Five on Friday

Hello, lovelies! Happy Friday! This has been a particularly grueling week with a huge chunk of my research proposal for school due. Also, it has not been fun dealing with this extremely craptastic, bi-polar Michigan weather!! I am more than happy to lift my coffee cup and cheers to this Friday. (Another week closer to SPRING!!)

I humbly present this week's Five on Friday. Here we goooo!!

1. Italian Cookies With Frosting

This....

...plus THIS....

...equals caloric DANGER!

I stumbled upon this by accident, but it was a hit on Sunday when my brother, sister-in-law and three nieces were over to the house while my brother and SIL painted our closets. A little of the frosting on top of the Italian cookie with coffee and...YUM. 

2. Mom Coming Home

Me and ma' mom at a Kathy Griffin show in 2010

My mom has been gone for nearly two weeks now to our family's cottage by the sea (Cancun, pictured below) and I miss her. I don't know if it's because this is one of just two years in the last twelve years that I have not went along to Cancun or because I'm a mother now (or both) and we bond on a deeper level, but I miss her silly self and can't wait for her to return on Saturday!

3. Jackson is TWO MONTHS OLD

This cutie patootie makes my heart explode. He responds more and more each day and I look forward to more milestones over the months to come!

4. Michael Kors Watch 

(The Valentine present my husband was NOT supposed to buy!)

I posted this pic to my Instagram and Facebook account last week...

And this is what the box contained...

My husband saw me pinning it to my "Wish List" board on Pinterest a little while back and was hovering over my shoulder. Now I know why! That stinker! :) I love the gold/turquoise combo and the world map within the face of the watch. Also, a portion of the proceeds for this watch goes towards charity. The watch is a wee bit big (so I have to take it in to get a few links removed) or else I would have taken a wrist-selfie. ;-)

5. Closet Makeovers—Mission COMPLETE!!

Because of the way the old closets in our townhouse are built, it's difficult to get great pictures of the before and/or after as the closets extend past the opening in the closet. Also, the rooms are not large, so you cannot step back very far to get a great pic. Just keep that in mind as you read along!

BEFORE 

Side view of Jackson's closet 

Front view of Jackson's closet

After removing the old shelving, putting a new coat of paint on and having The Closet Company (amazing to work with, by the way) install our custom closet interior, here is the....

AFTER

Front view

View to the right

View to the left

And here is our bedroom closet. (Once again, there is space to the left that you cannot see in the picture.)

BEFORE 

AFTER

Amazing tie hooks for my husband

Belt hooks for me 

The belt hooks slide out!! 

As our closets were finished just last night, I have yet to hang everything up. However, I couldn't resist throwing a few items from Jackson's recently purchased spring wardrobe into his newly renovated closet to show you how cute everything looks. (I love the triple-hang bars!!)

Thanks for joining me in this week's Five on Friday!!

Cheers,

Samara