Friday Favorites

One of my favorite posts to read by other bloggers are the Friday Favorites or Five for Friday posts. If you don't know what that is, it's five cool things that the blogger has discovered throughout the week and wants to share with us! I think it's awesome so I'm going to start doing it here. It could be anything from images, videos, clothing or accessory tid bits. Whatever I fell in love with this week.

Pon and Zi are two of my favorite little internet creations. They are adorable little blobs who fall in love with each other and like to profess their love a lot. The comics can be sad, sweet, hilarious, and morbid all at the same time. I was so pumped when I discovered that they were printing a Pon and Zi art book!

I died laughing when I saw this and made Husband run across the house to see it. I've been quoting it ever since. "IN THE GOD D*** KITCHEN."

How cute is this bag? The camping pattern is adorable and it is making this camping enthusiast really nostalgic for the summer.

When I first saw this dress I thought "meh" but, it really grew on me. I don't know if it's a must-have yet but, I've thought of at least three ways to style it already. That's usually when they've got me.

I first saw these comics on The Clothes Horse and right away the sweet, understated sentiment had me "aaaaaawwwwwwwwing" like a crazy person. These comics really manage to capture the overlooked moments that make a relationship what it is.

So there you have it! Five things I love this week!

Reeeeal Simple Like

I maaade me some curtains yesterdaaay! On my veryyy eventfuuul daaay...(I'm singing this if you can't already tell)

I went to Jo-Ann Fabrics and got me some beautiful grey lace fabric and basically just sewed a one inch hem along the bottom and a three and a quarter inch hem and the top to stick that rod thingy into. Then...I repeated. Real simple like. I didn't even hem the edges 'cause I was like...It's lace! It looks fine. And that seemed like a lot of sewing I really didn't want to do. Ha!

I'm using just one panel per window to same some cash and drawing them back with these adorable antique-ish door knobs from Urban Outfitters

From the slivers of my dinning room at the edges of the pictures you can kind of see where I am heading with it. I was inspired by some vintage hat boxes I found in an antique mall that were bright yellow and taupe color. You can just see them in some of the pictures. The colors were killing me and I knew right away that was what I wanted to do with my dining room. I painted the walls a dusty purple, or "mushroom basket" as the paint chip called it, as my third color (why would I ever stop at two?) and I'm using accents of white and lace. At this moment it's my favorite thing in the history of all color combos.

So, there you have it! One very small step to a gorgeous dining room!

Yes, Herbal Essences, I Will Say Yes Again!

I made an emergency run to the store in the middle of a snow storm for diapers and wipes and while I was there I decided to pick up a few extra things that we needed. I was meandering through the health and beauty section trying to decide how dire our bodywash situation was when I remembered we needed shampoo. I grabbed our usual brand and for some unknown reason I took a glance at the Herbal Essences section. 

For one glorious year, in high school, I exclusively used the Herbal Essences in the yellowish-green bottle. It did incredible things for my hair and I had visceral feelings for the smell that would linger in my hair forever. But, some idiots decided to mess everything up and change Herbal Essences to appeal to a younger crowd. The new shampoos and conditioners were horrible. They made my hair feel like straw and that signature Herbal Essences smell was gone. This was not the organic experience I wanted! When I say that I have sadly thought about this shampoo every time I have bought shampoo for the last 7 years I am not exaggerating.

But, today, sitting on the shelf like a beacon of hair care glory was my shampoo. Could it really be? I held on to my skepticism as I reached for the bottle and popped the lid. The second the lid was open a bazillion scent angels sky rocketed at my face and released their lovely herbal missiles into my nose. This was it! The scent that I had dreamed of for years! The delicious fruity, flower scent that just wouldn't quit! And right there, in Walmart, I gave up all semblance of dignity to various facial expression of shock, lots of joyful squeaking, and the happy dance of all happy dances. (in my head I am saying that last part like Schmidt from New Girl). I ditched my other bottle of shampoo has fast as I could and booked it to the check out counter terrified that some Herbal Essences CEO was going to pop out of no where laughing manically and rip it from my hands.

I did a little research when I got home and found out that the line is back for good! Herbal Essences has been having terrible sales lately (because their product is crap) and they decided to try to boost sales by bringing back the a few old shampoos promoted by throwback commercials inspired by the old highly suggestive ads. Even though I'm really late to the game as usual and it's likely you all know this already since the commercial premiered at that Grammy's, I am so pumped!

They did change the formula a little to make it sulfate free though so, I am definitely eager to see if it is as good as it was 7 years ago.

Style Imitating Art Time!

untitled, by Sol Lewitt

Sweater - Forever 21+, Shirt - Target, Belt - Torrid, Skirt - TJMAXX, Tights - Walmart, Boots - Target

I'm a giant inconsolable pile of crabby right now. I'm going to chalk it up to a two day long headache and a weekend that was too short. Oh, and an unsatisfying episode of The Walking Dead. I'm not saying it was a bad episode, it just didn't accomplish as much as a normal episode does and since "Bad Choice" Andrea is the worst character on the show, I really wasn't into watching a whole episode where she (big shocker here) continues to make bad choices. She is so out of touch with everything! "Dur, Shane loved Rick. Duuur!"  

And yet awesome character after awesome character dies while "Bad Choice" Andrea persists through it all screwing everyone else over and jumping into bed with the worse people ever! I'm waiting for the episode where she starts boinking a zombie! Honestly, just one T-Dogg, Dale, Lori, Axel, or even Hershel's leg is worth a bazillion Andreas.

Ugh, see? Crabby. I am absolutely unfit for human interaction today.

Also, for any of you that watch the The Talking Dead, am I the only one who thought, "Someone should have told Lori to put some condoms in her Bug Out Bag, you know what I mean?"

It's a testament to my mood that the only thing I can think to write about today is TV. So, I'm just going to go eat food and watch more TV. Peace Out!

The Amazing Tale of Husband and Noelle to Go the Optometrist!

I really wanted to call this post Reading Rainbow after this amazing shirt but, it didn't fit with the story.

What time is it? It's bloggin' time! What time is it? It's bloggin' time! What time is it? It's bloggin' time!

My sister got me this skirt for Chritmas and my mom got me the Shirt and I can't believe how perfect they are together!

This is the amazing tale of Husband and Noelle go to the Optometrist!

I finally got Husband to agree to go to the optometrist on Monday and we both got eye exams and new glasses. He was really nervous about the whole thing and I was trying to ease his fears by telling him what it was going to be like. So, the following is my little monologue to him. 

These pictures were taken quite a while ago. We now have like two feet of snow on the ground.

" They are probably going to dilate your eyes and they will be sensitive for a while. Then they will sit you in a chair and pull this huge machine in front of your face and show you images. This part is always the hardest for me because the doctor is always like, "Which image is clearer? A or B? A or B?" And in my head I am thinking, Oh god, they look exactly the same. If I don't pick the right one I am going to fail and my prescription is going to be off. Oh god! Ok, I think it's A. No, B! Definitely B. Wait...maybe it's A. Just say one before he thinks you're crazy! 

Then after hemming and hawing your way through the exam, you are taken into a room where you have to sit in front of another machine and try to not to flinch while it blows a puff of air into your eye. To sum it up, going to the eye doctor, for me, is like taking a mid term that I didn't study for and then letting the teacher poke me in eyes at the end"

He was not satisfied with my explanation.

When the day came, we packed the whole family into the car and made our way to our brand new optometrist. And let me just say, it was way too fancy y'all. The sign actually said, "Optimistic and Optical Boutique."  These people really didn't appreciate us marching in with two kids under three and trying to juggle exams and picking out glasses while the little ones terrorized the office. The "optician" (i.e. lady who follows you around while you look at glasses) made several rude comments and made us feel really uncomfortable. 

Miraculously got to the part where we could pick out our frames and my finickiness just about gave Ms. Optician an aneurysm. Honestly though, if I'm given two images and I can't decide which is clearer, how am I supposed to pick one pair of frames from a hundred different pairs? It's just too much to ask from me!

Then, Husband, with his freakishly jumbo-sized head* (I love your head, honey), couldn't find a pair that were big enough for him and Ms. Optician had to go into the backroom and pull out more glasses. Luckily, the biggest pair in the office actually fit him and they looked good on him. Success!

Even though we gave them a bunch of money, I know they were glad to us leave.

*I just want to point out that two of his children, complete with jumbo-sized heads, came out of my regular-sized lady bits. I don't think I get enough recognition for that.

THE END

Happy Valentine's Day Loves!

I woke up to a pretty cool surprise this morning. Husband set up a whole pirate themed treasure hunt for me that I had to follow to find my gifts. It was so hilariously cute. I made Husband read me the clues out loud in his best pirate voice, which he is actually pretty good at. When I finally found my present the card even said, "To my scurvy lass." That is follow through right there! Then the inside of card was so sweet it actually made me tear up.

My Valentine's Day "Booty," shoes, jewelry, and Dr. Pepper. Husband really knows  the way to my heart.

We have had fancier and more elaborate Valentine's Day plans but, there was something so sweet about all four of us, in our pajamas, running around the house yelling, "Arg, Matey!" and laughing as we searched for these bright pink note cards that just made this the best Valentine's Day ever. 

So, now I am giving all of you a little valentine!

Husband left for work and the kids are napping, so I'm going to go dream about tattoos now! Bye!

Classy with Just the Perfect Amount of Trashy

My sister and I were bantering back and forth on Sunday and I honestly cannot remember why I said this but, I told her, "You're so trashy your uterus would reject such a classy baby." (Hearing that out of context makes me sound like a horrible person) She turned to me and said, "Pssht. Whatever, I'm classy with just the perfect amount of trashy," and I had to giver her major points for that one.

I've thought about it a bit since then and I've realized that all the best people I know fall into this category, classy with just the perfect amount of trashy. Rocking tattoos and pearls, getting drunk on wine, meaningful conversations that always end in a dirty joke. The perfect balance.

This is my new goal in life.