Did you hear that? Creativity was talking. I like what it had to say.

Today I was able to buy for, style out, be the make-up artist, hair stylist, and photographer for a photo shoot made to sell vintage clothes online. It felt really great to be that creative. I've been wanting to do this for a long time now, and it went better than imagined. Andrea was a great model, and (cross-my-fingers) I'll use her again. Pretty sure she also had a good time. Can't wait to do more. Now I just need to post all the clothes and new jewelry I've made. Wish me luck...

Phew, I need a water break...

I was going strong for two weeks. I ran 5 days my first week. Then ran/exercised 4 days the next week, ending in a strong 2.5 mi run. I have deflated since then. We got back from the vacation, and it's lame, hot, sticky feeling in the house. I can't seem to shake the all consuming lethargy I seem to have, and I have less desire to push through. It's so annoying... I will though, push through. I'm not going to give up now, but everything in me sure wants to. I'll keep posting about how it goes.

SALE, CLEARANCE, LAST CHANCE BARGAINS!

I have an addiction. To sales. Yeah, I know old story, but seriously it's a problem. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not talking about a shopping addiction, only a sale addiction. I will almost never allow myself to buy something at full price. Good, you may think, thrifty. Well thrifty indeed, and yet sometimes I think this is not always a good habit to have. While I do think I end up saving a lot of money with all my "thriftyness" I may be missing something in the long run. Sometimes what will happen is I buy so many "sale" items, I still spend a good chunk of change. Or, I might not get the quality that comes with spending a little more dough on things. I do buy at thrift stores, and that alone is a sort of sale price, even there I usually only get the colored tags that are discounted. Could I be missing out on some really great stuff? The only loophole I give myself is when I spend someone else's money. Then, suddenly I'm able to really splurge on myself. Recently I received a gift card for my birthday and just bought myself a much needed new black purse (I'm serious when I say I needed it) and it wasn't that it was so expensive, but I know myself and I never would have purchased it with my own money. It was a new arrival type item and not on any sort of sale... I wouldn't have given it a second look. Oh, and I loooovvvve it. So I'm not really sure what the cure to my addiction would be, and if I'm really honest I don't know how much I want this addiction to end. I'm very prideful when it comes to my thriftiness, I love a good sale :)

A night for the ladies... Sex and the City 2

Last night I made a trip into the city and finally saw Sex and the City 2, just before it left the theaters. It was the only theater left in the Portland area it was showing. I'd heard a lot of chatter about it, especially since I waited so long to see it, and let me tell you, most of what I'd heard was that it was bad, unnecessary, a big disappointment. I would expect those type of reviews from critics, but even a friend who said she liked the first movie, told me she was ready to walk out of the theater at one point, and that she hated the movie. Hated? I asked. Yes, hated. So I was concerned that it was not only going to be not as fun as I had hoped, but plain terrible. Well, drum roll pleas...du...du..du.du..... I liked it, enjoyed it, and had a great time. If I was to assess say a grade, it would be a B to B+.

My experience was like this: The anticipation of waiting so long and others opinions that were swirling around my head as I watched the movie, made me a little over analytical at first. I am even trying to gauge audience reaction. So far so good, I think, I am enjoying the movie, and yes there are some cringe worthy moments, but they're few, and the last movie had some of those, but all in all I enjoyed that one too. Anyway, so I'm sitting there thinking, "I like this. Is it weird that I don't hate this. Should I hate this?", I'm sitting next to my friend wondering, "Does she hate this, am I laughing to loud at the obvious jokes?". Luckily, I came to my senses, and realized I really don't give a hooey, (ya, a hooey), what everyone else says or thinks, I like this movie. I think it did mostly everything (that I've read) it was set out to do. It wasn't suppose to be as dramatic as the first, it was suppose to be fun, decadent, and like the original series, the fashion was over-the-top, but in a good way.

All in all, I was very satisfied. The roles for each woman I thought were almost better than the last movie. Especially Charlotte, she got a meaty role that I especially related to. Samantha's character arc is what it always is for me, not great but fitting. She did however look amazing. Seriously, where she looked sort of old and busted and trying to hard the last movie, this time around she looked good, impressively good. So for me it was a great success, and I can't wait for it to come out on video so I can watch it again.

It never fails WINCO trips always suck, suck, suck. Is it worth the savings?? Not sure.

Book Review: Twenties Girl

I just finished Sophie Kinsella's latest book Twenties Girl. This book was a bit of a departure from the heroines in her previous books, in that one is a ghost. I don't particularly like sci-fi, vampire, or even murder mysteries, so upon realization that she was serious about seeing a ghost apparition, I was a bit skeptical on whether I'd enjoy her latest novel. What I found out was that not only was I able to buy into the 20s flapper girl ghost befriending her great niece (who's alive), but I found their relationship real, funny, and most of all endearing. I think for Kinsella it's a great novel that separates itself from the all popular shopaholic series while retaining that specific Kinsella tone. It didn't take long, just a couple of paces to digest the ghost theme, and I was able to get pulled straight into this story and enjoy every minute.

I was like sweating and it totally grossed me out to the max!

I had my 30th birthday party on Sunday. It was an 80s theme and was totally radical. The exception of course was that it was about a bazillion degrees in the house with our 80s costumes on. I hadn't really prep'd for an outdoor party, not even sure why, but I was thinking games, games, games. We attempted to play an 80s trivia game, which was a blast... until everyone abandoned it claiming heat stroke. Luckily our friends The Burts brought an outdoor game with them call BAG-O. So, we traded out playing BAG-O, helped our engaged friends do some wine and champagne tasting in prep for their wedding, blasted the 80s compilation discs and had a killer time. Thirty is not so bad. Especially when you get to remember what it was like to be 8 years old.
Runnin' just as fast as you can -an -an -an......