So long, suckas!

As I paused from an intense game of fetch with the dog, I looked over at the sunset and realized that I am leaving Washington for good in 3 days. Then I realized how few pictures I've taken of the scenery in the few months I've been here. Sure, I took pictures the first week I got here of Mt. Rainier and Seattle and Puget Sound, but I've hardly taken any pictures outside since.

The beautiful Sound in the early evening

A breath-taking view of Mt. Rainier from the Tacoma docks

The sunset from just a few minutes ago outside of the house

One of many ridiculously large trees in the backyard.

This might be lilacs, but whatever they are, they smell WONDERFUL!

As beautiful as it is around here, I am excited to be heading back to STL. PEACE OUT WASHINGTON.

Wedding Weekend

Happy Memorial Day everyone! This weekend has been busy, but a good time was had by all. Saturday was Aaron's sister's wedding so here are some pictures from the event.

Bride and Groom and their parents kissing outside the temple

Aaron and I at the ring ceremony/reception. The ceremony was held at Rock Creek Gardens and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. And check out that sweet dress!

The ring ceremony

Cake time

And of course we decorated the car. The mother of the bride came to check our progress with wine glass in hand. While standing next to this window, someone handed her a blown up condom. This picture is priceless.

Enjoy the weather this weekend. Until next time...

The Knitting Machine Strikes Again

I finished my hat! It's a modified version of the Felicity hat which is very hipster but with a bit of my own style thrown in, and it only took me 3 days to make! I used sizes 5 and 7 circular needles for the hat and instead of purling the first round for the brim to roll up, I knit 13 rounds of seed stitching to make a cool design. All-in-all, I think it turned out very well! Especially since this is the yarn I tried to use for the two failed hats I mentioned in a previous post. Third time really is a charm!

Also, I splurged and bought eye shadow in a new, funky color, which happens to match my hat. Normally I don't venture to try new eye shadows, but I saw the idea in the April issue of InStyle Magazine (part of my journey to dress and look my age) and decided to give it a whirl. Just apply dark blue eyeliner thickly to upper and lower lids, smudge it with a brush, apply Revlon's Venetian Blue eyeshadow over the eyeliner, slap on some mascara and voila! A new look in seconds. Score. Here's some pics so check me out. No, seriously, check me out. [Thais link takes you to where that exact quote is said on the homestarrunner.com page; a website I used to frequent in high school and a specific quote I use to this day. It's pretty funny if you have some time to kill, but has nothing to do with make up.]
Until next time...

Bert and Ernie Ante Up

This video always makes my day better. Warning: there's some profanity. If you have kiddos or parents in the room, I suggest you put on headphones or wait till they leave. Then blast it as loud as your speakers go. And make sure you wear your helmet, cause it's gonna blow your mind.

NEW CAMREA!

My new camera finally arrived, HOOOORAY!! And now for some random pics taken today....

Elphie and I having a serious talk

Show me your GRILL!

This was taken with my phone camera before my real camera arrived in the mail...it was too cute to pass up

I can has cheezburger?

I visited the LOLCats website today for a morning pick-me-up and found some pictures that made me giggle. Happy Sunday!


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Found it.

I found my dress for the wedding today! I had some time to kill this afternoon so I decided to take a second run at the dress shopping. I went to Macy's first and didn't find much in the way of dresses, so I started looking at colored cardigans for one of my black dresses and right before I went into the dressing room, I saw a cute grey dress with ruffles down the chest. I tried on the dress and Presto! it was perfect so I bought it. I thought it was on sale for $20, but after ringing up at the register, turns out the dress was SEVEN dollars. Thats right, $7. I already have black heels to wear with it along with jewelery, so for seven dollars, I'm ready to go to a wedding.
It looks similar to this, but my dress has short-sleeves, it has no turtle neck, and it looks WAY hotter cause its on me :)

Here

I'll post a better picture when my new camera arrives in the mail. Speaking of which, I'm getting a new camera for my birthday! My old one broke and for the past couple months, I've felt naked without it constantly at my side and I asked for a newer, more sturdy camera (preferrably one that's klumsy-proof for people like me!) Aaron, being the wonderful boyfriend he is, bought this awesome camera as my birthday present:

This wonderful piece of machinery was purchased from Buy.com for $175. Everywhere else we looked, the camera cost at least 100 dollars more, so it's certainly a GREAT buy.

All-in-all, its been a good day. Until next time friends...