Turkey Lurkey

Unless you're the turkey on the table...oops!  HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!!!

Such a Tease

Here a teeny tiny sneak peek of my Halloween costume...

So much teal tulle!!!

M for T

I can finally do a post on my Missoni for Target purchases because 90% of my order has finally arrived.  The remaining 10% was either missing from the shipment it was supposed to be in or is still on backorder with the threat of cancellation looming overhead like a dark cloud.

I was up at 5:45am on Sept. 13th prepping my trigger finger to make sure everything I wanted made it into my shopping cart as soon as the Target.com site was open.

 Throw blanket & framed tiles

 Framed tiles close up...they screwed up my order and sent me 2 of the same so I had to make it work.

Again they screwed up my order and forgot to send 2 towels, but they sent me someone else's rainboots (unfortunately NOT in my size).  I gave the boots to my friend, but kept the bottom of the box to hold things on top of my bookcase.

 I thought this serving tray would be plastic but its a beautiful heavy ceramic.

 2 of the 4 frames I ordered...I'm keeping my fingers crossed the others arrive before the end of the year.

 Infinity scarf.

 My birthday cardi from Miss Liss :)

I also got 2 bath towels, a make-up train case in the B&W zig-zag print, and the "Colore" ruana which I wound up giving to my step-mom for her birthday.  She was THRILLED, and her Mahjong group was very jealous. 

The WORST

Yes, I know I've been terrible at posting.  I'm going to blame work, but it's partially due to my extremely unappealing habit of procrastination.  There's tons to catch up on, but let's start with some birthday fun...

I like to drag my birthday out as long as possible.  In fact I just had my extended family birthday dinner last night!  But on my actual birthday day, Miss Liss and I took a road trip up to Tuxedo Park, NY to the Renaissance Faire.  My dad used to take me and my bro here every year when we were younger, but I haven't been back since high school.

1st order of business...FACE PAINTING!

Miss Liss found the armory booth...fear rang out amongst the shopowner and his patrons.

Last week I had the opportunity to go to my first MLS game at Red Bulls stadium.  There are few things in this world that will make me even consider going to Newark/Harrison at night.  The Red Bulls were playing the LA Galaxy which happens to be the home team of one Mr. DAVID BECKHAM!!!  I was in the same building as Becks.  A very happy birthday indeed.

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...