Fall has arrived

I was home alone this weekend while the husband spent the long weekend in Nashville for our friend Evan's bachelor extravaganza! From what I gather, they got very little sleep because they were too busy drinking like they were 22 and eating like Kings. But honestly, they had a blast and everyone came home in one piece which is what matters.

Their steaks at The Southern in Nashville 

As for me, it was a great fall weekend here in Virginia and I spent part of it out apple-picking with a friend and enjoying the fall-like weather.

My friend Preeti @ Crooked Run Orchard in Purcellville, VA

After filling our buckets full of delicious apples, we got some lunch and spent the afternoon walking around Old Town Alexandria.

On Sunday I spent some time in the kitchen putting some of those apples to good use.

Love the apple peeling gadget from Madre

Paleo apple crisp

I almost forgot to mention while we were in Old Town we stumbled into Anthropologie which had a cute spread of cookies and cider for customers. The cookies were amazing and I'm pretty sure I could have devoured 10 of them if the sales lady hadn't been watching over them like a hawk. Lucky for me, on Sunday I discovered you can access the tasty treats at Trader Joe's! Ray tried them when he got home from Nashville and the grin on his face and "oh my gaaawd" he mumbled with a full mouth of cookie lead me to believe he's a fan too! 

WARNING: once you start cookie consumption you cannot stop!