate", & Easter!**

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great Easter :)

On Friday, I got to meet another great gal from blog-land. Lindsay, who you might know from co-hosting Fitness Friday, and I met up downtown for lunch. She was in town with her hubby for vacation and since he was out golfing for the day, we decided to meet up. 

We had a great time and talked for close to three hours! It was like having lunch with an old friend :)

(Did I mention that we were wearing almost identical outifts??! She has such great taste ;)

Friday night, S and I went out for pizza at Mellow Mushroom with a few of S's friends from work and their families.

Saturday morning, S and I went out for a bagel breakfast, but shortly thereafter, he had to leave for Florida. He was going to meet up with his parents and youngest brother for his brother's spring break baseball tournament.

It was nice having the day to myself to do whatever I wanted, however, I quickly realized how much I missed him already! I guess I better get used to him being gone because soon will be the days when he has to go back out to sea. I still think it was mostly because I was jealous of him getting to go on a little vacay though ;)

Since S was off to the Panhandle, I decided to take Gunner to the dog park. We were there for 2.5 hours! He was having a blast playing in the water and there are always great people there to chat with.

On Sunday, I spent the day with Lindsey, my first IRL friend from blog-land, and her family for Easter. I was pretty bummed that not only was S out of town, but so were several of our close friends. I was so happy though to have a place to spend the day with great friends. We ate some yummy food and even sat outside in the sun for a while.

I made homemade Smoked Gouda and Cheddar Mac n Cheese and Caramel Apple Cake (recipes to come soon!) Sunshine compliments of Mother Nature.

That's pretty much it! I have a ton to do this week before I leave for Florida on Thursday myself. My cousin is getting married in Ft. Myers on Saturday and I can't wait to see some family!! The wedding is going to be very small so I won't get to see everyone (not even my parents), but it will still be great to see everyone since it's been a while.

A little sneak peak of my casual spring wedding look:

I absolutely love this Shoshanna dress.

Have a great week y'all!!

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