A very Vineyard Christmas

Hi all!

Christmas has come and gone and I can't believe how quickly it flew by!!

Little Pit had a fabulous time opening her gifts (if not a bit overwhelmed by all the family and activities in a short amount of time!).

We had a great holiday season but I can't say I'm sad to see our world get back to it's regular rotation. Little Gym started again this morning and I think both Little Pit and myself were happy to get back to our regularly scheduled Mondays.

Here's a little photo after we opened our gifts...someone LOVES Vineyard Vines!

Hope everyone's holidays were great!

xoxo

Mrs. Pit

I won!

You guys, I never win ANYTHING. Seriously! But, in the last week I won not 1 but 2 blog giveaways!!

The first was from Muffy Martini and it was for $25 worth of cards from Shutterfly !

THEN, the one I won this morning was from Nautical By Nature for a $250 giftcard to Vineyard Vines !

I absolutely can't believe either! I am so excited to make our cards from Shutterfly, I am just waiting to get our proofs back from our photographer in the Outer Banks.

I already did some 'window' shopping at Vineyard Vines today, and this is what I picked out so far...(I have to admit though that I am waiting for their Holiday line to come out, and also to see if they have another 'Whale of a Sale' anytime soon. I think they probably will in the next month, so I'm crossing my fingers!)

This is what I would get if I HAD to spend it today...

For me: Thames Street Argyle Sweater $89.99 (on sale!)

For Little Pit: Shep Quilted Shoulder Shirt (this matches the one I have, I mean, what could be cuter?) $59.50

For Mr. Pit: Yankees Boxers $24.50

So far we all get something and I still have money left over for someone or something else!

Thanks again Kate!!

Hope everyone is having a great day, Little Pit and I had a lazy morning but we're going out to Valley Forge National Park this afternoon to play and take a nice fall walk :)

xoxo Mrs. Pit

hi!

Hi there friends, sorry I've been SO bad at blogging lately, who knew an almost 10 month old could keep you SO busy!? She is an amazing little person already, and knows exactly how to push my buttons already as well. Oh, I'm not supposed to touch this or go near that? Guess where I'll station myself for the next 10 minutes then...aaah! She's too cute and WAY too good to ever get really upset with though, so I'll take my frustrations with a grain of salt and keep on baby proofing!

Last night I ran into my 2nd set of parents while picking up pizza. You see, growing up my best friend C and I spent a LOT of time together, so much so in fact that I had a bed IN her room because I slept over almost every single Friday night...for years. Seriously. Years. Her parents did as much parenting of me as my parents did, and I LOVE them to death. So, when I pulled up behind their car last night (they have a vanity plate that anyone who knows them knows) I was SO excited. They are headed up to Maine today, so I hope they have a safe trip! And, it's instances like that, running into REALLY good friends while picking up pizza, that make me SO happy that I live where I do. Some people may think it's kinda lame that I live less than 10 miles from where I grew up, but I love it. I always call this area my 'epicenter', and it truly is.

On that tangent...I am also obsessed with looking for houses. I love our house but I know this isn't our forever house because 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths isn't going to work for the long run, so I'm always casually checking things out. I found a 5 bedroom 3 bath house in a GREAT school district near us last night, so my plan is to do a drive by today and then call our realtor (who is more or less on retainer b/c she knows that I like to look at about 2 houses a year) to see if it's worth going inside...and never mind that we JUST refinanced in January...

And lastly, a little blog sale for you. I bought this sweater because it was in the LARGE pile. It is not large, it is medium. It is brand new and still has all the original tags on it. It is gorgeously soft and I love the color, but it's a bit snug. I paid full price for it ($135), it's yours for $75 + $10 shipping or your best offer. Email me at Preppypitbull@gmail.com if you want it!

Better

So, after a long talk with Mr. Pit last night over beers, and after some good talks with colleagues about my new site, I am feeling much much better about things. I made out like a bandit compared to some other people in my office (2 got moved to Pittsburgh and 1 to Cincinnati) so really, me moving across town is the best deal out there.

I haven't figured out if I will take the train or drive to this new site (I HATE driving the expressway in and out of the city no matter what time it is) but the train is a pain as well because of the timing. So, I will figure it out this weekend and make a go of it on Monday.

In more fun news, Mr. Pit and I have a fun day planned for tomorrow and I can't wait. We are going to breakfast at the Reading Terminal Market and then going to pick up jewelry at the jeweler that's been there for ages. I got rings that my Grandmother gave me resized and cleaned, and I can't wait to see them all sparkly and ready to wear. Then we are going to play some golf in the afternoon if it's nice enough and then we're going out for dinner with some friends to watch 'Nova in the final four. I am generally not a basketball fan, and certainly NO fan of Villanova students in general(being a local I tend to think they just come in and screw up the town for 9 months out of the year) but I admit that this is pretty exciting for the City and town, so I'm willing to play along.

Then Sunday we have a fun dinner planned with my family and some family friends, so I'm thinking this will be a great pre-Easter weekend.

I am also hoping to stop by the good TJ Maxx this weekend as well and score more Lilly and maybe some VV if I can find any. I am also in the hunt for some cute sneakers and we'll see where that takes me.

Stay tuned for Furry Friday!

Foggy Day

I feel a little bit confused lately and here's why.
1. It is SUPER foggy in Philly today, what do we think we are, San Francisco? Bring me spring darn it!
2. I think my Facebook page is uploading strangely and out of order...it is telling me things are posted half an hour ago, etc but the actual posts don't seem to make sense...is this left over from yesterdays April Fools shenanigans or do I actually just have NO idea what is going on in my friends lives?
3. We are waiting on two financial things to happen for us (we are refinancing the house and waiting on our taxes) and I can't figure out what the heck is taking so long? We sent our taxes in on FEBRUARY 1st...that's right folks, a whole 6 weeks early, where are you little tax return?! And the house refi...we got approved a week ago but yet haven't received the papers to sign, and until we sign the papers we can't start the 45 day closing clock...come on!!!

Otherwise things are pretty darn normal over at the Pit House. We are weaning Lil' Pup out of his cage at night (he LOVES sleeping in there) and we want him to have a full run of the house at night so he can actually protect the house...and he has been SO good lately. This morning I found him sleeping on the couch (the one he is allowed on) and I was greeted by a thump-thump of his tail and then a big stretch. I am very proud of him for being such a good boy and mostly for not trying to barge into our room and onto the bed like he has in the past, good dog!!

Mr. Pits big presentation for his class is tonight so wish him luck! This presentation prep is what has had him out of the house every night for two weeks, so I for one am SO excited it's almost over. We are going out tonight after class to celebrate them being done, so I am looking forward to that.

Anyways, today I have a doctors appointment in the afternoon so I will be out of the office after lunch and hopefully will be able to run a few errands on the way home so I can cross them off my list (our dry cleaning has been ready for over a week, oops!)

Hope everyone has a nice non-foggy day!

xoxo Mrs. Pit



p.s I just got the new Vineyard Vines catalog. I.WANT.IT.ALL. Every page. Please send me everything now. KTHXBYE!