The Day of the Copy Cat

I have been a total copycat today! I don't know what my deal is, but hey if it works, it works right? I was browsing the Jcrew catalog and saw this outfit and loved it. I have been eyeing these pumps at Jcrew for a while, but they are toooo expensive ($198). When I realized I could find them at the outlet warehouse in Asheville I was "pumped". They were still a little pricey for me ($70), but my birthday is coming up. Besides some girls at the store told me that it was a sign that I should get them because they had been there 3 different times in my size. Anyway, to off set the expensive shoes I found this shirt at goodwill. It wasn't the same color as the shirt from Jcrew but I really liked it anyway. O, and by the way, this shirt is really really old, I can tell by the tag. I love old clothes because of the quality.
The funny thing was that I walked out into the living room after getting ready and Blake pointed at me and said "Orange". I am glad he is learning his colors!






A few weeks ago we went to Carabba's because we had a gift card. I got the penne franco because I have been trying to eat less meat and less dairy. It was very good and while I ate it I thought, "I could totally make this". So today I made it and it tasted just as good. Here is the recipe:


Penne Franco

1 box of pasta (I used rotini, Carraba's uses penne)
About 4 T olive oil
4 cloves garlic
1 pack of mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup sundried tomatoes, chopped
1/4 cup Kalamata olives
1 can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
1/4 cup fresh italian flat leaf parsley, minced very fine
Cook pasta and drain.
Add olive oil to skillet and sautee garlic for about 2 minutes on medium heat. Add mushrooms, tomatoes, olives, and artichoke hearts to skillet and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
On a serving dish place pasta, then parmesan, then vegetables.
If you don't like one of the items like olives or mushrooms, the dish would still taste great without them. I picked out the mushrooms and olives for my family and I ate everything.