A couple of Fridays ago the family and I went to Maymont Flower Show down in Richmond, and despite not feeling well I still had a blast.

So do you guys have your walking shoes on?

I do.

Let's get started. Probably not to much commentary going to happen, but you can guys can look and see what we saw. I'll also show off the new outfit. :) I apologize for the blurriness as well. The new phone does not account for a mom pushing a stroller while holding up her phone to take the picture adjustment. :)




 Small boy interruption! He wanted his picture taken - too bad he wouldn't stay still long enough to get a good picture. Look how cute he looks in  the shirt that Nana Bet made him. :) Oh and below is a coffee table that I loved because of the blue on it.





And the boy is exhausted. We spent another hour or two walking around the home show and then off to find the best, most perfect curly fry ever.
We found it. The best, most perfect curly fry ever. It was delicious. :)

Oh and here's the outfit I rocked...back down to a size 24 (that's 18 in normal sizes!)
More on it tomorrow. See you guys later!

So part of my late winter ritual is going to Maymont Flower Show down in Richmond. I go with the females of Mom's family and we always have a blast. I brought the boys with me, cause - well our trip was on a Friday and Steve still works. :) My Aunt Toni, Bet, Mom, Aunt Colie and then the three of us all went down and we had a blast, but guess what I forgot?!? My camera. Of course. Why not? Its not like I didn't want to take pictures or anything. Luckily, I had my trusty cell phone. So I apologize for the quality of these pictures, but its what I got. :)

 Ok well that's all of the in focus pictures of the show! I always get so many good ideas from the show. Its also a nice reminder that spring is not too far off and I will soon be able to enjoy my flowers. :)

Oh I do want to share what Bet and I wore to the show. We both were wearing our newest creations. I'm going to talk more about mine tomorrow, and I have no idea why I'm frowning, but this is the only picture of me at the show. :)  Bet looked so smashing in her lime green jacket. She pared it with a super wide grosgrain ribbon and robin's egg blue thread and she looked terrific. My shirt could use some additional alterations, but it was a learning experience! There are 18 pleats in that shirt that stretch from the shoulder seams to the hemline.
 Have a great day guys! I can't wait to share my experience with my shirt tomorrow, but I am going to leave you with this parting shot. Me when I finally made it home on Friday night. Smiles, but boy was I tired!

As the weekend approaches, I know some of you are going to go off to parties and such, but if you're in the DC Metro area and you don't mind hightailing it out to Fauquier County then you definitely should stop and visit at Buckland Farm Market.



No, this is not a paid endorsement, but we've been twice this last week and I gotta tell ya....Its going to be dangerous for me whenever I go down to visit my mom.

Mom has been singing its praises for a little while now, and then Bet started singing them. She found steel-cut oats for the best price she's ever seen. She drives up from down near Charlottesville to get these oats.

So I finally stopped by last week with Mom. We were going to meet up there before heading on to her house, and I'm so glad that we stopped. We ended up with 5 pumpkins, a bag of homemade animal crackers, a jar of apple salsa, some local honey (poor boys are suffering from allergies). The next visit ended up with another pumpkin, more animal crackers (the boys are crazy about them!), some fig jam, and party mix. All of this is locally grown (most of it on their farm), but they also provide baked goods from a local bakery.

This is the back part of the store, where the dry goods are stored, along with some of the produce and baked goods.

For Halloween and pumpkin season there is also a Maize Maze and a small playground for the older guys. They have chickens and rabbits out for the kids to look at and pet, altho the chickens like to peck. :)

The playground is back there, and these are just a few of the pumpkins they have set out in front of the maze, which is behind it all. There are more pumpkins around the side of the building.

Well I hope guys, if you're in the area, will take the field trip out to Buckland Farm Market, if you need more incentive....Well there are several nice vineyards in the area including The Winery at La Grange and Pearmund Cellars.

I hope you guys have a great Halloween, and I'll see you Monday! I can't wait to see the desert that Dana whips up tomorrow. Yea, I know its a desert...I cheated  :)

Have a great day!