Sunday Funday, Trader Joe's Finds, and Pinterest Musings

Just waiting for my husband to get back from the gym and then we will be heading to the beach.  One of the amazing things about Long Island is that you're never too far from a beach.  Be it a (Long Island) Sound Beach, a (Great South) Bay Beach, or an (Atlantic) Ocean Beach, there's always a spot to soak up the sun and hang for the day.  Today, we are heading to a Sound Beach (Short Beach in St. James).  Sound Beaches are on the North Shore, so they're close to us, but there aren't waves (which is good with the little lady and trying to get her to like the water), but they're also super rocky, so it is hard to walk and you definitely need flip flops or water shoes (which I refuse to wear, but will cave and buy for my daughter).  Short Beach has a little playground, which is awesome for the little lady.  I am a crazed LUNATIC with the sunscreen, as she is not yet two and very light eyed, haired and skinned.  My very good friend turned me on to COTZ, an amazing sunscreen/sunblock that contains only Titanium and Zinc.   It is amazing stuff that I wish I had when I was younger.  My daughter will, hopefully, have gorgeous wrinkle-free skin as an adult, as I will be slathering COTZ all over her on a bi-hourly basis until she is old enough to fight it and even then, I will be going after her with sunscreen in hand.  I am trying the COTZ Pure next time, 0 chemical ingredients.  I am sold! CooliBar has a great sale on the product right now and I am thinking of scooping up a tube or ten.

As I am waiting for my husband's triumphant return and his report of his workout (oh yes, I get a rep by rep report), I am dipping some delish Granny Smith apples into Trader Joe's (we call it Trader's) Speculoos Cookie Butter.  Cookie Butter has been my greatest Trader Joe's find to date.  It works well with ANYTHING you dip into it.  It was a totally impulse buy after having tasted it in the in-store sampling.  Oh my goodness, I cannot talk it up enough.  You really have to try it for yourself!  The Trader Joe's website does a fabulous job of describing Cookie Butter!

I am sure everyone has found Pinterest and has "pinned" or shunned "pinning."  I, for one, was reluctant to start, but I haven't become an obsessive pinner.  I have vowed to check it at least once a week and search for things that I am thinking about.  I have a few boards and followers.  I have definitely gotten some great, easy ideas.   Not everything on Pinterest seems possible for me to create.  The outfit finds are so doable, but the projects, we shall see.  I sock bunned my hair and do it at least once a week, but I was doing that before Pinterest.  Here's a shot of a particularly good sock bun I did for a dinner I attended:

I made my husband take a picture of it.  He's a good sport, but thought I was being ridiculous.  I would just like to add that I was looking at this:

on my Pinterest page and my daughter pointed at the photo and said, "Momma!"  YES!  I am so flattered!  Although all of the Kardashians' actions are not exactly the best, I LOVE their hair.  Kourtney and Kate Middleton are my hairspirations.  I want my locks to be just like theirs and I am trying SO hard to grow them accordingly ;-).

OK, back to some cool Pinterest finds.  I am definitely doing THIS for every cake I make in the future.  It is so fun and SEEMS super easy!

 I am also really "pinspired" to do this to our fireplace bricks:

I also really like the basket here and how the doors are inset from the bricks.  Our current setup doesn't fit in with the coastal look that I would like to go for in our living room.

Those are just a few of my Pinterest finds.  I don't go too crazy with it because I want to actually DO some of the things I have pinned.  You can check out my Pinterest account for my "Body by SchroCo" board, which includes some of the inspirations I LOVE for working out (actually, some of them are on "My Style" page---I really need to organize).  My Pinterest name is: ktc14.  Follow me and please let me follow you! :-)  I love to see people with great style.  I love "stealing" ideas and I am so flattered if you like something I find cool.


I hope this post makes up for my busy spring and lack of blogging.  I will definitely be back to blogging throughout our fun summer!  <3