{Instagram Friday}

Happy weekend friends! Technically Friday is almost over, but I'm sneaking in my Inst-Friday post and linking up with Life Rearranged...

It has been a fun week for our family and I had a three day work week which made it even better.

Last weekend I was spoiled by my hubby with this yummy dinner...

I ate SO many of those brussel sprouts. SO MANY. Gah they are delicious. Sauteed with bacon and shallots. Yuuuummmmm. Oh yeah...and the bacon wrapped meatloaf wasn't bad either. ;)

I took the boys out to our favorite coffee shop on Sunday morning for muffins as big as their heads...

I love this one-on-one time with them. They are the sweetest little souls and they were so good for me on this outing. 

I also did some Christmas shopping for the boys...

SO early for us and it feels great to already have some gifts bought. Landon is obsessed with cash registers so this was a no-brainer. It has a little scanner and working microphone. Adorable. And Ben is just a tad addicted to Angry Birds. So this gift was again, a no brainer.

We wrapped the weekend up with some raking...

It was a bit needed.

I got some happy mail from Groopdealz...

Found THE greatest find at Goodwill...

I am still pinching myself over this cardigan. It is SUPER cozy and the design is so trendy right now. AND it was $4. :)

I wasn't too excited about the buttons though, so I took a trip to JoAnn and found these classic retro inspired ones to replace them...

And wore it today...

Today my Mom and I had some fun girl time out together. We went to a new local coffee shop for peppermint mochas...

Thanks to auto correct I have the funniest convo from this photo...

• [ @ ] mandy_ford Waiting on my peppermint Michael at our cute new coffee shop #roscoes   12h
• [ @ ] boermanc Peppermint micheal?   12h  ( X )
• [ @ ] alanandcrystal @mandy_ford I'm guessing "mocha" ? :D   11h  ( X )
• [ @ ] mandy_ford Ha! Yes...mocha :)   10h  ( X )
• [ @ ] emily_morgenstern Haha. I wish I had a peppermint Michael. He sounds fun ;)  
• [ @ ] mandy_ford @emily_morgenstern Ha!!! He does!   9h  ( X )
• [ @ ] katie_seitz Oh he's my favorite Michael   7h  ( X )
• [ @ ] mandy_ford @katie_seitz he's minty fresh :)   4h  ( X )
• [ @ ] emily_morgenstern ;)   2h  ( X )

Hee hee...this cracks me up. Peppermint Michael does sound like a pretty fun guy. ;)

And then we headed to our annual Christmas craft fair where my Mom bought me this really beautiful Baltic amber ring...

I just love it...the color is amazing. And there is nothing better than a meaningful gift from my Momma.

So that was my week in an Instagram nut shell. How was yours?