Simply on Sunday

Good morning, friends!  It’s a beautiful, but chilly, morning here in North Carolina.

We’re hosting a few friends on the deck later for the final round of the Masters (and to celebrate my hubby’s birthday, which conveniently always falls during Masters week), so I’m crossing fingers that it warms up a bit, otherwise we’ll need a fire pit and blankets–but with at least with dogwood and azaleas blooming in the background!

The Stoneybrook Steeplechase was yesterday, at the Carolina Horse Park.  We tailgated with friends and made it through the first two races, before we decided that it was too darned cold to hang around for longer.  It was a gorgeous day, as you can see, but so WINDY that I was wishing hat pins were still in widespread use!

By the way, thanks for all of the fashion advice in {this} post.

|   Hat  |  Chris: pants (or here), jacket {affiliate links} |

I obviously went with the gray and yellow outfit, and I wound up buying this hat from–believe it or not–Amazon.  I was thrilled with it; it was under $40 and of course I had free shipping with Prime.  They have about a dozen different colors to choose from, too.

Everyone brought something to share at the tailgate (I brought pimiento cheese and baguette slices), and I snapped a picture because I love food on sticks.  Clearly, that was the theme yesterday!  By the way, the cheese tortellini and baby beets were really yummy; I’m going to have to make those soon.

I’m off to frost some cupcakes and get things in order for later today; I hope you have a beautiful Sunday.  Don’t forget to enter our Perfect Linens giveaway {here} if you haven’t already–I LOVE these sheets!

Thanks for stopping by!