Two Peas in a Pod

For Christmas my mother-in-law gave me a sweet James Avery charm called "Two Peas in a Pod."  I teared up when I opened it and I couldn't wait to put it on a chain and wear it around my neck.  It's just the sweetest thing and makes me think of my two little peas when I wear it. :) 

Good Day Sunshine!

Today was a beautiful day. The sun was out and it was in the upper 50's, so Tom and I decided to get outside and enjoy it. We took a walk through our neighborhood in the late afternoon and then decided head out to Lake Hefner to read and have a dinner picnic. We didn't want to go out like everyone else since it was the day before Valentine's Day and we figured every restaurant and movie theater would probably be packed. We got out to the lake and laid down some blankets and settled in to read for a bit before we called in some dinner from Red Rock Canyon Grill (one of my favorites). Tom called in our food and left to go pick it up and I made the decision that the picnic was not going to happen because it was REALLY chilly out by the lake. When Tom got back to our picnic site I had everything packed up and told him it was too cold to stay and he agreed. So we took our take-out food home to eat it.

A week or so ago Tom got a card in the mail from Helzberg Jewelers with a Valentine's Day deal for a free pearl bracelet (no strings attached) that expires on Feb. 14th. So after we ate dinner I asked Tom if we could go by the mall to redeem the Helzberg offer. Tom went into Helzberg while I looked around in a few other stores. I met up with him and he said they ran out of the bracelets so they gave him a pair of pearl earrings instead. That was fine by me. I'm not a big bracelet person anyway. I'll take a free pair of pearl earrings any day!

Two Things

I thought I'd show you two "happies" I recently discovered .

First thing:
A few weeks ago a friend of mine, Heather, had a Silpada jewelry party with another friend, Jessica (who is a Silpada rep), and I ordered a pair of earrings that Heather recommended. They arrived in the mail on Saturday and I've worn them the past three days. Heather said this might happen because they go with everything. If you like these earrings or if you would like to see other cute sterling silver jewelry, you should check out Jessica's Silpada page, it is http://mysilpada.com/sites/jessica.rimmer/private/content/home.jsf. On that page there is an online catalog with all of the jewelry in it.

These are the earrings:

Second thing:
I've never preferred tea or been much of tea drinker. But lately, I've warmed to it and have been trying several different kinds. There's a place in Penn Square Mall called Teavana that sells expensive yummy tea and they always have samples. So every time I'm at Penn Square I swing by and get a sample. One of the ones I like there is Samurai Chai Mate. I love it's spicy flavor. But, let's be real, it's not practical to spend a lot of money on tea. So I buy this equally as yummy, less expensive substitute by Celestial Seasonings called Bengal Spice.


It's really yummy if you add a little milk and sugar (I use splenda). I know those of you who have been drinking tea forever have probably already heard of it, but it's new to me!