sour surplus

we bought way too much alcohol for the party. who am i to let it go to waste?

no worries, i have only had three cocktails since. barring a huge margarita blow out, i bet it lasts us until christmas.

shake shake shake

wow, never been so close the the epicenter before. time to dig out the solar blanket and granola bars.

party's over

i love my family and all our friends, but let's not do this again for about 15 more years until the big 50th anniversary. the party turned out great even though there were a lot of mixups and miscommunications along the way. we had a great turn out and lots of mini reunions and some new faces as well. i did not fall or fall out my dress so it's all good.

i never thought i would say this beyond the age of 6, but i think i have a crush on my brother's friend. the last time that happened i punched my neighbor in the face because she said she liked him too. good thing i have since grown up.

beachy keen

since we haven't made it to the beach all summer we are finally going to head out tomorrow when i finish work. i can't believe how fast it has gone by and how few places we have been. go go gas prices.

t.g.i.f.*

this week really pushed me but i pushed back. i'm just glad it's over and i really hope this doesn't happen again. one person went on vacation and didn't get everything squared away before leaving...you get the idea.

i wish i was going on vacation sooner than later. i am really going to try to make it to portland for the music fest, or check up on chicago, which was my original plan for september. i can't sneak away the next two weeks because it will cost too much and i need to get ready for the party. i bought a dress and hoped for the best. i am working on the music list next.

the weekend after my parents' party is my work friend's wedding in vegas, which i still need to book. they want to "party" fri-sat-early sunday but i think i will probably just come the day of the wedding and leave the next morning. as of now, i don't want to do any of the dinner and post-wedding bar hopping madness, so i kind of feel like it's a waste to go just for the half hour ceremony, but maybe when i get there i will change my mind? plus if it's not too far i can get fake married to the wax george clooney. get ready to melt.

* thank god i'm fabulous (oh and it's friday too)

valencia and duboce

i don't say things like this often, but i need a drink.

work was a wreck today, not even worth going into, we all have a shitty day story to trade. i lost count of curses and complaints. i just kept going until i was done. i have never been so happy to leave and i sure smiled on my way out.

clothesminded

i finally got a few short sleeved or no sleeved tops this week. it is just too darn hot to worry about bye-bye arms and if you get the neckline right i don't think too many people will notice your arms anyway.

i haven't bought new tops in a long time so i had fun. i went to ross after work and stayed there for about two hours. i can't remember what all i bought but i know i had some steals in the mix. my best buy was my flip flops. i got a pair of simple's a year or two ago at whole foods and they were 50 dollars, give or take. today i got a new pair for $6.99, score! since i got so lucky there i bet i will not do as well trying to find some red shoes for the black and white dress i got.

i'm glad i got a few new things to cheer me up since i have to retire two of my favorite tops. i think one i have had for about three years and another for two. they have holes in odd places which won't mend nicely so they have to go, they had a good life and might be reincarnated as headbands.

do over

so maybe when i wished for nothing to happen for my birthday, it came true. i decided to take some grown up responsibility and not whine about it anymore.

work was meh, no one really knew it was my birthday because i didn't tell them. the ones who did know were busy catching up from the long weekend and forgot for a while, i wasn't mad at 'em. i had a few omg emails when i woke up from my "two hour angry nap" -- wasn't really angry but it was about two hours. i just like to steal from arrested development whenever possible.

i woke up about ten minutes before everyone was due home and started getting ready. since i napped in lieu of laundering i didn't have too many options. good thing i took a chance on a $1.99 t-shirt at old navy a few weeks ago. i need to start wearing color again, clothes and lips, been safe for too long.

we had a quick bite at johnny rocket's (vegan boca) in the new shopping centre. they sang happy birthday to me and i didn't get surly when they asked my age. my niece wouldn't let me wear her paper hat but i did wear the very cute "awesome aunt" sticker badge that came with my birthday card. i got two t-shirts from h & m afterward, might go back from more when it's not as hot and i'm not as full of fries.

even though i took a huge nap, probably still a good idea to turn in early since i'm older now, haha.

very merry un-birthday

i've never liked being fussed over, it's just embarassing, no matter what i may have done to deserve the fuss, i'm not having it. i really can't take it on a birthday because i didn't really do anything, my mom did (and dad too). i rarely want a party, much less presents, but i do like to go to dinner/cocktails with family/friends, get cute and take some fun photos.

i guess since i am not feeling this year, that spread over to how i felt about my birthday too. before this year got so ugly, mostly due to money/economy, even uglier, i was really excited for my birthday. i knew i would annoy friends/family with the amount of times i would say/write 31-derful (coped from baskin-robbins). i planned on making my sister take an obnoxious birthday photo of me that i would email or at least post on social websites. even though i am not an "all eyes on me" person, i would at least tolerate it for the duration of the "happy birthday song".

i didn't really expect much for this birthday and i was okay with that until i realized maybe this year i did want some fuss to make up for all of the stress of the last few months. i did have some nice phone messages and a few good ones on the internerd too. the most surprising was a text from my brother. i am holding out for a call from my niece (at her dad's today) but i'm not sure i will get one. she did wear the "if you think i'm cute, you should see my aunt" shirt yesterday, which is probably the best present i got so far.

so maybe it's not as bad as i thought, and i have 364 more chances to make good of it.