Recently, my dad went on vacation to Mexico. And he sent Josh and me.....THESE!

(and for anyone concerned about animal safety - we did not actually bodyslam our small dog.)

I love this!



Originally seen on Gala Darling's Icing

I've spent the last few days obesessing and being upset about the postcard quality the printers has presented me with, and I am sick of it. (I can't wait for it to be resolved!)

Sooooo....instead, and as promised, new things I love!

Fatzilla and Fat Kong! (by Robin E. Kaplan)

I love it! I even got Fatzilla in a necklace!

And the girls from Robin's booth (one of whom was Robin I think...) were so sweet and excited about my slips. It made the day so nice to have such lovely people around!

Which also brings me to another very sweet girl whose name I've already forgotten...but not because she wasn't adorable and sweet as could be! I traded with her for an incredible feather fascinator:

Love it! It looks great and once it stops pouring rain every 10 minutes, I am going to get dolled up in it and go do something. I can't wait!

I also bought a fantastic present for my mom's birthday (Today! Happy Birthday!) but I don't want to give it away since she hasn't received the package yet. (Read: I haven't sent it yet. Yes, I am that person.)

Tonight Josh and I are heading over to a friend's house for corned beef, cabbage, and Irish car bombs.
Now, I had a conversation with some British friends not so long ago about the general inappropriateness of that name. Yes, we could also make a drink called 9-11, but for the life of me I can't figure out if there is a better name for the carbomb drink.
Any insight, send it my way! Maybe we could call them Irish Milkshake Booze Drink. Or, curdled cream, whiskey, and beer drink.

On the other hand...no one would be the least bit enticed by my names for drinks...so I guess we'll stick with it.

New things:

1. I re-homed the guinea pigs. This means, they belong to someone else now who will love them like crazy and not have a predatory 15 lb. dog trying to eat them.

2. The Hip Happening was good. Due to a scheduling issue, Scout (the dog) got to/had to come with me to the show. He slept in his crate most of the time. The other part of the time he spent tied to the crate and jumping on my lap. He was a big hit. I got some aMAZing (imagine my voice getting high with the "MAZ" part) stuff that I will take pictures of and tell you all about, it's amazing and you will definitely need to check it out. I will do all this once I am not so tired and waiting for the pizza to be delivered.

3. I'm moving into a 2 bedroom apartment next month, so I can have a little room for my studio. This means no more clothing racks in the living room! I am not the only one who is really excited about it.

4. Went to a great clothing swap party the other night, got some fantastic things. Pleated plaid skirt! Lilac colored satin skirt with pockets! Floral button-up shirt! Teal corduroys!

Ok, maybe those things sound incredibly wierd. But they are great, assure you. And hot.

I'm off to space out, relax, and drink pizza and eat beer. Even Scout is asleep in the closet right now. It was a big day with lots and lots of loading and unloading of boxes, tables, and clothes racks. We are tired. But very happy!

So far, today is not my favorite.

9:30 am

Dentist. 2 cavities. Thinks my neck problems/jaw grinding is very serious. Numerous appointments to come.

12:00

Home from dentist. Call the printers about the bad color on my new postcards. Only course of action is to drive over to the east side and discuss. How much do I not want to do this? A lot.

2:00 pm

Must be in lower SW for work at the toy store.

8:00 pm

Dodgeball game.

I am just not that excited about this whole schedule.

But, the giant inflatable crab is back on top of Jakes.

I do like that.

This Saturday I'll be at the Hip Happening in Sellwood. Come see me!

I did it - I am now going to experiment with this new fangled thing called Twitter.

Follow me!
I'll follow you!

Let's do it!

Yesterday we were featured on Modish! How exciting!! Thanks Modish!!!

Somehow I've found myself in the midst of a little shopping flurry this week.

Maybe it's the need to get out of the house, killing time waiting for the restaurant (where I went to work on taxes yesterday) to open, or just realizing I am in close vicinity to some store I haven't been to in ages.

But all excuses aside, this was a really successful shopping flurry!

I went to Target to find a folding table for craft shows - there is no telling how many folding tables I have bought that seem to disappear when I move! And....well, I got a cute strapless swim top for my honeymoon, a summer dress with pockets (dresses with pockets! must haves!), a pair of rather impractical but hot gray high heels (I've been dying for gray heels and for $20, well, I went for it), and Lip Smackers Vanilla Frosting lip gloss.

Now, Lip Smackers was the go-to lip gloss when I was age 8 through probably 14. My question is: Why did I stop using it? It's fantastic! Vanilla Frosting! A little sparkle! It doesn't leak in my purse! I am a re-convert.

It does seem like the selection is smaller than I remember. The local cosmetics corner store when I was a kid had nearly half an aisle devoted to Lip Smackers. Now, only a couple rows. Hmmph, maybe todays preteens are more sophisticated than I am even at 24!

While we're on the topic of shopping - most of you have probably heard of Mohop shoes. If not, go check them out! Or check out their Etsy shop. And the big news is, they are now HALF the price they were last year.

You know, last year when I bought them for my upcoming wedding.

But this hasn't soured my love for their new wedge style. And I do love ribbons.

Besides, they were worth it when I bought them, so that must mean they are DOUBLEY worth it now!



(Ha! Now that I've finished printing and doing my taxes I've managed to write an entire post about shoes and lipgloss....I promise this does not mean I am not working hard!)

The new collection can now be viewed in all it's glory on my website!

I'll be working like mad today to get everything listed for sale in the shop, so be patient and check back - I'm busting my ass to get it up there!

I'm so happy to have finally gotten to this point, I was so excited I kept waking up last night!