Life Happens :o)

Wow! It's been a whole two weeks since I last posted! I have good reason(s) though; I've been a busy little bee busting my booty between my job and home life. So where to begin.... I guess I'll just work my way up the list saving the best for last.

1. This is really scary but interesting none the less... I happen to live near an airport and we constantly have planes flying over our house. It's an all day, every day thing so I don't pay them much mind anymore. Well how about a little plane crashed into a house a street over from where I live. None of the 5 people in the house were injured but both people on the plane died. Very sad. :o(

2. Moving on to happy things... I have coworker who will be having a bouncing baby boy in May and her shower is this weekend. She's registered at Babies R Us so I popped in the other day to pick up a few things for the baby. And I'll tell you, nothing makes a chubby girl more self conscience than realizing she is in the middle of a baby store wearing a baggy pink polka dotted, empire waist tunic carrying around bottles and pacifiers. I was just waiting for some old lady to ask me when my baby is due. I spent a lot of time sucking in my gut and standing up straight, lol.

3. Then... my sister-in-law is getting married in May and her best friend is coordinating the shower all the way from her home in New Jersey. She's delegated some things for me to do here in North Carolina to get ready and being the crafting perfectionist that I am, I have spent several nights working on these assignments after work. They're coming along great and I'm really excited. It's going to be super cute and a lot of fun. I'd post pictures of my ingenious creations but I don't want to ruin the surprise in case the sis-in-law looks at my bloggity blog. :o)

4. As most of you know, I have an Etsy store where I have a bunch of jewelry and pins for sale. I can not sell that stuff online to save my life but in real life, I make sells all the time. With that being said, I've been accepted into the K'vill Indie Flea which is a local arts and crafts show held weekly in Kernersville, NC. I have to get my supplies together to set up a booth and all that jazz. And in addition to the Indie Flea, I'm going to be selling my wares at Scissor Hands Salon and GOSSIP Boutique, also in K'ville. Their grand opening will be this Saturday night with door prizes, live music, and all sorts of cool stuff. So exciting!~

Aaaaand number 5! (This is the biggie, by the way!) Pete and I have been busy working with our wonderful wedding planner and we have officially and finally set a date for the wedding. I will be getting married on April 14, 2012. (yaaaaay!) The reception will be at Revolution Mill Studios which is absolutely gorgeous. It used to be a cotton mill (hence the name) and it's been reinvented to an amazing event venue. I love that they kept all of the original wood work. There are giant pine columns and antique maple floors and to top that off, there is a lot of brick and iron work giving it a very vintage/urban feel that just makes me melt.


In addition to finally getting the date/venue piece of the wedding hashed out, we also hired our photographer. We will have the wonderful and talented William Mahone capturing all of the moments for us. Very cool, indeed.

So yeah, I've been busy. Hopefully, I will fall into some sort of routine and will be able to have a little more ME time but we'll see. ;o)

Mission Accomplished: Cute Shoes

I've been looking for inexpensive silver wedge heels to wear with my bridesmaid dress for weeks. You would think something like that would be easy to find but NO. It seems that shoe makers love to pair silver with cork or wood heels which would be great if I were wearing them out casually but not with a satin and chiffon formal gown. I'd look kind of special. lol

I found plenty of high heels and stilettos but the wedge heel is a must since the wedding will be held in a manor garden. I scoured the local shoe shops and online at Zappos, Piperlime, and Amazon. Nothin'! I kept checking eBay every few days to see if anything new was listed and that was where I finally found these bad boys.

RAMPAGE - Allyson Wedge

Can we say perfect? And at $24.99 they were a great deal. I tried them on and walked Bella Roo (the puppy) around in the yard to see how they would hang in the grass and they're great! I didn't the aerate the lawn and I was able to maintain my balance. That's serious business for my clumsy butt... the last thing I need to do is fall over while walking down the aisle at my sister-in-law's wedding. lol.

(Pardon my crappy cell phone pics.)

Cuteness!~

On a side note, how much do you love that polish color? It's OPI Pamplona Purple. I somehow missed this one until now but I love it... she's been added to my all time favorites list. :o)

Thanks for reading!

~ Kim

NOTD: Leopard Electric

I picked up a bottle of Sally Hansen HD - LCD and decided to try it out tonight. Overall, I liked the look of it but it took four coats to achieve this depth of color and it's still translucent. So I would recommend layering it with another polish if you don't want to go through putting on that many coats. (Maybe some Orly Soul Mate would look nice?)


Then I wanted to add something else to this color and I thought black tips would look great until I effed up my finish with tape. I waited about 15 minutes before that attempt which is usually plenty of of time but that whole 4 coats thing got me. To hide my boo-boo, I whipped out my Konad M57 plate and Leopard-ed them up. And with me never being satisfied, I felt it needed more so I added some Sally Hansen Green with Envy. Awesome. :o)


Thanks for reading!

~ Kim

Window Shopping

I have a confession... I actually waste about an hour a day just looking at clothes, shoes, and jewelry online. I thought I'd put this wasted time to good use and start a new feature where I'll share some of the neat things that I've found while perusing around on the internet. It will also serve as a kind of wish list for myself, lol. I would like to promise that I will do this every week on a certain day but I'm honestly not that scheduled and/or consistent. I will however try to post it at lease once a week. Yay!

Sooo, let's go window shopping! I've been keeping my eyes peeled for things that I want for this summer and I just love, love, LOVE all the dainty floral prints, lacy ruffles, and light fabrics. It's the best!~

Floral Print Lace Tank $14.80


ELLE™ Crochet Slubbed Cardigan $35


Embellished Linen Skirts $39.50


Cultura Beaded Fashion Bracelet


Ruffle Cascade Dress $54.95

NOTD: The Storm Came Rolling In

I tried Revlon's Top Speed in Stormy today and let me tell you, my manicure was very apropos for the weather. We've had these ominous looking dark storm clouds hanging heavy overhead all day. I kept waiting for the bottom to fall out but thankfully it never happened; we only had a light shower here and there.

I would definitely say that the name Stormy is perfect.

I really like this polish! I know it's been out for several months now but this was my first time using Top Speed and the consistency is really great. I'm sad that I haven't tried it sooner! It slides on smooth and just kind of goes where it needs to without a lot of fuss and muss. I would describe the color as being "graype." Yeah, I thought that was clever when I first came up with it too but it's just corny now, lol. Anyway, it's a really nice medium shade of gray with purplish undertones. I used 2 coats and a top coat of SecheVite and I was completely set and dry in about 10 minutes. Awesome! So at under $5.00 a bottle, I would say it's a great value.


I also want to try some of the other colors in the Top Speed line... I'm thinking Hazy, Espresso, and Golden will be my next buys. Have you guys tried any these colors? What do you think about them?

NOTD: Cybertronic Spring

This years weather has been confusing me to death. I don't know if I need to go ahead and switch out my summer/winter clothes or wait a little bit longer. Just to put things into perspective of how odd things are, it has been in the 60's and 70's this past week but at this time last year, we had SNOW and lots of it!

It seems that I'm not the only one confused by the unseasonably warm temps. I have tulips and flowers popping up in my yard and while I was walking outside at work today, I noticed the trees are starting to bloom.

These trees are absolutely gorgeous when the buds turn into flowers. They get these beautiful cotton candy pink blossoms on them and after a few days, the petals start to fall away and coat the ground... it's just an amazingly scenic sight!

But enough about the weather! Last night, I didn't have a lot of time to work on my nails so I decided to try a quick coat of the China Glaze Cyberspace I bought yesterday. I ended up using 3 coats and a top coat of SecheVite. I took pictures outside to see if I could capture the holo effect but I think I waited too late. The sun was already starting to set so it didn't get the full effect. The holo in this particular polish is very subtle so if you're looking for something that is truly holographic à la OPI Paris Couture for Sure, this one may be a disappointment. Personally, I like the overall look... it has a nice neutral metallic appearance so it's fun but I won't get weird looks at the office. :o)

Sally's Haul!

I gave my little brother a ride home from work today and he conveniently works right next to a Sally Beauty Supply. Yay! It was a win-win situation for us both!

While I was waiting for him to get off work, I popped into Sally's to see if they had anything interesting. To my surprise, they actually had China Glaze Crackle! Yes, in the store! I've seen so many people complaining online that it's sold out everywhere, I really didn't expect to find any. And to make things even better, all the China Glaze polishes were on sale 2 for $10. Soooo, I stocked up!

Crackle Glaze in Lightening Bolt and Broken Hearted

Tronica Collection in Hologram and Cyberspace

Flirt Collection Spontaneous and Ecollection Tree Hugger.

I'm really excited about the crackle glazes and I can't wait to try them... I just have to decide which color to do first! So, what about you guys... have you tried them yet or have you had any trouble finding them in stores?

NOTD: Patchwork Manicure

This manicure was inspired from Chloe's Nails. I used OPI Black Onyx, OPI Jade is the New Black and Essie Jazz. :o)