Happy Day Donuts

The other day, while I was out shopping with my beautiful Mother, I spotted a donut shop that had a grand opening sign up. What else was I suppose to do? I stopped in to check it out. 

Holy Amazingness is all I have to say! 

Happy Day Donuts is fabulous!

My first thought was that it was like Duck Donuts. If you haven't been to Duck Donuts and don't know what I'm talking about... they make their donuts fresh to order. They have a machine that just keeps popping them out so they are nice and fresh. However, these donuts are different from the ones you get at Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme.

For one, they are made to order. You can decide what kind of icing and what kind of toppings you want on each individual donut. Secondly, they are cake donuts... and oh so delicious.

Unlike Duck Donuts, Happy Day Donuts also provides a selection of gourmet donuts that they have ready for you to pick from. I'm not a big donut fan, but I'm pretty sure this place changed my mind. 

I highly recommend checking out Happy Day Donuts. 

They are located in the Greenbrier area of Chesapeake across from Greenbrier Mall.

1580 Crossways Blvd to be exact. In the little strip right behind Cracker Barrel. 

However, make sure you pay attention to their hours, so you don't show up two hours after closing time... like I did last night.  

Sun - Thurs. 6am-6pm

Fri & Sat. 6am-9pm

You can check them out on facebook, twitter, or their website.

Now I will let the photos do the talking! 

The Donut Machine

The Gourmet Donuts display!

Donuts & Hot Tea. :)

Top L to R: Fruit Loops, Black Forest, Vanilla Icing with Crushed Oreos
Bottom L to R: Strawberry Pie, Vanilla Icing with Rainbow Sprinkles, Strawberry Icing with Peanuts

My Fruit Loops donut... Freaking Fantastic

Right Back At It Again

I promise to have the wreath finished tonight and have a post about it tomorrow or Friday. You can take my word for it! :)

Monday night was nothing short of amazing. My favorite band of all time is A Day to Remember. Unfortunately I've never gotten to go see them, but that finally changed. As soon as I found out they were coming to town, I looked up tickets and VIP packages. I found the VIP with one package being $200 and the other being $75. I was ready to pay the $200 just to meet the guys.... unfortunately, I found the VIP stuff too late and both packages were sold out. What a bummer!! It's ok, there's always next time! I'm always scared to go see bands I really like perform, in case they suck in person. Thankfully that wasn't the case with ADTR. They were truly phenomenal. The band was formed out of Ocala, FL and is made up of Jeremy McKinnon, Neil Westfall, Kevin Skaff, Josh Woodard, and Alex Shelnut. They just released a new album last week called, Common Courtesy. You can only buy it on their website right now, but it is definitely worth it. I absolutely love the album.  I will definitely be seeing them any time they are in the vicinity of this area again... and I'll have my $200 ready next time!

Now here is a little bit of a photo dump from the concert.. It's obviously not all of the ones that I took, but its a sample. :) Enjoy! And go youtube them and buy their album!

House Party Tour

Jeremy McKinnon

Neil Westfall and Alex Shelnut (drums)

Josh Woodard and Alex Shelnut (on the drums)

Kevin Skaff and Josh Woodard

A Day To Remember.

The Wonder Years (Opener)

Pierce the Veil (Opener)

All Time Low (Opener)

Time to snap back to reality!

Happy Friday Everyone!

Glad to see we all made it through the work week as painlessly as possible.

Yesterday was one of the best days I've had in a very long time! Even all the rain couldn't put a damper on my day! Went to work for a few hours to get some office work done and to do a couple errands. Hey getting two hours is better than getting none right? My Mom wasn't so sure she wanted to go to our first stop, seeing as how she didn't know anything about the guy singing. Luckily I talked her into it.

The events of the day started out at Smoked Out in Virginia Beach for a private show by Michael Franti. They also provided a free lunch for us as well. First off, the food was amazing and you should definitely check it out. The show they played was absolutely amazing. They definitely know how to work the crowd and get everyone on their feet. Mom was even getting into it. They did pictures afterwards, and this is where  you saw how awesome they were. Taking all kinds of pictures with everyone! This was our picture with them!!!

Michael Franti doesn't wear shoes, so we decided to be like him for the picture. :) 

After all the excitement at Smoked Out, it was time to head over to the radio station to see Gavin DeGraw. If you know me at all, you know he is one of my absolute favorite artists. My Mom and I see him every time he comes into town, and on some occasions we travel to see him! He played two songs for us at the radio station including his new single, "Best I Ever Had". As always it was amazing. I tend to prefer him doing acoustic over a big show like last night. So I got the best of both worlds yesterday! Can't wait for his next album to come out! Here is my picture with Gavin DeGraw....

To end the amazing day, it was time for the actual concert. Mom and I got our rain coats and umbrellas ready and headed out for Farm Bureau Live! I was suppose to go to another meet n greet with Gavin at the concert, but it didn't happen. Thanks to people who don't know how to drive in the rain, I was late. At least I got to see him earlier in the day right? During Franti's performance he came out in the crowd several times. Luckily he was over by me at one point and came and danced. :) Then after his show he came by and signed the pictures we had taken earlier. Train was phenomenal as always. All I can say about the concert.... It was amazing!

Here's a bit of a photo dump for you from last night! Enjoy!!

I have more pictures from the concert... But I haven't gone through them. Maybe I'll upload those in another post! Anyways I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!! :) 

...Until Next Time...

Tuesday morning, rain is falling!

Good morning! Hope you all had a fantastic Monday! Other than all the rain, my day went pretty well. I found a recipe while I was sitting at work that looked simple and easy. I decided that I was going to try it out last night and see how it went. I am trying to save money and am not the one to go spend $50 trying to make a meal. I can go get some yummy Pho for less than that. We have this store around my area called "Deals". It's kind of a mix between dollar tree, five below, and dollar general. I love the place. They even have a freezer/grocery section.

So I set out for deal last night in the pour raining to get some stuff to make for dinner.

Here are the ingredients you will need and how much I paid for them.

24 oz of ziti -$1.00  ( this was actually too much, 16 oz box will work just fine)

1 24oz jar of marinara sauce - $2.00

1 16oz jar of alfredo sauce - $2.00

Shredded Mozzarella cheese - $ 2.00

Shredded Parmesan cheese- Already had at home

I also bought garlic bread for $1 and threw some mozzarella cheese on it to make it cheesy garlic bread.

So for a whole $8 I made an amazing meal that was dinner last night and enough for 3 lunches left over.

Here's how simple it is!

Cook pasta according to directions on package. ( I used ziti, recipe called for penne... use whatever you want) While the pasta is cooking, you are going to go ahead and get your sauce mix ready. In a big bowl combine the marinara and alfredo sauces. Mix them all up, then add in about 2 cups of the shredded mozzarella cheese. Once all that is mixed together and the pasta is done, pour the pasta into the mixture. Toss the pasta to make sure it all gets coated in the sauce. Next you want to get out your 9 x 13 baking dish and pour the pasta and sauce into the dish.  Now you want to bake it for 20 to 25 minutes at 350. At about 15 minutes, you want to pull it out of the oven and sprinkle about 1 cup of shredded parmesan cheese over the top. Then let it finish baking.

Doesn't it look amazing!

It was a SUPER SIMPLE meal that tasted amazing. It will definitely be on the menu again at my house.

Hope you guys try it out and enjoy it!