thank youuu

A lovely thank you goes out to Lindsay of Scenic Glory 

for giving me a Stylish Blogger Award!  

If you're not already a follower, please go check out her lovely blog.  

She loves retro and vintage things,

and her blog is super fun to read :)

I did my 7 Stylish things blog a week ago, thanks to Kai!

So if you haven't checked it out yet:

click here!

Thanks again Lindsay :) 

[day three] xoxo, gossip girl

Day Three. Your favorite television program.

My roommates and I chose not to pay for cable 

or for any channels at all, really.

So, my television watching is pretty limited.

When I went to New York City with my high school senior class in 2008,

we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and saw that a 

show was filming there on the steps.

That show was Gossip Girl, and they were filming the famous steps where Little J was exiled from in the first season of the show.  

Ever since then, I've been hooked.

I absolutely love Gossip Girl.

I started watching it with my mom, and since I'm in college now,

Brooke and I always make the drive over to Olivia's house to watch the latest episode on Monday nights.

This season just keeps getting better and better.   

Who else likes Gossip Girl?? 

I'm so excited for tomorrow night just for this reason:

knowing that I'll be watching it gets me through my 3-hour night class on Monday nights.

pilgrims and indians

Probably my favorite quote from this Thanksgiving had to do with the holiday itself.

Me: What's Thanksgiving again? 

I know it's when the pilgrims and indians ate together.

Brooke: It's when the indians said, "yeah, we'll teach you how to fish."

My favorite part about Thanksgiving was the night before.

My dad left Thanksgiving morning for South America with my brother, 

so we had a good-bye dinner at Flavors of India.

I absolutely LOVE indian food...it's right up there next to mexican food.

Check it out:

I wish Thanksgiving was with India Indians so that instead of turkey, we would have rice, aloo mutter, and aloo gobi :)

[day two] tats & needle guns

Day Two. Talk about your piercings or tattoos, if you have any.

I have my ears pierced.  I got them done when I was five.  Then I got lazy, and I've had to get them re-pierced twice since I let the holes close up.

I need to get a better collection of earrings.  

I love them, but I'm pretty limited.

My favorites are just pearl earrings.

So classy.

I've always pondered about getting a tattoo,

but the idea of permanence is very scary.

My dad would be so mad if I ever got one!!

But...Brooke's leaving me for study abroad next Fall, 

which will be the longest we've ever been apart (right now it's a week).

We might get our birthday in roman numerals on our wrists to signify our twinnie-ness.

I'm not sure though!

It would still work with jobs because a watch could easily cover it.

What do you think??

getting ready for sota

Yesterday was an exciting day.  

After work, Nick came over and we started planning our shopping list.  

I'm going to go meet his family in Minnesota right before Christmas!!  

So, it's a little bit colder there than it is in Arizona--

which means shopping time!!  

We went to Buffalo Exchange, and I got a couple jackets, some long sleeve shirts, and sweaters.  

Then we picked up Brooke from school, got Starbucks Christmas drinks, and we all went to Fashion Square for more shopping.  

I found an amazing fuzzy hat to keep my ears warm in the snow.  

I'll probably get made fun of, but I'm really excited to wear it.  

I wore it all night.  

While Brookie did homework, Nick and I went on a search for s'mores, but no one had marshmellows (since we didn't want to drive all the way to the grocery store haha).  

We came back with wine instead, which was totally fine with me :) 

Little exciting tidbit I learned about myself last night: 

I like pinot noir, so now I like certain kinds of red wines even though I'm a white wine girl.  

Then we went outside to the firepit that Nick bought for El Casa Trio & listened to music and roasted veggie dogs!! So delicious.  

Yesterday was the beginning of the holiday season for me.  

It was chilly, I listened to Christmas music, I roasted things by the fireplace, and made my reservations to spend a few days in the snow!