The Little Things #6

Hello! I hope you all had a good week. I'm happy that it's almost the weekend (I work Saturdays so Friday doesn't count for me!). 

I know I did a foodish/restaurant post for my last 'little things' but today I have another one. I wanted to share my favorite bakery that my husband and I go to frequently. 

There's something special about going to one of your favorite places, especially if they have delicious coffee and pastries. 

There really isn't much exciting things in the town I live in. It's small, most of the restaurants and stores are chain ones, etc. It's starting to get built up (slowly), but Crust Bakery is a little gem and I'm always so happy to have places like this close to me. I always feel like we have to drive 30-45 minutes to go anywhere special or unique. 

This picture is from Crust's website, I didn't take it myself! I just wanted to show its cuteness!

They have a huge variety of baked goods, breads, pies, etc. and they also have breakfast and lunch sandwiches, bagels, quiche, soups, and the best lattes. They also ship their baked goods throughout Michigan and to other states as well, but this is their only location. 

The inside is small, but cozy. I love the brick walls, and each table and chair is different from one another. 

It's me and my husbands favorite place to go together. Everything is so delicious. I wish I would have taken more pictures of the inside and the bakery display! Next time I go I will so I care share some more pictures in my next monthly update post! 

Do you have a favorite place like this that you love to go to? 

Extra bits 

-Today is my nephews birthday! The little man is turning 2!

-Sunday is my nieces birthday and she will be 5. She was a Valentine's Day baby. Their birthday party won't be until next weekend, but I'm sure there will be pictures on my Instagram. 

-I was sick last week, and I'm starting to feel better but it's lingering! Thank you for all your well wishes! Now hubby is sick. It's never ending!

-I kind of want to change the title to this series. I like 'the little things' but I don't know. I feel like some of the stuff I'm sharing or wanting to share might not fit anymore. 

The Little Things #5

One of my favorite things to do is go out for a good breakfast. I love going to a bakery for a coffee and a bagel, or a diner with friends. 

However, getting up in time for breakfast on weekends is usually a no no for me. By the time I get around and we go out I usually just want lunch food instead. I'm not a tradition egg, bacon, hashbrown eater for breakfast but once in a while when I do still want breakfast at noon or 1pm I love to indulge in a good waffle or some crepes. 

Last Sunday my husband and I went for breakfast with a few of our friends. It's a fun way to start the day by visiting with others, drinking delicious caramel mochas (I had 2, oops!!), and eating some yummy breakfast. 

I ordered crepes with cherry toppings, and they had a cream cheese/custard filling. This plus the caramel mochas were very rich and I couldn't even finish eating them lol!! They did made some great left overs though! 

Sometimes little things in life are as simple and enjoying ourselves with friends and a good breakfast. This is something that I wish happened more often than it does, but it's always special anyway. 

What's a little thing that made you happy this week? 

The Little Things # 4

Does anyone else get really happy when they are reading a good book? I'm a huge bookworm, so to me finding a good book is like a little slice of heaven. Especially when it's really good and all you want to do is read, and read, and not put the book down. 

I'm currently reading The Traitor's Wife by Allison Pataki. I got into reading Historical Fiction books last year after reading the Tea Rose series. The Traitor's Wife was recommended to me by the same person who recommended me to read The Tea Rose, so I was excited to start this one. 

I'm only 100 pages in, but I'm so excited to see this story progress, and I do not want to put it down. And sometimes when I hear Historical Fiction, I automatically assume it will be boring but this book is definitely not! 

So this week, reading this book is my little thing that is making me happy.

I'm planning on making a video on all of the books I read in 2016 next week. Making book related videos is always something that I've wanted to do on YouTube (even before I wanted to film makeup ones!). I might also do monthly recap videos of what I read for the month. I'm not sure if you guys would be interested in those videos or not but if you are, they will be up on my channel in the near future!

Do you have a favorite book? What's something little that made you happy this week? 

The Little Things #3

Hello! I hope you all had a great Christmas if you celebrated! 

I'm going to keep it simple today and do another 'it's the little things' post, and I'll be back next week with some makeup related things!

If any of you have pets, then you know how dearly we love them. I'm an animal person which I've mentioned countless times. I have two kitties and I love it when they want to cuddle, which is usually only when I'm in my bed or strangely enough, when I'm sitting at my computer desk. They like to crawl all over me and my desk when I'm trying to play my games, stepping on my key board, and swatting at my screen!

Some how, she got up on the top part of my desk *inserts weird emoji face*. 

I think I've shared most of these pictures on my Instagram, but I really just wanted too share my kitties on my blog, because cuddling with them is definitely a little everyday thing that makes me happy. 

What's a little thing that made you happy this week? 

The Little Things #2

Hello! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!!

I wanted to thank you all for your sweet comments on last weeks 'The Little Things' post! This is a new blog series that I'm hoping to do once a week (Fridays!) where I share something that made me happy. This series is inspiring by the quote 'it's the litte things in life that make us happy / it's the little things that make life wonderful' etc.  I'm pretty sure all of you who commented on that post mentioned that it was a great post idea so if any of you want to join me, then please do so!!

So yesterday was Thanksgiving. I love holidays because I get to spend time with my family. But I get particularly excited to see my niece and nephew. I don't see them as much as I like to/should so I always get excited when I know I'm going to see them. 

My niece is 4 and my nephew is one. Both have birthdays in February so they will be 5 and 2. I haven't seen them since end of August or early September, so I've been really looking forward to seeing them! 

My nephew is starting to talk so it's super cute. My niece was building something out of Legos here. Not sure what though LOL!

This cutie has informed me she wants Barbies and ponies (my little pony) for Christmas!

So for my 'Its the Little Things' post this week it's spending time with these little ones. They grow up so fast and time goes by way too quickly, so the years of them being little are precious. My niece started preschool this year and I'm just amazed that she's already in school!

What was something that made you happy this week?