Dishrags and a To Do List

For my birthday my Mom crocheted me these beautiful dish rags.  So far they are working out great and they look adorable in my kitchen!  I think they are going to save me some money on all those dish sponges we used to go through.

I am loving my iphone.  I feel so much more connected during the day.  I could even blog from it if I wanted to...but I'm not that on the go.  I did get the blogger app though so I can check up on others on my bus ride.  My favorite thing is that I have a running to do list on it.  Everyone that knows me knows I love to write things down.  I am just about to write up a grocery list on my phone (cannot explain to you how awesome this is!...especially since I insist on rearranging my list according to the layout of the store).  However, I know I still cannot survive without at least 5 notepads floating around my house.  And yes..I do make killer homemade granola bars.

P.S. I am determined that !... should be an official form of punctuation.  It solves a lot of my transition issues.

Catching Up

Realizing I am at risk for losing my entire readership (which is probably three at most!), I am postponing my sleepy eyelids for an overdue blog post.

Since I have had the pleasure of writing, I turned 25!  And with that big quarter-century birthday, I decided it was time to grow up and wear makeup.  Daniel got me the Bare Escentuals starter kit that I have been wanting, and I wore it all weekend to my numerous birthday/engagement celebrations in Salt Lake City (Thank you all for such a good time!)  So far, I love it.  I had no makeup lines and it just brightened up my look like it's supposed to.  I especially love that the shade of eyeshadow I got is called "cupcake".  During the week while I'm at school or nannying, I still only throw on mascara and a little blush.

Speaking of my fabulous weekend in SLC!...Not to overshadow how amazing it was to see every member of my family, and enjoy D's parents meeting my fam, I still have to say I get so tickled about seeing my nieces and nephews.  I got my nieces a new book to celebrate their new twin brothers, and made the mistake of giving a 3-year-old and a 2-year-old lip gloss.  I'm pretty sure they have eaten all of it by now.



Daniel and I also took our parents on another visit to our wedding venue (His parents' first time, our second).  Here are a few pictures I took of the house and the surrounding yard.  It's getting harder and harder not to think about the wedding!

In other news, this is the dress I am thinking of wearing to my best friend's wedding. (I love saying that!  You only get to say it once.)  I am so excited for her.  I got to spend a little time with her and her fiancee over the weekend and I can't wait until her wedding.



Lastly...drumroll please, I got an iphone4!!  I left my phone charger in SLC, and needed one in a pinch as I was on nanny duty.  As is always the case, it was a better deal to renew my plan and get the discounted upgrade, then it was to spend any more money on my ghetto phone.  I also couldn't resist decking it out in faux burberry.

An Early Birthday Present

Rule #1: Take your boyfriend shopping with you during your birthday week...you just might end up with a blazer.

I got my first blazer today!...which makes me feel mature, not old, but like I've finally earned the right to wear one.  I found it at a bargain price at a vintage store on Hawthorne and I couldn't pass up a perfect fitting sports-jacket.

Bill Cunningham has declared the sports-jacket "A Fall Staple", and who would dare argue with Bill?