Day 12: House Party

Good morning!
Sorry for my lack of returning emails, comments, and blog love lately - there has been some serious living getting in the way of my full blogging efforts this past week. Including a health scare for Doug the Pug last night - following his round of yearly vaccines yesterday morning, he had a major allergic reaction that caused serious swelling of his eyes, face, ears, and throat. After administering anti-histamines at home and not seeing any signs of improvement in his condition, we rushed him to our local ER/after-hours vet care facility. Their quick treatment plan meant that he was able to regain normal airways, and a reduction in swelling. As I write this, he is almost back to his cute, healthy self, but we will be closely monitoring him over the next few days. (and we believe that this is an isolated event, and not in any way a story to scare you about vaccinating your pets)

So let this be my PSA to all pet owners: Have an emergency treatment plan, including an at-home pet first aid kit, and readily available phone numbers/addresses for all possible care providers. Get information from your vet about dosages of over the counter meds that you can have on hand to treat your dog, and know what you will do before an emergency occurs.

Phew, ok... now that I got that out there...
back to the other part of living that has been getting in the way of full effort blogging - having fun with friends!

{ What I Wore: Think Tank snow leopard blouse // Old Navy Rockstar skinny jeans // Target neon belt // Nine West pumps }

{ Get the look }

leopard blouse {$55.00}  + skinny jeans {$29.50} + neon belt {$12.99} + black pumps {$29.99}

Last weekend, I had the immense pleasure to host a HouseParty for Shutterfly.

Shutterfly is my go-to site for making photobooks, ordering prints of Doug, sharing photos with family, and making yearly holiday cards - so I needed no reason to have my girlfriends over for an evening of wine, yummy snacks, giggles, making photobooks/cards, and sharing our recent memories through pictures. 

And I had so much fun sharing my love of Shutterfly with my girlfriends at the HouseParty, that I want to share the love here on my site too!

The first 5 commenters to leave their email address and "CARD" will get a code for 10 free Shutterfly cards. 

The first 6 commenters to leave their email address and "BOOK" will get a code for a free 8X8 Shutterfly photo book.

Everyone else can get in on the Shutterfly love by visiting www.houseparty.com/shutterflyfriends

Other Shutterfly promos currently running:

Send a FREE greeting card: go to Treat.com, select and customize a card, enter TREAT1XNOV12 at checkout to make it FREE (Expires 11/30/12)

Send a FREE greeting card: go to Treat.com, select and customize a card, enter OUTREAT at checkout to make it FREE (Expires 12/31/12)

40% off cards & calendars with code "HOLIDAY"

40% off photobooks with code "BOOK40"

FREE shipping on $30+ orders with code "SHIP30"

with many other promos for iPhone cases, mugs, and assorted photo goods { here }

Oh, and Shutterfly is so awesome, you can STACK your promos!

Trust me, you mother wants a photo gift from you this holiday season!

** as the host of the Shutterfly HouseParty, I received a party pack with free coupon codes and favors for me and my guest, but all of these opinions above are mine. Trust me - if you run into me in the street, I am either talking about Doug or Shutterfly... I have mad love for this company, and every product I have ordered from them