CHICAGO here I come!

So usually today would be a Hollywood day post and I apologize for anyone coming over to see some Hollywood scoop but remember when I posted that I was going to Chicago in two weeks??! Yeah well that two weeks has finally arrived and I am on my way to Chicago! And the fact that I didn't pack until last night and my scheduled posting has been out of whack lately (yeah I really just said 'out of whack') I didn't have time to add some Hollywood flare before I left. But I promise, next week's Hollywood news will be all sorts of awesome!

But um, back to Chicago. I AM SO EXCITED. Okay well yes this is a given. But um, Chicago. It just sounds amazing. And it will be amazing (even if I have to wear a jacket and bring an umbrella...umwtf weather? you stop that thunderstorm business and you stop it now!).

Tonight I'm flying in and staying with a college friend Lynn who I haven't seen since graduation three years ago and that alone is awesome.

huge drinks, just the way we like them

Basically the girl is awesome and I can't wait to catch up and hang out with her in person and do some drinking and have some fun!

Wednesday I'll be exploring the city on my own and seeing the Bean, having some pizza and probably hitting up the Art Museum then going out with Lynn and company that night. Thursday I check into my hotel and the BlogHer madness will begin. I'm so glad I went last year because I sort of know what to expect (even though I feel like this year it's a wee bit more intense) and I'll know plenty of people that are going.

So are you in Chicago? Headed to BlogHer? If so I can't wait to see you! Or tweet me or email me and let's try and meet up!

I really cannot wait.

and stop by tomorrow and Thursday for two fabulous Chicagoans that will be taking over.





happy tuesday!

Vegasness at its best.

Another hot weekend here and man was it a whirlwind, I can't believe I survived, but somehow I did and I can barely wait for this weekend.

Thursday: After work my friend Yliana came and picked my sister and I up and we were on our way to Las Vegas! Three and a half hours later we finally made it. Eventually Lauren and her family met up with us at the bar and we did some gambling and stayed out late and it was all sorts of funness.

Friday: Slept in a bit before making our way to the pool (oh so glorious pool time). After a couple hours at the pool we moseyed on over across the street and got some morning margaritas before gambling a bit more and heading to lunch. After lunch the day required a nap before going out for the night. Eventually we were up and at em and made our way to the strip and a grand ole night was had. And of course there were pictures...

Chris, Charo and Kourtney, quite the trio

Me, the birthday girl Lauren, my sis and Yliana
at the Bellagio fountains

a free shot for the birthday girl!

gettin frisky with the Riviera ladies


I feel so naughty!


Yliana had to join it too.


and then the girls got stuck in the spinning doors, ha

Basically it was a great and ridiculous night out and it was so fun hanging out with friends I rarely get to see, especially when Sin City was our playground.

Saturday: Woke up early, went to breakfast with Lauren's fam then saw them off as they headed back to Ohio and we made our merry way back to La la land. Eventually we made it back and I was all sorts of exhausted. But I somehow managed to head to Brentwood with Matt so he could get fitted for a tux for a wedding next month. Then we made it home and I finally took a nap. Other than that the night wasn't too too exciting, saw some fam at Island's briefly then hung out at home with Matt and our friend Stef came over for a bit too. Twas a loverly recovery night.

Sunday: Woke up with a mission and first thing in the morning I finally went and bought an Iphone. I know I was debating it and finally I just had a Becky Bloomwood/Jen Lancaster moment and basically felt like I freakin deserved it. So the iphone it was! Hurrah! And in celebration I got some new shoes and a new dress, it was schnazzy. Afterwards Matt and I headed over to his mom's house to enjoy the pool and the BBQ and man it was nice. We hung out there basically the whole afternoon and some friends came over and drinks were had, company was enjoyed and the heat melted us all in the process. Basically another great night.

And a perfectly great way to end the weekend.

What'd you do this weekend? Do anything crazy?

happy monday!

You Don't Say?

First of all I want to say thank you everyone for all of the comment's on yesterday's post. Even thank you to the people that decided to leave me my first negative anonymous comments (hey I think first time in a blog I've had 2 years isn't too bad) because there were plenty of other wonderful comments to negate you and remind me that it really is mine and Matt's wedding and no one else's so whatever we choose will be just fine and dandy. So really, dear freaders you are rock stars.

And on that note again I just should probably do some fiance promotion. I sort of had this crazy idea that Matt could start a blog again and since he's done so much planning of the wedding while he's been out of work that why not write a blog about it. I mean there aren't a ton of wedding blogs written by the groom right? So he actually took me up on my idea and so A Groom's Eye View was started. So feel free to stop on over and check out some weddingness from Matt's perspective and just tell him 'hi', I know he'd appreciate it. Woo.

Well moving on from the weddingness and on to where I am right now. Because I am most definitely not at work, not even in California. If you've been following me on twitter or Facebook you know that I've made my way to Las Vegas again. It's crazy because usually there is at least a year in between my Vegas adventures and this time it's not even a month!! Why am I going you ask? Well one of my good friends Lauren (that I've known since 1st grade) and her family (who are from Ohio and I last saw when I graduated college three years ago) have been in Vegas all week and leave Saturday morning. So my sister, me and another elementary school friend have all trekked out to spend all day today with them (and most appropiately on Lauren's birthday!) and have a grand olve Vegas time.

So yes I'm quite excited to be reunited with some fabulous ladies and hope we don't melt in the 110 degrees that's taking over Sin City at the moment, oh boy.

oh weren't we cute sisters of the 90s, haha me, my sister, Christina and Lauren

Hope you all have a most fabulous weekend!




happy friday!

Wedding don'ts.

So after watching TODAY Throws a Wedding yesterday I've realized that although Matt and I haven't done much planning to our own wedding I know there are some things that will just not be happening.

• My hair will not look like this:
  
  
  
  
  
  Seriously!? How could she let the hair stylist do that to her? And her makeup was a little much I thought. I guess when you leave your wedding in the hands of a TV show that's what could happen. But yeah no way will my hair be that high up, if up at all. No thank you.
  
  
• We will not be honeymooning in Australia (as nice as it would be), but seriously? Audience that voted on Australia as their honeymoon destination did you forget that it's Winter there, Winter?!?? Yeah my honeymoon will not be spent in a place where the high is 60 degrees, I'll pass on that one.
  
  
• The Macarena? I don't think so. Conga line? No thanks. YMCA? Ummm Perhaps.
  
  
• Magenta. Fuchsia. Lavender. Light Pink. Pastels. None of it. Now don't get me wrong I don't hate any of those colors and I think it looks lovely in some weddings, just not ours.
  
  
• Kidlets. As much as I love the youngins, they won't be at our wedding. I'm making the cut off age the age of my youngest brother, 13. So yeah that's still kid age, but no bebes or toddlers of the sort. I just want the parents that do come to have a good time (and hello babysitters are awesome) and I don't want a crying kid during the ceremony.
  
  
• High heels. Well for me at least, I'll let my bridal party decide on what they'd like to do, but I will be rockin either some ballerina flats or my trademark look of flip flops. I mean it just wouldn't be right otherwise.
  
  
• Doves. Swans. No flying creatures of any kind.
  
  
• Open mic. Yeah there won't be an open mic at our wedding because if that was the case the reception would never start. A select few will be able to say their parts but after that, the mic will go away.
  
  
  

We do have our 'wedding do' list too, but I'll save that one for another post. And what's on your don'ts list? Anything you just won't have?


*updated to add: I don't mean this post to offend anyone. This is just what I don't want, and if you had it and loved it then good for you. Everyone is different right? I'm just saying, some of this stuff just isn't for me*

happy thursday!

Free always has its costs.

In less than a month Matt and I have attended two presentations to get some free stuff. The first was for a timeshare presentation in Vegas when we went in June and the second was last night in Pasadena for some cookware.

Now I'm not going to bash these presentations but I will say that they'll have to offer me a whole lot more to get me to go to any more of them. The one in Vegas was kind of eh because we had to get up at the crack of dawn on a Saturday (umm did they know we were in Las Vegas!?) and although we did get a free room, which don't get me wrong is awesome in itself, it was at Bally's (and not the best room we could have gotten). And for that we had to sit through a two hour presentation about a timeshare that we knew we weren't going to get because really we just can't afford that right now.

And the one last night, oh the one last night. First of all, when I got the call about it and that I won some free champagne flutes I thought 'hey why not?', but then of course there was a catch and I had to go to some presentation to get them. So with promises of food and being two hours I convinced Matt and we went. Well the lady on the phone left out a lot and it was just about three hours and there about two morsels of food at the very end of it (I came straight from work, had no food and became a wee bit cranky). But I will say that the stuff the guy showed us was pretty good quality stuff just not really affordable for us right now.

So yes, as cool as a free room in Vegas and two champagne flutes are, I don't think I'll be sitting through any more presentations any time soon. It's just not worth my time or their and I can only count so many squares in the carpet.

Can't they just give me the free stuff? I mean really, I do have a review blog and all :)


What do you think about the 'free' gimmicks and presentations?




happy wednesday!

Oh what a dashing day in Hollywood.

Oh it's Tuesday alright and have we got some cuteness lined up. I mean really, the amount of adorableness is just exuding out of this blog today, so be prepared. Hopefully you can handle the cute!

• Starting off the cuteness we have my most favorite family of Hollywood, the Garner-Afflecks! All of them together again and looking precious and ohmygod look at Seraphina's precious wittle cheeks! So so cute!
  
  
  
  oh so very cute.
  
  
  
• Another oh so adorable girl that I can't get enough of lately is little Nahla Aubrey. Seriously I heart Halle and her daughter is just so cute. Her eyes are so pretty too, I can't get over how unique they look and umyessocute.
  
  
  
  preciousness.
  
  
  
• Another cuteness that isn't really a bebe any more because she just turned 4, is little Ava Jackman. This picture just made me heart melt a little bit more because Hugh is oh so awesome and lav him!!
  
  
  
  oh what a cute daddy and me day!
  
  
  
• Moving on from the bebes and their cuteness we have one of my favorite ladies of Hollywood. Seriously I don't think Kate Winslet ever has a bad day and her newest photo shoot for Harper's Bazaar is just flawless, I heart her all around.
  
  
  
  simply dashing.
  
  
• Speaking of flawless and dashing we have today's Twilight news. Which um, there isn't a whole lot report except that New Moon comes out in November! Huzzah! And Rob Pattinson is still filming in NYC for Remember Me and still rockin the Ray Bans. Seriously it reminds me of Bono or something or Guy in That Thing You Do. But hey whatever works right?
  
  
  
  hello shades.
  
  
  
• In news I don't really care about but you might: Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo broke up, Molly Ringwald had twins, Step Up costars Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan got hitched over the weekend and um Megan Fox makes her boyfriends get tattoos.
  
  
• And in movie news...
  I need to see a new movie! That's the news! I need time to see Bruno, Public Enemies, Transformers 2, The Ugly Truth and ah Harry Potter!!
  
  Another movie I know I'm going to want to see is Valentine's Day. I really don't know what it's about but it's got Patrick Dempsey (helloooo McDreamy), Eric Dane (and hellooooo McSteamy!), Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, Topher Grace, Jessica Alba (eh do not care) and a few others. But really, that cast? Amazing.
  
  
• And in TV news...
  Neil Patrick Harris is hosting the Emmy's! Yay! Seriously he's having one of the best years ever and he deserves it. Heart him! And I cannot wait for How I Met Your Mother to come back already.
  
  Another favorite show of mine that is in no way like HIMYM is Law and Order: SVU and they're back to filming already! And looks like Wentworth Miller is making a cameo as a cop and Chris Meloni is enjoying showing off the gun show and Mariska is having fun being mom on the set.
  
  
  
  hello Eliot Stabler.
  
  
  
  
  aw cute mommy and me time on set. presh.
  
  
  
• Lastly in today's WTF news we have another entertaining animal story. Apparently a badger in Germany got so drunk off of over-ripe cherries that it wandered out into the road and refused to move. Yeah I know a couple drunk people that would do that too, haha. Man so random though and so funny.
  
  
  
  

And that my friends is today's Hollywood news. Anything I left out? Let me know.






happy tuesday!

It's almost too much for one weekend.

Before I even start talking about the weekend recap I have to thank you all so much for your kind comments on Friday's post. I wasn't sure what people would say but I was glad you all said it and it definitely made me feel a whole lot better, so really. Thank You.

And onto the busiest weekend I've had in a while but was oh so totally fun and worth it.

Friday: After work I headed to dinner at Matt's mom's house which was delicious (as always) and fun. Afterwards Matt and I came home and got redressed and went out to Barney's in Old Town to meet up with my cousin who was in town and later my sister and some of her friends showed up too. It was a pretty fun, chill night out and just the kind of night we needed before the rest of the busy weekend.

Saturday: Woke up earlyish and headed down to Newport for my friend Sydney's bridal shower. It was a nice lunch and fun to hang out with some of her friends and get to know others before the wedding in August. I had to skip out of the shower early so I could make the two hour trek to meet some of the fabulous ladies of the blogosphere for lunch/dinner. Eventually I made it and got to hang out with Nicole, Kerri, Ev'Yan, Amanda, Andrea and Allison and it was awesome as always. Seriously I think I laughed more with those girls than I had all week, it was too funny. And some of the videos we shared were just too ridiculous and awesome all at once. But um yeah, great afternoon all around. Afterwards I trekked it on home and basically hung out watching TV with Matt before passing out quite early. And it was lovely.

Sunday: Woke up earlyish again (I'll sleep in next weekend) and got ready before heading out with Megan to the LA Bridal Expo. At first we were a little overwhelmed with all of the stuff, but I ended up walking out with tons of info and cards and ideas and it was a lot of fun. And on top of it all we got to take some ridiculous pictures too:

we won! we won! we're totally Oscar worthy :)

I totally want a photo booth at my wedding,
this was so much fun!

After we finished at the Expo we headed over to Griffith Park to get a hot dog from the weinermobile in support of the Liz Logelin foundation. As soon as we got there I saw Matt and I was a little awestruck at first, but I got it together and introduced myself and said I was a big fan of his blog and loved his writing and I'm pretty sure I gushed some more before talking like a normal person. Then Megan and I got our hot dogs and I got to meet little Madeline, who is seriously just as adorable and precious as she is in all of her pictures. So yeah, that was pretty lovely.

Eventually Megan dropped me off at home and I ran some errands with Matt before relaxing a bit. But before we knew it we were headed over to my aunt and uncle's house to go swimming and have margaritas and tacos and play Wii, basically what every Sunday should be like. It was a great afternoon, we swam a bit, drank a bit, had delicious tacos, go intense with some Wii games and all around had a great time. Afterwards Matt and I came home to relax and sleep the rest of the night away.


So yes, it was a loverly weekend, seriously loverly. Although it may have felt like a million degrees it was nothing a pool, AC, or a margarita couldn't solve, haha.

And how was your weekend? Did you survive the summer heat?



happy monday!

Au Natural.

So recently I've seen a couple people talking about this article about women who took pictures of themselves without make up on and it got me thinking.

Am I the only twenty five year old female who doesn't wear make up every day? Am I a weirdo for not wearing cover up and letting those horrendous red marks go uncovered every once and while? Is it weird eye liner makes my eyes freak out? Am I lazy because I don't put on eye shadow every day? Does lip gloss count as make up? How come no one taught me how to put on makeup?

Those are just a few of the questions that have been streaming through my brain about this issue lately. I don't wear make up. I mean, I like to every once and a while and I don't mind when a friend offers to do it for me and I will definitely get a professional to make me up for my wedding, but every day? No thank you.

Maybe it's because my mom doesn't wear a whole lot of make up and never sat me down to teach me make up 101 (is it even mom's job? I guess I could have learned from my friends, but whatever, haha). But then again my younger sister wears some form of make up every day and I'm pretty sure she can put on make up without looking like a clown or her eyes freaking out.

I will admit though that I feel a little less like a grown up because I've never bought anything from Sephora (with the exception of some perfume that is absolutely divine), I have no idea what the purpose of most creams and shadows are or why there are so many kinds of brushes (seriously explain that one to me please!), I've never plucked my eyes brows or waxed anything (yes I categorize that with makeup and grown upness) and I don't know how to change that.

But then again, I don't know that I want to change it. I like being makeupless. Maybe I'll change my mind some day and feel a little bit more grown up, but for now I think I'm fine the way I am. Me.

happy friday!

Two things I did last night.

One. I went to check out a potential wedding venue with Matt and his mom.

and Two. I finished watching watching Pollyanna.

Well the wedding venue ended up being a disappointment. The place was fun and the food was good (actually the mac and cheese I had was freakin delicious) but there was no way they'd be able to accommodate our anticipated 250 guests. On top of that it was in the middle of a busy area and I kept thinking "what if a fire truck or a police car went speeding down the street with their sirens on in the middle of ceremony?" Yeah that wouldn't be too fun. It's unfortunate because we both really hoped it would work out and after seeing that the Broke Ass Bride's reception was there I was so excited. So I guess it's back to the drawing board for us.

Hopefully we'll find a place and it'll be perfect and not put us in debt and everything will work out. Yes, I think everything will work out okay.

Oh so two. After coming back from dinner Matt and I came home and plopped ourselves on the couch and I put on Pollyanna. I saw it was on TCM a couple nights ago and automatically hit record on the DVR. I can't remember the last time I saw it but I always remember loving it. So I started watching it Tuesday after I needed something uplifting after watching the MJ memorial and couldn't finish it. So last night it was to finish up a classic.

Have you seen Pollyanna? I know Matt hadn't before I made him watch it and I caught him laughing every now and then. It's such a cute movie. Seriously, Hayley Mills was such a cute kid (I mean the Parent Trap too, hello!) and I love her gladness throughout the whole movie (which I'm pretty sure is the point). Yes the end is sad, but it's still uplifting to see how she affected the whole town and everything. But yay, heart that movie.

What's an old movie you want to see that you haven't watched in a while? I think Bringing Up Baby or A Little Princess might be next in there for me.




happy thursday!

So I'm going to Chicago in two weeks...

And OHMYGOODNESS I am so excited!!!

So excited I could sing! Ba dum ching.

I'm get in on Tuesday the 21st and I have twoish days to explore the city and hang out with friends and some fam before the BlogHer awesomeness starts that Thursday. And did I say how excited I am? The only times I've been to Chicago have been for layovers in the airport and the one time my family drove through it on our massive road trip 13 years ago where we went to the Hard Rock cafe to buy me a shirt, that's it.

So no longer a youngin and after hearing only great things about Chi Town, I'm quite excited to explore the city.

The Tuesday night I get in I'll be going out with my friend for drinks and just catching up (I can't wait! I haven't seen her since we graduated college three years ago!). Wednesday she has to work so I'll be on my own to explore the city. And this is where you all come in...

What the heck should I see? I'm pretty bad at directions so hopefully Chicagoans are nice folks that will help a lost California girl becaue I can already tell you I'm going to get lost. But I want to see the Bean, possibly Wrigley Field and have some pizza. Other than that I have no idea what to do in Chicago.

So people if you've been to Chicago, live in Chicago what do you suggest I do on my day out? And heck, want to come with me? I'll be exploring until I go to dinner that night with my cousin and hang out with my friend again.

And then Thursday morning I think will be the same thing until I can check into my hotel and start revving up for BlogHer.

So please oh please tell me what to do and how to enjoy this oh so awesome city???

And did I mention I'm excited? :)



happy wednesday!

Hollywood with a cherry on top.

Oh hello there Tuesday. Got some Hollywood news for me? Of course you do!

• Let's get to some cute bebes shall we? This week's first adorable bebe is little Nahla Aubrey. Seriously she just looks so precious in this pic as mama Halle is holding her, I had to share it and it's cuteness (and um she could totally be my kid, check out those curls!):
  
  
  
  
  preciousness.
  
  
  
• For our next cute bebes we have Shiloh and Z Jolie-Pitt! It's been a while since we've seen Angelina with any of the kids so I'm glad to see they are just as cute as ever (and dressing just like mom with the whole black business, haha). But seriously heart them.
  
  
  
  so cute.
  
  
  
• And because I just love those kidlets and my favorite Violet is just so cute and happy with her mom and this picture made my heart happy I just had to share it.
  
  
  
  
  lav the happiness.
  
  
  
• And moving on from all that bebe cuteness to some more grown upish cuteness.
  
  
  
  
  
  Look at those Harry Potter kids all grown up and lookin classyish at a photo call for the new movie. I haven't read the books yet but I've seen all the movies and I can't wait to see it next week. Glad these kids have kept their cuteness without going all Lindsay Lohan on us, haha.
  
  
• For today's Twilight news we have the Twilight symposium. Yes you saw that right, there was a symposium. You could get a special tour of Forks, Forks high school, their prom. Oh goodness. I'm so glad I'm still somewhat normal when things like this get mentioned.
  
  Also Twilightness, dear crazies of NY. Please leave Rob alone, he's just not having it any more. Then again keep going and maybe he'll become a permanent resident of LA :)
  
  
• In some movie news...
  I still need to see Transformers 2 (even if I've heard horrible reviews) and Public Enemies and man a whole lot more, I love Summertime movies. But um I think you can count me out of seeing this movie:
  
  
  
  
  um Audrina and Rumer Willis? Is this a comedy?
  Haha, oh no thank you.
  
  
• In music news...
  Michael Jackson's funeral is today. I still can't totally grasp that he's gone. I also can't grasp how insane it's going to be today. Like I said, I'll always remember Michael Jackson and I hope the rest of the world does too.
  
  
• In TV news...
  Not a whole lot going on since most TV is still on hiatus. Mad Men is on my DVD player to watch, I just need the time to watch it. Other than that there's been some TV stars moseying around town and revving up for filming to start...
  
  
  
  a pregnant Ellen Pompeo and T.R. Knight hangin around town
  oh how I'll miss George
  
  
  helloooo there Joshua Jackson on the set of Fringe
  how about you send me another DVR and TV
  so I can actually watch in the Fall, okay? Thanks!
  
  
  
• And lastly in today's WTF news we actually have quite the cute video of Jenny the pug. Jenny pushes around stuffed animal dogs in a baby stroller and it's pretty weird looking but also pretty darn cute. Oh the things that dogs can do.
  
  
  
  

And that my friends is today's Hollywood news, woot. Anything I missed? Feel free to share it.



happy tuesday!

Every weekend should be a holiday weekend.

Don't you agree? Life would be so much more fun if there was a holiday every weekend. I guess it'd also be really tiring after a while too, but eh whatever, yay holiday weekends.

Friday: Luckily I didn't have to work Friday and got to enjoy some every day errand running, it was loverly. After my lazy lazy day Matt and I headed to my cousin's 16th birthday party (seriously how he's 16 already is beyond me, but yay birthdays!). Once the party was over Matt and I headed to a Mexican restaurant with some high school friends for margaritas and welcoming some back to town.

heart these guys

and these crazy ladies too

Definitely a great night overall, love my high school friends.

Saturday: Happy 4th of July!! Wahoo! Spent most of my morning doing a whole lotta nothing before heading to my aunt and uncle's house to swim for a bit. Aferwards Matt and I headed over to my parent's place for the big 4th of July BBQ they have every year with the neighbors and family. This year wasn't much different from past years, there were tons of people, tons of food, the fire department came and it was a great time all around.

the food line, oh there was a lot of food


everyone hangin out having a good time


my neighbor, Erica, dressed up like a firefighter


a bird's eye view
one of the firefighters went 100 ft up the ladder
and took my camera with him, so cool!


man that's so high up


oh what a gorgeous view


me and the fiance, heart


my sister and I were so patriotic
and wearing matching tops, haha


Megan and I having a good time

By the end of the night I'd had my fair share of margaritas so Matt and I just went home and watched a fireworks show on TV while we heard the real thing going on at the Rose Bowl. And then I believe I passed out sometime after that, oh man I'm such a rookie sometimes, haha. But man it was a great 4th of July.

Sunday: Slept in a bit (which was awesome) then went to brunch with Matt's dad and scoped out potential wedding location. Twas fun but then we came home and relaxed a bit (and I watched part of 10 Things I Hate About You, um love that movie). Ultimately the day didn't involve a lot except walking with my mom and having dinner with Matt while relaxing the night away. My favorite kind of day after a day like Saturday, haha.


And how was your 4th of July weekend? Any crazy stories? Good times all around I hope.




happy monday!

Dancing into the weekend.

So I know barely anyone is online today (including myself) so I leave with you with this Jackson 5 jam to rock out all weekend with. And um check out the outfits please! Michael's is amazing and so patriotic so it's totally appropriate for the 4th of July.

And I mean really what's a 4th of July BBQ without some jams and awesome dance moves?

Enjoy and have a great 4th of July weekend!





happy friday!

To iphone or not to iphone?

I want an iphone.

Yes I know this isn't a surprise. I've blogged about it in passing, I've tweeted it and plain just said it out loud. I want an iphone.

I can't help but play with other people's phones and envision one for myself and all the ridiculous and useless apps I can get. I want an iphone.

But... I've never paid over $100 for a phone before. And right now it's looking like the new schnazzy pants 3GS would cost me about $200 something, just for the phone!

On top of that my monthly phone bill right now is about $45 and I love it. So cheap, so easy, so nice. And if I join the iphone world my bill is sure to be about $90 to $100 or something. That's more than twice what I'm paying now.

But I want an iphone.

On top of it all Matt's been out of work for the past two months due to his back injury so that's not so hot. And umm we have a wedding next year that I should be saving for. And yeah, I'm traditionally a saver more than a spender.

But man I really want an iphone.

So tell me friends, what should I do? Suck it up, go to one less movie, order one less drink and get myself the most glorious phone around or be a smart saver and wait a bit longer to have the internet and cool apps at my fingertips 24/7?

What would you do? Please help.




happy thursday!

Will you go to prom with me?

So remember in May when it was prom season and everyone was posting pictures from their own proms back in the day? Yeah well somehow I missed that one. However, last night I was messing around on my computer and I found all these old high school pictures (prom ones included!) that I had completely forgotten about. So today I present you with a small peek into my prom past, enjoy:

Junior prom-2001

all the couples in front of my house before leaving


oh what lovely ladies!
my high school besties

Senior prom - 2002

all the cool ladies wear flip flops, obviously


coming downstairs to meet our dates, woo

Oh how I miss the high school days. I know some people didn't enjoy high school, but I had a freaking amazing time. It was so much fun! And dances! Oh the dances! I loved both of my proms so much and these pictures just bring me back. I also sort of love my Junior year prom dress the best, one of my favorite most simple yet elegant dresses ever, that I wish I could wear again to something, haha.

Did you love your prom? What did you wear? Would you wear it again? Ooooh high school.




happy wednesday!

That's so Hollywood.

Another Tuesday, another day in Hollywood. Let's get to it shall we...

• For today's first adorable bebe of Hollywood we have little Zuma Rossdale. This picture of him and Gwen is oh so precious. And is it just me or does he look like Jack Jack from The Incredibles?
  
  
  
  oh so cute.
  
  
  
• As for cute bebe number two of the day we have an oh so precious picture of Olive Cohen with her mom Isla Fisher. Seriously this picture just made my heart melt a little.
  
  
  
  adorableness.
  
  
  
• Moving on from the bebes and the cuteness to some Hollywood sadness. In the past week we've lost some major names in Hollywood. Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays. Seriously I don't think Hollywood can handle it. My thoughts and prayers are with their families.
  
  
• Speaking of Michael again however, since his passing I've discovered some fun facts about him. One. In the "Smooth Criminal" video and that slick leaning move, it's all in the shoes!! I never knew! I thought it was a harness or something. But no, the shoes, so cool. Two. The music video for "Liberian Girl" has so many celebs in it, it's amazing and needs to be watched pronto. Three. My favorite Tyra is at the end of the "Black and White" video, who knew?
  
  
• Moving on from the MJ news and on to a super cute story that made the teeny bopper in me squeal with happiness when I saw it last week. When Shia LaBeouf was on the Today Show last week, a super fan was in the audience outside and was lucky enough to be brought into the studio to not only meet Shia but "interview" him as well. And ah he was so nice and it was so cute and I was so happy for her and ah! Just watch the video and it's cuteness here.
  
  
• Speaking of teeny bopperness for today's Twilightesque news we have more Rob on the set of Remember Me looking oh so lovely. And I'm pretty sure he sleeps with Ray Bans on.
  
  
  
  why hello there.
  
  
  
• In movie news...
  Last week it was announced that the Academy has decided to increase the amount of Best Picture nominees from five to ten. TEN!?! I'm pretty sure that there aren't TEN Oscar worthy movies that come out every year but I guess we'll see what get nominated. Maybe New Moon will even make the running, haha.
  
  Last week was the LA premiere of 500 Days of Summer (which I sort of really want to see) and Zooey Deschanel looked divine. Seriously I want her dress, it's just so cute and heart her.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And in TV news...
  Desperate Housewives. Wisteria Lane just got it's newest resident, Drea de Matteo. The former Soprano will be joining the ladies of Wisteria with a husband and a flirty 19 year old son (I think he'll fit right in, haha). I guess they needed another blonde since Edie Brit was killed off last season and someone to stir things up, I think the new addition should be a good one.
  
  
• And lastly in today's WTF news we have a cheeto, yes cheeto like the chips. Apparently a couple got into a verbal altercation of sorts at a gas station and started throwing cheetos (and other chips) at each other. The cops were called and both were arrested on charges of domestic assault. Um say what? Assault? For throwing chips? Oh man that's a good one to tell the kids about, haha.
  
  

And that my friends is today's Hollywood news. Anything I missed?







happy tuesday!