Friday Ramblings

Yikes!  This week and weekend went from being practically bare on my calendar to being WAY. TOO. FULL!  I've been running around like one of those creepy lizards with the lily pad neck.... you know...

Looking forward to:
A wedding in Ocean City!
One of my favorite people coming to visit!
Cheering for Sean and many of my colleagues as they participate in the Broad Street Run!

Loving:
The sunny warm weather
That our vacation is super soon!
Summery cocktails--I love mojitos!
That it is almost May
Guest posting for 2 lovely blogs this month...details to come

Thinking About:
Sean's car being in the shop and whether that means a bill or car hunting...
All of my friends (local and in blog land) that are expecting little ones and all the fun baby shopping to do
Doing some Shopping
Buttered movie popcorn, yum! 
Hosting a link party this month...would you link up?

Headed over to Happy Hour...it's 5 o'clock somewhere right?

Thursday Confessions

It's been a while since I did a Thursday Confessions post, and I have a juicy one...

Literally...juicy...

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1.) My favorite part of spring time are the "Wormy Rains".  When it rains so hard that all the worms come crawling out on the sidewalk to avoid dying a slow, painful death.  When I was little my mom and I would walk outside and try to find all the worms in the middle of the rain.  It was disgusting and fascinating all at the same time.  I still won't touch them (NASTY!) But whenever I see a wormy rain, like today, it brings me back and makes me smile.

2.) I actually took work time today to watch the new HARRY POTTER TRAILER!! It gave me chills.  I am a huge HP nerd and am already planning my premiere party. 
Golden Snitch Cakes, anyone?




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3.)  I have finally entered the world of Twitter: @ScarletCardinal  Frankly, it scares me.  I would love some advice, tips, suggestions on what and how to tweet.  Those of you who are more experienced please weigh in!


Happy Thursday!

Winey Wednesday

I'm over at The Elephant's Trunk today guest posting for Lauren's Winey Wednesday series.  I am so honored to be posting over there, so please make sure to head over, check out the post, and show Lauren some love!

  
Elephant's Trunk readers who are visiting: WELCOME!  I'm so happy you're here.  I hope you'll take some time to look around and be friends!! Start with the About page...lots of good info and links for exploring.

PS--have you LIKED my Facebook Page?

Tickle Me Tuesday: Florida Shopping List

Yesterday Beth over at Dot in the City posted about Polyvore which is a site that helps you organize products you love, and create fun inspiration boards.  Since apparently Beth and I are both late to the game on this one, I wanted to try it out. So I'm linking up for Tickle Me Tuesday by bringing you my shopping list for Florida--I can't wait for next week!

Florida Essentials by ScarletCardinal featuring a butterfly dress

Butterfly dress
22 GBP - m-butterfly.co.uk

American Eagle Outfitters crew neck top
$25 - ae.com

Top
13 GBP - hm.com

Seafolly one piece bikini
$142 - my-wardrobe.com

Crocs wedge sandal shoes
$25 - piperlime.gap.com

G by Guess plastic shade
$40 - gbyguess.com

Atlantic City/Realizing I'm old

I hope you all had a very Happy Easter and a wonderful weekend!  Most years Sean and I color eggs and make a fancy dinner, but this year we've been running around and just dropped the ball with being festive.  Our weekend was, um, less than traditional.  We still made a great dinner (steak and bacon wrapped scallops---if that doesn't scream HAPPY EASTER I don't know what does), but that's about all the celebration that happened in our house.

Saturday I was in Atlantic City for a bachelorette party.  Charlene is my good friend Juliette's sister and she's getting married next weekend!  I was so happy to be included and although we had a super fun time...I came to a shocking realization.  I.  Can't.  Hang.  But more on that later.

Charlene started by opening some presents...mine was an assortment of things to take to bed.  I included a blanket, some candles, and um...some other unmentionables...wink wink!


The Bride to Be

Yumtastic giant "Strawberry Blonde" martini. 


Juliette, Me, Charlene, Kelsey

  So I was so busy eating that this is the only food pic I got from The Melting Pot but just take my word for it that it was amazing.  If you've never been, it's worth the money, and the fondue is super fun.  Perfect for a special occasion.

Cheese course

So after subduing to a food coma, we roused ourselves and headed out for the night.  The rundown looked something like this...

Latin Dancers at Cuba Libre---mental note: Learn to Salsa Dance!

Losing $32 on slots---mental note: Don't play slots, shop instead!

Dancing at a club where there are half naked girls in cages--mental note: I am old and should be nowhere near cages.

I felt so old and SO grateful to no longer be single.  Between the bros and the hos I pretty much decided right then that a crazy night for me should consist of wine and a crazy game of Apples to Apples.  So much groping, so much attitude, and so little tolerance for BS.  It's a shame that I've gotten so old and boring, but dealing with weirdos who look like they should be on Jersey Shore and having my ears ring from the club music just isn't my bag anymore.  Definitely a revelation, and I think I'm ok with it. 

I'm so glad that I was able to celebrate with Charlene before her big day, and I hope she had a good time.  Although something tells me it won't be long before she feels like an old married lady too!

And the Award Goes To...

ME!  Say what?!  Yes, it's true!  I'm very excited to have been given the Versatile Blogger Award by Maggie over at This Little Life of Mine. 

She has the cutest little girl and is so sweet, you should definitely go over and say hi!  Thanks, Maggie!

So here are the rules for this award:

*Thank and link back to the blog that gave you the award.  You totally ROCK, Maggie!

*Share 7 things about yourself.

* Award 5 great bloggers.

* Contact the bloggers to let them know you have given them an award. (Yay for paying it forward)

Hmmm, 7 things...

1.  I LOVE Disney World.  My parents took me many, many times as a kid, and it still brings me wonderful memories to head to the parks.  I'm so excited to go back in May!  Alice in Wonderland has always been my favorite--those princesses are too high maintenance.

2.  I am a future-oriented person.  I am constantly making plans and thinking days, weeks, and years down the line.  It helps to motivate me when I create goals or am working towards something.  If I say there's no plan, I'm probably just trying to cover up my over-planning so you don't think I'm crazy.  This drives Sean insane.  He is a 5 minutes from now person, and so my planning stresses him out.  I can't help it--I'm just wired that way!

3.  I randomly hum and whistle around the house.  My go to tune is Funky Town...  I have no clue why I chose that particular song, but apparently it's my theme song.  The worst part is that I usually don't even realize I'm doing it until someone asks me why the hell I'm whistling Funky Town.  Then I just hang my head in shame.

4.  I was on the Speech Team in High School. (As I'm sure you've guessed my popularity was through the roof).  I hated it at the time--getting up at 4am to do public speaking isn't exactly my type of fun but suffering through it has made me an excellent orator under pressure.  This comes in handy at work quite a bit!

5.  I love a good pedicure.  Even in the winter I will get one using hot pink polish so that when I'm in the shower I see the bright color and start my day off on a happy note. 

6.  I studied abroad in Melbourne, Australia when I was in college and it was the best experience of my life.  I held a koala, fed kangaroos, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef and had the most amazing time.  I would go and live there in a heartbeat.  Anyone have a Student Affairs job in Australia up for grabs??



Koalas are sweet.  I want one.

 7.  I love blogging.  (duh!)  I have met some truly amazing women and learned so much about myself since starting this blog.  I love having the opportunity to chronicle this time in my life while talking to such amazing folks.  I love all my followers and those who stop by and leave comments and read about my story.  Thanks to all of you!

Now--the 5 lovely ladies I will be passing this award onto are:

Alisha over at Married in Chicago

Joelle at Where We Love Is Home

Gina from Hiya Luv

Lauren at The Elephant's Trunk

Michelle at So Wonderful, So Marvelous

All 5 are seriously amazing.  Love you, girls!

Friday Ramblings

This week was another blur!  But this weekend should be exciting!

My badass friend Juliette, (she works for the FBI and is therefore a serious badass), invited me to Atlantic City this weekend to celebrate her sister's bachelorette party. 

Atlantic City is called the Vegas of the Northeast...and well, yeah sure, we'll go with that. 

There is fondue involved--which is pretty much YUMTASTIC!

Hoping to not lose TOO much money gambling...

...Especially since Sean and I are going to FLORIDA in 2 weeks!  We'll be meeting my mom and hanging with my fabulous cousins...the ones from my list!

We might even go to Disney--I love Disney. 

My necklace arrived!  The one from this post and it's even lovelier in person!  Plus there was a handwritten note included--personal touches are the best.

I am doing my VERY FIRST guest post next week!!!  All the details to come.

Easter is on Sunday and we are totally unprepared.  I'm still going to attempt an Easter Basket for Sean, but no guarantees. 

Have you "LIKED" the Scarlet Cardinal on facebook yet?!  GO DO IT!

What are you doing this weekend?  I hope it involved Peeps.  Lots of Peeps. 

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