Prom!

K at Blog Goggles tagged me last week in this prom picture post thing that has been going around. I considered trying to find a picture to scan in while at my parents this past weekend...but I was too lazy, so I just took a picture of some of my scrapbook pages. Hope you don't mind the semi-poor picture of a picture quality, I think you will still get the point! If you want to play, consider yourself tagged!

Here is my junior prom. I went to both prom's with my high school boyfriend who was pretty short, so I wore the same sparkly white flip flops to each prom so I wouldn't be taller then him, which always made me feel weird. This dress was laced up the back and sadly there were about 5 other people at the prom with the same dress, which lead to my choice for the next year.

And here is senior year, where I wore "the barbie dress." It was huge! I really loved it though, and no one else had it on. It is hard to tell from the picture but it was BRIGHT pink and had tons of random pink sequins. It was very hard to go to the bathroom in.
And here is the obligatory "putting on the corsage" picture. My boyfriend got not only a top hat, but also a monocle, cane, spats, and white gloves. He looked like Mr. Peanut, and I made him leave the monocle and cane at home!

How to Find a Husband

I have another weird TV show I have been watching and wanted to blog about it. I can't decide if it is good or semi-annoying; it's called "How to Find a Husband," and it is about this British "TV presenter" who goes on a 10 week quest to find a husband. If you hadn't guessed, it it was another Fine Living Network discovery, because husband hunting is a fine way to live.

Basically she just keeps doing all of these random activities, ie speed dating, online dating, psychics, newspaper ads, accosting people on the street etc...we are up to week 5 and no husband yet. But it is entertaining none the less.

And it brings up a thought on a conversation I have had with a lot of my friends...which is semi-related to the show. A lot of my friends met their significant others in college (myself included) which is an easy place to meet people, but a lot of my single girlfriends now live in areas where they don't know a ton of people and we often discuss how they would meet someone to date...I never feel like I can give them advice on this, and would love to be able to.

So what do you think, how is the best way to meet guys (or girls) in an area where you don't know people? Have you ever been in this situation?

Happy Mother's Day!

Hi Everyone! Sorry for my absence lately, K and I spent the weekend at my parents "watching" my brother and Gryffin while my parents went to get my sister at college. She has an internship in Boston where she goes to school this summer but is going to be home for a few weeks. Anyways, yesterday K and I did some shopping (for him mostly) and saw "Wolverine," which I thought was pretty good. I also called the breeder to check on Hanna and they said she is eating her food a doing great, only 5 days until we bring her home!

Today for Mother's Day I made portobello mushroom burgers for my mom (and the rest of my family) as well as some super yummy pasta salad. I hope all you had a lovely Mother's Day!

Now we are catching up on the DVR (Cafe Disco on The Office...omg) and relaxing, I'll be back to to posting regularly tomorrow.

Bittersweet Memories that is All I'm Taking with Me

Well "Real Housewives of NY" season 2 is over, or over until the reunion next week, but you know what I mean. I guess I thought I would be sad or something but I am so ready to cross the river and move on to New Jersey. The prospect of a new group of Housewives is very exciting and I can't wait to blog about my initial reactions, I hope it is like "The Sopranos," I loved that show. I don't know if I have mentioned it before, but K is actually from New Jersey (but the more rural part...don't feel bad if you didn't know about it...neither did I until I visited him.) Anyways, he is very mad about this show since "New Jersey doesn't need any further stereotypes." My response...."If the big hair, stripper shoes, and velour track suits fit..." No offense New Jersey, I kid because I love.

But enough on New Jersey for now, I really found the season 2 finale of NY pretty boring, my hopes were high after this season and I was let down. All the episode seemed to do was illustrate how self-involved these women all are, while they ironically worked on a charity. Also ironic that the one person who made me really glad that I was watching the show was Simon, and his...errr...outfit. That was just insane. I really am not bothered by his other "fashion risks," if he wants to wear pink clogs more power to him. But lace up red leather pants, a sequined blazer, and pointy boots? I just don't get how that is fashionable at all. He looked like he just crawled out of a Hot Topic in a New Jersey (sorry to bring it up again!) mall.

Ramona and him dancing was pretty hilarious. And with that, goodbye "Real Housewives of New York." You know I will always love you, see you next season, and please...no more Kelly. She needs to go the way of that weirdo Quinn from the OC. Remember her?

Eat Your Brussels Sprouts!

My mom has always said how much she loves Brussels sprouts but she never really cooked them for us growing up. I guess she assumed we would hate them and it was easier to make vegetables with more positive reputations. Several seasons of "Top Chef" have made me much more open minded about food and I love cooking new things, so I picked up some Brussels sprouts at Trader Joe's on Sunday. Then I started looking for recipes and decided to try out this one for roasted Brussels sprouts from The Barefoot Contessa. The sprouts turned out great, crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. I followed the recipe but you could totally add some other seasonings. They make a great side dish, and much healthier then fries!

Here is how to make them, it is very simple:

1) Heat oven to 400.

2)Cut off brown ends and remove any yucky looking outside leaves from the sprouts. Then put them in a bowl.

3) Drizzle with olive oil and and add salt and pepper (or any other seasonings) then stir to coat the sprouts.

4)Pour onto a pan.

5) Cook for about 40 minutes, shake pan every 15 minutes to brown evenly. They should end up browned on the outside. The picture above is from the recipe but mine looked almost the same!

6) Enjoy right away!

Visiting My Puppy

On Saturday I went with my parents, and Gryffin, to visit my puppy Hanna at the breeder in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, K couldn't come since he had a review session for finals. When they first brought her out she was shivering and so tiny so I held her for a while, then we put her on the ground to see what Gryffin would do. She went right up to him and started wagging her little tail which was soooo adorable. Gryffin was very nice and gentle with her, I think they will be great friends. And we found out awesome news, they are actually half-siblings!

K and I will be bringing her home on the 15th and I am so excited! The breeder said she is doing well but being a little stubborn about weaning, so they are giving her baby food now and working her into dog food. She can't really run yet but she kind of waddles around, I know in two weeks she will be running all over the place.

Here are some of the pictures we took while visiting:

Hanna, and my mom holding her.

Gryffin and Hanna, soon to be best friends.

Gryffin looked so big next to her! And he is only 13 pounds,
Hanna probably weighed a pound!

Baby Hanna, my dad was holding her so you can see how small she is

next to his hands!

I Love Kohl's!

While hanging out with Mom on Friday night we decided to stop by Kohl's, and with all the great deals I went crazy! I got a couple of candles, a wooden "C" and a "K" to hang somewhere in our apartment, 2 pairs of shoes, and (finally) a maxi dress! Literally everything I got was on sale.

I got these in dark brown for only $29.99! I think they were around 60 originally, they are Simply Vera Wang for Kohl's. Pretty comfortable and I could also wear them to work in the summer.

This in not a great picture of these shoes but they are also Simply Vera and were $36.99. I needed new summery black heels so they were a good purchase.

And here is the maxi dress! Again not a great picture, but it is purple and brown Ikat print and actually has enough room in the chest. Finding this dress and loving it has inspired me to try and find some other maxi dresses. Oh and it was on sale for $34.99!