Boutiques

I am a frugal person by nature, however I visited well over 20 boutiques this week and found myself wanting items that were far out of my reach. Boutiques are known to inflate and overcharge for items, however this is sometimes worthwhile just to achieve the "experience" of high end retail. Naturally I was drawn to the kitchen section of this one boutique. Do you see all those multi colored colanders? I couldn't resist! I've already placed an order on overstock where they are much cheaper!

How else do I spend my time in these boutiques but taking pointless pictures that I will most likely never use except for in this blog post, pictures such as beautiful bedrooms I wish I could've had as a child

Adorable baby rooms

and the Shangrilah of latte bowls. I found my beloved latte bowls at anthropologie,

....... ah......... I'm so happy!

My Inappropriate Man Crushes

John Stamos- 47- Sold from even the good ole mullet days

Matt Lauer-53- As a Today show addict I can't get enough of him

James Dean- RIP- Tis is shame as he was probably the most attractive man that ever lived

Tom Brokaw- 70- He's a handsome devil that has aged better than any man alive

Do you remember doing this as a child?

I always purposely wanted to miss this day of school; the worst one of the entire year. It terrified me to death - watching terrible videos of bus accidents, having the bus driver slam on the brakes while we screamed BRACE YOURSELF! Then the jumping out the back... I might as well been jumping off the empire state building. This poor girl's knees are headed straight for the asphalt.

A few things about me...

As of lately I'm addicted to blogging. Seems the only thing that enjoys listening to me is my trusty electronic device.

I don't like grapefruit, wasabi, horseradish, or milk, otherwise... I'll eat just about anything

I daydream more than what is mentally healthy

I watch The Today Show every morning, even if for only 5 minutes

I don't think I've ever gone a day without eating breakfast... its a must

There is only one person I confide in... lets call her Katherine S. no, make that K. Smith

I could look at the ocean for hours... beautiful

I still watch episodes of Arthur on TV

There is always a song in my head

I love having long talks with people, one of my favorite things

I'm ALWAYS the last person to fall asleep, in any situation

I love beautiful cinematography- The Painted Veil- gorgeous

I hate being embarrassed, which happens all too often

I love it when people play with my hair. LOVE IT

I don't like to waste money, I think out all my purchases throughly even at the grocery store

I'm a grandma and love staying in on the weekends

Oatmeal, fruits, veggies, and peanut butter are my food groups

Europe is my impossible dream and it seems it will never happen

I love pesto

I watch Barney's Christmas every year, think thats weird? Its not, its awesome

I know more showtunes than Michael Ball

I hate raunchy humor; classless dirtbag comedy

I detest common and nonchalant swearing

You whistle around Abby? next question.. Do you have a death wish?

I don't conform, nor do I plan to. I'm a nerd. I don't care.

Ode to Peanut Butter

I love peanut butter. You can pretty much eat peanut butter with anything. Oreos, vanilla yogurt, granola, honey, oatmeal, crackers, bread, celery, marshmallow fluff, jam, any kind of chocolate, apples, bananas, or my favorite method straight off the spoon. I've tried nearly every kind of peanut butter and have found my favorites.

I have been known to collect jars of peanut butter from people as they move out... ok so I only did this once... but I ended up with 8 jars of peanut butter, therefore that makes me pretty legit! Skippy Super Crunch is my favorite, Skippy Natural is quite good too. However I do not like the kinds you have to keep in your fridge... nasty.

This Peanut Butter & Co brand intrigues me. I've been dying to get my hands on this mighty maple flavour but can't find it anywhere. They have other crazy flavors too like... The Bee's Knees, Dark Chocolate Dreams, White Chocolate Wonderful, and Cinnomon Raisin Swirl.

Shoe Me Life

I have many theries about life but my shoe theory is one of my favorites! I believe that if you were to walk around all day only looking at peoples feet you would find that attractive footwear=attractive person. A good dresser is a wonderful thing that is much appreciated and if you have good taste in shoes then the rest of your look will naturally be put together as well.

I'm not saying that I've always had good taste in shoes... everyone makes mistakes right? The basis of the philosophy is as follows...

I love to walk around BYU's campus and looking at guy's feet before looking at thier face. I've become pretty good at finding a shoe and stereotyping the face and personality that goes along with it.

For example... a guy wearing running shoes is most likely wearing simple jeans with a logo sweatshirt, "running" shoes have thier name for a reason, come on now. However, these are probably the nicest and smartest guys on campus.

A guy wearing vans is most likely wearing a plaid shirt or polo paired with a well fitted jean; don't forget the square framed glasses. Sometimes artsy sometimes not, they usually have quite good hair...he's got style, he knows it, but unfortunately thats not a desirable duo.

A guy wearing rectangular long dress shoes is likely to be wearing snug Beatles pants with a preppy sweater or a nice business shirt with a dashing belt. He also doesn't use a back pack, a shoulder bag is more suited to fashion needs. These guys, while they may be overdressed--- I hate to admit... look real fine.

A guy wearing tivas or chacos is a back to nature, tanned arm and leg, rock climbing, guy who most likely has an awesomely technical backpack and an even more high tech water bottle; and from previous experience- these people are really high energy and fun to be friends with. So don't be hate'n on the tivas. Ya hear?

Guys who wear neon high top nike dunks usually have very bold personalities and are ballers. You know, they've developed thier own strut and are all thug-like with thier hoodie shading thier brow and one hand in their pant pocket. I secretly aspire to be like that... which is why my good friend Liz took about 100 pics of me trying to be thug- unfortunately as you can see below...it didn't work out. I guess I'll stick with my mary janes, pearls, and apron which I'm perfectly content with.Take the shoe philosophy for a test drive sometime.

Finals

This week I have...eh.. how you say? - not been myself. Skipped three classes. Did no homework. Watched movies every night of the week instead of writing my 2 eight page papers. Didn't go running... at all. Can you say I lack motivation? At least I'm responsible enough to make it to work. However I did do some math today and discovered I only have one more fall and winter semester to trudge through until I graduate next spring! Can you believe it? Done with school forever? Hallelujah for that! Over and out.