Blog Swap for Valentines Day!

Neely is doing a fun blog swap over at her blog, make sure you sign up for the fun by Friday in order to be included!

In this swap, you will be paired up with another blogger, their e-mail, address, and their answers to the questions below. They will try to pair you up with someone relatively close to you so as to avoid outrageous postage costs!

Also, if you haven't done so, check out my new cooking blog and try my recipe for a decadent cream cheese cake frosting!

Enjoy:o)

Deliciously Divine, the new cooking blog of mine!

Presenting...

Deliciously Divine!

my new cooking blog:o)

Hope you show some love and enjoy all of the yummy recipes that I post each day!

Also, if you would like to feature a giveaway of mine, let me know. I want to promote my new blog by giving away a Starbucks gift card and a cookbook that I have!

Announcing...Deliciously Divine! My new cooking blog!

It's been a few months in the making, you know, my cooking "talents" and all.

But now I'm FINALLY ready to share my journey with all of you:o)

I am putting the finishing touches and posts on my new cooking blog today and tomorrow you will all be able to follow me and comment as well as try out some of the delicious things that I've created.

I'd like to give a great big shout out to my boyfriend Nick, who has taken on the role of guinea pig and official dishwasher. Without both of these efforts and patience, this all would not be possible.

My new cooking blog!

Hi Friends, It's been awhile, I know...

Since I moved to VA, I've taken up an obsession with cooking (you can follow most of what I do through twitter-search for me @akolachny) and I can honestly say its one of my favorite hobbies now! When I'm out shopping I find myself always looking for a new tool or something to adorn my kitchen with!

I've been asked by several people to start a blog to keep up with my progress with cooking complete with recipes, pics, tips, neat ideas, etc. So I thought, why not!? I think this is a really exciting idea so I want to give it a shot:o)

I am looking for ideas on my blog layout. I want a really killer design that will grab my viewers attention! Do you have an idea to help me with? Any tips to go about designing my own? I'd like to get this up and running within the next few days.

A quick heads up, to promote my blog, I am offering to do a giveaway through one of your blogs! I am doing two things:

1) a starbucks gift card (obviously-I am in love with my new job)

and

2) one of my favorite cookbooks that I use religiously, I have two copies so I'd like to give one away!

You can email me at angela.kolachny@gmail.com

or tweet me @akolachny

or comment here:o)

Thanks pals!

A Frugalista Christmas!

It's official. We are so in LOVE with our new home. It's everything we hoped it would be and more.

Lately I have been finding the BEST sales when I'm out looking for things to decorate for Christmas. Here are some things that I found recently:



This grosgrain ribbon and wooden snowflake garland banner from Target: $3.00 (it says merry christmas)



Red wooden slide together Christmas tree from Target: $3.00



Believe wall sticker from Michaels: $1.99, golden glittery feather from Michaels: $0.99



brown wicker basket with holiday felt liner from Michaels: $4.99, cinnamon pinecones (shown in basket) from Michaels: $2.49


Mistletoe from the ever so wonderful dollar store (the ONLY place I have seen them so far!)



Poinsettias, berries both from Michaels: $0.99



Oh and let's not forget our darling first Christmas tree! On sale for only $30 on Black Friday!!

Happy shopping friends! Xo

12 Days of Christmas-Favorite Christmas Songs/Carols

 Favorite Christmas Songs/Carols 1) I'll Be Home for Christmas-Katherine McPhee*this song has a whole new meaning this year now that we'll be traveling home for Xmas 2) Home for the Holidays-Perry Como 3) All I Want for Christmas is You-Mariah Carey 4) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas-Christina Aguilera 5) Mele Kalikimaka-Bing Crosby 6) Santa Can You Hear Me?-Britney Spears 7) It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year-Amy Grant 8) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree-Brenda Lee 9) Blue Christmas-Elvis Presley*his voice is sexy, just like Elvis was:o) 10) Candle in the Window-Alabama*actually I could put all of the songs from Alabama's Christmas album on my list, I grew up listening to them, dancing in my grandparents living room by the tree and I still insist on having the album play during the holidays<3

11) Christmas Canon-Trans-Siberian Orchestra

*this is my wedding song accompanied by a beautiful Christmas song, when I hear it, it brings tears to my eyes. It's such a pretty song<3

12) Believe-Josh Groban

*because I still believe in Santa Claus-don't you? :o)

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year*)

Well, its that time of year again. It's Christmastime!!!! Hooray!!

Last night Nick and I watched the lighting of Rockefeller Center's Xmas tree in NYC. I think the tree they pick is more and more beautiful every year.

We put our tree up and did a bit of decorating, even though there is lots more I want to do still!



Nick putting our tree up in the midst of a thousand boxes, lol




Time for the sparkly star!




Our first ornament together:o)




Stockings!




Mistletoe!




Final product:o) we love the twinkle lights<3

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