A little late...

I'm a little late on this post... I promised you a reflective and "serious" post... well, it's changed a bit.

I'll make it short -- I'm in my last semester of college (4 weeks and 1 day until graduation) and I decided I didn't want to be involved in any leadership roles, etc. for the semester. A total contrast to who I actually am. Well, it took me until midterms to realize that I am not me without the creativity, the leadership, and let's face it, the stress of being crazy busy and involved.

I was also incredibly frustrated with the job search. I was getting some great feedback but most places needed to hire right away. It's been amazing to watch God work. He has opened an amazing door for me at the university -- and He keeps opening doors to make the choice undoubtedly clear. As I said before, I will be the inauguration manager for the ceremony and surrounding events for the new president Judge Robert Henry.

I am incredibly excited about this opportunity -- and the chance to have 4 more months with my friends in OKC. Don't worry, I've already started pulling pictures of offices and desks that I want to use for inspiration! (Although, I'd be perfectly happy with a chair and lap-board in Kimmy's office, hehe)

I realized how lonely I am today for my girlfriends -- I had lunch w/ Chels and talked to the other third of "the EB girls" (Jess) tonight on FB chat. Man, my girls are a gift from God!

I did some Christmas shopping (I made a vow to not shop until the end of the semester -- excluding Christmas shopping of course) today and had some great success! I can check almost everyone off my list! Hooray!!

I'll be posting pictures tomorrow of the apartment with the start of Christmas decorations! =)

xoxo, E

BIG JOB NEWS!!!

Well folks, I've got a job starting January 3, 2011 through the end of April!

I will be staying in...

(Oklahoma)

Working for...

(Oklahoma City University)

Working on the...





(inauguration)

as the Inauguration Manager for the 5 days of events leading up to the inauguration of...

OCU's 17th president Judge Robert Henry!

I'm so excited for this opportunity!!

xoxo, E

weekend recap

Well, it was a pretty great weekend!

Saturday was busy with errands - I ordered my graduation announcements (hooray!) and bought a few Christmas ornaments! I am so ready to start decorating! Wishing the rooms was here still so we could decorate our living room tree one last time!

Saturday night M and I grabbed dinner at the wedge and watched some of the OSU game. After, we went to Pinkitzel - a new cupcake and candy shop in Bricktown- for dessert.

Check out this sign!

I absolutely loved the shop - all black and pink - so girlie!!!


M got Mint Chocolate Chip


And I got Strawberry Shortcake


I had to work yesterday and then we went to a campaign kickoff for a candidate for a state senate seat. It was so much fun and Carol is quite a little firecracker!

While watching Harry Potter on ABC Family, we decided that our mini crab cake at the event was not a sufficient dinner so we jetted off to Little Caesars for a $5 hot and ready pizza.


I haven't had it in YEARS! And it used to be a Sunday night family tradition - we would get our pizzas and watch Superman (with Dean Cain and Terri Hatcher) - oh the memories!



Might not LOOK appetizing but boy was it tasty!!



Here's to the start of a new week!

xoxo, E

p.s. hoping to do the BIG NEWS job post tomorrow!!

10 days until...

... I see this for myself!

Love all the fall pictures of home that Mommacita sends me. However, I can't wait to see it all for myself when I go home for Thanksgiving!

xoxo, E

p.s. we are running a 5 mile Turkey Trot on that Thursday. Eek! I better start running again!

5 weeks

5 weeks from today I graduate!

Might have some exciting news here in a few days =)

xoxo, E

p.s. have you checked out my love list below??

the love list

It's not a Christmas wish list per se... it's more of a love list!!

Hettle - an oldie on my favorites list!!






Beth Cyr Jewelry - A new discovery of mine!!


I love this solid silver band!!


Beautiful engraving on the inside of the simple band! A special, secret message hidden inside!


Love this tray from Modern Chic Home!


I'm obsessed with my Henri Bendel 2010 planner! Time for a new one! The one I really love isn't online but I saw it in Dallas a couple weeks ago!


LOVE these Russian dolls! How cute would they look on a bookshelf in an office?!


These would be so perfect for travel! They were graduation gifts for my friends last year but I'm loving the new fabrics for this year!!


Do you love my love list as much as I do?! xoxo, E

Wishing and hoping and thinking...

In recent years I haven't made an official "Christmas List."

It usually goes something like this:
"Ohhhh I really love ______."
"Do you want it for Christmas?"
"YES!!"
"Okay, but you don't get it until Christmas."

I know some people love to have surprises under the tree -- and while surprises are great -- I love getting things that I really want, even if I know ahead of time that I'm getting it.

If I were to have a list for Christmas though, these would definitely be on it





I'm obsessed with stationery! And after surveying my designs last night, I realized that I only have one style that is personalized (and it's one that I got on UBER clearance at Michael's).

Thanks to The College Prepster for posting about Gadabout on her blog! I'm in love!
xoxo, E

The return of Belle of the Wall!

Yes -- it's been very quiet in Belle of the Wall Land

However, the times they are a-changing! Three French Hens (the store in CLT that sells my pieces) sent me a check this week for a piece that was purchased! Hooray!

Also, if you are in the Charlotte area on November 19th, there is a must-attend trunk show featuring Hems & Hers/SuZeeBee/Wildtree Herbs/31/Belle of the Wall!!!!





Working on the "serious" post -- and it even involves some musings about Belle of the Wall =)

xoxo, E

Weekend Recap

It's the weekend recap... even though it's Tuesday... more appropriate for a Monday post, but oh well.

The Cowboys beat Baylor on Saturday! Wahoo!
After the game, M and I went to the duck pond to visit our friends. It was such a beautiful day and was perfect to just sit down and relax after a hectic week.

We tried Saii on Saturday night for dinner. It might be our new favorite place for sushi -- although I will always be partial to Buddha Tao.

I worked on Sunday from 8:30-12:30 and then we went to Flatire for lunch. And get this -- I actually ordered and ate a hamburger! It was mighty tasty.

After, we went to M's parents' house and made cookies with Mint M&Ms... mmmm!!!


And the Gabbers kept us company...


It was a wonderful weekend! Working on a much more reflective and "serious" post. Been an great week of self discovery =) Those are always tough and emotional but it's a goodie!
xoxo, E

Bitter Sweet Saturday

After the alumni brunch this morning, M and I are off to Stillwater for my last OSU game!

We will cheer on the Cowboys as they battle the Bears!



These games are the highlight of my semester -- sad it's the last one but thankful for the opportunity!

Happy Saturday to you and yours!

xoxo, E

"So Long, Farewell"

It's a sad day for our office -- it's Charlie's last day!

Kimmy and I love having our pal around... and we LOVE freaking him out with talk about clothes, makeup, Kimmy's wedding plans, etc. I will miss hearing him say "I am a BOY!!"

I put together a "going away" bag for Charlie and gave him the following last week:

An Alvin and the Chipmunks coloring book -- with crayons

Strawberry Newton's

The button seen in this pic which readers "Hi, my name is 'Charles' or 'Charlay' and my heard belongs to Elizabeth & Kimberley" -- I loved that he wore it in the office after I gave it to him!

I also made him this tissue box -- we are the "Stars" here at OCU -- and the tissues are for all the tears he'll cry when he leaves us!

The final gift in the bag was a little princess figurine -- to remind him of me of course! The best part is that you put me (aka the princess) in water and I grow up to 600% my size!!


There I am!


Charlie sent me a picture of what I looked like after being in the water for 24 hours... EWWWW!!!! My response was "take me out! take me out!"


I'll miss you Charlay! But don't worry, your phone will continue to blow up with text messages from me!!

xoxo, E

Mmmmm

Three weeks from today I will be enjoying Sweet Potato Casserole!!

But as for now, I'm in bed sick :( Happy Thursday!!

xoxo, E

UGH

Yea... That's all I can come up with for a title at this moment.

A.) I'm sicker today than I was yesterday

B.) I have a presentation in an hour and the water is out in our building -- and I need to shower

C.) Apparently Gossip Girl was WAY good last night and I have to wait until the end of the week to watch it online.

Oh well! Happy Tuesday! xoxo, E

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!!

I love reading through everyone's posts today!

I'm not a big Halloween person, but I LOVE fall... unfortunately, I am experiencing a bad side of fall today -- a cold.

I posted these pictures of the pumpkin patch last week



Well, this was M's first time to actually carve the pumpkin himself... and naturally we didn't start small.


His job was to scrape down the sides and mine was to pull out the guts. I love doing that!


This is literally a third of the pile that came out of that pumpkin!


Look at that perfectionist go!


Final product -- our haunted mansion -- loving the start of this Halloween tradition together!


Off to FB-stalk to see pictures from all the Halloween parties last night! xoxo, E