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I Heart NY!

As cliche as it may be to say...I love NY! We took a ladies trip (me, mom, Jen, and Missy) to visit my cousin Suzanne who lives in Manhattan. She was so gracious and accommodating-a real trooper leading our Clampett clan around NYC. We found Saks Fifth Avenue quite intriguing. Our eyes probably looked like saucers as we combed the fine jewelry section.
On a recent trip to Gulf Shores Missy and I became quite the crab hunters, so when I spotted this gaudy crab brooch I elbowed her and whispered...
"When I win the lottery, this baby is as good as yours!".
She looked down at the $20,000 plus price tag and audibly says "If you bought me that with your lottery money, I would kill you!".
Lottery was enough said. Instantly the sales lady sprung to action. "Did you hit the lotto?" she inquired. Trying to hold in my giggles I replied "not yet?".
She pulls the crab from the case and shows me how if you turn it a certain way it changes colors.
"Wow, sort of like one of those mood rings!" I quipped.
Undeterred she proceeds to tell me how I can save a certain % if I apply for a store credit card.
It wasn't like 99% so the answer was still no.
Next we head upstairs to women's clothing. My eye is instantly drawn to two super cool chairs. Jennifer and I plop down in them and Missy starts digging for her camera.
Now there was this fellow in this boutique section of the store with us. He was one of two things...the best dressed security guard I've ever seen or a particularly astute sales clerk who "arms folded across his chest" surmised that he needn't bother. I'm guessing it was the latter.
In an attempt to get us both in the photo, Missy backs up shoving a rack full of extemely expensive clothes into the wall. We start laughing and the it's obvious that the poor "sales-guard" is trying to act like he didn't just see that!
Later we are having dinner and my cousin is looking at the pictures on the digital camera and starts laughing because you can actually see Missy in the photo backing into the clothes. The picture was snapped after we told her to watch out for the clothes, so she's not nested down in them like she had been but still, It's priceless!
We did a lot of sight seeing. We also went to see Grease on Broadway. It was Awesome!!

Grant's Basketball Pictures

Saturday marked the end of Grant's first basketball season. He participated in the Upwards program at Eastland Church of God. It's a christian program that places the focus on doing your best, rather than winning. He had so much fun! Do you think he could be the next Steve Nash?

Shopping High

I spent saturday shopping with my sister-in-law "Angie" in Ohio. She's an interior designer & IMHO, the epitome of style! We went everywhere! Urban Outfitters, Pottery Barn Outlet, Anthropologie (my fav), and more. I was on a true shopping high a retail buzz if you will. Check out these adorable knobs I got at Anthropologie. I'm going to put them on a vintage dresser and wash-stand that I inherited from my great-grandmother. Would she flip in her grave if she could see her fine furniture all bejeweled in "what I'm sure she would consider" ornamental gimcracks, or would she dig it? I do!

Bacon Bandages

If steak is good for a black eye, just think what a slab of bacon could do for a cut. Really, I could have thought of that!

benjamin MOORE paint

I haven't posted lately. My husband and I are in the middle of an extreme makeover in our bedroom. It's sooo past due! Picking out the paint was a cinch, thanks to Benjamin Moore Paints. Their sample sized paints are fabulous! I had two shades I was trying to decide between. On the tiny little square the colors looked almost identical, but after applying the paint to my walls, there was a clear difference! The color we chose is "Quiet Moments", I think it's the third one down in the pic below.
According to psychologist, the color blue is calming, evoking deep-seated feelings of peace and tranquility...I just really dig the way it makes my orange "Anthropologie" comforter pop!

If you're a Desperate Houswives lover, you can buy the color palette used in the Wisteria Lane home of your choice. Or if your taste is more Pottery Barnish, you can find a list of the colors used in their magazines too.

What's your Ya-Ya?

Remember the movie "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"? Truth be told, I don't remember much about it, but I still had fun discovering my ya-ya name. Pre-Marriage I was Empress Potty Mouth & after my nuptials I became Countess Horny Toad. Methinks perhaps-they got it backwards, LOL!

Hello

Just a quick hello to let everyone know I'm still alive and kickin'. Last week was exceptionally busy around here & I haven't had much time to think about blogging. I hope everyone is doing great & for those of you who have January consultations with me at the end of the month, I'm l@@king forward to it!

I'm still hoping for some snow:) Just a few inches would suffice. Grant got this super cool snow man making kit for Christmas & it's just sitting out there in the garage begging to be used.

I dig this!

One of my friends sent me an email this morning with this picture in it. I love it!! Finally a bank I might actually be able to fill. Sure would think twice before digging coins back out of this little guy! If any of you guys ever see one of these banks for sale, please let me know. I'm sure some of you "with all the wedding planning" can feel this pigs pain.

Happy New Year!!!

I can't get over it being 2007! It seems like just yesterday that everyone was freaking out about the whole Y2K thing and here we are seven years later- Unbelievable! Dennis (my husband) took this picture of me with some of my dearest/oldest friends. Can you guess which two are my sisters?
I have such a good feeling about 2007. I really feel like it is going to be a great year!!

Pictures With Santa

Check out these photos & it's clear to see- I DIG santa. The one on the left was taken of my BFF and I when we were sophomores in High School. I think I was asking for socks and more bangs that year. Take a closer look at Santa, he looks more like the Abominable Snowman. Do you think that beard was real?