Sweet potatoes are incredible. They have so many different, delicious applications and I just love them all (well, most of them). Sweet potato fries, chips, casserole, pie, waffles, pancakes, bread, ice cream, you name it. My favorite way to eat sweet potatoes is oven baked to sweet, caramel-y softness with a little butter and salt and you can regularly find plain ol' sweet potatoes  in my lunchbox. Many people like to sweeten them up with brown sugar and marshmallows but I think they are just sweet enough the way they are and don't really enjoy the sweeter preparations (casserole, pie, or anything involving brown sugar and marshmallows). Either way, you have to admit that these starchy-sweet babies are awesome and easy to make and eat. Yum!

I literally wear jeans everyday. Unless I wear a skirt or a dress, of course. My workplace is pretty casual so we wear jeans but I try to dress it up and wear dark-washed jeans with a cute blouse or shell/cardigan combo. Either way, you can usually see me wearing jeans for all occasions. I work in jeans, hike in jeans, ride horses in jeans and even sometimes go to the beach in jeans (it's true).

They are just so versatile and work with almost any top. I love that I can wipe a little dirt on them and you can't tell (perfect for being at the barn). Mostly, though, I love how they make me feel: confident, stylish, sexy, and yet still modest.

I currently have three plants in my cubicle at work and they make me really happy. They sit there all friendly and welcoming and make the space seem less sterile and boring. AND they give me something to take care of! I like that. I tend to go for plants that are closely-packed because they seem heartier and less high-maintenance than ones that bloom or have leafy leaves. I always look for plants that need a lot of light (the lights in the office are almost always on) and little water (weekends!) and so far, so good!

I had my car fully detailed yesterday and it morphed into a totally beautiful car (exactly like the one pictured, of course). I had a gift certificate from the graduation gift two of my awesome aunts gave me so I took it in, left it for 6 hours and came back to a spectacularly clean and shiny car! The downside of the car being so clean is that now I can notice all the imperfections in the 12-year old, white paint coat and so I might need to head to the dealer and get some touch-up paint. But other than that, I am so excited and proud of my car! It's all grown up now (except for the bumper stickers I put on in high school...). It rained today so I got a treat and was allowed to put it in the garage! Woo, high roller.

Here's to hoping it stays in beautiful condition for a long time!

Probably another one of those weird things I post about but it is particularly relevant seeing as I went on a frame shopping spree today. Michael's was having an awesome sale when my Mom and I went to buy a couple of frames so I headed back later in the day and bought even more. I think I bought a total of...12 frames? Yeah. AND I framed everything I bought a frame for. It took some work (and money, though not as much as one would think) but I love the end product. I'm all ready to move into the future house and put stuff up on the walls! After they're painted, of course.

P.S. I actually used this cool frame in a digital art class project and found it again while looking for a picture for this post! You totally care.