Wedding Attire Talk

No, I am not getting married! No, I am not engaged! But.....I do have an opinion...come on, you know this...it's me we are talking about. I always have an opinion. Here it is....

Brides spend ooo-goodles of money on a dress that you WILL NEVER wear again and then when it comes to shoes, most are like who cares, you aren't going to see my feet much anyway. Well, here are my thoughts. When it comes to budgeting for wedding attire, spend 20% of your attire budget on dress and 80% on your SHOES!!!
WHITE DRESS YOU WON'T WEAR AGAIN, BUT SHOES, SHOES YOU CAN WEAR AGAIN!!


So when my day comes, it'll be...hello David's Bridal $99 dress sale, and HELLO Christian Louboutin(see above picture), Manolo, or Jimmy Choo! Face it, we all want a fancy pair of ridiculously expensive shoes, who wants a ridiculously expensive dress you can only look at hanging in the closet taking up space!! You can always remember the day that started your journey when you slip on your special shoes...because, if they have red bottoms then they are SPECIAL!!

Think about it like this: Wedding versus Marriage

A wedding is one day and you will wear that dress once, and most likely will be out of style in the coming years. A marriage is suppose to last a lifetime, and that's a lot of miles you will be trekking with your intended. Make your feet look pretty with shoes that never go out of style!!

I won't lie...I have already looked at shoes...looking at dresses before engagement is bad luck...but there is no harm in looking at shoes....

Christian Louboutin: Sparkly Prefection or the I love you, but I love the shoes more (Not really, but maybe just a little) or the We could be best friends for life ...the one's I would love and cherish forever and forever, and may wear to bed every night are pictured above (Yes, SATC 2 ones).

My favorite Jimmy Choo's : Sparkly black, Sparkly Silver Ankle Strap, Strappy and metallic..oh my and best and most expensive for last

ManoLO LO LO : The ever famous "Something Blue" in the Manhattan closet or the "Someone took my shoes", "She made us take our shoes off at the door" shoes

And lest we not forget Prada- "I've taken a LOVA"

With all that said, is it "Diamonds are a girls best friend", or is it "a designer pair of shoes are a girls best friend"!

There is only one Vegas

So peeps...we need to have a talk. I need to get a pet peeve off my sleeve. Once upon a time, a really drunk, fun person that loved to gamble decided to build a place called Las Vegas...there is no other place like it, despite others' efforts. There will never be another place like it, and most certainly every town across America, will not ever be Las Vegas. (Okay not sure how Vegas was started, but I like my theory...and hats off to the person that created Vegas, because I am pretty sure without it, my favorite game, Craps, would not exist...so Cheers!! See you again soon, I promise!) Back to my point, I get really tired, annoyed, and kind of like "Dude/Dudette you aren't as cool as you think you are" when people take the first letter of their city of choice (whether it be where they grew up, went to college, live now, or just might be going to for a weekend) and attach "Vegas" to the end of it. Oh, you know these people, and the facebook era has increased this usage, because of status updates people ACTUALLY think we care what they are doing, and think they should up their cool factor (which they aren't) by throwing in, "Heading to G'Vegas this weekend" or "Don't you wish you were here in Val'Vegas". (okay I know the last one is more than the first letter, but this is for Valdosta, Ga, I've heard this one alot, and have held my tongue this long) Hey Dip Shit...do you have gambling, do you serve drinks while I roll dice, are your bars/clubs/restaurants open 24 hrs a day, can you buy a Louis Vuitton and a hooker on the same city block, do you have caged lions, do you have a water fountain show (and no I don't mean the token city drunk peeing in the town square fountain), do you have BETTE MIDLER...since you can't say yes to any of the questions, please NEVER SAY (insert letter here)'VEGAS ever again! Please and Thank you!

Speeding...I am going to claim it's hereditary

Seriously... I think it is. Did you know my father? Have you met his brother? Apparently ride shotgun with my uncle and you will be crying prayers to sweet baby Jesus, or so says my brother in law!

Well, I got my second ticket in over 6 months Easter weekend.

The previous one was Labor day weekend. Guess what, both were in the tragic and unfortunate state that is South Carolina. Side note: I really hate the palmetto state! There are plenty of good reasons, just to name a few...HIGHWAY PATROL, terrible roads, Steve Spurrier (okay that's a tick against the state of Florida also), and a few other's I won't publicly list :) Anyway, the two tickets, put SC on the top of my most disliked states. I truly believe the only thing going for it is the beaches...seriously if they didn't have a coast they would be screwed!

Back to the point of the blog entry...speeding. I had a really good run there for awhile. The last speeding ticket prior to the labor day one was in Athens, Ga in the Summer of 2003, or it could have been the one I got in Perry, Georgia coming back from the Ga/Fla game, but I can't remember when that one was. Needless to say, I am not new to the blue flashing lights and the pretty pastel slips of paper. Should I do the laundry list?!?! I may not be able to remember the exact order, but here goes a try.
1. 80 in a 55, Junior year of High School (1999), coming home from babysitting to go to the football game (I was the team statistician...who else was going to keep up with who ran/threw how many yards...I had to be there on time)

2. 55 in 35, end of freshman year of college (2001), boyfriend at the time was moving out of dorm, and I took his friend to go get food(a guy named Corona-he even asked me loudly with the cop standing there...where's the nearest dunkin donuts, seriously that's when the warning flew out of reach)

3. 80 in a 70, on I-75 through speed trap that is Perry, Ga. I was so tired and coming back from a loooong weekend in Jacksonville, FL. I think it may have been fall of 2003.

4. Ran a stop sign in some ghetto off of I-20 in Atlanta on the way to six flags, I swear that I didn't see it, and went to court and got out of it (Cop was a no show)

5. 51 in a 35, literally 2 days after the stop sign ticket, in Athens, GA, not a mile from my apartment on College Station.

So the last one was sometime in 2003. I went a good 6 years without a blip, a warning, and then bam, 2 in 6 months.

Well, I have never heard of getting a lawyer for a traffic violation, but up here in the Carolina's, it's apparently what everyone does. I got my first lawyer, and I didn't have to show up to court, he got my ticket reduced, and all I had to do was send a check for my ticket amount. I should have had an Staples "That was easy" button to smack.

So for now on, me and my Cruise control are going to have a very close and loving relationship! I HOPE!!!

Ugly Betty brings on Goodbyes

I thought it was great. I couldn't have pictured a better ending. I like the somewhat assumption that Daniel and Betty end up together.

I did feel that when Betty said good bye to her family it might get sappy. It did for me, as she was going down the line of family members, I started picturing her dad on the end, and I started sobbing. Of course, her dad was the last person she said good bye too. Memories came flooding back to my mind of my last day of living in South Georgia and in the only home I have ever known and moved 6 hours away. I remember saying goodbye to my dad, I remember knowing I could never tell him everything I wanted to say, so I left a letter laying on his pillow for him to find later, and I remember the tears.

I hate good byes, I really wish I never had to say goodbye to my dad on that day or on the day he died. It's really until we meet again.

Okay, whoa....I didn't think that talking about a TV show would bring about such emotions. See that's the funny thing about TV. It's meaningless shows, but they stir about personal emotions and relate able experiences.

Oh well, farewell "Ugly Betty", your craziness, fashion, eccentric story lines will be missed.

National Rifle Association

I'm a card carrying member of the NRA! Yessiree!

I got an email about joining an NRA wine club.....YAY...Wine and Guns!! whoop whoop!!

Sign me up!!! My first shipment will get here in about 1 to 2 weeks. 6 bottles for $6.99 a piece, what a discount. I can't beat that for a good bottle of wine at my local Harris Teeter.

So for all the liberals that think that the NRA is bad and want to take away gun rights...Suck it....I am going to sip wine and knock a deer off it's feet, and what you gonna do about it...NOT A DAMN THING!!!

Uncork, pour, swish, sniff, and sip, sip, sip, sip. Don't forget pow, pow, pow!

Glee-fully broke down

So, i just broke down today, and watched my very first episode of the hit show "Glee". Well I must say I was impressed. They included a sing off from one of my favorite musicals/plays (only one I have ever seen on Broadway), Wicked. I love me some WICKED!!! Green, green, everywhere!!

It had a good message about accepting people with handicaps, and ended with a number to "Proud Mary" where everyone "keeps on rolling down the river"

Okay, I broke down and I liked it!!

Dachshunds and Wheelchairs

Today in the office, we some how got on the topic of houses. I mentioned that when I was house shopping, I was very interested in a ranch home (which I ended up purchasing). One reason I did this, is because of my dog. I have a Dachshund named Gus. He will be six this November. Ever since I got him, the veterinarian has been clear that I must keep him at a good weight. I have also heard that it isn't good for them to jump off higher places or climb stairs (enter the reasoning for wanting a ranch). It's so hard to keep my little guy from jumping off steps or ledges, etc, but I can keep him from having to climb stairs on a daily basis.

Dachshund's tend to have a lot of back trouble as they get older, and need very expensive surgery (need to start saving now). They may have to be in a wheelchair post op also. I watched these videos a while ago, and wanted to share. If you have a wiener dog, you may tear up, because it's really sad, but it's also kind of cute and funny, as some of these dogs don't know it's even back there. We should learn from this....don't let bad experiences keep you down, just roll with the punches!

So if you have a doxie, try to keep them lean and safe!