2 of my new Favorites!

Thursdays are one of my days off from blogging, but I wanted to share a couple of my new favorite things I found!

I found this cute Kleenex box at the store yesterday. I love watermelon, so I had to buy this!

Have you ever been to Pursenickety? Myla has the best purses! This is the new beauty that I just had to get.

Sausage Hash

This is my new purse that I won from a giveaway over at My Dear Trash. I won a gift certificate to this really great online store called Pursenickety. Can a girl have to many purses?


I love it when I read a recipe and I have all the ingredients! I found this recipe over at A Year From Oak Cottage. It makes a lot, so tomorrow I'll share a couple of things I did with the leftovers! I used a red pepper, we like them better than the green and I used Italian sausage. Yum, this is sooo good! I left out the olive oil and just cooked it with the fat from the sausage. My Italian sausage was from Costco and it tends to be pretty lean, but it didn't need the olive oil.

Sausage Hash

1 pound Italian sausages
1 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
2 medium carrots, peeled and grated
1 medium green pepper, seeded and chopped
6 medium potatoes, boiled, cooled, peeled and chopped
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper


Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Removed the sausage meat from the skins, and discard the skins. Crumble the meat into the hot oil. Cook, breaking it up and mashing it with a fork until it is no longer pink and has begun to brown in places. Add the onions, carrots and green peppers. Cook and stir until softened. Add the potatoes, salt and pepper. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are lightly browned and the mixture is heated through. Serve immediately.

My New Purse and Little Smokie Wraps

Do you ever need a new purse? I took my daughter to pick out a new purse and I knew right away that I was going to have to get one for me. It was a good thing I had birthday money! I found this baby at McKenzie's house, she orders her purses from New York and sells them at craft fairs and out of her home. She lives about 5 minutes away from me. That can be really bad. This purse is a little larger then what I usually carry,, but I knew I could make it work! If you're interested in getting a purse from McKenzie you can email her at simply.mckenzie@hotmail.com.

Ok, these are just to easy and wonderful! I had planned to make these at Christmas time and I hadn't, so I still had the bacon and little smokies in the freezer. So, I made them for dinner one night when I was in a hurry. They were a big hit with the family.

Little Smokie Wraps

1 package little smokies
1 pound bacon
1/2 cup or so brown sugar

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Cut the bacon in half. Wrap each half around a little smokie. You can put a toothpick in them to hold them if you want, but mine stayed just fine with out. Just put them seam side down on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with the brown sugar.

Bake for 20-25 minutes. Keep an eye on them, you want the bacon cooked but don't let them burn.

Pumpkin Pancakes

I bought a new purse this last weekend, and I thought I'd show it off to you! I just love this purse. I'm not sure if it's the black and white print or the bright orange that I like best! It's my new favorite purse though!

I'm just loving all the pumpkin recipes I keep finding. I don't know if I'll have time to try them all. Sorry I got this batch of pumpkin pancakes a little dark, but the kids said they tasted yummy! They slathered them with butter and lots of maple syrup and went to school with nice full tummy's!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway, you can find it here.

Pumpkin Pancakes

1 1/2 cups flour
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons soda
1 cup milk
1 cup pumpkin
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons oil

Heat a griddle.

In a large bowl, whisk the dry ingredients. Add the pumpkin, eggs, vanilla and milk and mix well.

Ladle onto grill that has been sprayed with Pam, and cook on bogh sides until golden.