And the winner is.....

 Congrats Cortni from over at The Bagby Bunch! I will be mailing out your Paula Deen goodies sometimes this week! Thank you again to everybody you stops by and visits! You rock! Hope your weekend is going well. I have two under the weather lil' boys. Oldest has a sinus infection and Littliest a 101 temp!:( Be back soon.

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A HUGE Thank You & A Give Away!

**GIVE AWAY NOW CLOSED. Will be announcing winner Sunday Morning!**

This week has been super busy but now that I am caught up I want to extend a HUGE thank you to y'all!! I am super excited to have over 200 followers now!! I am truly honored that y'all  enjoy stopping by so much!

Do any of ya remember last April when Ms. Paula Deen came to Cocstco?? You can read more about it here if ya missed that post. While I was chatting with Ms. Paula I asked her to sign something special especially for y'all! I was not sure she would since she was just there signing her decorating book but she graciously agreed!

Here she is signing that something special! I have been holding off on giving it away for two reasons. One was for a special occasion and well 200 + followers is pretty darn special to me. The second is well um when Paula finished up signing the magazine she well um smudged it when she handed it back!:(  I have debated for almost a year now on what to do. I was super excited to have it but then I was torn on whether anybody would now want it. I finally came to the conclusion that if any of ya are die hard Paula fans ya would not care!:)

So here is that magazine in all of its glory!

The winner will also receive this Paula Deen recipe card organizer and a pack of adorable Paula Deen recipe cards!
All ya have to do to win is leave me a comment telling me how much ya want this set. For a second entry let me know you are a follower and for a third entry let me know you blogged abt my Paula give away! Please leave me a separate comment for each entry. At the end of the give away I will use the Random generator to pick a winner. This giveaway will go from 1/21/11 thru 1/28/11. Sorry but I can only ship to the US and Canada.

Again I am just so truly honored and thank each and every one of ya for making blogging soo much fun! 

Linking up over at Southern In My Heart for Inspiration Friday!

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Our Saturday

Hey ya'll! Hope your Saturday is going well! Ours has been pretty good. I will start by saying I decided not to be a crazy lady and get up at the crack of dawn and stand in line at the Costco to meet Ms. Paula. Oldest decided that he no longer want to meet her...shyness kicked in...and so our plans changed. Instead I got up and headed out for a late start on yard sailing in our hood. Today was the community yard sale and I figured since I was not participating by selling I could certainly drive around and see what last minute deals there were to be had. Not much I was interested in. Mainly baby stuff and well we are past all of that. I did get a pretty finial that was marked $3 and the lady said $1 so I also purchased her large iron key that she was selling too. It was a nice quiet hour of alone time while the men staid at home playing DS and watching tv.

After that I came home and we debated on what to do next with our day. I wanted to head over to the other Costco to hunt down a second rug I needed for our master bath which I will share pics of soon!:) I also wanted to stop off at Ikea while over there as well. Before all of that though I talked The Hubster into stopping off at our regular Costco to see just how long the line was for Ms. Paula. My plan was to take a pic for ya'll to see the craziness. Well there was no line outside and it was 12:30 so I hopped on out to see if it wrapped around the store inside. Nope.

Hmmm I told The Hubster when I got back in the car. The line was not very long at all. I hated to make my men wait for an hour and half before Paula even was to arrive so I said just drive on to the other Costco cause I REALLY REALLY wanted to find that rug. So we drove on had lunch at Costco and we found thankfully the other rug I was wanting. Then we hopped back in the car and instead of heading to Ikea we headed back to our normal Costco to see how the line was. Yea, it was a tad bit longer but seeing as Oldest did not find the game he was wanting at the other Costco we stopped and joined the craziness!:)

The Hubster was such a sport I swear! He stayed up front with the camera and caught Ms Paula coming in because....

this is where I was. All the way in the back of the store. See that older gentleman? He came with his lady friend. Not his wife but friend! What a trooper he was. She would walk around and shop the isles while he stood by the cart. Or she would send him to find something or get her water. It was sweet.

Here is some more of Paula coming in. She was 20 minutes late.

More Paula.

Paula saying "Hey ya'll!"!:) All we could hear in the back of the store were cheers so we knew when she had arrived.

Paula and the guy who did her book Savannah Style with her.

When The Hubster brought the camera back to me and the nice ladies and I all looked at what he had taken we saw that Brandon was there. We all hemmed and hawed over the fact that we just wanted Paula to sign our books. Just awful that is is it not!? So we decided oh well and that Paula would not think that was the southern lady thing to do which is true. So please don't tell Paula!;) We got over it quickly.

It took abt an hour to work our way up to Paula and Brandon. It did not seem that long because the ladies were super sweet and we just chatted and chatted. The boys and The Hubster stayed up front so they could take pics of when it was my turn. I told you The Hubster was a sport! Here is the pic I took with my phone once I got up there.

Here is Paula and my turn. The rules were that she was only signing Savannah Style and not posing for pics. That caused issues with The Hubster and the picture taking.

Yep, that is still the back of my head.

And some more of my head while I chatted with Paula about my blog and the sweet ladies that follow me. She proceeded to tell me to go and check out her Ladies of Philadelphia show.
Even more of the back of my head.

This is Paula waving good bye to Oldest who yes was shy but ended up standing in line with me to meet her. He said nothing but just grinned and hid.

I was fortunate enough to score a book there so I can now take back my book and the kids cookbook that Oldest refused to ask her to sign. They cost almost twice as much at the mall which was the only place I could find um. Turned out though that she was graciously signing other items of hers as well. One lady had her sign a pot. I will share with ya'll what she signed extra for me in a future post! There was a little snafu with it so I am debating on what to do....

P.s. Please respect the pics and do not borrow without asking first. Thanx!:)

I am linking up to Marla's Woo Hoo Wednesday! Stop on over today!

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Paula Update

Update: New Plan. A little bit of rain this morning so we are going to chance it and just drive by Costco closer to time and see what it looks like. Maybe we will get lucky. I really like Paula and would love to meet her but I really don't want to stand in line for 6 hrs to meet her. Oldest was actually the one who came up with the plan. He said it was better so we could still be together!:) Such a sweetie he is!

Littliest and I headed back over to Costco yesterday to return a rug and get another that did work and grab some Paula books while we were there. I asked the ladies at returns if they were expecting a large crowd and the ladies said super huge. Great! She is suppose to be set up in the tv area or at least that was the plan they said. Littliest and I headed over to rugs and of course they no longer have another one like what I need. Urgh! Then we headed over to books and of course the HUGE stack they had on Sunday was no more. They either sold out or put um up till Sat. Either way that led me on a hunt today. Thankfully I found two and a kids cookbook and a special little something else. The plan is to head over by 8 am and see what the line looks like if there is even one. If it is smallish than I will join the rest of the gals and hang out till 2 when Paula is to arrive. The Hubster will bring Oldest over a little before 2 and all will be well. If the line is already crazy then I will just head home. She is only there for two hours so I am sure no matter how long the line is once the 2 hrs is up its up.

So thats the plan!:) If there are any other ladies in the area heading over there to lets be bored together!;)

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Should I or Shouldn't I that is the question.....

We did our monthly jaunt to Costco! Can I tell you how much I just love Costco!!?? We were Costco deprived in Baton Rouge and would have to stop off at one in Alabama on our way back from visiting family in Georgia. Let me tell ya it is not easy shopping for Santa with the kiddos in tow but we always managed.

Anyways, as soon as we walked into Costco today The Hubster pointed out a sign to me:
Can you believe it!!?? Paula Deen actually coming for a book signing at Costco!? So here is the dilemma. It is the same day as our community yard sale. If ya saw our garage you would know we desperately need a yard sale!Ha! But I am afraid if I do the yard sale even for a few hours in the morning I will not make it in time for Paula. I have no idea what kind of line there will be. Perfect scenario would be to do the yard sale from 7 am -10 am and then get ready and head over to Costco. That would put us there at around noonish. Oldest is wanting to go as well and have her sign a cook book though she is not there to sign cook books but her decorating book. Think she would anyways?? Oldest LOVES Paula and calls her "his lady"!;) I think it would be neat for him to actually get to meet her.

So what would you do?? Would you do the yard sale or skip it all together and head over there early?? I am just so torn. If I skip it I could always spend the week taking pics and posting crap on the local yard sale sight where people just come and pick up what they want. It gets to be kinda bothersome at times but may be worth it in this case.

The Hubster says its just Paula but I say it is PAULA!!:) Anybody else around here heading to see her that day??? Oh and if we do go, I totally have nothing cute at all to wear.

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A Few New Buttons=New Inspirations

If ya look over to the right you will see a few new additions to my buttons. When I visit a site and just love it I have to have their button! These blogs to me are daily visits and have so many wonderful ideas and inspirations. I know you will just love them too!

One of the ladies whose button I added today...I am sorry I forgot who it was right now... had a post abt Paula Deen introducing a new furniture line out in the fall! I was thrilled and had to find out more. So click here and hear in her owns words what Paula's new line is all about. I so feel her style! Now will I ever be able to afford any of her pieces? More than likely not but what wonderful inspiration these pieces are. Here a few of my favorites!

This chair is my fave though I would love to see it in a differ color pallet. I can see it sitting in my living room or in the corner of the kitchen.

This is a great table/island of sorts. I love the turned legs and storage areas underneath.
This piece also is a fave of mine! I can so see it in my dinning room and even in this color story! Click here and you can see some more of her line. Let me know what your fave items are!

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