Thirsty Thursday! Mardi Gras Edition!

IT'S MARDI GRAS TIME!!!! 

Welcome to Thirsty Thursday. The last Thursday of every month we come by and link up our party ideas!! Since Mardi Gras is coming up I figured this month we would have a Mardi Gras theme. There's no party like a Mardi Gras party!!!

First off, if you don't know about Kiki La'Rue you should. They have the cutest clothes and I might have to stop following them on Instagram and Facebook because I'm broke and can't buy all the things!! But....they posted this picture the other day and I thought, "That would be the perfect Mardi Gras outfit!!!" and had to share with you!

Love it!! And the colors are perfect for a Mardi Gras night out on the town!!

If you're going to party you have to decorate. And I found the easiest DIY project ever!! These cute little trees would be perfect for your table decor!! Just get some colored wire and twist them around a styrofoam cone, or just wrap them around your curling wand!! Or, you could go to etsy and buy them.

I also knew I couldn't do a Mardi Gras party without some crawfish!! I looked around Pinterest and found these awesome looking crawfish beignets that I want in my mouth right meow. I'm not even sure I like crawfish, but I would so totally eat these!

And the recipe looks hellah easy, too. You know me...if it's easy and tasty it's in my mouth. twss 

And of course, you can't have a Mardi Gras Party without some DRANKS!! The Hurricane is the official drink of New Orleans, but it's totally not pretty, so...I found some King Cake Jelly Shots!!!

Not sure exactly if I would take this, not enough alcohol for Mardi Gras, but they sure as hell sound yummy and look amazeballs!!

The website gives you three different ways to make the shots, so you can take your pick. One is way more involved than the others, but if you have time and you're up to it, they look fantabulous! I would totally add more liquor though, haha.

And....I found this gem that I also want in my mouth right now. Please tell me this does not look awesome...

It's called Muses Rum Punch and I can't wait to make it!! Oh...and drink that shit!! Hopefully, somewhere on a beach with the sun in my face. Mostly because it's so cold I can't feel my hands as I write this.

OK your turn!! Go link up and tell me about your Mardi Gras partay!!!

1. Follow Hopelessly Ever After and Southern Beauty Guide via GFC or Bloglovin'.
2. Grab a button from below or my sidebar and put it in your post.
3. Write about your favorite alcoholic beverage.
4. Come back here and link up!!!
5. Get some new recipes or drink ideas for the weekend and make a new friend!! 6. Send a tweet with #ThirstyThursday and include @leggs532 and @etagurl89 so we can see it!!

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Tomorrow is Mardi Gras!!...well kinda

Tomorrow is Thirsty Thursday!! The theme this month is Mardi Gras!! I'm super excited there are sooooo many cute things out there that I have already found! I even have an outfit for you to wear!! Don't forget it doesn't have to be a drink!! It can be party decorations, recipes, nail ideas, song lists....anything that can go with a Mardi Gras partay!!

Sorry I've been a little MIA this week. I decided to consult with the principal about taking over our school website because the person they had in charge of it knows very little about computers. (I love her to death but I literally had to teach her how to add a folder to her desktop yesterday. hahaha.) So what used to happen was, I had to go teach her, which usually took about 30-40 minutes, when I could literally do it myself in about 5. So, I ended up having to spend more time to teach and I was really just doing it myself, anyway.

What I didn't realize, however, is that I wouldn't be able to just take over the website that was already in use. The guy who had started it had it set up with a bunch of the other sites for our county. So, apparently, I have to create a whole new one....from scratch...but ultimately it's going to be much easier for me to just handle the website anyway rather than someone at a completely different school who has no idea what goes on at our place.

So, needless to say, that has been soooo time consuming. But, my website is clearly going to look 10000000% better. If I do say so myself.....at least in my opinion. Not that the other was bad at all...just a little confusing and very colorful!!

Anyway, I don't see it getting any better any time soon, plus I'm having writers block like a bitch....but hopefully I can overcome all that and I'll be back soon!!