You're Stuck on an Island

Everyone has played that game...you're stuck on an island and you can bring 3 things. What do you bring? My version of the game is a little different, its the three condiments I can't live without. I put one of these sauces on food 99% of the time.

1. A1...I put this tangy goodness on everything. Burgers, chicken, pork chops, steak, fish...A1 is my favorite. I always have it in the fridge.

I should start buying it in this size. It's probably cheaper.


2. Ranch. I think this one speaks for itself. Ranch and french fries...yes. Chicken nuggets and french fries...yes. Veggies and ranch...yes. Fried pickles and ranch...yes! Seriously...if it doesn't go with A1 it probably goes with french fries...or both! Have you ever had a baked potato with ranch? soooo good!

3. I guess you're wondering what I would put on sweet stuff...this was a tough one because there are a lot of good sweet sauces out there. The winner is definitely Nutella. Nutella and fruit, toast, cookies, graham crackers. Nutella is delicious!!

As I was searching for a Nutella photo...I found this...

hahaha!!!!

So what sauces or comdiments can you not live without?

I BLANK

Happy Friday-Eve!! I am SO ready for the weekend. I have a ton going on, I need a work break, and I want to schedule 2 hours to see the Hunger Games. We'll see how that goes!!

Anyway, because work has been insane not much else is going on. I was reading Ashley's blog and she did a fun game so I'm going to continue it on....

I AM...choking due to the extremely high level of pollen floating in the air. It sucks because I've never suffered from season allergies before now.

I WANT...a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes and a banging body (is that too much to ask?)

A mere $700...justifiable...right?...

I HAVE...lots of clothes that don't fit (blessing and a curse) so I need to go shopping.

I WISH...well I can't tell you because then it won't come true ;-)

I HATE...bad drivers. Sometimes I don't know whats more stressful, my commute to work or work itself.

I FEAR...losing people I love before they know how much I truly care about them

I HEAR...that someone close to me is having a hard time and I hate it. I wish I could take it away and hurt for them so they don't have to

I SEARCH...for the remote. Constantly. I can never find it and when I do that means I don't know where my cell phone is. I never have both.

I WONDER...about my future.

I REGRET...I don't. Learn Something. Move on.

I LOVE...being Young, Fabulous, and Free

I ALWAYS...check my emails, facebook, and the weather before I get out of bed in the morning

I USUALLY...have something sweet after every meal. I try not to deprive myself.

I want to french kiss whoever invented these. AMAZING.

I AM NOT...interested in arguing about Politics. I think its personal.

I DANCE...in the car because I hate driving and I hate traffic and thats the only way to get me through it

I SING...horribly, while dancing in traffic (usually with all the windows down) and I have no shame

I NEVER...want to skydiving or bungee driving. NO. DESIRE.

I RARELY...use swear words. I try to use euphemisms like "fudge" or "arse"

I CRY...at sad movies and at everything during TOM

I AM NOT ALWAYS...as laid back as I seem. I just hide my "frenzied state" really well

I'M CONFUSED...by how stuff works, like cars (I don't know if its that I'm confused or that I just don't care)
I NEED...to get back into good eating habits if I'm ever going to get that "banging body"

I SHOULD...go to bed ASAP since I have training at 5:30 AM

I PROMISE...to have a good weekend!

I hope that you guys have a great weekend too!! 

11 Heaven

I guess I'm super blogging this week to make up for the fact that I was totally M.I.A. last week. Anyway, I'm extremely stressed out from work and while I was perusing my favorite blogs today I ran across this cool little diddy at my buddy Ashley's blog. (Check it out its darn good!)

Anyway the premise of this game is first to list 11 fun facts, answer 11 questions, and ask 11 questions.

11 Fun Facts:

11. I love all dogs and while I would love to own a rottweiler one day, I've only owned shih-tzus my entire life...4 to be exact



My babes, London and Kingsley

10. When I find something I like (fashion-wise) I usually buy it in multiple colors...I have 5 Longchamp Handbags [black, brown, purple, yellow, orange]
9. My eyes are really sensitive to light so I always wear sunglasses, even when its mostly cloudy.

8. I can currently count about 16 bottles of perfume on my dresser

7. Cheeseburgers are my absolute favorite food and I am not one of those people that only eats gourmet burgers...I also love turkey burgers

6. Most of my coworkers wear sweatpants to work, our office is pretty casual, but I absolutely can not bring myself to do it, even on Fridays.

Typical Workday Oufit

5. When I'm really stressed out I can't sleep, which stresses me out even more

4. I never wear contacts, makeup, or brush my hair on Sundays that I don't have real plans (running errands does not count as real plans)

3. I have to sleep with a fan. When I don't, I wake up with a stuffy nose. I even passed up a really awesome apartment after college because it didn't have a hook up for a ceiling fan in the bedroom.

2. My grandmother did my laundry my entire freshman year of college. I never even knew where the laundry room was in our dorm. She would come pick it up and bring it back clean, folded, and ironed. She even ironed my t-shirts. I knew there was a reason I picked a school close to her and far away from my parents.

1. No matter what, the first thing I do when I walk in the house is take my shoes off. I kind of hate wearing shoes but I love looking at them. It's a strange relationship

11 Questions:

1.       Which Website do you visit the most?

It's a tie between Facebook and Spark...oh and Google because I need to know a lot of random facts and google knows everything.

2.       If you couldn't shave your legs or wax your eyebrows for the rest of your life, which would you choose?

Legs...my leg hair is very thin and soft so I usually go about 10 days between shaves but I inherited a terrible unibrow from my mother

 

3.       Name a talent you have

Uhhh...I can find really good deals at the mall?

 

4.       If you could meet one person, living or dead, who would it be?

It's hard to pick just one but I would want to learn more about all of my grandparents. From the stories that I've heard, especially about my grandfathers who both died when I was younger, they are fascinating people. (I guess this counts, because I've met them before, I just want to talk to them more)

 

5.       If you had to go on a reality TV or game show, which one would you choose?

I've always wanted to go on the Price Is Right, but I wouldn't mind gaining the lifestyle that Lauren Conrad earned from her years on "The Hills"...but I think I'd still pick Price Is Right, only if Bob Barker came back and hosted for that one show

 

 

 

6.       If you were president, what's one law you would make?

I would mandate a minimum amount of vacation days offered to full time employees (I only picked this because having some extra vacations days would SO benefit me right now!)

 

7.       What's your favorite smell? 

Curve, the green one...mostly because it reminds me of someone but it smells good too

 

8.       You have a spicy piece of gossip,  who's the first person you tell? 

Twitter. KIDDING. Probably my best friend

 

9.       What's your favorite thing about yourself?

I can usually find something positive in most situations. It's a good outlook to have.

 

10.  what's your favorite holiday?

Thanksgiving for sure. My grandma cooks a delish meal and our entire family goofs off, laughs, and spends a day being loud.

 

11. What did you want to be when you grew up?

My mom convinced me that I wanted to be lawyer but judging by the pictures of my perfectly matched outfits, fashion has always been in my veins.

 

 

Questions for you:

1. What's your signature dance move?

2. What dish do you cook exceptionally well?

3. What's your bad hair day hairstyle...you know the "go-to" when you can't get your hair to do anything you want it to

4. Would you give up your cell phone for a week in order to earn more money?

5. What's the first thing you would do if you won the lottery?

6. Name one thing on your bucket list.

7. What is your favorite song?

8. Would you rather elope and have a fabulous honeymoon or a big wedding with no honeymoon?

9. Have you ever faked sick to get out of work?

10. How old were you when you had your first kiss?

11. Name one thing that if you forget in the morning you feel naked without all day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GF Material

I strongly believe that the only thing a girls should chase is a shot, however I often find myself thinking about the things that I would have to offer in a relationship and the qualities that I possess that should make any man want to change this girl's single status. So here are some of the top reasons to why I'm wifey material.

Khole and Lamar are such a cool couple. I wanna be like them!

7. Sports, Beer, and Burgers: I make no secret of the fact that there are few things that I care about more than football. There is nothing that I love better than a fall Saturday filled with college football (Go Gamecocks!), sipping a cold beer, and eating a big juicy cheeseburger. I'm sure most guys would rather spend their weekends doing that then hanging out at the mall. I also work in sports so I'm required to keep up with current events in sports...translation: I watch SportsCenter every day.

6. I totally approve of man-caves: I love big-screen tv's, pool tables, mini-bars, poker tables..all of the above. I will never turn his man cave into a scrapbooking room because I've never made a scrapbook in my life.

5. While I spend hours a week in the gym, I still can't open jars. I can't fix anything to save my life. I know nothing about cars. And I'm 5'2" so I can't reach anything up high. With that said, my boyfriend will always feel like a man. (Don't get me wrong I'm an I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T woman, but I can play the damsel in distress game quite well!)

4. I have great cleavage and men like that. Enough said.

3. I don't like to cuddle [while sleeping or while my body temperature is at all elevated]. I don't need to spoon all night, in fact, I would prefer that we don't even touch while we are asleep. That is not to say that we can't cuddle infront of a fire on a cold night...jussayin.

2. I'll let you guess this one by the photo...haha

1. And finally...my kick ass personality.

[Sooo...if any of you know any bachelors feel free to pass this list on...jussayin]



Hey Sexy

You ever just have one of those days when you look in the mirror and think "Damn. I look good!"? Since really battling my weight and being honest with myself about my body it's been a long time for me. But today it happened.

This chapter of my weight loss story starts back in January. I was having a particularly crappy day and my mom was in town so she suggested shopping. Out of the blue I decided to try on these red Ray-Ban sunglasses. I immediately fell in love but they were fully collapsable which was weird. So I called every single Sunglass Hut in ATL (literally) looking for them. Nobody had them in stock so I checked the Ray-Ban website. There they were! I ordered them that night and got my package in the mail a few days later. When I opened it I discovered that I had ordered the wrong glasses! I accidently got orange ones because they looked red on the website. I sent them back and found out that the ACTUAL red ones were available. I finally ordered the correct pair and they came in the mail yesterday!

Cute right?!

So I decided to plan an outfit around these glasses. I wanted to do all black with leopard to really make the red pop. I was in a hurry this morning because I had training before work so I wasn't really thinking and just threw something together.

So the outfit is whatever but look how thin I look!!! DAMN I LOOK GOOD!! haha! What a good feeling to look in the mirror and like what you see. It doesn't always happen like that for me so this was a really good way to start my day! I guess the day that I didn't want to go workout and went anyway immediately paid off (well, if only it were that easy...)

Also my not really a problem weight loss problem of the day is that all my rings are too big. So annoying but I shouldn't complain!

Have a great week :)

When I Grow Up

I had the privelege over the weekend to see a women's college basketball game. Now, as you may know I work in a sports-centric industry and am somewhat of a sports nut. However, basketball has never been at the top of my list...maybe I secretly resent it because I've never been tall enough to play. But basketball runs in my genes. You see my dad was a star bball player back in the day. He was one of the best players in South Carolina and even went to college on a basketball scholarship.

(this picture is from his Senior year of High School....wasn't he a looker?!) Look at those shorts and socks! haha!!

Anyway, basketball played a major part in my dads life so in his honor I have his basketball number, 24, inked on me.

But yesterday, during the game, I noticed real athleticism. Did I mention that these were WOMEN playing. They were hustling up and down the court (full sprints!), they were coordinated, aggressive, and incredibly skilled. It was really inspiring. These girls were as good as any mens team and the game was incredibly exciting to watch! I was jealous [and I mean that in the best way possible].

When I grow up...I want to be a basketball player! There are so many benefits...

First of all they are in INSANE shape. I read that on average in a game they can run about 10 miles...seriously...I knew they were doing a ton of running but TEN miles while dribbling and basically fighting other basketball chicks off you is no joke.

There is also the possibility that your life will turn out a lot like Sanaa Lathan's character (Sydney) in Love and Baskeball (aka my favorite movie ever...)

Because obviously as a women's player you get to hang out with the boys team all the time too right? Who doesn't want to fall in love and play basketball with a hot player like my "not-so-secret" crush D-Wade.

I usually go for football players but for Mr. Wade I will definitely make an exception...look at those arms...mmmmm.

OK back to reality.

The fact of the matter is that watching women's basketball made me realize that being a young, fab, free, and fit girl is pretty cool and definitely something that I aspire to be. All female athletes are inspiring to me. I want to be one and I'm definitely working on it.

Have a good week :-)