// via Bakerella 1 >> MICHAEL IS GRADUATING TOMORROW!!!!!!! 2 >> After graduation, we are celebrating in The Best Way: with a crawfish boil. Both our families have Cajun roots (so where we’re moving is actually quite appropriate!) and crawfish boils are the preferred way our families like to get together. If you haven’t ever been to a crawfish boil, getchyerselftoonerightnow. 3 >> Saturday night, I will have a houseful of people. My MIL + FIL, SIL + her son, & BIL + his gf + their dog are all staying in my THREE BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM house. Lord have mercy. A friend suggested that I make a sign-in sheet for the shower, like they do at summer camp. It’s [...]

// via {scissor variations} 1 >> I’m moving, again. If you missed the announcement, read yesterday’s post. 2 >> Thank you all for the positive comments on my upcoming move. I wish I could say that everyone IRL is being that positive. Unfortunately, some people still feel the need to be negative over things that have nothing to do with them. Case in point: I was telling a friend about the move, and someone I don’t know who was standing nearby said “Ugh, Louisiana” and made this awful expression. I literally put my hand in front of her face and said “There’s no room for negativity in my life right now. My husband has been offered a great opportunity and [...]

// via Baubauhaus. We’ll just go ahead and call this “5 Things on a Friday – The Giveaway Edition”! If you don’t like giveaways, leave now. Shoo. Be gone with you. If you like to win free stuff, well then, step right up! Have I got some pretties for you! 1 >> Coastal.com glasses from ME. I’m sorry. I had to be number 1…because two is not a winner and three nobody remembers. Kidding! Also, why am I quoting Nelly? Anyway, click here to revisit the giveaway I’m doing. It’s for THREE pairs of glasses from coastal.com, no limitations. Want a fancy pair of designer glasses? GET ON IT. 2 >> bareMinerals Get Started kit from MakeUp Junkies. One of my clients [...]

// via Paperfashion 1 >> I just got home from my friend Andrea’s house. This woman is really amazing. She has 4 kids, homeschools the two oldest, runs a very successful gourmet cakes and catering business, and still finds time to have wine and artichoke dip (that she made!) with me and talk until after midnight about many, many thoughts and feelings. I love her. One day, she will guest post for me. Until then, read her blog: Goddess of Eats 2 >> It’s almost 1am on Friday. I have to be at work in 7 hours. Oddly enough, this is a new norm for me. I can’t remember the last time I went to bed before midnight. 3 >> There is a [...]

// via 1 >> I really love my job with the media company. We have amazing clients, my boss is awesome, and his wife brings me red velvet cupcakes, which makes her my favorite person in the world. Plus, their two-year-old is the cutest. She loves to visit the office and “help us work” — which consists of watching Calliou on her mom’s iPhone and dancing to Ice Ice Baby throughout the office. What I’m trying to say is, there are much worse ways to make a living. 2 >> This week took a significant turn for the better on Thursday. In fact, I can’t believe it’s already (almost) the weekend again. This Saturday-Sunday I’ll be catching up on housework [...]

{photo via, edited with instagram} 1. I wrote a lot of words this week. Thanks for reading and for the comments, tweets, and messages. There were a couple of times throughout the week when I realized everything I am doing at the moment and nearly had a panic attack. Each night, I didn’t feel like doing anything but sitting on the couch and staring into space. A year ago, I probably would have done just that. Heck, even 6 months ago. I’m so glad I pushed through and wrote. I’m proud of myself for pushing through. It’s like running, or anything else — once you force yourself to do it, you hit your stride and feel much better. 2. My [...]

1 >> I’ve been obsessed with fruit this week (see above photo) and actually have been eating pretty well. I made it to the gym twice (once for yoga + elliptical, once for elliptical only), and ran once. But then Thursday happened. I taught a social media session in the morning, and they invited me to stay for lunch — so of course I had two helpings of gumbo and a piece of Mississippi Mud Pie. It would have been rude not to. Then I went to the office (social media job) and my boss’ wife and adorable 2-year-old daughter brought me the belated birthday treat of a Red Velvet Cupcake, so of course I had to eat it. It would have [...]

{Essie’s Going Incognito, a birthday gift from Chelsea} Last post I listed “currently” stuff; today I’m listing 5 things! It’s what I do. I make lists. And then I blog them. Hey, I have to give y’all something to do when you’re supposed to be working. 1. Thanks for all the support by way of comments, shares, and retweets regarding my post about celebrities and makeup. Here are a couple of videos I stumbled on shortly after posting and I thought they were great reminders and really pertinent to the topic at hand: 2. Thursday morning, while at work, I noticed a weird rash on my right hand/arm. Just my right, not my left. I started freaking out, thinking something terrible [...]

1 >> As I’ve mentioned before, one of my clients is a makeup boutique. About once a week, I go into the store, take photos, and talk to the owner or one of the makeup artists about the products so I can write about them. I’m telling you, it’s a rough life. In the above photo, you see 5 OPI polishes: Brisbane Bronze, Roadhouse Blues, Cuckoo for This Color, Vampsterdam, and Bogota Blackberry. What makes OPI polish so much better than other polishes? Is it the colors or the names? Anyway, it was so much fun to play with them! For work! Is this real life? 2 >> Y’all sure have a lot of thoughts and feelings about contacts! I [...]

1 >> Today is my sister’s 23rd birthday. In case you didn’t know, my sister is one of my favorite people in the entire world. I’m sad I can’t be with her today, but I know that we’ll celebrate soon. Happy birthday Kiki, I love you and hope it’s the most amazing birthday yet. 2 >> Since I got married so young, I never had that time where I lived alone in a space of my own. Sometimes I imagine that, had I that opportunity, I would live in an apartment exactly like Meg Ryan’s in You’ve Got Mail, and I would spend my free time going to the Farmer’s Market, taking naps in sunbeams, reading huge volumes of literature, [...]