Nights of Glamour and Glitter

This past weekend was splendid. There are several reasons for the splendidness of this past weekend, which include, A) I got to spend it with people I adore, B) I got to dress up...twice, and C) I purchased a Hobbit Moleskine Notebook.  

The weekend kicked off with an all night Glamour Night to celebrate Miss Emily Rita Hale turning a quarter of a century. We got all dolled up and took some hilarious shots. My hair was so full of hairspray that my bangs stood up without bobby pins. That is a lot of hairspray. I also had a ton of glitter put in my hair, which meant that every time I moved, I moved in a cloud of glitter. 

Then on Saturday I got to attend a murder mystery party...as a flapper. Which is my dream come true! I love the 20's! I altered a dress I found by adding fringe to the bottom and made my own headband.  I got to spend time with Miss Melissa and boy did we laugh. We looked up some 20's slang, drank fake alcohol, and tried to guess the 'murderer'.  

Honestly, I love dressing up. I have decided that I would be entirely happy dressing up in costumes to make my living. Just for fun, not to be an actress or a model.

Anyone having a costume party they want to invite me to?

Entering the World Of Pinterest

Source: baubauhaus.com via melissa on Pinterest

Since I got home from my mission, people have been talking to me about Pinterest. It sounded pretty neat, but knowing my obsessive nature and my desire to collage things, I decided it was probably better not. Until last week when I secretly joined. Well, not so secret now.

What I like best about Pinterest are not all the great recipes or funny quotes. Most delightful to me is that Pinterest is a fountain of all things nerdy. Which is why my one and only board, "the Nerd Herd" is mostly filled with things about Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, with a few pictures of libraries thrown in for good measure. And of course some cats.

So, if you like Harry Potter, or Cats, or Libraries, you should probably join me on Pinterest.

Mother Knows Best

My Mother seeing into the future...

At the beginning of July, I decided to spread my wings and fly away to live in Salt Lake. In order to do that, I needed transportation. Cheap transportation. My friend offered to sell me her car for an low price and my parents agreed. Perfect. Time to fly away.

There were a couple of things needed so that I could drive my new car...registration, a new battery, gas...so my Mother and I headed out to get my car ready to drive.  As we were driving to the DMV, it started to smoke a little. My Mother said 'That would be bad if your car started on fire'. Truer words were never spoken. Little did she know that she had just seen into the future. 

Two weeks later, I sat waiting on the side of the highway because my car was smoking. One more day and my engine burst into flames two houses from my destination. Luckily my clothes nor my cowboy boots caught on fire. AHHH!!

Then, I rode my scooter around Salt Lake for about two months. I was given candy by some homeless people, I got hit in the parking lot at work, I got whistled at everyday.

Now, I am a proud owner of a beautiful Canadian Toyota....

Isn't she pretty?

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