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the stone tiles on the fireplace in my apartment building's foyer

real up close.

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There is a lot on my plate right now. I could have gone the way of the new job, new apartment, or even wedding in six days!! But I went with what was looking me straight in the face this morning.

A sink full of dishes. With some literally on my plate.

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Empty.

A&W Root Beer Stand & Carhops

Sweet Tooth Satisfied.

It may be because I'm super overwhelmed with the wedding but I've let my sweet tooth go wild! Yesterday, while picking up some essentials at CVS I spotted this guy:

CVS $1.19/each or 3/$3.00 (Also available Caramel & Coconut and Peanut Butter Creme)

Conveniently, there are two separate bars in each package allowing you to save the other half for later. Unfortunately, I would be surprised if you did. That's like saying you're only going to eat two Thin Mint cookies. The bars have cookie wafers along with the minty goodness covered with chocolate and then those crunch bites on top. They were delicious and while a Limited Edition item I hope something that comes out after Girl Scout cookie season yearly!

TIME Newsfeed (Online) gives a concise review of all three bars and is available here:

The Girl-Scout-Cookie Candy Bar: It's Real, and It's Spectacular

Support Girl Scouts and go pick up a bar or even a BOX :)

Oh and my sweet tooth grumbled at me this morning that it wanted to try O&H Danish Bakery in Racine, WI. It's lucky with my new job that I have trouble sleeping past 8:00am now. There are two locations at 1841 Douglas Ave and 4006 Durand Ave. O&H also has locations in Sturtevant and Oak Creek, WI. Now to my experience! 

I visited the Durand Ave Bakery. It is a large location and the bakery is located on the left side when you walk in. The store uses a ticket system which is handy but I wish the girl at the counter was a little more pleasant. It only put me off probably because everyone else had a more welcoming demeanor.

Regardless, I glanced at the case and decided to try their mini danishes. If I wasn't eating alone I would have tried their award winning kringle but I feared it would go stale before I could finish it. Their danishes were available in pecan, custard, apricot, raspberry, apple, and lemon. The variety may be greater but that's what they had this morning. 

O&H Bakery 55¢/each

The danishes were delicious! Flaky and generously filled with fruit, custard, and nuts. I tried a raspberry, lemon, and pecan. My favorite was the pecan because it reminded me of a pecan shortbread cookie.

A Racine breakfast treat, when you're looking for a quick bite to eat!

For more information and a chance to Win a Kringle visit their website here:

O&H Danish Bakery

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Taken on my 5:15am bike ride along Lake Michigan:

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Hiya!
First off I need to apologize, I've been ridiculously absent these last weeks but I have a good reason! I am employed! Yay! A big 150 mile move came with the employment but I'm finally settled in. Unfortunately my husband-to-be (in 7 days!) won't be joining me until late summer/early fall due to our lease and his employment. Until then I should have plenty of time to stay on top of things I need to do - like this blog :)

I will get to June! Photo A Day in a second but first I wanted to follow-up on my eShakti situation. I still haven't tried on the dress but that's because it arrived after I moved so I will have a chance next week and review it then. It should have came before my move but of course it didn't ship out until 27 days after I ordered it (May 2-29). I finally received it on May 31st. At least this time they contacted me on the 5th day letting me know that they were, as always, very busy and unable to meet their set deadlines. They stated that I would receive a refund posted on the credit card I used calculated for every day my order was shipped late. Twenty-three days (minus the weekends) equates to a $5.00 eShakti refund. At least it was something. Let's hope this one isn't mid-thigh length and the neck isn't cut deep to my belly button. :/

Now to the fun stuff!!!! #PHOTOADAYJUNE

My sisters and a couple friends are going to be working through out this month to take each picture per day. I'm a little worried about the day of my wedding but find it fitting as it is "your view today"! 

See my June 1st picture on the next blogpost!

eShakti Exchange!

Received my gift card this morning from eShakti due to my return of a very ill-fitting dress. Unfortunately, I can't reorder the same style so I need to choose another dress to try!

I have so many dresses that are strapless or sleeveless that I want to purchase one that I won't have to wear a cardigan or jacket over to cover up. Here are the dresses I'm considering:

Dotted blue dress - eShakti

The birds who gossip dress - eShakti

Singing in the rain dress - eShakti

I love the print, waist, and skirt of the Dotted blue dress but I worry about the neckline. I want to be able to wear this to work and even with a cami, deep V-neck dresses can expose too much. 

This worry is alleviated by the The birds who gossip dress because eShakti allows you to customized the neckline on this one. I could order it with a standard V-neck instead of the deep. The sleeves worry me on the second one though because of how fitted they appear. 

The Singing in the rain dress can only be customized length-wise. I love the sweet-heart neckline but again the sleeves worry me and they expose a lot of arm that I fear I would want to wear a cover-up.

Well, tell me what you think! And if you own or have ordered and returned any of these dresses let me know what you liked or disliked about them!

Have a happy hump day =)