New Job, Mardi Gras, and a Wedding

HELLO Blogging loves! Sorry for the long absence but things have been C-R-A-Z-Y!!! The good thing happening that I spoke about on previous blogs happened! I am finishing up my first week at my new job this week. I left my old job last Thursday and had a near perfect exit. (There is always one that messes up the perfect record). I learned a lot at the old place and will miss working for my boss big time but I think the new place is going to bring great things for me. The new place has more room for growth in marketing (which I love), is 5 miles from my house versus 26 miles, and offers me a  MUCH bigger salary, how could I have said no.

This week has been a good one with some mole hills that I had to get over. (Which I have learned is typcial with new jobs) Tuesday after work though, I definitely cried on the way home. (blogging honestly) It was an overwhelming day and a situation that normally doesn't occur just happened to happen on my second day of work. Long story short, a gentleman I work with likes to wait until the last minutes to get together his proposals...and he was thinking that myself (and the girl who I am replacing who was here training me) were going to stay until ...6, 7, or maybe even 8 until the proposals were all put together...Does anyone happen to remember what Tuesday was... OH yeah! It was Valentine's day! A day and holiday that I actually enjoy. (Unlike all the facebook cynics) Luckily my other co-worker, who just happens to be an Aggie, told me that I needed to get the hell outta dodge, and that it was his own fault that this was happening. But then you don't want to be the new girl who isn't a team player but after talking to many people (including my own boss) I realized that I had every right to leave. Undoubtedly this rarely happens...I guess I just have really awesome luck. Poor Trevor, he walked in the door with roses and a V-day present and I was in tears. But, of course, he turned the whole day around and made me feel 1,000 times better. That is why he is my Valentine (5 years running). Since Tuesday things have continuted to get better and I am positive I made the right choice accpeting this position.

This past weekend we went to Galveston Mardi Gras. Overall,  it was an awesome trip, MINUS the below 40 degree temperatures. Seriously, it was "bleeping" cold. So we spent most of the night hopping into the little bars on the strand which was a lot of fun, it just didn't feel like Mardi Gras as much as normal since we weren't watching parades and catching beads in the street. Heather, Henry, Cody, Trevor....all I have to say is "TA DA!" ;-)

Trevor and I celebrating Mardi Gras 2012! I'm so glad I exposed him to this wonderful Holiday. :)

Our whole group! Cody, Trevor, myself, Heather, Henry, Brittany, and Patrick

Cody and me! :)

Heather, Myself, and Brittany...Notice the wand (If you want to hear a funny story about that ask) 

Okay now this is just funny, the picture was actually taken before the first group shot but this very rude, and terrible haired girl decided to walk right in front of us. I think Cody's face says it all.

Today starts all the festivies of Heather and Coco's (Michael) wedding! Rehearsal begins at 5:15 and with a small miracle, I should be their on time. Please send your prayers my way that I don't completely screw up my MOH speech. Thanks and Gig'em. :)

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Friday! And for those of you in H-town, have your row boat ready, flood watch is in effect.

Happy Friday Dolls. :)

Random Friday Thoughts of a Houstonian

Wow, this week has completely changed my view on 2012/20-hell. I'm now a fan. Incredible things happened to me this week and hopefully come Monday I will be able to share the amazing news with the blogging world. :)

This weekend is going to be a good one. Although I'll be missing Trev (If he's not with me I miss him, simple as that) I can't wait for 4 O'clock to get here today. With him being on his way to Shreveport, and Chanel off with a friend for the weekend, I will have the entire evening to myself to run errands, workout, and pack/get the last minute things ready for the bachelorette party. It's going to be a busy Friday, but I plan on being in bed by 9 with the last hunger games book and a big glass of wine. I need to be completely rested for all the fun that will be happening come Saturday morning at 9AM.

I think February is going to be a great month. Along with Mardi Gras Celebrations, a wedding, and a fancy work party, I will most likely get to see my BFF/Housewife sometime this month also. I can also begin to pressure her explain to her why she should make Houston her first choice for her job search. :) (Love you Lauryn).

I have to say I am beyond ready for some weather change. It's been rainy and muggy the past week. And from what I hear Phil the groundhog saw his shadow, meaning we have 6 more weeks of winter....Ummm where is our winter to begin with. C'mon Mother Nature, I would like to get a little more use out of my winter clothes.

Quote of the Week: "The tongue that belongs to a fake friend is sharper than a knife."  There is some big time truth in that.

Annoyance of the week- The wedding and parties section on pinterest being filled with prom dresses. Super lame.....

Lastly dolls, I leave you with 5 of my favorite songs that go well with a bachelorette party. After this weekend I look forward to sharing some posts on planning a bachelorette party including a song list, themes, day time activities ect. So stay tuned for that.

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)- Beyonce'

You gotta love this song at a bachelorette party. Makes you want to put on a leotard and dance around like a diva.

Girls just wanna have fun- Cydie Lauper

Seriously, on weekends like this, that is pretty much all we want to do, am I right?

Tik Tok-Ke$ha

I have to admit, when this song first came out, I wanted to find this girl with the dollar sign in her name and kick her. But after it died off the radio waves, it's actually pretty fun. Plus the lyrics are as easy as a Disney song so anyone can sing along.

Pour Some Sugar on Me- Def Leppard

Greatness, that is all I have to say.

Buy UA Drink-T-Pain

I know not everyone may agree with this one, but really it's such a fun song and is all about buying you a drink, Yes Please. :)

Have an incredible weekend dolls.

Random Thoughts of a Houstonian

Thursday, nice to see you again. I remember in college Thursday was my absolute favorite day of the week. Even though it technically wasn't the weekend yet it always felt like it. My freshman year (even though I had Friday classes) I remember every Thursday I would get picked up by my former BFF,  head to our friend Joel's house for some "pre-gaming", and around 10:30 we would head out to the Aggie-loved Texas Hall of Fame. We always had a pretty great group. I heard recently that they closed the Hall, makes me so sad. Some of my best memories of college are from nights at the Hall.



A shot of the place on your "typical" Thursday night. Man this makes me sad. :(

Anyways, now Thursday typically means a 50 minute commute home (an hour now-a-days with the dang construction), picking up Trevor, working out, cooking dinner, and watching Grey's Anatomy followed by Jersey Shore. Occasionally we will hit up a happy hour, especially the once a month "Aggie Happy Hour". By the way, if you’re an Aggie, you live in Houston and haven't heard of Howdy Club yet, check this out! Howdy Club

Anyways, Thursday means tomorrow is Friday and that my friends, is awesome.

On Wednesday I got called a "Professional Bridesmaid", and that made me laugh for a good 3 minutes. (Thank you Jen) It's a fairly accurate statement. I have been a bridesmaid in two weddings previously and am going to be in 3 in 2012.

(Not quite to this level yet, but getting close :)

One is actually only 24 days away and we have the bachelorette party next weekend. Myself and the other MOH, Marina, have been planning it since September so we are very excited for the big weekend to be so close. After getting asked advice from several girls on how go go about planning bachelorette parties, I plan on doing a couple of posts on "The planning of Bachelorette Parties", because I know when faced to plan one with no experience can be quite the challenge. Stay tuned.

I don't know why I do this to myself but I am NOTRORIUS for saying I can't wait for a relaxing weekend and then fill up an entire month's worth of weekends. Starting in February I am completely busy every single weekend. I mean all plans totally worth it, but come March I am going to go into hibernation. Next weekend is the bachelorette party, as I've already mentioned. The second weekend is a holiday that is after my own heart...it's the start of Mardi Gras.

Galveston Mardi Gras

Being a Cajun, Mardi Gras is up there with Christmas, and 4th of July. Every year of my life, I am almost positive that I have always gone to a Mardi Gras Celebration. And this year is no exception. (Even though the past two years, I have had to settle with only participating in the 1st weekend because of, you'll never guess, wedding stuff! "Sigh") I'm counting down the days till I'm down in Galveston listening to that Zydeco music and catching beads (NO FLASHING!!!) with a cold beverage in hand. 15 to go....

The third weekend in February is the ACTUAL wedding that goes with the bachelorette party and the following weekend is Trevor's company appreciation party, which is going to be a lot of fun. Not only is it at the Aquarium Downtown and has all the food/beverages you can handle but two of our best friends, J.C. and Marina will also be there since that is where J.C. works too.

Houston is seriously bi-polar or maybe just a crazy woman. It was in the 70's and sunny all last week then yesterday we get this massive storm that floods places and causes tornadoes, now today it's cold and partly cloudy. #overit

The very vague subject that I keep bringing up in my blog that is causing me stress is actually on an upswing now. Praying so much that is continues to do so, and then I can finally share my January woes in more detail. :)

Enough rambling for now, have a great Thursday dolls.

A Back Problem & Wedding Season

Happy Friday Dolls!

I don't know about you all but this week was, yet again, another tough on, but seems to wrapping up pretty well.

My week started going down a bad path on Sunday evening around 11PM when I went to move my dog over and somehow managed to really hurt myself. As in when I moved her I had this shooting pain that went up my back and landed right around my right shoulder blade. Now, I had NEVER had any kind of back issues and I work out 3-5 times a week (which is suppose to help this kind of stuff) so I was unpleasantly surprised when the Doc told me I had a pretty bad sprain. However, I was PLEASENTLY surprised when he gave me way too many a very large prescription of Hydrocodone and some muscle relaxers. I am very anti-pain pill but I had to give in this time. I ended up staying home from work on Tuesday and rested/slept in a druggy daze. Work Wednesday was still pretty bad, but since yesterday I haven't taken anything besides some Tylenol. (So don't worry, you will not be seeing me on "True Life: I'm addicted to pain pills" anytime soon). Today I feel just a slight discomfort; it seems the sprain is healing quite nicely.

If you were look down at my desk calander, and or my outlook calander, the type of even that I is HEAVILY present is weddings; wedding showers, bachelorette parties, "Hail to the Male" parties (dude version of a shower) and of course the big days. I am in not one, not two, but three weddings this year. (One big day that is actually only a 4 short weeks away, with a shower this weekend, and the bachelorette party in 2 weeks) We also have two other weddings that we will just be attendants at. But don't get the wrong idea, I am not complaining at all. I am very honored and very thankful that I have three women in my life that think enough of me to be a part of their big days.

With all this wedding activity comes lots of time browsing wedding stuff online (and a loss in your bank account...Kidding! but seriously). Sometimes for one of the girls and yes, I'll admit it sometimes for my own interest. Hey, girls got a right to look, right? Anyways, I wanted to share a few of my favorite things that I have stumbled across on my beloved Pinterest. You don't have to be engaged, married, or even in a relationship to love looking at wedding stuff. Let's face it, there is some beautiful stuff out there and it's fun to pick out things you would like, your best friend would like, and even stuff you would NEVER want on your big day. :)

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I know that everyone has probably seen this before, but if you haven't, it's a really cute way to be photographed before the wedding without breaking the tradition. Umm, can we say adorable!

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 I know this has been pinned like a million times on Pinterest, but wow. I can't imagine a more beautiful wedding hair style. (My opinion, plus Trevor hates up-dos) I will definitely be splurging on extensions the day I ever walk down an aisle in a white dress.

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On your big day, you take a million and one pictures posing, smiling, attempting to be serious, ect, but photos like this are my absolute favorite. You really see in this shot how happy the bride and her bridesmaid are, jumping on the bed like little girls. It's just perfect.

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This picture I can't say a lot about, but I know that if you love your animal as much as I do, you feel exactly how I do when you look at this. :')

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It's hard enough to get the un-married dudes at a wedding to catch the garter, BUT you thrown a football at them, I believe you chances of them ACTUALLY going for it would go up significantly. It's like a reflex for them. Awesome idea.

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"Sigh" Lighting, black and white decor, chairs, and table settings, this is just stunning. Let's just hope we all hit the lottery if we want this set up at wedding of 200. :)

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If you look closely, you will count 10 bridesmaids and 10 groomsmen. (You may not see them all but there are other shots at this wedding at, yes, there were 10 each) Now friends of mine have told me different things about you size or your wedding party. Some have said "Oh you don't want too many, it looks tacky", and some have said "I wish I would have put everyone I wanted in it and not what I was supposed to do". After hearing different opinions, I say, put how every many people you want, screw everyone else's opinion. It's your day not theirs. If you have 10 people that you care enough about that you want them to be by your side, do it. If you only have 2, do it.

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I'm not saying this are my style but they definitely are unique. I love seeing original wedding invitations, save the dates, and thank you cards. Something that makes you stand out from the typical fancy cursive, "Queen of England" type on invitation. IN KNOW WAY am I saying your lame if you do typical invitation, it's just cool when you see something new in an industry where is seems nearly everything has been done.

Well, that's enough wedding-ish stuff for now. Apologies to any guy who reads my blog regularly and got this today. Girls and weddings, it's like strawberries and whip cream. It's definitely wedding season you guys. Every other week I see engagement, shower, and wedding photos popping up on facebook. Congratulations to all those out there who just got engaged, who are about to get married, and those who are fresh out of the honeymoon and enjoying their new married life.

Now I will be spending the rest of the morning playing on pinterest working extremely hard and counting down till noon when I get to have lunch with two of my favorite, already married ladies, (and two of my best friends) Marina and Jessica.

Cheers to the weekend & happy Friday dolls!

Random Thoughts of a Houstonian

I'm starting this new segment of posts called "Random Thoughts of a Houstonian". I find it fitting since many days I feel like I don't have one specific thing to make a blog post worth reading but may have 10 little things going on that are "read worthy". I also got this great post idea from my fellow blogger, fellow fish camp counselor, and friend Kelli. You really should check out her blog. She picked up her life here in Texas and now lives in New York City, kind of a big change. Her blog is very well written and filled with very humorous moments. Check it out, Howdy from NYC; I promise you, it will be worth the click.

Today is Friday the 13th. There are actually 3 this year. Now I don't count myself and superstitious or anything like that but I do have a couple things that I tend to find "unlucky". Most of my friends laugh at me for this one, but I am seriously not a fan of odd numbers. I don't like them, there is just something "odd" about them. (I'm actually laughing out loud at how corny that really was). Now you would think with me not liking odd numbers that Friday the 13th would be day I would hate, but actually all the Friday 13ths in the past have actually been pretty good days for me. Since this year has been particularly stressful thus far, I am hoping that today, Friday the 13th, 2012 that my luck will finally change and good things will begin to happen. (Positive thinking=Positive Action???, we shall see). Do you think Friday the 13th in an "Un-Lucky" day?

If you read yesterday's blog you already know that I am beyond excited about 3 of my best girlfriends from college coming down to Houston this weekend. It's been quite a long time since we have all been together, and even longer since it wasn't at a football game. (Aggie Football, duh!) I am counting down until 7:30 when Lauryn and Kristin will arrive and also until 10:30/11:00 when Heather will be in Houston finally. :) (To read yesterday's post, click here)

There are many incredibly awesome things about living in Houston

The Galleria.

7th largest mall in the nation 5 miles from my house, I'm totally okay with this. (My bank account begs to differ)

Reliant Park (GO TEXANS! BTHO Balitmore!), Toyota Center, and Minute Maid Park.

3 professional sports venues and teams=lots of fun things to do; football/basketball/baseball/soccer games, concerts, and the always fun Houston Rodeo.

Any type restraunt, bar, club, or wine place that you could think of.

BUT....with all these great things in one giant circle of a city, it creates a bit of traffic problems....

(Stepping onto soap box) Now not only my morning route getting out of the Heights is under construction, NOW getting of 290 onto 610N is down to one lane...ONE LANE, ARE YOU IDIOTS?!?! And the best part about the traffic is that every morning and every evening I drive by these two spots I don't see a single soul working on ANYTHING, EVER!!!%@#$!@#$#% Houston, please fix them or open it back up. (Stepping off soap box)

Does anyone still make a wish on 11:11? I mean I know that was the thing to do back in the day, but I have to admit I definitely still do that every time I catch it. I take the wish very seriously and carefully think each wish through before making the wish...too much?

I started wearing a watch that my Grandparents gave me for Christmas. My grandfather told me that people who wear watches look more professional because it makes them see as if they have places to be. I am also impossibly late to nearly everything. (Trying to be more on time was Trevor and I's "Couple" New Year's Resolution, It's been hard so far)

Hopefully the "more professional" thing works.

And lastly I leave you with yet another Chanel picture.

 She is a BIG fan of the Lion King. :)

Have a wonderful, amazing, and safe weekend dolls!