FRIDAY NO. 39

The first week back from vacation is always rough, but the first week back from a holiday + vacation is even worse. This has been me every morning this week...

Thankfully this weekend we don't have many plans, and will basically have all of Saturday free! I plan on catching up on laundry, some cleaning, last minute decorating and probably a nap by the fire and Christmas lights with my girl and handsome husband!

- Tonight we are going out to dinner to celebrate some good news (work related) for Matthew and I am excited and so proud of him!!

- This weekend there are a ton of college graduations going on which always makes me think of Matthew's graduations. He graduated in December 2013 with his undergrad degree and in December 2014 with his MBA. We had parties for both and it was a lot of fun each year.

2013

 2014

- Last week we were enjoying the nice weather...sunny and 85 with a breeze and this week it has been FREEZING. It finally feels like December, which I'm glad! I have to admit, I am a little jealous of different parts of the country that are experiencing snowstorms. I always want snow in December but after December I am ready for warm weather. It never works that way and we usually never get snow until late January and February lol.

- One night this past week while Matthew was working a little Reagan and I decided to have a Christmas photoshoot in our living room! She definitely enjoyed all the treats she got during this little shoot of ours lol ;) That white poof of hair on top of her head kills me!!!! It's like a little hair piece lol and most mornings when she wakes up it is sticking straight UP. I LOVE IT...too much cuteness. 

- We have our first Christmas party of the season this Saturday night and we're excited. It's with our class at church and last year's party was a hit, so we know this year will be just as great! I am making a couple of these cookie pies for the party, and if they turn out well I might make them for another Christmas party in a few weeks. 

- While we were in Cozumel last week shopping around I came across a bunch of dog shirts/dresses and knew we had to get one for our girl! I mean what kind of puppy parents would we be if we didn't bring our girl something home from our trip?! ;) So we decided on this little blue dress and sadly, it's too small...so I guess we'll just have to go back to get the right size...

- I have SO been enjoying a couple of lazy nights next to the fire and Christmas lights this past week! We were able to catch up on all of our shows (This Is Us and Designated Survivor) that we missed over the holiday week and week we were gone.

- Sunday we are going to a concert for my FIL's birthday! We are going to see Home Free and we are so pumped! They were on the show, The Sing Off, a couple of years ago and my in-laws loved watching them on there.

- A sweet co-worker gifted these to me this week for our Christmas tree! One for buying our house this year and one for bringing Reagan home this year. So sweet!! 

Check back on Monday, I'l be sharing our 2016 Christmas cards! I hope you all have a great weekend! :) 

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FRIDAY NO. 38

With respect, honor, and gratitude, thank you and Happy Veterans Day to all the men and women who have, and are still currently serving our nation. There will never be enough words to express our gratitude for your willingness to serve, and for the sacrifices you have made. It is because of you that freedom rings today.

- We are finally having our pictures made tomorrow for our Christmas cards!! Things just kept coming up and we had to keep rescheduling, but tomorrow is the day....yay. I already have our cards picked out, I just need to add the picture and then place my order.

- Target put their Christmas stuff out in the dollar section this week, and I have to say, compared to their fall stuff I was pretty disappointed!! They had a few cute pieces, but I was definitely hoping for more. Hopefully they'll add more as it gets closer to Christmas.

- Speaking of Christmas, I don't know what has gotten into me this year, but I have already started listening to Christmas music!!!! I seriously always wait to listen to Christmas music until the day of Thanksgiving, but for some reason this year I just couldn't wait. I don't even know who I am anymore. Who knows, I might just break out Home Alone this weekend...kidding, kind of ; )

- Reagan is 10 weeks old (as of yesterday) and Monday will mark a whole month of having her home with us. It honestly feels a lot longer than a month, in the best way, that is! The picture below is from right after we got her...I didn't realize how big she has gotten...excuse me while I go cry now. 

- We are THIS close to finishing our farmhouse table, and since Friendsgiving is in EIGHT days, I am determined for us to finish it this weekend!!

- The weather has been soooo nice lately! It finally feels like fall, cool and crisp mornings and nights- I'm loving it!! We have had the fire on a couple of times this year and I'm excited to use it even more!

- A couple of weeks I reached out to you all regarding our Christmas tree search, and a lot of you sent me tons of suggestions and some of you were even so kind to send me deals on them that different stores were running at that time. I can't tell you how thankful I was for you all and all your help, I really appreciated them all!! We actually ended up finding a really good deal on a tree on Amazon! Gotta love Amazon's deal of the day AND same day, free shipping!

- I go home everyday on my lunch break to take Reagan out and I always send Matthew a bunch of snaps of her and he loves them lol. He also gets a snap of his girls everyday ;)

I am in love with this clock, I am on the hunt for a good deal on one this size and style! I think it would look perfect in our living room.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!! 

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FRIDAY NO. 37

My mums are in full bloom, but I'm afraid the heat wave we had this past week was almost too much for them, I can see some of the buds turning brown towards the back :( I've been watering the and putting ice cubes in regularly, but with the temperature almost to 90 degrees and the sun it has about done them in. Hoping they at least make it until Thanksgiving, but that might be pushing it.

- We had a pretty good week! We handed out candy to the cutest trick or treaters, we voted, we flipped back and forth between the CMA awards and the World Series, we took Reagan to her next vet visit, we played outside with her, Reagan got her first bath, and tonight is date night...yay!

Obligatory voting picture! I am so glad we early voted, I remember voting in the last election and waiting in line forever to finally cast my vote. This year we only had to wait about 5 minutes- not bad at all!

We didn't get a chance to make it up to the mountains this year, but this article is making me want to take a PTO day and spend a long weekend up there with my man!!!! I've been to Gatlinburg plenty of times and during different seasons and I have to admit that the fall and Christmas is the best time to be there! If you have been on the fence about taking a trip to Gatlinburg, just do it! You won't regret it. There is so much to do and to see there. We were there last Halloween and it was so fun. You can read about some of our past trips to Gatlinburg HERE, HERE, and HERE!

Reagan has recently started doing this thing where she'll go stand in front of the couch and then start whining until we put her up there. She usually only does this when she's tired and once she's up there she'll make herself right at home and go to sleep. It's the cutest thing and cracks us up because we never really put her on the couch before she started doing this so we didn't even realize she liked the couch, but she does! This picture is of her after she got up on the couch and went to sleep, so sweet!

- Have any of y'all heard of ThredUP? I recently received some dresses from them and love them! They are the perfect addition to my fall wardrobe and all of them were name brand but definitely not at name brand prices! You can use to code: COCKTAIL50 for 50% off first-time orders, discount up to $50.

Reagan had her next vet visit yesterday afternoon and she had to get her next shot. The vet told us she would probably be sleepier the rest of the night, but we didn't see a big difference...until the middle of the night. She woke us up 4 times, we think it was sore where she got the shot and every time she moved to get comfortable she would bump it and let out a little whimper, it was pitiful and we felt so bad for her. The vet said yesterday that she would only be sore for a little bit, so we're hoping our girl feels better. She has been playing/running around like normal, it just hurts when she bumps her little shot area. :( She actually did really well during her shot though, we were proud lol

The weather is finally starting to cool down, and I think (really hope) it's going to stay that way! Yay for finally feeling like fall again!

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FRIDAY NO. 36

Monday is officially Halloween...and I completely forgot about that yesterday afternoon. If you are following me on Snapchat then you saw this, but yesterday afternoon on my way home I decided to make a quick stop by Party City for some stuff for Friendsgiving next month. Everyone and their mother was there and it was a mad house!! Thankfully the aisle I needed to go down was not close to the costume section so I was looking at what I needed when all of a sudden this little boy rounds the corner with a plastic sword. I didn't pay much attention to him until he was about to attack me with it, so I grabbed my items that I needed and quickly started to walk away, Wouldn't you know said child practically chased me down the aisle. I didn't want to cause a scene or I would have taken that sword from him and chased him lol kidding...kinda. Well I get to the register (finally) and his mother comes looking for him...still not sure why in the world she was letting him roam around on his own and act crazy. I would have been spanked if I tried to even attempt to do that to a stranger when I was a child!! So don't make my mistake and go to Party City days before Halloween if it can wait...lesson learned.

Rant over and moving on...Monday night I dropped Matthew and one of his co-workers off at the airport for a business trip. They were working in Pensacola, Florida this week and I picked them back up at the airport last night. I was pretty jealous when he sent me this picture the other night...this was their view at dinner

and that was as close as they got to anything "beach" related. They worked in a conference room with small windows everyday lol. I'm trying to figure out a way that Reagan and I can make it on his next work trip there ;) We are happy to have our Matthew back home, that is for sure!

Monday night after I dropped Matthew off at the airport I ran home and picked Reagan up and we headed to Murfreesboro to watch my sister's softball game. It was the start of their tournaments and sadly they lost which marked the end of their season.

My sister, Mady, stayed with me this week while Matthew was out of town. We got to catch up and got plenty of girl talk in!! I made us potato soup in the crock pot one night and we ate on it for a couple of days. We absolutely love this recipe and I plan on sharing it next week!

I am not a a MLB fan by any means. I actually don't think I've ever watched a whole game on TV nor have I been to one, but reading stories like this one just make me happy! I also know I few Cubs fans so If I had to choose I would root for them ;)

If I had to choose one makeup product to wear everyday it would be concealer every single time. No one needs to see these dark circles under my eye! I am constantly on the lookout for new concealers that 1. Cover well and 2. Last all day. I used to use Boi-ing Full Coverage Concealer but it's such a small amount and I was going through it pretty quickly, and on top of that it wasn't lasting all day. So I switched to It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Anti-Aging Concealer. It covered well too, but still wasn't really lasting as long as I would have liked for it to. After seeing Maybelline's Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Treatment Concealer (whew! That was a mouth full) being talked about so much by other bloggers I decided to give it a try. It's under $10, which is a win in my book any day, so if it didn't work I wasn't out a lot of money. Well I think I have found a winner! It covers well and lasts all.day.long. I love it and I love that I don't have to use my fingers to apply it! And for under $10 you seriously just can't beat that. This is definitely not a sponsored review, although I wouldn't mind if Maybelline contacted me and asked me to do one ;) I'm just sharing my latest obsession! 

One night Reagan was tired and kept whining until I picked her up. It was the sweetest thing and she slept in my arms for a good bit!

Last night was night #5 she has slept all the way through the night!! I still can't believe it, but she's doing great! The other morning I was finishing up getting ready for work and I noticed she wan't playing by my feet like she usually does, so I walked into our bedroom and she was back in her crate dozing off...such a sweet girl!

I hope you all have a great weekend filled with lots of fall fun! It's supposed to be in the high 80's here...wahhh...but you better believe I'll still be in my fall attire...just sweating and acting like I'm not burning up at all ;)

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FRIDAY NO. 35

As of 6:15 this afternoon we will have been puppy parents for a whole week. It has been so fun, but so exhausting. We really can't complain though, Reagan is such a good puppy, and she is so stink' smart! She hasn't really had too many accidents inside, if she did it was because we weren't quick enough to get her outside. We got her this puppy play pen to stay in during the day while we are at work. We put her tinkle turf  in there with her on one side of the play pen and she has been using that everyday while we are away at work. We are so proud of her!!!! She hasn't had any accidents in her play pen yet, fingers crossed it stays that way. ;) She goes to the bathroom as soon as we set her down on the grass outside, she's perfect!

I worked it out with my boss that I can come in earlier to take a longer lunch everyday. So I run home on my lunch break and take her out and get mid day puppy cuddles, it is seriously the best thing ever. I so look forward to my lunch breaks everyday even more now. We send Matthew puppy snap chats everyday! 

Matthew's client was closing early the other day so instead of going into the office to work he just worked from home that afternoon and this is the picture he sent me...she fell asleep on his desk while he was working. 

Our favorite part of the day is when daddy gets home from work...

I saw this the other day and it is 100% accurate. I have had to delete pictures on my phone twice this week just to make more storage...I can't even help it!

Matthew had to work in Knoxville yesterday and today, so we are excited for him to come home this afternoon! Reagan keeps walking around the house looking for him, it's the cutest thing!

Since Matthew was out of town last night I decided to take Reagan on her first trip to Murfreesboro! She met her grandparents and aunts! We also introduced her to my parents puppy, Ellie. That actually went a lot better than I expected and I'm hoping they warm up to each other more and more. Once Reagan is bigger we'll let them play together.

This post has officially been all about our girl, but I can't help it. She is too cute not to talk about!

We don't have any plans for this weekend other than Reagan's first vet visit tomorrow morning, and I am hoping to finally paint our kitchen. We are also hoping to work on our farmhouse table some more.

Happy Friday!

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FRIDAY NO. 34

The time has come! 

We are picking up our puppy TODAY!! To say we are excited would be an understatement!!!! We have been looking forward to this day for over a month! Over the past month a few puppy things started trickling in here and there, and we have made a few PetSmart runs. Finally, on Wednesday night we set up the last little bit that we needed before we bring her home. I'm not going to share her name with y'all today, it's a surprise, but check back Monday for her name and a few hundred pictures of her.

Her crate, puppy playpen, and feeding dish...how adorable?! We have puppy things in our home, and the best part, they belong to our puppy!

I will be honest and say that we both kinda freaked out this week. We know getting a puppy means some big changes for us. We are so used to leaving the house whenever we want, for as long as we want. No responsibility whatsoever. When we first got married we talked about getting a puppy, but luckily we decided to wait. I'm so thankful we have had a little over a year just the two of us, without any responsibilities, and that we didn't jump into being puppy parents right after we got married. However, we've been preparing ourselves for the new responsibility that a new puppy brings and we are READY!! 

If you have ever brought home a new puppy, I would love to hear your best advice!! On your mark, get set, GO! We can't wait to show off the new member of our little family! 

Follow along on Snapchat (shelbycoats) and Instagram (mrsshelbycoats) for puppy snaps & pictures!

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FRIDAY NO. 33

This has been 100% accurate for this past week, here in Nashville.

Tuesday night we went to the last preseason Pred's game. Sadly, we lost in overtime, but it was still fun! This handsome guy was 100% in his element Tuesday night.

7 days until the actual season starts!!!!

Our recliners delivered yesterday right on time and we LOVE them! This was the picture I took right after we got them set up, so they didn't have the feet on them yet. We actually ended up moving the living room around last night so I need to take a picture of our new setup. They said beige online, but they are definitely more of a gray. Thankfully they still match our living room colors so that isn't a problem. Hello comfy recliners!!!!

I shared over 15 printables yesterday for you to create a Christmas binder of your own, in a way to help you plan and stay organized this holiday season. 

We are dog sitting this weekend for our friends, and we are not complaining one bit! This is Mila, and she made herself right at home in our bed last night. We're excited to play with her all weekend long. 

 As I was heading out the door this morning this was the look she was giving me, so of course I had to go back in and give her some more goodbye hugs!

After church Wednesday night we went straight to Home Goods to look in their animal section. They have so many cute things for puppies, but we refrained, and only bought our puppy a feeding dish and some waste bags. It was definitely very exciting shopping for OUR puppy!

And last but not least, I got to finally see inside of Matthew's office! YAY! I met him at his office before the game on Tuesday afternoon so that we could ride together to the game. After the game when he was dropping me back off at my car we decided to run in and he gave me an office tour. Of course I made him pose for a picture in his cube...Pred's attire and all lol! He actually moved cube's yesterday so I think he has a whole new setup now, but it was still fun to see when he works.

We are hoping to work on some house projects this weekend, dog sit, hangout with our best friends, Ethan and Rachel, who are in town for fall break, and go to my college roommates wedding!

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FRIDAY NO. 32

I feel like I can officially say that fall is here in Nashville! It was a very cool and crisp 55 degrees on my way to work this morning and yesterdays high only reached 64. Which is crazy because Thursday of last week was a high of 91! It does look like it's going to warm back up a bit next week, but I'm hoping the humidity stays low. I also can't believe today is the last day of September. September FLEW by for me!

Last night I went to my sister's softball game and completely forgot to bring a jacket or sweater, so it was a very chilly night. They played great, but sadly lost by one point. Such a close game though!!

Different couples in our class at church host an activity each month for everyone in our class, well this month it's our turn to host, and our event is tonight! We reserved the youth building at our church and we're having a movie/game night. We are showing Nemo for the kiddos, and I found some nemo coloring pages for them. We are having pizza and I found some cute Nemo themed snacks to have as well. For the adults we will be playing the game Fibbage. We are so excited and can't wait until tonight!

I am in the process of creating my own planner for 2017, and I am a little too excited about it. This past year I decided not to spend a big amount on a planner like I have in the past and grabbed one from Target for around $12. I like it and the size of it, but I wish it had a little more to it. So when I saw Blair's post on how she created her own planner using Canva and Office Depot I was very intrigued. I made a list of all the things I wanted in a planner and started sketching how I wanted it to look. I then took to Canva to make my drawings come to life and I am thrilled with how it's looking so far! Not only will I be saving money, but I will have a planner tailored to my personal needs. YAY! Here is a look at the calendar I created the other day for my planner...

Yesterday our sweet puppy turned 1 month old, and just in a couple of weeks we will get to bring her home!!!! We are so stinkin' excited and talk about her everyday!!!! Would you just look at this adorable face...

If you missed our fall home tour, you can see it HERE! I'm enjoying everything fall right now, if you couldn't tell ;)

Also, this adorable wreath I posted about on Wednesday, that I will be sharing with you all on Monday...will come with a coupon code!!! Woo hoo! I know cotton wreaths and cotton stalks are very popular this fall and I have loved seeing them around in people's houses, so you won't want to miss out on the coupon code!

One last thing....tomorrow is the first home (preseason) Pred's game and we are going with some friends. Hockey is BACK! They shared this on their Facebook page yesterday and I couldn't help but get pumped for hockey season.

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FRIDAY NO. 31

This has been the longest week, but I am so glad it is finally Friday! We have an exciting weekend coming up and I can't wait to share everything with you all on Monday.

We are so thankful that Matthew has been feeling so much better this past week, The Lord is so good and we are so blessed. He's been feeling so good that he did a lot of yard work this week and then took down the trampoline in our backyard! Men...you can't keep them down for long ;) I am very thankful for him though!!

One of my favorite bloggers/blog friend, Ashley announced this morning that she is opening an embroidery business!! You can read all about it here and follow her new Instagram account here! So exciting and I can't wait to get some things monogrammed!!!! 

 

Has anyone ever used Canva? I just discovered it the other day and I'm doing the 30 day free trial, but I am LOVING it so far. I am still trying to learn all about it and navigate my way around the website. Any tips or tutorials that y'all know of, send them my way!

Even though yesterday was the first day of fall it has been in the 90's and looks like it's not getting cooler anytime soon...so sad. I know the cooler weather is coming soon enough though, and before I know it I will be wishing it was summer again ;)

Another one of my favorite bloggers/blog friend, Kelsey posted the cutest tutorial vlog on how to make a fall centerpiece this week! I have the same pitcher and I am really wanting to switch up my fall centerpiece now! Go watch it and her other vlogs!!

See snaps of our weekend by following me on Snapchat!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!!

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FRIDAY NO. 31