saturdays.

Waiting on Shelly so I can do her hair.

Andrew's at work.  :(

I love my husband more than anything.  I had a dream last night that he died.  It was terrible.  I don't even know what I'd do if that actually happened.

lucky you.

I got my first pair of Lucky Brand jeans today.  Actually, Kim (mother-in-law) bought them for me.  They were at T.J. Maxx for $32.  They were originally like $150.  Exciting!

She also bought me this adorable Lucky Brand purse for Christmas.  It was marked from $120 down to $59.  It's small, leather, has a long adjustable strap, and is the prettiest shade of blue.  I would post a picture but I didn't take one and can't find it online.

I was happy a few weeks ago when we (I have an awesome mother-in-law) found my Lucky Brand sandals.  They were $68 marked to $45 and we got them for $20.  They're so comfortable, which is important to me, partly because of my career path.  It was awesome because I wanted a black pair of sandals and I wanted to spend the same amount on them as I did when I got my brown Reefs.  And I did!  For a better brand!

These are the sandals.

This is the other Lucky Brand bag I want. 

spiffy.

So besides the header I went a little nuts and redid my picture and the sidebar.  Trying to spiff it up a little.  The section title pictures are actually closeups of the patterns from the tea cups in my header!  And now y'all can find me on Facebook.  And y'all need to check out Kaelah at Little Chief Honeybee.  She's awesome.  I'm not too sure who "y'all" is 'cause I'm pretty sure no one reads this.

I discovered Polyvore.  There's a link to that as well.  Chech out some of the sets I made.

Not too much going on...

fashion survey.

Hope y'all like my new header, whoever reads this...  The tea cups are a mix of mine and my Mother-in-law's (Kim).  The first cup is actually from my wedding china, and then they alternate between mine and hers.

Survey time!

How would you describe your style?

It's a bit of a mix, I guess.  Sometimes it's very girly and sometimes it's a little utilitarian.

If you wear make-up, how often do you use it?

Not very often, and I don't wear that much.  I probably only put make-up on once a week, if that.

Do you think women are better dressed today than from 15 years ago?

Yes and no.  Some women today look terrible, some look amazing.  15 years ago it was 1995 and I do like some of the grunge looks, but then some women looked terrible then, too.

If you could live in a particular decade, when would you live?

There are so many different periods where I love the clothes.  I particularly love the 20s through the 70s.  Anything before the 1900s seems a little impractical to wear, even though some of it is beautiful.

On average, how many times each day do you change your clothes?

It depends on what I'm doing that day.  If I change it's usualy only once.

How often do you wear a skirt?

I wear a dress almost every day.  I live in Georgia it's too hot for anything else.

How often do you wear pants?

Right now only when I ride the motorcycle.  Once the weather gets cooler I will wear pants more.

How high are your highest heels?

3 inches or so, but I never wear heels.

How often do you wear hosiery?

Only in the fall and I wear it fairly often.

What is your preffered hair removal method?

I just shave, though I wouldn't really say it's preffered.

What is your opinion on thongs and g-strings?

They're uncomfortable.  Not a big fan.  But they do get rid of panty lines.

What is your preferred choice of the following: Pantyhose/tights, stockings with garter belt, thigh highs, knee highs, regular socks, none.

None if I can.  I hate regular socks.  Probably thigh highs.  Panty hose can be tight and uncomfortable.

Do you visit a beauty/hair salon?

I work at one.  But as far as my hair, probably every 8 weeks or more.  Way more.  I don't get hair color that requires upkeep and my hair cuts usually get grown out anyway.

crystal.

A few months ago I read the book Hungry by Crystal Renn.  It's very inspiring, has a good message, and is a good read.  Crystal goes from curvy 14 year old to super skinny model to a healthy size 12 and a fantastic career as a plus-size model.  The girl is awesome, and gorgeous.

pom pom.

I've decided I really do want a Pomeranian.  Which is odd because I've never liked small dogs.  I've always had fairly big dogs.  They're just so cute.

I mean, look how fluffy the first one is.  He looks like a big brown cotton ball.  I've read up on them a little, too.  They sound like really good dogs.  And the neighbor down the street at my parents used to have one.  His name was Corduroy.  He was a cute, sweet little dog.  And I do want a male.

The last five are my favorite colorings.  And the brown one is really cute, too.  I guess the white and the wolf sable are my absolute faves.  And I like the black and tan.  I saw a black and rust that's really pretty, too.  And the black and white.  Really I just don't want an orange one.  I'd take any color except the orange, blue or red.  They're just so cute and little!!!  Look at the one on the tile floor!  How is that not adorable?  Look at his little face.  I like his coloring, too.  I want one!

family.

hell ride.

This movie is in no way a cinematic masterpiece.  But see it anyway.

sick of it all.

When we got our wedding pictures back several months ago we were excited.  Kim went nuts over them.  The first time we took them to my parents was a little disappointing.  Mom briefly looked at them but didn't say much.  We left them with her to pick out what she wanted for her parents album.  When Kim did this she spent hours looking and laid out her own album.  Mom gave me the pictures back and she had two envelopes.  She had about 10 pictures in the yes envelope and 5 in the maybe envelope.  Three of those pictures was of Andrew and I together.  She told me to pick out the rest.  When my brother got married she picked out every single picture (a lot of them) and got pushy with John and Elaine because it took them so long to get theirs, and she couldn't order hers until they had ordered theirs.

Yesterday Andrew and I went to put together our album with the photographer.  I called Mom on the way up there to see about getting some pictures for my grandparents and John and Elaine.  She called sometime after we had left and when I called her back all she wanted to talk about was her old friend that she wasn't even friends with anymore who had died.  She didn't ask about the pictures, didn't want to know what we had picked out, didn't even ask about the price.  Nothing.

It's always going to be like this, isn't it?  A few weeks ago she called to ask if I could come stay with her one night while Dad was out of town because she was lonely.  Dad is always out of town!  He's out of town every week.  She just wanted me to come stay so she could get her way from someone because she didn't get it from Dad.  I hadn't even been married 3 months yet!  She's asked before, "Can't you and Andrew do anything apart?"  We just freakin' got married.  Of course we want to do everything together. 

I'm so sick of all her crap, and trying to mediate everything, and trying not to hurt anyones feelings.  She's not going to ever be happy with me, she's not ever going to accept Andrew, and she's not ever going to look at it like we're actually married and I'm not going to be with her how Dad is with his parents.  And that I'm not going to be a little carbon copy of her.  I'm sick of everything down here.  I'm sick of school.  I'm sick of my Mother.  I'm sick of my old friends that give me updates on exes that I don't care about.  I'm sick of too many people living in this county.  I'm sick of suburbia. 

I just want us to leave.

4th.

Hope everyone had a good 4th.

I stressed myself out this weekend...  John and Elaine were in town.  My Aunt and Uncle were here helping their daughter move.  Had to see Mom, who barely said 10 words to me Saturday night.  Had to see them again Sunday.  She makes me stress myself out.  Stressed myself out Sunday night and the only thing I will say about yesterday is I swallowed a bug.  I envy John moving 7 hours away from our parents.

We really should just move to New Zealand.