Tuesday's Threads - Linky Party!!

Hi Ya'll! 

Time to show off my threads for the week...actually, I only have to outfits to show...but you get the point....

And in honor of FINALLY making it to 100 follower's I'm starting a "Linky Party" for this post.

I would love it if you would link up with me every Tuesday!  I can always use new fashion ideas!  See linky at the bottom of this post! 

 Dress-Ross, Cardi-Ross, Shoes-DSW Clearance like 3 years ago

 Necklace - Gypsy Pearl-First Monday Trade Days in Canton, TX

I beleive you can order from them HERE. 

They have the cutest stuff!

 I love these boots!  I wear them w/ jeans, tights, dress pants!

  Everything in the winter!

Just because...who doesn't love a B&W pic every now and then?

Rockin the bump & 60's styple eye make up today!

Shirt-Ross

 It's one of those all in one shirts that loosk like you're fancy and paired a cute ruffly shirt underneath!  Love those!

Pants-Ross, Shoes-Jessica Simpson via DSW

 Necklace - Sam Moon

And a car shot.  Do you take "modeling" pictures of yourself in the car?

Don't lie.  I know you do!

Sweater -Target Clearance, Sunglasses & Necklace-Sam Moon

P.S. I think I should ask for a new camera for Christmas b/c mine sucks!

P.P.S. Don't forget about my giveaway! It ends on Friday...go, get free stuff here....or at least try! ;)

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Alice In Wonderland Bridal Shower

Hi Ya'll!

Happy Monday!  Oh, Monday....I strongly dislike you!

Today I am going to share a bridal shower that myself and few amazing gals threw for my BFF, Casey.  Casey's wedding was a sort of "Secret Garden" theme and she was incorporating tea cups and lovely wild flowers.  It was beautiful!  She would have loved to have a Alice In Wonderland themed wedding but decided to go the more romantic route. 

So what did her bridesmaids/hostesses decide?  To throw her an Alice In Wonderland themed bridal shower!  The ideas started flowing immediately with this creative group of gals!  I have been called a "shower nazi" in the past and I would say that I probably kept that name for this shower....but I tried really hard to not be SO controlling!  Her sister, Tracy, is super creative and I knew she would have some great ideas!  Not to mention, my Mom, SIL, Lesley and cousin Jennifer who are amazingly creative in their own rights!  I knew that I didn't HAVE to be overly controlling because these girls wouldn't let me down! They might have talked behind my back but it's ok....just don't ever tell me what was said and I'll stay in my own little world of naivte. 

I hope you're ready for an influx of pictures....

Casey with her bridesmaids/hostesses. 

My mom's missing...she wasn't a BM but she helped tremendously w/ the shower!

 The "blushing" bride, Casey

 We wouldn't let her see the decorations until we were completely done. 

It about killed her, I think!

Lesley did such a great job on the banners!  We had this one "Curiouser & Curiouser" and one that said "We're All Mad Here" -sorry, no pic, the sun messed up our shot!

 Avery, our adorable rabbit!

I made her "corsage/mum" from ribbon, a mum backing & wooden letter "R" for her new last name.

All supplies were purchased at Hobby Lobby for half off, of course!

 The "tea" table

Each teacup had a "Drink Me" tag on it.

Lesley used my Cricut to make these tags to label the different types of tea we had.

 We used clocks found at various antique stores on all the tables to add character.

If something wasn't the color we wanted, we spray painted it.

We used Krylon's "Blue Ocean Breeze" and red spray paint from Lowe's (I DO NOT recommend using Lowe's brand of spray paint!  It did not dry for crap!)

 Her cake turned out awesome!  I sent a specific idea to Yum-Yum Bakery, a bakery in my hometown and she rocked it!  My  mom added the flowers.  She's awesome!!

 We used the Cricut again to make these "Sit Here" signs

 We framed her invitation and put it by the sign in sheet.

 Tracy used her Cricut to make this adorable banner!

 We use different letter "R's" to personalize the tables.

Old books were used to give dimension on the tables.

Of course, we had all the "tea" like foods.  YUM!

for the cold drinks, we served water with lemons, limes and fresh mint.

And you can't have a bridal shower with out an adult beverage! ;) Well you can, but it makes it more fun! 

We made Sangria. 

It's SO easy!  Red Wine, Sugar, Orange Juice and Cherry Brandy.

 We framed quotes from the book and movie to really give it the Alice In Wonderland touch!

"I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date. No time to say 'Hello, Goodbye.' I'm late, I'm late, I'm late."

 "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

 "I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."

 "Begin at the beginning and go on til you come to the end; then stop."

 "Have I gone mad?" "I'm afraid so, you're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret.  All of the best people are."

(I love this quote...because I'm half mad!)

 "If I had a world of my own everything would be nonsense.  Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be and what it wouldn't be it would. You see?"

 "Why is a Raven like a writing desk?"

"Twinkle twinkle, little bat. How I wonder where you're at" p above the world you fly like a tea tray in the sky."

I love, love, love how it turned out and Casey was so excited to have Alice In Wonderland be a part of her wedding! 

Don't forget to enter my giveaway that ends Friday.  Go here....

Enjoy...The Curvy Life.

Linking up with Sumo's Sweet Stuff & DIY Showoff & Helene In Between

Friday Favorites!

Hi Ya'll

Happy FRICKIN Friday!  This week has been a long one and I'm so happy the weekend is upon us!

I'm linking up with The Bargain Blonde today for Friday Favorites.

First:  This little guy.  My nephew, Zane.  Cutest. Penguin. Ever.  I think I've said that about 100 times this Halloween...but seriously, look how cute he is!!  My SIL's mom made the costume for Zane from instructions found on Pinterest.  I found a pin to this exact costume here.  It was the perfect costume for him. Nice and warm, too!  He loves the feet and he wore the hat all night, no fuss!  He's the best baby! 

Second:  My baby girl, Sadie Mae.  She is the best cuddler!  (yes, my pj pants have Tinker Bell on them, no I don't have a clue where I got them but they sure are comfy!  Yes, there are make up stains all over them)

Third:  My new house shoes from Wal-Mart.  We have hard wood floors throughout the house plus our house is pier and beam, which means one thing....our house is COLD in the winter!  And we're cheap and refuse to turn on the heater until it's almost freezing.  I was wearing my Uggs around the house all the time but figured I should probably find a cheaper alternative and save my Uggs.  They're super comfy and cute too!  You can find them here.  They're only $14.97!  Score!

Fourth:  My "engagement" Christmas ornament!  My cousin/MOH got it for me and it's so cute!  I love the hot pink bow tie on the snow man!  Thanks, Jen!  I'm pretty sure she got him at Hobby Lobby! 

Fifth: My new "wine" glass that my SIL picked up for me at Kirklands!  It's like a classy way of drinking wine out of a plastic cup and straw!  Perfect for drinking on the patio or in the car on the way to dinner...someone else driving, of course!  So cute!  Thanks, Les!

Those are my favs today!

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Enjoy...The Curvy Life.

The Time I Met Robert Pattinson

Hi Ya'll!

So with all the frenzy surrounding the final Twilight movie Breaking Dawn coming out, I thought I would share a little story about the time me and my best friend, Casey, met R-Patz.

Casey and I were a little obsessed with Twilight at the time.  We had read Twilight and, like every other woman/teen/grandmother that read the book, IN LOVE with Edward.  So what if we were 24 & 26, we didn't care! It was like teen angst had taken over our bodies!  We found out that "Edward" (R-Patz) was going to be doing a meet and greet at the Galleria Mall in Dallas.  We were determined that we would meet him, no matter what!  Because, of course, he would meet us, fall in love and we'd live happily ever after!  That's how it works, right?  Yeah, we had that same thought along with about 5000 other desperate teens/moms/20 somethings that reverted to teenagers for a second. 

We really had a lot going for us that day.  We were off because it was Veterans Day, I lived only minutes from the mall and we were possessed by 14 & 16 year old Casey & Heather.  Casey stayed the night with  me Wednesday night and we scoped out the area and even went to Hot Topic (where the meet and great was) to get deets on what would go down.  We didn't care how pathetic we looked!  Yeah, we were probably the oldest people in the store but it didn't matter.  We were about to fall in love! (Because you can share w/ your best friend, right?)  We found where we would park and went home to get a good nights rest because we had to be up at 3 a.m. to get a spot in line. 

That morning we woke up at 3 and threw on sweats and were out the door.  We got there about 3:15 a.m. and there was already lines of people.  We freaked!  How can there already be so many people here?  Don't these little teen shits have to go to school today?  Somehow we got in a line that put us right across the street from the mall entrance (we couldn't be on mall property until they opened the doors).  At first it was fun, we were giddy.  Then it started raining, HARD.  It was FREEZING and our clothes were soaking wet.  We didn't bring an umbrella or rain coats.  At one point we considered leaving but we stood our ground and suffered.  When the time finally came to make the trek across the street our hearts were beating fast.  This was it.  There were police officers everywhere.  There had been a trampling of girls at the previous mall event w/ Rob and they were taking every precaution to prevent that in Dallas.  Teenage girls are vicious, ya'll!  The cop told us that if we crossed the line he was holding out with his arms that we would be arrested!  Holy crap...they were not playing and I even saw a teenage girl get arrested!  We wanted to meet him but not enough to go to jail!  It was organized mayhem getting across the street and Casey and I were right behind that cop, not passing him because we knew he was our way in!  It pays off to follow the rules!  We were smarter than the average teen (of course, we should be, we were in our 20's!) You couldn't hear shit because all the teens were screaming.  Side note:Why do teen girls scream?  It's so ear piercing!   We made it to the mall entrance and we knew.  We had made it.  There was no way there were more than 250 girls in front of us.  They had 500 passes but each person got 2 passes each.  That meant we were getting 4 passes!  We considered selling them but we had already promised a lady that we met in line that we would give her 2 if we made it.  She had driven like 5 hours for this!  We called her and she was ecstatic!  It felt good to make someones day....maybe her life even!  

We were soaking wet but so excited!  We went back home and took a good nap so that we could look our best for Mr. Pattinson....our future husband! 

 This is the line of people waiting outside.  We were at the front.

 The crowd of people behind us after we made it across the street.

 These are the only people in front of us. 

We still talk about how LUCKY we were that day!

 This cop means serious business!  Don't pass him!

 Can you tell how excited we are? 

Yeah, I'm the "boy" in the pink Texas hat!

 Our numbers!  WE DID IT!!!

We went home, slept and then got dressed to meet R-Patz.

More lines.

We waited FOREVER and we were in heels because we had to look our best!

 It fulfilled all my teenage dreams! 

He was absolutely gorgeous in person AND...

ya'll, I shook his hand!  It was soft and perfect.

 There was a question and answer session after the meet and greet. 

It was madness. 

 Stupid teenage girls wouldn't shut up so that you could actually hear him. 

He tried to answer questions but you could tell he was totally overwhelmed but all the screaming. 

We ended up leaving.

So that's my story of how I met Robert Pattinson.  I had so much fun acting like a hormone crazed teenager!  I hung up the autographed poster inside my closet, just like 16 year old me would have done!  Have you ever met a celebrity and reverted to a teen girl?

Then...we saw Twilight in the theater and my Twilight obsession abruptly ended.  That was one of the most disappointing movies I have ever seen.  Yes, I've seen the rest of them, because, well, I just had to.  And I will say, they are better than the first one....but you ruin the first one and you ruin the series for me.  I am no longer a Twi-Hard.  I have put my teenage angst away and I now want to ravage Christian Grey!  It's better this way, he's legal.

Who do you think should play Christian in the movie?  I can't wait to see who they choose! 

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