Month: April 2011

Weekend Wrap Up

This weekend we had grand plans to road trip it to Plano and take some fabulous pictures in the bluebonnets.  I also wouldn’t have minded a pit stop at The Cupcakery 😉  Anyway, those plans were subsided when I came home Friday night to a sick little boy.  I was feeding Connor and stood up and put him over my shoulder and he barfed all down my back….good times! 
He has had a lot of sinus issues this weekend and a serious runny nose.  No fever really, just the runs and his poor throat is so dry.  I feel so bad for him when he coughs his little froggy cough. 
So we chilled on the sofa and rented a couple movies from Vudu.com.  We watched “Tron” and “Life As We Know It”.  I really like “Tron” and the music was awesome!  I’m a big fan of 80’s music.  “Life As We Know It” was very cute, it was sad in the beginning but it was a sweet film and ended good. 
So amongst the sleepless nights, an entire box of Kleenex, and several SEVERAL outfit changes due to barf….we made it through the weekend!  I can’t say I’m not a little glad to be at work today for some peace and quiet….I just hope my boo boo is doing okay at Aunt Rebecca’s today.
 Sitting under the burger at the Doc’s office
He was just fine…no ear infections (he’s never had one) just sinus
 Wollering on Momma & Daddy’s bed 🙂
 Connor is loving turning the computer on and off.  He also loves getting in our junk drawer at the desk.
Dude is into EVERYTHING!  You never know what you’ll find in his mouth at that scares me to death!
 I see you….
 Sneaky little fella!
 I got my new purse in and I am LURRRRVING it!!!!
 Another day at the park
We spend a lot of time there these days!
 Run Connor! Ruuuuunnnn!!!
 Not that way!
 This is the only time when cankles are cute 😉
 Time to go bye bye!

Terence and I started on the couch to 5K program last week.  We start day 4 today and our running time increases.  I am not, nor have I ever been, a runner.  This is whooping my butt!  Can you see how red in the face I am and lovely looking without a lick of make-up on???  I be hurting 😛

Also – I wanted to let ya’ll in on my favorite place to buy photo prints online.  This is not endorsed, it’s just a site I like and their picture paper seems to be better quality.  You can also get wallet prints with rounded corners and I love that option!  It’s MPIX.COM and right now they have free shipping!

Have a great Monday!

Friday Style

I’ve seen a lot of bloggers posting about what they wear each day or each week and where they buy their deals.  I always like to read those posts and see how you put your own style together.  I am copying Summer today who posted about her style yesterday!  That is one thing I noticed when I met Summer is that she definitely had her own style and I loved it 🙂 

I also enjoyed her post today regarding POSTING & FOLLOWERS…..I like to blog for me and I want to keep it that way!  This is MY blog yo & I am not out to impress anyone!

I think my style is sort of boring….and I would love a $10,000 makeover from Clinton and Stacy….but I do the best I can 🙂

Top: Anthropologie (circa two years ago)
Shoes: Gap navy flats
Jeans: Banana Republic extra dark denim (makes you look thinner!)
The Flair: Sunglasses are my $5 faux Coach I got in NYC & my Jersey Shore-ish bling bling earrings I got at The Brownstone in Arlington
Note: Does my hair look a little bit Jennifer Anniston on Friends here??? ha..ha…
 This is my lovely pen I use at work. 
 His eyes pop out and when I get stressed I squeeze him.
His name is Petey
My owl bag from my friend Kristin
It’s Papyrus….I LOVE PAPYRUS!
Oh! And here is our “I <3 NY" T-shirts.  My Mom & Dad wore them out together to the movie theater...aren't they cute! Ha...ha...!!!  I would have been so embarrassed if they did that and I was 16 years old!  Silly Mom and Dad!  I also got Connor & Jarrett baby sized ones and I got Bonnie a pink one.
Yesterday my car wouldn’t start.  Don’t you just love those days?  I had the whole car loaded and ready to head to work and it was D.E.A.D.  Thank God Terence was working from home and I was able to take his car.  $400 later and it’s working today…..sigh…..my car is old and has a lot of miles on it, but it’s paid for and I do NOT want a car payment.  I will keep replacing parts until that baby is not repairable because I love my car.  I hope ya’ll have a great weekend!!! xoxo Becky

OH I FORGOT TO POST ABOUT ME FOR THE DFW BLOGGER MEETUP!
Name:: Becky Branch
Age:: 29 (2 MONTHS UNTIL 30!)
Height:: 5’3”
Hair Color:: Brown with blonde highlights
Eye Color:: Blue
Body Type:: Too FAT!
Religion:: Christian
Status:: Married
Married how long? : 10 years in August
Color?: Aqua Blue
Food?: Italian
Soda?: Dr. Pepper
Alchoholic Beverage?: Cherry Vodka Sour
Store?: Gap, Banana Republic, Target, Godiva
State?: From Arkansas, Live in Texas
Animal?: Boxer doggies
Movie?: Hangover & Romy & Michelle’s Highschool Reunion
TV Show?: Modern Family/The Office/Real Housewives
Book?: Twilight Series
Music?: Christian,Contemporary,Pop
Website?: www.terenceandbecky.com
Twitter Username?: beckylbranch
Soda or Juice?: Tropical fruit punch
Cell Phone or I-pod?: Cell Phone
Curly Hair or Straight Hair?: Curly, but I straighten it
Lap-Top or Computer?: Desktop Computer
Pen or Pencil?: Fine pen
What do you do on your spare time?: Time with family,watch movies, blog
Do you have kids?: I have one, Connor James 13 months
What year were you born in?: 1981
Do you have any addictions?: Starbucks
What do you enjoy doing when you’re bored?: Watching TV or Blogging
What do you do in the summer time?: Take a vacation or BBQ a lot
Do you live in a house or apartment?: House
Siblings?: One- A twin sister -Bonnie
Dream Vacation?: Ireland

Coupon Queen

I watched the TLC show Extreme Couponing last night.  How else can I describe it but….EXTREME!  Those people are serious hoarders and I don’t care if it’s a good deal or even free because where am I going to store 52 bottles of mustard in my house!!!  The one thing I won’t do is buy stuff I don’t need just to have it around.  Craziness!
However, I do save an average of $8-$15 in coupons per grocery visit, which is well worth the $2 Sunday paper.  I’ve used the same coupon organizer for years and I was inspired to get a little more organized.  I do have difficulty finding coupons and I’ve always wanted to organize them better.  Today I bought a binder and some clear business card plastic inserts.  I believe the inserts were around $3 for a package of 10 sheets. 
So here is my work in progress…..
This is what I had
 I also printed off several coupons online 🙂
 This magazine was a great resource!
 Below are some links I found in the magazine to be helpful :




















These are the coupon inserts
It’s a work in progress and I’m excited to save some $$$
But don’t expect me to have 95 bottles of Tide on my shelves anytime soon 😉
I really need to go deal with this MESSY boy!
I wonder if he even got any food in his mouth?
Momma???  Clean me!!!
Bye! Bye!
Tomorrow is Friday! Yeah!!!

It’s a Slow Week Around Here

This has been a S-L-O-W week if there ever was one!  I’ve just been working & spending time with my boys at night.  I ordered a new Dooney purse and it’s lavender.  I wanted a new purse for spring and I hope I like it!  Just waiting for it to finally ship 🙂  I love new purses!
I’ve seen this floating around blog land.  People are writing out something in their handwriting and comparing it to others.  I guess you can tell a lot about someone through their handwriting.  Mine is sort of sloppy I guess….but I think mine changes on and off throughout the day just depending on how lazy I am.  Go see other’s handwriting HERE.
We have a walking fool on our hands…
And here he is sporting the mug of his new BFF Elmo. 
Connor decided it would be a good idea to take EVERY.SINGLE.WIPE. out of his wipe warmer last night and throw them all over his room!  He also likes to take ALL of his clothes out of the drawers in his closet. 
Never a dull moment I tell ya…never a dull moment…..
Reading lots of books and we visited Daddy’s favorite store Best Buy
Did I mention my 10 year anniversary is coming up???
Of course I would love a 2 carat anniversary ring buahaaahaahaaa!!!!
But just in case that doesn’t work out I am loving this lovely 🙂
David Yurman Ring
My sweet sister sent me this shirt from H&M for $7 ya’ll!
It’s so cute with all the frilly flowers on it 🙂
Look at these cute shoes!  I never know what size to get for babies. 
The ones I’ve been buying lately always seem too small or too big!
 Sandals for $7.99 at Zulily
And look at this! So cute!
Connor LOVES soft stuff to waller on….
Owl pillow pet for $11.99 at Zulily
Happy Hump Day!

Extreme Couponing

So who is watching Extreme Couponing tomorrow night on TLC?  I’ve always been curious as to how people go to the store and save hundreds of dollars on groceries.  I mean how on earth do people get $300 worth of food for $12 or something like that???  I am really curious to see this show and how this process works. 

AND WHERE DO YOU STOCKPILE ALL THAT STUFF??? 
I’m imagining their homes probably look something like this….

 Crazy!!!  All this food could probably feed a third world country for an entire year!
Another random:
RueLaLa is having a sale on these babies right now. 
 I LOVE LOVE LOVE Zak! Designs kitchenware 🙂

Happy Tuesday 🙂
Also – go enter a great contest right now over at BlogHer to win a copy of Nothing To Wear Nothing To Wear? By Jesse Garza and Joe Lupo , & one lucky winner will be able to pick an item from the VT-Luxe line as a prize!  Good Luck!

Weekend Wrap Up

The weather has been in the 90’s already in Texas.  I guess we just skipped spring!  I am not the kind of person that likes to sweat at all.  I think 65 degrees would be perfect in my world.  Anyway – so what did we do this weekend???  Here it is:
 We played a lot with toys…
 We walked and walked and walked….
 Ate our weight in Mexican food….
 This cheese dip was SOOOOOO good!
 Ate some Mexican rice….
 We played at the park in the neighborhood…
 Dude loves to swing!
 And slide…

We also went to church.  Connor seems to be in the crying babies nursery.  He was fine when we dropped him off, then the second he saw EVERY.SINGLE.BABY was crying in his room he decided he needed to join in.  It was hilarious!  We watched a few movies on Vudu – which I LOVE!  We also had family dinner with Terence’s family on Sunday night!  That about sums up our weekend! How was yours?

Fun Finds Friday

I know you’ve been asking yourself “What did Connor do while Mom & Dad were away?”  And if you didn’t then I just want to let you know that we did not leave our baby unattended to eat carpet fuzz, play in the toilet, and change his own poopy diapers!  Ha..ha..
My Mom & Dad graciously drove here from Arkansas over spring break to watch Connor James.  I know he had the best time with them and he was spoiled completely rotten.  I think it was a great bonding time for them.  I came home from our trip to find his closet full of new clothes and he now has an insane infatuation with Elmo.  I sure hope Elmo is a girl because there have been some serious slob fests going on with Elmo these days!  I can never tell because Elmo has such a high voice???
Elmo love
We got this cute owl shirt at Dylan’s Candy Bar in NYC.  It says “Whooo ate my candy?”
See what I mean???  The dude is in LOVE!
And we even found Connor’s girlfriend while we were in Central Park! 
Look it’s ELMO!!!
I did get frequent text pictures from my parents pertaining to their daily activities…..
 Connor got an Easter “Thing-a-ma-jig”
AKA: Little critters that sing and make noise when you squeeze their arms
Trying to fill Poppy’s shoes 🙂
Loving on Elmo in PUBLIC! Slow down on the PDA Connor 😛
Riding the train with Nana
At the zoo with Nana and Poppy
Connor also got to spend Friday and Saturday with his Grana & Pop (Terence’s parents)
We are very grateful for such wonderful babysitters so we could have a vacation together!!!
THANK YOU!!!
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I have gotten not one…but TWO free Starbucks this week!
1.  At Kroger they have a Starbucks in the store.  My drink is actually .70 cents cheaper at the Kroger for some reason???  They also scan your Kroger card and you get points and randomly get a free drink.  I GOT ONE.
2. Today I was in line and pulled up to pay and the girl said “It’s free today!”  I have no clue…BUT I GOT ANOTHER FREE DRINK!  Holla!

If you want to be added to the Starbucks wall on the right just email me your lovely mug at beckylbranch@gmail.com

Did you know that Apple and MAC Cosmetics are teaming up to create a new makeup line?  Crazy!

Look at these cuties :

I really want to try GiGi’s Cupcakes in Dallas.  I love Sprinkles, but these just look divine!  And I just got an email with some of their new cupcakes for spring…..droooooool……

Smore’s & Chocolate Cream Pie
Everyone have a great weekend!!!