it's not where you are it's who you're with

I have been digging American Apparel’s Circle Scarf for a while now. I know they say you can wear it a zillion ways but I think I’d only like it actually as a scarf. Either way I’m pretty sure I’d like to have one.

So, this weekend I did a good deal of browsing around the mall while I was visiting my mom and I stumbled across these little beauties. These are The Lacie by Victoria’s Secret which are eerily similar to Hanky Panky’s signature undergarment. Noticeably these are priced much more reasonably at $16 a pair (or 3 for $30!) While the Hanky Panky’s come 3 for nearly $50 . But then I get an email from RueLaLa and Hanky Panky is their special today! 3 for $36! What a steal! Either way I ended up with a pair of The Lacie and so far I’m pretty pleased.

Ok, and this one is from my baby book. I like to think that I’ve lived up to all of these expectations besides the attend the University of Alabama one and am on my way to the (money!) one.

And since I’m at my mom’s house and couldn’t sleep last night I went digging around to look through mine and Blake’s baby books. It is always such a treat to read the little anecdotes they wrote about and moments they documented. This little gem is from Blake’s baby book talking about his 2nd Thanksgiving. That little sentence at the end about Evan and then Jess were about li’l ole me. I like that after the fact my mom went back and wrote “turned out to be Brooke.” Can you imagine if I had been Jess it seems so un-me. There is a list in my baby book of names they considered. Girls: Jessica, Christine, and Marie and Boys: John, Brent, Bryant, and Edward

Currently in the Florida panhandle visiting my mother and enjoying the fact that there aren’t any classes next week. On Tuesday my mom turns 50 so to celebrate several of her coworkers booked a night at this beautiful condo building in Destin overlooking the bay. She was really excited about me coming down for it and getting to meet all her friends. I was bummed about missing the game but after the outcome I wasn’t so down that I missed. Mostly they gossiped about work and drank some sort of Malibu and Midori drink. I’m pretty sure my mom had a blast so that’s what really mattered. This is view off the balcony Sunday morning towards the bridge to Ft. Walton Beach.

On Friday I traded in my beloved but beaten and broken Blackberry Curve for a shiny and new iPhone 3GS. So far I have only missed my Bberry a little and for silly reasons like I liked my email coming in the same way as a text and that Ubertwitter updated when there were new tweets. and of course bbm. But, I think I’m starting to get the hang of all things iPhone (well except the keyboard but I’m sure that just takes time. So, bye bye Blackberry hello future!

photo taken with my iPhone (duh).

also any suggestions on favorite apps would be greatly appreciated. so far i’ve just download the essentials: tumblr, facebook, echofon (which I don’t even know if that is the best twitter app) So, suggestions?

kristenshaw:

OK, Bulldog Nation. Uga VII died. It’s true. But let me tell you why this is the best, not the worst, thing that could have happened to us right now.

After two and a half months of tumultuous, half-assed football, our fan base is in shambles. Everybody wants to fire somebody. Even when we win, we’re pissed because we feel like we didn’t beat someone good enough (i.e. fans arguing in Barberito’s over whose quarterback is worse after we beat Auburn). We trash our campus. We are a bunch of crybabies. Meanwhile, A.J. Green is out again, Cox’s role as a quarterback essentially is to pretend he’s a quarterback, and down the street from all this mess, a baseball player is recovering at the Shepherd Center with a slim chance of walking again. The University has taken a lot of hits this fall, and then the damn good dog has a heart attack.

This is Florida losing to Ole Miss in 2008. This is Bear Bryant’s installation of the wishbone offense in 1971. This is the War Eagle in 1892. Something had to give, and Uga is the martyr for our 2009 season, serving as the turning point that will springboard us back to success. I predict from here, we unite, our players and coaches have another reason to make us cheer, and we win out. Yes, we only have two games left, and one of them is Kentucky, so we should have won at least one of our last two games regardless of the passing of our inbred macot. But I say this is it — we will beat Tech. We will go to a bowl — maybe even the Chic-fil-A bowl — and beat another team. This event will rejuvenate us, and we will be better for it.

I may be crazy, and I may be wrong, but I will not be a naysayer anymore.

agreed on all counts.

Uga VII, Georgia’s football mascot, dies of heart attack. How very sad!

meredithnyc:

WHAT?! ruthie is now dressing like a a Maxim cover girl? not ok.

where I come from when someone says you’re “looking healthy” it’s just a nice way of saying you look fat, really fat.

divinesecrets:

Oh, how I want this to snuggle up in all Christmas break.

this is perfect. adding to my amazon wishlist.