12.30.2009

omg new ski boots please?


'I wish' .... 
Santa would have remembered
New Ski Boots were on my list!


Well actually, I didn't tell any of my Santas this really... but I think it should be obvious by the fact that my feet bleed every time I go skiing. Seriously.

However, in all fairness no one can really pick out ski boots for someone else. Heck, I don't even think I can pick them out for myself!

They really should have trial periods for ski boots.. not just, like, put your foot in and walk around the store. A full day of skiing trial, I think, is mandatory to determine if a boot is gonna work or not. Just sayin'

In all seriousness, though, Santa didn't miss anything this year... I was quite spoiled.




To get in on the Wishful Wednesday fun, go check out Miss Kelsey's blog. You won't regret it :-)

shocker.

Found this on Burlap Condoms, so go check it out there. According to this ridiculously spot-on two question Enneagram test, apparently her and I are both...

"8-the Asserter"

These results are amazingly accurate, particularly the points in blue... and so I thought I'd share with y'all... a lil about me, according to, umm, OkCupid.com :-)

Asserters are direct, self-reliant, self-confident, and protective.

How to Get Along with Me
• Stand up for yourself... and me.
• Be confident, strong, and direct.
• Don't gossip about me or betray my trust.
• Be vulnerable and share your feelings. See and acknowledge my tender, vulnerable side.
• Give me space to be alone.
• Acknowledge the contributions I make, but don't flatter me.
• I often speak in an assertive way. Don't automatically assume it's a personal attack.
• When I scream, curse, and stomp around, try to remember that's just the way I am.

What I Like About Being a EIGHT
• being independent and self-reliant
• being able to take charge and meet challenges head on
• being courageous, straightforward, and honest
• getting all the enjoyment I can out of life
• supporting, empowering, and protecting those close to me
• upholding just causes

What's Hard About Being a EIGHT
• overwhelming people with my bluntness; scaring them away when I don't intend to
• being restless and impatient with others' incompetence
• sticking my neck out for people and receiving no appreciation for it
• never forgetting injuries or injustices
• putting too much pressure on myself
• getting high blood pressure when people don't obey the rules or when things don't go right

EIGHTs as Children Often
• are independent; have an inner strength and a fighting spirit
• are sometimes loners
• seize control so they won't be controlled
• figure out others' weaknesses
• attack verbally or physically when provoked
• take charge in the family because they perceive themselves as the strongest, or grow up in difficult or abusive surroundings

EIGHTs as Parents
• are often loyal, caring, involved, and devoted
• are sometimes overprotective
• can be demanding, controlling, and rigid

I'm not a parent yet, so can't comment on the accuracy of this last part. But I can't believe for a 2-question test how RIDICULOUSLY right-on this thing is. Just sayin'


Now, back to work. Errr... umm..

12.29.2009

I must be a good girl...

... because Santa spoiled me this year.

Seriously, Joe and my family (and even my secret santa) went wayyy overboard and spoiled.me.rotten. except really, I'm a sweetheart. So it's okay :-) But umm, just some of my loot:

AND... in case you missed it, we're going to Whistler on Thursday!! Sooo excited :-) And clearly Mister Joe is excited too, because he is waxing our skis right now. Oh yeahhhhh!!!

what is this, work??

So it's Tuesday at 4:45 PM and I have done pretty much nothing this week at work. Yesterday I didn't get in until 2:30 because I spent the morning and a good part of the afternoon at the Dentist office getting my teeth bleached (Christmas present from my mom) with this Brite Smile stuff...

Just FYI - they call it a "gentle and relaxing" procedure. Umm, no. I do not call three hours of having your mouth stuck open with sunscreen lathered on your lips and face, bleach applied to your teeth and gums, and then microwaved (or something) either "gentle" or "relaxing" ... and that's not even discussing the major pain for the 24 hours following... the fact that my teeth physically hurt, and that I couldn't smoke... both painful.

Yes, I smoke. And drink red wine. And coffee. I guess that's a lot of drugs for one sentence? But I digress.. clearly, these vices are why I needed my teeth bleached (or so my mom thinks). I will say, they look quite nice!! I mean, seriously. It worked well.

Was it worth it? I don't know... for one I didn't pay for it, and I hear it's pretty spendy. But I will say I definitely wasn't a happy camper with the dental assistant during the procedure, as she kept repeating "Beauty is pain" ... seriously... and I couldn't even tell her to shut the f*ck up please be quiet because I had a dental dam in my mouth.

Moving on....

Kind of, but not really. Because it feels like time stands still between Christmas and New Years. Is there really any reason anyone goes to work this week? I have done very little.. and that is putting it... optimistically. I can't help it... I'm counting down ... to.....WHISTLER!!!!

Yup, going to Whistler to celebrate New Years and I.CAN'T.WAIT. I did spend a good portion of my day researching New Year's Eve parties and sending out e-mails to our crew to gauge pre-reservation-making level of interest. (I'm the planner of the group, if my Type-A personality hasn't clearly shone through in my blogging.)

Anyway, I am not going to be too hard on myself about this whole lack-of-working thing, because after all ... it's Christmas Break!! Or at least it was for the first 23 years of my life, so I'm going to go with, umm yeah! I don't have to do a damn thing. 

Except wait... until....

2010!!!!

12.24.2009

i *heart* secret santa

Prep In The Big Apple at Whale Flip Flops planned a Secret Santa Blogger gift exchange... which was quite fun! I *love* getting stuff in the mail, and since all my family lives in the area, it doesn't happen very often, except for stuff I order online for other people, and that's not quite as fun :-)

So I was super excited several days ago when I had two packages waiting for me with no return address on them! One included a gift card to LUSH which sells fresh handmade cosmetics. LUSH believes:
  • Use Fresh Ingredients
  • Protect the Planet
  • Make Products By Hand
  • Responsible Packaging
  • Greener Living
  • No Animal Testing
  • Greener Catalogs
I've never shopped at LUSH before, so I headed to Westlake Center downtown to check out their stuff. They have the coolest handmade cosmetics and soaps, all so pretty!! I picked out a couple different handmade organic soaps, made from real fruits and vegetables. At LUSH, they cut the soap off the block for you according to how much you want, and charge by the quarter pound. It's quite something!!! So here's what I came home with:

Sexy Peel - delectable lemon and lime marmelade soap with just a touch of sex appeal.


I Should CoCo - the creme de la creme of coconut soaps with dried coconut to gently exfoliate.

Honey I Washed the Kids - Carmel and honey scented soap to clean up the whole family.


I'm so excited to try these delicious looking new soaps :-)

But WAIT... there's more!!!

My lovely Secret Santa also sent me 3 reusable eco-friendly bags from enVbags.com - yayy!!! OMG I totally collect these reusable bags and have about 87 of them and counting!!! The ones I got are oh-so-pretty and so cute!!!

 
Seriously, I am usually all over the place and rarely carry a purse, so these bags are perfect for me to throw all my stuff, or groceries, or Bondi's food in when I'm on the go.

Plus... since I'm a major procrastinator and didn't get my Secret Santa's gift out until after mine arrived, I was able to use one of the three lovely bags to package her gift in. It's not that I don't love mine... it's just that since I learned she is a huge fan of pink and green, I know she will appreciate one of these just as much as I will!!!! So Miss Sara, if you're reading this... yes, I re-gifted the bag your gifts came in with one from my Secret Santa. But... I hope you will like it just the same!!

Well, I'm off to drink twelve a couple Emergen-C beverages and try to get better in time for Christmas Eve with the folks. But to my Secret Santa if you are reading this... Thank you oh so much and Merry Christmas!!!!

12.23.2009

oh, college (weekend)

Well Hello, blogger friends!!! I don't know about everyone else, but it has been a CRAZY week... so hard to find the time to catch up with y'all!!!

My weekend was quite eventful... actually, exhausting. Far too much making party... but it was fun. But it's Tuesday Wednesday, and I'm still exhausted, and most definitely coming down with something. However, we had some a-mazing times. I think it was worth it... you guys can decide for yourself.

FRIDAY was my friend Digga's 30th Birthday Party, hosted at Q Cafe with a BLACK and WHITE theme (so much fun!!!). It was only $20 for 4 hours of OPEN BAR (yes, seriously!) with yummy food, cupcakes, kegs, wine, cocktails, and about 70 of his closest friends. Doesn't get much better than that!!!

Here I am with a few of my girlfriends:

Here's a better close up of my dress, which I found at Loehmann's for $49, marked down from $158. Score!!! :-) 

The open bar ended at midnight, so we all headed out to Rob Roy in Belltown. At this point there were still about fifteen people from the party, including my friend Jen, Ashley, Joe and I.

Well... umm... we closed down the bar. Good work. THEN four of us (Joe and I included) made our way to my apartment where we planned to crash... when it was like FATE.STEPPED.IN and we got in the elevator with four peeps who were heading to a CHRISTMAS PARTY on the 5th Floor at 2:15 AM. Anyone see where this is headed?

College Late-Night!!!!

Umm, yeah. Somehow I convinced Joe and our two guests that "we were invited" to this party on the 5th floor, and we should TOTALLY go... because OMG it would be fun. (For the record, we were NOT actually invited.) Umm yeah.... so we crashed a stranger's Christmas party. Seriously.

BTW remember I am wearing a party dress (we all were in Black Tie attire) so I'm feeling pretty fun. Did I mention I love dress up? :-) 

I promptly sit down around a table of 7 people... they are clearly like who the f* is this? And this little chihuahua jumps up in my lap... I'm not a little dog person, but the dog is more interesting than the people, and I'm flattered the dog joins me, so I'm petting it. Then some snatch-face chick (apparently toy dog's owner) doesn't like this, and desperately grabs the dog from my lap.

Snatch-Face: My dog does not like you.
Me: That's not what she told me... (REALLY, I said this!)
Snatch-Face: Well "Princess" is very particular..
Me: Well maybe you should stop treating your dog like a toy.

*awkward silence*

After that, things got much better. I actually made friends, haha... although I probably could have gone without trying to convince the host that he should let me go get Bondi...

"He's just right downstairs. I SWEAR you'll LOVE him, and he won't eat Princess!!!"

Finally around 5 AM everyone else started having a "Kumbaya" guitar session and apparently we were interrupting the peace and love jam... or something That is when we were escorted out, literally.

All in all, the fact that we crashed a party and weren't made to leave until almost 3 hours later... well I consider that a TOTAL WIN!!!! :-)

SATURDAY we had no real plans... one of our girlfriends came over and the Joe, her and I ended up going to get Brunch (around 2 PM!! does that still count?) at Buckley's. The Duke-Gonzaga Basketball game was on so there was nowhere to sit, except this one table next to a bunch of kids wearing Duke shirts who were "saving the table" in a packed restaurant for their friends that weren't there yet. (RUDE?)

Anyway, I'm not crazy for my alma mater, remember? But I thought, "let's not cause a fight now". So in my most sweetest hungover voice I said, "Does it make a difference if I went to DUKE?" And guess what, it did!! This shouldn't be a surprise, since Duke peeps are so.much.better. than everyone else. Whatever, I went with it... we got our table.

Well this is freakin' crazy: The guys in the Duke jerseys say they recognize me... asked me what year I was... etc. We went through the whole name-game (name-dropping: a favorite activity of Dukies..) Turns out my roommate Lucy and I "worked" their DTD progressive when he was rushing. Basically that means we dressed up slutty and hazed rushes... made them drink...etc.

Umm, I barely remember going to this party, but not only did this guy remember... he pulled up a freakin' picture of it on his iPhone. I kid you not!!!

Then these texts (not altered for grammar) transpired between 3 or so-mimosas deep me and my Duke roomie Lucy:

Me: Dude I'm at a bar for mimosas and brunch (at 3 ahah) and ust ran into a bunch of dukies that apparently live here and omg one of em said u and lucy worked my room at teh dtd party he was a rush 08. Apparently we made a lasting impression cuz he said u guys stayed awhile and then left to go to another party hahhahahaha
Lucy: hahahah yea we left to go to delta sig I think. can't believe we made such a lasting impression.

Umm, so I just found on Facebook, the pic the guy pulled up on his iPhone looked something like this...


...which I thought was hilarious and promptly showed Joe. PS - notice Bondi in the background? Yup, he has always come everywhere with me! :-)

Oh, college.

Anyway, the rest of the afternoon/evening continued to be very college, and went something like:
Pyramid Brewery. Airport trip to pick up sister (no driving for me though!). Pyramid Brewery, again. Crashing another Christmas party, except we were *kinda* invited this time. Playing Foosball - so much fun. Getting tipsy butt kicked at Foosball. Drinking a random concoction of Christmas beverages.. gross. Staying out way.too.late. again.

And then SUNDAY I went to the Hawks Game with my girl Ashley!!! She invited me and it was so.much.fun. The seats were ridiculously amazing, see:

It was an amazing time!! I will just say that, without any more details :-)

'Twas a very fun, very college weekend. But I think I have realized... much body is just too old for so many beverages and so little sleep.

12.17.2009

wishful wednesday - bleh



Sorry. I'm incredbly annoyed and upset and possibly tipsy right now... and you know what??? It's not even Wendesday anymore. So here's my effing WISHFUL WEDESNEDAY *("WISHFUL"  looks wrong?? did I spell it right?? or is it just one of those words that looks wrong sometimes?)

anyway... ugggh. here it is.

Best holiday I can remember, besides the obvious that Kelsey already did, is Thanksgiving in Cabo. It was my mom and dad and my sis and my lil bro and I.

My sis and I are older and only 15 months apart. My lil' bro is only 13 now, and everyone always asks us if he was a mistake. The funny thing is me and my sister were apparenly both 'mistakes'... however; I distinctly remember my mom giving her IUD to my dad in a ring box about, umm... 14 years back or so. My dad wanted a boy. My mom was 36. She gave him her IUD for X-MAS.

So he was the only planned one. Anywayyy... back to Cabo Thanksgiving. No more words. Here's some pics:


We found a Christmas tree in our hotel.


My dad and my lil bro.
They made my sis and I take
walkie-talkies out cuz its MEXICO...


My lil bro and mi mama!


Our whole family, pre-Thanksgiving dinner.
Gbae is anti-sressing up :-)

Oh 12-year olds hehe


On the van ride ride to dinner!


In a golf cart. The whole fam!!


Kenzie introduce me to the BEST.BOOK.EVER.
Why Men Marry Bitches.


They have Corn Pops in Mexico :-)


Looks like CHRISTMAS!!!


Apparently I'm not happy.
It was cold.


It's a teepee.
Thanksgiving theme?

12.11.2009

better late than never.

OK. Here is a review of my last three weeks (yes - I know this is ridiculous) that I haven't yet blogged about.. but (mostly) in pictures. Minus the crazy airplane lady story... which I WILL DO SOON. Really, I will.

Anyway, without further ado.... in chronological order, dating back to before Thanksgiving!!!

Weekly Wednesday Trivia... we have yet to win, but damn... we have a good time!




Thanksgiving at my folks house. Joe and my orphaned friend Zach came, and my mom cooked for 21 people!!!!


Pre-Thanksgiving chaos (aka when the rest of the fam showed up)
Joe and I enjoying some red wine...


My aunt Terry (left) and my mom (right) shared the chef duties...
You know they say about too many cooks in the kitchen!!!


My amazing grandparents Leo and Marge.
I know it's weird, but that's what we've always called them.
... Not grandpa, grandma, or anything like that...


Just sister Kenzie drinkin some white wine in the sink.
Totally normal at our house :-)


After the extended family leaves...
Thanksgiving turns into Karaoke Jam Fest 2000.
Here's Joe and Zach looking for songs/singing along.

Thanksgiving Weekend... it's Off to Idaho!!! Joe's folks live in Couer d'Alene, Idaho so we drive out there often for some pretty wonderful weekends. 
 

Joe's folks and us at a local bar for a "night cap" as it's called.


Bondi and me in the cabin of Joe's folks' fishing boat.
Yes, Bondi comes with us!! 


We went on a cruise on the lake.
Here's some of the Christmas lights we saw..
..my camera doesn't do them justice!!

Trade Show for Sutherlands in Kansas City... my mom and I went to sell some bad-ass mailboxes :-)


Here's our Mail Boss display in "Pallet Alley"
BTW Kansas City is cold and windy. BRRrrr!!!

My Birthday Party at the Tulalip Casino!!! ...or as Joe calls it, "Vegas's home-schooled half-sister that's living with creepy uncle in the woods of North Seattle." We rented out two totally posh (shocking- I know!) rooms at the Tulalip Resort, stocked them with adult beverages, invited some close friends, and had a grand ol' time!!!! BTW they have an amazing pool that we definitely took advantage of... and although there are no pics to prove it (no cameras at the tables- duh!) we definitely gambled our little booties off!!! I won't say how much I did or did not win...


Jen and I... a little pre-game action in the hotel room.


Stay classy!! Oh yes, we will :-)
...and thanks to Joe for being so resourceful with this...


Apples to Apples. 'nuff said.


We had a pool party, oh yes we did!


We also had a hot-tub party. 
Lil' awkward thanks to all the irresponsible parents lil' kids 
overhearing and witnessing inappropriate stuff... 
...and probably peeing too!!! Anywayyy...


Sister Kenzie tells Joe she loves him (for me) 
over poolside Apples to Apples :-)


Late (like 4PM!!!) Checkout = AWESOME!
This meant Mimosas, CatchPhrase & the Hawks game...
...plus more time to Gamble!! 
Yes.. I am wearing BOXERS with cards and dice on them.
Yes.. I wore them in the casino, with UGGs & my bday hat.
Nobody even gave me a second look :-)

Anyway... this pretty much brings y'all up to this weekend... which I will try to post about before Christmas!!

where the boys at??

Just wondering, are their any boy bloggers out there?? Not that I don't love all you girls!!! I do :-) Just sayin, there most be some boys out there with blogs.. and if so I'd be real curious to see what kinda stuff they say.

So umm... if any of yall females follow any males... drop me some blog love (a link) in my comments, cause I'd love to go check those boys out... mwahaha!!!!!

good news!

Good News!!!

We finally have a Christmas Tree* in our apartment. Yuppers, folks. I came home last night and there was a little Christmas Tree in the window by the dog bed... it even had lights and some ornaments random stuff hung on it! Yay :-) Good job, Joe!


Bad News...
  1. Upon closer inspection, this *Christmas Tree (besides being TINY) is actually not a tree at all, but rather just a large Rosemary Bush from Whole Foods. Not complaining... just sayin.... Coincidence that Joe likes to cook with rosemary? I think not.
  2. I'm pretty sure Joe only gave in and got this Christmas Tree bush because he was in.the.doghouse. and not because he hadn't gotten a tree yet. But that's another story...
  3. I actually beat Joe to it because I.just.wanted.a.damn.tree. so I came home with an 8" tall (Seriously!) lil' guy from QFC. I splurged on it - $5.99 - but I figured, heck! It came with 3 ornaments ;-)
Moving on, I'm gonna go head and call this lil rosemary. bush. slash. christmas. tree a WIN anyway... in the spirit of the Holidays!!!! meh... and my mini Christmas tree is now chilling on my desk at work:


Don't judge me. I'm messy.

In Other News...
Good: Happy Friday!!!
Bad: I spilled coffee all over my jeans this morning :-(
Good: Said coffee spill matches my apparently coffee-colored Uggs-of-the-Day.

Yes, I took this pic while driving. So what? :-)

Lastly... I Am Soooo Flipping SORE!!!

I mean, kudos to me for actually going to Crossfit Wednesday AND Thursday... I guess. But Wednesday was a brutal leg workout with crazy lunges and squats and "wall balls" (google video Crossfit Wall Ball!) and then yesterday was a "benchmark" Angie:
   100 pullups
   100 pushups
   100 situps
   100 squats
And today I can't sit. Or stand. Or lift my arms above my head. Or turn my body. Seriously... it's awkward! The bad kind. I mean, really... I should have a handicapped parking sticker for days like this because it's so painful even to get in/out of my car, let alone walk!!!

Please just picture this.. it literally takes me about 30 seconds to get in or out of my car. No kidding.  I think I'm dying.


It can't be that bad, you say? Ummm... It's so bad that last night - just an hour or so after the workout, read: before soreness even really set in - my 89 year old grandpa (who I'm pretty sure is almost blind) asked me if I was limping!!!!

So yeah. That's all I got. A rosemary bush for a Christmas Tree and a body apparently saturated with lactic acid. Good times. But TGIF, or whatever ;-)

12.09.2009

more blog bling!!

MCW at Saving Best For Last just nominated me for this fun new Happy 101 Blog Award (aka more "Blog Bling").



For real, peeps, we gotta work on these Blog Award names. I suppose it's better than "Sugar Doll" but seriously.... That said, MCW is one of my most favorite bloggers, and so I'm gonna go with it :-)

Here is how it works:
*1*  List 10 things that make you happy.
*2*  Tag 10 bloggers that brighten your day.

Here goes!!!

Tom Yum Soup

 
Kisses from this Boy...

Yup, our softball team name is "Smack My Pitch Up" :-)

and this Boy...


Fresh Powder

Mimosas


My Uggs

Daily footwear each October through April...

Finishing a Crossword Puzzle

Finding Money in a Coat Pocket

Scuba Diving


...and Christmas Music!
specifically, Mariah's "All I Want for Christmas" 


Now, 10 Bloggers who brighten my day.... Trying not to double-tag anyone here, but I apologize if it happens!