I've confused my body = it's a good day

This is how I dress for work most times. Lots of layers, boring jeans, and long shirts that tries to make me look stubby. Long shirts make me look very short. Short shirts make me look very shorts. All shorts make my hips seem like they're grinding against my ribs [it's pretty close actually, I feel great about it when I think I may be some kind of anatomical rarity]. So I do my best every day to cheat it and my ultimate goal is to use some sort of cardigan/sweater/belt/or baggy something to hide my real silhouette. A great day is a day where I trick my torso into thinking it's long and my legs into thinking they're normal. Today was a pretty good day =] My color combo boosts my mood. Plus my new owl/gun necklace. Ohhhh yeaaah.

Sunday Dinner

This Sunday Craig and I had John and Sherri over for dinner. We go to their house for dinner all the time, they always have something bacony for us and a delicious dessert. I'm so glad we finally got to treat them in return. We had an amazing greek salad my mom sent me the recipe for, paninis, and cupcakes. Cupcakes with peanut butter frosting. Cupcakes with peanut butter frosting and cookies inside. Oh yes, and milk tea. John didn't like it very much and Sherri liked the tea but didn't care too much for the tapioca balls. I guess it's not for everyone, but that's almost an exciting thing, more milk tea in the world just for us!

I had so much fun putting together a meal for everyone. Craig and I love cooking but we rarely have the time or an energy to put together a REAL dinner. I'm so excited for a day when I take up my post here at home and I can be more dedicated to feeding my family delicious, healthy things. Doesn't that just sound lovely? All my dreams right now are to be home, taking care of darling babies and crafting to help pay the bills, and connecting with other people who help make the world beautiful. Those days just can't come soon enough.

Happy, Happy Day

When I got home from work on the 19th and sat down to enjoy all my beautiful blog subscriptions I had the very best surprise waiting for me at <3 elycia's lovely blog. It was a fabulous surprise. Stupendous surprise. Seriously, it was so great. Go look. Just go look. Click on the link to her blog and just have a look.

Am I right? Am I right?

[photo credit: elycia]

I cannot accurately convey to you how much I wanted to win this giveaway. SO MUCH is going to have to do. Isn't that necklace just the best ever? I knew I had to have it one way or another. Look at that gun charm! You must know how guns have affected my life lately. This necklace, made by the hands of the very talented Cristie of City Bird's, was one of those things for me where you just think "I'd like to have that....I'd love to have that....I NEED to have that....I want to win that....I'll have to buy that....I shouldn't steal that...one way or another, that SHALL BE MINE!" That doesn't happen to me too terribly often you know, and I take it serious when it does. 

It makes me so excited that I actually WON this pretty little thing. I don't think I've won anything before. 3rd place in my first DECA Marketing Management region competition once, but that's not really winning, not in the Charlie Sheen sense. I won "best effort" in a lot of things that I wasn't good at [I know what best effort means, it means you didn't succeed really but you sure tried hard, so that's not really winning]. Craig's won lots of things, like movies and video games and t-shirts, so I've just been coasting off his mad skills and glory. But no more! I am a giveaway winner now! And it feels great.

Elycia's blog is really one of my favorites, if you haven't seen it yet go check it out. It's so visually appealing and I'm so into all the things she blogs about. And she's about to get married too! Who doesn't love that? I can't wait to read all about it, she's such a lovely person and I was SO flattered that she called my blog cute. Eek! I get randomly girly and excited about things like this.

I am so happy to be turned onto Cristie's world of City Bird's now, her etsy shop has some of the cutest things living in it. One of my favorites of hers was the illustration Mr. Bosworth. Another one of those things I just HAVE to own someday. She was so nice to me in our few emails back and forth and I am so glad to have connected with TWO wonderful ladies in this wonderful giveaway. I got the necklace in the mail today and it is just every bit as darling as we all hoped. She wrapped it all cute and wrote a sweet note. I feel like blog world must just be one of the best places ever. I'm so glad to be slowly becoming involved with it and the sweet people that can be found.

It's a new favorite =] 

Cupcake obsession...

I've been a little obsessed with cupcakes lately. This makes me just like, oh, everyone else right now. But I'm late to the scene so I'm totally still allowed to be excited. Someone jump off the cupcake bandwagon already and make some room for me. You've had your time.

Craig and I tried to make it to a showing of Pirates: On Stranger Tides before work today, but we were about ten minutes late. So we hung around Bridgeport for a while. I love Bridgeport, it's one of my most favorite places. It's like an outdoor mall with all my most favorite stores near by plus our favorite movie theater [it has the MOST comfortable seats]. We usually hit up some gelato or go to Borders or Whole Foods. Today we opted for some cupcakes. Sweet, delicious, expensive cupcakes.

I told Craig to look excited:

Craig got a Turtle Chocolate and I got Red Velvet and Cream Cheese. I made mine last for an eternity. It was heaven.

I suck at dieting.