Mr. Darcy Quotation Posters

From Etsy retailer The Love Shop

"You must never confuse elegance

with snobbery."

-Yves Saint Laurent

I wish we all still dressed like this.

beautiful photograph

Well, well, well, Dad is getting a Hyundai. I hate to say it, but it looks like we will be a Hyundai family. I am about 90% certain that my next car is going to be a Hyundai Tuscon...likely used. A) They have fantastic reviews both by professionals and consumers. B) They get great gas mileage. C) They are inexpensive!

I love the look of them as well...they remind me of Lexus RX's which I really like but can't possibly justify buying...I can't swallow the idea of

spending so much more money on a car that isn't actually special in any way but carries a ritzy brand name.

So there you go, Hyundai Power!

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?"

-Oscar Wilde

Brilliant Idea!

Take a beautiful old mirror and write something fabulous on it in a romantic language and...voila...instant, inexpensive art!

Camel, oxfords and the Seine. I can't wait to be in Paris again.

Stripes, Chanel and Paris. Bliss.

Oh this old thing? Just my future home.

Pearls and Venetian mask. 'Nuf said.

Conversely, I love this photo as well. Brian once wrote that I'm "more adventurous than [my] fashionista life would suggest". It touched me that he recognized that and loved me for it.

I have been thinking a lot about camp lately since I'll be heading up to Hamilton May 22. I haven't missed it this much since my senior year of high school...quite strange. I'm guessing it is because I'm looking for a piece of Brian and me and think I might find it there. Which I won't. Anyway, this photo makes me think of those wonderful sunny days with their perfect guitar soundtrack.

Apologies...

...being M.I.A.! I usually blog on my iPhone, but all of my Apps decided to stop functioning, so I haven't had normal access. I'm way too brain dead right now to post anything of substance, so here are some pretty pictures. Mainly for my own benefit...

Supposedly this is a dog....


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Oh my gosh, I loooove this YSL dress. Amazing. And yes, I know you guys don't really care about this dress but I'm waaaay too stressed to actually blog.


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Ridiculous

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At the sports med/orthopedic surgeon's office waiting to learn my fate.


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A Look Ahead

This coming week:
Send as much money to the IRS as I can. I have payments of $500 due to Social Security and $680 to the IRS respectfully. I will include sweet little notes about how I will send further payments once I receive my April 16 paycheck. I am hoping the sweet little notes will warm somebody's heart and convince them not to charge me a late fee since the additional payments are only going to be postmarked one day late.

April 16:
Rush to the bank as soon as I get my paycheck, send off remaining money to the IRS and get them off my back until my June payments are due.

April 23:
Originally Mike and I planned to go to Vegas with some friends because he got an amazing deal on a room at the Mirage. Split between us we'd be paying about $25 a night. We'd also be driving, which makes for a much cheaper trip to Vegas. But...I may be going to Vegas the next weeked (see below) and Mike may be playing in a work golf tournament, so instead of Vegas it looks like I'm going to Stagecoach, an outdoor COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL with my friend Jenn. It's two hours away and is basically the Sasquatch of country music. We are only going Saturday because there's no way we're camping with all those country fans. We are going to end up seeing Keith Urban (yessss!), Sugarland, Phil Vassar (and about a dozen others, those are just ones I know). I was a country fan my senior year of high school and a little throughout college but am completely out of touch, so it should be...interesting. It will undoubtedly be a Bud Light, cowboy hat, denim and plaid filled experience.

May 2-3:
Most likely Vegas with Seattle friends Seth and Izzy, Seth's brother Ian and his girlfriend, and me. I'm only considering it because Ian, his girlfriend and I will drive together (they live in San Diego too) and we will most likely get a deal on a really nice suite. Honestly, odds are I won't go. I don't love Vegas to begin with and, while fun, I'm not sure I want to go without Mike. Weird.

May 22-23:
Seattle for the dedication of Brian's rope course at Hamilton. I can't even begin to think about it, especially the emotions that are going to accompany that day. So, I won't.

Alright, off to Rite-Aid for the aforementioned hair color.

I love these colors together. Dare I say they are contenders for wedding colors? Nope, I don't dare.

I wish my kitchen looked like this.

Happy Weekend!

Okay, not necessarily that happy at the moment. Once again I put too much faith in Costco to get my meds ready for me the day I needed them. (I've been spoiled by the U Village Bartells.) Thus, I spent the latter part of yesterday going through the beginning of withdrawals, had cold sweats through the night and can barely function at the moment. I have been told these withdrawals are roughly what heroin addicts go through. Cool. Not. Everything is supposed to be ready at 1:00, but knowing Costco it won't be. I'm waiting on them so I can go in to work and work a few hours today to A) catch up on a big stack of backed up items and B) make extra money for taxes.

In the meantime I'm going to run to Rite-Aid (where I'm going to switch my presrciptions to) to buy hair color. Yes, HAIR COLOR! As in, I've been coloring my own hair. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I have been using Garnier Herbashine, a semi-permanent color that lasts about two weeks and contains bamboo extract which is supposed to strengthen hair. You saturate your hair in the color, leave for ten minutes, then rinse out using a conditioning mask. It's ridiculously simple and has lessened my fear of at-home hair color.

I started with a color that took me slightly darker than my natural color (out of fear), then moved to a shade lighter the last time. Today I'm going one more lighter. It will most likely be the lightest I go.

I read reviews in magazines, scoured opinions on the internet, and ultimately decided to take the plunge simply because I can't afford to get highlights right now. I am hoping I can afford to go in for 50% off Aveda highlights (I have a coupon!) after my April 23 paycheck at a really great salon, but we'll see. In the meantime this is at least keeping my roots colored.

I used to be on a schedule of highlights every 8-10 weeks with full color in between to cover my roots. The full color alone would cost at least $50 without a tip, so the $10 every other week is an improvement. Once tax season is over I'm hoping to alternate full highlights at a salon with at-home color. It will save money, make me feel much more resourceful, and save hours at a salon!

The Earth Moved Under My Feet...

Jus experienced my first SoCal earthquake. 6.9 centered in Baja. The dogs and I were completely unfazed even though it lasted a LONG time. Mike was terrified.


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Happy Easter!

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So elegant yet relaxing.

I love this wall!

She love, love, loves her brother : ).



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