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*QUICK REMINDER! If you have commented and not followed, or followed and not commented please make sure you do so as BOTH are required to be entered in the giveaway! I wouldn't want anyone to get left out. Thanks so much girls {fairly certain there aren't any boys around these parts}!

Is anyone else as outraged as I am about the change in zodiac signs? Who does this guy think he is to just alter people's lives. Alright maybe its not THAT serious, but still! Since I still have my Virginia license, a bouncer up here tried to trip me up by asking my zodiac sign. What will I do now? Tell him that it depends on which system you're going off of? First Pluto is gone and now this? Of all the pointless discoveries...

Also, any thoughts/feelings/concerns about this photo? 

 

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I love me some Dan Humphrey Penn*Badgley, and I will give him the benefit of the doubt because I know that there are Hunter's for Men but I had a very strong "B*tch Stole My Look!" feeling after seeing this. My navy blue wellies and I have become close friends with all this recent snow. I also feel towards him how I felt towards the guy in front of me in the cafeteria at work after he ordered a salad with grilled chicken and balsamic vinaigrette... MAN UP!  I like Hunter boots and grilled chicken salad, but that's fine because I am a chick. Just sayin. Tell me I'm not alone in these thoughts?

Heading into the city tonight! Yesterday was college roommate L's birthday and we will be engaging in some very collegiate throwback activities involving different drinks at different apartments, a crawl if you will. Let us hope the night ends better for me than it did in the college days. I say that as though I didn't just graduate 6 months ago. I will be wearing this little pretty that I recently purchased from J.Crack. I was having such anxiety since it was a final sale item but it all worked out because I love it.  And its sparkly.. added bonus!

Add some dark skinny jeans, black suede wedge booties, and perhaps a slight drunken stumble, and you have a fantastic visual of my Friday night.

Happy weekend friends.. enjoy yourselves!!

Giveaway Time!

Hello everyone! It is finally time for my first giveaway! Hooray for reaching the 75 followers mark! After a bit back and forth I have come up with something that I hope you will enjoy. I happen to love Long*champ as I know many of you do as well. The bags are durable and versatile and I have one in every size. One lucky winner will receive...

 

this adorable red Long*champ coin purse! As well as...

a $25 gift card to Nord*strom!

The rules to enter are as follows:

You must first comment on this post *AND* become a new follower or already be following for 1 entry.

You will receive 1 additional entry for blogging about this giveaway on your blog. Please let me know when you have posted!

You have until Friday January 21st to enter. Good luck! I am so excited to finally do this so I hope you are all excited as well! :)

What's Up Wednesday.

Hello everyone and welcome to the inaugural What's Up Wednesday {hopefully a cute graphic commemorating the day will follow soon}. I really just wanted to have a name and day for my brain dump posts and Wednesday seemed like a good time for that. Without further adieu...

* Why does food have a sell by date? I think its primary purpose is to confuse me. If its in my refrigerator by that day, how do you calculate what the eat by date is? I don't want to have to guess these sorts of things.

* Gwyneth*Paltrow and Sophia*Bush have come forward revealing that they are related to victims of the shooting in Arizona, Gwyneth being related to the Congresswoman herself. Kind of makes you wonder about all the people you are related to, even distantly doesn't it?

* I am about to start studying again for the first preliminary exam in my chosen career field. I took it in August and did not pass but also did not prepare. I have no excuses this time. I think I am going to need you all to keep me on track with my study schedule.

* Anyone else as sick of Sarah*Palin as I am? I am thrilled that her show was not picked up for a second season. This has nothing to do with her political leanings and everything to do with the fact that she is annoying.

* Still loving my Mac. I should have made the switch sooner!

* A televangelist is blaming the repeal of Dont*Ask*Dont*Tell for the recent bird deaths. Puh-lease!

* I cannot wait for Spring. Urban and Antrho are just teasing me with their catalogs that arrived in my mailbox last week.

 

Well, I think that just about empties the noggin for today. More insight into the mind of MLD next Wednesday!

live for now.

Thank you to all of you for your kind words and thoughts. It was an emotionally taxing weekend, but we made it through as a family. I can't remember the last time we were all together as my dad is the oldest of five. It is unfortunate that it took my grandfather's passing for us all to come together again, but at the same time I am glad that it finally happened. My grandfather lived in the same small town his entire life so everyone knew him. There were so many people who came to the funeral home to say goodbye to him. We were all very touched. 

There is a song that I have been listening to a lot lately that really sums up how I am feeling now about my grandfather's passing...

"But you’ve gotta make time for time,
You can’t fast forward,
No, you definitely can’t rewind,
That’s how,
I know you’ve gotta live for now"

There are things I didn't say and things I didn't do but I can only look forward now.

Don't think I forgot about my promised giveaway! It is coming this week so stay tuned! I also am going to start a little something I want to call "What's Up Wednesday". It is going to be my little list of things that are exciting, upsetting, or make you scratch your head and wonder a little bit.

One more thing... have any of you done any cleanses? I purchased a book last year on the Clean program and am considering starting that soon, but I wanted to see if anyone had any experience with these sorts of programs. I feel like I want to really jump start 2011 and get my body in a healthier, detoxified state.

not what I expected.

Greetings from 2011 everyone. I must say that the new year did not start off on the foot that I intended it to. My paternal grandfather passed away New Year's Eve morning. We had seen him in the hospital on Christmas, but he was heavily sedated. I am hoping he somehow knew that we were all there. He was expected to get better and had been taken out of ICU but then took a bad turn. I will be heading back upstate on Thursday to be with my family for the weekend. I will be back to posting early next week. Please keep us in your thoughts!