happy feet / bad dog

I'm about an inch away from putting Mr. Remy's leash on him and taking him on a little field trip to the Orange County Humane Society to let him realize how good he has it. 

Between running INTO the UPS man's truck while he was stopped at the people next door's house, tipping over the kitchen trash can and spreading garbage from my kitchen to China, peeing in his crate, throwing up on the couch, and last but not least BOLTING out my front door and hauling butt to the end of the street and forcing me to chase him in 3-inch heels. Today was not his day.

It's high time to shape up or ship our Rem-Rod.

Moving on to more exciting topics ... I LOVE MY NEW SHOES!!

Payless you have made my feet smile :) 

These definitely pushed me out of my "office cool but still young" comfort zone. But in a good way. They were beyond comfortable and even though I didn't receive any shoe-praise today from my co-workers, the smile they put on my face every time I looked down at my feet made it feel a little bit like Christmas all day long :) Highly recommended.

I'm glad my shoes made me happy, because this outfit was just "blah." Yes, "BLAH" is an adjective now. However, as you may or may not have noticed... I'm wearing DENIM (again) in the form of a shirt. I guess you could say I was pushin' my outfit comfort zones all day.

The trouble maker in time-out

Shirt: Ann Taylor Loft

Pants: Gap

Shoes: Payless

camo is cool

I go out of my way to make sure John knows as little about how much I shop as possible. I've come up with a few tried and true schemes over the years that we've been dating but none work better than the "Car Trick." 


Car Trick:
1. buy stuff
2. leave it in the car when you get home (unless you bought stuff for him and then you can bring that inside *bonus points if you say you just bought him stuff and nothing for yourself)
3. find a reason to go to your car later (I usually do this when I take the dogs out in the morning when John is still asleep)
4. get dressed in your new clothes
5. dispose of the bags/receipts/tags in the outside dumpster
6. pretend you've had the clothes forever


The Car Trick has been going on for years. until yesterday when John decided to do something out of the ordinary ... wash my car. I know ya'll are asking .. how can I want to hide things from my sweet boyfriend that washes and cleans my car and I don't even have to ask!?!?


I was super pre occupied all weekend visiting with out of town family and friends.. so when I got a text from John saying "you think just b/c it's camo it's ok?" I had no idea what he was talking about.


Process of elimination .. still nothing... camo what?


My questions were answered when I walked in the door and saw my new dress, that I had so deviously hidden in the back seat of my car, laying on the bed (next to my new shoes).


John: nice camo dress
Me: if it were camo you wouldn't have found it
John: BECAUSE it's camo I found it 


FYI: John's favorite color ever, ever, ever is camo. it will without a doubt be an argument if we ever have to plan a wedding together


Needless to say, I wore a "pretty camo dress" today to work. 
Camo is cool.

John wanted to "test" the camo-ness

Dress: Target

Sweater: Ann Taylor Loft

Shoes: Cole Haan

day by numbers

My day in numbers:


1. it's hook & stylit's official 1 month anniversary!
2. thanks to mini hurricane Katrina work was cancelled
3. i still went to work
4. 2 hours late
5. left 1/2 an hour early
6. ended up having the most productive day of my month (maybe even all year)
7. it did not stop raining ALL day
8. i wore crocs to work. i told you i would!
9. it's john's night to choose the tv schedule
10. Police Women, Perfect Couples, Swamp People, Mounted in Alaska, Jersey Shore Reunion.
11. what can i say? I'm a lucky girl.


Due to my lack of outfit pictures today (and yesterday... and maybe the day before too) I'm sharin' my pajama love! 


Now you're the lucky one!


have I mentioned were dog sitting for next 16 days?

dear Al Roker,

Dear Al (Roker) 
I'm pissed.
You said it was going to rain. RAIN. No where in your little "forecast" did you mention that it was going to friggin HURRICANE! Today between the hours of 3-5pm (est) there was a full blown mini Katrina going on outside my office. It was a little windy, a little drizzly, a little nasty outside and then .... BAM the skies opened up, the power went out, and in an instant my 9-5pm work day magically became a 9:22 - 4:16pm workday. 


Thank you weather gods. (not Al Roker)


Sincerely,
Weather Channel Fan


My Wednesday afternoon vacation was fantastic. I threw myself a mini hurricane party on the porch with the dogs. Drank the one remaining beer in the fridge (I had to do my part to use up what was in the fridge, just in case it took forever to get our power back), lit every candle in the house, and did my best to think of all the amazing things I could do if magically the power was still off at work tomorrow. It was exactly 3 seconds after I had planned my perfect day that I received an email (via blackberry) saying that power in the office had been restored. dangit.


Hood Lesson #2: (Preparing for a storm)
1. Do nothing. Make sure to leave all dumpsters, lawn decor, and children outside.
2. Go to Dunkin Donuts. Stock up on donuts like you're never going to eat them again.
3. Leave aforementioned dumpsters and lawn decor tipped over in the middle of the road where the wind blew them.


Needless to say with excessive amounts of rain, wind, no electricity and tree limbs in my front yard I did not have a chance to take outfit pictures, which I regret because my totally cute outfit was WASTED on mini-hurricane Katrina.


I did however take pictures of my "hood" puppies watching the storm on the porch and a picture of my living room with all the candles lit.. but the flash kinda ruined the effect.

call me Cash

Tonight is not the night for long blog posts ... since I have a lot to do. And by a lot to do I mean watch Dancing with the Stars (team Kendra), The Biggest Loser, and the season finale of Teen Mom - geez Tuesday nights are busy!


So enjoy my Johnny Cash outfit and I'll catch up with ya'll on on the flip side (meaning tomorrow when there is nothing good on TV). 


I had trouble choosing shoes to wear with this Cash-esqe outfit - tell me which ones you prefer:) 

Shirt: Ann Taylor Loft

Pants: Gap

Tank: Target

Shoes: Target or Tory Burch

ulta-tastic

What do you think about my new background? I'm kind of on the fence about it, so tell me the truth.


It rained today. And if Al Roker (my least favorite of the TODAY show crew) is telling the truth, it's going to be raining tomorrow, the next day, the next day, and the next day. If that's not reason enough to buck up and buy a pair of non-offensive (no pattern) rain boots, I'm not sure what is. However, until I buy aforementioned rain boots, I decided today that I will be sporting my ever-so-classy crocs. I'll be sure to plan my outfits accordingly. 


It's so hard to be positive on a rainy Monday. I have a hard enough time being positive ANY monday, but rain makes the positivity flow rough. 


People you would be proud. I walked into Menchie's today and DIDN'T get ANY frozen yogurt! Now if only I could be that iron-fisted about not spending money, drinking, eating taco bell, and watching teen mom. eh, I choose my battles. But even more exciting than NOT eating Menchie's (which actually wasn't that hard because they didn't have any of the flavors I like) I went to Ulta for the very first time today - and I can tell you already that store will soon become a giant issue for John, my debit card, and my pride. How I've lived here for almost a year, 3 blocks from my mother ship of makeup is beyond me. I'm ashamed of myself. 


I'm also ashamed of my unoriginal, uncreative outfit. 
But get used to it - it's raining for the next week and well, it makes getting out of bed just that much worse.


On the subject of Teen Mom (kind of on subject, i mentioned it in this post already. keep up with me) As you may or may not know, I am obsessed with all things super trash tv, and Teen Mom is no exception, in fact it may be my favorite train wreck of all of them. So you can imagine my excitement tday when i opened up my yahoo news to see my all time favorite trailer trash princess, Janelle's mugshot in the center of my screen (by far her best close-up yet). MTV sure does know how to pick 'em:)

Sweater: Ann Taylor LOFT

Tank: Target

Jeans: Gap

Shoes: Cole Haan

Belt: Banana Republic Factory Store

my apologies.

My apologies for my posting absence. things happen. 


So much for taking a drinking vacation this week. peer pressure.
It was like the week of break-ups, make-ups and friends in town. I cannot be expected to listen to break up stories and speculations without drinking. duh. It was also the end of the sales meeting. enough said. i drank in excess. Not to mention, I totally forgot that the Gators were playing yesterday, and lets just face it, you can't be expected to watch basketball (or any sport for that matter) without drinking. So yes, I caved.  

Ellie resorted to the beer straw

The explanations above should sufficiently explain my absent blog posts.


In addition to caving on my drinking promise, I also caved on my promise to (try) and not shop till i save more pennies. (I've said it before, IM WEAK) I caved BIG time on that little shopping promise - John may not agree with my reasoning, but in my defense I wasn't shopping for fun, I was shopping for necessities. 


MAC foundation = necessity 
6 Bath & Body Works triple thick lotions = necessity
Anthropologie denim dress = "necessity"


YUP - that's right. MORE DENIM!

New denim dress (from the "grocery"store")

As far as John's concerned, Anthropologie is a grocery store, specializing in gourmet food. similar to Whole Foods, but wayyy more expensive. I'd like to keep him knowing as little about Anthropologie as possible - I think it's for the better of our relationship.


In other news I have an update on John's good friend Nate Dogg. 
Snoop Dogg, another BFF of  Mr. Nate Dogg, paid tribute to the assumed rapper/drug dealer by getting a giant tattoo on his arm. I'm crossing my fingers that Wal-Mart will soon release a temporary tattoo version that I can buy for John, otherwise I fear I may come home to a full body tribute. and that I cannot handle. 

Snoop's (were on a first name basis)tribute 

For your reading enjoyment:
(Tid-bit)This evening's text conversation with John:


Me: the tea you made is REALLY GOOD! nothing like washing down double stuff Oreos with sugar water. thanks!
John: Whats r song? Do we have one?
Me: "because i got high" duh.
Me: j/k 
Me: Alan Jackson's "when somebody loves you" - really John? This was the song that was playing the first time you told me you loved me!
John: it was? i did?
John: i think i was drunk. maybe?
Me: i love you too.
John: you like my tea?