just some fashion photos

the health kick has begun

lately i have been eating a lot of salad and dinosaur chicken nuggets. hello amazing. and they aren't bad for you too because they're not fried! ive been kind of on this health kick lately and i am really excited about it. i haven't gone all out with it yet but i am so excited that i am no longer spending all my money on eating out. not that eating out is a waste of money, ts so fun. but i since i have been spending money by eating at home i have been able to feel better about myself and spend less money. its nice!

i still am on the search for the best hamburger on though and the best french fries. oh AND the best sushi! sushi is wonderful and healthy but hamburgers and french fries, not so much. ill have to eat those sparingly. but i'll obviously keep everyone updated on my findings. so far Gordon Biersch has had the best hamburger. melt in your mouth, never want to put it down taste. so yummy! and i didnt even have anything special on it. just the regular lettuce and tomato and ketchup. DELISH. i didnt get to take pictures of it though. so you're going to have to trust me when i tell you so far...it is THE BEST.

anyways back to the health kick...i have been craving salads like no other lately. i made this salad based on an amazing one i had in boise. lettuce, tomato, cucumber, tuna, and balsamic vinagerette. do any of you know of amazing salad recipes you love? i would love to have some new recipes. also, i have been doing yoga. okay i have done yoga twice. i did it sunday and i did it today! if i can do it every other day i would be so proud of myself. my body just felt so relaxed and open and refreshed afterwards. and to know i can feel all of that AND make myself more healthy, and help myself to look better so i can feel more confident. there is nothing better.

songs im adoring

oh to be in love again...

ive been kinda been in odd moods lately. remember how i posted that blog lately saying that i have felt off? im still feelinb that way! i dont know why really. 

actually, i do know why. just memories and things that have come up that make me remember a love i lost. i wish so badly that i could be in love with someone again.  i love being in love and i love loving someone.  i love doing all the little things to make someone else happy.  there is literally nothing like coming home to a person who loves you and is so excited to see you and then you can return that same excitement and happiness and comfort.

i just miss having a noah to my ally. i love the notebook. some of you may have seen previous entries about me loving love, but this actually may be the most recent post ive written about love in about a year. i figured it was about time.  i want a love like the notebook. seriously, to this date, that movie remains one of my all time favorite movies. its so genuine and anyone who says that love like the one in that movie doesn't exist...they are either bitter or extremely pessimistic because i have seen that love and i have experienced a love for someone like that.

lately i have been thinking a lot about being in love again. ive been thinking that maybe just maybe the person i once loved IS the person i am supposed to be with no matter whats happened...i dont know how to tell the difference of a gut feeling or me just wishing i could give my love to someone so badly that i would still choose him if i had to choose someone. does that make sense? it wouldn't be settling though. please don't think of it as that. but it would be a comfort to choose him because i have felt safe and loved before from said person.

i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. we shall see i guess. i just hate being patient sometimes. i know that there is a GREAT love out there for me. just waiting for it is growing tiring. anyways, here are some really great songs ive found lately. i hope you enjoy them.

fabulous feature friday !!

today i am featuring one of my most favorite girls on the planet, kylie adams. she and i just recently met when i started working at sprinkles with her. she is spunky, adorable, weird, gorgeous, and sooooo amazing. imagine all of those things put together and you have got my little friend kylie. i am so thankful i have her as a friend here in arizona. :)

she writes her own blog as well. we live in a blogging world together she and i. i cant wait to get my camera soon so that she and i can share pictures and blog together. :)

here are ten things that make kylie very extremely happy!

1. hot tea

2. dresses

3. my family

4. stargazer lilies

5. sex and the city

6. reading

7. music (DOUBLE DUH)

8. traveling

9. my friends

10. date nights

i had the day off today

on my days off i like to take pictures of myself...okay not really...but i got bored and thought "okay. i need to have some new photos of me!" so i took some. THE END.

giveaway !!

i will be doing a giveaway once i have one hundred followers on my blog. the person will be picked at random :) so dont wait to be the 100th follower because that is just not how its going to work! its really easy to become one. click this little link and its two steps away. and walah. not only have you made me happy but you have entered yourself for the giveaway.  if that doesn't work you may always click the "follow" link to the right of this entry! alright thats all for now. im going to go do some wall art for my little apartment. xoox. have a fabulous day!

oh ps heres some random little iphone pictures. the first is a wedding dress i saw. no im not getting married, nor do i have a boyfriend. but i love this dress. the second is the most perfect strawberry i have ever seen in my life. the third is a salad i made the other day. so delicious and filling and healthy at that. and the fourth. well those are my feet. duh. i just painted my toes and my cousin told me i had feet like arielle in the little mermaid so i thought id show all of you. the end.

designing the little apartment we call home

my bestie jaemi moved in on saturday. she bought a tv and a cute futon for our living room and let me tell you that our little apartment feels so much more like a home now. i cannot wait to paint and get everything hung up and all the shelves decorated with books and little vases and candle holders. it will look so lovely. it will be really interesting to see what jaemi and i come up with when its all finished because our styles are so similar sometimes but at the same time they are SO different. maybe it will be the perfect eclectic collection i want and need.

here are a few things that i want to put in my bedroom. unfortuantely i couldnt find a picture that would work to be uploaded for the table i want. i guess i should clarify that i dont want the table in my bedroom. however i would like either a chest of drawers or a big desk to put my tv on and hopefully my soon to be my own macbook. i would love that. then around the desk id like to put a bookshelf and then some shelves into the walls. id love that. next to the desk i would like to have a chair. im not sure if i want this chair im featuring on here or somewhat of a chaise lounge. we'll see how much room i have once i get my bed set in there.

1. ikea bed frame $179.00
2. ikea armchair $299.00
3. ikea wall shelf $40.00
4. west elm duvet cover $119.00 [hello its organic!!]
5. west elm recycled glass lantern $7.00-$21.00
6. world market chair $140.00
7. world market floor cushion $49.99
8. world market lantern $29.99

NOT PICTURED
9. target black bistro dining set $99.00

this is all i can think of for now. i want to do some in-store exploring. so when i do i promise i will go find the pieces i love online and post them in here. im debating if i want to paint my entire room a green color. a very bold, but still very pretty green color. or if i should just do one wall. im not quite sure. im not too big of a fan of accent walls, but maybe it could work.

if any of you have any ideas or suggestions feel free to leave me a comment below and let me know!

i finished my sex and the city seasons...

so today i finished all my seasons of sex and the city...again...okay for the third time. so i thought i would write down a few of my most favorite quotes from the show. some are inspiring, some make you think, and some are just for heck of it. but sex and the city will forever be my most favorite show on the entire planet. i love it.


if i had to pick one character to connect to it would be carrie bradshaw. maybe with a little charlotte thrown in. thats because i cant wait to get married and have a family. but i have more of carries humor, outlook, etc., and i love to write. i absolutely love fashion. and well basically i just am carrie bradshaw. :)


aidan shaw is my favorite guy that carrie dates. oh my goodness. if i could end up with someone like aidan then i would be the happiest girl on the entire planet. some people think he was too much of a push over but a guy who loves me that greats me when i walk in the door with a "hey poptart how ya been and whatcha been doin?" would make me melt.

"let me be clear about who i am. I am someone who is looking for love. real love. ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't live without each other love." -carrie bradshaw

"some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies." -carrie bradshaw

"“Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous." -carrie bradshaw

“It's really hard to walk in a single woman's shoes -- that's why you sometimes need really special shoes!”

“I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties. " - samantha jones

feeling a tad bit off

have you ever had those weeks where you just feel off? or even just days when you don't feel like yourself? i feel like the past week i have been feeling exactly like that. and i dont like it. im trying to get back into the swing of things. i mean there is so much to be happy about. so to try and feel more positive and happy i have composed a list of things that have made me happy this week.

1. i started officially working at sprinkles! i was training before but now i officially on the schedule.

2. i have gotten to hang out with my new friend kylie twice already. she is adorable and so cute! she recently started blogging as well. 

3. kylie and i have made plans to do a bake entry once week that we will both feature on our blogs.

4. i watched love actually last night. well most of it...i was playing "words with friends" at the same time so it became a little distracting.

5. i started my healthy diet. i have been doing really well on it and have already lost 2.2 pounds. i am so excited!

6. i found a half marathon that i am thinking about training for. if you know me, you know that i hate running. i kind of want to do it so that i can just say that i ran a half marathon once in my life.

7. the half marathon I'm considering running takes place in disneyland. its the tinkerbell half marathon.

8. i am loving being healthy. 

9. i have been fast food free for three days and my body feels great.

10. the other night at work we had extra cupcakes leftover that were mess-ups from the new people being trained as frosters the other day. i got to take home thirty-three. they're all in my freezer don't worry.

ps here are some photos i found that i think are so sweet and adorable.