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It was Blog Birthday Party week and my party planning started the night before when I Baked up a batch of these wonderful Pillsbury Pink Lemonade cookies To send the ladies off with a party Favor.... I found the coveted 100th Anniversary Ball jars and used those to house the cookies.... the jar fit a perfect 9 cookies...made with a 1" cookie scoop....they fit perfectly... Next up was Pesto Pasta Salad... always made with Bow Tie pasta.... has anyone noticed that Ronzoni is skimping on the box size....when did they reduce it to only 12 oz........? I found this at Walmart....perfect when not making a ton of cupcakes.... this makes 12 large or 24 mini.... I opted for the mini size and I frosted them with Pillsbury Pink Lemonade icing.... This was a small package but priced accordingly One of the birthday ladies loves Flamingos.... So of course my theme was pink polka dots... and Flamingos...  I found the Flamingo themed items at everyone's Favorite.......

Yes....I'm here to admit it....after all these years of denying it...I am officially after today's shopping spree.....a "Stripe-a-holic" I'm crazy for the Stripes.... Here is just a small portion of my summer selection... drawers are filled with striped... tanks and tees.... in every color...every size.... I can't recall when it began.... My first was Probably the coveted "French Sailors Shirt" bought in Paris at the Bon Marche' back in the summer of 99' It's been an obsession ever since.... I can not walk past a department store rack without being drawn to it as if Tom Selleck was hanging naked from the display.... Got this gem today at the Loft 60% off... LLBean is a favorite haunt...I can feed my addiction from the comfort of my own computer....these tend to develop holes after a while....don't know why... But I still buy them.....each season... Red of course being my "signature color" I even found strip...