"I used to live in a darkened room, had a face of stone and a heart of gloom. Lost my hope, I was so far gone
cryin' all my tears with the curtains drawn. I didn't know until my soul broke free, I've got these angels watching over me.
Oh watch me go. I'm a happy girl everybody knows that the sweetest thing that you'll ever see in the whole wide world is a HAPPY GIRL!!" - my life's motto, courtesy of Martina McBride
Thursday, August 30, 2007
My first spray tan
Not sure if I like it. Tomorrow it's supposed to look less... well... orange. Hopefully this will fix the tan line issue for the wedding. I'm so not used to seeing myself this color. I'm freaked out by it - to tell ya the truth.
In other news, Tyler and I watched "Blades of Glory" last night and found it hilarious. I say two thumbs up if you need something purely silly.
Okay so all I do apparently is watch movies. But my mom and I were in Best Buy today and she picked up this DVD and was like "try it out." So I did.
AND IT WAS AWESOME. Like nothing else I've ever seen. I laughed out loud and cried. This trailer does it no justice but gives you an idea. You should all check it out...
Sometimes it feels so good to sit on the couch. The weekend was fun and busy-- My mom came down to visit and we hit up the Island Park Craft Fair. It was a good time. I am most excited because I purchased a crock -- an idea I stole from Laura's bridal shower--- the guy who glazed my crock was cute. I just like saying that-- "the guy who glazed my crock." Heh.
Pictured above: my sweet crock
My mom and I also found this jewlery stand with this super-funky lady. I got two pieces.
Funky necklace #1
Funky necklace #2
Sweeeeeeet! I really like the second one. The stone in the silver is aquamarine and I really love aquamarine. I've told Tyler many times that I want it in my engagement ring (cough... just in case that ever comes up... cough).
So that was yesterday at the fair.....Today my mom and I actually worked at the fair. We were parking lot attendants (cool, I know) collecting money that benefited the crisis center. It was super hot and we were sitting on cement so it quiclky felt like like we were baking. I kinda wish I had some cookie dough so I could try and bake something a'la Christy's 'dashboard car cookies.'
Being that I'm ghostly pale I also had to be adequately protected. I wore SPF 50, a visor and had to hold an umbrella - per my mother's orders. She and I both feared I would burn and then be peeling at Laura & Jim's wedding. But really I didn't look so cool holding an umbrella. Wish I had a picture of that to share with you..... NOT.
On a side note Laurita's bridal shower was mucho fun. My idea of decorating below:
Heh. Good times. Except that it's less than a week until the wedding and I have been eating leftover cake and candy from the shower -- like, I dunno-- EVERY DAY. That dress better have some extra room.
In a few days it'll be September. I still haven't found any full-time job to get once my Americorps internship is up. I'm trying not to panic. But it's not working! I was actually sitting with the classified section of the paper the other day and circling stuff with a big red pen (that always works in the movies). Trouble is, I don't fix cars or substitute teach so apparently I'm useless.
I really don't want to work retail anymore. And after the fiasco that was Red Lobster, I'd really like to rule out waitressing as well. There's a receptionist job open at the paper and I am applying... maybe working there they'll realize my amazing writing talent and offer me a six-figure income?
That wouldn't suck.
I'd like to leave you with these anecdotes:
-- I burned my finger today on a bowl of grapenuts that I left in the microwave for too long.
-- Really freaked out lately because whenever I see babies, I'm like 'ahhh, I want one!' Then it's like 'OH NOOOOO STOP IT!'
-- Not happy that tomorrow is Monday. Really prefer the weekend with craft fairs and hot bowl-glazing guys.
-- Seriously. I got way too much chocolate in this house, my bridesmaid dress is not gonna fit and then ... well... it'll be bad.
-- I've found another movie that I really enjoyed (thank you netflix). Check out preview below. If you are a Harry Potter fan, you will recognize the two leads (Julie Walters and Rupert Grint) because they played Ron & Mrs. Weasley in Harry Potter. It's fun seeing them in such different roles and the movie is funny and sweet!
Apparently the seasons of my life are as follows: Fall, Winter, Spring and WEDDING. But I won't complain, I love 'em. Tyler and I went to the cities back in July to watch his aunt get married. She had a fairy-tale wedding at the St. Paul hotel which was AWESOME. I have been meaning to post pics for some time because the event was super sweet.
The hotel was very pretty. A man in a top hat parked our car and carried all our bags. I felt a little lame because my purse had cupcakes on it and I had a WalMart bag full of fruit (classy, huh?). But we enjoyed ourselves at the wedding. For one --- the food rocked! I had sushi, scallops and other things that I don't even know what they were but they they were good. I like food a lot :)
I want to know if it's normal to start planning your own wedding in your head when you're not um... engaged? Is this a girl thing or a 'me' thing or a just plain weird thing? All of the above? I think it's becaus I've had so much fun planning Laura's shower and following her through her plans-- it becomes impossible not to start thinking of how your own special day would go down.
I've also been watching this new show on VH1 called 'My Big Fat Fabulous Wedding' where they follow people who spend half a million dollars on their wedding. It's insane in the membrane. My mother was commenting on how wasteful that is and I sort of agree but I have to admit, it would ROCK to be invited to a party like that.
In news of the regular variety--- I'm still job hunting, which is bumming me out. Americorps ends in one month and then I need new plans. I feel 2007 already slipping away from me-- the days are getting shorter and the nights colder. It already feels more like fall. It's amazing and terribly uncomfortable when you realize how much a year changes things.
Movie of the week: Tristan + Isolde --click to read movie review -- Laura and I watched it last night and I really loved it.
