Saturday Blog

Mary and Jessica's 2nd Vlog!!

They are here!

So literally a few hours after I blogged about my new fun shoes that are on their way, they arrived in the back office! Jess and I are so so excited. Here are pics of the fun shoes!

I LOVE SHOES AND ZAPPOS

Ok, so yesterday I got an email from Zappos.com saying they were offering free overnight shipping on all orders. I get one of these email about once a week, but I always delete them since we are trying to save money. However, there is a pair of shoes in my favorites folder on Zappos that I have wanted to buy for forever, and every time I get one of those emails I am tempted to buy the shoes with it, but I don't. There is also a pair of shoes on J. Crew that I have wanted. They are distressed blue Jack Purcell lace-up sneakers, but they are like $65.00. The ones I wanted on Zappos are $67.50. These prices are just too much to pay for a pair of basic tennis shoes. So all the Jack Purcell shoes on J. Crew are unisex, so I looked in their men's section just for fun, and they had a pair of blue slip ons. I love them!! Since they were also too expensive, so I looked on zappos, and sure enough they had them for $5.00 cheaper and free overnight shipping and no tax. Yesssss. So as I was in the middle of this realization Jessica walked in and caught me looking at shoes, like she often does. But this time, instead of reprimanding me, she was like "Oh I want those in white!!!" So we each got a pair, mine in blue and hers in white. Both pairs for $90.00 even. And they will be here today. I LOVE Zappos! That is really the reason for this blog, because Zappos relies on word-of-mouth, and since they did such a great job with this particular order I wanted to let everyone know how great they are. They always have the biggest selection of shoes for reasonable prices. I also love them because they have about 400 pairs of Borns. I have bought a couple pairs of Borns for them. Check out the story in pics below...

www.zappos.com


These are the Ed Hardy deck shoes I originally wanted. They are REALLY cute, but not really wearable with a lot of stuff at work. I think this is another reason why I have hesitated ordering them.



These are the J. Crew shoes that I loved but were also too exensive.



The J. Crew deck shoes. VERY cute, but too expensive when there was a much less expensive version on Zappos.



Yay! The ones I ended up buying. $45.00 even



Jessica's shoes!!

Tall

Ho hum, this weekend has been non-eventful. That is ok, though, as I a usually too busy to think straight. A couple of things to discuss today. The first is the fact that I have been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD from the beginning. I have to watch it on my computer with headphones on because David will not watch it with me. He is not too fond of venturing into the unknown, especially when the unkown might seem a little girly. Buffy is not girly, I don't think. Anyway, it took me like three months to get through the first season. It is not that it was bad, just very corny compared to the rest of the show. The Office is like that too. What is up with that? Ok, so now I am obsessed with Buffy. I was borrowing the seasons one at a time from a co-worker, but I just said screw it and took the entire box set from my mom. The Chosen Collection, as it is called. I love it! I have a crush on David Boreanaz, who plays Angel. Very appropriate name, I think.



The next thing to talk about is my newest you tube discovery thanks to my friend Deana. His name is William Sledd, and I have literally been watching his videos all day long. At one point my mom had to tell me to take my freakin headphones off and talk to her because I had been listening to them all morning. One of the many reasons why I love William, other than the fact that he loves J. Crew, which is my fav store ever, is that he works at the GAP. I really love the GAP because they make jeans that are long enough for me. I am 5'10", so finding long pants is just plain hard, except for at the GAP and J. Crew. Just today I was wearing a pair of my favorite jeans, which are GAP. I also love that he loves the Long and Lean jeans, which I have a couple of pairs of. Recently I bought a pair of very cute blue and white stripe seersucker pants there, and they are super long and very sailor-ish looking. I really need a cute pair of red shoes to wear with them! Listening to him talk about the GAP all day makes me want to go shopping there, but I know I need to stay home! I also just bought a swim suit from J. Crew, which was on super-duper sale. It is a new one this season, too, so I guess it must have gone really fast and they only had the select sizes left. The one I got is a really pretty color of bugundy. Pics below.





So other than William, I had a kind of high school weekend. I talked to my high school best friend Deana for like two-and-a-half hours last night on AIM, which was so so fun! It was really nice to catch up after so long. Then today I got together with my friend Charlotte who just bought a house in Harker Heights with her fiance Dane. I got to see her house which was so cute. It is brand new so it is just waiting for her to bring on the charm, which she totally will. It made me look forward to me and Dave looking at houses this summer! I forgot to mention that Charlotte is also my high school friend, hence the high school weekend. This week my co-workers are back in the office after a long week at the Texas Association of Museums meetings in Austin, so I am sure there will be lots of stories to tell! OH OH OH!!! And new OFFICE this week! I am SO excited I can hardly stand it. The last thing I want to mention is to check out my new blog Life Before Blogging at www.lifebeforeblogging.blogspot.com. It is a blast from the past for those of you who have known me for a while!

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A Friday MySpace Survey..

When you were in school...
How old are you?	22 years old
Did you graduate?	Oh yeah!
Did you make good grades?	Yes, most of the time
Who was your best friend?	I had a few. Stephanie Schoel, Susan Lynch, Deana Honchul
Did you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?	Yes! Nathan Farrell, Daniel Giles, David Webster
What brand of clothes was popular?	Abercrombie and Fitch
What brand of shoes were in?	Doc Martens!
Were you a prep?	No, but I was friends with a lot of them.
Who was your favorite teacher?	Mr. Madison!
What was your favorite subject?	Anything Mr. Madison taught, which was a lot of stuff. Probably his movie class. I also really liked Human Geography
Was there a bully?	Yes. Danny Palocek comes to mind, even though he did not bully me.
Did that bully beat you up?	No.
How much did school really prepare you for the real world?	None so much. It was a very cushy place that I was very ready to leave when the time came.
Do you still talk to anyone from school?	Yes! Steph, Tami Jo, etc.
Did you take your lunch or eat school lunch?	I ate school lunch when I ate at school, but usually we went off campus
Do you wish you could go back to school?	NONONO
Did you play any sports?	NO, I sang in the choir
Have you ever received a failing grade?	Not in high school, but almost
Ever fall asleep in class?	Yes. Deana was brushing my hair and I fell asleep with my head back and mouth open and the entire class saw.
Did you have a pocket protector?	NO
Did you wear glasses or contacts?	Contacts
Did you ever have anyone else do your work for you?	No
Who was the nerdiest kid?	This kid named Andy. I am sure he is a rocket scientist now.
Who was the most popular?	Cullen Mills and the group that followed him around
Did you go to prom?	Yes
Did you go to homecoming or court warming?	Yes
If you did who did you go with?	In ninth grade I went to Homecoming with Chris Riendeu, in tenth grade with Daniel Giles. In 11th and 12th I went with David to both proms and homecomings
Do you still have school pictures?	Yes!
Did you drive to school or take the bus?	both
Do you still have a crush on someone you went to school with?	haha. Maybe...
Take this survey or other MySpace Surveys at PimpSurveys.com

Ready for Chicago!!

Today I did something that has been long overdue -- I bought a dress! I know this is not some great achievement, but I have been wearing the same dress for about the past five years. It is a strapless black shift dress from Express; beautiful, but worn out. I wore it in Vegas a couple of times, but since it is strapless it limits the places I can wear it comfortably. I am always cold, so that is a problem, too. So today mom and I went to Dillard's and I bought one dress, and she bought the other one that I really loved. Now, with my new pair of Borns and my new dresses, I am all set to go to Chicago in May!


This is the dress my mom bought for me. It is cool because the back is the same as the front, so it has a deep V and shows off the back!!


This is the dress that I bought. I have been eying it for a while, and it finally went on sale. Both dresses were on sale!! Yay I love a bargain! This dress has pleating on the front with a row of covered buttons. I love it!

Saturday Stuff

So here is what my Saturday has consisted of....

This morning I surfed the internet a lot. I like coming home because, unlike when we stay in Waco, I don't feel the desire to clean my surroundings or be a busy body. My parent's house is always clean because they hire someone to do it. This sounds snobby, but we moved to this huge house almost 2 years ago, and cleaned it ourselves for about 7 months. It was the most stressful thing ever, because it took ALL WEEKEND for us to do it. So we hired someone to come do it, and it is amazing. Anyway, So all morning I surfed the web, and was reading Jenna Fisher's blog on MySpace. She referenced a website called www.officetally.com, so I went to it. It is the official site for Office info, and promoted and approved by the entire Office cast and crew. It has the most Office information than any other website I have ever seen, and is super-fun to read. Make sure to check it out if you are a hard core Office lover!! The other website that you have to go to is Mindy Kaling's blog. Mindy plays Kelly Kapoor on The Office, and her blog is called "Things I've Bought That I Love" and it is hilarious! She is the main writer, but a dozen of her friends contribute. This site is mainly for girls, but not toally. The site is http://mindyephron.blogspot.com/ Go there now!!

So the other thing I have done today is go get my hair colored. While my color was soaking in I caught up on my People Magazine reading. In the latest issue I found two books that I must have, and I saw that Demi Moore gave a big shout out to Kiehls Lipgloss, which is my fav! It was featured in the little section where stars promote products they like or have made or are for their fav charity. Yay!






I LOVE LOVE LOVE Kiehls. It is my favorite product brand, thanks to Jennie who got me addicted to it. My newest favorite thing is the Tea Tree Toner. I LOVE the smell of Tea Tree oil, and it is formulated for combo skin like mine, so it has moved to the top of the list.





The other thing I recently bought is a new pair of Born shoes. Borns are hugely expensive for me, but I have 4 pairs of them because they are extremely comfortble and wonderful at work. Here is the pair I just bought yesterday:





I think they are so so cute! I have been eyeing them for about a month and just decided to go for it. I want them for our trip to Chicago in May since our hotel is at the opposite end of the city from where we will be all day, so no high heels for me on this trip. I just realized that I did not explain myself. I am going to Chicago next month with Jennie and Jack for the American Association of Museums meeting and will be on my feet all day. I have not received the shoes yet, but I should this week. Maybe I will post pics of them on my feet. Jennie has said that when I get them and she sees them she is going to have to order some too, so we will see!

Oh, and it started snowing again. Bad. Yay for Spring in Tejas!!

Let it Snow!!

So I had to stop what I was doing and blog about the weather outside. Not two days ago I was wearing short sleeves and slip on shoes with no socks, and today I woke up and it was sleeting outside. Then, about 30 minutes ago, my sister pointed out that is is SNOWING outside!! And not the wimpy, texas "snow" we get about one day a year, but huge solid flakes that are coming down really heavily. So, I went outside and took pictures and made a video. It is truly amazing. And on Wednesday it will be 70 degrees again. That is Texas for you!




This is me wearing a sleevless shirt on Thursday.








Snowing on Saturday!

Two New Videos with Puppies

Short Survey Before Bed..

What would you do if?


The President of the United States called you:
Ask him to please send my dad home. Enough is enough.

You won the lottery:
Buy a house, new cars, then all the clothes and shoes and make up etc. that I want

You got invited to be on a reality TV show:
My policy on reality TV is look but don't touch. Unless maybe it was about work at the DPM, which might be fun...

You caught a friend stealing from you:
I like to talk big and say I would chew them out and never speak to them again. I might if we weren't close, but if it was someone I trusted I would just start crying.

You witnessed a murder:
CALL 911!! Then cry.

A random stranger offered you candy:
Please, I can afford my own candy. Do I look poor? Move along, stranger.

MySpace and Facebook closed:
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Please, let's not even talk about it.

A genie granted you one wish:
I am going to be selfish and say let me eat ANYTHING I want and not gain weight.

You lost your favorite possession:
Cry.

You found 10 dollars on the ground:
Yay! Ice cream anyone?!?!

Your date throws up on you:
I would not get mad, just help him clean up and get him home. It doesn't really matter anymore because if David throws up on me I have to just take it like a man. We are married, so throw up is not grounds for getting mad.

Someone cuts off a chunk of your hair:
Go with it. it is just hair.

Your favorite celebrity comes to visit you:
ooooooooooooo! I love this question! I would try to act natural despite all my inner feelings of freaking out. And get LOTS of pictures.

You were stranded on an island with nothing but the ability to make one phone call:
To my dad. He would be able to get me out of there asap.


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Ode to Coheed and Cambria Parts I and II

Jessica and me talking about lovin' Coheed!

Part I


Part II