It is finally here! Happy Halloween y'all!  Thought i'd share the pumpkin I carved last night.



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The Growing Up Diaries so kindly has passed along the Sunshine Award to Tattered to Taylored.  This is my first award and I am beyond excited!  Getting recognition from anyone for a blog I thought would only be read by my Mom is amazing.   Here we go...

{The rules}
Post a pic of the award in your post
Post 11 random facts about yourself
Answer the 11 questions from the blogger who nominated you
Nominate 11 bloggers
Write 11 questions for them to answer
Let them know they're nominated!

{11 facts about me}
-I am a Harry Potter fiend
-I am highly addicted to TV shows, and will watch a series for hours on end
-I am a binge eater
-I talk to my fish
-Celebrity Gossip is my downfall
-I could sleep for 12 hours if that was socially acceptable
-I read 50 shades of Gray, go ahead judge me!
-I went to college for singing, but refuse to sing in front of anyone unless i'm performing in a concert
-I wear glasses
-My cat at my parent's house is named "Fuzzy Winkle"
-I own multiple sequin skirts, but never wear them

{11 questions}

{11 nominees}
Three Sweet Peas
Pink Persistence
Kids and Cabernet
Cheers Yall
Dixie Bell Designs
Camo and Lipstick
Royal Proclaims
Fitness Blonde
Makeshift Margaritas
One Perfect Room
Jessi's Design

{My Questions}
- Name a blog that inspires you
- Who is your favorite Harry Potter Character?
- White or Red wine?
- Brad Pitt or Alexander Skarsgard?
- Team Aniston or Jolie?
- Favorite Christmas movie
- If you could go anywhere right now where would you go?
- Desert island and you can bring three things, what are they?
- What are you afraid of?
- Backstreet boys, Nsync, or NKOTB?
- Why should we read your blog?

Thanks again Jamie @ The Growing Up Diaries!

The smell of my Pumpkin Cheesecake candle I purchased this past weekend at Target is heavenly. Every time I walk past it, I'm hungry.  So I decided to whip up this Pumpkin Cheesecake Pudding treat for one, okay it makes enough for two shooter glasses desserts, but I ate them both... so that makes it for one :)



2 Tbsp cream cheese
2 Tbsp pumpkin puree
1 Tbsp coconut milk
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp sugar
graham crackers

{one} Mix all of you ingredients, except for the graham cracker.  Using a whisk seemed to work                   best for me
{two} Smoosh up your graham cracker and put some in the bottom of your shooter glass
{three} Layer graham cracker and mix alternating into your shooter glass

{four} Put your shooters into the freezer for about a half hour til they're cold then move to the fridge.



Enjoy this pumpkin fall treat!

This post is a little off from what I normally share on here but I wanted to talk about one of my addictions. Fall Television.  The amount of shows I'm keeping up with right now is, well, its a lot. Some aren't as good as the others, but once I start watching... I can't stop.  Here are my top five shows this fall and my full fall lineup:


{one} Revenge:  I started watching this show middle of last week.  Needless to say, I'm caught up on two and half seasons already.  This is one of the best shows I've seen in a while on the standard networks.  Emily Thorne has a reven-genda of taking down the Greysons.  American Royalty who helped in the take down of her late father, framing him in a terrorist attack.  You'll quickly fall in love with the characters and will be addicited...  Sundays on ABC @ 9


{two} Dracula:  Okay there has only been one episode so you can quickly catch up.  But I was intrigued within the first three minutes.  Dracula is back as an American Entrepreneur, named Alexander Greyson, bringing science to England.  He quickly meets a lovely Mina, who seems to have some connection with his past.  God I love me a vamp... Fridays on NBC @ 9


{three} The Walking Dead:  If you haven't seen the first three seasons of this one, you may not be American.  I've been watching this one since college and still am a huge fan.  And this season is the best so far since the first... Sundays on AMC @ 9


{four} New Girl:  I had to throw one comedy in the mix.  Zooey Deschanel stars in a fun comedy about three roommates and herself.  This show makes me laugh every week which is always a good thing... Tuesdays on FOX @ 9

Fall Line Up:

Sunday:  The Walking Dead, Once Upon a Time, Revenge

Tuesday: Ravenswood, New Girl, The Originals

Wednesday: Modern Family, Nashville

Thursday:  Vampire Diaries, Glee,  Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Friday: Dracula

Thats 12 hours of TV a week, is that too much?  What shows are you addicted to this Fall?  I'd love to know, since I'm always willing to add another show to my line up...

Its the weekend and Halloween weekend none the less! And I am so exciteeddd!  Friday means it is time to link up with the lovely Carolina Charm, The Good Life, A. Liz Adventures , and Hello Happiness




{one} Oak Lawn Block Party: This Saturday is a Halloween Block Party that I'll be attending.  Over 30,000 people will be there!  So my Halloween costume for this event will be... uh yeah haven't gotten that far yet.  Ideas anyone?





{two} New Blog Design:  I've spent the last two weeks figuring out what I wanted my blog to look like and its finally complete!  What do you think?



{three}  John Frieda Heat Protectant:  I am crazy about John Frieda products lately.  They've been making my hair look better than ever.  The Heat Protectant definitely has been preventing some frizz...






{four} Revenge: This show is the best.  Better than vampire diaries and pretty little liars put together.  If you haven't watched it, open up Netflix right now and watch it.  You will not be disappointed friends!









{five} Paleo Chocolates: These chocolates are delicious.  And they're paleo.  Perfect Halloween Treat?  Yes indeed...







Happy Friday Y'all!  Whoo hooo weekend!

Halloween is almost here, which means Thankgiving is coming.  Are you excited?  Well I'm freaking out.  I am to cook the Thanksgiving meal this year, which is terrifying me.  Solution?  Organization in my favorite form.  Printables :)  I'll be using these to organize my Thanksgiving meal and to-do's for the big day.  I've also added a fun printable to replace my current Halloween Print.  Print away friends.

Halloween means one thing to me. Candy. Okay it means other things like costumes and scary movies and pumpkins, but for the sake of this post, it means Candy.  I loved going trick or treating as a little girl.  We would use pillowcases as bags because we would get so much candy... sigh.  Now I'm living a grown up life where stuffing your face with candy is not acceptable. cough only in the privacy of my own home in the closet with the door closed cough.  Just kidding.  So I whipped up these tasty paleo treats.  Best part?  You know there are no preservatives or chemicals :)


What you need:
3 tbsp coconut oil
3 tbsp almond butter
4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp honey


{one} Warm up some water using a double boiler, if you don't have a double boiler, find a bowl that fits on top of a pot.


{two} Put all ingredients in the bowl and melt them


{three} Spoon your chocolate into mini muffin tins or whatever mold you choose.

{four} Freeze them bad boys for 20 minutes



Ohhhh yeah...  Paleo chocolates... mmmm

Howdy friends!  Halloween is next Thursday... uhhhh what!  We don't have official plans yet, but I'll probably need a costume.  So I've put together some simple costumes you can create with just what you have in your closet. :)  The featured masks are from Masquerade Me, a great shop on etsy that provides hand made beautiful masks!

Monday already... sigh.  I am happy to say I had a very fun weekend filled with fried beer and fried oreos at the state fair!  Nothing says Texas like that place... But after all the fun on Saturday, I've come down with a dreaded cold on Sunday and I'm feeling 10x worse today.  Hopefully this doesn't turn into the flu.  Anyone want to share some Vitamin C?

This week has flown by and its time to join up for Five on Friday with the blogging lovlies: Carolina Charm, The Good Life, A. Liz Adventures , and Hello Happiness.  You know the drill...


{one} This spice combination from Simply Scratch is spot on.  I've been using in it fajita chicken bowls and I love it.  The bit of cinnamon is a surprise :)  

{two}  Fall Woodchuck Cider: This is beyond the best Fall cider I've ever had.  Its the perfect mix of apple and pumpkin.  If you're looking for a tasty drink to carve pumpkins with... this is it! 


{three} Here for the Boo-s:  Yep I'm featuring this glass.  It is what you should pour your fall cider into this weekend :) You can make your own with the instructions from here: 


{four} Allegiant: Did you read the Divergent series?  If you haven't, its similiar to The Hunger Games and you'll quickly be addicted to this one.  Well the final book in the trilogy comes out next week.  And I am so excited I've been re-reading the first two :) 


{five} Buffy:  Am I late to the party?

Happy Weekend y'all!