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I took this photo in the Bahamas a few years back and it made me long to go to the beach this summer. I wish it would hurry up and get here and rescue me from this gloomy winter!

But to make my wait easier and to cheer myself out of this funk, I decided to go to this website called Upumpitup, this is a community based website where there are various challenges that women can join and monitor their progress. It breaks the challenge down to 4 categories of Connect, Explore, Express and Inspire and each has small challenges like writing every day in a journal or planning a big solo vacation. Anyway , I signed up for five challenges to do through out the year

Here they are

1) No Muss, No Fuss- Working towards a clutter free home and life

2) Get into your Groove- Learning a new dance

3) Wardrobe Remixed- Playing with my clothes

4) Downward Facing What? – Commiting to yoga

5) All in the Family- Planning a family reunion.

I’m excited to see how I end up on doing my challenges and meeting my milestones. You can sign up for a challenge or create your own at http://www.upumpitup.com .

How I hate you!

I have been rather sick lately and its been absolutely no fun. I’ve missed two days of school, so I’m super behind in my classes and I just feel so out of it general. Even the blog isn’t motivating to  think or surf about anything remotely interesting. All I want to do is curl up on the couch and complain.

It’s also not helping that V-Day is around the corner and J and I still haven’t made concrete plans about what to do. I’m really not feeling it this year, which is too bad because this is our first married Valentine’s day. I think we’ll just go to dinner and call it good. We haven’t been to an Italian restaurant in years, so maybe that will be fun.

While I was sick, I did check out the new show on NBC called Lipstick Jungle. My friend JE reccomened it to me because we both loved Sex and the City. This series is also based on a book by Candance Bushnell and the pilot episode was really good. These women seem more fleshed out, mature, and slightly less girly versions of the women on Sex and the City.

Here is a clip:

 

1. Envy, 2. bathroom brights, 3. D’oh!, 4. ICE-Train station, 5. 10k Green Gold Ring, 6. 58/365: LOVE MY FLICKR PEEPS!, 7. Pesto, 8. Eye of a needle, 9. Diet Coke

***These photos are not by me, I used Flickr favorites and then used MosaicMaker to make the graphic***

Now that Thanksgiving is just a few days away, I was thinking about the things I am thankful for. I did a fairly critical evaluation of my life in ” A little bit about Goldgirl” so I thought I’d give thanks today on the little things in my life.  

This year I am thankful for :

Diet Coke-  Nothing else can get me through the day quite like a Diet Coke

Seamstresses- I would have not had a wedding dress that fit, if it wasn’t for the alteration place in Southpoint mall

My Blog- I can obsess about everything I want on my terms and combine many different obsessions into one post. ex-list making with food. See “Here comes the Holidays”

Cuisineart Food processors- I just got a new one as a wedding present and my life was truly incomplete without it

My Grandma’s ring- It made me feel that a part of her was involved on my wedding day

Dresses- My closet would be empty w/out them. Okay, thats not true, my closet would never be empty. I have bought several this year and they have become my favorite new apparel

High heels- Platforms are back, Stillettos are in style, now if only those damned ballet flats would go out of style…hmmm. Diamonds may last forever, but heels are a short girls best friend

Soft New Towels- Especially in fun colors like Mango and Bahama ( orange and blue)

Trains, Planes and Automobiles- This year’s festivities were made possible because of all the travelling that took place.

The Simpsons- I could not have survived Sunday Night Blues without them. Also- Spider Pig….

My Hair- Its my one vanity. I love that I can grow it out easily and cut it off without regrets and it always makes me feel beautiful

And of course all the big things- Family, Friends, J , Layla and happiness for all, because without that everything else is immaterial.

October was a weird month for me where I have been so busy that I have sort of neglected this blog. This gets rectified, starting now with some photos and highlights

 

1)J and I bought a brand new 42 inch HD LCD TV with our wedding money. We also bought a new entertainment center to show it off. This has resulted in us having a really nice living room which we love.

2) We had a 15 hour party. We met up with Y&DS, J and F  and some other people and went to brunch one Saturday morning to the Watts Grocery Store. We then went on a tour of Triangle Brewing company, the newest brewery in Durham. They gave us free beer before and after the tour and it was a really fun party in this loft space. After the tour we headed back to DS and Y’s house and hung around making cocktails with the wedding present DS and Y got us. It was a set of bar tools, home made bitters, a cocktail recipe book that DS wrote just for us and many little hard to find accessories for our bar. Afterwards we shifted the party to our house so  we could watch the World series game. Needless to say that lasted well into the night and I think we finally halted the festivities around 2 in the morning.

Prizes lined up at a booth

A storm coming in

3) J and I went to the State fair with my work people. We saw the pig races during which the ducks and goats also raced. We ate tons of fair food like giant mozzarella sticks, fresh cut fries, frozen cheesecake etc.

Fair Food * pic by J

 

J and his frozen cheesecake                           My funnel cake with Chocolate sauce

Signs at the fair

One of my fave photos that I have taken in a while.

 

 

Halloween

 

J and I had a very mellow Halloween this year, this being the first year we didn’t go to Franklin street with friends. I think the main reason was that I had a night class on Wednesday and didn’t even make it home till 9 pm. So instead we dressed up in some half assed costumes and went off bar hopping in downtown durham. I dressed up as Agneatha from the 70’s group Abba and J was a Safari Guide. We first hit the Joyce, which was completely dead and then we went to a bar on 9^th street called the Dain Bar. That place was pretty rocking and we ran into some friends who had had the same idea as us. Overall, it was a nice, mellow Halloween.

 

I had also made some Halloween crafts earlier this month, so here’s a picture of them.