Sparkles, Greg, and hair.

Things that have happened lately:

- Working, eating, sleeping; repeat
- Consuming copious amounts of grapefruit, fending off the sickness that everyone seems to have
- Thinking a lot about being productive, but being lazy instead
- Missing Mr. H
- Dropping mugs on my head at work
- Debating big decisions
- Snuggling and cuddling with a husband and two fat cats every time I get a chance (not often enough)
- Sparkle toes
- The heat has returned to Texas, boo!

Things that have not happened lately:

- Winning the lottery
- Anything remotely creative
- Seeing the light of day (kidding)

I have no idea where this last week has gone. This is good because it's another week of pharmacy school down and a week closer to summer, but it is also a week where I feel I got absolutely nothing done. I have nothing to show for this last week and that's weird. Making and creating things makes me happy and I did zilch this week. I don't know how or why but I don't like it. Time is flying, and that is good, but I feel like I might as well have been in limbo not existing all week. Weirdness.

So even though I have diddly-squat to show for the last week, I treated myself to a pedicure today. Because although I didn't make anything pretty or yummy, I did work my butt off all week dealin' caffeine and these legs are tired.

I went all out and got pink sparkly toes. Because why not?

They make me happy. Happy toes!

While I was sittin' on the floor snappin' some pictures of my bedazzled feet, the cats decided to be cute. And by cats I mean Greg, because Sophie hates the camera.

Greg does this thing when he wants attention where he lays on his back with his belly and feet up. It looks like someone shot him. It's beyond cute. That boy knows how to work it. However as you can see, his charms don't work on Sophie. But they sure do on me!

Sweetest blue eyed baby, oh how we love you! Just not when you put your butt in our faces.

In hair news, my monster hair is gettin' pretty long:

Mirror pics y'all. Bringin' them back.

I'm on a mission to continue growing it out and to keep it as healthy as possible. Although it is in bad need of a trim. My mom got me a gift certificate to get my hair cut (perhaps as a hint?), so I think soon I'll get a trim.

In an effort to keep my hair healthy, I try to avoid attacking it with heat. I have straightened my hair once or twice this year so far. I blow dry it a little once a week or so just because it takes ages to air dry. For example, I showered at like 11 this morning and it probably finished drying at like 7 this evening. I have a lot of hair. And since I basically don't ever style my hair, it usually looks a little wild. It's not quite straight but not really wavy. It just does it's own thing, and I'm cool with that.

I just got some coconut oil to help with my dry ends. My hair gets really oily super fast near the roots, but the oil never makes it down to the ends so they're always a little on the dry side. I had been looking for something to condition them with but everything seemed full of chemicals. I looked at the ingredient list of some split end stuff yesterday and it was super long and contained a bunch of alcohols. Doesn't alcohol dry your hair out? Brendon said it was a bonding agent between chemicals or something, but that's too sciencey for me. I read on the internet somewhere that coconut oil was a good natural conditioner, so I figured I'd try it out. Hopefully it works because I bought a GIANT jar. It starts out as a solid but melts with heat. It's kinda neat, you can cook with it and use it on your skin and hair! It's a multitasking machine! I'll let you know how it goes. Hopefully I don't end up smelling like a bottle of Hawaiian tropic suntan lotion.

Well. This post was all over the place. My life is all over the place. And I like it.

Girl day

Today I decided to treat myself to a day of girly-ness. I have the whole day off and Mr. H is at school until late this evening. So why not? I dressed a tad fancier than my usual sweats and t-shirt combo and set out on the town.

Mirror pics are still cool right? Excuse my monster hair.

I took myself to a nice little lunch at one of my fav places, La Madeline's. That tomato soup is where it's at. I sat on the patio and enjoyed the lovely weather. And the wind. Austin folks, did you notice that it's quite a blustery day outside? A man walked by while I was eating and said, "I'm surprised you haven't blown away. I noticed you are the only one out here. It's really windy." THANK YOU good sir for pointing out the obvious. As dangerous as that breeze might have been, I survived and managed to eat my lunch without any trouble. Alone. And I enjoyed it.

 I always get a fruit tart every time I eat there. They are so good. I could have eaten at least 5.

Next up on my list was the mall. I still had a gift card from Christmas that I hadn't spent so I figured now was the time. I got a couple of really cute sweaters on super sale and still have moola left to spend. YES. Too bad it's summer already and I probably wont get to wear them until November. Supposedly a cool front is coming in tonight (hence the wind?) so maybe I'll get to wear them sooner rather than later. Cross your fingers y'all. They're cute.

Today is the day of mirror pics, in a dressing room too! Those are the sweaters I bought hanging in the back. I just had to get a shot of this skirt, because it's awesome. I got it for $15 at LOFT a little while back. It's navy and it has pockets. Love.

After my little shopping expedition, I headed home for some r&r. I painted my toe nails and am about to go get cuddly on the couch and watch a movie, I'm debating between Enchanted and Tangled. Yes, I am a 11 year old girl today. I also may bake some cookies. I love cookies.

Since it's been feeling so much like spring these days, I painted my toes light pink with a shimmery/glittery top coat. Like I said, eleven years old.

Every now and then I think it's good to take a "you" day. Spoil yourself just a bit. It's good for the soul.

Happy October!

We were welcomed into October with a lovely morning of coolness, even now it's only in the 80's! THE EIGHTIES! Not the 90's or 100's. It's so lovely. I think it's time to start sittin' on the porch in the evenings! Maybe I can convince Brendon to do some studying out of doors.

Today I decorated for Halloween. I had been waiting all week for it to be officially October so I could do so, and I'm surprised I made it. Decorating for holidays, or doing anything holiday related, is a passion of mine as I'm sure you all have gathered.

This ridiculous cat is my favorite of our decorations. Brendon got it for me a couple years ago. He brought it home from work one day and sat it on my desk to surprise me. It took a few minutes for me to realize it was there but when I did it scared the bejeezus out of me. I'm pretty sure I shrieked, which is very appropriate for Halloween. Mission accomplished, weird sparkly cat. I added a bow to make it cuter. Bows on everything y'all. Everything.

Also, this happened today. Orange toe pumpkin toe nails! That pumpkin was insanely hard to draw with a toothpick and cheap-o black nail polish. So hard I could only do it once, hence the lonely left big toe.

I hope that October is good to you dear readers. The wonderful season of fall is upon us! Enjoy it people.