Cookies and a Haircut

For those of you who have been anxiously awaiting the results of weeks 1 and 2 of my Pinterest challenge, wait no longer! Over the past two weeks I have: enjoyed a relaxing weekend home with my family, took a fun vacation to my sister's house, made some truly out-of-this-world cookies and got a great new haircut!

Week #1 The Brown Butter Snickerdoodle

While the end result was quite literally the best snickerdoodle I've ever tasted, that is not to say that I didn't run into a couple hiccups along the way. As I said before, this was my first time making snickerdoodles and in my inexperience I seemed to have picked the most complex  snickerdoodle recipe.

The party I was originally planning on making these cookies for was cancelled at the last minute but they looked too good to pass up. So after we put the baby to bed, Collin and I decided to whip up these cookies and watch a movie. Little did we know, these snickerdoodles took a little more time to "whip up". After getting through about half of the recipe we discovered that the dough needed to chill in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours, and since it was already after 9pm we just decided to let the dough chill overnight and bake the cookies in the morning.

While it seemed like a long process for a cookie, it all paid off in the end. This recipe from the Ambitious Kitchen blog is definitely a keeper!

Week #2 The Long Bob

I've been growing my hair out since before I got pregnant with Addie almost 2 years ago...WOW it seems crazy that I really haven't done anything to my hair since then! Anyway, you know when you've had the same hairstyle for a while and things seem a little drab? Well that was me. I loved being able to do a lot of different things with my hair but I felt I was lacking structure and style. Plus with spring right around the corner I wanted a fresh look. I've been rockin' the straight bangs for a couple of months now which is why I instantly fell in love with this long bob and thought I'd give it a go.

So for this week's challenge I called up my friend who is in to hair school right now and made an appointment. Going from long to short is always an adjustment but I really love how it turned out! Leah (my friend/hairdresser) really gets my style and did a great job!

Photo by Hanna Caldwell

Photo by Hanna Caldwell