Obnoxious Amout of Nails

ITS FRIDAY!! Thank you sweet baby Jesus!

I've been lovin' some nail polish lately. I've really gotten into some pretty funky colors and designs. I need to pause to clarify. I'm not talking ghetto fab, kinda funky. You know, when you walk into the nail salon and they have all those airbrushed fake nails...those are quite laughable.

Now you can pick your nose with the First Lady! Awesome. Not.

Also, please keep in mind that I'm extremely cheap and not about to drop $15 for a manicure as often as I want the color changed...and I want it changed often. Just this past week my nails have been three different colors. I know, overboard. 


In case you were wondering, which I'm sure you were, these are this seasons hottest colors:

(I really like the blue, but ladies be warned...last time I sported this I was told by my male co-workers that I looked like a cold smurf. Whateves.)

Glitter polish is truly my new best friend. I had to get over the fact that I once wore it in middle school...and it's a bitch to get off..but applied right, it looks awesome.

I would like to draw your attention to the bottle on the left. That sucker is $14. Nuff said.

Nude, always a winner.

I have mixed feelings about this group.

 Now, on to the fun stuff!

This is what I'm wearing now.

I LOVE the gradient glitter look. I'll be doing this for Saturday date/Anniversary night!

Pretty adorbs, huh? I've been using a lot of the Ulta Salon Formula nail polish. They almost always have it on sale; I think it's buy 2 get 1 free right now. It goes on well and I don't end up with those annoying bubbles. Rimmel is also a good inexpensive brand. 


Hilarious anecdote: the first time I did my nails with a little glitter, Mark called me NeNe Leaks. 

say sumthin'!

Random Ramblings

Happy Thursday! Only.one.more.day.to.go!

This week's been exceptionally long, I'll tell ya why. As I've mentioned, our anniversary is this weekend. Well, Mark has something up his sleeve for me/us and it's DRIVING ME CRAZY because I want to know. He made be swear that I wouldn't look at our bank account, log into Facebook or use our iPad until he reveals the surprise on Saturday. (If anyone sees any clues on FB, please let me know, I'm dyin' here!) No FACEBOOK FOR 3 DAYS! Insane. Actually, I think it's the not checking our bank account every 3 minutes that's killing me. I'm psycho when it comes to online banking. I check our account about 32435457 times a day, on average. And I'm the bank's worst nightmare. If I see a transaction, even if it's for under $5 and I don't remember what it is...I call. I know, I know. 
Anywho...I'm SO excited to find out my surprise (and get back to stalking my account and strangers on FB)!!

Moving on.

I.need.these.!! I forget EVERYTHING! I have the memory of a ninety year old and it's bad. How awesome are these stickys? Write a note, or maybe a grocery list then wear it...ok I know you're laughing but I think its smart. 

 Smart! 

 I'm trying to get my paws on some old cameras! We have a really cool vintage looking mirror in our half bath and I think a bunch of old cameras on some weathered  shelves would look cool! Help me find some!

This is probably one of my most favorite pictures of all time. It was taken right after I gave my MOH speech at my bestie's wedding. I'm so thankful for our friendship. (She let us pick our own bridesmaid dresses, I love this sparkly number I wore!)

...Say sumthin'!

Ladies Night

Last night was girls night---dinner and movie. We had dinner at Whole Foods, which is awesome because you can eat outside AND drink your beer. I know, it's the little things.

We went to see The Lucky One. 

(Side note: if you live in GSO, all movies on Tuesdays are only $4.25 at Brassfield, HOLLA! You don't even need to show your college ID card from 4 years ago for a student discount, not like I do that...)


I'm not a huge fan of going to the movies, mainly because they are SO expensive. No, I'm not spending $9.50 to sit in a cold theater and watch something I might not like. So, when I heard it was only $4.25...and involved Zac Efron...I was all in. 

All and all, it was a pretty good chick flick. Like most Nicholas Sparks movies, I pretty much had the whole story line pegged within 3 minutes. 

As we were walking out, we all reached the same consensus.

It needed a little less of this,

and a little more of this, please!

Seriously, not one single time did they show a full on frontal few Mr. High School Musical without his shirt on. What good is that?? Serious.Letdown. 


The funniest part is that 10 minutes before we walk into the movies, I get this text from Mark-

"You should be kissed, 

every day, 

every hour, 

every minute."

 

Yeah, be jealous. 

 

say sumthin'!

 

Grease fires and charging deer...

"Only Allie could start a kitchen fire and get charged by a deer in the span of two days." -Mark

True story.

On Sunday we had my parents over for a lovely brunch. I made skinny chocolate chip scones (which were awesome, I'll post the recipe), baked eggs in tomatoes, hash browns and bacon. We also had vanilla cappuccinos and skinny tequila sunrises (check my last post for the details). I need to pause and rave about the cocktails. Simply awesome. I made them for some friends on Friday night and they LOVED them. We normally have mimosas, but these were a perfect brunch addition. 

Chocolate chip scones. Not my picture, I don't own dorky heart glove thingys.

I made the scones earlier in the morning and we all quickly devoured them as I was finishing making the baked eggs and bacon. I though I'd be Paula Deen-y and pour some bacon fat into the hash browns as they cooked. Good/bad idea. After the grease fire was put out, the hash browns sure were tasty. Yes, grease fire. Full on fire, flames lapping all the way up to the microwave, smoke alarm blaring, dog freaking out, mom trying not to freak out....  

Again, not my picture, but very similar scene. 

And of course, I have no idea how to put a fire out. My first though was water, but that was quickly shot down. So I did what any woman would do, I grabbed my dog, ran outside and cried. Mark and my dad managed to put the fire out (and save the bacon, thank God) so all was good in the hood. Please take note: this will not stop me from making bacon in the future. 


My mom loved her Mother's Day gift, a bottle of Knob Creek Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey. Conventional, I know. 

The rest of the afternoon was spent camping out on the couch with ma and watching Housewives reruns. Pleasant afternoon. 

On Monday afternoon, I shat my pants.

No joke.

We have some woods in our backward and we sometimes see some deer passing though. After dinner on Monday, I noticed about 3 or 4 walking by and pointed them out to Mark. We both agreed that it's so sad to see because there isn't much wooded area and there are homes all around. We felt bad for the poor guys.

About 45 minutes later, Boags needed to go outside. I put him on his leash and we headed out. Not thinking twice about the deer.

We walked down near the woods for a while and I waited for little guy to do his business, which takes forever because he's so dang picky about where he poos.

And then, out of nowhere, a HUGE deer came charging out of the woods headed straight for us. And when I say charging, I mean full speed, bat outta hell, fast. The thing leapt clear out of whatever bush he was hiding in and straight into Boags's leash. He was literally caught up in the leash 2 feet away from me. The whole thing lasted like nanoseconds before he untangled himself and bolted. What did I do, oh just screamed bloody murder and ran like a maniac back to my house. For you visual people:

I know "shat" and "crapping" aren't very lady-like terms, however, I can't seem to come up with anything more appropriate for the circumstance. 

say sumthin'!