cats r lovin on some catnip!

i just got this cute bookmark! haha

Haircuts

My hair is in pretty rough shape since I haven't cut it since August, and was determined to grow it out for the wedding. While I like my hair long, it just seems to be getting thinner and thinner. I am surprised I am not bald with all the hair I am shedding. Plus the ends are in awful shape. My bangs seemed to have reached a point where they don't want to grow out anymore too. I have made an appointment for Tuesday, but still have no idea what I want. I just want something fresh and different. It seems a lot of the hairstyles I liked are drastically shorter and have bangs. Bangs are cute but they always end up getting dirty real fast. Not sure I want to venture into that again.

Don't know why they are all blondes...which is another thing I have been longing to revert to. This is the only picture I could find while at work of me with blonde hair...

My family always liked me as a blonde. Now I am actually back to my natural color and I haven't dyed my hair in a year and a half. Longest time ever since 7th grade. My hair is like a reddish light brown with a hint of dirty blonde. Here you can some what glimpse my hair length and color... and my stupid grown out bangs falling out of my headband!

I know Zach would be quite upset if i went back to blonde... but maybe I can make a compromise with blonde highlights? No telling. Any hair suggestions for me?

New Freebie

Thanks to Liz for giving this to Zach and I. I think it may need some refinishing. Maybe I will paint the light part white and paint the dark parts some accent color? No idea where it will go yet...

Knobs

Remember these beauties I saw at Anthropologie a while back?

Well I finally went back to purchase 5 for my living room...only to find them gone. So sad! However I did find these which I also like a lot. So I purchased them instead. Another bonus is they happened to be $2 cheaper each! Hopefully they look just as good in person. Now of course today low and behold the first knobs I liked are on the site. What the heck!? Oh well. No telling why theres way more now! Here is what I did get.

These are real cute too.

Munny Munth

So by now anyone who reads my blog should know that I love Kidrobot, especially their Dunny's. I have a few blank Munnys to design. One is the cat Trikky, the other is just a normal munny, and I also have a smaller Munny ornament. So apparently over at Kidrobot it is Munny Month. There is a design contest for the best designed Munny. I'm considering entering. You can go here to enter.  Last weeks winner Bryan Collins did an unbeliveable job with his Zombie Munny. Then again he makes a lot of custom toys. See his work here.

 I really don't think I could trump that, but it would still be fun to enter. If anything it could at least motivate me to actually design mine rather than let them continue to collect dust!

Note: I just realized its 7 inch Munnys only. Boo. At least they are offering Buy one Get one Free!

shes wearin my shoes!

Kitchen Makeover: Part One

The weekend of the Bachelorette party Alyssa, Ashley and I begun part one of the Kitchen Makeover. I think we outdid ourselves a bit and took on a lot for one weekend. We painted both the walls AND cabinets of the Kitchen. Although my kitchen isn't huge it was still a huge task and a lot of trimming and tedious painting. We somehow managed to finish it all in that one weekend, even though we were a tad bit hungover from the Saturday night Bachelorette party festivities. Here is the before ( note: the table was the previous owners, not mine)

And the after:

For the cabinets we used two coats of Kiltz Primer and two coats of white semi gloss paint. For the walls we used a color match to Benjamin Moore's Antiguan Sky in eggshell. Previously the walls were a high gloss white and the cabinets were a grey. I think it already looks considerably fresher.

Now things still left to be done:

• Paint table and chairs (starting tomorrow)
• Make curtains ( I plan on using a solid color cotton with a band of Batik at the top)
• Replace countertops
• Redo backsplash with assorted blue and green glass cut into 1" x  6" peices and made into a vertical pattern, this will be done after the counter tops are put in
• sand and paint ceiling ( it is a light grey and is peeling in spots)
• replace dishwasher

Fresh Flowers

I love fresh flowers...they always brighten a room. I have been eyeing some beautiful gigantic blue hydrangea bushes at the neighbor's house. I am dying to have some of them in my kitchen and considering going over and asking if I can cut a few blooms. For now though I had to settle on some in my own yard. They still are quite pretty though.

My Nikon point and shoot camera just isn't cutting it. I really need to save up and order a new lens for my Nikon D100...

Home

Going to another country for two weeks has really made me realize a few things:

• Being away for two weeks is too long... one week is plenty
• Getting home can be more exciting than leaving
• Be extra crazy about germs because getting sick in another country SUCKS
• Don't kiss the blarney stone, you may get herpes
• Research cost a lot more before you take your trip
• Don't rent a car from Hertz, they may charge $2000 on your card without telling you
• I am so proud and happy to be an American
• Go somewhere where the currency exchange rate is better for you, not worse
• Surprisingly Ireland has larger portion sizes than America
• I did miss the internet and my cell phone, but I can live without it
• Ireland probably has more cows and sheep than people
• Planning isn't such a bad thing
• Nothing is better than home

I am sure I could think of more things and our trip was fun, but I am happy to be home. I have so many things I want to blog about and a ton of pictures to load and sort through! So look forward to lots of home improvement, honeymoon pics, and all the deets on Zach and I's amazing wedding (on my wedding blog of course). I can't tell you how many people loved the wedding and said it was the most beautiful wedding they've ever been to. It couldn't have turned out any better!