Feeling Beachy

It has been a year since the last time I visited the beach. This photo is from that time. Honey and I went for my birthday and it was so nice. He brought our canopy and our hammock and before I knew it he had created our own little personalized cabana. It really was lovely.

I hope you all have a blissful weekend and I will be sure to post new photos when I get back in town.

Update

So I have had several interesting turns in my life's plot line over the past couple of days. Unfortunately some of it is basically un-bloggable.

• For instance, I have been offered another job. And all I can really say here is that it really would involve leaving sucky job #1 in exchange for starting at sucky job #2.

(I know that there are several out there who would like to insert some sort of comment about how I am lucky to even have a job in this market. - But let me stop those peeps right here. I know that jobs are hard to find these days. And I am grateful for the job I have. However I desperately want to finish grad school asap so that I can actually work in the field I love.)
So to sum it up, I am unsure of how to make a decision here. I guess I can turn to the old "lesser of 2 evils" adage.

• Also mostly un-bloggable - the unsettling realization of the approximate nearness of d-bag syndrome to one specific person whom I love. I wish she could run run run away.
• Izzy's surgery is scheduled for June 10th. Say a little prayer for my little monster.
• I am going to the coast this weekend with some of my friends. It was supposed to be a couples' trip, however Honey's mom is having gallbladder surgery so he can not make it anymore (insert another little prayer here). I will miss him the entire time I am sure.
• Unimportant info to probably everyone out there - I am already L.O.V.I.N.G. this season of SYTYCD. And I am anxiously waiting for the season premier of True Blood.

*HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A DAY FULL OF UNEXPECTED JOYS *

Blog Bits - Wishing I was still a little girl

I wish my parents had one of these when I was growing up.

{found on YOU ARE MY FAVE}

Every little girl's fantasy afternoon getaway.

{found on SWEETIE PIE PUMPKIN NOODLE}

Mystery art depicting my favorite childhood story.

{found on MODERN HOMEBODY}

An ode to pink

{found on SWING.LIFE.AWAY}

Birthday Wish List Volume 1

My birthday in coming up in June and although I am on a strict budget, I can't help but want to buy myself a little something. I know that having a wish list in volumes may seem fairly self indulgent, but I'm ok with that. I figure that I need a little something to distract myself from the painful fact that I am indeed getting older. UGH.

Any (or all) of these items are on my wish list.

I want to pair this belt with a beachy yellow skirt and white boy-tank.

{found at Forever 21}

I honestly could use a pair of these in every color. I do however have a hard time deciding between laces or no laces.

{found at Zappos.com}

Please please please let the Anthropologie Fairy leave this under my pillow.

{found at Anthropologie}

And this clutch would be the perfect pop of color to so many outfits.

{found at bonecalindas shop via etsy}

Random Updates

So I have had a bunch of random little events going on the past couple of weeks - and have not yet posted about any of it. I figured that since I am at work today, instead of spending some lovely outdoor time like the rest of America, now would be as good of a time as any to fill you in. Consider this my silent protest against the fact that I don't get ANY paid holidays - silent in that I will not jeopardize my job by bringing it up to my boss again but I will feel somewhat vindicated by the time I spent blogging at work rather than working.

1. Honey got a new car. This is good news. His previous car (which I had told him not to buy) was such a lemon / money pit. Now we have a Jeep Liberty. YAY! This means that we now have a car that is big enough to accommodate all 90 lbs of my Izzy. Plus, as an added bonus - it's reliable.
Oh yeah - AND Honey got a great great deal :)

2. Izzy needs surgery. She has been limping for several weeks, and after a couple of vet visits we found out that she has a condition called osteochondrosis chondritis (aka OCD). This means that she does not have cartilage in her shoulders the way she should. And she has to have surgery on BOTH shoulders. Her surgery is set for the 2nd week in June.

3. I hurt my pinkie. I think it is just a broken blood vessel but the finger is swollen and blue and it hurts like a biotch!

4. Honey's mom is having gallbladder surgery next weekend. This means that he will be out of town next weekend. He is a good son and wants to be there to help his mom. I really am a lucky girl.

5. I still hate my job - but I am working on having a better attitude about it.

Honey needs a new do

Honey has dark semi wavy hair, which I think is just adorable. However, he has kept it short since I've known him. After much bargaining, I have finally convinced him to grow it out. I am hoping for a laid back, messy (kinda like Zach Braff or Zachry Levi) look. The problem is that I am having a difficult time finding photos to give the girl who cuts his hair. If you know of any good photos, you are welcome to send some links in my direction.

BTW - This is my FAVE photo of my Honey :)

Creepy

Did anyone watch Criminal Minds last night. Totally creepy. And to top it off, I went to take the trash out afterwards (not knowing that Honey had just gotten home) - and he scared the crap out of me. If I remember correctly, I think I dropped several F-Bombs in his direction.