May your holidays be as wonderful as mine, surrounded by family and friends!! My little elf even dressed up for the occasion. Merry Christmas everyone!! ...
I considered not writing this post- mainly because people I interact with daily read this, and this happens to be a very personal topic. Well, if this isn't the place for personal topics and helping each other, I don't know what is. I have a stomach disease called Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and while it is not something I talk about a lot because people have certain embarrassing ideas associated with the disease (explosive diarrhea anyone??),...
I am trying out several dresses for possible Christmas outfits. By the way ladies (and gentlemen), I am meeting by boyfriend's family for the first time this Christmas. Gulp. I am excited and nervous. Now the most important question: what do I wear. My preferred outfits for visits to South Texas are t-shirts and jeans since I will more than likely be found at the ranch or doing yard work (my mother likes to trade...
Dress: Forever 21 Boots: Gifted I wore this exact outfit to Central Market a couple of weeks ago, and a sweet woman asked me where I had gotten my boots because she liked them so much. Excited, I quickly told my boyfriend when he came back from grinding some coffee for me. He asked, "Those boots, really?!" How rude. He's lucky he is such a sweetheart. The man brings me coffee in bed to wake...
Okay, so I am obsessed with the beautiful little lady below. Frankly, I would make this blog all about doggie pictures if I could. It takes a great deal of restraint for me not to go around showing people pictures of the most beautiful dogs in the world (mine, not yours obviously), but mostly I just let the hair covering my clothes speak for itself. When people see my little cow/pony, Maya, they typically run...
On weeks when I have tons of tests, papers, and, well, basically responsibilities that I can't put off, I always make food in bulk that I then freeze in single servings in small mason jars to be eaten in a pinch. One of my favorite soups to prepare in advance for cheap (hey, I am a college student after all) is lentil soup. It is easy, healthy, delicious, and basically fool proof. For this version,...
For Thanksgiving, I was given the task of bringing dessert since, you know, that's what I do best. Nobody can get food poisoning from a cake....I think...Anyway, this year the requested flavor was carrot. I have to say, this cake is incredibly dense so it may not be for everyone, but I loved it. The cheesecake frosting was a little soft for piping, but everyone loved it. I made sure to put on a minimal...
Before Alterations Top: Express- $9 Bottom: Victoria's Secret- $6 Boots: Gifted I bought some black pants from MJRSales.com, which is closed now. I shed some tears, but ultimately, you just have to let the things you love go, and if they come back, it's meant to be....Okay I kid, but they did close the web site which is awesome because I would get all sweaty and itchy when I saw something I wanted and the...
Top: Thrifted via savers Jeans: New York and Company Shoes: Gifted Okay so I'm obsessed with these boots. :) I had never been to Savers until about two weeks ago, so there I go signing up for their e-mail update services. As it turns out there was a fifty percent off sale this past Monday. I have never been more excited to receive an email from a stranger. This was epic. I managed to squeeze...
Top: Kenneth Cole Reaction via Ross Bottom: New York and Company Jeans Boots: Gifted Honestly, most of the time, I just pair a white shirt with whatever jeans I can pull out of my closet. Normally this would work except I keep wearing my knee high boots in anticipation of the return of cold weather...and it's about 90 degrees outside. It's supposed to be cold people. I got the memo, but no one else did....
Look Akemi by giikahl featuring short cocktail dresses Love Milly short cocktail dress, $43 / Madden Girl faux leather boots / kangol satchel handbag, $48 / Crystal necklace ...
Ever since I came back to college, I have found myself having to become more creative in terms of wardrobe. Since I do not have a flowing income, and numerous bills to pay, I have to find ways to stretch my current threads. I was stalking searching through pinterest and saw some black platform shoes made my heart skip a beat. That's when I remembered that I had a blue pair of platform shoes that...
Some days, you just need to come home to a giant bottle of tequila margarita. Given that I don't really drink, this has become my latest obsession. My sister enjoys hers with sugar and soy milk, and I am sure traditionalists will scoff at the recipe, but I happen to love it prepared this way. It is fast and delicious. Directions: 1. Pour some hot water on a bag of Chai tea of your choice....
May I suggest that anyone who is a couch potato not attempt a difficult 5K race that is filled with obstacles before they actually are able to run maybe for one mile... This was our little racing team. My older sister intelligently chickened out at the last minute, but Gloria managed to convince me that it would get warmer as the day went by and the obstacles would not be all that difficult. SHE LIED! ...
If you have been here long enough, you probably know I am the wildest of party animals, so it should come as no surprise that on Saturday the younger version of myself decided we were long overdue a night out at the famed Austin 6th street in order to celebrate Halloween early. For those of you who don't know, sixth street can often be found littered with drunken young people on weekends...
Ingredients 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 cups Quicker Quaker Oats or 3 cups Old-Fashioned Quaker oats, uncooked 1 cup raisinsDirections 1. Heat oven to 350°F. 2. Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy. 3. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. 4. ...
I fell off the p90x wagon again. I will be restarting today. Why you say? This is why.... See, what happened was this...We bought the admission into this race a looonnnggg time ago so clearly I had already forgotten about it. In comes little sister with her have you been exercising face, and proceeds to show me what I actually signed up for...and that IT IS THIS SATURDAY. So, here I am putting on my...
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