..::Nice & Naughty::..

GEEEZZZ where has the time gone?!? I have so much going on that my head might just explode! Okay well I'm almost in the clear, as soon as I hop on that plane to TOKYO in a mere 8 hours it should be smooth sailing! Finally all moved into my new apartment which I can say I'm so glad that's over. Now its time for the fun stuff - ORGANIZATION and DECORATION! But that will have to wait until my return from Japan. Since I don't have cable yet, I've been watching my Sex and the City DVDs while unpacking, but I'm starting to wonder if my new neighbors can hear the TV and wonder what I'm up to in here....perhaps I'll find out if they start to look at me funny. Anyways, I leave you with these utterly fantastic naughty but nice pictures of Chloe Sevigny - I LOVE HER! Until next time....hopefully from TOKYO.

PC: Studded Hearts

..::Fast Lane::..

Life in the fast lane = pack. travel. unpack. wash and repeat.

I LOVE my HECTIC, CRAZY, sometimes INSANE life. Tomorrow is MOVING day - now that's a SERIOUS packing job. I most likely will NOT be looking as GLAMOUROUS as these ladies, but you know I'll try just in case there's a cute guy in my new building...just saying. Here's to new beginnings!

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..::Harajuku Lovers::..

Guess who is going to TOKYO next Tuesday...... okay fine I'll tell you - MEEE!!!! Clearly I'm way stoked - I can't even find the words to tell you how excited I am. Have I mentioned lately that I have a PRETTY AMAZING J.O.B.? Well I do. Hard work pays off! I'm over the MOON right now, just one thing standing in between me and my flight to Japan....MOVING. Le sigh. At least I have a 4 day weekend heading my way - all I need is a lil bit of MAN power. I'm looking for any tips or suggestions for while I'm in Tokyo so please let me know if you have any - especially in the SHOPPING arena, duh.

PC: Takashi Murakami & Google Images

..::Majestic Perfection::..

I fell in love with this sequence of shots by photographer Corrie Bond. Simply springtime gorgeous and now I'm TOTALLY craving some majestic purple for my closet...uh oh.

PC: Corrie Bond

..::Baking for Bridezillllla Part 2::..

Yesterday was the Bridal shower that I spent my weekend baking for and it was such a SUCCESSSSSSS! My sister did an AMAZING job decorating her house and coming up with fun appetizers for the guests to munch on while sipping mojitos and mimosas for the afternoon of Bridezilla activities. Above are the finished products from my Bridezilla Bake-a-thon with my lovely new KitchenAid mixer. Seriously that thing works wonders! The cookies were such a hit and the mini cupcakes were demolished. All in all a successful mission! Next on the baking horizon - BABY SHOWER BAKE-A-THON! Till then...the mixer is now residing in my new apartment waiting for my official move in day. I think I'm still on a SUGAR HIGH...

..::Baking for Bridezillllla Part 1::..

So I know I've been sick all week and kind of in a blah blah mood, but let me just say this: TODAY WAS THE BEST DAY EVER!

Phew glad I finally got to get that off my chest ;) But seriously being sick is the WORST and being sick during the most BEAUTIFUL week ever is even worse than that. Seriously how do you cuddle up in bed when its 80+ degrees outside? You don't - welcome to my misery this week. I was finally feeling up to par this morning so I headed to work thinking that I might be able to suffer through the day. To my surprise, even though my voice sounded like I had smoked cigis for 100 years, I was feeling pretty good once I got some coffee into my system. I threw myself into the PROM 2010 prop installation and before I knew it the day was almost over. Nothing like wearing a SPARKLY CROWN and playing with DISCO BALLS and streamers to get my motor running!! So here I am thinking I'm having a pretty fantastical day when all of a sudden I stumble upon an email I missed while under my DayQuil/NyQuil haze all week stating something about a BONUS. Surely this was a mistake, I thought to myself. IMAGINE my REACTION when I got home today and checked the mail....I pulled out my bi-weekly paystub and opened it to file away, when out dropped something else. A BONUS CHECK!!! I kid you NOT when I say that I was SHOCKED. I gave myself all of 30 seconds to come back from the shock of the UNEXPECTED check to notice that there was a BLOOMINGDALES flyer in the mail - a flyer for their 1 DAY HOME SALE. UMM HELLO?!? I'm in the midst of moving - BLOOMINGDALES HOME SALE is right up my alley and you know what I found in that flyer....the KitchenAid standing mixer that I've wanted, um probably since forever, is on sale from $399 to $179. I'll let you guess how quickly I was in the car.... Clearly from the pictures you can tell it wasn't long before I was the new proud owner of my very own KitchenAid Mixer. Just in the knick of time too - I'm attending a BRIDAL shower on Sunday for a wedding I'm a BRIDESMAID in and I volunteered to do the dessert table. Here are the before shots....just WAIT until you see the after decoration pictures....my fav part of any baking project, naturally.

..::Overpopulation::..

This is ME - EVERY DAY. So glad I'm not the only one.

PC: Little Garden

..::Where is your HEART::..

Home is where the HEART is.....so where is your HEART? Head over to Truche on Etsy and take home one of these adorable necklaces and proclaim your love for where you're from or maybe where you wish you were...the possibilities are endless. My heart will always belong to CA, but sometimes it wanders...

PC: Truche

..::Lil Bow Peep::..

Derek Lam RTW SS2010 = good old fashion FUN. Love these looks from his runway show. Something about them just screams YOUNG, FLIRTY, & FRESH. I'm always into classic silhouettes in bold patterns or amazing color combos, and who doesn't love a good SPARKLY dress here and there? These looks definitely have this sniffly nosed girl wishing she wasn't sick so she could go frolic in the AMAZING 80 degree sunshine outside. BOOOOOO! Hoping to finally be feeling better tmrw.

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