My Favorite Things

Today I have ZERO motivation to get anything done.  Just so you know.

I decided to be like Oprah and share my favorite things.  But then I realized that was too daunting of a task.  The blog could go on and on.  I decided to limit my scope today to my favorite beauty products (I realize I've lost some of my faithful readers by this point).

I bring you: My Favorite Things:

Burt's Bees Chapstick
Burns a little, but feels so good.

Coco Chanel Mademoiselle 
This is a shared favorite of a one dear Kelli Edington.  It's a luxury product.  We like smelling luxurious.

Frizz- Ease
This stuff is amazing for fly-aways

Mayebelline Great Lash Mascara
 It took me years to decide on the best Mascara for me.  This is it.

MAC Makeup
It's pricier than your drugstore stuff, but it is so worth it.  It lasts and the people there really know what they are talking about, so they'll be able to help you pick the perfect color.

Nivea Body Lotion: Happy Sensation
This smells wonderful and it helped me with a serious sunburn in the Bahamas.

Nivea Touch of Happiness Body Wash
The sister to the lotion above.  This also has a wonderful smell and has the best lather ever.

Oil of Olay Moisturizer
I use this 2 times a day

Oil of Olay Daily Facials

These are perfect for washing your face each night.

Turbie Twist
Don't make fun! I was skeptical of this silly "towel".  But when my cousin Cobie Lynn let me use hers, I was converted.  I haven't looked back.  After the shower, there is always a turbie towel on my head.

Venus Razor
It lasts a really long time for a disposable razor.

I realize I should be cleaning my room, or updating my blog with meaningful posts about life and the happenings in New York... or doing something worthwhile but I'd rather talk about beauty products for now.
Have a lovely weekend my dear friends!
<3

Work Hard, Play Hard

Judging from my blog, it looks like my life is one giant vacation.  This is not true... at all.  Early on in life I was instilled with the motto "work hard, play hard", which I have taken into account into my adult life.  And since I only like to blog about the fun stuff (who really wants to read about 11 hour work days, or church callings, or classes that keep my super busy? I thought so.) That being said, when I play hard, I blog about it...

Last week I had the good fortune to go on a vacation with a few of my friends to the Bahamas.  It was my first time and I loved it!!  Minus the terrible sunburn on my chest, back and shoulders- it was an amazing and relaxing experience.   Below are some of the pictures from the trip.  Yes, the water is truly THAT beautiful.

Crafty Lady

In case you were wondering, all of my friends are extremely talented and wonderful people. My New York City Bestie Amber, is no exception.

She started this amazing company: http://www.amberink.com/

(aren't we lovely?)

We had a kick-off party at the apartment, which turned out to be the best morning of brunching and crafting!! We made some amazing cards and stationary. I gathered some great ideas for scrapbooking as well. So much fun!

Check out the rest of our fun projects on her website! http://www.amberink.com/

It's like quilting bee's for the new generation! Happy crafting!

What’s my age again?

I’m confused about my age. I am horrified at my aging.

When did I become an… ADULT? I actually hate that word. It’s creepy. I remember the day that I discovered I didn’t like it. Heather and I were living in Las Vegas. Living there, we had become accustomed to seeing things like advertisements for “Adult Stores” an “Adult Movies”. Everything gross and pornographic had the word “adult” attached to it. One day, Heather and I were grocery shopping at Food 4 Less (not our usual shopping spot, I don’t know why we were there) and I wanted to get a box of Honey Bunches of Oats. I was scanning the aisles and I found it… “ADULT CEREAL” It left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

Anyways…not what I wanted to blog about, getting to the point.

I thought that being a grown-up(much better word choice) would feel different somehow. I thought that by now I should be listening to jazz music, eating sushi, discussing my 401k, and argue about philosophy with all of my pantsuit friends. (Clearly things that grown-ups do). But no… I talk about teenage vampires, eat hot dogs, and listen to pop music. I’m actually watching Harry Potter as I blog right now, on my pink laptop.

I’m not really ashamed of this. It’s just different than what I expected.

On that note, here are some pictures of my immature happenings. Enjoy!

In the battle of vampires vs. werewolves, let there be no confusion as to what team I am on. This was taken the night of our double feature. Just days before Eclipse came out.

This was taken at the theater for the midnight showing of Eclipse! (Our shirts say Newborn Army)

Tess and I at our "Broadway Bodies" Dance class....

Tess, Amber and I dressed up for a Roaring 20's Murder Mystery Dinner

Bananagrams! This is my most favorite game... EVER! I'm completely obsessed with this game. It's so much fun! This was one of my favorite rounds (for obvious reasons)

I just realized I never blogged about my Paris trip! Well this is me doing the can-can outside of the Moulin Rouge.

In front of the Eiffel Tower

Victor Hugo makes me suspicious...

Funny Story

So today I was on riding the subway home from work and this girl comes on the train and sits next to me... wearing the exact same dress as me!
This is no subtle dress either. It's a blue wrap around dress, covered with all of these white circles (purchased from H&M 3 years ago). She has no idea. She sidles down in the seat next to me and I lean over and say, "Nice dress." We subsequently start cracking up over this hilarious situation. Then we go back to reading our novels and ignoring eachother. Ha! Meanwhile, I am certain that everyone on the train is thinking what's up with these doublemint twins? It reminded me of this: http://improveverywhere.com/2008/07/06/human-mirror/

Anyways, just thought I'd share!

I bet you don't think I blog anymore, do you!
Well one of these days I hope to catch you up on my adventures with Coney Island, vampires, the world cup, dancing and traveling.
One day...

Snow-rrific

It's been a snowy 2010.

Growing up in the desert, snow is still a novelty to me. Anytime the flakes start falling I whip out the camera to take pictures before the snow melts. It's like I forget that the snow will most likely stick around for a while.

The first of these photos was from the great blizzard a couple weeks ago:

Yes, I'm wearing pajama pants in the middle of the street.


This is my friend Tess' block
Fearless Rachel takes her life into her hands as she stands in the middle of the snowy street.



I took this photo this morning. They were big sloppy, wet flakes.

Taken from my office window.
Brrrr...

So the snow is nice when you are all warm and bundled up inside, but when you have to walk outside in it, it's an entirely different story. Walking home from work today was like an obstacle course. I imagined I was on the Amazing Race or something. First of all, I have to walk with my head down to keep the icy snow from blinding me. I also have tunnel vision because when I wear the hood on my coat I resemble Kenny from South Park (as noted in exhibit A- aka: picture #1) So with my sight obstructed I am trying to avoid not slipping on the icy pathways. Then there are these treacherous puddles that look so harmless and unassuming. But once you step into 5 inches of the icy water, you know the rest of the walk is going to be pretty uncomfortable. Lucky for me, I'm an expert at spotting such puddles and have been avoiding them at all costs. By the time I made it home I was pretty sure I deserved a gold medal.

On that note, I need to get back to watching the Olympics. Go Team USA!

Stay warm and dry my dear ones!

India

Hello my dear blog readers!
I've missed you.

I should tell you that my old laptop died so I've been without a PC for awhile. But I finally got a replacement this weekend. And in good time to tell/show you all about my trip to India!

A little background on the trip:

My company was going to send my work BFF Manny, to India to meet with some clients, etc. They were going to pay for everything. He invited me along- because I make an excellent traveling companion- and I would just have to pay for my flight and I could stay in this fancy hotel room.
Here is a guided tour:



Fancy. Is it not?

Okay, most of my pictures are not in chronological order so I will try my best to explain what is going on.

The flight. I've never flown so far, so long IN MY LIFE!
It was 14 hours to Dubai then another 3 hours to Bangalore.
We flew out of JFK at about 11PM. I stayed up the first few hours, waited for them to feed us, then I took a Tylenol PM and crashed.
I woke up to the beautiful scene below.


We were flying right over Baghdad. It was sunset.

So we were warned over and over again to NOT DRINK THE WATER! We didn't even brush our teeth with the tap water. We used bottled water. It made it feel like camping.
The first order of business when we arrived was stock up on the bottled water. Here's me with my big bottle:

Below is a temple at the Mysore Palace. This structure is typical for the temples in India. They are all very intricate and interesting on the outside.


This photo was taken at the Lalbagh Gardens. I just loved how all of the trees looked.
I took this one during my safari! Unfortunately my camera battery died so I didn't get any photos of the Lions, or Tigers, or Bears (oh my!)
I'm not even sure what this thing is. It's not a dangerous meat eater. That much I do know.
Back at the botanical gardens. Trying to get creative...

Okay, I used to think I liked Monkeys. It couldn't be further from the truth. We had driven up this big mountain and I wanted to take a picture from the top of the view below. But there were all of these monkeys blocking me. I was so concerned that they were full of diseases that I didn't want to get to close. I was pretty sure they were on the verge of attack. Look at this one's eyes! PURE EVIL MONKEY!


This was the view behind me and the monkeys.
We took a bus tour one day which took us to these gardens that had this big water/light show. It wasn't the Bellagio, but it was still pretty nice.Our new friend Atalanta. He works at one of the banks we deal with. Him and his friend showed us around and took us shopping one day. They bought me the cutest stuffed Panda Bear!

Most days I was left to myself. One day I took a tour bus and we stopped at this Sultan Palace. My new friends from Calcutta took this photo of me. I bought that skirt and another one earlier in the week. So comfortable!Another temple. I don't know why it's sideways....



Yes, there were plenty of cows walking down the roads.
PS- I had to walk down this same street barefoot! I was just really glad I had a tetanus shot before I left!

Yes, this is a mall! Yay! Where I purchased my skirts.
The view from the hotel room
Lunch at a restaurant at the mall. The appetizers on my plate were the spiciest things I've ever had.
This is India to me: