Old Navy trip - follow-up!

I didn't find any summer dresses that worked at Old Navy, but did get the Missoni look-a-like bikini I wanted (from previous post) on sale for $10 a piece!  Love it!  Not excited about wearing it in public though.  I also found a few summer basics!  Black Bermuda shorts, and black gauze pants.. yeah, boring, black, basics!

perfect khaki Bermudas - black $24.50 sale for about $20..?

smocked gauze drawstring pants - black $19.50 sale for $12!!

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hair cut

summer time = ice cream time!

We have an ice cream-maker attachment for our KitchenAid mixer and try to make ice cream or sorbet (fondly referred to as sorbetto by me) whenever possible.  Since it's getting warm, we have officially broken out the tools and made our first ice cream of the season, strawberry!!

We used the strawberry ice cream recipe from The Ultimate Ice Cream Book by Bruce Weinstein.  The book is fairly straight forward, most of the recipes have just a few ingredients, so it's not too intimidating for a not-so-serious cook!

photo from amazon listing

The recipe calls for more strawberries than we had so we (Ryan..) added pineapple.  The ice cream came out sweet and strawberry-tasting..but there was a slight bitterness to it too.  We think that the bitterness may be from the pineapple, even though it was not particularly bitter.  It is especially tasty with chocolate chips!

I think the next flavor we should go for should be coconut.  It's fresh and fruity for summer, and we happen to have coconut milk on hand.  I think a sorbet would be perfect!  In addition to coconut milk, we will also need coconut water (I haven't seen this around anywhere)..and sugar.  That's it!!  <3

Old Navy Wish List!! (and more)

Old Navy is great for summer clothes!  I'm been craving a shopping trip, and I think I can make a stop this weekend.  Here's what looks good!
Swimsuits, like this pink retro stripped bikini!  It looks like a little Missoni number, for ($16.50 a piece) a total of $33?

old navy "warm combo" bandeau halter top and boyshort swim bottoms (for some reason the colors look slightly mismatched here..)

I like their little dresses for summer too, they're great for casual days!  I was expecting a bit better of a selection, but hoping they have more options in the store.  This might work, it's a good color!

jersey v-neck dress "orangentina" is the color... $24.50!!

Already have these!  Classic metallic flip-flops $4.50 on sale for 3.50!!

While on the topic of shoes..  I have been looking for a nice pair of sandal-booties for the summer, but not too bootie-ish, more sandal.. I like these but haven't decided to purchase yet!  Have to make sure there is nothing better out there first.

corso como "key" $89.95 - $118.80 polishedsense.com and shoes.com

that's it for now.. <3

cake success! Tres Leches!!

Yum!  Ryan made another great cake this weekend!  (Pan) Tres leches - Spanish for three milk cake!  This was awesome!  He decided to make it for a dinner party we had, and it went over well.  I was the biggest fan, so it is fitting that I get all the left overs!

Ryan used a box vanilla cake, and prepared it as packaged.  When the cake was cool, he poked holes in the cake, (I helped with this part) poured the three milks over the cake to soak over night.  The three milks are condensed, evaporated and heavy cream (although we used part 2% milk, part heavy  cream).   Ryan also made fresh whipped cream to top the cake, and added fresh strawberries.  Gorgeous!!

We don't have a picture of the cake before it was mostly eaten, just from the next morning, for breakfast!  Yum!!  Adding this to my list of winners! <3