Friday: you sweet, sweet melody I sing for all week.

Hallelujah. Literally :)
Friday has come, and Friday will go, but now here you are, so listen up YO!

"Firepits are where the BEST memories are made." -C.

True, yeah? Yup. Glad we agree. Last Sunday my dad mowed the lawn. And the sun was peeking around the corner, so I hauled the troops in for a small-within-city-limits-approved-bonfire. Here's the whole scoop. I can't START a fire, but once it's alive, I totally rock at keeping it burning. Also, Jessica said I could "make it in North Dakota" because I can chop a log into kindling. THAT'S WHATS UP.

Step 1. Jessica(green) gets the fire going.
Then Shelby(pink) gives him a mustache.

Personally, I think it's proportionate to his giant stature.

Step 2. Shelby claims the fire-pit as her own. 

Much like how you claim your own food in the work-place refrigerator.

Step 3. Chop more wood to keep the fire burning.
And as I was the 'photog' for the evening, no one got a shot of ME ch-ch-choppin' it up. But here is an excellent action shot of Jessica with a nice swing.

I did however,  gather a rather dashing picture of my sweet pink Keds,
after I tore up a couple logs.
...wait that sounds bad....

I think they deserve a little spotlight.

Then Patrick hit a homerun, with a pinecone. His talent is beyond me.

 See his lanyard? It's purple. Kiss that, Justin Beiber!

Oh that reminds me, I heard randomly that little J.B. got beat up by a 'fan'?

Anyone hear anything about this? Yeah me neither.... well..barely.

Back to my story - I'm easily distracted- Shelby had a rough time with her first marshmallow...

What you see here folks, is mellow, marshed all over her hand. I can't even fathom how you get that marshmallow goo all over the TOP of your fingers. The right pic is the marshmallow goo ON HER EYELASH. She had a rough evening, lets just say. At least no one lost an eyeball.

We managed to live thru it all.

Have a safe weekend! Live up those fire-pit moments, and holler

if you need me to chop any wood for ya.

I was killin' it.

<3 much, 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.

Janelle Monae, who?

Umm I doubt many of you have heard her awesomeness.. but if you have: YAY! Come skip thru disco-glitter-keyboard-jazz-clubs with me!! Cause that's what her voice sounds like :) 

Smooth, Controlled & Powerful. Your ears just can't get enough.

Have a listen :) And while your ears get their ZOMG-it's-Friday wonderment, have a look-see at Janelle's FUN wardrobe and hair! She is awesome x's 10! 

that is some crazy-wonderful hair!

LOVE this picture! Perfect contrast and motion! LOVE the saddle-shoes.

I wonder how many takes it took, to get that just right... :)

YOU! Hear and be amazed!!

Yeah she's just all around cool.

So! Enjoy :) Another one of her songs worth hearing is "Tightrope"

Any new music you've stumbled upon recently that you wanna share with me?? :)

Oh, The Splendor!! ZOMGITSFRIDAY!

Can you believe the year is MORE than half OVER? Yeah it's officially August.
Here are some Fashion Tips for August... warning: I don't have much advice, nor do I get paid for this...

#1. Remember the "No White Pants after Labor Day," rule? Yeah me neither. Fortunately it's still hot enough in late-September here in Seattle, to still wear hot-pants/shorts/skirts/you name it-that are white. I do it!
#2. DO. NOT. WEAR. WHITE. LEGGINGS. ALONE. (Back to the white thing eh, Red?) I saw this in the city the other day and granted, the girl had nice legs, but somehow it STILL wasn't flattering. Even the GUY walking next to me agreed.... So you know I'm not just being judgmental(ME?? Pffffff).

That's all! Yup, go wild! You know who gives GREAT fashion advice tho?? Bill Cosby. Yup. Check. These. Out: (I really do <3 Bill Cosby btw, I'm not making fun of him.)

YOU try rockin' that sweater.














Or this hat.

Now THATS a sweater I could get into. Honestly.












This made me smile, I don't know why. Photo: Doug Wilson/Corbis

Now THIS is what I call a Windows(tm) advertisement. Oh the glory. 


 heeeheeeeeee....
























HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY EVERYONE! 
MUCH LOVES! <3

- Bex* 

ZOMGitsfriday!! Doveface! Come and GET IT.

umm...ANNOUNCEMENT: I hate sports, BUT I love soccer. So here. Soccer Players galore!!
I'm not partial to any ONE team. Guess why? HA. I love the last one. You all played great this year, boys!!
Don't act like you're not entertained...

Funny Art. Have you seen this website? Awkward Family Pet Photos. Dude. Seriously wait til you get to page 5- and DO treat yourself to page 5. For the record, this one takes the cake. Look at crazy-eyes there! And I don't mean the dog.
Art(being as versatile as it is) can be beautiful, meaningless, completely confusing, and awfully... well awful. So enjoy.
When was the last time you saw one of these dinosaurs?
When was the last time you sewed something completely AMAZING like this dress?
-"But, she is so cute," you say!? "She can get away with wearing anything??" Not so. See here. No one should wear those shoes. Even if they DO match. Which they don't.
Oh you think the over-sized dress/shirt/official-frump-wear was the worst part of that picture? You're right.

    I just got off the phone with my grandma. As many of you(may or may not) know, I am running(read: jogging) in a simple 5K run tomorrow. It's called a "Fun Run!" I guess to make it seem less painful...?
    Well, Tuesday I was jogging my little heart out on the track, and when all was over(plus minor victory dance, for completing 3 miles non-stop for the first time EVARRR,) I felt a twinge of uncomfy-ness in my right quad(muscle above the knee) and figured it was just really tight, so I stretched, and I stretched, and stretched a little more. It turns out, I couldn't really walk like a normal human being the next morning. I had officially strained it. And my grandma noticed. She keeps telling me that she may not "let" me run... ;) heehee ... if I'm not completely healed by Saturday. Well, today is ZOMGITSFRIDAY, and by golly I've been resting since Wednesday night. And by George!! It feels better! Not completely 100% turned around, but it's feeling pretty secure.
    Meaning, I can walk upright now. So I should be golden by tomorrow morning, yes?? =/

I better be. I have a lot of fans that will be there. Ahahahahahaha....

ZOMG ITS FRIDAY

Hey All!
    I've had a burst of things that I've wanted to post this week, but if I let them all out of their metaphorical cages at once, I'd be all out of ish by next week!! Then there would be a bad dry spell, and you guys would have nothing but run-on sentences to try and pick through, and THEN you'd be mad at me and never come back to my site ever, (n)ever, ever again....and that would make me sad (emphatic period.).

    THIS BLOG(not mine, I'm about to tell you, silly!)... makes me happy. I really personally feel that you would do well, to invest a few minutes of your (ZOMG ITS FRIDAY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, JUST READ IT!)day into reading this post. I LOVE the lists they come up with. Often, they have the power to insert a sunshine-filled, gut-bustin' few minutes into my grayest hour. To which, I couldn't be more thankful. This one is cute. I like #2 the most. Mostly because I love love LOVE kids, but there are some who you just want to... say nice things to?

 =/ ok so maybe-not-so-nice-things.

I've recently subjected myself to twitter. SO FOLLOW ME, KITTENS! Ewww... I don't like to be self-promoting, unless I'm buying shoes(and I WILL ask 3 people within a 3-foot perimeter if the heel compliments or accentuates my cankles, when alone); in THAT case, no one pleading: "Ehh, they're a little gaudy," can deter me from making possibly a bad decision.
HEY. If I make a bad shoe-buying decision, I'll take them back by my own free-willing, ALRIGHT? :)
...Glad we're clear. That being said, you should follow me, so you can share in my shoe-shopping experiences from now on, and when I upload a twit-pic(whatever that means) with a shoe-approval request... well then, I'll have someone to talk to other than strangers. And what a happy camper I would be!! :)

You hear that? You hold the power in your own little fingertips, to make me squeal. This is how I imagine you all, sitting there in front of your laptop, reading my nonsense(Heaven forbid you own a Mac!!! *cringe*)...

PHOTO CREDIT

HA! Aren't they sweet?! I only like pictures of cats, they don't really do anything for me in real life. No offense to you cat owners, I just personally don't get along with the little fur-heads. So anyway, this is you. :)

Not that pictures-of-you are better than you-in-person... I just...imagine you...being attentive like this. Get off my back, I'm allowed to be politically incorrect! heeeheeeee You see that "CC" at the bottom?? Yeah, thats what I thought.

This website is funny. Not "Ha-Ha that's a really funny racist joke, cause it doesn't diss the culture, or imply that all of them are slobs, or bad drivers, or wear their lederhosen to all occasions." AHEM, ok maybe just to Oktoberfest, but same diff if you are an alcoholic, right? Then ALL year is Oktoberfest! haha... But its just cute for the sake of hearing old songs you don't hear anywhere else except in drugstores.... Well... if you don't find that somewhat entertaining, then don't clicky-click :) That's your choice, Kitten.

Ok this was a long post. I must be into bed now. Hope you all have a FANTASTIC weekend, I will not be posting(ok maybe tweeting *chirp chirp*) all weekend... so stay amazing!! And come back!! :)

xoxo-Red*

BAHAHAHA!

Yessssss.......
I knew Shakespeare was a good guy.
I typically hate/loathe/assume the person is incapable of having their own personal style(wrongly?) these kinds of "catchphrase t's" but I REALLY think this one deserves "kudo's-for-cleverness!!!!" points. So there you have it, my weakness. Judging clothing by its catchphrase.

*sigh* Well... its officially 5:01 somewhere :)

Oh June, Summer is here!

***I'd like to UPDATE this and announce that my new HAIR pictures have been posted. My hair has NOT been touched with a straightener, and it took about 5 minutes total to blow dry my hair!! AMAZING.***

Its been nice(my 4th grade teacher never let us use the "n" word, so I frequent it in spite of those awesome essays I wrote, that used more descriptive adjectives than "nice.") outside(like above 60, woot!) the past 2 days! HOORAY! Oh, what? I've been inside, working? Pfff... work.

SPEAKING OF WORK. I will have a fun & fancy list of "Things That Annoy Me Daily: Work Edition" in a few days. But today I will speak of my attire. All who know 'le me' know that I have a billion point 2(that's 1,000,000,000.02) pieces of clothing, and the smallest closet EVER to contain it- plus a 3 drawer dresser. More often than not, I dress comfortably to work- keeping in mind that people will see MOSTLY just my upper half, unless I stand up to lead them down the hallway. In that case, sweatpants aren't appropriate. BUT I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW!!!! ...that I would wear them if I was allowed =/

    So today(ZOMG I TOTALLY FORGOT TO RAVE ABOUT MY HAIR TREATMENT UNTIL NOW!) I wore grey corduroy(sp?) pants, rolled-up like capris, a braided brown leather belt(on-sale from the men's dept at the GAP- HOLLA!) brown leather strappy sandals from Nordstrom Rack- that aren't much more than a flip flop- but NOT a flip-flop nonetheless. AND a hooded long-sleeve shirt, kind of a mauve-ish, raisin-ish, gray-ish purple(<--similar to font color, here). Umm, why do you ask if my boss is out-of-town?? Cause he is.. totally... accessible by email. Pffff. Ch-yahh(insert eye-roll).
      HAIR! And yeah I'm talking CUTE hair! I got my hair professionally conditioned, and not just where they soak your locks in heavy conditioner, and stick you under a dryer for 20 minutes, either. Its like, serious business. And more than $25. Or $40 for that matter. Anyway here's basically what I had done.
~I WILL POST PICTURES OF THE IMPROVED HAIR ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY PAGE!!!~
So check it out :)
And Thanks for reading, today! Have I ever told you people how much I appreciate the visits?! Well, I do :) AND I WANT YOU TO COME BACK <3<3<3 Have a terrific day, kittens!!!

RED!

This is the red I was going for in High School, but never quite could get the color right. CUTE!!!!!!!!

Love This Red Hair!

Where HAS the time gone...

its been a week!! oops :) forgive me?? Thanks!!

So I was in Seattle this last weekend and totally chickened out to take pictures of AWESOME outfits. RR said I should make a badge to hang around my neck, and take myself more seriously. He's right!! I'm still a chicken tho! =/ At least I can admit it :)

But in other news: here's me tanning!!

Yay for freckles!!

PS. Yeah it drizzled a little while we were in Seattle. I would safely call it light rain.

what would you think...

If I turned this blog into a posting for local street fashion?? I'm considering it HEAVILY. This would involve more trips across the ferry :) I <3 seattle. I know tons of people do this for New York- and being fashion week there, I'd love to dedicate(timely) my blog to ETERNAL SEATTLE FASHION, in introducing our melting-pot culture as welll!!!!!! Like this site: Swagger360 <3<3<3<3

xoxo-red*