1 Month Blog Anniversary!

Today marks 1 month since I have started Luckey's Goods!  YAY!  How exciting!  I have really enjoyed every minute of it!  (A quick note, I apologize for being away so long...  The holidays have totally kicked my butt.  I have been frantically running around trying to finish all my holiday prep.  And this past weekend was my friend's wedding which kept me busy almost all weekend as Matt was in the wedding.  I know...  Excuses, excuses...)

To commemorate my first month, I am doing a double post - An outfit of the day and a recipe!  First, lets start with the recipe.  Tomorrow is my company's holiday party.  I am bringing in a new recipe that a friend just gave me - Buffalo Chicken Cheese Ball.  With minimal ingredients and minimal time you can make this for one of your holiday parties too!

Buffalo Chicken Cheese Ball

Ingredients

2 blocks of cream cheese

1 large chicken breast (I used 1-1/2 because I only had small ones)

1/4 cup plus some extra squirts of Franks Red Hot

2 cups pepper jack cheese

 

 

Pictures Taken by Luckey

I softened the cream cheese in the microwave for about 1 minute.  Then I combined the cream cheese, hot sauce, and half of the pepper jack cheese.  It's not pictured, but after I combined it all, I felt it didn't pack enough heat for my taste, so I added in a few shakes of dried cayenne pepper.

At the same time I was also cooking up the chicken breasts.  The picture shows three because I made a second cheese ball for Matt to take to his work holiday party too!

When the chicken is finished I shredded it and added it to the cream cheese mix.

Finally after everything is mixed well, I form the mixture into a ball and roll it over the other cup of the pepper jack cheese. 

There you have it!  Easy-peasy!  And quite tasty too!  I'm excited to see if everyone likes it as much as I do tomorrow at the party! 

And now...  The clothes...

 Pictures by Matt M.

When: Wednesday, December 21, 2011

What: Dress - Sonsi.com; Cardigan - Lane Bryant; Boots - Trusol; Tights - Fashion Bug; Belt - Lane Bryant; Necklace - Target

Where: Work, and a marathon of stores to finish my Christmas shopping, and then home to make the cheese balls and catch my brother-in-law up on Showtime's "Shameless" so he can watch the new season with us in January.

Heh.  I had Matt take a picture of me with some of my shopping bags.  As you can see in these pictures I am surrounded by gifts that still need to be wrapped!  Ugh, something else to do...  Any-who...  I wanted to look festive today.  What is more festive than red and green I thought?  This is actually the dress I wore to my own rehearsal dinner.  If I wasn't wearing the cardigan, you could see it was sleeveless (we were married in July).  I love this dress, it's so light and airy.  Adding a cardigan and tights is a great way to winterize it!

Wore my calf boots again.  Love these things.  The necklace is also what I wore at my rehearsal dinner.  It was an absolute awesome find as I love it and I always get compliments on it!  I originally put on my black skinny belt this morning, but I started thinking that the animal print one might be more fun!  I'm glad I switched!

Is anyone else as excited about the season premier of "Shameless" as I am?!?!  Oh my!  It became one of my favorite shows when it first came on early this year.  It's about a family of misfits in Chicago.  If you have Showtime, it's on demand right now so you have time to catch up!  (Note - this is NOT a family friendly show.  No kiddies around, okay?) 

Others ways I have rocked my animal print belt:

The Gift

Pictures Taken by My Tripod

When: Wednesday, December 7, 2011

What:  Dress - Blu Sage; Tights - Fashion Bug; Booties - Nine West; Belt - taken from a shirt; Necklace - Lane Bryant; Cuff - Fashion Bug; Earrings - Lane Bryant

Where: Work, got my hairs trimmed, Cub Scouts with my son, and a little online shopping.

This dress was a gift to me from my mother-in-law.  When I first received it I didn't wear it much as I thought it didn't do much for my figure because it didn't have a structured shape.  But I always liked the pattern, length, and neckline.  Since I discovered the wonderful world of using a belt, I knew that was exactly what needed to happen for this dress!  And the rest is history.  I really like wearing this dress now!

The simple hoop earrings were a purchase from LB many years ago.  You can't go wrong with a simple set of earrings sometimes.  The necklace was also purchased from LB too.  (Probably not at the same time, but I've had this necklace for a while now too.)  It's made from a shell, at least I think so.  And if not, they did an excellent job making it look like one.  Again I'm wearing my trusty cuff!  I love this silver cuff!  Such a great buy!  Also wore my Nine West booties again.  They are just too easy to slip on and never make my feet hurt. 

So you can kind of tell from the pic that these tights are actually footless tights.  When I purchased them I didn't even realize.  But I have come to like the versatility they can bring me.  (Also - I am in love with the colored tights at the moment...  Sadly, all I have is black, brown, and these grey ones....  Hmmm...  gotta go shopping soon it sounds like!)

I had my hair trimmed yesterday.  I needed it badly!  I can't believe how fast it grows.  I know it looked alright getting longer, I just like it a bit shorter and more defined layers. 

I also got a little online shopping done for Christmas.  It was a customized order and I am hoping I didn't wait too long to order it!!!  Someone might have to wait till after Christmas to get their gift.  But hey - maybe spreading out the gift opened just a bit longer is a good thing right?

How much online shopping do you do for Christmas?  Honestly, I would say 85% of the gifts our family gives come from online.  It's just too convenient!

Other ways I have rocked my Nine West booties:

Ketchup & Mustard? Kind of...

Phtotos Taken by My Tripod

When:  Tuesday, November 30, 2011

What:  Cardigan - Carolyn Taylor; Ruffled Blouse - Lane Bryant; Trouser Jeans - Lane Bryant; Skinny Belt - Lane Bryant; Flats - Studio 1940; Cuff - Fashion Bug; Necklace - Premier Designs

Where:  Work and home to be Miss Suzie Home-Maker

I love this outfit.  I don't know why?  Maybe it's the red and the ruffled detail of the shirt?  Maybe it's the shoes (another old pair I am having a hard time letting go) or maybe it's my new(ish) animal print belt?  Either way, I just feel great and put together when I wear it!

This silver cuff is another go-to of mine.  The only problem is that it makes my wrist slightly green after wearing it all day.  If I keep it in the same spot, you can't notice.  Anyone have any suggestions for that?  I was thinking of trying clear nail polish?  The second picture makes me smile a bit...  HELLO?  BOOBS!  HAHA!  I actually bought this shirt last fall and wore it to a casual NYE party.  Good times!  Again, the shoes...  LOVE THEM.  Can't stop wearing them.  They are so old...  I really should be in the market for a new pair of yellow shoes...  I have a lot of Premier Design jewelry (necklace) because I hosted a party a few years ago and I got a ton for free! 

I say I played Miss Suzie Home-Maker when I came home because I had a ton to get done!  Came home, helped my second grader with his homework, cooked and iced sugar cookies (with his help) for the Cub Scout den meeting, cleaned up the kitchen, made dinner, cleaned up the kitchen, and then started my studies.  Phew - and I started my studies at 6:30!  Sometimes you just gotta go-Go-GO!

Here are all the ways I have worn my animal print belt!

Pirate or Witch?

My first few posts are going to be mini posts. I will be sharing what the Internet already knows, my pics from Chictopia. In the future, I will be giving a much more detailed look at the clothes I am wearing for the day.

Picture Taken by My Tripod

When: Friday, October 21, 2011

What: Red and black striped maxi dress; Black cardigan; Black skinny belt; Black high heel boots.

Where: Work and then out to dinner with my two men (my husband and son).

I have a 7 year old, whenever I wear this dress he says I look like either a pirate or a witch (hence the title).  This is a summer dress that I tried to winterize for the fall. I think it came out pretty good.  As you'll see I changed the angle of my picture. The lighting was still off (my face is BRIGHT), but they do get better.