Friday, December 20, 2013

Nights of Lights Date Night

One of my favorite things to do at Christmas is visit St. Augustine's Nights of Lights and ride the Holly Jolly Trolley! Which I found after a google image search makes me an old lady...


I'm fine with being an old lady because I love the Christmas trolley tour! They give you those super rad glasses (shown above) that make all the Christmas lights look like snowflakes! You also get apple cider and a sugar cookies with your ride at one of the stops. This year they have added a stop at some new candle light walk through tour. Believe me you want to get off at this stop. 


Why you ask? Because at this stop you can buy spiked cider and cocoa! There is also a coupon on your super awesome snowflake glasses that will get you BOGO s'mores kits at this stop. 


For dinner we ate at the most adorable little outside restaurant called The Gourmet Hut


Don't quote me on this but I read on a yelp review that the menu changes daily because they buy all their ingredients at the market daily, but again that's what a random yelper said so who knows? They did bring the chalkboard menus to our table which is adorable! 


This place is literally a little hut on the side of the rode. The food was delicious! Both my boyfriend and I ordered the bacon topped filet mignon and were pleasantly surprised with how wonderful it was!


This is it! The entrance to the cutest little restaurant ever! There are two little tables inside and the rest are in a beautiful little garden. We chose to sit inside because it was Florida freezing out and their only heater was at the inside tables (you can see it a little behind me), so of course we chose to sit as close to the fire as possible! 


Since I've been talking so much about him, meet my handsome lovie, Ben. I asked him to smile pretty. He's not one for pictures so you probably won't see many of him. It's a rare event when I'm able to capture a photo of this dashing fellow. It's like getting a picture of the loch ness monster, rarely does it happen. 


I'm not a very good picture taker, especially when I'm freezing and trying not to look too much like a tourist, but this is the darling garden where you can dine under the stars when it's not coat and scarf weather. It's a deliciously magical little place that I would highly suggest putting on your list! 


For dessert we walked over to Cellar 6. We needed a little break after having such a yummy meal! Cellar 6 has amazing dessert and martinis and I believe they have live music almost nightly! 


Earlier in the evening we popped into one of my favorite little shops in St. Augustine, Declaration Boutique. It is a simply splendid shop filled with the most adorable gifts and treats. We picked out the cutest little ornament for our tree while there. If you are in the area it's a 'must stop' kind of place! 


Nights of Lights doesn't end until February 2nd, so you have plenty of time drop a few hints to your lovie! 

Merry Christmas dolls!
xoxo Ashley 

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Colie's Stocking Stuffers for Her

Stockings are one of my favorite parts of Christmas. My mom, um I mean Santa still fills my stocking with lots of little things every Christmas! In case you need help letting Santa know what you want in your stocking, or what you want him to put in your bestie's, daughter's, or mom's stocking here are some sparkling stocking sized goodies that any girl would love! 



Chevron Stocking - $13.95


Let's Get Cozy Tights - $13.00
In store at Colie's



Chloe + Isabel Crystal Square Stud Earrings - $24


Chloe + Isabel Organic Teardrop Earrings - $28



Starstruck Clutch in Lovestruck - $15


Chloe + Isabel Pave Initial Charm Pendant - $38
Chloe + Isabel Sculpted Feather Pendant Necklace - $28


Swedish Dream Sea Salt Soap
In Store at Colie's


Here are a few little saving hints for all you savvy shoppers! 
  • There is FREE shipping at www.shopcolies.com on orders $30 or more with code 'december' all month long!
  • Today is the LAST DAY to shop our Chloe + Isabel collection at 25% off using code 'friend' at checkout!  Shop the line here!
  • There is always FREE shipping on Chloe + Isabel orders over $100. Remember that C+I purchases are not included in the code 'december' discount.

Don't forget to enter our huge Holiday Giveaway for your chance to win a Alice + Olivia Starbucks mug plus lots more! Total prize pack of over $100! 





Monday, December 9, 2013

Holiday Giveaway!

Friday night my boyfriend and I went to Target for some saltine crackers, christmas lights, and the Alice and Olivia Starbucks tutu mug.

(picture from www.starbucks.com where they are sold out!)

 After looking at absolutely everything in Target I went to the Starbucks in the front of the store while Ben waited to checkout, and to my devastation there were no more tutu mugs!!! All gone. Just a day before that there were four of them. We then popped in the Starbucks that is right in front of Target. I will never understand why two Starbucks are necessary in the same parking lot but whatever. Again no more mugs. 

The next morning on the way to work I decided to stop by the Starbucks on the Island to see if they had any left and to my delight they had FOUR left! I swooped one up and swiftly sent my mom a text to let her know I found one. Five minutes later she was facetiming me to show me that they had found one and purchased it too! Well now I'm in a happy dilemma, I have two tutu mugs! What's a girl to do? Well give one away of course! But I couldn't just give away the mug, no, I must give away lots of fabulous sparkling things to go with it! So here is a complete list of everything you could win!

  • 1 Alice and Olivia Starbucks TuTu Mug
  • FREE COLIE'S SHIPPING FOR 1 WHOLE YEAR
  • $25 Colie's Credit
  • $25 Chloe + Isabel credit toward a $75 purchase
  • 1 Starstruck clutch in Golden Starlight from Colie's
  • 1 pair of Colie's gold square pave crystal earrings
  • 1 Golden Chevron bow handmade by Colie

You can enter this fab giveaway valued at over $100 by using the wonderful Rafflecopter below! You have until December 30, 2013 at 11:30pm to enter! You can enter more than once and receive multiple entries for some things like pinning on Pinterest or sharing on Facebook! All entries must be entered below so if you share don't forget to enter it here, if you do it won't be counted and, well, we don't want that! 

Remember this month everyone gets free shipping on Colie's orders of $30 or more with code 'december' at checkout!

I hope all you sparkles have fun with our giveaway!

xoxo, Ashley


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