Oh Meredith...

This is on a card from my big sis in college. We used to live together, and spent many a nights laughing & crying over grey's anatomy marathons. It was free therapy :) And right abt now... I'm having a Meredith meltdown! I miss being 21, 22, when everything was great and 25 felt forever away! I'm not ready to grow up!! Not ready for the days to blend together. 25 is just exhausting! I'm always in class, or at work. Always. "Free time" what free time? I get about 4hours of sleep a night. And I feel like I'm 50 when I say "i remember when...". I guess the kid in me will just look forward to Harry Potter 7 part2 the last installment.

I just have to keep reminding myself: God has a plan. Everything will work out. Don't question it, just go with it.

Playing House

I have a fascination with sets. :) Magazine sets, window displays, shows, movies, I look at the props, and take in the ambience. I can't help it. I would love to be a stager... or a set designer...! *Dream Job* :) I'm always drawn to the whimsical decor of nancy meyers or nora ephron films (especially their kitchens). And altho this is neither, I do find myself constantly going back to Milly's (mandy moore) apartment in Because I Said So

I don't usually lean towards warm colors, but here it works for me! I love a good tufted sofa, I've mentioned that before, and I've noticed at work, I'm definitely surrounded by perfect pieces for a remake of this room. Pier 1 has some great boho accents that go so well with this style...

And I can't mention this set, without pointing out how much I love her chalkboard fridge :) love love love, this citrus kitchen. Along with Rachel Ray's retro appliances, this would be my dream kitchen. Fun bold colors, with a farmer's market flair, I would be a baking Betty every day!

happy dream house hunting...

Singin in the rain

Rainy season... check.

Tornado season... check! check!!

But does it bother this girl? Not at all!!

It's just a little water ;)

I love the rain!!! I don't know why rainy days always have a sad, depressing connotation... I guess books and movies always play into the whole pathetic fallacy bit, but rainy nights give me the best sleep! And I'm not one who stays cooped up inside when it's pouring... I have 5 pair of galoshes and a pile of pretty umbrellas :) And currently I'm on the hunt for a good raincoat, because even the best and biggest umbrellas can't shield you from the oklahoma winds side swipin' ya...

But come rain or shine, how cute are these?!?!?

Bella Umbrella has the most beautiful parasols, I want one so bad!

Click to see her site, such cute stuff. She's located in Seattle, WA.

All images from bellaumbrellas.blogspot

Don't they make the sweetest photography props? I just love them!
Check out her blog as well, I especially love the photos with girls holding all the different colors and styles.
I haven't thought of raincoats since I was like 7, and had one from a trip to Knotts Berry Farm (which up until recently I thought was actually called Snoopy Land). I swear I should have been British... I could handle annual rainfall quite well I presume!

So obviously I had to link one of my favorite Glee moments to this post
The wonderful Umbrella/ Singin' in the Rain Mashup video on youtube
And yes, even Mandy Moore's version of Umbrella is one of my ring tones, it's so good

A Little Flag Banner

So many babies... so many gift ideas...

I love personalized baby stuff, especially for cute names that aren't easy to find stuff labelled with! And yes pink does seem to be the overkill color for little girls rooms, but I do like bold, sweet color schemes, and I couldn't resist this new designer print, thought it would be fun to use for letters :)

I loved this! I ironed on each letter to hot pink felt, so it was easier to sew on and had some weight to it. Also because I wanted the letters to pop a bit off the polka dots. I was going to use a lighter pink felt, but I was digging thru my fabric bins and used what I had. And I backed each triangle with felt as well, so it wouldn't curl up.

I love my trusty pinking shears :) Forgive me, the pictures aren't great, I'm a lazy crafter that takes pictures with my phone... It was fun and easy, just a Lotta repetitive steps...

My new find!

I finally cracked. And got some Toms. I still think they look like silly watersocks... but when I found one of my favorite little boutiques custom paints them in your choice of colors, I couldn't resist!

Super easy. I chose a peacock color scheme. She just tossed greens, blues, and purples all over, with tissue stuffed inside the shoes to keep them clean. And tada! Ready in 20 minutes! They had some really cute red ones, with white and gray all over for OU games.

Oh to be 11 Again

I was watching a teen heartthrobs 'where are they now' show, and started thinking, when I was just a wee preteen... who were the popular faces that graced the covers of Tigerbeat magazines? which inevitably ended up taped to my walls, lol...

I'm ashamed to admit yes, I was madly in love with Devon Sawa and Taylor Hanson...

They probably don't ring a bell for you, due to my having always had terribly awkward taste in boys growing up lol. I liked the randoms. I was obsessed with Devon Sawa after Casper (when he turned into a real boy), Now&Then, & my favorite, *Night of the Twisters* (a tv movie based on a book that we read in school) it was the worst acting ever. Eek! But I was crazy for that boy! He looks rough now.

Taylor Hanson, the middle brother of the band Hanson (mmmbop badubidop bah dowop, blah blah blah blah) he actually got cuter! People see him around here sometimes because he's an oklahoma boy, but he has like 5 kids now. Yikes!

And who could forget the cutie pie Jonathan Taylor Thomas aka JTT, who turned into such a smarty! He put acting on hold to go to an ivy league school!or the dreamy Leo Dicaprio? Those 2 I'm sure were taped up on every girl's bedroom walls in the '90s. I remember being 11 and bawling my eyes out over Titanic. Sad, I know. Remember lil leo on the Growing Pains episodes when they adopted him, he was so cute. I must have gone thru a blonde phase... thats weird, I usually dig the tall, dark, and nerdy types ;)

Speaking of, I loved Joseph Gordon-Levitt (even still today). Third Rock From the Sun and Home Improvement were my shows...

And Matthew Lawrence from Brotherly Love? Ohh Matthew Lawrence... he was so little, looking back on Mrs. Doubtfire now...

And of course ya gotta throw in a couple bad boys from those teen angst years

gavin rosdale & jared leto

I spent many preteen years listenin to The Cranberries and Bush...
But my adolescent heart will always belong to Zach Morris

Bring on the Saved By The Bell Reunion!!!

February snow

I'm over this weather. Is anyone suffering from the dreadful Cabin Fever besides me? All this gray sky, classes cancelled, but still risking the roads to get to work... I've got a bruised bum and a dent in my car, thanks to black ice. Convertibles are Not made for winter snow storms! It just slides sideways down the road, leaving me stranded inside for daysss :( And everything on tv is about snow or Egypt. Netflix has been my saving grace! I'm dreaming of *Home*, what would I do if I were in Malaysia this week?

All that glorious sun and sand, blue skies for miles... and tropical food?!? Only the best! I'd take all my family to the beach, order Cendol, lay out and work on my tan! For now I'll just skype them from the cold cold south central USA and dream of all the good food I'm missing.

It hasn't been all bad though, I did get an awesome deal at Best Buy. A $129 Insignia Camcorder was on sale last week only, for just $39! I've shopped the few times I've managed to get out of the house and off to work. It may be dreary outside, but inside it's very Springy and colorful! Several pillows including this one below are 20% all Feb at Pier 1. They've got a big French-market, garden party feel going on this season.

And I would love to find a florist that sells peonies.

They're my absolute favorite.

Randomly, I've decided I would love a garden/patio with nothing but white flowers. White peonies, white hydrangeas, now if only I could figure out this whole green thumb thing.

your mind wanders when you're stuck inside for a week

Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!!!

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Year of the Rabbit, this will be a placid year.

Hope it brings lots of good luck

and prosperity to you!!!

I'm snowed in, so no dim sum, or festive celebrating, or ang pao money for me :( the whole city has been under a mountain of snow for the past week! But I hope you enjoyed Chinese New Year yesterday

Snow Day!!!

Finally! Some much loved catch up time!

I can actually blog today yay! Thanks to the 2ft of snow outside my door, my work is closed, and classes are cancelled, quite possibly for the next few days!

Oklahoma is in a frenzy!

"State of Emergency" so they say, with 3-4 inches per hour, and it's been going all night. They've declared Snowpocalypse 2011 on, with everything closed, and not a tire trail on the road. Which is good, because I haven't experienced Oklahoma driver's in a winter storm to be the smartest on the road. Too bad I was at work when everyone got supplies for the storm, and the grocery stores have been picked clean.

So I checked the kitchen... & I have 2 packs of ramen noodles. a banana. plenty of water. and enough mozzarella & spaghetti sauce for pizza fondue in the crockpot.

Let me just say, that Saturday, I took my bike out (oh yes, allow me to introduce you, this is Butterscotch, my new cruiser from Christmas) in beautiful sunny 60 degrees Spring like weather, and then BOOM! Monday night freeze over. It was perfect bike weather. She's complete with a basket and bell. love her!

I don't know what happened to January, I was so busy with business and marketing homework for this horrifically long/detailed research paper, I could never remember what day it was. But I did manage to make this little onesie and tutu set for a new years newborn named Clara.

And I found this awesome deal at work! A $300 chocolate leather chair $75, yay for my amazing manager who spotted this! It was hidden behind lots of stuff we were unloading.

At 25" across it's a rather large seat, with storage, I can't wait to bring home! And I've been at Pier 1 resetting all the floor sets and displays for the Spring line (uber cute!) almost everyday it seems, which I love. But the working til 2:00am Sunday nights give me one more reason to dislike Mondays. Lots of great sales going on though!

Check out your Pier 1!

tons of sweet spring colors to get you out of your winter blues

Buon Natale!

I know it's December, which alludes to twinkle lights, tinsel, mittens, and blankets of snow allover, but just for today I'm dreaming of Italy.

The beautiful Mediterranean coastal views

are whispering my name...

Venice... Florence... The Cinque Terre

Hope you're having a lovely December!

Let there be Anthropologie!

Probably my most favorite scarves ever.

From Anthro 2009

I have the cobalt blue and beige.

So cute. Love them.

The ruffles are thick and can be twisted and stretched and worn in so many different ways.

Pretty Enough to Eat

The Best Local Cupcakery

and one of my favorite little places to stop by

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Allow me to introduce you to

. . .

The Lemony Snicket
... i just like saying the name :)
lemon cuppie with the fluffiest whipped lemon buttercream icing

The Sass-a-Frass
red velvet cuppie



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How cute are the names?!? Other favorites of mine are the seasonal Bibbity Bobbity Boo (pumpkin spice cuppie + cream cheese) and the Mary Poppins (strawberry with the sweetest strawberry cream cheese). And I've been dying to try the seasonal Return to Oz (cranberry poppyseed + almond glaze mmMmmm) & the Mint for Each Other (chocolate & mint icing, with crushed Andes mints) they sound amazing.

I think I may work out all season just so I can make a dozen trips to Cuppies & Joe during the holidays.