Every weekend should be a holiday weekend.

Don't you agree? Life would be so much more fun if there was a holiday every weekend. I guess it'd also be really tiring after a while too, but eh whatever, yay holiday weekends.

Friday: Luckily I didn't have to work Friday and got to enjoy some every day errand running, it was loverly. After my lazy lazy day Matt and I headed to my cousin's 16th birthday party (seriously how he's 16 already is beyond me, but yay birthdays!). Once the party was over Matt and I headed to a Mexican restaurant with some high school friends for margaritas and welcoming some back to town.

heart these guys

and these crazy ladies too

Definitely a great night overall, love my high school friends.

Saturday: Happy 4th of July!! Wahoo! Spent most of my morning doing a whole lotta nothing before heading to my aunt and uncle's house to swim for a bit. Aferwards Matt and I headed over to my parent's place for the big 4th of July BBQ they have every year with the neighbors and family. This year wasn't much different from past years, there were tons of people, tons of food, the fire department came and it was a great time all around.

the food line, oh there was a lot of food


everyone hangin out having a good time


my neighbor, Erica, dressed up like a firefighter


a bird's eye view
one of the firefighters went 100 ft up the ladder
and took my camera with him, so cool!


man that's so high up


oh what a gorgeous view


me and the fiance, heart


my sister and I were so patriotic
and wearing matching tops, haha


Megan and I having a good time

By the end of the night I'd had my fair share of margaritas so Matt and I just went home and watched a fireworks show on TV while we heard the real thing going on at the Rose Bowl. And then I believe I passed out sometime after that, oh man I'm such a rookie sometimes, haha. But man it was a great 4th of July.

Sunday: Slept in a bit (which was awesome) then went to brunch with Matt's dad and scoped out potential wedding location. Twas fun but then we came home and relaxed a bit (and I watched part of 10 Things I Hate About You, um love that movie). Ultimately the day didn't involve a lot except walking with my mom and having dinner with Matt while relaxing the night away. My favorite kind of day after a day like Saturday, haha.


And how was your 4th of July weekend? Any crazy stories? Good times all around I hope.




happy monday!

Dancing into the weekend.

So I know barely anyone is online today (including myself) so I leave with you with this Jackson 5 jam to rock out all weekend with. And um check out the outfits please! Michael's is amazing and so patriotic so it's totally appropriate for the 4th of July.

And I mean really what's a 4th of July BBQ without some jams and awesome dance moves?

Enjoy and have a great 4th of July weekend!





happy friday!

To iphone or not to iphone?

I want an iphone.

Yes I know this isn't a surprise. I've blogged about it in passing, I've tweeted it and plain just said it out loud. I want an iphone.

I can't help but play with other people's phones and envision one for myself and all the ridiculous and useless apps I can get. I want an iphone.

But... I've never paid over $100 for a phone before. And right now it's looking like the new schnazzy pants 3GS would cost me about $200 something, just for the phone!

On top of that my monthly phone bill right now is about $45 and I love it. So cheap, so easy, so nice. And if I join the iphone world my bill is sure to be about $90 to $100 or something. That's more than twice what I'm paying now.

But I want an iphone.

On top of it all Matt's been out of work for the past two months due to his back injury so that's not so hot. And umm we have a wedding next year that I should be saving for. And yeah, I'm traditionally a saver more than a spender.

But man I really want an iphone.

So tell me friends, what should I do? Suck it up, go to one less movie, order one less drink and get myself the most glorious phone around or be a smart saver and wait a bit longer to have the internet and cool apps at my fingertips 24/7?

What would you do? Please help.




happy thursday!

Will you go to prom with me?

So remember in May when it was prom season and everyone was posting pictures from their own proms back in the day? Yeah well somehow I missed that one. However, last night I was messing around on my computer and I found all these old high school pictures (prom ones included!) that I had completely forgotten about. So today I present you with a small peek into my prom past, enjoy:

Junior prom-2001

all the couples in front of my house before leaving


oh what lovely ladies!
my high school besties

Senior prom - 2002

all the cool ladies wear flip flops, obviously


coming downstairs to meet our dates, woo

Oh how I miss the high school days. I know some people didn't enjoy high school, but I had a freaking amazing time. It was so much fun! And dances! Oh the dances! I loved both of my proms so much and these pictures just bring me back. I also sort of love my Junior year prom dress the best, one of my favorite most simple yet elegant dresses ever, that I wish I could wear again to something, haha.

Did you love your prom? What did you wear? Would you wear it again? Ooooh high school.




happy wednesday!

That's so Hollywood.

Another Tuesday, another day in Hollywood. Let's get to it shall we...

• For today's first adorable bebe of Hollywood we have little Zuma Rossdale. This picture of him and Gwen is oh so precious. And is it just me or does he look like Jack Jack from The Incredibles?
  
  
  
  oh so cute.
  
  
  
• As for cute bebe number two of the day we have an oh so precious picture of Olive Cohen with her mom Isla Fisher. Seriously this picture just made my heart melt a little.
  
  
  
  adorableness.
  
  
  
• Moving on from the bebes and the cuteness to some Hollywood sadness. In the past week we've lost some major names in Hollywood. Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays. Seriously I don't think Hollywood can handle it. My thoughts and prayers are with their families.
  
  
• Speaking of Michael again however, since his passing I've discovered some fun facts about him. One. In the "Smooth Criminal" video and that slick leaning move, it's all in the shoes!! I never knew! I thought it was a harness or something. But no, the shoes, so cool. Two. The music video for "Liberian Girl" has so many celebs in it, it's amazing and needs to be watched pronto. Three. My favorite Tyra is at the end of the "Black and White" video, who knew?
  
  
• Moving on from the MJ news and on to a super cute story that made the teeny bopper in me squeal with happiness when I saw it last week. When Shia LaBeouf was on the Today Show last week, a super fan was in the audience outside and was lucky enough to be brought into the studio to not only meet Shia but "interview" him as well. And ah he was so nice and it was so cute and I was so happy for her and ah! Just watch the video and it's cuteness here.
  
  
• Speaking of teeny bopperness for today's Twilightesque news we have more Rob on the set of Remember Me looking oh so lovely. And I'm pretty sure he sleeps with Ray Bans on.
  
  
  
  why hello there.
  
  
  
• In movie news...
  Last week it was announced that the Academy has decided to increase the amount of Best Picture nominees from five to ten. TEN!?! I'm pretty sure that there aren't TEN Oscar worthy movies that come out every year but I guess we'll see what get nominated. Maybe New Moon will even make the running, haha.
  
  Last week was the LA premiere of 500 Days of Summer (which I sort of really want to see) and Zooey Deschanel looked divine. Seriously I want her dress, it's just so cute and heart her.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And in TV news...
  Desperate Housewives. Wisteria Lane just got it's newest resident, Drea de Matteo. The former Soprano will be joining the ladies of Wisteria with a husband and a flirty 19 year old son (I think he'll fit right in, haha). I guess they needed another blonde since Edie Brit was killed off last season and someone to stir things up, I think the new addition should be a good one.
  
  
• And lastly in today's WTF news we have a cheeto, yes cheeto like the chips. Apparently a couple got into a verbal altercation of sorts at a gas station and started throwing cheetos (and other chips) at each other. The cops were called and both were arrested on charges of domestic assault. Um say what? Assault? For throwing chips? Oh man that's a good one to tell the kids about, haha.
  
  

And that my friends is today's Hollywood news. Anything I missed?







happy tuesday!

Oh what a summerful busyful weekend.

Summer, I love you. Have I said that already? Because really I do. Even if I'm melting in my apartment as I write this I still love the summertime and the summertime weekends that come with it. And oh what a summer weekend this was...

Friday: After work I headed home and Matt and I had a mini BBQ with some chicken and lots of wine. It was quite nice and relaxing. We even busted out the Wii for some fun competitiveness. Basically it was a great way to wind down from the week and I loved it.

Saturday: Oh what a busy day. Woke up earlyish and headed over to Say Cheese for the cupcake meetup hosted by the fabulous Tara. Got to try some delicious cupcakes like peanut butter, peppermint and pound cake which was awesome (I think the PB ones were my favorite). After the meetup I headed over to Matt's mom's house to swim. Yay swimming! Seriously I'd been wanting to go swimming for weeks so it was lovely to finally do so especially with Matt, my neighbor and even my sister. After some good swim time I headed over to a friend's bridal shower. It was the first one I'd ever been to so I was excited to go (plus I was excited to see my elementary school friends). All in all it was a great shower and tons of fun and I'm glad I got to go.

Me and two girls I've known 18 years!
So crazy. But heart them all the same.

After the bridal shower I came home to meet up with my college friend Alli who drove up from San Diego! Even though I had just seen her last month I was pretty pumped to hang out with her. And what did we end up doing? Eating pizza, drinking wine, playing the Wii and laughing all night long. It was loverly.

Alli and I posing with the Wii remotes, haha oh boy


Yeah I couldn't keep a straight face


And finally a normal one, heart

Sunday: After sleepin in a bit me, Matt and Alli headed to some delicious breakfast. I love breakfast, seriously it's the best meal of the day. After breakfast Alli headed back home and Matt and I headed to the Dodger game with my mom and brother. Woo Dodgers! Our seats were amazing in the loge level and everything. Even though the game wasn't that great and we lost I still had a great time... and know Matt and my brother did too, haha.

oh my brother is so silly

and so is my fiance, haha

After the game we headed back to my parent's house and drank some margaritas and enjoyed another Michael special. Seriously I saw every Michael special this weekend, I couldn't help it. I miss him, my mom misses him and I can't help watching his videos and singing his songs still.

Basically I spent the rest of the night with Matt watching Transformers and the BET awards (yeah I had to watch the Michael tributes) and it was quite nice.

And how was your weekend? Any summering it up?



happy monday!