Etsy prints - take 2.

Remember when I posted this cute Alice in Wonderland eye chart?  I ordered it from Etsy last December and was so excited to hang it in my bedroom.    This Etsy store I ordered from had such cute stuff.  I posted so many cute prints on the blog and a few of my readers also made orders.  But something totally crazy happened...and...Well...sadly, we never got them. 

I am so pissed about this.  Just thinking about this situation makes me want to punch my laptop.  The woman who ran this shop, claims she was so overwhelmed with orders around Christmas that she was delayed in shipping these items.  She then emailed about some shipping mix-up and said the items would be resent.  Then, Poof, she was gone.  She took off with THOUSANDS of dollars she made from bogus items she posted in her Etsy shop.  She never filled the orders and just simply slipped away with all of our hard earned money.  I filed a complaint with Etsy, they did nothing, and neither did Paypal as my 45 day window had passed (due to me allowing this seller ample time to get items shipped, then reshipped, per her fake emails).   Who does this!?  I hope this lady gets paper cuts in her eyeballs while counting all of the money she stole from all of the people who made purchases.  Before Etsy took her shop down you should have read the scathing comments.  This woman has A LOT of bad juju and karma headed her direction. 

So now I have a super cute 8 x 10 frame that is empty and waiting to be hung.  And I decided that I am going to take another chance.  I found a very similar shop on Etsy - but NOT being ran the same as the other, with over 1000 orders and 100% feedback!!  I ordered these little cuties...and keeping my fingers crossed that I will ACTUALLY get to have these soon! :)

via Etsy

I hate sweating.

So.  I joined a gym a few weeks ago.  I've been twice.  I HATE working out.  I hate smelly gyms.  I hate having to drag my ragged ass, after work and being yelled at all day, to go try and pretend that I give a shit about being healthy and losing weight.  I actually don't really care about the weight loss.  I am more motivated by the need to lower my stress level and blood pressure.  Of course I wouldn't MIND the weight loss...just am not super motivated by that. 

Some days I get home and I am so wound up, and I feel the pressure building, and I KNOW I need to do SOMETHING.   My job has eaten my soul, and all I am left with at the end of the day is a carcass with frizzy hair, bags under the eyes, half a face of makeup, and a blank stare. 

I just don't understand how these people can commit to this lifestyle.  Getting out of bed early, running 7 miles and hitting the Zumba class after work.  What is the secret!?   How do you people do it?  Who are there these girls on pinterest, pinning women with abs and 14" waists to their inspiration boards!??   I feel like something must be wrong with me.  All I am motivated by throughout the day is thinking of myself after work, running home to get into my pajamas, eating a brownie, and watching bad girls club.   My idea 'trimming up' is getting a lil plastic surgery to get my double chin sucked off.

I guess I am going to try to get to the gym on a more regular basis and see if I can get a taste of what not being winded after going up a flight of stairs feels like.  Let's start there and see what happens.  

High Tea.

Irish breakfast & Scones with clotted cream

I consider myself lucky to work with some pretty sassy, articulate, caring, unique, and amazing girls.  One thing I DO look forward to in my day is spending our lunch breaks out of the office.  We shop, eat, talk, gossip, laugh, and enjoy our few minutes of fulfillment we get out of the day.  The other day, my co-worker Jillian suggested we go have lunch at a tea shop.  We went to the Lady Di British Store & Tea Room in Lake Oswego, OR and it was SOOOOOO fun.  We were instantly transported to a quiet dining room where we chatted over tea and ate a spectacular lunch.  It was such a diversion from the norm that I even watched my usual potty mouth and didn't let any curse words fly across my lips.  Kept my elbows off the table and sat up straight, like a proper lady! :)  We ate the ploughers lunch which consisted of baguette, tomatoes, several delicious cheeses, fruit, and a sausage roll with Branston pickle.   I want to eat that lunch everyday now.  It was so, so good!!  Flaky crust around delicious sausage, with tangy vinegary Branston pickle...this was a first for me, but certainly not the last.   

Need a break during your day...go for tea!  It was so fun, and so anti-lunch break.  I can't wait until we go again!!

I'm off the wagon.

 Sorry for the fuzzy photo.  Picked this sweater up on clearance at Old Navy - $8

Also an Old Navy clearance purchase - neon yellow cap toed flats - $12

Target dress - $24.95

 

Gap champagne sequins tote - $49.95

I have not been shopping recently due to a wonderful revelation.  While on vacation, living out of one suitcase for 10 days I realized something.  I am happy living a simple life.  In fact, simplicity brings a very serene feeling about yourself.  I have SO much to be grateful for, and so many things, such an abundance of 'stuff', that I don't need to keep getting more.  I should be satisfied with what I have, and what I have is beyond plenty.  I would rather save my $ for trips and memories, and not spend it every weekend on the latest color of skinny jeans and matching accessories.  This being said, I haven't really had that urge to shop, and I have managed to save some money.  Over the past month I have realized just how much I have pilfered away at the mall and Starbucks, so depressing.

But...this weekend I got the itch, and I did go out, and it was EXPENSIVE.  Saturday was nails and spa pedicure + full hair color and cut.  Plus, I left the salon with about $50 of product.  Ouch.  Sunday came, and my sis and the kids came out my way, so we headed to the mall....and....I couldn't help myself.  I picked up a couple of light weight spring sweaters, a pair of flats, a couple of T's and a cute shirt for K, with a coupon, all for around $30 at Old Navy.  I hit the Gap with my sister and we found the most amazing sequins tote and clutch.  I bought the tote for myself and surprised my sis with the clutch.  She deserves it.  Being a mom she would NEVER buy something glamorous for herself, so I got it for her! :)  After the mall, went to Target and found this hippie chic satin dress with the cutest pink stripe.  Will be a fun rotation for spring.  I also got a few other items but got too lazy to take photos.  I guess I m off the wagon, but planning to jump right back on.  And now I have a few cute things to save for Vegas which is coming in about 3 weeks. 

Happy Tuesday my loves!!

It's a MIRACLE!

it's a 10 miracle hair mask

Maybe only blondes will understand this, but I have been SEARCHING for the right product to quench my frazzled, over processed, and stressed locks.  I have found something that has been able to do something for me that NO product has been able to do in the past.  It's a 10 Miracle hair mask is what is says...a MIRACLE.  It's a goddamn miracle!!  I have this patch of hair, on my left side, around my ear/side burn area that is so out of control.  It is breaking off, frizzy, and gross.  Nothing I have put on it has been able to help it's sadness.  I have tried Ojon Damage Reverse, Paul Mitchell awapuhi wild ginger Keratin cream rinse, Enjoy hair mask, Redken anti-snap, Redken extreme, Moroccan oil, Macadamia oil, the list goes on... But, finally, after all my searching I found it's a 10 MIRACLE hair mask and it is seriously hardcore amazing stuff.  After using it just once, leaving it on around 8 mins in the shower, my hair (after straightening) came out SO manageable and soft.  The disgusting frazzled patch, it's tamed, and actually feels soft!!! 

I am so ecstatic I could cry.  Well almost.  Seriously I love this stuff so much and am super stoked at the idea that I could have normal hair after all this madness.

Now I wouldn't recommend this product to people with normal or fine hair.  This stuff is for the dry, coarse, over processed population only.  But for those of us that need something to bring life back to our dead strands...this is it.  Only downfall, it doesn't come cheap.  This small-ish pot of cream comes in around $30.

I need some inspiration.

 

Aren't we all stressed?  I don't know a single soul that doesn't have something going on in their life causing them great stress.  Times are rough.  We are down.  We are out.  And we don't have much control over it all.  But what we do have control over is how we treat ourselves.  Be sure to be good to yourself.  Slow down and take a breath.  You need it. 



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I love Don Draper.

Mad Men

I was a little slow to the party...but I have arrived now.  I am completely hooked on the TV show Mad Men.  We are slowing making our way through the DVD's and loving every minute of it.  I love how the show production sticks to true 60's sets/fashion/grammar, they make it look so real and you feel like you are right there in that era.  It (almost) inspires me to throw a cocktail party in pure Betty Draper style.  I rarely get hooked on a TV series as I tend to watch a lot of trash TV (bad girls club anyone), which speaks to just how very cool and unique this show really is.  If you haven't started watching it...hop to it!