Friday Hodgepodge

Another week in the record books, huh?

It's definitely been a crazy week, here's some quick snippets, 

to get you all up to date:

Monday, I voted early AND gave blood. 

Talk about getting all of your civic duties out of the way at once. 

It took me 2 days to recover from giving blood, but..whatever. 

I did a little browsing at Target.

What? Are you shocked?

I LOVE those green/black loafers in the middle, but as of tomorrow,

 I am unemployed and I don't want to pack another thing.

donations are accepted and encouraged, by the way. (sz 9) 

What? Oh, yeah. Tomorrow is my official last day at work. 

2.5 years, it seems..bittersweet. 

I'll tell you more about it later, ok?

Can I just say that these: 

need to be in your home, right now.  Go on, go buy some. I'll wait. 

Back? H'ok, moving on!

I put my awesome artistic skills to work earlier this week

 and sent Mike and updated family photo of us all:

Exhibit A as to why I am a scientist....

 We made some progress on the packing front. 

Well, after Shiva finished popping all the bubbles on the bubble wrap, 

and after she finished tearing the duct tape off all the boxes I'd already made...

then we got some progress made. 

I also took a bit of time to myself this week to get my nails all pink, 

with just a hint of halloween-ness. I really kinda dig the black shatter topping, and

if I tell the truth, I did these while I was home last weekend, and as of right now, they've only got a couple minor chips. Totally rocking them all weekend. 

Julep: Drew for the pink, and Ursula with black crackle. 

On Wednesday, I got all gussied up in my newly found pink sparkly tank top, 

Exhibit B: I am a scientist because I am definitely NOT a fashion blogger. 

and headed out to Graffiti Frozen Yogurt,

self serve froyo with a thousand flavors and a billion toppings, 

cheap and right of 54, so you should TOTALLY check it out,  

and met up with these fabulous ladies. 

It was so nice to see Angela again, and FINALLY meet Molly, and meet a few more girls that I'm sad I don't have the chance to get to know better. Oh well, this is what blogging is for right? And I'm definitely waiting for one of them to venture to SF, cause I'll be RIGHT there. :)

and Finally, I've been having some fun Skyping back home:

yes, 

that is my ipad,

sitting in front of my computer screen,

 sitting in front of the tv, 

that I took a picture of with my phone. 

mama!

papa! 

and one more fun thing, just for a friday fancies extravaganza! 

(Seriously, 100 FFs? YOU GO AV!)

glitter party by teeller 

Let's be honest: If I owned those things, I would wear them the DAY we arrived in California and unpack my boxes just to celebrate making it that far. Also, Mike, those earrings ;)

Linking back up with some of my favorites today,

 hope to see you guys on Monday, have a great weekend. 

Feel free to come pack my house, by the way :)

  

Friday Love & Giveaway Winner

Happy FRIDAY Lovelies.
This is Mike's last weekend in NC.

sheesh.


MOVING ON. 

Favorite PERSON EVER. 
Ok, maybe ~not~ but SUPERDUPER close.
KRISTIN from Skinny Jeans & a Chai Latte
won the Julep Giveaway with her tweet. 

 Y'all, not only is her blog fantastically full of inspiration on being fit,
and cute stories about her students,
SHE DRINKS AWESOME BEER!
Every Friday is "Food and Beer Friday"
and it makes me want to be her BFF.
Or, at least, MEET her before I leave for San Jose.


I digress, Kristin, please email me your addy
 and which box you prefer from Julep
click here
and we'll get all the goodies on your way.

I promise not stalk you.
much.



Favorite DINNER: 
Caprese Salad
(say it cah-PREHY-zay or maybe it's cah-preese, iyunno)
It's delicious.
BASIL + MOZZARELLA + TOMMYTOES + BALSAMIC VINEGAR.

Favorite PERK. 

Economy Plus with extra seating, personal TV's and FULL Sodas. 

I'm not hard to please. 

I also watched "Brave" and it's amazing and I love it and you should see it soon. 

Favorite SHIVA-ISM
If a movie is on the television,
she'll go from this:


to this:

in seconds.
Maybe I'll give her popcorn next time ;).



Favorite Nail (of the week.)
In a small ode to fall + LOVE of dark colors,
I give you "dark purple and gold flecks taken with my iPhone, as I lost my SLR"
Don't blame me, blame moving. 

Nicole by OPI "Show You Care" and Sephora "Only Gold for Me" topcoat. 

Favorite Thing that I Can't Show You Yet:

Hopefully it goes well.
THEN I can show you.

one of my Friday Favorites?

Friday Fancies!

fridayfancies by teeller featuring longchamp tote

This HAS to be the perfect Back to School outfit. Or..ya know, the perfect museum seeing, wine drinking, bread eating tourist outfit. Right?

I know that my "Friday" posts are everywhere, so I'm curious about you. Tell me your favorite ~ANYTHING~
Clothing item? Makeup? Drink? Shoe? Sneeze? Memory? Plan?

  

Friday Favorites (and a letter or two)

I really don't know where to start this post. 

The overwhelming support from both IRL friends, blog friends and Facebook friends about our little announcement Wednesday has been fantastic. I so greatly appreciate it. Monday/Tuesday I was feeling very dark and low about the entire move and quite lonely, but it's the little high-fives that make this process SO much easier. 

Cheers to you, from NC to CA!

I'm currently hosting my first giveaway here, sponsored by Julep, and I happen to have heard that the winner might get a little extra somethin' somethin' from yours truly. Sooo, check it out, and enter. 

Favorite Activity around Raleigh

Definitely Cow Spotting. 

It's ridiculous, but so cool! 

I love that this little art installation is here during my last weeks.

Favorite Perk of Moving Away.

 

Being perfectly allowed to make plans with someone every night. 

Favorite New Productive Place

a Pint + a full set of list making and sketch drawing. 

Holy productive hour Batman!

Favorite Way to Day Dream

I'm obsessed with planning things. I love lists, plans, schedules and a concrete idea of all the little elements of life. That includes outfits, music, books, and what I might do in a random hotel in Tulsa.
This week's Friday Fancies was "road trip" -fitting, eh?-
and I'm definitely pouring over these posts to get inspiration for the road trip, and our Euro Trip

Favorite Nighttime Ritual

Cocoa Puffs + Milk.

Need I say more?

I promise to get a bit more time this weekend (ish) to get this blog back to where it was before this whole moving thing. 74 73 days and counting and I fully plan on sharing every little second with you, plus, we have a lot to catch up on. Have a great weekend loves. (and go score yourself some nail polish!)

A mismatch hodgepodge of updates.

This is going to be a  mix of letters & favorite things. 

Ready?

Lessgo. 

Dear Total Wine: Your Cab Sav class was fantastic and spectacular and amazing and I loved all the wines. I do love these classes, sorry we had to cancel on the beer class, but we were running out of time. We will return. Pinkie Swear.

Side by Side. 

Dear Friday Fancies. Thanks for letting me have a blast looking at super expensive clothes. Though, I did get more excited for Europe this week. :)

Favorite Wine Marketing. 

Be wines. You can choose from Bright, Flirty, Radiant, or Fresh.

I haven't tried any yet. But, I will. 

Dear Mom & Dad, I'm so looking forward to seeing you this weekend. I'm glad that we've maintained a solid relationship in the ever turbulent waters of late. 

Favorite way to brighten up a lab: 

Sunflowers in graduated cylinders. 

 Dear Shiva, YOU LOST YOUR FIRST TOOTH! I am so proud, and sad, that you're growing. 

Dear Mike, as always, you make it all so easy. Thank You. 

Favorite Birchbox: 

July's Glamour Box

The goods 

The Stila eye shadow palette definitely caught my eye. I haven't played with the colors much, but from what I can tell they seem really nice and pigmented. Birchbox earbuds? I was a little confused, but they're TOO cute, and who doesn't need a backup pair. Suki Nourishing Regimen is wonderfully silky and leaves my skin feeling clean and fresh. It's on the expensive end, but I'm somewhat impressed. Jouer Limp Plumper is subtle, not the bee sting lips that I've seen before, and smells really nice too. It's a little sticky, but nice to keep on hand. Ada Bronzer is my new BFF. We shall see each other soon. LaraBar is ok...the other flavors looked much tastier than the nut roll, so I might give the other ones a shot. Alterna bamboo Hair Protector it's hard to tell if this helps or not. I have red hair, and it isn't fading, so I guess it can get some credit. 

Dear 21st Amendment Brewery, I've been dreaming of Hell or High Watermelon for a week now. I might have to convince Mike to go to Saucer this weekend. 

Favorite Mani: This Essie Mint candy apple with various dots of confetti 

on the disco nail is summery and nice without being overwhelming or distracting. 

might have to revisit both of these. 

Dear Work. It was nice while it lasted..now it's back to business. 

Favorite Giveaway


Shanna's (the lady who hosted the Bauble Swap) is having a  Jeweliq Giveaway. Check it out.

oh and PS. Delta? I figured out your game & I enjoy playing the fare wars.

 I always win though. Always.