The Sarcastic Blonde

lust list

March 11, 2014

2014 is the year of the weddings for me.
It is amazing.
In addition to myself, I have five very close friends getting married this year.
It’s made everything 10x more fun.
For everything for me + them, I keep finding myself constantly turning to Kate Spade.

They have the cutest things (like the ‘something blue’ shoes I picked up!) and so many wonderful things for gifts for anyone or yourself!

The cutest jewelry, the most adorable dresses, and all around perfectly girly things.

// passport holder // shift dress // ring dish // necklace //

// floral dress // bow earrings // taken necklace // glasses //

everytime I use polyvore, it shows up differently on here than it does on there?
and everything is so much tinier on the blog images?
whyyyy can’t I figure out these things!

P.S. OH MY LORD THE BACHELOR?!?!
CAN YOU BELIEVE HIM!!!!!
AND CAN YOU BELIEVE HER?!?!?!
we will gossip on thursday I swear……

Lifestyle

monogram monday

March 10, 2014

hope you all had a great weekend 🙂

I just have to share one dumb story, because I think it is fascinating.
Kip and I had different flights to different airports coming home yesterday.
I had a 4:20 flight back and he had a 6:00.
I was going into Midway and he flew into O’Hare.
I was delayed and he hopped an earlier flight, and we landed ONE minute apart.
Then…. we arrived in cabs in front of our apartment at the EXACT SAME TIME.
It was seriously amazing.
I mean really….. what are the odds of that happening???!!!!

K….. anyways……

I headed home Thursday after work to Atlanta for lots of wedding planning and a joint bridal shower with my best friend.

It was a wonderful weekend!

I’ll post all the pictures on Wednesday!

This pashmina was a gift from the shower and, shocker, I am in love.

I’ll be wearing it daily I’m sure.

Don’t forget: Bachelor Finale Tonight!

Who do you think he will pick?

Or will he pick anyone?

Or who the hell cares because they all suck?? (this option)

And it’s finally the week for Real Housewives of NYC.

Hallelujah!

fashion, Lifestyle

wishlist wednesday :: neutrals

March 5, 2014

:: lusts for the week :: neutrals ::

navy + white perfection.

{generation love tank}

{steven by steve madden}

{collective concepts top}

{hive & honey anorak}

I don’t know why Revolve Clothing models are always dead in the eyes.

does she not look seriously high? why is that appealing for selling clothing??

{striped sweater}

{skort}

{melie biano purse} under $100

{bec&bridge striped dress}

{bb dakota cardigan}

I seriously want every single on of these.

I’m now pissed at myself for doing this post instead of Wedding Wednesday.

but it really does……

Lifestyle, recipe

crack of the week: crockpot shredded chicken

March 4, 2014

we broke out the slow cooker on sunday and I am soooo glad we did.

taco night was a weekly tradition, but we have been eating a bit healthier around here, so it hasn’t been as frequent.

we made shredded chicken tacos, and had enough chicken leftover to top off our salads last night and also to put into a whole wheat wrap for lunch at work today.

I am not joking at all when I say, it. is. so. good.

This recipe is as easy as it gets + healthy too.

winner winner chicken dinner

(ha. see what I did there? this is why Andy Cohen is my imaginary best friend.)

Shredded Crock Pot Chicken

adapted from tatertots and jello

4 chicken breasts (frozen or fresh)

1 can of salsa (16 oz.)

1 can of sweet corn (drained)

2tsp. Mrs. Dash Fiesta Lime Seasoning **we didn’t have this on hand so left it out**

4 limes — 2 limes, freshly squeezed and 2 more for garnishing

**soooo just 2 limes, because my food photography is so beautiful it needs no garnish. duh**

1 can Green Chilis (4.5 ounces)

Place chicken in the crock pot on high, combine the other ingredients and pour over the chicken.

Cook on high 6-7 hours if the chicken breasts are frozen, 4-5 hours if the chicken breasts are fresh.

About an hour before serving, shred the chicken with two forks in the crockpot.

For chicken tacos, serve with warm tortillas, fresh chopped tomatoes, fresh cilantro, shredded cheese, sour cream and salsa.

We use 0% Greek Yogurt for the sour cream, you cannot tell the difference at all when it’s mixed with other flavors.

This stuff was SO good that I actually think I will be able to eat chicken with some quinoa and veggies for dinner when I want to be super healthy and not hate it. I hate eating a plain chicken breast… I can’t do it – it just grosses me out.

and just so you truly believe me that it’s delicious, I’ll tell you about something that I made that is not.

I made those PB+J cookies I posted about.

They were NOT so good.

I even made a second batch using a different kind of oats because I thought maybe I did it wrong…. but no…. they were just bad.

skinny taste recipes are always so good, so I don’t know what happened?

I’ll stick to these healthy peanut butter cookies instead which are delicious.

Lifestyle, weekend recap

weekend recap

March 3, 2014

Hope you all had a great weekend!
Obviously I capped it all of with The Oscar’s

maybe I just have too much bridal and wedding on the mind,
but everyone and their mom seemed to be in white or cream.

Kate Hudson, Kate Blanchette, Kristin Cavallari, and Maria Menounos are my favorites.
I mean seriously how does Kristin look like that?
I want that dress. Big time.

oh…. and THIS.