Strange Girl

Nursery!

2012-02-13T10:29:00.001-05:00

I finally had a free minute and begged my wonderful husband enough to take photos of the completed nursery and here they are!

Please visit here to see the rest of the photos and be sure to vote!

Thank you!

6 weeks

2012-02-09T14:06:00.001-05:00

I'm a terrible blogger. I blame the fact that the baby wakes up every time I pull my computer out to update this blog. I out smarted him and am blogging from my phone. Ha!

Anyway...

Little Dude is 6 weeks old now and awesome. He has this baby thing down and is very patient while Josh and I try to figure out what he needs. He has such a little personality and I feel so lucky to be his mom.

He loves:
His polka dot garland on his window
Laughing
His car seat
His bottle
His sound machine

He hates:
Baths
Going to sleep
His pacifier (not really, but he won't keep it in is mouth)

He is a big boy too. 24 inches and almost 12 lbs at his last appointment (9 lbs 8 ounces at birth). He is in the 90th percentile in weight and 97th percentile in height. We see other babies out in public, ask how old they are and they always end up older then Little Dude but way smaller.

He goes about 4 hours between feelings. Notice I didn't say he sleeps 4 hours? He never got the memo that babies need to sleep a lot and is always up after a feeding about an hour before going back to sleep. This is especially sucky at 2:00 in the morning. He just loves looking around.

He is sleeping in the magical Rock and Play. I'm so afraid of what life will be like when he out grows it and has to sleep in his crib. If we put him in his crib or pack and play he will wake up and look around.

I go back to work in about 6 weeks and we have a goal set to have him sleep in his crib at night by then. Ya right.

(I don't plan to post photos of him on this blog but he is wicked cute so we will see how long I stick to this)

He's here!

2012-01-09T03:57:00.000-05:00

Actually, he has been here for 12 days now. My bad.

I have fallen more in love and learned so much in these 12 days. Like just because you "planned" for something, doesn't mean that is what is going to happen.

I planned on a natural/med free birth. I had a c-section (never actually went into labor"
I planned to exclusively breastfeed. He is tounge tied and after 3 days of not getting anything from me, we had to introduce formula.
I planned to have him sleep in his pack and play once we were home. He hates sleeping flat on his back and only will sleep being held.

Yea,fun stuff. I promise to go into more detail, but right now I have a sleeping baby on me and I'm so sleep deprived that I'm having a hard time forming complete sentences.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Guess what?!

2011-12-19T10:08:00.001-05:00

Guess who is still pregnant? (me)
Guess who has a completed second bedroom? (also me)

Yay!!

The room was finished late last night and because I'm still a pumpkin smuggler, I wasn't able to help my poor husband move our bed into the new room. So his dad is coming tonight to move everything over. We will finally have a nursery by the time we go to bed tonight. Woot!

I will share photos of the completed nursery as soon as I'm able, but for now here is a few photos of our completed bedroom. Sadly, I have to share one of the closets with my husband. For now.

Ok little dude, anytime after tonight would make an awesome birthday! I'll even throw in a completed nursery at no extra cost!

Holy crap! I haven't updated in a long time!

2011-12-16T11:29:00.000-05:00

I'm still here and yes, I'm still a incubating my husband's clone. I know this because the baby was kicking along to the barking dogs version of Jingle Bells when Josh put it on to annoy me. (This kid better at least have my eyes or something!)

Anyway...

I'm due on Monday and we were told that our new bedroom should be completed by Saturday (it's looking awesome and I can't wait to share some more photos!). So if this little guy could just hold on a few more days and come once everything in the apartment is organized that would be great.

Holy crap! It's December!

2011-12-01T10:01:00.000-05:00

Well, it has arrived! It’s finally December and I am due THIS MONTH! Although to be completely honest, I would be ok if the boy decided to come late and we have an early January baby. I have been told I am the only 9 month pregnant woman that has ever uttered this statement but I’m just not that uncomfortable yet and as I have said before, I love having him all to myself right now.

So, I won’t be trying all the old wives tale to induce labor and I definitely won’t be getting checked by the Doctor to see if I have progressed at all. I just don’t want to know (Same thing goes for when I am actually IN labor. I do not want to know how many cm I am or anything until I feel the need to push). It will happen when it happens.

A couple things I can’t wait to happen though? To start to lose this baby weight and for the new bedroom to be finished. Yep, I said finished! :) The construction started last week and we are so excited to see the progress so far.

Nesting part deux

2011-11-16T11:13:00.000-05:00

Did you know that when the nesting urge comes on in late stage pregnancy it’s not always baby related? Yup, the other night I got the strong urge to clean out our junk drawer(s). I’m talking counting down the minutes until I left work so I could start them when I got home. You know, because that is so important to have organized junk drawers when the baby comes. Never mind the fact that we have been living with it fine with the way it was for over a year.

So weird.

Other than that, Josh and I have been doing what we can to prepare for the baby. We still need a few small things here and there but are holding off purchasing them until the second room construction begins. Yea, it’s not even started yet. Boo. We have made the best of the situation though and set the crib and dresser up in our room and surprisingly we have plenty of room right now. Don’t get me wrong, I would still love to have a completed nursery ready for the little guy, but if that doesn’t happen by d-day (due date is 33 days away) we are good to go as is.

I did manage to use the ancient art of wife guilt and convince Josh to hang up some art so the room will feel more like a nursery (with our huge bed in it). I’m so happy with this custom print I ordered from Etsy seller AppleBlossomPrint! She matched the bedding colors perfectly!

Frogs & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails print: AppleBlossomPrint

Dog Tail hooks: Ikea Bastis

nesting

2011-11-07T16:07:00.002-05:00

The nesting bug has hit me full force. All I can do when I am home is think of everything we need to buy, do, clean and fix.

I talked Josh into setting up the crib and changing table a few weekends ago and the crib bedding has arrived. I am starting to get the urge to hang thing all around the room, that way all we have to do is remove our bed and the nursery will be done.

This weekend Josh wasn't feeling up to hanging shelves for me (because I was giving him a million other projects) so to put things in perspective, he said to me "You know, some people have their babies in jail" I looked at him and told him that if he didn't do it, I was going to have this baby in jail.

Pregnancy hormones: 1
Husband: 0

Chocolate cake for everyone!

2011-10-13T12:25:00.002-04:00

*Excuse me while I jump up and down, and then promptly get winded and need to sit down*

I PASSED! After failing my 1 hour glucose tolerance test and then having to take the dreaded 3 hour test, I found out I passed and that I DON’T have gestational diabetes.

Surprisingly the 3 hour test wasn’t that bad. I think it gets a bad reputation because at that point you know how nasty that orange drink is.

yuck

The doctor told me today that I ended up passing the test by 1 point. HA, just like in highschool!

Soooo Mama’s:
Did you end up passing your 3 hour test after failing the 1 hour? I hear it’s pretty common.

nursery inspiration board

2011-10-06T12:04:00.001-04:00

I have been waiting to start talking about the nursery because honestly, we are waiting for the nursery to be built. Like from scratch. Let me explain.

Remember last year when we moved into our new apartment? Well even though our new place was much much bigger than our old, sadly there was only one bedroom. Even though I had a nasty case of baby fever, our plan was to stay here for a while and when we were ready for a baby we would either room-share for a little while or move.

Well we LOVE our apartment. We seriously never want to move, ever. And one day after chit chatting with our landlord she mentioned that if we had a baby she would build us another room (our apartment is an in-law apartment with a garage on the other side, so the new room will be that-a-way). We thought she was kidding but apparently after we shared the happy news with her she gave us a October/November time from for room construction.

As of today nothing has been started (sad-trombone) but that doesn’t mean I haven’t started designing the nursery look in my head. Oh no, the room is practically done up in herrrr (points to my head).

I have been working on a nursery inspiration board to keep my ideas straight. It’s constantly changing, but right now this is the “feel” I am going for.

Crib: BSF Baby Addison

Changer: BSF Baby Addison

Bedding: Skip Hop Mod Dot

Changing pad cover: Skip Hop Mod Dot

Dog tail wall hangings: IKEA Bastis

Alphabet letters: Children Inspire Design

Subliminal Baby Art Print: Sycamore Street Press

Chinese lanterns: various craft stores

A tale of two changers

2011-09-21T12:05:00.000-04:00

Wanna hear a story? A tale of a idiot pregnant lady who freaked the f out when a changing table she wanted went out of stock? Seriously, A. Changing. Table.

It all started when I found the crib I just knew I would have to have. The price was ok (considering the huge cost of others that looked similar) and the reviews were good. Done, ordered and arrived in perfect condition. In case your interested, its the BSF Baby Addison Crib in Espresso. Here she blows:

Please ignore the girly bedding, and also that cat staring at the fish. WTH?

Meanwhile I found the matching changing table at only 1 website, everywhere else was out of stock and of course what kind of mother would I be if I didn’t buy the MATCHING changing table for my son? I mean this is the kind of stuff children talk about in therapy right? “My mom must not love me, she didn’t buy the matching changing table to my crib” This just would not do.

Yay! Matchy

I decided to order the matching changing table and then a few hours later I get an email saying it is no longer in stock. I panicked because they were the only place that had this changer. I was so anxious to have this crossed off my list. I couldn’t believe I wasn’t going to get the MATCHING changing table?! So I did what any sane person would do…about 5 minutes after I received that dreaded email, I find a similar style changing table somewhere else (but again it’s not the matching one) and order that.

Nice, but not matchy

Can you guess what happened next? Yup, the original changing table came back in stock. Like magic. And also like magic, both changing table hit my bank account on the same day. Yay! I have 2 changing tables for this ONE baby! Oh and the real kicker? I can’t return the first one without paying a huge restocking fee and return shipping, and the other one (the matching one)…well I don’t want to return that one because it’s pretty and it matches.

I had to call Josh and let him know how big of an idiot his wife is and that I may need to sell on craigslist or donate a changing table to a needy family. Of course he was all for donating it because he is a good person who doesn’t order 2 of everything he needs and since it would make me feel good to have my mistake help a family who didn’t even think they could get a changing table we are doing that.

But isn’t that a great story? *eye roll*

26 weeks (!!!)

2011-09-14T13:29:00.000-04:00

*ahem*, remember me? I’m the girl that ~~occasionally~~ rarely posts around here. What have I been up to you may ask? Well I’m still “baking” (as some of the baby websites call it…isn’t that horrendous?). I am also planning the nursery which is so much fun…except when you accidentally order 2 changing tables. Yea, long story (I promise I will share soon).

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Yea, about that…Next question please.

Maternity Clothes: oh yes, sadly all my pants have the sexy elastic waist of some sort. Although I can wear 1 pair of regular jeans that were sent to me in the wrong size before I got all kinds of knocked up.

Stretch Marks: Surprisingly none yet. But I know they are probably coming.

Sleep: Used to be my best friend. I go to bed every night at 8:30 but lately no position is comfortable. I also wake to use the bathroom 3 times a night!

Movement: Everyday and seriously the weirdest thing ever. But also so so amazing!

Food Cravings/Aversions: I love cinnamon toast crunch. I could eat a bowl for every meal every day. In fact, I want some right now. I still can’t eat or smell peanut butter (which I used to LOOOOVE)

Gender: It’s a boy!

Belly Button - In or Out: In and I don’t think it will ever be an outtie.

What I miss: My old clothes. Having clear skin. Being able to wear my perfume.

What I am looking forward to: Meeting this little guy in December! And also having the nursery finished (or even started)

Riiiiight here is where I would put a photo if I could take a decent one of myself. Lets just say I look like I'm smuggling a pumpkin under my shirt.
Maternity photos will be taken in October by my talented husband, so I promise I will share those...maybe.

I don’t like Mondays

2011-08-08T08:26:00.000-04:00

I thought that since I’m having a good day at work I would make a list of why I like my job. This way when the baby is born and I am asking myself why I am not a stay at home mom, I have an unbiased list.

I get to sit on my butt all day (at a desk)
I can get dressed up and wear makeup
I can dress down if I want to, as well
When I’m not busy I can go online
The food here is great (a little too great)
There is a gym (that I haven’t seen in months)
It's air conditioned year round, so I can wear sweaters all year (it's freeeezing here)
I make good money
I have amazing health benefits
I have an almost an hour commute. (which sucks sometimes but is nice to have some alone time each morning and afternoon)
I decorated my office walls with fun brightly colored photo frames
I can have beautiful plants here (my cats eat them at home)
Josh calls me on my desk phone so I don’t use any minutes on my cell.

It feels good to list our some of the reasons why I drag myself out of bed day after day. Happy Monday!

Baby got wheels

2011-08-04T10:09:00.000-04:00

Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m about to write about a how excited I am for a stroller (and carrier). Boy, life has changed in the past 20 weeks (20 weeks!).

Josh and I decided to spend last Saturday getting our feet wet in the huge, massive world of Baby stuff. We went to Babies R Us and looked around for a few hours. When we walked out of there we had a good idea about what we needed and what things cost…We also walked out with our stroller and carrier/car seat system.

We so weren’t planning on that. I guess when a good deal strikes you have to be ready.

We decided on the Britax B-Agile stroller and the Britax B-Safe carrier (also used as a car seat with base). I also decided that there was no way in hell I could push around a stroller in anything pastel colored. Sorry to those who love them but we went with the anti-baby, baby stroller.

I love the color, the modern style, the safety aspects and the maneuverability. While it was priced more than other strollers we looked at (both in store and online), we were able to get some discounts and free products if we purchased them together in store. We scored a extra base and an optional tray for free!

So there you have it, 218 words about a stroller…I may need to buy some shoes to off set this.

Puppy dog tails

2011-07-19T08:48:00.001-04:00

I hate it when blogs keep you in suspense, so I will not do that.

It's a Boy!

It's a boy, and we are OVER THE MOON happy. I think we both were thinking subconsciously that the baby was a girl but it seems like in this case all the old wives tales and Chinese gender predictions were correct.

You all know my shopping history, but shockingly I hadn't purchased anything for the baby until we found out yesterday (pause for shock). Now that we know the gender I can't wait to start looking around for cute outfits that don't have Winnie the Pooh or sport themes. (I haaaaate both) This may be tough.

Turkey Timer

2011-07-15T10:04:00.001-04:00

The time has come. After 13 years together we have decided to call it quits. Let’s not look at this as goodbye, more like see you later.

I am talking, of course, about my bellybutton ring…or as I have been calling it, the turkey timer.

This is not my belly

I’m starting to have a smooth round belly and with the introduction of maternity shirts, this nice round belly is making my belly ring more and more noticeable. So it was time to come out.

Turkey timer before and after

I don’t think it will close up because of how long I have had it, but I keep sticking the barbell in to make sure it’s still open, you know in case my stomach happens to resemble anything close to pre-baby. Fat chance huh?

In other news:

I am almost half way through this pregnancy! and if the baby cooperates, we will find out on Monday if it’s a Boy or Girl. Can’t wait!

Heartbeat

2011-06-14T13:45:00.000-04:00

I am a little over 13 weeks along now and finally in the second trimester. The land of more energy and less nausea. Or so the books say.

I had my first doctor’s appointment this past Friday and we were thrilled to have a chance to hear the heartbeat. The Dr’s found the heartbeat almost right away but of course little Cletus (the fetus) scurried away from the doppler and she had to go searching for it. I wasn’t surprise he/she was messing with the doctor because, well it is half of my husband. The king aggravator. He is known throughout his family for being a stinker. I just hope his baby doesn’t decide to come out with his/hers arms our like a “T”.

Before we left the appointment I mentioned to the doctor that I can’t believe that something inside of me is going to have its own social security number one day.

…she kinda gave me the side eye.

12 Weeks

2011-06-06T11:05:00.002-04:00

I probably won’t do one of these every week because let’s face it, when have I ever stuck to anything like that? Never. That’s when.
But since I hit 12 weeks a few days ago and I am starting to feel a little more human, why not go with it?

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Its kinda been staying the same lately. Going to Cali put me up a few lbs. I blame the Sprinkles Cupcakes.

Maternity Clothes: I may have picked up this pair of woven waistband pants from Old Navy…you know, so I would be comfortable on the plane *wink*

Stretch Marks: nope (so so scared)

Sleep: When I first found out I was pregnant it was horrible. Now I go to be at 8 pm and sleep so great until my alarm goes off at 5:50 am. So 10 hours?

Movement: Yea, nothing yet.

Food Cravings/Aversions: Tomato Soup and big stewed tomatoes on pizza. (usually hate tomatoes) Aversions: Peanut Butter *barf*

Gender: No idea

Belly Button - In or Out: In and my belly button ring from 10th grade is still in too. Haven’t decided if I’m going to take it out.

What I miss: Green tea and I have never wanted a beer so much in my life.

What I am looking forward to: hearing the heartbeat in a few days!

And because I know I always want to see the bump pics in these posts, here is a crappy mirror shot at 12 weeks. I need to learn to not cut off the top of my head.

Finding out

2011-05-18T13:51:00.001-04:00

One thing I always loved reading while we were TTC (trying to conceive) was how long it took people to get pregnant (especially after being on birth control) and how they found out. Here is my story.

In early December 2010, we decided to “pull the goalie” or for the grownups in the room, stop taking my birth control. I wanted a few months for my body to get the birth control out of my system. I had been on some form of birth control pills for about 10+ years. Both Josh and I had physicals done by our Doctors to make sure we were both in good health to begin to try. I was reading any book I could find on pre-conception and about my body. After reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility, I felt like I had so much insight as to what was going on with my body, way more than they teach you in health class.

We tried for a few months with no luck, but I vowed on month 4 that if this wasn’t the month then I would start to chart. Well I never got that chance, we got our BFP (big fat positive) on April 8th…and then the 9th and then the 10th.

April 8th was a normal day like any other. It was a Friday and I had worked all day and then met Josh for some pizza. After we ate I mentioned that I wanted to stop at the store to pick up some pregnancy tests. My *ahem* monthly visitor wasn’t due for a few more days and I really didn’t have many symptoms, but I wanted to have them in the house just in case. In the past few months, every time I had taken a pregnancy test I always waited until the first morning urine, when the pregnancy hormone is the strongest, but this fateful Friday night at home I decided to take a test real quick before we went out again…HOLY SHIT (yes, those were my actual words the first time I saw the second pink line). I ran out of the bathroom and hugged Josh

I think both of us are still in shock that we were going to be parents before the end of 2011.
So Mama's, how did you find out you were pregnant?

Rumple's wiggin crackle

2011-05-15T13:37:00.000-04:00

Just to prove (to myself) that I am the same person I was 9 weeks ago, before were got our BFP, I have a nail polish of the day to share.

This was from a week ago but lets pretend I don't feel nauseous at the site and smell of everything around me and say I did these today. Deal? Oh and incase anyone is curious, I wore a face mask while I painted my nails to avoid breathing in fumes.

I layered the new Katy Perry black crackle polish over a nice spring color, Rumple's Wiggin. I loved the effect and got a lot of compliments on them. The crackle even helped it stay on my thin nails longer.

Have you tried the crackle polish yet?

Some news

2011-05-10T14:19:00.000-04:00

We arrived back from our vacation a few days ago. It was an amazing trip to celebrate our first wedding anniversary and also celebrate another huge thing going on in our life:

I am currently 8 weeks pregnant and we couldn't be more excited. We found out a few days before our anniversary and even though we said we will wait to tell family and close friends, we told everyone the next day.

It has been killing me keeping this to myself and I am excited to share the news on my blog. I plan to blog this entire pregnancy. Josh has even already been taking my weekly 'bump' photos.

Hope everyone is doing well! <3

Abundant sunshine and warm

2011-04-20T09:16:00.000-04:00

One bit of wedding planning (*cough* OCD) that I became obsessed with, was the AccuWeather extended day forecast. A few weeks before the wedding last year, I would religiously stalk the forecast to make sure that no rain was expected. I have returned to this behavior now that we are 8 days away from our vacation to California!

Check out this forecast!

Yes. Please.

First Anniversary

2011-04-10T09:31:00.000-04:00

Celebrating today with a replica cake tier from the baker that made our amazing wedding cake.

I can't lie, I have been looking forward to eating it all weekend.

Spoonful of sugar

2011-03-29T13:34:00.000-04:00

Almost as soon as we decided on a destination, I was thinking about packing. Perhaps I am a weirdo but I actually enjoy packing for a trip. I love thinking of outfits and trying to make them all fit in the suitcase. It’s like a puzzle waiting to be solved for me.

Like I said…weirdo.

Anyway, once I started thinking about what shoes I will be able to fit I realized that Josh and I will need separate suitcase and *gasp* I don’t own one of my own. I knew T.J. Maxx has a section of the store dedicated to luggage. A section that I usually skip over when I make my rounds. So I knew that was just the place to start my search.

Luckily, this search only took about 20 minutes on my lunch break one day. I walked in to my favorite location (the same location I found my rain boots at!) and there she was…spoonful of sugar.

It was the only brightly colored suitcase in a sea of all black ones, so I was immediately drawn to it. And as I got a bit closer, can you guess what I saw?

A Jessica Simpson tag! I may have mentioned before that I’m ~~obsessed~~ a huge fan of Jessica Simpson.

After I purchased it (at an AMAZING price, might I add) I did some review reading and have heard nothing but good things about the craftsmanship and durability of the Jessica Simpson Luggage. I know that with a light colored suitcase, it does run the risk of getting dirty. But because we travel so infrequently, I figured I will take my chances.

Getaway

2011-03-28T09:47:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the lack of recent posts. I have had a secret for a few weeks now and I couldn't have posted anything without blurting it out. Anyway, I don’t think I can keep it to myself any longer…

As you may have read, I was looking for the perfect first anniversary gift for my amazing husband. Because I am an old fashion gal, I wanted to keep with the traditional first anniversary gift of paper. Well, be both decided that the best paper gift we could give is…

PLANE TICKETS!

Wha? They are paper.

That’s right, in just over 30 days from now me and Hubs will be jetting off to fabulous Los Angeles, California for 7 fun filled days of sun, sand and shopping ;)

Source

We couldn’t be more excited.

Have any of you guys been to LA? Any must see’s?

Addict

2011-03-14T10:38:00.000-04:00

I apply and re-apply lip gloss all day long at my desk. It's so funny because on the weekend or at night I hardly ever wear lip product.

What is your favorite lip stuff?

Happy Monday!

Just Tea-Sing

2011-03-13T12:22:00.000-04:00

I think I found a new favorite OPI polish! In the bottle, this color doesn't look like anything special, but once on (and about 3 coats later) this color is a perfect nude. At least for me.

Just Tea-Sing

Hope you guys are having a great weekend!

Paper

2011-03-04T13:22:00.000-05:00

Well its almost that time. Time to celebrate our very first wedding anniversary. Can’t believe that in just a few short weeks it will be 1 year since we said the old I do’s and I agreed to have this be mine.

*sigh* I am so lucky.

Traditionally, they say that the first anniversary gift should be paper. I thought I would have a hard time finding something for this but I did find something great! This adorable poster was just the gift I had in mind. And with the many color choices, it would look perfect in our room!

Oh Happy Day! By: A Vintage Poster

This gift was so perfect in fact, that I decided I couldn’t wait to get it any longer and already ordered it. I even have have it ready to hang (just need the perfect frame).

Now I am back to square one and I have no idea what to get him…

So I turn to you guys, any idea what to get the man who has everything?

Pandora

2011-02-24T09:06:00.003-05:00

Sometimes being a ~~hoarder~~, ~~compulsive~~ shopper has some downfalls. Like when you run out of room in your closet. Or when you no longer have room in your makeup case. Or when there are no open spots in you nail polish case. You know, those times.

So just because you’re running out of room to store things doesn’t mean the urge to shop goes away. Not even a little bit. Sometimes a girl has to get creative…Enter JEWELRY!

I have heard about Pandora bracelets for a few years now. Even though I always thought the idea of non-dangle charm bracelets were cool (only because I know that dangle ones would urk the crap out of me), the charms I have seen were lame. Like footballs.

Then after seeing some vlog’s of girls sharing what their charms were, I realized that there were actually some really cute ones! I was hooked.

Since the bracelet and charms are not sold on Pandora's website, and its a bit of a haul to the closest Pandora store (although they are sold at local jewlers), it is the perfect way to keep me from going crazy and buying dozen's of beads. Well that and the fact that these aren't cheap. yeesh!

Have you heard of Pandora? Have you started a charm bracelet?

Love

2011-02-14T14:37:00.000-05:00

My sweet husband surprised me and had roses delivered to my office today.

I wish I could bring them home to enjoy tonight, but a little kitty of mine eats plants/flowers and would just love to get a hold of them. So these beauties will stay at work with me all week.

Hope you all are having a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

Favs

2011-02-13T21:16:00.001-05:00

Just spent the evening watching the red carpet pre-show for the Grammy's. Tonight it was all about payback for last Sunday's Super Bowl. Marriage is all about balance right?

I was blown away at how great Kelly Osbourne looked tonight. She looks amazing and love love that dress! I love how she always looks so cute and feminine while still having her tattoos visible.

Photo via JustJared

Who was your best dressed for the night?

Got The Blues For Red

2011-02-13T12:59:00.002-05:00

Hi ladies!

I wanted to share my nails this week. Since Valentines Day is tomorrow, I decided to go red.

Got The Blues For Red by OPI:

I also picked up a box of these houndstooth Sally Hansen polish strips. They were really easy to put on and came out great. I think another trip to the store to pick up more patterns is in order ;)

Hope you all have a great Valentines Day!

Say it ain't snow!

2011-02-02T12:52:00.006-05:00

Hi ladies!

So here we are, yet another Wednesday and yet another snow storm. I decided to be proactive and request the day off from work rather than try (and fail) in my attempts to brave the roads.

I figure that since I'm home, and I actually have some daylight for photos, I will share some of my favorite things lately. Count downs are sometimes fun, so lets do one of those....

My ten recent favs:

Polar diet orange dry. This stuff is amazing! Yum!

Love this lotion, it smells like suntan lotion. I'm ready for summer!

Any and all NARS lipgloss. There two are called Super Orgasm and Striptease

Film!

I am so amazed how my skin and hair have been since taking prenatal vitamins!

...of course, using this Biolage shampoo/conditioner doesn't hurt things in the hair department.

Finally scored the Urban Decay Naked Palette!

Jessica Simpson's Katyia boots! I promise to take some outfit photos with these on, soon!

My brooches

An organized closet! Post coming soon!

What are some of your favorite things?

Dialect Vlog

2011-01-29T17:11:00.001-05:00

Hey everyone, after seeing these dialect vlog on other bloggers pages, I had to give it a go.

Please don't mind the orange lump on my bed, it's Devlin <3

The list of words I am reading are:

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

I really hope you guys decide to try this, it is really fun to see how we all say things differently!

Randi

2011-01-27T15:18:00.003-05:00

Hey girls!
This week has been crazy, after doing a major ~~spring~~ still winter cleaning Friday night and all day Saturday, I woke up Sunday with an awful awful cold. Which I still have. I also broke most of my nails while we were cleaning up so now I am back to square one with my nail resolution. blahh

Even with this crappy start of the week I still wanted to share my latest find(s) with you guys!

While browsing around my favorite T.J. Maxx a few weeks ago I happen to spot these adorable Kate Spade rain boots:

These boots retail for $125.00 on Kate Spade’s website but T.J’s was only asking $79.00. Quite the bargain if you ask me. Well stupidly I decided against them and went on my merry way.

Fast forward to this past Monday and there they were marked down to $39.99!! I did what any normal girl would do…I bought two!

I already wore the black pair to work the other day to save my heels and help me not break my neck in this snow. They were so cute, I left them on all day in the office.

So if splashing in puddles in high style is up your alley, run out to your local T.J. Maxx or Marshalls and go on the hunt for these amazing boots!

want

2011-01-20T10:45:00.000-05:00

I know this is a few days late but have you seen this:

Ahhh-mazing! This Giorgio Armani Privé gown is absolute perfection if you ask me. I love the color, the style, the BACK, and the woman wearing it. Anne Hathaway is flawless.

I didn’t watch the Golden Globes this year (I was rolling my eyes at a football game, remember?) but all week I have been seeing this image and had to share how awesome I think this dress is.

In other news, my new boots were supposed to arrive last night but for some reason my delivery was delayed to today. Once I have these babies in my hands I will share some photos.

Hope your having a great week!

Bing

2011-01-17T08:00:00.008-05:00

Last night Josh and I went out to a little football game party. I hate football. No, I loathe football. But it was still nice to actually go out on a Sunday night and more importantly I got to see some family and my adorable baby nephew for a little while. Oh and eat pizza. I'm a big fan of pizza.

Before we left the house I was able to have Josh snap my photo so I can share my outfit. I was a little too dressed up for the low key party but when is that ever a bad thing?

Cropped Blazer: Powwow

Top: Jessica Simpson

Jeans: Gap low rise curvy

Heels: BCBG

Necklace: Leaf and key from Etsy

Tickle My France-y

2011-01-16T11:40:00.001-05:00

Hello there, just popping in to share my nail color. It's OPI's Tickle My France-y. I'm in love with this pinky grey color. It actually reminds me a lot of my blog template <3

We are off to a football party this afternoon, if we aren't running late I will try to take a photo of my outfit. :)

Have a great Sunday ladies!

Booty

2011-01-14T14:36:00.004-05:00

So out of boredom I logged onto one of my favorite invite only shopping site, ideeli.com (because they don’t have an iPhone app. Get on that ideeli!) and I saw that soon a sale will open up on these babies right here:

Aren’t they cute? They are the Jessica Simpson Katyia over the knee boots. I guess you could say that Katyia’s cousins Dani and Alany introduced us. We instantly fell in love.

The only problem was that they were sold out in my size. Darn. So I went on a fun hunt around my usual online places and still wasn’t able to find any in my size unless I wanted to pay full price. I didn’t want to pay full price. Not even a little bit.

Then after reading some reviews I saw that a lot of people complained about these boots running small. Hmmm? Maybe the next half size up will work? Then bam, I found them right on Miss Simps website and after using a 20% code (20JOY) on top of the sale price, I was able to snag them for close to $60.00 off! Oh and free shipping. *sigh* I just love free shipping.

Although I didn’t snag these boots at the AMAZING price ideeli was offering, I am happy I still ordered them and at a great discount too.

Bring back film

2011-01-12T13:24:00.001-05:00

After taking some photography classes in high school, and eventually owning my own SLR in the early 2000's, I have always loved film. Everyone remembers having to finish off a roll of film and then dropping the roll off to be developed and that anticipation of how they came out. I never used to make it to the car without ripping open the package to see my prints.

Sadly film is a dying art form and it is getting harder and harder to find film for any film camera's people still have. Yesterday I mentioned to my Mother that if her and my step-dad happen to find any film (expired or not) in their searches through goodwill and yard sales (along with my ever growing "request list" of a Kenner Blythe doll and a Peteena Poodle) to pick me up some. She mentioned that my step-dad had a vintage Polaroid and even TWO packs of expired 600 film. (A quick google search will reveal how sought after expired 600 film is!). SOLD! I bought it off of him last night and I have been reading the manual and learning as much as I can since.

The camera is a Polaroid SX -70 that has had the professional modifications done to it to use 600 film. Because of its sleek design, it has a very 50's feel to it which I love!

Expired 2007!! yay!

Because film is getting rare, I have yet to take a photo with it yet, but I plan to soon!

Over The Taupe

2011-01-05T12:35:00.003-05:00

Hope everyone is having a good week! I wanted to share my nail polish color this week.

I have an extensive collection of OPI polishes and its always a tough choice to find a color when it is time to do my nails. Hopefully this challenge will help me use all of my colors.

The color I choose for this week is one of my favorites from my collection, Over The Taupe from OPI's Bright Pair Collection. I have always loved this color and I find myself reaching for this color more than the others. I love the nude greyish brown color on my skin tone.

Do you have a favorite OPI polish?

Happy New Year!

2011-01-02T17:18:00.000-05:00

Goodbye 2010, helllllllo 2011!

Hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve! We kept it pretty low key this year because there is a stomach flu going around and it has hit almost every family member...except me! I have been peering over my shoulder just waiting for it to claim me as its next victim, but so far I have been lucky.

I do have a confession to make though. I have already broken a resolution. Yup, January 2nd, that has to be a record. I decided yesterday to not do a 365 over on flickr. I do plan to use my camera more this year, I even vowed to only use my good camera for photos on this here blog, but when it came time to submit a photo yesterday I remembered last year and how it felt like a chore some days. So there is one thing crossed off the list.

So stay tuned later in the week for a few of my other blog goals I set, my nail of the week and at least one outfit post. I also have a couple deliveries expected tomorrow, so looks like I will have a *few* haul post too.

Have a great Sunday night!

Snow day

2010-12-27T17:53:00.001-05:00

So, depending on where you are in the US or even abroad (hello German readers!), you may have heard that the northeastern part of the country is currently digging out after the massive amounts of snow we got over night.

Lets just say I live in that purple part of Massachusetts.

Snow is not anything new to this part of the country and usually this much snow is no big deal. But not this storm, the snow paired up with the huge wind totals made it SNOWPOCALYPSE 2010. Or you can call it the Blizzard of 2010. Whateve.

I tried driving in to work twice today and both times ended up with me turning around and heading home. The roads were just that bad.

I was able to catch up on some much needed cleaning around the apartment. Unfortunately the tree and all the decorations are still up. Baby steps.

Did you get any snow yet this winter?

I've been so blessed

2010-12-26T15:35:00.000-05:00

So like I said yesterday, it was a great Christmas. Spending time with family and friends was honestly the best part of the whole day. And although I love gift giving more than anything, getting so many great gifts in return was just down right awesome!

With so many amazing gifts this year I wanted to share with you guys a couple things I got that knocked my socks off.

My amazing husband surprised me with a Jessica Simpson sequined scarf and hat set.

Then he went and out-did himself by getting me a beautiful key necklace...

A friend at work gifted me a book by Kat Von D that I have been wanting.

I also got a bunch of fun things too, like this Hello Kitty jelly bean holder.

You can't go wrong with Hello Kitty.

So I'm dying to know, what goodies did you get?

Merry Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T16:40:00.000-05:00

Hope you had or are still having a wonderful time with everyone you love.

I will be here tomorrow to share some of my goodies. Hope you all got spoiled too <3

Our Tree

2010-12-19T17:27:00.001-05:00

Hi there lovelies! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend.

I wanted to share a few photos of this year's Christmas tree. We decided to go with just blue and white lights and only accent the tree with silver and different shades of blue ornaments.

Nice and simple.
What tree themes have you gone with in the past?

She was a January girl...

2010-12-16T10:44:00.000-05:00

I love a fresh start. I love New Year’s and especially the resolutions. Everyone is so hopeful and has a blank slate. I can honestly say that I look forward more to the New Year than any other holiday…and not just because it’s an excuse to get all dressed up.

In addition to some personal resolutions, I have big ones for this blog too. I have been brainstorming ideas for posts ever since this page got a fancy new look. Here are some goals I hope to stick to throughout the year:

I want to post more about what is going on in my life. I’m slowly creeping away from social networks (‘cept Twitter because my Blythe friends are awesome) so this little blog of mine will be my way to stay connected to far away friends and family (hugs to you guys!)
Nail of the week. One of my personal goals this year is to keep my nails healthy and painted so this will go hand in hand (Get it?)
I plan to use only photos taken on my DSLR. No more sub-par cell phone photos.
I would like to do at least one outfit of the day post a week. I work in an office so these will probably be on my “Casual Friday” (no Hawaiian shirts, pinky swear)
Haul posts are fun too, so more of those.
I am also going to attempt a 365 again this year. Last year I only made it 40 days so fingers crossed I'm more motivated.

So what are some of your 2011 goals?

Gaga over Gaga

2010-12-09T19:12:00.000-05:00

MAC Cosmetics just announced that the one and only Lady Gaga is signing on to be a MAC Viva Glam spokesperson for another year. With her work to help raise awareness alongside Cyndi Lauper last year, this is sure to be another successful year.

Can't wait to hear more about the campaign! I hope another lipstick shade is released. I loved the Viva Glam Gaga shade from last year.

New

2010-12-07T10:51:00.004-05:00

New year. New beginnings. New layout.

Thank you Kelly! www.blushink.com

Oh my!

2010-12-06T08:21:00.003-05:00

I mentioned yesterday that I have a *cough* few more pairs of shoes on their way. At first I felt guilty shopping so much for myself but because my husband and I started and finished our Christmas shopping one random day last month, I am able to get some things I have been lusting after guilt free for a great price. Tis the season, right?

I have seen many bloggers with these Jessica Simpson nude pumps. I have been really wanting a pair of nude heels for work and these are perfect!

And after some thought I finally decided I need to have the Jessica Simpson Alany boots. I kept thinking about all the things in my closet that I could wear them with and finally decided get them. I plan to where them to some Christmas gatherings.

So do you have any fun Christmas gifts for yourself on the way?

Covered up

2010-12-05T11:57:00.002-05:00

Lets go on a little trip, way back to 2000. The date was August 29th and I had just turned 18. I was already living in my apartment in Rochester NY for a few months and I knew the day I turned 18 I was going to get a tattoo. Maybe if my mother didn't say "Don't get a tattoo the day you turn 18" when I moved out on my own, I wouldn't have...but I wouldn't count on it.

Aaaanyway, the day I turned 18 I thought it would be incredibly awesome and grown up to go to a tattoo parlor and get this tattooed on me forever by a 500 lb biker named Taco. I'm not even kidding.

I lived with this tattoo that resembles a cave etching on me for the last 10 years and after getting the skeleton key tattoo a few months ago, I knew it was time to cover the fairy up.

Luckily my amazing brother-in-law is very talented turned this sad little thing into something amazing.

It was a long session and probably the most painful of all of my tattoos (because it is the biggest!) But it was worth every bit of pain.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I may or may not have a few more pairs of Jessica Simpson shoes on their way to me. It's a sickness. I have a problem. I will have photos soon. ;)

Oh Dany boy

2010-12-02T19:51:00.000-05:00

When I came home yesterday and saw a box with one of my favorite signatures all across it...I knew what it meant. Dany is here! Well, Dany and a few other things. *Ahem*

Granted since they arrived on a work night, and there is no way I can where these sky high babies to work. Some dress up home photos will have to do...for now.

Even Josh liked them. Well until I stood up (like a new born giraffe) and could touch the ceiling.

I KNOW WHO'S PUTTING THE TOPPER ON THE TREE! ha.

The most wonderful time of the year

2010-11-28T10:20:00.001-05:00

Hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving! I cooked my very first turkey and I was shocked at how well it came out. Of course I don't eat turkey so I don't know that for sure, but Josh and my parents sure liked it.

I have never hit the black Friday sales, so this year was no different. Don't get me wrong, I love bargains but after working retail on a black Friday I can honestly say I will never ever be one of the people to go out with the crowds to score a deal...but cyber Monday on the other hand? SIGN ME UP!

I got notification via Twitter (just like last year) that there are huge sales going on over at the Jessica Simpson Collection now until the end of cyber Monday. I may have mentioned before that I looooove Jessica Simpson.

So I would like to introduce you to my new love, Dany <3

I ordered them in Tan because I think they would look fabulous with a peasant skirt this summer, or maybe even with some dark purple tights before the snow comes.

So are you hitting any online sales this year?

Fangirl

2010-11-16T15:44:00.001-05:00

I'm not going to lie, I'm a HUGE Jessica Simpson fan. I basically love anything she makes and love reading about her in magazines. So I'm not going to hide the fact that I am super duper excited to hear she recently announced she is engaged. (I may or may not have texted Josh to tell him. haha)

Rumors are that Eric Johnson proposed with a Ruby and Diamond engagement ring and I think that is so awesome that they did something non-traditional.

Pardon me while I SQUEEE

2010-11-12T08:53:00.001-05:00

...ahem.

Two nights ago I became something I never thought I would become...A MAC! (betcha thought I was going somewhere else with this, huh?)

I went to turn on my 3 year old PC laptop and nothing. It wouldn't turn on or anything. This happened once before about a year ago right in the middle of wedding planning and I freaked out. Luckily it was barely under the warranty still and I had it all backed up and shipped it out to be fixed. Mind you this is the second time my laptop broke in its 3 year lifespan. I was done.

I mentioned to Josh that I was thinking Mac. He has had a MacBook since we have been together and loves his. After some thought we went the next day and picked my brand new MacBook up! Of course as soon as I had it in my hand, my old computer started right up, ugh!

That was 2 days ago. I didn't think it would be hard to make the switch but has been. Things are completely different and its taken me a few days to get the hang of it. I'm on a PC at work and have been on one my entire adult life (didn't get a computer until I was an adult, can you imagine?).After a few thoughts of buyer remorse (c'mon its a big purchase!) I am in love. Plus its white. And pretty. And white.

*sigh*

source

I plan to stay really organized on my new machine, and can't wait to start learning new programs (cough Photoshop cough).

So are you a Mac or PC?

Room tour!

2010-11-08T09:59:00.002-05:00

So the curtains I (finally) found arrived last week and I am now I am able to share photos of our bedroom with you guys!

The photos are pretty self-explanatory but it you have any questions of where I found things, let me know!

And now with out any further ado, the reason I want to be home all. the. time.

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Happy November!

2010-11-01T12:09:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone, hope you had a fabulous Halloween! Josh and I attended my Mothers third annual costume party and honestly this year was the best yet!

Here is what I went as:

A Robert Palmer video girl!

Josh says his costume was 30 years in the making:

He made the shoulder piece and the belt!

So what did you go as this year?

Its curtains for ya

2010-10-27T09:18:00.001-04:00

I really want to share photos of our bedroom with you guys! Everything in the room has been pretty much done since late August…except for the curtains. I even have rods up just waiting for the perfect ones. I just can’t seem to find them anywhere! I have looked all over (local and online) and even bought a few only to be returned.

So I turn to you guys, any ideas of where I can find cheap, long (at least 82”), white, flowy curtains? It doesn’t seem like such an obscure thing to find but it has been. And don't say "make em" becuase I still can't find my sewing machine cord from the move.

Maybe tonight I will get adventurous and just do the room tour with them missing. Or not

Hope your week is going good!

Gap

2010-10-25T10:22:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend! I know I did, Josh and I went into Boston to see one of our favorite comedians, Bob Marley. It was such a great night and I love going into the city.

I woke up this morning from such a strange dream, I just had to share. I had dreamt that I had the gap in my teeth fixed and I was calling around trying to find a dentist that would undo it for me. Such a different dream then ones I had when I was in middle/high school. I used to hate the space in my teeth. I had it since I first got teeth and always wished it was gone. I wanted braces but since some of my cousins, that also have the space, tried getting braces only to have their teeth go back to the gap my parents didn't think it was worth it.

This is me:

Now I am so used to my space that I feel it makes me part of who I am. Maybe the fact that the space is a lot smaller then it was in high school (wisdom teeth came in and pushed my front teeth closer together, sweet!) but I actually am proud to be part of the "club"

Here are some other members:

Anna Paquin

Madonna

Lauren Hutton

Haha Just kidding ;)

So do you have anything you used to be insecure about?

New tattoo!

2010-10-21T16:01:00.000-04:00

Look at me blogging on my own. I'm so proud ;)

This past Saturday Josh and I got up early (like really early. Like 6:00 am early) to drop my car off for a tune up, the two of us then had the rest of the day to do whatever we wanted. This doesn't happen too often and we were excited. As we were driving around after enjoying some IHOP, I mentioned that I would love to get another tattoo (I had 5 already). I knew I have been wanting another one and thought today would be a great day to stop by my brother-in-law's tattoo shop. I figured he was probably booked for the day (turns out he was) but as we walked into the the shop he told me his 12:30 cancelled and he needed something to do for the next couple hours. SWEET!

He sat down and drew me up something I loved and then about a half hour later I had this:

Everyone keeps asking me if it hurt, and it really didn't. I had my eyebrows threaded earlier that day and honestly THAT hurt so much worse. ow.

Day 30 - a dream for the future

2010-10-20T08:55:00.000-04:00

Holy crap! I did it!!

You guys, I totally did it! I made it all 30 days without missing one post! I can't believe I stuck with it and completed something! Blogging for the last 30 days has made me really want to focus more on this blog and keep up with it way more than I did before. During this past month there were things I wanted to blog about (besides the 30 day topics) and I have been compiling a list of things I want to do. I am even looking into my own domain name and a new layout. Stay tuned!

So I guess you can say that is another dream for the future. To have a cool and successful blog. Wouldn't it be awesome if this could be my job one day? Hey, it says a DREAM for the future!

Thanks for reading all month and don't worry, I will still be blogging regularly

xoxo,
Heather

Day 29 - hopes,dreams and plans for the next 365 days

2010-10-19T09:00:00.000-04:00

Two more days!

I'm not gonna lie and say the baby fever has gone down to just a baby cold, or even to a baby sniffle. The baby fever is running rampant over in this strange girl and I don't see it leaving until there is an actual baby here.

That being said I can tell exactly where I would love to be 365 days from now...a mom. Or at least close to becoming one. I was telling Josh the other day that baby fever is so much worse than wedding fever (which I also caught and thankfully am now immune to) because baby's and kids are everywhere! I see commercials for pregnancy tests and diapers all the time now. Part of me knows that I must have been ignoring all of them before but I think they are just now coming on to mess with me.

Besides vain things like getting more tattoos and getting in better shape, I also hope that 365 days from now I will be better with my photography. I was really into learning on my old DSLR and then once I bought a new one, it never comes out of the bag. I hope to remedy that.

So there you have it. Some of the things I will be working on during the next year. What are your plans?

Day 28 - whats in my handbag/purse

2010-10-18T10:54:00.000-04:00

Three days left!

I had every intention of taking a real photo for this post. I planned to use my real camera and everything...but the weekend flew by way too fast and here it is Monday morning and all I have is my iPhone.

Here is my purse as it is today:

(Click for larger)

Black Kenneth Cole Reaction handbag
Badge for work
Ray-Ban wayfarers (♥)
A&D ointment (I got another tattoo!)
Boscia oil absorbing sheets
Hello Kitty mirror
Keys (with all my Munny blind box toys)
MAC Zoom lash
Besu wallet
Blythe year planner
iPhone (not shown because I needed to take the photo)

So, whats in your purse?

Day 27 - my worst habit

2010-10-17T08:25:00.000-04:00

counting down

I would say my worst habit, without a doubt is my messiness with clothes. When I am trying to pick out an outfit, I will toss the clothes I decide against on the bed or on my closet floor. I am notorious for throwing my worn clothes in a pile in the bathroom even though we have a hamper in the bedroom. I also leave socks all over the house. Usually I pick everything up before Josh comes home and no one is the wiser, but sometime I forget when he is home and toss em in the corner or near the hamper (but not in).

I'm not a dirty person and my house is pretty clean all the time, but this is just one habit from when I was younger that I can't break. I am working on it though.

Day 26 - your week, in great detail

2010-10-16T09:15:00.001-04:00

day 26? wow

So yesterday I gave list of my typical day and it was a total snooze fest. Because my husband works on the road the weekdays aren't much fun. We try to cram our activities and family visits in on the weekend so we can do them together. That's right 2 days to get life out of the way, but hey, that is OUR life.

Here is a look as to what a typical week is like for me, again in bullet points:

Monday: Drive, work, repeat
Tuesday: Work, facebook stalk, bed
Wednesday: This is actually a fun day for me. After work my sister has been coming over of we go out an do something together. We have only started this tradition a few weeks ago but so far it has been fun. (We call it Sister Day)
Thursday: work
Friday: Yay hubby is coming home! We usually go out to eat and have a date night and then watch a movie or something when we get home
Saturday: try to sleep in but my cat always. wakes. me. up. We usually head over either a family function on my side or a family function on his side. If we (me) aren't too tired at night we watch SNL
Sunday: try again to sleep in but Roxy will not let that happen (good practice for kids, huh?) and then off to another family function and maybe grocery shopping.

We know that the family functions on the weekend thing is keeps us so busy right now because we have lived a fair distance away for a while and know we are close and able to attend every one. I'm sure this will die down eventually.

So there you have it, my boring week.

Day 25 - your day, in great detail

2010-10-15T09:15:00.000-04:00

The home stretch

Because I love bullet points so much, here is a break down of a typical day for me.

Alarm goes off at 6:15
Hit snooze button a few times and finally get out of bed around 6:30
I immediately hop in the shower
Once I'm clean and awake I get dressed and then blow dry my hair
While Good Morning America is on, I apply my makeup (Love GMA)
When done I shut everything down, open the blinds for the cats and I'm out the door.
I have a 45min commute to work, blah
Once I battle the 495 traffic I arrive at work and start my day
Around lunchtime I head to the gym (at work) and work out for a half hour or so (then have to re shower)
I finish my afternoon at work and at 5:30 I'm on my way home
Another 45 minute commute, grumble
I make dinner if Hubby is home this week and if he isn't home I pick something up for myself.
Then I either read, watch TV, sew, photograph, blog, or stalk people on facebook
Then about 10:00 I go to bed

Pretty damn boring if you ask me. But there it is :)

Day 24 - where I live

2010-10-14T09:17:00.000-04:00

almost to 30 days!

Josh and I just recently moved back to Massachusetts. I grew up in Gardner MA and as soon as high school was done and I was all graduated and stuff, I moved outta that place. I was 17 (for a few more months) and moved to New York with my boyfriend at the time and another roommate. I stayed in NY for a few years and then moved to North Carolina for a few months and then to Texas for a couple more years. Then in 2004 I moved to New Hampshire and LOVED it. Seriously of all the places I have lived, NH will always hold a special place in my heart. After 6 great years there and meeting and marring the guy of my dreams, we were both ready to move back to Massachusetts and settle down.

That's where we are now. Right in the middle of both of our families and couldn't be happier.

Day 23 - a YouTube video

2010-10-13T09:17:00.001-04:00

Oh yea!

My husband counts on me to show him random, youtube videos that I stumble upon. I will send him cute, funny and stupid ones on the regular but no matter how many I send, there is always a clear winner. I guess I set the bar too high back when we first met.

I introduced him to Charlie and it snowballed from there. Here I was, the new girlfriend and he proceeds to forward this video to his entire family. What will they think of me? Will they "get" it? Looking back now I see that they have accepted me and my random-ness, because they showed up at the wedding.

This, my friends, is the video I am known for around the dinner table.

Day 22 - a website

2010-10-12T08:53:00.000-04:00

Almost done!

If you haven't gathered from the many times I have mentioned her in this here blog, The Bloggess is one of the funniest blogs around. She cracks me up with her dry humor and also is very sweet when she posts something serious.

Recently she started a "FURIOUSLY HAPPY" movement and it took twitter (and other blogs) by storm!

So there you have it, a website for y'all

Day 21 - a recipe

2010-10-11T11:14:00.000-04:00

21 days...IN A ROW!

I'm not much of a cooker, its not something that is that fun to me. Mostly I think about if I were to cook something, the sink of dishes that follows and that usually keeps me from cooking. Sometimes I get adventurous and buy cookbooks, never to be seen again. My family thinks I'm crazy because both my mother and my sister are excellent cooks and enjoy it very much...me I can order out like no ones business.

ha.

With all that being said, there are a few recipes I break out once in a great while. Not recipes per say but something I remember my mom cooking for us since I was little. One of those meals is a classic, macaroni and cheese....and that my friends is also a list of the ingredients. Let me explain.

1 lb of macaroni (I prefer elbows)
1 block of New York extra sharp cheddar (don't get mozzarella by accident. Trust me it won't work)

Cut up the entire block of cheese into small cubes.
Boil the crap outta the elbows until they are almost mush. (you may have to tweak this if your husband complains that most people like things "al dente")
Roll your eyes
Once the elbows are how YOU want them, drain and put those babies back in the pot
Then stir in the cubes of cheese and place the lid back on the pot
Allow the hot elbows to melt the cubes for a little while and then stir. Repeat this step if cheese isn't everywhere.

Serve hot. This dish doesn't re-heat well so eat as much as you can now (Did I mention that there are like NO calories in this dish? OK that's not true)

The end.

Day 20 - a hobby of yours

2010-10-10T08:09:00.004-04:00

rounding the home stretch

I think it has been mentioned on this blog a few times before, I'm a crazy doll lady. I collect Blythe dolls and sometimes I take them places and photograph them. I got into the hobby back in September of 2009 and it has snowballed from there.

I have heard about Blythe for a few years and even owned some clothes that are made from her before I ever bought a doll. I love blind box items (toys and trinkets that you don't know what you will get until you pay for and open it). This collections of rement (that's what is called) eventually led me to start collecting the dolls. It is such a fun hobby and has led me to meet some amazing girls that also collect. There is a whole community on flickr of girls (and guys!) collecting, trading, selling and photographing there adorable dolls.

Day 19 - a talent of yours

2010-10-09T07:01:00.000-04:00

Still doing my challenge

My talent is something I inherited from my Mother. I have heard stories of her being able to always untie knots in jewelry, no matter how large the knot. In high school people would bring her a bunch of jewelry in need of detangling. I also posses this talent. A few years ago I was giving a bunch of costume jewelry that was my Nana's and I spent a good couple of hours working on each piece until they were free of knots.

I know this doesn't seem like much of a talent but I have been asked many times to untangle something that others just couldn't do or didn't have the patients to do. Maybe that's my talent, patients?

Whats YOUR talent?

Our wedding: Getting ready, the details

2010-10-08T07:56:00.008-04:00

And continuing on to the details. My favorite part of wedding photos

Day 18 - our wedding

2010-10-08T06:45:00.012-04:00

yup, still going

When I decided to take on this blogging challenge, this is the one day I knew would be fun to write. And since we are coming in on our 6 month anniversary (on Sunday) I thought no better time than to do a summary of our wedding. It may take me a few days to get everything together but for now here is the beginning.

Getting ready:

Saturday morning I was up at a pretty early time. My sister and my niece spent the night in the hotel suite with me and my bridesmaid Marj also stayed at the same hotel so we had plans to meet downstairs for breakfast and then head to the salon to have our hair done. I remember waking up and it not feeling like my wedding day. I wasn't nervous at all and was wondering when it would hit as the ceremony didn't start for a long time.

We stayed at the salon and all had our hair done one after the other for a few hours. Our poor stylist must have been getting carpal tunnel after all the curls she put into our hair...especially my niece whose hair is down to her bum. After we were all beautified, we headed back to the hotel room to start get our makeup on.

I decided that I would rather spend the money on makeup and do it myself (so I could keep it after) than to pay someone to come do my makeup. So there we all were applying our makeup, I will never forget how funny I thought it was that there were 4 girls (Jenn, my other bridesmaid had arrived to the room at this point) crowded around all the mirrors in the suite doing makeup. After about an hour of this, my mother arrived and soon after the photographer so it was time to get dressed!

While all the ladies were in their gorgeous lilac dresses, I needed to wait to put my gown on so the photographer could get some detail shots in. These are always my favorite shots so I tried not to rush her, but I was so excited to put on my dress! Finally it was time and my girls all helped me slip into my dream dress.

After some final adjustments of my (annoying) veil, the pinning of the corsage to my mom (which never ended up staying on) and a practice run of petal tossin' by my adorable flower girl, we were off to the chapel.

My beautiful bridesmaids right before we left

Check back later for the next installment...the details!

Day 17 - an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)

2010-10-07T09:01:00.000-04:00

Wow, 17 days of blogging? Go me!
Lately I have been getting more and more into art. I seem to be drawn (ahh get it?) to prints and painting from the 1960's. It all started with the Blythe dolls. I thought I would have 1 or two dolls tops...after all I am in my late 20's, nope not me I own 8 Blythe dolls!! EIGHT! So naturally this unhealthy addiction to all things freaky looking (and cute) brought me to the infamous Margaret Keane (not to be confused with her ex husband Walter Keane, who took credit for a bunch of her paintings. Jerk)

Anyway, since I cannot afford an original painting by the queen of sad eye art, I have settles for two prints by her. These both are prints from the 1960's that I have proudly displayed in my home (which I plan to show you guys real soon!)

Girl and her cat 1961

Waiting for grandmother 1962

Day 16 - a song that makes you cry (or nearly)

2010-10-06T11:07:00.000-04:00

Bloggin'

One song that makes me choke up almost everytime I listen to it is a beautiful song by Blue October. 18th floor balcony. Here is the video:

For those of you who can't access the video...because um your at *cough cough* work. Here are some of the lyrics:

I close my eyes and I smile

Knowing that everything is alright

To the core

So close that door

Is this happening?

My breath is on your hair

I'm unaware

That you opened the blinds and let the city in

God, you held my hand

And we stand

Just taking in everything.

And I knew it from the start

So my arms are open wide

Your head is on my stomach

And we're trying so hard not to fall asleep

Here we are

On this 18th floor balcony.

We're both flying away.

So we talked about mom's and dad's

About family pasts

Just getting to know where we came from

Our hearts were on display

For all to see

I can't believe this is happening to me

And I raised my hand as if to show you that I was yours

That I was so yours for the taking

I'm so yours for the taking

That's when I felt the wind pick up

I grabbed the rail while choking up

These words to say and then you kissed me...

I knew it from the start

So my arms are open wide

Your head is on my stomach

And we're trying so hard not to fall asleep

Here we are

On this 18th floor balcony...

We're both flying away.

And I'll try to sleep

To keep you in my dreams

'til I can bring you home with me

I'll try to sleep

And when I do I'll keep you in my... dreams

I knew it from the start

So my arms are open wide

Your head is on my stomach

And we're trying so hard not to fall asleep

So here we are

On this 18th floor balcony, yeah

I knew it from the start

My arms are open wide

Your head is on my stomach

No, we're not going to sleep

Here we are

On this 18th floor balcony... we're both..

Flying away

See? Absolutely beautiful and reminds me SO much of when Josh and I started dating.

Day 15 - your dream house

2010-10-05T12:03:00.000-04:00

Half way through my blogging challenge!

If I was asked this question a few weeks ago I wouldn't have had an answer for you. That was until I stumbled upon the Young House Love blog and fell. in. love. with their beautiful 1950's ranch.

Check it out!

Looks like I am in luck because they just put their gorgeous home up for sale. Think Josh will want to move to Virginia?

Day 14 - a non-fictional book

2010-10-04T15:48:00.001-04:00

I'm home sick today, but I didn't want to miss a day in my 30 day challenge.see how devoted I am y'all?

One of my favorite non-fictional book is one that I recently:

It sucked, and then I cried. By Heather Armstrong also well known as Dooce

A fun read taken right from the Dooce blog, I recommend the book to anyone that also has come down with a case baby fever (like ME)

Day 13 - a fictional book

2010-10-03T07:50:00.000-04:00

Lucky 13

I don't really understand this blog post...the title is just "a fictional book". It doesn't say to list my favorite fictional book, or even my least favorite fictional book. So I will just list the book I am currently reading.

I know I am a little tardy to the party (did I really just say that?) but the book I am currently reading is:

after the urging of many friends, and after me buying this novel last year sometime, I have started reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire. I can't really tell you much about it because literally I just started it...like 5 pages in just started it.

So have you read this book? What did you think? NO SPOILERS please :)

Day 12 - something you are OCD about

2010-10-02T07:39:00.001-04:00

Can't believe I am still doing it...

There are several things I am OCD about, I think we all have OCD tendencies. Some more so than others but it is all there.

One major thing I am OCD about is keeping my makeup stash organized and clean. I hate it when there is powder along the edge of the container. I must blow it off or wipe it before I use it (even though I know that it is still usable makeup I am blowing away). I also need to keep my train case organized. This means all mascara in one spot which have to be located near other eye products such as liners and shadows. God forbid I have to reach way over the other side to get a mascara when I'm still doing my eyes.

And because we all love photos, here is an old one of my train case when I first got it. I have changed things around (and de-potted those MAC shadows) but my OCD is still obvious in this photo.

Day 11 - a photo of you recently

2010-10-01T09:30:00.003-04:00

Day 11, can you believe it?!

OK, I'm definitely looking forward to these narcissistic blog entry's to end. How many more photos of myself is too many?

Lately I try to be the one behind the camera, I'm trying to practice more with my camera (although the iPhone isn't helping things, its so much easier to take a photo with this here contraption) so any recent photos of me will be taken by my wonderful husband...only problem is he likes to take a photo of me at the worst time/moments. Case in point, back in August he decided to take a photo of me using my iPhone for the first time.

Gee, thanks for giving me a little notice to you know...fix my hair or even put on one. single. speck. of. makeup.

And that my friends is a somewhat recent photo of me...and also probably one of the worst. Awesome. ;)

Day 10 - a photo taken over 10 years ago of you

2010-09-30T12:10:00.003-04:00

Blogging, blogging real good

*hops into my time machine...er..I mean Internet archive wayback machine*

Back in 2000 I was 17, just graduated high school and living in my very first apartment in New York (with 2 roommates). I finally had a computer and I thought it would be so totally awesome to start a website (thank you geocities).

Using the internet archives I can go back now and look at the ridiculous things I used to talk about and the photos I used to share.

One such photo is me, in all my raver-esque clothing (hey I was 17!).

Enjoy:

Day 9 - a photo you took

2010-09-29T09:52:00.001-04:00

Still blogging away

Here is a random photo that I took a few months ago:

These fries remind me of...Snooki

Day 8 - a photo that makes you angry/sad

2010-09-28T09:09:00.000-04:00

I'm a blogging machine!

When I decided to take on this blog challenge, this post was the only one that I knew I would have a hard time with. I try to be a positive person. I try to look at the best of everything. I don't LIKE to be angry...or sad.

I have wracked my brain for this whole week to try to come up with something for this post and to be honest with you...I can't

So here is another picture that makes me HAPPY! (my blog, my rules) ;)

This is the very definition of happy. Me when I found a keyboard cat t-shirt.

Here is the video for those of you who have no idea what I'm taking about.

eeeep!

2010-09-27T11:46:00.000-04:00

Ruelala is having a Betsey Johnson sale right now!

Check it out!!!

Ruelala is an invite only shopping boutique so if you need an invite, follow this link

Day 7 - a photo that makes you happy

2010-09-27T11:08:00.000-04:00

Still at it...

I'm going to let this photo do the talking today. Here are my 2 favorite guys in the whole world:

This photo makes me very happy.

Day 6 - 20 of my favorite things

2010-09-26T08:00:00.036-04:00

Holy cow, day 6???

Since I have a love for all things cosmetics, and a lot of my followers are also makeup addicts, I am going to use this post to list 20 of my favorite cosmetic-things! (hey, my blog my rules) :)

1. Kat Von D's Beethoven eyeshadow Palette
2. MAC 150 face brush
3. Marc Jacob's Daisy perfume
4. mark. Glossblossom lip gloss
5. OPI's Mimosas for Mr. & Mrs. nail color (my wedding day nail polish!)
6. Sephora's metro train case
7. Bare Escentuals Buxom lash in Black
8. makeupalley.com
9. Philosophy's Beach Girl body lotion
10. Tiffany D's blog
11. MAC's Copperplate eyeshadow
12. Urban Decay's Primer Potion (duh)
13. OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark nail color
14. Smashbox O-Glow
15. Vera Wang's Princess perfume (wedding day perfume)
16. MAC's Mineralize Skinfinish Natural powder
17. Clinique's Lash Power Mascara
18. MAC's Mulch eyeshadow
19. Kat Von D's lipgloss in Retox
20. OPI's iPhone app

So what do you think? Any of your favorites top my list?

Day 5 - your favorite quote

2010-09-25T07:55:00.002-04:00

Still blogging towards my goal.

When I first heard about this 30 day blog challenge, one of the topics I was so excited about is this one. My favorite quote. Although as day 1 and day 2 (and so on) came up to day 5 I found it harder and harder to think of my absolute favorite. I have so many! I am one of those people that use quotes or song lyrics as my facebook status (well, before I said bye-bye to facebook). So I tend to have many.

I guess if I really had to think about it I would say that the quote I try to live by is:

Faith makes things possible, not easy. ~Author Unknown

Really makes you appreciate all you have and all you try to achieve.

What's your favorite quote?

Day 4 - your favorite book

2010-09-24T10:56:00.000-04:00

I have blogged for 4 days in a row, that's gotta be a record.

Reading is something I am always trying to improve on. Well not my reading itself but wanting to do more of it. Of course there is a certain vampire series that have been read a few times over, but sometimes I lack the motivation to start new books. I love going to bookstores and finding books that look interesting (I totally judge books by the cover. Whoops!). Hubs and I have and entire book shelf full of books, only half of which we have read. Granted most are school books (his) and the rest are wedding books (I got a little wedding planning crazy-I'm better now).

Even with all these books that we have in our possession, I would have to say that my favorite book of all time is something that I read in school...

We were required to read this book my freshman year (I think), of course at the time I wasn't excited at all to read such an old book. That quickly changed once I got more into it. The book really was a head of its time. It is such an amazing story and I urge anyone that hasn't read it to do so.

I have seen the 1970's (?) movie adaptation of this book and wasn't impressed, but I have heard rumors that they are remaking it soon. I hope it turns out well!

What's your favorite book?

Day 3 - your favorite television program

2010-09-23T09:29:00.003-04:00

Check it out, I'm blogging more!

Today's questions really isn't that hard for me to answer. Hubs and I don't have any fancy channels, we have basic cable (that's included in our rent. SWEET!), but even without the premium channels I actually have a couple shows that I watch on a regular basis. When I get home from work I will watch the local news and then maybe TMZ. Even though this is my routine I don't care if I miss an episode or two.

Now House on the the other hand? Can't miss it!

For years I have told to watch this show, that I would love it. I never bothered. Then one day about a year ago I caught an episode and fell. in. love. I like the way the show is presented and has you figure things out along with the Dr's, as apposed to knowing what is wrong and waiting for the characters to figure it out-hate that!

Oh yea, House isn't bad on the eye's either <3

So whats your favorite shows? Modern Family is a close second for me.

Day 2 - your favorite movie

2010-09-22T12:45:00.002-04:00

Trying to blog more lead to me doing a 30 day challenge. Read more here

Hmmm, my favorite movie? I have lots! I married a man with an insane DVD collection-many of which are favorites of mine. Which is why that question is very hard to answer. I don't think I can name just one movie (already breaking the rules).

Soooooo, I would have to say that my top five favorite movies are:

Just saw Chicago for the first time in 2008. I absolutely fell in love with it and watched it over and over.

A great film. I'm a huuuge Natalie Portman fan.

Another AMAZING movie. Really makes you think. And again has Natalie Portman

The hubs (back when he wasn't the hubs yet) saw this movie 3 times in one weekend when it first opened.

And my ultimate favorite, Big Fish. This movie is a masterpiece and whenever I hear of anyone that hasn't seen it, I must insist they do so...like right now.

So there you have it, my top 5 favorite films. What are yours? What do you think of these five?

Day 1 - My favorite song

2010-09-21T12:12:00.001-04:00

So in an effort to blog more, I have begun a challenge to blog daily for 30 days.

If you know me at all or even have read my blog for a little bit, you may know that I am a huuuuge Tori Amos fan. So much of a fan that I have named all of my dolls (8 Blythe, 1 Mui-Chan) after a Tori song....heck evenmy blog name is from one of her songs (well it WAS, until I had to change it). So you probably think I'm going to state that my favorite song is a Tori song...well you would be WRONG!

Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of favorite songs from many different artists and genres but I would have to say that my absolute favorite song is:

This song means so much to me for so many different reasons. It is something that when I find it on the radio, I must turn it up as loud as it will go and sing along as loud as I can. Surpisingly, I don't have this amazing song on my ipod...I may have to fix that. :)

So what is your favorite song! It's hard to narrow it down, but give it a shot! :)

Hi again!

2010-09-21T11:55:00.001-04:00

So here I am, alive and stuff. I keep meaning to write a blog or two but end up getting distracted by things like Young House Love (have you read this blog? They are amazing decoraters!) and dolly news like Middie Blythe (they are making a new size doll!). Its not that I don't have things to write about! I have lots of things going on with the new apartment and the baby fever is still running rampant, I just get distrac....

So after reading my good friend Marj's blog about a daily challenge to blog more, I had to jump at it!

So here is how it will work, everyday for 30 days I will write about...

Day 1 - your favorite song
Day 2 - your favorite movie
Day 3 - your favorite television program
Day 4 - your favorite book
Day 5 - your favorite quote
Day 6 - 20 of my favorite things
Day 7 - a photo that makes you happy
Day 8 - a photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 9 - a photo you took
Day 10 - a photo taken over 10 years ago of you
Day 11 - a photo of you recently
Day 12 - something you are OCD about
Day 13 - a fictional book
Day 14 - a non-fictional book
Day 15 - your dream house
Day 16 - a song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 - an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)
Day 18 - my wedding/future wedding/past wedding
Day 19 - a talent of yours
Day 20 - a hobby of yours
Day 21 - a recipe
Day 22 - a website
Day 23 - a YouYube video
Day 24 - where I live
Day 25 - your day, in great detail
Day 26 - your week, in great detail
Day 27 - my worst habit
Day 28 - whats in my handbag/purse
Day 29 - hopes,dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 - a dream for the future

Hope everyone out there is doing great! Wish me luck!

Doll related post ahead

2010-08-05T10:24:00.000-04:00

I don't know why I never shared this...but a couple months ago I submitted a photo I took into a contest and WON! I never win anything!

The monthly challenge was "Sweet Stuff" and all photos submitted should have some sort of sweet theme. This was my take on it.

This was not easy to do, but sooo worth it!

I was asked a few weeks ago if I would allow my photo be used for this awesome interview and of course I obliged. If you are interested in learning a little more about Blythe dolls and the photo challenge, go check out the interview.

Settling in

2010-08-03T12:11:00.001-04:00

It's been a crazy last few days in the Strange Girl household, we are all moved into our new place and just working on getting things where they need to be. Next time, when people offer to help move I may ask them to come a few days later to help me unpack ;)

Now that the dust is settling, I want to focus more on some of my hobbies (and to keep the fever at bay). My etsy shop needs to be restocked, I have been neglecting my poor dolls, my makeup stash needs to be revamped with some of the latest "it" things and this blog is something I always mean to update more often. Oh yeah and I haven't picked up my camera in over a month!

So to start to getting the ball rolling I invested in an awesome camera bag. This will cover the neglected dolls and the photography all in one (see how I justified that purchase right there? ;) )One of the blogs I follow talked about these amazing fashion camera bags and I had to have one right away. Only problem is they sell out really quickly. Luckily after following Jo Totes on facebook, they alerted everyone that there is some available...SCORE!

So this awesome bag is now on its way to me!

images via jototes.com

Hurry up and go get one (they have other colors and styles) before they sell out again!

Oh man, this is hilarious!

2010-07-22T20:35:00.002-04:00

So funny!

Someone order a throat punch?

2010-07-18T20:39:00.001-04:00

This weekend strange guy and I went "home" (MA) to visit my family. For whatever reason we didn't bring our swim suits and of course we thought it would be awesome to all go swimming.

The town I grew up in is tiny and the only places to find a bathing suit is either Walmart or Fashion bug (yes, a clothing store with bug in the title. I KNOW!). Walmart was completely sold out of anything that wasn't hoochie mama material, so I tried Fashion Bug.

While there I asked the nice girl upfront if they had an suits left (it is Mid-July after all). That's when it happened...The girl replied "I don't think we have any in your size". Yes, you read that right: "I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY IN YOUR SIZE"

I was in complete shock that I wasn't able to say anything as we walked over to the 5 swim suits they had left. Then I realized that they we all very very large ones.

That bitch is so lucky.

haha ;)

Coming out of the baby closet

2010-07-16T09:11:00.003-04:00

Ok, I'm not going to lie. I have the fever. BABY FEVER

For years I was convinced that children were not for me. I fell in love with my niece and nephews but I was able to give them back at the end of the day and go to my quiet, cat infested apartment (ok, only 2 cats...for now). Even while planning the wedding, I was still at the point where I wasn't sure if I wanted kids. Then it hit me, actually I can remember the exact date 6/8/10. Almost 2 months into our marriage.

Now I feel like the universe is taunting me, I have pregnancy radar and can spot any pregnant woman in the grocery store within seconds. While at work the other day, 2 pregnant co-workers decided to stand right. outside. my. office and discuss their due dates to each other! To make matters worse, my awesome sister-in-law is about to pop and I am soo SOO excited for the baby to born.

Strange Boy and I have a "plan" and right now that "plan" seems so far away. I don't know what I will do in the mean time!

Who is this person in me? If my past self ever met me, they would have words.

Sooo, do you have the fever? (Or maybe a full blown case of BABY RABIES!)

ahem...Hi! Remember me?

2010-07-13T07:22:00.002-04:00

So its been a while and I am sorry for that. Lots of things have been happening over the past few weeks that made it hard to find time to blog. Things like birthday parties, graduations, finding a new apartment, baby showers. Catch that? WE FOUND A NEW APARTMENT!!

It's a huge deal for us and our families because this move will finally bring us (me and strange boy) back to the state of Massachusetts. We both grew up in MA and even though we have been living in NH (him for 2+ years, me for 6+ years) we would travel to MA every weekend to be with family. We also will be saving a nice bit of moolah moving into this apartment (that is nicer than ours now, go figure!).

We have begun the joyous task of packing (eye roll) and boxing up our whole apartment. It has been a stressful couple of weeks and looks like it will be up until moving day.

I have a bunch of awesome ideas for decorating the new place and can't wait to show everyone in the next few weeks.

Until then, here are some photos we took once we got the keys!

SQUEE!!

So please forgive my absense! I will be back soon for more updates...pinky swear!

Bag lady

2010-05-26T11:22:00.007-04:00

Sorry I have been kinda MIA lately.

A few weeks ago, I started selling vintage handbags over on Etsy and I have been putting time into finding new bags to list.

I already had quite a collection of retro purses that I hadn't taken for a spin yet. So I figured why not sell them to someone who would love em! And that's how it happened

Both bags (plus a couple more) are available now!

I plan to list a couple new ones every week so be sure to check the shop out often for the perfect bag :)

Don't forget to add me as a favorite! www.etsy.com/shop/Headuh

Strange Girl

Nursery!

6 weeks

He's here!

Guess what?!

Holy crap! I haven't updated in a long time!

Holy crap! It's December!

Nesting part deux

nesting

Chocolate cake for everyone!

nursery inspiration board

A tale of two changers

26 weeks (!!!)

I don’t like Mondays

Baby got wheels

Puppy dog tails

Turkey Timer

Heartbeat

12 Weeks

Finding out

Rumple's wiggin crackle

Some news

Abundant sunshine and warm

First Anniversary

Spoonful of sugar

Getaway

Addict

Just Tea-Sing

Paper

Pandora

Love

Favs

Got The Blues For Red

Say it ain't snow!

Dialect Vlog

Randi

want

Bing

Tickle My France-y

Booty

Bring back film

Over The Taupe

Happy New Year!

Snow day

I've been so blessed

Merry Merry Christmas!

Our Tree

She was a January girl...

Gaga over Gaga

New

Oh my!

Covered up

Oh Dany boy

The most wonderful time of the year

Fangirl

Pardon me while I *SQUEEE*

Room tour!

Happy November!

Its curtains for ya

Gap

New tattoo!

Day 30 - a dream for the future

Day 29 - hopes,dreams and plans for the next 365 days

Day 28 - whats in my handbag/purse

Day 27 - my worst habit

Day 26 - your week, in great detail

Day 25 - your day, in great detail

Day 24 - where I live

Day 23 - a YouTube video

Day 22 - a website

Day 21 - a recipe

Day 20 - a hobby of yours

Day 19 - a talent of yours

Our wedding: Getting ready, the details

Day 18 - our wedding

Day 17 - an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)

Day 16 - a song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Day 15 - your dream house

Day 14 - a non-fictional book

Day 13 - a fictional book

Pardon me while I SQUEEE