New Years...

I don't know why but I've been secretly obsessing over New Year's this year...but not just the plans but about what I'm going to wear. Well thanks to "Cyber Monday" I finally bit the bullet and bought my dress....

Soooo which one do you think I picked!??!?!

A:

B:

C:

D:Tough choices I KNOW! :)

FYI...

I didn't eat Turkey, Ham, Rolls, Green Beans,Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes or Stuffed Shells this Thursday.

And NO that does not make me weird.

Oh yeah-cookies trumps ice cream. Always.

Wordless Wednesday!

EXCITEMENT!

I love this time of year. No and it's not for extra indulgences and the gift giving I hate hate HATE both, honestly I do (just ask Mark-I DO NOT WANT ANYTHING-fo' shizzle)!
For me; Thanksgiving and Christmas are simply special because who I get to see, not what's on my plate or in that pretty wrapped up gift box.So while everyone is helping themselves to their second or third helping of whatever it may be (doubtfully healthy for ya) I'll be indulging in my family and friends.

And future fun fests consist of:

December 5th-Breakfast with Santa AND Taylor.

December 12th- T.B.O.X (So pumped!!) Tix are still available-come share some Xmas cheer (and beer) with me!
December 19th- Friend's Pot Luck Dinner at Janeen's (love any chance I get to make something new and for people besides Mark!)

December 24/25th-The Obvious

December 27th-GINA IS IN TOWN!!!! Gals brunch! Hooray!

**ADD ON** (thanks Schump!)
December 31th-DUH-Hey there you pretty thing- 2010 (you can come!)

January 23th- My second annual Tastefully Simple party (oh YUM) (using it as a pathetically late housewarming party too)

Seeeeee who needs food or gifts when you can just throw parties!!!! Helllllllo people think about whats REALLY important!!

Purse Party Mania (Numero Dos)!!

Numero Uno can be found over here with my seriously creepy second half!! (xoxo my love)

It's that time of year again when my mom begs me (little does she know I've been counting down the days to spend with these purses I mean her) to join her at her bosses house for the annual "Purse Party"...for those of you who don't know me, purses are a weakness of mine-yes "slightly girly" for a moment....granted I pride myself in having no problem going out in sweats and yoga pants and/or from shower to out the door in less than 11 mins- I do enjoy a good shoulder companion. And by companion I mean purse. And by purse I mean COACH. It stole my heart at a young age and I'm ok with that.

Soooooo the purse party...always in November, always a good time had by all, and by all I mean me. My mom mainly buys something because it's her boss and she is all polite like that and well me I just buy to buy.....

So quick moment of silence for my current companion (branched out to the D&G world), a great friend through thick and thin-a youngest still, not yet over 3 months (her fault-she was unaware of this annual event) Enjoy the darkest of my closet-it's warm and safe in there. Winter is coming-you'll thank me come January.

Mommy loves you. XOXO

Annnnnnnnd drum roll please...meet my new partner in crime.

"Black Beauty"

Shocking Jen buys another black purse but TRUST ME this one IS different and since I said trust me I don't really need to explain why! ;-)

Oh and like cherries are to sundaes wristlets are to Jen's wardrobe. TAAAADA!!! Bonus gift-it's was practically Clinique Bonus time! ;-) Ohhhh stop your drooling, you're making her blush! Till next year!

Borrrrrrrred....tell me what I should blog about.

Thanks

With Thanksgiving right around the corner I thought I'd take a moment out of my (out of nowhere) crazed, hectic life to take a moment (as everyone else is) and give thanks.

......To my parents. (the cuties HERE)

I am honestly so thankful for them. If you didn't already know they are absolutely, 100%, gods honest truth my best friends, the both of them. I don't know what they did or how they did it, but I just know they did it. Neither one has ever judged me all they ever did and continue to do is support me regardless of what it is.

To this day my mom still always wants to help out with whatever she can-I've been moved out since I was 18 yet she always prevails. I pretty much had to beg her the other night to "keep your money" when I had bought the tickets to This is It (ummm Amazing movie).
My dad every time I stop home is wants to share some sort of sport update or recipe with me, not to mention give me something, anything "I've got extra chicken breasts in the freezer...." "Need any parsley?" or "I'm going to Sam's..need anything". Just the other month I got new tires for my car-yea it was from "Santa" but 600 bucks-BAM.DONE. I don't think I've ever spend 600 bucks on any one else...don't get me wrong I am by no means spoiled, I liked to call it "being well off"-never with out a meal, clothes or the hippest toy growing up but I bought my first car, my own insurance, etc...if it was going to be mine I would be buying it....and as I grew up they taught me how life is what you make of it, no one else is going to live it or give it to you....you get what you put in to it.

I owe pretty much all of my character, attitude, outlook on life all to my parents. They were the ones who showed me the way, who led by example, who taught me with both what they said and what they did. Without them, who knows what kind of a person I’d be (don't answer that) I am so thankful for everything they've done, shown me, supported me through. Their love and friendship truly makes me the person I am today-which as they continue to tell me is pretty rad. :)

Happy Almost Thanksgiving to all!! Hope you spend it with the ones that mean the most near by!

Wordless Wednesday!

Next up!

The other day I was talking with a friend of mine that sorta lead me to this "challenge" and I figured I'd share (of course I did)...so it starts:

He was all like: "Hey, how'd the climb go?"

And I was all like: "ugh, horrible-I failed"

So he was all like: "What?? You didn't finish?"

And I was all like "No that's not it, I did, but a minute slower than last-boo"

blah blah blah.....

I know I know-ON.TO.THE.POINT-

Him: "You should do a marathon..."

(HA-funny guy)

Me: "HA HA HA....funny, not a chance. "

Him: "Well what do you have planned next?"

Me: "Hmmm good question, nothing"

Him: "MARATHON"

Me: "Not a chance"

Soooooo I started to think what COULD I do next??!! I'm definitely good with stairs for a while and there is no way in hell I'd every do a marathon-which leads to no triathlons, or half marathons so don't even bothering suggesting it.
Then the lightbulb went off!! I'll just run EVERYDAY till TBOX (did ya buy your tix yet!?). Not every other day-EVERY DAY....no big deal to some but for me-the NON-runner this is huge...yeah I manage to get to the gym at least 5 times a week but now I'm "upping the anty" 7 days a week...till December 12th. I started Sunday, went yesterday and today...so only 23 more days to go!! So far so good-and hell if I can keep this up maybe I'll run all the till 2010....probably not but I aim high (twss)!

PS-thanks for the idea Mr. Micheal Fontaine I owe ya one! :-)

I'm on a roll....

First- I get inducted into REDEYE ROYALTY.
Then I get asked to "guest blog" for a new friend!!!
Man I actually feel kind of special...
Anyways, if you missed it check out the awesomeness HERE.

Oh man oh man...I'm floating on cloud nine!
On top of all this..tomorrow morning I'm off to scale the Willis Tower-

See you at the top!! :-)

Royalty

Did you know that this whole time you've been reading my incredibly awesome, can't live without blog, you've been reading a blog from real life royalty?!!??! No? Well guess what-you are!? You lucky ducks you....so I am, Royalty that is. No my parents are not queens and kings and there are no castles (yet) but I'm royalty-I swear it says right here. Seeeeee!!!!?

The best part about all this?, yes I'm honored and think it's a great idea but I didn't have to go through the grueling application process like most-THEY CAME TO ME!! FINALLY people are realizing how important and awesome I really am...I knew it was only a matter of time! ;-)

So ok I'm royalty-RED EYE ROYALTY to be exact, so what does that mean for all you people?!?! Nothing really-just that I am a teensy bit excited for it, wanted to share with the world wide web and well that you can catch me blogging over here too now--->

WHERETHECOOLPEOPLEBLOG

I am PrincessJLA (of course I am)
Here is my First Blog Post

PS-check my updated BLOG ROLL-please oh please...new blogs from AWESOME, LOVABLY people!!!! <3

Wordless Wednesday!

If our children end up taking after Mark this very easily could be my future..... ;-)

Wordless Wednesday

So I'm starting "Wordless Wednesday" thanks to this groovy lady HERE. Obvious I'm not being very "wordless" but guess I just wanted to explain this pretty self-explanatory posting! ;-) So here goes....from now on No. More. Words. Just pictures........

Halloween 2009.

For all you non facebook-ers aka my spin members that I promised pictures for....;-)

I'd like to think Mark and I had the best costumes out there...I mean you can only have so many H1N1's, nurses, and doctors before it gets boring. I owe our choice all to Mark-it was his idea. The only problem now is it sets the bar pretty high for next year. I'm sure he will gladly accept the challenge :)

So with no further adieu, I present to you- Jessica and Roger rabbit....

Quite a lot of red if you ask me...

All and all a great night at a friend of a friends house party up in Lakeview..complete with Flippy Cup and to quote Barbush "It's like riding a bike"...and I'm an awesome bike rider! :-D

3....2.....1-Go!

And adding to the perfect Halloween weekend a good friend welcomed their new baby girl Sophia into the world-6lbs 9oz right on Halloween afternoon-many great costume birthday parties to come!!!! Congrats you two!! PLUS an extra hour of sleep?!?! *arm pump*-YES! It's funny how Halloween changes over the years-not a single piece of candy for me, nor did I want any. After all I was more concerned about how many beverages I could get anyways ;-) ohhh an up side of adult hood.

Happy Halloween kids, how did you guys ring in the festivities?!?! See any better costumes than ours??!!?!