Interesting Evening

The question of the night was: What the hell did you put in those margaritas??? Anyway, let’s rewind a bit.

My mom and I had one of her coworker friends over for dinner last night. Now, if you know my mom then you know that she never has dinner parties. But, she remodeled her house recently. So, now why shouldn’t she? She needs to show it off!

Our Saturday involved several errands to prepare for the dinner soirée.

C’est la mode.

I love flanel in the fall. Not only is it comfortable but you can turn redneck into chic. Although it doesn’t feel like fall. Yesterday it hit 80 degrees. Really, Oklahoma, really? I don’t think we got the memo that it’s supposed to be cold this time of year.

I am trying to grow out my bangs, hence the headband in every photo.

Since I received Marie-Anne the macbook, I have been able to talk to my hot husband on skype. Skype is the easiest (and cheapest) way to talk trans-Atlantic.

Of course, facebook was in the cards too. Sexy glasses, Hans.

The evening started out innocent enough.

with a taco spread- lean ground beef, lettuce, tomato, salsa, flour & corn tortillas, and hard tortilla shells.

and the star.

A mountain of guacamole.

And then the margaritas were poured. I had 1.5 margaritas and then the drunk tipsy photos of myself started coming in at fool force.

Wow.

A shot up the nose. Lovely.

Classy.

This leads me to the question.. what the hell were in those margaritas?? 1.5 drinks has never affected me like that. I did some thinking when I woke up this morning- with a headache. When I looked back on my calorie intake for yesterday it was extremely low which leads to a lightweight being even more of a lightweight. We were running around the whole day, I just didn’t have the time to eat much. Let’s just say the night ended with a couple (or 3) of homemade brownies. Hey, at least I made up for my calorie deficit.

When I woke up this morning, I immediately made friends with my water bottle.

Hi friend. Now, I will devour you.

I am feeling better already.

Back for good

Sorry I have been MIA for about 3 weeks. With Hans’ family coming to visit, going to NYC, driving to Tulsa, starting a new job, missing my husband and my laptop breaking- blogging was almost impossible. Blogging has become my creative corner and I truly missed writing and expressing myself. What have I been enjoying lately?

Plenty of nourishing vegetables.

Glo bars (!!!) Awake

I could smell the coffee aroma as soon as I opened the package.

and Empower

Empower is my favorite- with a subtle coffee flavor, and dark chocolate. What could honestly be better? My two loves made into one. Of course, it tastes better knowing that it’s vegan and made with organic ingredients. And to top it off, I have been reading Angela’s blog since it first started about a year ago. She puts so much hard work and passion into her baked goods and it really shows when you take that first bite.

I created a unique wrap combination the other day.

A flat out wrap with gouda, cloudberry jam and spinach. If you haven’t had the chance to try cloudberry jam- you really should. It is hard to find but the taste is different than any other jam or marmalade.

What is life without candy? No life of mine.

I love to bake. For other people. I would rather have a candy bar than the best chocolate cake ever made.

C’est la mode

I love fashion. But my style has been on a hiatus for awhile due to financial and other issues but it’s making it’s way back. I have grown a lot in the last few years with my style of clothing and I continue to grow and change direction. I like what I like and that’s the end of it. This is my outfit that I wore to work the other day. After taking this photo, I decided it needed something else so I added a red scarf.

Much better. Although it is 75 degrees but I decided that the month of November is officially fall clothing no matter if it is 75 or 32. Thus, the scarf stayed even when it got warm.

Enjoy your Saturday!

She’s here!!

Yes, my new macbook is a she.

I think she deserves a name as well.

She is beautiful- yes I just called my laptop beautiful.

I am thinking Marie-Anne the macbook. What do you think?

Blog Hiatus

Unfortunately, it is just too hard to blog while I am waiting for my new macbook. The good news is that it will be here in 3-5 business days. See you then!

xoxo

Back in the game

or I guess I should say back to work! You cannot even imagine my excitement when I got a substitute teaching job for the high school French teacher!! I want to teach French! I was ecstastic when I went to bed last night, I could hardly sleep at all.

Do I look like a teacher?

Yeah, my students didn’t think so either but oh well.. as soon as I establish the “respect” issue, I never have any problems. This was my outfit from today, I had a hard time finding things that were dress code in my closet but oh well. Not fashion forward but it works for a cute, comfortable teacher outfit. I was just dreaming and wishing that it was my own French classroom.

Paris. Le sigh.

Today made me feel like a real teacher instead of a babysitter, which sadly.. is exactly what substitutes are. But today, I could actually help the students with their work. It made me realize that this is truly what I want to do and I can finally stop changing my mind every 2 months. I just hope after such a fantastic day at work that I don’t have to substitute for a bunch of runny nose middle school math students tomorrow, haha.

Anyway, today was round 2 of Poor Girl Meals. Cereal.

Not just any cereal, but Kashi Warm Cinnamon Heart to Heart. That makes a difference, of course w/some greek yogurt and fruit.

I preceded to add even more cinnamon with a warm North Carolina apple and a squirt of maple syrup.

Were you one of those people who knew at a young age what you wanted to do with your life? or were/are you like me and change your mind every other day?

Lame

Handing out Halloween candy instead of going to a cool, grown up costume party was pretty lame of me. Being lazy, talking to Hans on msn and baking on a Sunday afternoon instead of going to a dia de los muertos festival downtown was another lame move. What can I say? I guess I am just lame, sometimes. I am cool with that.

What did I do instead of the festival?

Why baking, of course. I made a batch of toll house chocolate chip cookies by mom’s request. It’s an office birthday tomorrow. You know I can never turn down a baking assignment.

You can jazz up chocolate chip cookies however you’d like- with dried fruit, nuts, oatmeal but the tried and true always turn out the best.

Aren’t the gorgeous? They smelled heavenly.

The recipe made a butt load of perfect chocolate chip cookies.

Along with being my lame-self I made a lame dinner tonight. I am practicing major money saving skills since I need to buy a new laptop soon.

Save every last penny Poor Girl’s Wrap. A multi grain flat out spread with a thin layer of chipotle (spicy love) hummus, turkey slices, 1 slice of gouda and spinach.. warmed up on the skillet.

I am so excited for my first day back to work tomorrow!!!

What are some of your cheap meal ideas? I need help!

Dia de los muertos

Happy November 1! Crazy much? The holidays are upon us, and I have almost been living in the states for 1 year. Time goes by fast which is a reminder to stop worrying about my future and live in the now.

Pumpkin and apples are slowly moving their way out and egg nog and peppermint are moving their way in. Know what I mean?

I simply cannot give up flavored creamer. So now I add mostly half & half with a tsp of the good stuff.

Like my new coffee mug? It makes for a new header and only $3.

Rewind to Halloween. My mom and I were running errands all day and then we stopped by a friend’s to hand out Halloween candy. I am not one for football but my mom graduated from OSU so we watched them get killed by Texas. Boo, I dislike Texas.

Some trick or treaters stopped by.

I love my aunt’s costume especially the purple eye make up. Fabulous.

The infamous candy bowl.

I enjoyed a chocolate froyo with Reese’s so I wouldn’t devour 10 handfuls of candy.

It worked but those mini Reese’s took some willpower.

There is a dia de los muertos festival in downtown Tulsa this evening. I have always been intrigued by this Latin holiday since my 8th grade Spanish class. Maybe I will make a trip there to see what it’s all about.

What did you do for Halloween?

Always a way

Hi! Happy Halloween!!

I love blogging, and when something you love is gone, you feel lost so I found a way to keep up with my blog while I am waiting for my new mac!! It will be about two weeks but I can wait.

So, where have I left off from my fabulous trip to nyc? I think Thursday. Well, on Friday.. we went on a bus tour, which was less than fantastic and quite boring. The tour guide was speaking Swedish so I didn’t pick up 100% of what she was saying and she was talking very fast. We stopped in Harlem, which was fun to see. The style, art, everything is different up there. But I learned to appreciate it in the 30 minutes we had to walk around and explore. We stopped our bus tour at ground zero and then we were on our own. Helena, Roland and I stopped at a French Bistro for lunch and I had the most amazing omelette that I have ever tasted. Yet, I don’t have a photo So sad.. it was in the same bunch that I accidentally deleted. Just imagine a small, cozy french cafe with native speakers, and native food. The chef was certified in Paris. It was lovely. After our lunch, we walked to Soho and I was on my own!! I spent a good two hours window shopping and looking in the stores. It took me a 1.5 hours to walk back to the hotel in midtown but of course I had to stop for a good cup of coffee and people watching date along the way.

I ended up with a pair of black steve maddens. My old black ballet flats lasted me for 2 years and I got a new pair last year and they were horrible so I went back to the Steve Maddens and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

My first attempt at the bathroom mirror outfit photo shoot. It was a nice try, lol.

Casual “errand running” outfit. Skinny Jeans- Express. Black tank top- Gina Tricot. Pink Scarf- No Idea. Grey sweater- Express. Black ballet flats- Steve Madden. Did you hear he was coming out with a clothing line? Can’t wait.

On that note

PC or Mac?? Hmmm… Hans says a mac but mom says PC?? I am confused so I will do some research but I wanted to ask you all what your thoughts are?

My life broke

Hi!

I just stopped in to say that I am back in Tulsa after a long 20 hour drive of which it was raining for more than half the way. But the good thing is that I am back safe and sound. But.. my laptop broke. I have to purchase a new one so I don’t know when I will be back to blogging. Hopefully soon. In the meantime, I will miss you guys! xoxo