March Madness!

I am a horrible blogger for being MIA for so long! It's all this pretty weather we've been having lately... I get spring fever in the worst way!

I really have been pretty busy... My mom & sister have been in town & have been staying at MY house for the past week-ish! My sister goes to school in Berea {& is actually already gone... She was on limited spring break time & had to go back last Thursday!} & my mom has been bouncing back & forth between Eastern KY {with my grandpa} & Illinois {with her fiance!} Lexington used to be home base for everyone... We were pretty much all here, but now it's just me! Needless to say I've been busy being the hostess with the mostest & lemme tell ya, it's a full time job.

Just wanted to pop in & let everyone know I'm still alive & kickin' & planning a catch-up post very soon! I love springtime & I feel like I get super-busy in the spring... Or maybe I make myself busy because the pretty weather motivates me to get out & go?! I haaate, hate, hate winter & I never want to leave the house during winter so the refreshing sun & warm temperatures gets this tushy off the couch without fail!

Before I go, let's all have a rousing chant together, shall we?

Ohhhhh C-A-T-S! CATS CATS CATS!!!!

{I know my KY girls can relate}

That's right bb's we're headed to the Sa-weeeet 16 & I couldn't be prouder!!
Although I will say this is about the time of year those KY boys send my heart to near destruction! I am way too obsessed with KY Basketball & the thought of us coming close to losing, ever, makes me so anxious!
I love college basketball & March Madness is neck & neck with Christmastime for my favorite season. Come on... College ball all day/every day PLUS the weather starts getting nice?! How can you not love it?!

That's all I have time for at the moment.... But you better believe I've been Listing it up with ideas for future blog topics. All to be tackled very soon!
XOXO & GO CATS!!

Check it!

Check out my sassy new title header! Just finished crafting it & I am so proud of myself! Especially since I have the patience of a 3 year old when it comes to most things techy!

In lieu of this ridiculous snow/rain mixture we're currently experiencing in Lex, complete with snow accumulation in my front yard, {absurd} I thought I would share this little gem I found that made me think of spring & summer! Despite this minor wintery setback I am still hopeful.

This is so me. I have never been the outdoorsy type. In fact quite the opposite. An early afternoon tailgate, a day soaking up sun & booze at Keeneland, followed by a trip to Harry's gorgeous patio bar is about as outdoorsy as this girl will get. I'm the girl that would fake a sprained ankle on a ski trip just to be able to sit in the cabin, with my poor little ankle propped on a cushy pillow {gotta' keep up the lie, of course} with a fire going & glass of Riesling in hand. Bo gets so annoyed with me because I refuse to bring flat comfy shoes when we go tailgating. He is the appointed purse/drink holder when the terrain gets rough & mamma needs two hands to walk;)

& as a side note... I got rid of my acrylic nails, ohhh... maybe a month ago? I decided to go to a more natural look for summer & I am struggling to grow my real nails out & get them healthy. As I mentioned above, I have the patience of a 3 year old, {unfortunately, not just for techy things!} Do you all have any suggestions for my poor pitiful nails? Trying to get them in shape because I'm tired of looking at them in such poor condition!

Spring is coming girls... It just has to be!
XOXO

WooHoo!!

Alright girls... Lemme get a "WOOHOO!" from all of you that are as pumped as I am for the return of the Real Housewives of OC!!

I love those ladies! I honestly got hooked on Bravo because of season one of this show, believe it or not. Vicky is my all-time favorite! I relate to her in so many ways & she cracks me up! I actually got in a liiiittle trouble a couple years ago because of an ill-timed 'WooHoo' @ Keeneland. But we'll save that story for another day!

In all honesty, I'm kind of glad Lynn is gone. I'm curious about her situation now, & what went down that caused her to split from Bravo {according to press & statements from her, she wasn't 're-signed' for another season... Sounds juuuicy!} but half the time, I couldn't stand her. She was a complete moron. I did feel bad for her when the other girls talked badly about her & called her stupid, I'm not completely heartless, but come on... She kind of was. Not to mention she didn't even know she was getting evicted. Really? How does that happen? I understand letting the financially savvy person in the relationship deal with the finances, that's what Bo & I have chosen, but come ON. Help yourself out Lynn! Stay informed!!

"Hello, Lynn? This is Real-Life calling. I've tried to reach you several times but you never seem to return my calls/texts/tweets/e-mails/letters/telegrams/smoke-signals/messenger doves/etc. I was just trying to let you know I'll be stopping by soon to give you a big ole' bitch slap in the face!"

Don't even get me started on those two little brat daughters she had. GAHHH they killed me. In all reality I guess it's not their fault... Their parents are really the ones to blame because they let their children get away with murder. I.E. Season 5 finale - Lynn's girls show up drunk to the end-of-season party... I don't even need to tell you they weren't 21. But the worst part? They rode in the same limo as their own parents! Lynn of course acted oblivious... Sorry Lynn, limos aren't that big.


& I'm just curious, does anyone else agree that they should definitely bring back RHONJ?


I miss them! They were the 0RiGiNAL Jersey Shore... Minus all the stupid GTL & fist pumping!

In other news...
Remember in my last post, the pic I showed of my mascara & how RiDiC my vanity was in the background? & I said it was on my ToDoList to organize?

Voila!


It still looks busy, but believe me... It's come a long way.

Brand new make-up caddy that I purchased last week {Target of course!} is finally stocked & organized to my liking!

XOXO

& the award for Crazy-Girl goes to....

I feel like I've been bloggy M.i.A! So I'm going to jump right in & share a few current events!

This is a quick pic I took earlier today.... I was elated!


Eeee! Spring is really coming!!

Also......


It has become clear that I am unhealthily obsessed with mascara. I use all of these {interchangeably of course, not all at once} & I love all of them!!
{Please disregard messy & grossly unorganized vanity in background... It's on my ToDo List.}

& now I must make a real confession. If you plan on judging me, you might want to stop reading now because this is just going to make you sick. I joined a website this week & I am incredibly ashamed.

www.ProjectWedding.com

I know. *Hangs head in embarrassment.*

Why am I so embarrassed/ashamed/etc? Because, as some of you know, I'm not even engaged. & if I am being completely honest with myself, probably not very close to becoming so. I've been dating my boyfriend for 4 & 1/2 years now, we live together, & really, I couldn't be happier with our life together. But getting married/engaged just isn't on our radar yet. We both still have school that needs finishing & grown up jobs to acquire. Our lives just aren't in the place we want them to be in order to take that 'next step'. I have no doubt in my mind that I want to spend the rest of my life with him. It gives me butterflies, makes my heart flutter, & I get a little excitably flushed when I think about marrying him & spending the rest of my life with him. I was never the type of little girl, or young woman, to fantasize about my wedding. I always knew I wanted to get married, but I didn't really ever give it much thought... I just figured it would eventually happen. But when I met & started getting serious with Bo {the boo} I was actually able to picture a wedding. It sounds so sappy, but he made the idea of marriage in my life real & not just an afterthought.

I love spring & summer with all my heart & with the warm weather, poolside lounging, & strappy sandals also comes something else.... Wedding season. I love weddings. LOVE them. I'm the crazy loon in the back that gets teary eyed & choked up when the happy couple says 'I Do'. Seriously. & I promise they're not bitter, wish-it-were-me tears! I just get emotional at weddings. I'm obviously a huge nerd. {Remember that part earlier about 'stop reading now'? Dontcha' wish you had?!}

I feel like lately I've seen TONS of engagement notifications on good ol' FaceBook. {Reason #495 to delete my own.} & a lot of them are my friends from high school... Last summer & the summer before, the weddings I attended were for friends of the boo, my own friends' older brothers or sisters... Now it's my friends! I saw one in particular & re-started my quarter-life crisis. Remember in high school, they would ask you where you saw yourself in 5 years? I'm nowhere near where I thought I would be. In a way that's ok with me because life happens at the pace it does for a reason. But seeing all these engagement notifications & getting these invites to weddings... I just can't help but think about my own life & where I really & truly believed I would be by now.

Anyway... Because I'm a glutton for punishment I was looking at rings, dresses, flowers, cakes, hair, etc. & came across Project Wedding! As it turns out, it's an awesome website if you're planning a real-life, actually-going-to-happen wedding! You can shop for your dress, your bridesmaids dresses, even your flower girl's dresses! All by style & price. Pretty convenient! It also lets you create checklists to stay on track! You can shop for invites, favors, & it even gives you ideas for songs if you're having trouble choosing your own! You can see pictures other brides have uploaded from their special day to get ideas & they maintain a blog packed full of helpful tips, creative ideas, & the latest & greatest wedding-related fluff!

My favorite part of the website though, is this nifty & fun little tool that let's you create an 'inspiration board'. {It reminds me of the 'mood board' the designers on The Fashion Show had to make to establish a theme for their collection.} It's a great way to just put pictures of ideas you have & see how everything looks together. It's my biggest fear that I'll have so many ideas for my big day that I'll end up with a hodge-podge looking wedding. This way you can see if it's cohesive & just put all your ideas in one place!

Do you even have to ask? Of course I made one of my own.


& let me just go ahead & say... I am not the type of person that needs a big, flashy, sassy, gorgeous, heart-stopping, event of the century, wedding. I love Bo so much, I would be just as happy to go down to City Hall & get married that way. Or fly out to Vegas & elope in one of those tacky little casino chapels. Our families would be ticked & kill us both, but I would be happy to do it that way as well.

I know my day will come, & it will come when the time is right for me & my life. I could sit around all day & be jealous of others, but that would just make me a bitter old biddy. So in the meantime, I'm going to focus on being happy for the people who's 'right time' is now!

XOXO

P.S. When you join the website, it asks you to 'save the date' of your wedding & it has a running countdown at the bottom of the page at all times. I have to laugh because currently it says 'Welcome Austin, 803 days until your wedding!' haha!
What? You all thought I would pick a date that was remotely soon? Joining the website is delusional enough... I'm not going to kid myself any further!