TGIF...

I spent all morning trying to score tickets to see Adele and they literally sold out in five seconds.

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I am slightly bummed, but she was going to be a much bigger venue and when I saw her the first time she came to Austin it was at this little hole in the wall club where I could literally touch her, and nothing will ever compare to that.  (Unless I can convince her to come and sing at our wedding) 

Next weekend I get to see the amazing Katy Perry and I am so stoked. I just love her to pieces, her music, her lyrics and her style. People give me a hard time about loving her, but as my last posted “ I COULD CARELESS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK”, its all about what I love and what makes me happy.

What won’t be making me happy is waking up before 7am on a Saturday to deal with a U-HUAL Truck. We (actually meaning the boy, because I will be just supervising) are moving the last of his stuff this weekend and I couldn’t be happier. I swear if we ever move again, I just plan to set everything on fire and start from scratch….ha ha.

Hopefully we will get to do some fun things, there are tons of movies coming out this weekend and it feels like its been FOREVER since we went out.  Its so HOT here venturing outside of my house gives me huge fears of bursting into flames, so staying in has been our game plan most days. 

In school news I have less than 3 weeks left...WOO HOO.  I have several interviews for externships next week...double WOO HOO and I made my own candy bar that might have involved Bacon.

TGIF...

Counting down for…

A finished wedding cake, drinks and laughs, sleeping in, being awaken by stinky dog breath while trying to sleep in, holding hands and just being relaxed and worry free.

PS - Swooning over pink hair!

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TGIF...

( I have no idea why my legs look like I am a professional kick boxer, I promise they are not that bruised looking in person)

The last couple of weekends we have been in embarking in PRJOECT SPRING CLEANING 2011. Through this project I have learned the following:

1. The boy has the most AMAZING organizational skills.

2. I have MAJOR hoarding tendencies. I laugh at those people on that show, but when I almost had a melt down regarding a hello kitty calendar being thrown away from 2007, I knew I was in TROUBLE.

3. The boy must really LOVE me to go through all my crap.

I am hoping by this upcoming weekend we will be done and we can finally enjoy our weekends again. I did get to sleep in, which was a great, but then I stayed up way to late watching dumb TV (I've come to the realization I am addicted to COPS, and Saved by the Bell still comes on TV, who knew..LOL), so its basically a terrible cycle I have created for myself.

The rest of our long weekend consisted of going to the mall and meeting a HUGE celebrity…

Seeing the Hangover, part II and being SHOCKED and HORRIFED. The movie had its funny moments, but for the most part they spent more time making me cringe than laughing. I am still on the fence if this will be added to the DVD collection. During one scene the boy and I actually looked at each other in pure GROSSMENT (yes I totally made up that word)  at what we were seeing.

Eating yummy tacos from a local hot spot and cathing up on some Netflix movies.  The best thing was actually getting to spend quality time with my love.  Even though we see each other everyday, with our crazy schedules weekends are our saving grace.

Check back tommorow for the winner of the giveway! (which means you still have time to email me your submission Erica@ibleedpink.com)

TGIF...

I’m going this Saturday for my 1st dress fitting and I am so NERVOUS. Being a very anal type A person, it’s hard for me to let go of control and letting someone have free reign of something concerning my life, well thats all new to me. Without knowing what my dress is going to look like, I haven’t been able to really start looking for accessories, because I want to make sure everything coordinates and meshes really well.

One thing that has been constant is my obession with having GLITTER shoes.  I've been searching online and different stores to find a perfect glitter heel, that is major in the sparkle and bling department.  During my search I came across these Kate Spade shoes and feel in love.

Then I saw the price and my heart was broken into a billion little pieces.  I know its my wedding, but I just can't see paying $300 for a pair of shoes for one day. I kept searching and found another pair on Ebay and got super excited, as they were within a price range I could order 2 or 3 pair if I wanted. 

But guess what, they are SOLD OUT...yes sold out, how DARE they!!  I am letting my imagination run wild and consider that their must be some drag convention going on where a glitter heel was a requirement, so its okay!!

Well my bestie Google (he still can't believe I use to kick it with Yahoo, I know..young and stupid!) finally gave me the most AMAZING solution to my problem!!  DIY, duh Erica!!  I came across a wedding website where this bride made her own glitter shoes from a pair of heels she found from Goodwill, are you ready to be blown away.

How amazing are these shoes she made. With the help of my other BFF Amazon I was able to find the glitter  n our wedding colors.

So After my dress fitting, I plan to start hunting for the perfect pair of shoes to Gliffterfi! 

I am hoping for a fun filled weekend and not one filled with tears because my dress is horrible and I am subjected to wear a burlap sack to my wedding...LOL!!

TGIF...

It’s Friday…

Got to sleep in for an extra hour, WOO HOO…


Now enjoying the breakfast of Champs…

I am stoked this week flew by for me, because this lack of sleep thing is totally catching up with me!!  At the moment I can't even think straight to think about plans for this weekend, but just knowing I get to turn off my alarm is making me the happiest girl EVER.  

Tonight in class were doing a high tea, and we made a ton of sweet and savory, (I fire roasted my first red pepper last night) so its going to be a good night. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful sleep filled Weekend!

 

TGIF...

Stare at my reflection in the mirror...

Why am I doing this to myself?

Losing my mind on a tiny error,

I nearly left the real me on the shelf ...

...Don't lose who you are, in the blur of the stars

Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,

It's okay not to be okay...

Sometimes it's hard, to follow your heart.

Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,

Just be true to who you are

( Miss Jessie J.)

Progress…Progression….I took the first step to rectify my situation. I spoke up! I went to the problem and addressed my issues, concerns and frustration and can I just say it felt AMAZING. I felt like a huge balloon filled up with angry air (if that even makes sense…LOL) and I was able to just release everything. I gave that person a big piece of my mind and though the problem is not fully corrected I am able to feel good that I made the first step to change my negative situation.

At this point I feel things can only get better, I have removed that stress off my back. I have decided to never allow myself to be put in a situation like this again. I was blessed with a mouth (a big one at that) and I will never be unheard again. If I have an issues or concern I am going to voice my feelings about it and go on with my “Blessed” life.

Plus I don’t get paid enough to be stressing so much over this situation…I figure at least if I was doing pole dances I would get the perk of wearing glitter every day to work!

I plan on having a WONDERFUL weekend, enjoying my Loves, eating good food and buying something that makes me smile!

TGIF...

So, ya I kind of love you…and look forward to your calls during the middle of the day to chat about nothing.

I’m crushing over the fact…that after almost 4 years you still want to hold my hand in the car.

My love grows daily…and I can’t get enough of your smile and those green eyes.

I am beyond blessed… to have someone who loves me, fake hair, bright lips and all. (but secretly I know you love me most fresh face)

I thank my lucky stars …you enjoy cartoons as much as I do.

Oh before I go…you should know I am hopelessly in love with you…and love that you don’t make fun of me for picking one movie theater over another…because I like the popcorn better.

And I am thankful its Friday and get to have late night dinner with you, drinking cranberry juice and laughing with her favorite CRAZY waitress!! 

TGIF...

So it’s been a minute since I talked about the Wedding, or Wedding planning. Mainly because we don’t have time to breathe, let alone plan a wedding…

 Well I am going for my first dress fitting next month, and I am super nervous, because the CONTROL FREAK has not seen anything related to this dress since our first meeting. (and those were drawn sketches), so I have no idea what I am in store for..**BITES NAILS**

I’ve been thinking about little aspects of the big day, and I truly could care less about all the hoopla and hurrah that can surround a wedding. I just want a special day that legally unites me to the man I truly love. (maybe not so much this morning, for various reasons…LOL).

But here are a few things that have been inspiring my little brain when it comes to our special day…

( I am thinking of doing my hair in this manner...thoughts?)

Well I am counting down the seconds until the weekend, things going on...
Day trip to the zoo, picking up my bright pink MAC lipstick, lemon creme brulee, organizng my crazy closet, seeing "HANNA" and sleeping in (or so I would like to think, but then I will be awaken by a CRAZY little dog who has some how fallen in LOVE with the loudest dog toy...ha ha!)

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TGIF...

(I LOVE LOVE these shoes)

Things to accomplish this weekend:

1. Figure out a mini Honeymoon location. We’ve decided right after the wedding to do something small and wait until next year to get all out. Right now my vote are:

a. Mini – Chicago or St. Louis

b. Big – DISNEY WORLD

The boy wants to go somewhere tropical, but we will see who wins!!

I would love to hear suggestions on things to do on a Honeymoon (get your minds out the gutter…LOL) I just don’t want us to end up going out of town to stay in bed all day watching Law and Order SUV. (Even though thats my Show!!)

2. Take my little fur ball to the vet. (Side Story – My mom sent me new sheets, black…the day after I put them on the bed I woke up to find it COVERED with dog fur. I couldn’t believe he even had fur left on his body. At this point I don’t think the sheets can even be saved, the “Perks” of letting a little fur bot sleep with you.)

3. RELAX, RELAX and um….RELAX. I love having time off from my crazy busy schedule and enjoying this beautiful spring weather and of course EATING GOOD FOOD!!

I  am also going to convince my SWEET, HANDSOME and LOVING, guy to buy me some pretty dress (wink..wink)

TGIF...

Have you ever had one of those days were you wake up, feeling good, put on a cute outfit, makeup is looking great, hair in place? Well I am having one of those days and I am getting vibes it can only get better….especially since its FREAKING Friday!!! Oh how I love you Friday and your fellow two friends who come after you Saturday and Sunday (Don’t tell, but Saturday is totally my favorite)

So what else’s is new in my world….lets see

I made beignets  a couple of nights ago at home, and then made my self sick from eating a bazillion of them and burning myself, because I was too fat and greedy to wait for them to cool down.

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I went out seeking some cute stuff to jam in my already overstuffed closet and stopped in Forever 21, but quickly left after seeing hot messes like this all over the store. 

I understand as staff your busy….but come on this is ridiculous. Goodwill is run better than this!!!

Speaking of Goodwill I got the cutest red shoes EVER from there for under 10 bucks. (SCORE, I am starting to feel like one my ALL TIME Favorite DIVAS Mrs. Lexy @ BeautyFash, check her blog out here!)

I took some of my weaves out and decided to try short hair again…and each day falling more and more in love with my BIG ASS TEXAS PAGEANT hair ( My dreams are finally coming true…just waiting for the sash, MISS AWESOME 2011)

This picture actually gives a better idea of how short it is.  I don't know how long it will last, but its fun for now!

I also saw a trashy movie with Nic Cage, realized my dog needs a bath (STAT!!) and played the hell out of my new Adele Cd!!

TGIF...

I feel slightly better after taking the advice of my dad and getting some Zycam (I think for as much as it cost I should be doing back flips at the moment, but oh well). 

Tonight is our last class for 2 weeks, but we met our instructor last night for our next 3 weeks of classes and it sounds BRUTLE!!   We talked to some students who are graduating in January and they agreed that these classes coming up were their hardest.  The class is called “ Petit Fours", its a lot of mini cakes and also where we learn to make French macroons, which is super exciting!!

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Lots to do this weekend with vacation plans and Christmas literally around the corner.  Everyone have a great weekend!!

TGIF...

Sometimes writing something out can ease a lot of frustration. After putting it out there that I was having a rough day things actually started to look up. In class we made a TON of bread and at this point I can’t even move. Bread truly is my weakness and when its hot and fresh and slathered with Nutella I become SHAMELESS….

In wedding news, I am so excited we are going to be doing engagement photos in a few weeks. The cool thing is the person shooting is Miss Amy, a fellow blogger. I started reading her blog, because she seems like the sweetest most down to earth person who shoots some bad ass photos, plus I thought it was cool she lives close to my own hometown.

(This photo is so sweet to me...you can see more here)

Well when I knew I would be making a visit in a few weeks I immediately contacted her (thank you TWITTER) and TA-DA….were about to make some MAGIC!!  I can’t wait to meet her and have her shoot us… make time to check out her blog. I promise you will like her as much as I do!!

I have class on Saturday…yes, on Saturday and its pretty much all day, so my weekend will be a short one.  I want to see this movie...

I really like Natalie Portman as an actress and the plot seems really different.  I heard its a limited release this weekend,so we will see.  Last weekend we saw that new movie with Ann Hathaway, "Love and other Drugs".  It was okay, she pretty much naked the whole movie.  So its a chick flick that your dude won't have an issue sitting through...LOL!

I also think my mouth needs to be involved with this....

(White Chocolate Mocha w/ Caramel in the coffee and on the whipped cream...SO GOOD!!)

Everyone have a great weekend and stay warm, its getting cold out there!!



TGIF...

Last night I took my first test and did pretty well overall. I went in feeling pretty confident, but was totally knocked off my pedestal when I saw how our instructor graded.  I now know better for next time, so no more mistakes!! School is still going very well, every night were banging out 3 or 4 desserts at a time, so your learning a lot in a short amount of time.  (As soon as I get a free minute I will post some more pictures) I am still adjusting to my lack of sleep and missing out on Maury each day.   ( THANK GOD FOR DV-R…LOL) 

I am also learning without a full 8 hours or more of sleep I am not the most pleasant person.  Last night when I got out of my car at 11:30 I heard the weirdest sound to find that I had ran over a nail and my tire was going flat.  I was too tired to deal with it then, but this morning the BF..oops the FI stepped in and saved the day.  He gave me his car to drive to work/school and told me he would take care of my faulty tire.  Well what do I do, I call him at work to tell him he put WAY too much stuff in my lunch bag and it was too heavy....ya I am pretty much an ASS!!  I did apologize and let him know how much I appreciated him.  

I am so glad next week is a short week  and a HOLIDAY. We bought a small turkey and I am a NERVOUS wreck to actually cook it.   Give me some flour and sugar and I am all good, give me 5lbs of raw meat and I want to pass out.  I am so scared I will over cook it or under cook it and KILL US...LOL!!  Any Advice or Tips??

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I highly recommend you check out this CD.

 I am not a huge fan of hers, but I HEART this CD!!  ( Also, is anyone else really digging her hair and makeup on this cover?)

TGIF...

Achoo…. Literally that is what I have been doing for the last 3 hours. I woke up this morning fine, got to work and all of sudden my eyes starting watering, I can’t stop sneezing and my nose is runny….STUPID Allergies, and obviously these are like ninja Allergies because they kind of snuck up on me and nunchucked me in the face. (Side Story…my older brother went through this stage where he wanted to be Bruce Lee, he had all the weapons and outfits (but never actually learned how to do any Kung Fu), I always thought it was funny a black Bruce lee…LOL!!)

I hope they don’t get worse over the weekend.

This weekend I just want to sleep, I want to sleep for hours and only get up to exchange my ice cream cartons. Knowing us that won’t happen, because I will drag the BF on some adventure and capture it for your viewing pleasure. Talking about capturing moments, can I just say it drives my BF CRAZY with all the pictures I take. What drives me crazy is the fact that I’ve been doing this for months and he still complains about it, but I love taking pictures, its always fun to look back and see what you looked like then or what your were doing…(So, I guess he will just have to GET OVER IT!!)

Plus, I love looking at blogs where people document their lives in pictures. So I leave with a fun picture I took of Loco….

(Yes he runs a pretty tight ship!!)

Have a wonderful weekend!!

TGIF...

I stumbled across this video today….

Are you just as shocked as I am? This really blows my mind and makes me really question what we are forced fed, via the media. Its sad that we look at media material and ooh and ahh at how GORGEOUS these person are wishing we could have their bodies or hair….BLAH BLAH.  When in reality its probably  F-A-K-E!!

I  know I am am not perfect (okay maybe in my mind) but at least I am REAL !!!

Have a wonderful LONG weekend!!

TGIF...

It’s Friday and it could not have come fast enough. I am taking another sewing class on Saturday, so I can figure out my mistakes from last weekend. Fingers crossed I will have a whole dress completed by this weekend!! I just want to get to the point where I feel comfortable cutting into my vintage patterns. Once I get into my groove I will never wear pants again, I will become an even bigger dress WHORE than I already am!!

Other than the sewing thing, not for sure what else is in store for the rest of the weekend….especially since I am banned from picking movies. 

Talking about movies the other day I got the “The Runaways” from Netflix and thought it was going to be WAY better.

 I have always loved Joan Jett  (imagine an 8 year old Miss Kitty rocking out to “Crimson and Clover” and my personal jam “I Hate Myself for Loving You”) and actually thought K. Stewart did a great job of portraying her, but I felt like the story really only covered Cherie Curry…what about Miss Lita Ford (who sings one of my all time favorite songs “Kiss me Deadly”).

The movie basically proved to me when I start my rock band to go solo and just focus on perfecting my keytar skills.

I hope everyone has an awesome weekend…and I leave you with a perfect song to get things going!!

TGIF...

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!!!

My day has already started picture perfect. I spent last night making cupcakes for a baby shower for today and when I was transporting them to the party the STUPID container I had them in completely fell apart and my cupcakes went flying everywhere. I didn’t know weather to laugh or cry. I then had to run out and find another cake, got to the store and realized my debit card was at home.

This has been a true Friday the 13th for me. I am just waiting to be chopped up into little pieces any moment.

The only thing getting me excited right now is knowing were going to the movies this weekend to see this...

I LOVE LOVE cheesy action movies and this movie is like my “Twilight” . I can’t wait to go and see it.

and after getting an amazing haircut, my darling BF looks more like this...

Instead of this....

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!  (And if anyone asks u to go camping tonight...SAY NO...LOL)