Let's Celebrate...

...the day I was expelled from my mother's uterus.  There's a mental picture for ya!  I had a great weekend, and even better day today.  I'll be putting up pics this week, but I just wanted to thank all my friends for their love today!

H and G

"Hi and goodbye."  I love Sleepless in Seattle and Gabby Hoffman was just the perfect mix of cute and obnoxious.

Anywhoo...this week has been a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions (thanks PMS!) and while I got to say "Hi!" to some fun new treats, I had to say "Goodbye :(" to someone I love (even though I'd never say tell him that).

Yesterday my little brother left for a semester abroad for grad school.  He'll be there until the end of the year, and I won't be seeing him until he comes home which makes me supa sad.  I'm not going to sit here and tell you that my brother is my best friend because, honestly, he's a stubborn pain in the ass who I didn't really get along with until after he graduated from college.  And even more recently he discovered that my taste in movies, for which he constantly ridiculed me for, doesn't actually suck.  Yeah, "Sixteen Candles" is a pretty fan-effing-tastic movie.  We're not extremely close- we don't talk every day, or even every week- but he's my brother and we do laugh a lot when we're together (usually at the expense of our poor father).  I'm going to miss him.

On the bright side, my father has chosen to compensate for the lack of one child in the states by giving gifts!  Nothing crazy or extravagant, but very thoughtful.  Let's say "Hi!"  First he surprised me with a subscription to my 2nd favorite magazine (behind InStyle of course), New York. 

Then this past weekend he popped this little treat out while I was at work with him

Hello Nano! I told him how the screen on my iPod touch went kaput after some water damage, that I may have caused myself while sweating on it while I was out walking (I know, gross), so he got me this to replace it.  He also threw in this fun little contraption that knocked my socks off

It's the LunaTik wrist strap for the iPod Nano.  I set the "wake" screen to the clock face and now I have a snazzy new watch!  He's been using my birthday as his reason for the gifts, but he could've said they're early Hanukkah gifts for all I care and I'd still love them, and him :)  Thanks Pops!

Birthday Wishes

It's finally September, and that means it's FINALLY my birthday month!!!  What I'm wishing for this year:

iPhone 5

 

Jetta...who's getting me this one??? A girl can dream, right :)

 

 

LED TV and blu ray player...again, this would be in a perfect world.

And of course I need movies to watch in HD, more specifically...

What Did I Wear???

I realized yesterday I didn't post any pics of ME from the wedding.  Who am I!?!  Here's what I wore:

* dress: Theory, shoes: Halston for Bakers gold platform espadrilles, earrings: Francesca's

Wind Swept

This is a bit of a long post because there is just so much to catch up on. First off, I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to know that I survived Hurricane Irene...or what was left of it by the time it got to NJ.  Even better is that my office is located in a "flood zone" so I received 2 voicemails from my managers telling me to just stay home from work on Monday, like I really needed convincing!

Now a recap of the fun and exciting times that was the wedding of Hot Pants Pally (I guess I need to come up with a new nickname for her).  Of course prior to the wedding there has to be the BACHELORETTE PARTY!!!  All the girls saddled up and headed to Harrah's in Atlantic City for the festivities.  What would the night bring: Booze? Definitely. Dancing? Of course.  Guac? Well, it's just not a party with the guacamole!

*dress: BCBG, earrings: Apricot Lane boutique (Fairfield, CT), shoes: Halston for Bakers

The SUPA HOT bride to be

Before our delish dinner @ Dos Caminos

What do you use when you can't find the ice bucket...garbage can.

Private jacuzzi at The Pool!  Always an interesting time.

Poor HPP was having anxiety attacks all week leading up to her wedding because the forecast called for thunderstorms Thursday and Friday.  Of course she's dreamt of getting married on the beach for forever, and come rain or shine she was doing it.  Someone up there was clearly looking out for the girl because Friday turned out to be beautiful out.

This was really freaky...HUNDREDS of birds bobbing in the ocean outside the reception venue.  I've never seen anything like it.  A little to Hitchcockian for comfort.

In case you can't tell, that's the groom's feet at the top right of the pic.  It was *THAT* kind of wedding.

And just for fun...that's the bride's dad on the right.  HEYYYOOOOOOO!

Celebrity Crush of the Week

Saturday night Lindz and I went to see "Crazy, Stupid, Love."  I honestly didn't know what to expect from this movie since the previews were ambiguous on whether it was a comedy or drama.  Definitely 100% dramedy...but more comedy than dramz.  Every character was portrayed to a tee by the actor cast in the role, and none more perfectly than Mr. Ryan Gosling.  Don't get me wrong, RG has been on my radar since his days with the Mickey Mouse Club with Britney, Christina, JC, and Justin.  Isn't he adorable!

Obviously almost every woman in the world has seen "The Notebook", and fell in love with Noah instantly.  I saw it on a cross country flight to San Diego and the ENTIRE plane was bawling by the time we landed. 

Mr. Gosling has reached new levels of HAWTNESS in "Crazy, Stupid, Love."  Exhibit A:

And then the brotha took the shirt OFF...Exhibit B:

Anywho, I'm officially back in lust with Ryan Gosling.  My bro's girlfriend introduced me to a Tumblr site today called Fuck Yeah! Ryan Gosling which superimposes sayings that begin with "Hey girl,..." onto pics of RG.  They are hysterical.  Some of my recent faves:

Long story short, go see this movie.  Even if it's only to see Ryan Gosling shirtless doing the lift from Dirty Dancing...just sayin'.

Hair DID

I've been in a hair funk for the past year, or maybe even more. Coupled with my work funk of the past 6 months I decided it was time for a change.  Let me tell you my hair guru, Mala, was beyond thrilled that I was ready to take the plunge.  Here were my inspiration looks:

Here it is...

I'm so happy with the results.  What do you guys think?