My week...

I am a proud JCrew employee... my bank account is an ashamed and all-too-frequent casualty of this...

At work on Sunday, we were doing the morning routine before opening the store and I found this lovely crack in one of the fitting room mirrors... don't worry, I was instructed to fix it with packing tape... If this whole "finding a job" business doesn't work out, I think I've got a good future at The Glass Doctor ("call the glass doctor, we'll fix your panes.")


Kimmy and I had a lunch date at the mall and I fell IN LOVE with this BCBG coat at Dillards.



After sending a pic to Mommacita... then the price... and then a text about all the cute dresses in Dillards, she responded like so:



Side note... I wonder if the parentals would be more willing to buy me one of these coats from the Crew since my discount would make them SIGNIFICANTLY less expensive than the above BCBG number... hmmm... let's see what kind of comment they leave on this post! LOL



I must admit, Momma does indulge my habit... I got the BEST surprise in the mail this week! Check out my new Henri Bendel weekender bag!
I'm ready to go somewhere... anywhere!!! I love this bag!!


(as you can tell, I couldn't even wait to get home to open the box!)

I'm SUCH a cool kid... it's a fact.
Ate my lunch in the library's media room on Tuesday watching a video for my World Civ class (although, I'm thrilled b/c our Monday class sessions are cancelled to give us time to watch the movies to discuss on Wednesdays! Holla for an extra hour and a half of sleep on Sunday nights!)

ANYWAY, the media room - is tiny first of all - and it has every kind of media player ever.
Observe...
2 tape players... and one is ANCIENT looking


A turntable...


And I don't have ANY idea what this is but had to take a pic anyway! LOL


Probably the BEST part of my week was applying for Graduation!



Check it out!



Funny: "How well do you think your undergraduate experience at OCU prepared you for your career?" ... I'm sorry, why is "not applicable" an option? I'm pretty sure it applies to all grads.



Not so funny: Having to check "no" to the question "Have you accepted a job offer prior to graduation?"
You better believe I'll march back in there and change that should that status change! And I'm praying it does!

I just needed my advisor's signature to be done!
And praise the Lord... she signed it!!


That's about all for now - Happy Weekend!!
xoxo, E

A post of substance to come...

I promise a post of substance soon, but I just found these lovely little pieces from Stella & Dot

Necklace and Rings

I love to combine silver and gold jewelry and these do it for me!!

xoxo, E

Upper Crust, Check!

Well, I started this post with the intention of talking about M's and my dinner date to Upper Crust (one of the restaurants on my list of places to try) and then I realized that I haven't shared the last few restaurants that I've tried! Shame.

I talked about Red Rock Canyon grill (went there with M and Papas) in a post, but ever so briefly... and of course, because of the nature of the evening, I totally forgot to take pictures of the food! Shame, twice.

M and I had lunch at Cafe 501 last week. I had a salad and M had a chicken caesar wrap. Again, forgot to take pics. I want to go back though so I promise to take pics... especially of the inside of the restaurant, such a cool atmosphere!

Okay, back to the purpose of this post.

It was absolutely delish! And the company wasn't bad either =) M got back from DC early Sunday morning and we had dinner together that evening to celebrate his return and one month of being more than "just friends." Naturally, I was enamored by our conversation and totally forgot to take pictures of the food, but I stole a couple from the internet. LOL.
We started with the


(photo: The Food Dude)

Next, we split both the

and the

It was absolutely OUTSTANDING!!! Much better than BJ's pazooki (if you've ever had it)

On their menu, UC promises:

And boy do they deliver. Everytime I blinked my drink was getting refilled. Everyone was so kind and thanked us as we left. And our waiter Matt was phenomenal. Although, M did say, "Don't you just love it when the waiter flirts with you and acts like I'm not even here?" I almost died laughing.

While still in the restaurant, I tweeted about our experience... and it go re-tweeted!


I can't wait to go back! xoxo, E

Wanna get away?

Thanks to my pal Dan for sending me the link to this YouTube video... along with the suggestion that Papas needs to get the flight attendants on his plane to do this from now on... LOL.
Enjoy!
xoxo, E

October is one of my favorite months... To me, it represents fall.
Well, at least it does on the East Coast.
The mornings are crisp.
The temperature is cool.
The leaves start changing.
It's perfect.

Luckily, OKC got the memo and the weather has been very cool. While flipping through this month's InStyle, I saw the following:

I'm so glad it's fall, and I'm ready to start wearing layers, sweater, and tights... oh my!

One "funny" to start your week off with. Before I went into class Thursday night, I made a pit stop in the bathroom and found this... I'm sorry, how does this even happen?!


xoxo, E

lucky, lucky girl

I am such a lucky girl... for so many reasons.

I decided yesterday that although I didn't actually feel buyer's remorse for 3 purchases I made, my bank account said I should. I asked the bf to go with me to return the items as "moral support" and he agreed. As we walked into the mall to return the dress I bought last weekend...

He said that he wanted to see it. As he pulled it out of the bag, I noticed a subtle (or attempt at subtle) glance at the tag. Mental note: tell him not to go back and buy it for me later... yes it was a pride thing.

After the errands, I jetted off to my night class. While sitting in class, Momma texted me that she had accidentally confused the dates and couldn't visit me next weekend. I've been in need of Momma time and was disappointed, but she said that she could fly out to spend a few days with me leading up to fall break - I had made the choice to stay in OKC over the break and the boy made plans for us to hang out.

Well, after class I went home and found this laying on my bed...

There was a note from the boy laying on top, and I immediately knew what he had done.

The reaction I should have had: Excitement that the dress was going back in my closet and acknowledgment of the super-sweet and thoughtful gesture.
The reaction I actually had: I was a bit upset that he got the dress even though I asked him not to, and I felt about 2 inches tall.
Why couldn't I just be gracious and say "thank you"? Beats me.
Anyway, after a short discussion last night... and an apology from me... all was well again!
Although I had a stinky day, M made it so much better.
Conclusion: He is most definitely crazy for putting up with me.

Fast-forward 8 hours - I woke up with severe pain in my abdomen. It has come and gone all day. No bueno. It's one of those days when I actually wish I was back in high school (ewwwwww) and could just stay in bed all day and skip out on my responsibilities.

Well, Kimmy always has a way of making my day better.
Yesterday she sent me this:

And today she put on a little show while on the phone with a society lady. I snapped pics...

Just waiting for her to log on to Twitter/the Blog to see them and get "mad." LOL.

Anyway, Kimmy had a "short meeting" (they're never short) today, and I walked over to the Mass Comm department to chat with a former professor. I like to pop by every once in a while to chat and laugh a bit.
Well after a bit of laughter with last semester's Mass Media Law professor, I went into MH's office to chat. I definitely consider him a mentor. I told him that I was panicking about jobs and that I was just so overwhelmed. I always feel so much better after talking to MH. He always says the kindest things to me and encourages me so much. I teared up while talking to him today and almost had to put on my over-sized sunglasses and leave his office when he mentioned that he realized he won't be here for my graduation because he'll be in Singapore teaching.

Anyway, the point is, I feel so encouraged as I press forward in my job search.

I'm off to Biology now then turning in early tonight - have to take the boy to the airport crazy early tomorrow morning for his SGA trip to DC - Jealous!

xoxo, E

Oh... I need to update this quickly. Kimmy just texted me the following:

Love her!

Congratulations!!!!

Megan is engaged!!!!!

She and her boyfriend... I mean fiance(!!!)... Tyler have been together 5 years and he popped the question Friday night.

SUCH a good story! You can read about it here!

Megs and I have been pals since freshman year of college, and I'm SO thrilled for her!!




Love you megs!!
xoxo, E

Weekend with Papas!

I had a great weekend with Papas!

When he got here Friday, we went straight to McNellie's for lunch.

Next, we stopped by Red Coyote!
Papas bought me new running shoes... they are called Newton! How cool is that?! I'm running in shoes with my last name on them! lol. They are also supposed to help you running properly.

Red Coyote has this awesome process they take each client through to make sure the shoes you purchase fix any problems. Well, my Achilles experiences some stress when I run, so we got some inserts to help fix the problem.

I ran 3 miles this morning in 30:34 - not bad for not running in quite some time!

I love, Love, LOVE this shirt... Red Coyote has a breast cancer awareness section and this shirt reads: "Protect 2nd Base"


Friday night we went to Red Rock Canyon grill. It was a big night! Papas met M for the first time. It was a real Meet the Parents moment... but the bf did a much better job impressing Papas than Ben Stiller did!


I took Papas to my favorite breakfast spot Saturday morning - Jimmy's Egg. Finally, my three-week long craving for pancakes was satisfied!! There is NOTHING better than their sweet potato pancakes!!


After we ate, we went to IO Metro to peruse the furniture. Thanks to a special 25% off offer, I bought a bed for the post-grad place.
And with a special cash gift from Papas, it was the same price as the bed I was going to buy from Ikea.
I L-O-V-E it!!!
Brown, leather, queen sleigh bed


We went to the mall, did a little bit of shopping, and saw "Wall Street. Money never sleeps."

Papas was a little bit disappointed - Michael Douglas' role is smaller than he was hoping for. But I've never seen the original, so I enjoyed it more than dad did.

We went to Ted's for dinner. Yum!
And even though we were STUFFED after our entree, we enjoyed the famous and fabulous sopaipillas.


Living on a budget is hard... and I'm no good at it... but I convinced Papas to take me to Target to do some grocery shopping.
Is it sad that this could potentially have been the best part of my day? That Charmin bear is pretty expensive, and I SO appreciate his willingness to pay!


Momma sent us some pics of the redecorating going on at home!
Beautiful brown walls for the dining room... I told Momma I'll do some scouting (maybe another trip to IO Metro) for a new lighting fixture for the room.


The window treatments for the guest bedroom


I can't get over how beautiful our upstairs is now... I think I might actually like this room better than my room now... but maybe I like the computer room best... No, no, it's definitely the grown-up sophistication of my room... gosh, tough decisions!! Mommacita - you're too good at this!!!

Here we go with another week! xoxo, E

Merry Christmas!!

Yes, I know it's only the 24th of September, but I'm celebrating Christmas today!

After only 4.5 hours of sleep... didn't leave JCrew until 3:45am this morning... I woke up and kept hitting "refresh" on Ticketmaster's website so that I'd be ready when they went on sale at 10am!

First attempt: Section 117.

Not good enough.


Second attempt: Section 101.

No way, Jose!


Third attempt: Section 5... Floor seats.

SOLD!!!!


Get ready Michael... these crazy girls are coming for ya!












TGIF! xoxo, E