Clever Marketing...

Good day to you :)
Anyone else see what I see in this picture?
Yeah it's grainy and horrible, but you can still see what I see.

 [...Look closer?....]

Why YES. That is a Starbucks Drive-thru built into a bank.

Genius or Heinous? 

You already know where I stand :]
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I wish you a great weekend, & try to find a little adventure... who knows how hard you'll end up laughing about it later.

<3, bex

Attention, Starbucks!

Excuse me, Starbucks. 

I don't recall giving you permission to 

change your logo.

If this is some sort of rebellion, I'll understand. I mean... there are thousands of  independent java huts around this peninsula, who don't consistently burn our espresso shots. 

So I get that.

But I think this is a little overboard. It looks to me, like you're trying to DUMB us down.

I don't know about you, but most coffee-addicts including myself, can READ.

You don't need to remove the WORDING.

I'm almost offended.

No, you know what? I AM offended.

Below, see this logo in the background?

I'm gonna miss it.

RIP Starbucks' Authenticity....

'Cause remember THIS one? It'was my fave.

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Is that wrong of me? It's a tad ....

well she's nakie, sure. But she's the original!!

Oh well, as with everything else looking streamlined, I guess they 

would have ripped my heart to shreds ONE of these days. 

Not that I'm super obsessed with their coffee ANYway, but it might have been nice if they'd asked my opinion, first.

;)

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IN OTHER NEWS...
Tomorrow I'll be in the great Emerald City ALL day and you don't even know how excited I am.
SO. EXCITED. 
GUYS! Have a fantastic weekend, 'cause you've earned it. This week was a little rough, AMIRITE?!


Talk with you soon chikadee's. 
<3 bex...

I like funny things.

I like this...

Excel Batman... Batman always excels... just throwin' that out there...

Hello-funniest-video-I've-seen-all-week! (big foot caught on tape!)

I was at Azteca(@$$teca??) this last Friday, and this was the 

bathroom stall-door decoration. Cute? I think so.

This is just too funny, in an unrealistic-take-it-with-a-grain-of-salt type way...

Praxis and I have an ongoing joke of ways to get out of the "friend-zone"... 

A laugh was shared.

Also, I've been sick this week, since last Wednesday(thank you, co-worker)... and this is what I saved from an iced-tea-run to gauge my constant massive water-intake. This is a 'venti' size, I think that means 22 oz? 26? I need to be drinking about 6 of these a day... (that equals a lot of potty trips...)

Anywho. One last thing to make you "aww" is this...

Awwww... Tiny pinecone. And my hands are small anyway- so that says something!

Cute!

It's Tuesday. May it melt all your Monday troubles away!

xox, bex.

Oregon. Orrrr-eh-gawn. Ore-gone?

I once crossed the border into a distant land.
I once saw things I've never seen before... nor may see again.
And I also tried on items of clothing... I will never try on again.

Can you imagine me:
-sleep deprived
-stuffed with food(specifically Gingerbread Pancake Puppies from Denny's)(<--I recommend)
-just drove straight 3.5 hours- starting at 11:30pm from a previously full 8 hour day at work...?

Now imagine my mood(HA! Gotcha. You thought I was talking about that first, huh?)!! Don't worry, lots of coffee was involved.

NOW IMAGINE... ok just kidding... Why, you ask? BLACK FRIDAY SALES, of course! (yes I realize I'm just NOW getting around to telling you about it.)
Here's the car group...

We've got Jules. Fashionista; in search of boots at le Macy's. 

Also wielding a SERIOUS coupon for Express.

GOOD NEWS! She found boots! TWO pair to be exact! AND at the low price of $60(for both!!!)

Then we have Kid. He's the bodyguard(unpaid, unless you consider my amazing homemade jokes a form of reimbursement), for about 12 hours of work- including, but not limited to:

-holding doors open & following the ladies lead 

-holding most bags in addition to the doors, AND last & most important... 

-keeping me awake on the drive home(he slept, btw!). 

Did I mention he was wonderful company as well??

It's true. Look how good of a sport he was:

A true champ to endure a long-haul-of-estrogen-powered-shopping-extravaganza.
PHEW! I should have acquired this hat.

Anyway. Lastly, & not leastly, we have Abby. 

Quiet, faithfully obedient to my unspoken "come'ere's!" and ADORABLE.

Kid had a hard time fighting off all the paparazzi!

See proof:

Look at that hammin' cheeser :) Precious.
Umm... Are you jealous? Sit down, hooligan. She's out of your league.
She even supported me, when I was sure I was hearing voices. What a friend!

AND when they cheered me on to model the worst jewelry of 2010...

 ...She even helped me load it all on. Oh man, Abby's a trooper :)

Oh? Tired of my story-telling, are you?
You just wanna see pictures and get it over with, do you?
HMMPH!
More hats were seen, check this character...

No, that's not your imagination, this hat really has a tail. ^

Besides my normal-scary picture-capades.... 

...looks like all you lovely dovefaces made it back here with most of your pieces in-tact to read my latest post. So I am glad to wish you all a WARM week(it's dumping giant fluffy snowflakes here within the last hour) and keep putting CLEAN socks into the dryer to warm those toes. Or skip to the end of last Friday's post, for a fresh recommendation from my friend, to get yourself some toe socks(I dont recommend, if you have wide-tootsies.)

*waves*

TOODLES!!! Drive with care this weekend!!!!!

xoxo bex

BLOG SWAP UPDATE!

(Sorry about the delay for Tuesday's post! It's been one helluva week! Bare with me!!)
Hi Tuesday Kids :)

Yesterday while I was STILL having Jeep issues, my blog-swap package came!

Can you say EXCITEMENT?!

FedEx! Came! To! My! House!

Which means, in a sense, that my new friend Amanda from the Casa Brasi Blog was sending a little piece of
her character to spread around me :}

That she did! Meet Amanda, friends. Walk your finger clicking over to her site ^ and take in the beautiful design work she does! Some of the changes she can make to one single room, blow me away!

Now, this challenged me.
Truly, a secure seal, when pressed firmly.
Who knew?

 Inside the soft tissue paper(and ADORABLE striped knit-string)
were goodies I've been needing!!

A perfect-sized picture frame, in a brushed gold that matches
my room decor to-the-perfection ;)

My room consists of light blues, dark blues, dark brown,
white & gold tones as compliments. 

This will be perfect on my dresser- which is dark brown.
THEN there are the gloves. Oh. Em. Gee.

The COLORS! The thickness!! Not your average knitted gloves! They are heavy :D 

I LOVE.

And THREE pairs of these babies! *swoon*

Thank you Amanda, thank you sooooooooooooo much. 

And thank you also to the sponsors & terrific coordinators of this
blogger-connection opportunity:

 much love, illy & Sandy a la mode. (<-- check them out!!)

I couldn't have been given a better swap partner!

But wait- there's MORE :} Ohhhhh YEEEAAAHHHH!
This woman knows the secret to my heart!!
Yes, I am talking about coffee.

THAT'S A GIFT CARD PEOPLE!!!!!!! Did she hit the nail on the head, or what? 

I'm telling ya, Amanda has either been reading my blog thoroughly... or talking 

to someone who knows me personally. Her next delight, came in the form of (gasp!) PAPER.

OKAY who told her that Office Depot is my favorite place to shop? 

The high walls of paper just whisper sweet things to me as I walk thru the 

automatic doors. The aisle of Sharpies and highlighters and pens put the technicolor 

rainbows into my life. And lastly, when I breach the notebook threshold, chorus after 

chorus of heavenly voices sing praises to the trees for providing such a beautiful creature!

And of course my Almighty God provided the trees :)

But I don't think Office Depot is aware of that.

STATIONARY (BLANK-INSIDE) GREETING CARDS 

WITH MY NAME ON THEM!?!!

gasp.

I'm floored.

Look at the adorable PEN, too. I didn't realize it was a pen until I was 

playing with the eraser, about to try it out, and all of a sudden a pen tip popped outta nowhere!! 

*HUGE SMILE*

I can't WAIT to use these! Now all I need is a special occasion... hmmm.
So now that I've shared my lovely gifts with you, what's on your list of things to do this week? You should definitely read up on Amanda's Interior Design Ideas and completed works.
She's fantastic. And it's practical as well! I love seeing her newest updates.
Keep looking for Friday, folks! It'll be here in no time :)
Love you, muffins.
xox bexxxxxxx

GOOD MORNING!!

I've walked to the Alaskan tundra and back!

Okay, so it was to Starbucks. Across the street. But this cozy hood served it's purpose.

I am currently creating an AdWords campaign for another company. If you know anyone who needs AdWords help for their small business, I'd love to assist! Throw my name around.

email contact: zomgitsfriday[at]gmail[dot]com


In other news....
It's Tuesday! And Monday was terrible, AMIRIGHT!?
This weekend I ventured out of my usual hermit-cave and tried something new...
Dancing.
In. Front.
Of. People.
Yeah. I went there. And it wasn't sooooo bad(but still scary, I had to throw myself).
Altho, since I was playing my friend Hoolia's 'Kinect' the game called Dance Central, I got pretty frustrated when it wouldn't recognize that I was doing the dance correctly, so it wouldn't give me the points. Oh well. Maybe it's just proving me right that I am TERRIBLE at dancing ;)
That would be just fine by me. But in other- OTHER news...
This also happened at her house:

Don't ask why :) They're just fake leaves.
BECAUSE! Ok? Because.

Anddddddd...this may have happened too... but I'm still not sure.

Don't judge me.
You're jealous cause your lips are non-existent like mine.
:]
Have a happy Tuesday, people. Try not to let the week get to you...
...Cause it's pretty rough out there.
Love peace & tiny salsa-red lips! (Salsa Red by Mary Kay)

<3 xoxo Bex.

I Am... The Out Of Towner

The weekend before last I went to Port Angeles, to visit a friend who is gettin' hitched in January. Of whose wedding, I just so happened to be included! Can you say P-A-R-T-Y? 

Anywho... I drove out(on the windiest day of the year, I'm sure) to Ediz Hook, which is a large jette of non-connecting beach rock(& a 2-lane stretch of pavement) between this U. S. of A. and Good Ol' Canad-ia. The Coast Guard actually uses the end portion of the jette, which means you can only drive out til that point- it's STILL a ton of drive distance- maybe 2 miles!

So, it's FREEZING. And it's WINDY. And I'm only prepared with a sweatshirt/hood, and 

a single pair of thin knitted gloves that you buy in a 3-pack at the dollar store. OH and trying to operate a slim-lined Nikon, with TINY buttons; therefore not wearing the gloves during blasts of this glacial tempest. 

I found this beauty just waiting for it's close-up...

[sidenote: Can I please RANT about how much I LOVE the colors in this shot?! AND NO FILTER.]

Before I headed out tho, I thoroughly prepared for this(ha! Obviously.) and bought the BEST ginger bread cookie I've ever had in my life. 

HUGE: bigger than my entire hand- which granted is small- but that's big for a cookie ;) 

The cookie purchase was done at "The Buzz" my F.A.V.O.R.I.T.E. coffee place in the known-world-that-I've-explored-so-far! I hope to post more pictures soon of my Jette-Adventure, but this is all you get for now ;)

I braved the cold.

For about 10 minutes at a time.

IN THE BILLOWING GUSTS OF ARCTIC BREEZE THAT'S ABOUT ALL 

MY LITTLE FRIGID FINGERS COULD HANDLE!!!

And it made my eyes cry! 

I literally bent over to flip my hood back on, and I SWEAR 3 big teardrops fell STRAIGHT outta my eyes, without blinking at all. It was a bit....like Alaska...if I had ever been to Alaska-OK-MOVING-ONWARD!

Oh! Right. WHY I went to P. A. in the first place!

To buy a customized dress; to be dyed the color of my friends wedding.

Said color is... Burnt Orange. Terracotta to be exact!

Here's the dress ON:

[Yeah, I totally have that body, so it fits exactly like this... uhhh.. what? I heard something, over there...]

Here's the dress on the hanger:

Good thing you saw it ON, first right? 

Ha! I know it looks pathetic just hanging there. 

And so now it's being dyed "Terracotta." We shall see. I'm SUPER excited to see how it turns out!

Dancing. 

Now that's something I'm actually scared of. 

Friends say I will master the dance floor, and I'm fully preparing to 

humiliate myself rock out to the following songs:

The Underdog- Spoon

Poison- Bell Biv Divoe 

(YESSSSSSSSSSS! Watch out now!)

Anything else you suggest, that I request??

ANSWERS NOW... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnd GO!

Have a great weekend kitties!

You better be safe, and stay alive to be in Reading Attendance next 

Tuesday Treat Day, for a SPECIAL GUEST POST!!!

;] <3 Bex.

100th Post, like ...forever AGO!

DUDES!
I totally skipped over the fact that last Friday, was my 100th post!

Uhhh... HELLOOOOOO RED!

Time to wake up to the pungent Folgers that. is. your. BLOG! and remember to CELEBRATE these things!

*celebrates alone*

Yeah. So Wednesday morning, I stayed home from work because of the sheets of ICE 

that have become our ROADWAYS. *shiver*

As I was saying, I came in around noon-thirty. With a cold. 

See my article regarding KEEPING YOUR GERMS TO YOURSELF.

So I sat, cold, with my snow-jacket ON, freezing fingers(OH COLD HANDS/WARM HEARTS GIFT, pllllllleeeeeeaaase COME SOON!!), sniffling and giggling at my google-reader blog-reviews.
This morning I am cozy at home, off work AGAIN, for the holiday. BEST WEEK OF WORK EVER.

HOLY CROW THE AIRLINE RATES ARE FLYING.

THE SNOW IS MELTING!!!! I loved watching the snow fall, while I was at work Monday; it was very peaceful and relaxing. Not to mention snow is somewhat DRY compared to rain, so I enjoyed the fact that I felt I was sitting inside of a snowglobe :)
My family and I cooked a huge breakfast this morning, since we were all home together:
My dad vs the Waffle maker...

It won:

The highlight was really the coffee:
See the steam? Perfect.

Tomorrow's plan: Black Friday Madness.
Coffee will be involved, rest assured.
I am in need of stocking up on Bath & Body Works EVERYTHING-supply. For the first time in my life, I'm ALMOST out of all soaps and body washes, and (ok so not lotion, I'm good there) shaving lotion. That stuff maybe be expensive but I highly recommend it. It leaves the smoothest shave ever. And yeah, we're about to border into TMI territory, so I'll end on this...
Have a great weekend everyone, no killing each other at Wal-Mart with your shopping carts!!!
Little old ladies may be slow, but they have things to buy too!!
And they grandkids that LOVE them! Just remember that.

Ok, farewell 'til Tuesday:)
Love you all <3 xoxo Bex...

Tuesday Treat (woops, late!)

Sugar...

rushed thru my veins to
find the fastest outlet.
my hands jittery with anticipation.

Are you here to hold my hands
still? What do I do with
them until yours find
mine? I could sleep.
I will dream. I will imagine
you here. Holding me.

Holding me from shaking.
Sugar.

Today: I woke up on time.

So today, as title states... I woke up on time. Relax, everyone who knows me. I'm not sick!

I simply slept thru the night, peacefully I think O_o
Then, when I got to SBux - as is my daily routine on weekdays - I shook it up a little & decided TODAY was the day I could start being not-so-wasteful, & I bought one of their porcelain to-go cups. Because I despise drinking out of the plastic ones.

So here I am. A starbucks hipster. I solemnly promise to TRY to avoid fitting into any of the following categories:
>"That" girl who was reading a book WAY too close to her face, at a table alone... WAY too early in the morning.
>"That" girl who barges in front of me in line, to get her brewed black coffee in her to-go cup, & pays with CHANGE. EVERY. TIME.
>"That" guy who is always there in his torn/fashionista/American Eagle-trying-to-look-distressed- Jeans & black hoodie, on his MAC.. why is he there at 8:10 anyway?!!

Please save me from myself. I even wore white jeans.