I’ve always wanted to go to an awesome music festival and this weekend is going to be ahhhhhmazing because my little ears are going to be listening to some awesome bands at Austin City Limits…..

Forence + The Machine, The Black Keys

Civil Twilight, Band of Skulls

The Roots, Gotye, Jack White

and hopefully on Sunday we can squeeze in The Civil Wars….

It’s possible my heart might be even happier than my ears because I get to enjoy this awesome weekend with the lovely boyfriend. He’s been teasing me with this weekend trip for quite some time now and everything has worked out perfectly so I’m a happy lady….so blessed and so happy!!

Can’t believe I have two weekends in a row with my better half. First a mountain wedding weekend and now a Texas music weekend, oh my…. this will also be my first visit to the big state of Texas so I’m thrilled! 

Of course I will return with a lot of stories and photos to share, maybe even a video!

The rest of this week will include a lot of cleaning, 

packing and trying to calm myself down with some hot yoga before I fly out on Thursday. 

As usual, prayers for a safe flight are appreciated!

questions.... 

Have any of you been to ACL? Any recommendations for Austin, TX???

first weekend of fall.

Last week was one of those weeks…..

one of those weeks that draaaag

where you don’t have much planned

and you can spend almost every night enjoying hot yoga

(yes, I only skipped Thursday night – high fives for me)

but the week mainly dragged because I knew who I was going to see all weekend…

after two weeks of not seeing my sweet man and the depressing amount of FaceTime allowed with his lack of wi-fi I was thrilled to see that smile and sink into the warmth of his hug on Friday night.

I may have held on a little longer than normal. I have a smile on my face right now just writing about it.

The weather was PERFECT all weekend so we enjoyed many long walks downtown. 

Trust me, if my calves could talk they would tell you about it! 

Sunshine, crunching leaves, holding hands and the Jets winning their game.... 

all the wonderful things a weekend should include.

Finding a few lines of silver.

I guess looking forward to the cool, fall air was an epic fail.

Looking out the window you’d think it was a crisp fall day.

Dark with a chance of rain. The perfect weather for a coat, boots and a scarf.

Well…… that window is a liar.
It’s hot. It’s humid. I mean, you feel like you are wearing a freakin sweater when you walk outside. A sticky, moist sweater.

I'm so over it!

However, I try to keep my blog happy… uplifting… enjoyable… all the things that Cloud Nine should be so I’m going to try and twist this bad mood.

Despite this horrid weather Fall TV is just around the corner….
Which also means REVENGE is so close!
Which also makes me do a happy dance!

Pumpkin Flips. Little Miss. Debbie Cake, you complete me.

On Thursday my new locks are going to be a few shades darker to welcome the Fall weather once it decides to arrive. Pretty darn excited about that as well.

I survived the massive “holy cow I need to clean out my closet” fiasco from over the weekend and I gladly have some space to fill. Hello, fall shopping trips!!!

Pretty, new dark nail polishes!!! Makes me oh, so thankful!!

And sometimes you take a simple picture to remind you of the beginning of Fall.

The beginning of a new season. And when you look back at this picture you won’t remember the annoying humid days because all you will remember is a carefree night with the man you love when you were lucky enough to find a cool breeze and a hand to hold.

Free burgers and fries are kinda awesome.

A few weeks ago a coworker of mine sent out an email explaining how we could win a “Fudd Friday” by entering a contest with B93.7. We all took a few seconds to vote and crossed our fingers that we would win. Last week we got a phone call with the exciting news so on Friday we got to enjoy the Fudd Bus! We stuffed our faces with some yummy burgers and fries from Fuddruckers and then spent some time bowling for prizes!

It was the best way to spend a fun hour on a busy Friday!

I’m so glad I love the people I work with…

it definitely makes every day feel a little less like work.

The rest of the weekend was spent in Atlanta with Peter’s family.

His brother turned 31 and with their first baby on the way we spent a lot of time discussing names,

feeling all kinds of kicks (that kid is getting strong!)

and painting his future room! 

I failed miserably at taking any pictures this weekend except for this one special shot.

Not sure how I feel about it…. But he sure is cute. ;)

because I'm a thief.

..........and because I want to go back to St. Martin right now I decided to share some pictures that boyfriend’s brother took with his fancy camera. (I want one so badly)

It was such a wonderful week.

I take it back, I want to fly again… take my back to St. Martin!!!

Foodie Fest 2012!

If the title above makes you think I stuffed myself with awesome food all weekend long for an amazing price then you would be correct. That is exactly what we did. Here in Greenville, SC we were lucky enough to have the Foodie Fest this weekend and next weekend as well. Like every year, I was so excited! Sixteen different restaurants put together a special menu for an extra special price so all of us Greenvillians could fill our tummy's without feeling as guilty. 

Friday night we enjoyed American Grocery Restaurant which is one of my top favorites in downtown Greenville. Peter and I both chose from the 3 for $30 menu and absolutely loved it. Such great flavors with food from local and regional farms. The drinks and meals were delicious, even if we ended ups switching our dessert bowls at the end. ;) 

Saturday night we ended up at The Green Room to enjoy the Jets play again and as usual the food was so good!! 

We shared another 3 for $30 special and since this was my favorite of the "Foodie Fest Menus" I was pretty pumped about it... I did my research to see which place we should try during the weekend and TGR was on the top of my list. Jets football plus delicious meals and you can't go wrong! The below picture was my favorite part... don't let the strange looking cheese fool you. Best Fried Green Tomatoes ever. 

the weekend was wonderful even with some "not so great" football action.

I'm still stuffed from all the great food but it was worth it! 

Hope you all had a great weekend filled with yummy food and some sweet cuddles!

Your dog or someone special... or both. 

Cuddle time is my favorite time so this made me super happy! 

Happy Tuesday, friends! xo

It's beginning to look a lot like....

Football Season! Which is almost as great as Christmas.

Yup, that’s right! I finally got to watch some Jets Football!!! 

My Friday night involved 3 sexy men…

Sanchez, Tebow and of course my lover boy.

I WAS SO DARN EXCITED!

(all caps excited.)

A few things that I know…

I’d never care for the Jets if it weren’t for that lover boy of mine.

He is a very lucky man to have a woman that sincerely loves football almost as much as she loves him.

The Green Room is still my favorite place to watch a Jets Game.

My Jets Jersey is still my favorite thing to wear, even when they lose. 

Sexy Rexy is looking healthy as ever… good job man! (& no… Rex is not included in the “sexy men” category because this is a nickname and not a true statement.)

Only thing missing from this fantabbulous night was a chilled Oktoberfest beer in my hand… 

once again, the man is lucky.

Side note: if you remember the bartender that called me a "Pretty Redneck" from the Midweek Randoms post back in April.... well, I finally had my chance to confront him about it. The conversation went a little bit like this....

Larry the Bartender: Hey, how you guys doin...? (holds out hand for a shake and looking at both of us) We have met before, right? 

Cassie: Yes, apparently you have referred to me as the "pretty redneck". 

Peter: ha. haha. ha. I'm Peter. 

Larry the Bartender: uhhhh.... I don't know about that...? 

Cassie: Well, that's what I heard... 

Larry the Bartender: Pretty Redneck... with a Jets Jersey? It must have been the "pretty redhead", yea... that's exactly what I said. pretty REDHEAD. 

Cassie: ohhhh, okay. 

Larry the Bartender: So, what do you want to drink, Red? 

and for the rest of the night he called me Red. Much better than Redneck so I have forgiven him.

and I'm back.... again.

I have to be honest, all these little breaks from blogging have been kinda sad. I’ve missed it a lot but I guess these vacations give me more exciting things to write about.

Speaking of more exciting things….

The weekend was full of hugs, two cheek kisses (i love the Arabic hellos and goodbyes) dancing, eating, laughing and smiling continuously, meeting new people & seeing people I’ve missed very much!

It was a total blast!!! My body is a bit sore (from all the mentioned dancing) and I might need a few nights of peaceful sleeping in my own bed before I feel back to normal but I wouldn't want it any other way.

Mimi had a beautiful wedding weekend & I’m so excited for her and her new husband!

Congratulations to you both!!!