Hodgepodge Friday

It's Friday, Friday. Gotta get down on Friday...ok sorry for the crappy song lyrics but that has been stuck in my head ALL DAY! I don't have anything too exciting to write about but there are a few things floating around my mind so here you go!

Bad Weather Dress
As some of you may remember I went on a little shopping trip and found some awesome dresses! One in particular I was super excited to wear to work. You see I work at a University and their main color is purple and if you notice at the bottom of the dress is has just a hint of purple which would be perfect when you are trying to be a "panther" but not trying too hard.
Well let me just tell you about this little dress...I have worn it twice. First time was about a week after I bought the dress. The temperature had pretty warm so I thought it would be perfect to wear a sundress, well wouldn't you know the day I chose to wear the dress the high ended up being in the 50's! Yes it went from mid-seventies to fifty over night!
So I finally decided to wear the dress again on Thursday oh yeah guess what...no rain in the forecast however it end up down pouring and the high was only in the 60's when it has been mid-80's!
Thus I have deemed my pretty new dress the Bad Weather Dress! 

Sloppy Joe Muffins
Ok, don't say anything before you try them! I know this sounds a little weird but my mother-in-law made them for us a few years ago and we both LOVED them well when I was at the store last weekend I remembered the yummy recipe and decided to give it a try for myself.
Basically you make Sloppy Joe's the same way you normally would by browning the hamburger then adding a can of Manwich. However instead of serving the mix on buns you bake the mix on top of biscuits. I bought the regular "Home Style" biscuits and basically you open a can of biscuits, spray a muffin tin with cooking spray then push one into each hole in a muffin tin then scoop the Sloppy Joe mix on top. I used about two table spoons of Sloppy Joe mix per biscuit then top with cheddar cheese and bake as directed on the biscuit can. I think I baked them for 10 minutes.

This is what they looked like in the pan

And here is the finished product on a plate

 Next time I make them I am going to by the "Grands" biscuits so that the biscuit goes more around the meat. These were still really yummy plus we still had about half the Sloppy Joe mix left for leftover the next day!

Bloom Blog Birthday giveaway
Make sure you all head over to Nicole's blog Bloom Where You Are Planted she is hosting an awesome giveaway!

Lastly,
131/184
You might ask why these numbers are important to you, well let me just tell you. There are only 131 shopping days left until my birthday and 184 shopping days left until Christmas! The last couple of year Jason and I have combined efforts when it come to gifts for our Birthdays (both in November, mine is the 2nd and his is the 30th) and Christmas so we could get one really big gift. Two years ago we were lucky to have his mom buy us a VERY nice camcorder so we could capture Kinley's every movement to share with our family then last year we asked for Best Buy gift cards so we could buy a new TV for our bedroom. We ended up having just over $500 in gift cards! So this year  I wanted to give everyone enough shopping time for both occasion. We will again be asking for gift cards to Best Buy however this year we will be buying a new camera!
See this gift not only benefits us but our family and friends as well. I have a point and shoot that my parents bought me a couple years ago for Christmas that I love! It is small and I can take it anywhere with me, actually it is always in my purse so I don't miss any great picture opportunities. However, the shutter speed is VERY slow! When I am trying to get pictures of Kinley it is just too darn slow to catch the really good pictures thus we are asking for gift cards so I can get one of these beauties:

Cannon:

                                         ESO Rebel T2i                                   

ESO Rebel T3i

or

Nikon:

D5000

D3100

I have been looking at all four of these camera and just can't make a decision. Basically I think it is going to come down to which brand then picking one. If anyone knows more than I do about these four and wants to provide some incite I would love to chat! Anyway, just wanted to give everyone a change to get a jump start on their gift buying and if you would really want to send the gift cards early that would be ok to so we could have the camera for the holidays!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! We don't have any major plans just some house and yard work on Saturday then my 3rd 5K of the summer on Sunday!