TRIMMIN THE FAT

Okay so i am making a BIG effort to shed some pounds. Since i haven't really worked out for the last two years, I am starting easy. I took my pups on a 2-mile walk and I plan on doing that every-other day for the next two weeks and then taking it to the next level. I tried to take a pic of my work-out outfit, but it came out kind of poor. Anyhow I am wearing cropped leggins from H&M, and a really cute WESC hoodie. Hard to see...AND my favs are the new balance shoes i got from work before we shut down. OH and my hello kitty socks!

There's the hoodie and my shoe. And lastly, HARLEY, the love of my life...a little foggy from surfing the net all day:)

inspiration folder...

just some fun pictures from flickr i had tucked away for a rainy day. enjoy.

home sweet home :)

i missed it! happy to be back!

Expensive Wish List

oh and i think i have a girl crush on this shopbop model!

inspiration and THINspiration

Okay so being unemployed has SOME benefits, like watching shows you normally don't get a chance to, SUCH AS...LA ink! Kat Von D always looks AMAZING! Not to mention i love her tatts....so she is my inspiration this week and THINspiration as i try to shed some pounds

:(

This past Sunday marks the 15-YEAR anniversary of my cousin Paul and his partner Ed. They are both successful business men. They live in San Francisco. They own a home together. They just adopted their first child, Andrew (SO ADORABLE!). They should be married and were planning on it, but California decided to "PROTECT" marriage. What a bunch of BS.

A no on prop 8 would have done nothing to put any one's version/ belief of marriage in jeopardy. You can teach your kids whatever you want. Your church can decided if they will hold gay-marriage ceremonies or not. It doesn't force anyone to change much of anything.

I hate the fact that I could pull any man into a Vegas chapel and get married, doesn't matter how long I've known him. Doesn't matter if we are criminals. Doesn't matter if we are high as a kite. Doesn't matter if he abuses me, or if he abuses kids. I can marry him.

Today Paul and Ed can't get married.

HOW IS THIS OKAY??????????????????????

Barack is HOT

i just sent Holly that (the title) exact sentence in a text!
i don't know if i just figured this out (Epiphany! ) or if i have proclaimed this before drunk...?
anyway, enjoy the evidence:)

3 cheers for CHANGE!

ohhhh norcal is so liberal i hardly ever have to read or see any news/business of people voting yes on prop. 8 (LUDICROUS!) but down here it seems that there are a PLETHORA of people who will be doing just that.

I really hope tomorrow brings the much needed change to Washington. I am completely against John McCain's politics and points of view, but what really scares me about his ticket is the young Alaskan brunette running with him. I will be sad for all women if the first woman to win a presidential election as Vice President is Sarah Palin. HELLO it's VICE PRESIDENT that's a BIG DEAL... it isn't like being the student body president, or running a company, or running the HUGE and OVER POPULATED Alaska (all of those words in caps are meant to be uttered sarcastically.

I am ready for change.

"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.”
Theodore Roosevelt.

I believe Barack Obama is a man who can do things for our country.

Vote for change.

And BTW i have not been this passionate about anything since i wrote that letter to my senior year science teacher in 2001. just kidding, of course!

Halloween and more...

So far so good! I have two interviews lined up this week and i am actually enjoying LA. I feel like i could actually live here:)

But i left off before halloween, so let me recap.

Here is the pumpkin i made for B! He liked it alot:) Here he is in full costume! He took that bucket with him trick-or-treatin!i like this shot because it looks like he flying through the air kind of...

Here he is with me and his uncle JM. I was a tavren lady and jm was a hipster with a fro! it was great:)Next up Robyn and I had some fun shopping:) here i am pretending this is my vintage bentley!

and lastly skinny lil robyn! her shirt says "i smoked crack with pete doherty and all i got was this lousy t-shirt!" Haha a JOKE of course!!!

Well thats all for now! Ill be back home soon! I miss everyone!

my travels thus far

i have been away from home for nearly a week. I have my nose to the grindstone trying to find a new j-o-b, but i am also taking time out to enjoy myself and visit:).

Here are some of the highlights:
Poonam lives right around the corner from Hotel Roosevelt. It was fun to walk by and see all of the tourists waiting outside in their tightest most LA dresses, trying to get in;).
I took some photo's after a few bottles of wine late monday night:). The first is of P infront of her plce, the second of all the bikes outside her apt by the pool. Her apt is very Melrose Place! two stories with pool in the center. I am sure a bunch of LA places are just like it, but i thought it was pretty cool :).i finally make it to San Diego, where i surprise my cousin and aunt with a bunch of free shoes! Brandon was more excited about the box the shoes came in than the three pairs i brought him :).
and just LOOK at that face! He is so smart and cute! I can't believe how big he has gotten. I love his long hair, but i have a feeling his mom will cut it soon.

More to come! We carved pumpkins tonight, but i'll save that for my halloween post. I am gonna take "B" as i call him, trick or treating!
can't wait!
xoxo

LA

Still up

sooooooo tired

MIA

i am going to be MIA for a while in blog world. I am in LA interviewing for a new job. Wish me luck! I staying with my good friend Poonam. Thank god! I do NOT know my way around here at all!

Wish me luck!
xoxo
ash

Interviewing for Success!

Well, as many of you know, as of friday, my company is no more ::sad sigh::, but i will go on and start interviewing for a new J-O-B. I don't want to relocate, but that may be in the cards as the bay area is swarming with people just like me; 1,100 to be exact. And I don't want to change industry's! Retail is my passion and if that means i have to move to Ft. Myers, FLA and work for :: HUGE GASP:: Chico's, I will do it( I have a phone interview with them tomorrow at 10).

I will not, however, ever say, "It was a Chico's kind of day."

So on to the real point of this post, what do i wear on my interviews?! For the last year we have been super casual here, only dressing up for vendor meetings and plan/forecast presentations. I feel a little lost in dressing business savvy...

Here are some photo's that i am using as inspiration/guidelines...