Met Monday (Sort of a stretch) and a Review

     Met Monday with Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch is a fun meme where we can show something we have turned into something else. In most cases it might be an old piece of furniture, an outdated craft turned cool again or a room redo. I didn't have any of that today...but, I did have something I wanted to share. I didn't exactly do the metamorphosis on my "item", someone else did.

It started with the cutest beagle pup,

who looked like this back in 1996.

Today, she looks like this...and she didn't

want to stop eating that biscuit to pose for me.

Most of you saw the picture where the spoiled

brat hid from us, under the throw pillows on our bed.

She didn't win Fifi Flowers contest with this picture...

She is, however, feeling a bit like a rock star

after receiving her portrait painted by Ms. Fifi this week.

I just don't know how we are supposed to put up with her now!

I'm also joining Mary @ Little Red House for Mosaic Monday

If your want your pup to feel like a rock star too...visit Fifi Flowers by clicking here!

*I wasn't compensated for showing off my pup's picture today. I bought mine!

     I also wanted to share today a review of a few items I recently received from CSNstores.com. They did provide me with the merchandise and my only expense was a few dollars for shipping. What I received was the 9" Square Baking Dish with Bonus 5" Baking Dish in Caribbean and an 18-Ounce Small Oval Serving Bowl in Caribbean from Le Creuset. They are from the cookware.com store at csnstores.com. CSN has over 200 stores and as most bloggers know, they carry everything!

     These were my first pieces of Le Creuset and I was very excited to try them. I have nothing but good things to say about the ordering process and the items I received. Ordering was very easy and my order shipped within 2 days. I had my items within a week and everything was in packaged perfectly. I wanted to actually use the items before writing about them. I decided to bake an apple cake in the 9" baker. The cake wasn't blog worthy (it isn't the one I posted Friday) but it baked beautifully in the pan. It was also very easy to clean after the cake was gone.

     The bowl is cute. It is the perfect size for the homemade applesauce that I put in it, or any other small side dish. I also used the 5" baker for leftovers. It is a great size for a single serving piece of lasagne or leftover casserole to heat the next day.

     I appreciate the fact that I've been able to host a few giveaways from csnstores.com and now I've had to opportunity to review some of their products. Take a moment to visit their website, you will not be disappointed.