Things I'm Lovin' Lately

Have been away from blog world for way too long. i plan on diving back in "hard core" this weekend:) In the meantime i just wanted to share some things on my "love-list" as of late. the fun chair i'm sitting on above tops this list! HA---just kidding :)

All my girlfriends are getting Hello Kitty debit cards! I want one! Come on WaMu... you're a part of JPMorgan and Chase now, get with it!

I love seeing this stunning view of the bay bridge (if there is no fog) on the reg when the T-line comes out of the subway and onto the street each morning.

Love, LOVE, love my new m by marc jacobs sunnies! And Love the fact that i can actually wear them in nor-cal this time of year ;)

I'm having an intense love affair with my crackberry, uhhh i mean blackberry ;). Not sick of it at all espesh since i can bbm with my besties holly and robyn on the reg!

Finally getting weekly use out of my madden buckle boots. so comfy and sooo cute with jeans or a dress!

The bigger he gets the more i love him! Here's B in his yard raking. SO cute!

Everyone knows i love fro-yo. but i love it even more with a fab fiver! Thanks for always indulging me holl!

He's making a mean face even though he's anything but ;). This guy makes me very happy.

flowers for me

wow, it has been a LONG time since i have gotten flowers from a boy, but yesterday my boyfriend showed up on my doorstep with these beautiful yellow tulips (tulips are my favorite)

i am loving this...i feel so lucky and i just had to share ;)

Ink and TV

On a lighter note i have figured out my next tattoo, a dove with garland either on my left wrist orrrr on my left forearm. THOUGHTS?

Also my latest TV obsession: DAMAGES
anyone agree?

M.I.A part dos

When it rains it pours...
so i have been unattentive in blog world for too long i know :( I am getting over an icky sickness with even worse icky antibiotics that make me feel twice as sick...YUCK.

And, sadly my cousin Mikki's hubby Clint just passed away :( He was very sick with cancer and in lots of pain, so i am glad he is no longer suffering. However that being said, he was far too young and too special to pass so soon in life. He was an amazing guy, a beautiful husband and a loving dad to my lil B (who i post about often). I will miss him greatly. He and my cousin (his wife) were most at peace on the beach. Clint was a great surfer and always offered to teach me, but me being scared of open water always declined. I really admired his spirit and the carefree "san deigo" way he lived life. I am down here for his service on Tuesday and to be with mikki, who is the older sis i always wanted but never had :)

Once i get back into the swing of things as the week goes on my blog will come back to life ;)

M.I.A

Hello Lovely Bloggers!

I know i have been super lax with my blogging but life has been a bit crazy lately. I have been dating someone new and it has been going very well :)

Work has been more than crazy as well and my home computer is on the fritz, so less time for me to spill my guts on here:(

Right now I have a few spare moments as i am in an excel brush up course at work. I consider myself excel savvy but i am learning things that will save me so much time AND really cool stuff i never knew i could do (i know i am a nerrrrd).

Anyway I haven't been shopping in a long while, i need to do some damage, anyone interested in joining me? In dire need of new clothes!

I have been LIVING in this lately:


Perfect Waffle Knit sweater from GAP



Cozy straight leg blk denim from GAP -on sale for 44.99 now online! I love the pockets on these jeans---kind of hard to see b/c it's black, but the pockets are cinched into little bows! TOO CUTE!

A New Year!

Did you think i was going to follow the title with, "... a new me?" I almost did, but I am trying really hard not to be so cliche ;)

i hope everyone had a fab new years! I did! Holly and i celebrated with our friends and took only one photo all night long! And i guess we both fell asleep shortly after the new year ;)

these next two pics are a little old ( before the new year) but i wanted to share them anyway. The first is me before a date this week and the second is a close up of my new Tahari flats (LOVE them).

Okay so i only have a few resolutions for the new year and they are:

1. Halt all consumption of diet coke (aka my own personal heroin)- i know i tried to do this on my 25th b-day, but couldn't kick the habit.

2. Bring more color into my wardrobe

3. Get to the gym 3 times a week

Not too many but more than enough to work on for me :)

Today is day two without diet coke BTW...it's going okay.

Goin' back to (northern) Cali, Cali

I am sad to leave the family, but so excited for my own bed, shower and to see my pups (thanks for watching them auntie nicole!)
Leavin' for the airport soon and though i'll miss the final quarter of the game GO GIANTS beat MN!

P.S. anyone have a black berry? I need more BBM friends!

Happy Holidays!

It is hard not to have the best christmas in the world with this little guy (above). This is B's second christmas and this year he knew the drill! More pictures to come!

I hope everyone had a fab holiday. I know I did. I love being with the people I love in San Diego and it's great to know i always have a home away from home.

I also spent some time reading " Looking For Mr. Goodbar," one of the books i had asked santa for ;). I finished it in one sitting...not that it's very long, 360 pages, but that isn't too short either. I guess what i am trying to say is that is was a page turner! My Dad, aunt and uncle all vaguely remembered the 80's flick based on the book with richard gere and diane keaton (next on my netflix list!!!). Has anyone read it?



I will post more of my exciting christmas with B in the morning. I am exhausted! Hope everyone had a fabu holiday with friends and loved ones!

i'm feeling...

...a little like lux from the virgin suicides today. Only, not at all suicidal ;) I do however, have Heart's "Crazy on you" and "Magic Man" playing in my head as my soundtrack;)

I can't put my finger on exactly why i feel so vixen-like, but it could have something to do with my latetst obsession. Gold & Glow lip shimmer, by sephora.

here it is in the flesh. I LOVE IT! I got it in a gift pack from my director for christmas. It goes on semi-sheer with just enough gold shimmer to notice :) Gotta go in and grab a full sized tube ASAP. Check out more of the great shades!

cozy sunday

I am at home recovering from last nights debauchery with a piping hot cup of coco. Home Alone 2 is on in the background, which got me thinking about my favorite Christmas flicks. Here they are in proper order.



What's your favorite Holiday flick?

this coat has me love stoned

Merry Christmas to myself! Since my mom passed away i like to indulge myself around the holidays with some clothes, since my Dad doesn't exactly love to shop for me :) Not complaining at all-my dad covers all of the other bases like electronics and car stuff. Boyfriends can't measure up to the clothes shopping my mom did either, so i have to take it upon myself. And this tartan coat was A STEAL from...yup the gap ;)- not the best picture (thanks phone!) but you get the idea.

Thanks Gap!

Just got this cute top AT A STEAL. Gotta love the discount! I must say it looks much better on me than it does on the model, and i never say that, so pics of me in it to come soon!

Missing Glasses

I cannot find my adoreable Gucci reading and driving glasses. They have been missing for... oh a few months, but now I NEED them since i am staring at a computer allllll day.. Does anyone have any creative ideas on places to look? I have already checked through all of my purses...

Christmas Wish List

The sunglasses are by Ray Ban and only $139 (DAD!!! hey you said you read my blog;)) The bucket purse isn't much more and it's by elliot lucca...its on nordies online. The i-pod is because someone stole my last one :( I wish they still made this (above) model. The Black Berry Storm is a bit of a stretch, but i do need a new phone, as mine is falling apart:)

What are you wishing for?

they don't love you like i love you CONTD

they don't love you like i love you

i got to spend a wonderful evening out in the city with my best friends. We stumbled upon a store event party. the name of the store escapes me now because we were countless drinks deep, but it was pretty cool. They were playing "big poppa" when we walked in and we were immediately handed rum and cokes. uhhh that's like my heaven ;) More pics to come...

i got an award:)

JAM gave me this award! It is my very first blog award! yay! and so now i must give 10 other worthy bloggers this award:)

I pick...

http://sera-louise.blogspot.com/

http://piratemeghan.blogspot.com/

http://modern-guilt.blogspot.com/

http://engagedtobengaged.blogspot.com/

http://lidealistailprotettore.blogspot.com/

http://gimmebackmyson.blogspot.com/

http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/

http://thechangbang.blogspot.com/

http://ooohmaureen.blogspot.com/

http://work-girl.blogspot.com/

Here are the rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog

2. Add a link to the person who awarded you

3. Nominate 10 other blogs

4. Add links to those blogs on yours

5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

i go through life like a karate kid...

These three are from old navy

These two are from banana republic

These three are from, yup you guessed it the gap. I am buying the pearl gray leather bomber for SURE next friday ;)

OH and bonus points for cool girls like me who know who said the title

fall into the gap...

Today was my first day at Gap Inc. under the Old Navy Brand. Let me just say I am OBSESSED! I knew Gap started in nor-cal, south San Fran to be exact, but that was basically all i knew. Above is the very first gap store, opened in 1969 by don and doris fisher. If you can make out the signs under the funky awnings they say "Levi's, Records & Tapes." And that's how this awesome company got started...then in 1983 gap bought banana republic which before transforming into what the brand means today was a SAFARI clothing store...weird right?

Here is a picture of don and doris back in '69. Today i got a little star struck, because the fishers own the folsom street building that our orientation was in and DON was EATING in the cafeteria like he was just one of the employees! Kind of cool!!!

AND...as a little "welcome" gift I got this awesome book, Individuals: Portraits From the Gap Collection It is a coffee table book, going through the years of gap celeb photo shoots with photographers like annie leibovitz, including the one below of my girl love Zooey Deschanel taken by david shapiro in 2006!!

I am so happy to work for such a wonderful company, with such a cool history and a bright future ;)