Our Weekend | Great Friends + Good Food + Pretty Homes

This weekend was a treat.  We had a special house guest, my good friend, Holly.  Holly is a designer and very popular blogger, as almost all of you well know.  Her blog was one of the first ones I started reading and we became friends several years ago, after she helped work on a couple rooms in our home and we realized we had more in common than a love of decorating.  Even though we talk via email and texts almost daily, we had never met in person till this weekend.  And while this might sound a bit odd, being together was as familiar and comfortable as with any "real life" friend that lives here.  We had a blast together.  Here's how we spent our time...

We walked around the village and I pointed out plenty of "Holly" houses.

Basically confirming to her that she'd be right at home living here should she ever want to move.

Holly saw several clients in her two days here.  Whew!  I joined her on a couple visits.

I pretended to be her assistant.  Doing a lot of this...

One of the homes Holly is working on is that of my friend and neighbor, Carrye.

I adore her home. ADORE.  I can't spend too much time in it though, because it is makes me want to come home, pitch everything and start all over. 

It's warm and cozy and uncluttered. 

Definitely one of my very favorite homes.  

Holly is primarily helping with ideas for her boys' rooms and little finishing touches here and there.  Carrye is kind enough to let me share a few of my favorite spaces in her home.  

{Let the pinning commence!! :)}

{I know I'll get questions.  Her upholstery is almost all Quatrine. Her paint colors, all Farrow and Ball}

Holly also had clients is neighboring towns.

Where we continued to house stalk, rolling down the windows of our black car and taking pics.
Like house paparazzi...

We found time to pop in a few of my favorite shops...

They even put out buffalo check chairs in honor of Holly's visit. {hehe!}...

My boys were so excited for her to arrive and they just loved her!  

Charlie got in his share of snuggle time.

And Andrew did Facetime with Holly's son, Drew, talking the finer points of Lego.

We drank lots of coffee + lattes... 

Ate our share of chocolate {I think my chocoholic tendencies might have surprised? frightened? Holly, but it was chilly and coffee and chocolate just belong together}...

Had a very late night dinner outside at a local bistro 

{where a cute, young, server and recent Ole Miss graduate, was quite smitten with Miss Mathis. :)}...

Holly had her first scoop of Graters ice cream...

And I thought of a million more things I'd love to have shown her but there just wasn't time...  

It was sooooo nice having her here.  She fits right in and I was very sad to see her go.  

But I know three boys who will be mighty happy to have their pretty Mama back home!