Fall Obsession: Volume 2

Although I am not a fan of the laziness that gloomy weather instills in me, especially because I am a lazy person to begin with, I do enjoy other things about Fall. Nothing makes me quite as happy as happy as snuggling up in a fab sweater with a cute scarf, and, of course, boots boots boots!

So I would like to dedicate all the boots I want, but sadly can't afford....so if you would like to oogle with me that would be great!


I will categorize by the coolest trends this year...

Ankle Boots

Image from: Nordstrom

Hello, lovely. I might have mentioned this before, but the girliness in me is obsessed with ANYTHING with a bow. I think it can make anything a little more lady-like. And how lady-like are these beautiful shoes? I want. I need. 

Images from: Sole Struck

Oh Jeffrey Campbell, you may not be for everyone, but you are absolutely for me! The wedge bootie is the definition of hip, and no one quite pulls it off like Jeffrey Campbell. Pair these with some opaque tights, and your lookin' fly for fall!

Military Inspired

Image from: Bloomingdale's

I love the shearling around the ankle, SO fall! I have been seeing these military boots everywhere this year. They are a little extreme, but if paired with something a little girly, then it will keep the outfit from looking too themed.

Cold Weather Boots

Image from: Bloomingdale's

Um, these boots make me WISH that it rained here more often. If it did, I would wear these babies every. single. day.(Note the bow) This will be one of the few times that I sigh and say "too bad I live in Southern California".

Over-the-Knee

Image from: Bloomingdale's

Yes yes, I know, ANOTHER bow! I am sorry, I can't help myself, I am drawn to them. I have been wanting over-the-knee boots for a very long time. But the problem you see is that they are a statement boot, so you must be careful of the style you choose. (We don't want to come off as Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman) These are casual enough to look fab but not trashy!

Riding Boots

Image from: Nordstrom

I used to have brown riding boots, but I literally tore them apart. The soles of the shoes fell off before I was forced to throw them away. These are the type of boots you can wear everyday with absolutely everything. They are the Everyman of the boot world. 

Prettttyyyyy

Image from: Nordstrom

Haha. OKAY. I know these aren't boots, but I waannnttt. Every woman should have a pair of nude pumps (they make your legs look miles long), and this pair is FIERCE.

Okay, since I am no more wealthier then I was at the beginning of this post, I will go on the hunt for a complete replica of these shoes for 95% less then they cost. Those exist right? right?

Until Next Time. :)

Ummm Can You Say EXCITED????

Hello all! Today is a good day, and let me tell you why. One of my favorite blogs It's Simple Love has an a vintage store on Etsy called Ande Monster. (and you ALL must know how much I love vintage clothes by now right??)Her stuff is amazing, and I am kind of obsessed...


Anyways...This other A-M-A-Z-I-N-G blog Wild and Precious is doing a giveaway with Raechel (It's Simple Love)!!! What are they giving away you ask? A vintage Polaroid Camera!!! I know! I KNOW! 

Image from: It's Simple Love

I have wanted a Polaroid Camera for SO long, so I am crossing all my fingers and toesies (you can too for me, thanks!) to hope I get this camera! We shall see......


Until Next Time. :)

Sppoooookkyy!!!

In case you didn't know, it is now officially Halloween season! I am proud to say that Halloween is one of my FAVORITE holidays (Okay, besides Christmas, who doesn't like Christmas?). 


Anyways, I am a HUGE scary movie fan, and Halloween allows me to embrace my inner crazy person and watch all the scary movies I want. I am always looking for cool new scary movies to become obsessed with, but I also have favorites that I watch every year.


These favorites include, but are not limited to the following:

Image from: Valley Drive-ins

This is THE quintessential Halloween movie, and it is a must every year! It combines two of my favorite thing, spookiness and musicals. Genius! It is a bit out there, but if you take a chance, you will not be disappointed. 

(p.s. How excited are you for Glee to do Rocky Horror Picture Show?)

Image from: Movie Forum

Before there was Bella and Edward, there was Brad Pit, Kristen Dunst, and Tom Cruise playing some freaking cool vampires! This movie might be one of my favorite movies of all time, it is so well done. 

Image from: LAist

I am a sucker for a good monster movie, and Cloverfield is just that. It is filmed in the "mocumentary" standpoint, so you feel like your right in the middle of the action. What would you do if a giant monster attacked your city? Is it weird that I think it is romantic that Nick said he would come get me, no matter what?

I could go on about all the different scary movies I LOVE (I am talking about you Paranormal Activity, The Strangers, Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Living Dead....shoot got distracted).


Not only are all the movies too legit to quit, the decorations around Halloween are so much fun!! There is a restaurant down the street called Barbarella who literally decorates their whole restaurant, and the the whole block around it. Awesome. 


So random, but I am kinda sorta obsessed with the Picasa feature on Blogger! You can do awesome things to photos! I even upgraded to 2 dollars a month, so that I can do even cooler features to my picture. So here is a few extra spooky that I created (or did I?) just for you!

Just posin for a picture...oh no...what's that in the background?

Oh no! Someone has crossed our faces out with blood! What does it mean????????????

Some kind of creature scratched us out....it must want us dead!

Oh you know, just some of my zombie friends and I, enjoying some drinks and...eyeballs?????

Haha! Okay, I am not officially a Halloween nerd, and proud of it! Get excited for updates on my spooky festivities throughout the month in celebration of this amazing holiday!

Until Next Time. :)

Yum Yum Yum!

If you know me at all, you know that I love LOVE LOVE to bake! Although, my increasingly growing belly would disagree. But thats okay, because baking and all baked goods bring me joy. And I can always go to the gym later to work it off right? Riiighhtt....

Anyhoo, nothing makes me quite as happy as cupcakes!! 

Image from: http://glutenfreeinsandiego.blogspot.com/

Let me break this down for you....

A cupcake brings all the gloriousness of a cake right to the palm of you hand. But there is something about the cupcake that is 2987398347 times better then a slice of cake. In my opinion, the cupcake brings the perfect cake to frosting ratio that a cake just cant give you. You may disagree, but I am not ashamed to say I love cupcakes!

So, I love finding new cupcake places in different cities. I just recently moved to La Jolla, and found a place called Cups to try out! 

How exciting is this?? I decided that I must go immediately, and off I went! Let me tell you, I fell in love!

Image from: http://secretsinsandiego.com/category/la-jolla-2/

Image from: http://korporatekelly.wordpress.com/category/giddy-cosmetics/

Although I am not partial to modern design, Cups is pulling it off! It brought the feel of swanky lounge and combined it with the deliciousness of cupcakes. They even had a DJ playing music when I walked in! I loved the concept of this place, and had never seen anything like it before. Good job, Cups! I approve!

Now, lets get down to the nitty gritty...

Image from: http://www.ucsdguardian.org/focus/site-seen/cups/

Image from: http://spoonandchair.com/2010/08/19/cups-cupcakes-la-jolla/

First of all, Cups has hundreds and hundreds of interesting and amazing flavors. I suggest going to the website, Cups La Jolla, and looking through all of them. They have a few classic flavors that they have every day, and then they have new flavors that they make depending on the day of the week. 

Here are the flavors I decided on:

Old School Vanilla: 

Vanilla cup topped with sweet vanilla American buttercream

Nuts Over Chocolate (v): 

Chocolate cup topped with peanut butter frosting, chocolate syrup and peanuts

Not-so-Red Velvet: 

Southern style chocolate buttermilk cup topped with sweet cream cheese frosting

Better with Bacon: 

Vanilla bean cup flavored with rich maple syrup topped with maple buttercream and crisp maple sugar-cured bacon

Yup, you read that correctly, Bacon!! So me and fellow cupcake judge Nicholas give Cups an A+! These cupcakes were DE-LIC-OUS!!!!!! My favorite was surprisingly the vegan cupcake, Nuts Over Chocolate. The peanut butter frosting literally melts in your mouth. 

Not that I have any certification, but as a self-proclaimed cupcake expert, I would definitely Cups La Jolla!

Until Next Time. :)

Doldrums

It's officially YUCKY outside. That, among other things, has put me in a state of doldrums. I am just "blah", "eh", "ack", "ugh"....shall I go on??




Since my monetary problems have not improved, and I still haven't found a job, and its bad weather outside, I supposed I have to be somewhat creative. Usually, I just go shopping when I am in in a "blah" mood...but I'm broke. And the whole filling a Cart up at the Forever 21 website, but then not actually buying anything is starting to get a wee bit depressing.




So, I can either sit here and pout (lets not glaze over how tempting this sounds...), or do something about it! But, what you ask? Well, I will tell you...


I need a change..something new...so my decision to get me out of my doldrums was a new haircut!


drumroll pleeaassee.....

Alright, alright! Hopefully this will kick me out of this yucky state of mind, and push me to do something new and exciting. I will let you know!

Until Next Time. :)

La Jolla Cove!

Do you know what I realized today?
I live in SAN DIEGO!!!
Life sometimes get so hectic and glum that I forget to look around and smell the metaphorical roses. So, I made a vow to myself to appreciate this B-E-A-UTIFUL city that I live in. I mean, seriously though, if I took a second, I would realize that San Diego is the place to be, and there 2874745983329408378 things to do here.


This recent realization has inspired to me to *GASP* walk outside and *GASP* explore the city! First stop, La Jolla Cove!


So I turned to my fellow adventurer and love of my life, Nicholas, and told him were going exploring! And off we went....

Ummm cave? Yes where do I sign up? We went to explore and discovered that it cost money to go into the cave...disappointment....

Unstable cliff? Sweeet.... You will observe that the picture is of Nicks back because I was to terrified to go to the edge of the cliff. I will stay back on the part where I can't die thank you very much!

We went down to the beach part of the amazing Cove to see all the cool sea life! Little did we know we would be getting a work by skipping from rock to rock, trying not to kill ourselves. 

This guy has it all figured out, fat and lazy, and everyone still thinks he's cute!  

The deadly rock-maze, oh yeah, the moss covered ones are slippery too..ggrreeaattt....

We got to walk through a mini-cave!

There were so many little tide pools! It was so exciting what cool creatures were lurking in each one!

Pondering all of the lovely exploring adventures we just had!

SO moral of the story was that San Diego is kind of amazing, and I can't wait to explore more parts of this city!! Next up, Nick and I have some lovely Halloween-esque plans coming up this month...pumpkin patches, Scream Zone, Costume shopping, etc. 

Until Next Time. :)

Respect!

As some of you might know, I am the youngest child in my family. Not only am I the baby, but I am the only girl with two older brothers. If you ask my brothers, they would say these two traits had proven to be quite beneficial to me growing up. Due to pride, I will NOT admit I was spoiled!


I have recently come to appreciate the other benefits of having two older brothers, that I didn't realize before. So today I will take the time pay credit to my brothers who educated me in music and entertainment at a young age. I would not have come to appreciate half the things I do now, if it weren't for you.


Here is a list, in no particular order, of all the things I love because I have older brothers:


1. Michael Jackson

Alright, I know he is an international superstar, but there is no way I would have loved M.J. like I did if it weren't for Bryn and Shea. I am pretty sure I was listening to Michael when I was a baby. And I still remember the first time Bryn made me watch the "Thriller" video, even though I was way to young and it scared the S&*! out of me! So, I thank you bros for teaching me how to moonwalk and dance battle to the tunes of good ol' M.J.




2. Comic Books

SO I will admit that I am a HUGE nerd. I get equally psyched whenever I hear that a new comic book movie is coming out, and I have my bro-skies to thank for that. I still remember going to the comic book store with them every week when the new comics would come out. I never bought any, but I would always sneak in their rooms and read all of them....even the ones that were in "mint condition", that I wasn't supposed to open...oops....

3. 90's Hip-Hop

Hip-hop and rap today doesn't even compare to what I listened to growing up in the backseat of my brother's Rocky, with the ridiculous sound system built in. If you disagree, you can go ahead and stop reading right now. Nothing can beat the sounds of 2Pac or Biggie, old school Jay-Z, Dupri, heck I will even take Will Smith "Summertime"....the list goes on and on....and I would never appreciate it without the help of my brothers.

4. The Classics

Before there were remakes, remastered, sequels, or prequels, there were The Classics. Those movies that define your childhood, that make you want to learn karate, fight ghosts, or master the force. Those were the movies I grew up watching with my brothers. 

5. Video Games 

Although I never beat Super Mario Bros., and I could never quite make it past the guy whose pants dropped in Punch-Out!, I still loved playing all your video games. If it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't have had the newest video game console at my disposal to practice for hours.....and yet still never beat you! Grrrr!

So thank you Shea and Bryn, from taking me for taking your spoiled little sister, and teaching her how to be a little bit cooler. While, some might see it as being a little unorthodox to let an 8 year-old listen to 2 Pac, I give you nothing but respect....I love you both!

Until Next Time. : ) 

A Little Bit of Sunshine!

The sun was out in San Diego, just about two months late of summer, but I'll take it! I decided that tonight would be a baking night, and gave Nick the decision as to what were going to make. Then I got his message saying that he wanted to make Lemon Cake! How appropriate...a little bit of sunshine right there in the kitchen!

Nick had a recipe from his mom. Here are a round up of the ingredients:

Lemon Cake

                              - Yellow cake mix (I used Pilsbury Moist Supreme)

                              - Lemon Jello      

                              - Powdered Sugar

                              - 4 Eggs

                              - 3/4 Cup Vegetable Oil

                              - 2 Tablespoons Butter

                              - 2 Lemons

                              

Thats it! Easy ingredients! Now you will be on your way to Lemon Deliciousness!!

Ok! So first you mix the Yellow Cake Mix with the Vegetable Oil, followed by the 4 Eggs (which should be mixed together in another bowl before hand), and lastly add 2 Tablespoons of softened butter. 

Then you mix 3/4 Cup of hot water with the Lemon Jello powder.Pour that Jello concoction in with the other mixed ingredients. 

While mixing them all together until no lumps are left, slice one lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the batter.

It's starting to look more and more like sunshine!

This recipe is supposed to be for a bundt cake, but we have no bundt-like cake containers to cook in, so I had to improvise. I used and 11 X 7 baking dish instead, and it worked out just fine.

Anyways, stick that sucker in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees! 

Now the icing! Yum!! And get ready to be shocked by how easy it is. All you do is mix together Lemon Juice and Powdered Sugar! However, there are no measurements here, so just eyeball it until the frosting becomes thick and delicious looking! 

Drizzle the frosting on the cake when it gets out of the oven....annnnnd YUM

Ok, so we had a MINOR sinking in problem in the middle of the cake. I have this problem making things look as good as they taste. But lets just ignore that and move on...Let the cake cool and then cut in and enjoy!!

Let me just say thank you to Nick's mom who gave us this amazing recipe!!! It was sooo yummy. Try it yourselves!

Until next time. :)