Buttercream!

I did lose all of my pictures from this weekend, which included baking delicious cupcakes. I used this buttercream recipe. It was too good not to show you, but unfortunately all you're gonna get is a travel cupcake I brought to work and my 'Droid picture. If you're needing a quick but delicious icing, I vote for this one!

Happy Halloween!

I  guess I could be all mad that this morning I went to upload my Weekend Plans pictures to my computer and accidentally deleted them. Yeah, I guess I could be. Instead, since it is Halloween, I guess we should all just practice our Thriller Dance. Here's for happier blogging tomorrow!

Blogging from Bed

Taking a much needed break from work today. Be back to blogging Monday. After much hard work, a break sounds glorious. Halfway through this book and really enjoying my weekend already! Happy Friday!

Thanks Sociology Degree

Image via Feminist Ryan Gosling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I work on finishing my thesis, I love that someone turned the hilarious idea of Hey Girl and made it all about gender theory. On this day, while I anxiously await my committee's response to my gender theory laden thesis, this is just the laugh I needed.

Weekend Plans

So nice on this very busy Tuesday to think back on my weekend. I had to work on Saturday morning, but was able to spend Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning visiting with R's parents who were in town. We landed randomly at the Korean Festival happening across the street from our apartment, then went to get some delicious BBQ from Willards. I also found some time to do some quick browsing for Fall clothes. My favorite purchase was by far my new Poppy King lipstick from J. Crew. I've been searching for a color similar to this one since I saw it in the catalog a few years ago and I can't believe what a flattering color it really is. I'm looking forward to more relaxing next weekend than this past one, as I'll have sent my thesis stuff to my committee (shwew!), but enjoyed getting back into the swing of Weekend Plans. Happy Tuesday!

Paranormal Activity In More Ways than One

I know Drew, I felt scared too! 

No pictures until tomorrow. I swear I really did take them, but some paranormal forces conspired against me to hide the cord that uploads them to my computer. Lame! Rather than bore you with details from my weekend, sans pictures, I'll just tell you...

I'm so excited to see Paranormal Activity 3. I'm sure, just like after the last two, I'll be terrified for weeks afterward, but I love a good scary movie! Growing up, my brothers were masters at terrifying me, so maybe I'm too scared. After the first one, I was so scared I didn't stay home by myself for at least two weeks. It's Halloween soon though and I'm getting jazzed for some good old fashioned scares! If you haven't watched them, you really should, but take my word for it and don't watch them alone.

Friday at Five

I feel you Bob. 

Yet again, Quindome will be working on thesis. I'm feeling a little rundown from working full time and trying to complete this degree, so hopefully this last push is worth it. I'm sorry to everyone around me if I've been a little crazytown this week. Like Bob, I probably just needed a coffee and some carbs.

I hope you have a lovely weekend. I hope you party hard, while also getting lots of much needed rest. I don't know how you'll make those both happen, but have the utmost faith in your abilities. Party on good people. Till Monday.

DIY Fashion

Images via Rag & Bone 

This is not to say that all of the images are cute, but I love the little shots that Miranda Kerr took for the Rag & Bone DIY shot. They gave each of the models free reign to shoot their own images sans hair and makeup teams and she is still so lovely. I liked hers the best. I think it is funny to see how people whose lives are to look good in front of a camera must interpret their image on their own. I also really like Carolyn Murphy's shots.

Embrace Messy Hair

Image via Funnelcloud on Etsy

I normally hate those signs that tell you to love or embrace something. Call me hateful (HATEFUL!-That was you screaming it), but they just irritate me. Usually the things that inspire me don't have to tell me to be inspired. This seems obvious, but hey, whatever, I also don't understand Pajama Jeans.

When I saw this cute little print on Etsy, I did like it. Maybe its because my hair is a hot mess most of the time, but what I'd rather believe is that as I get older, I feel more comfortable letting my hair be it's regular old Rosanna Rosanna Danna self. This would be cute maybe to have framed in my bathroom beside a picture of a straightening iron which has been X'd out.

Happy Monday.

P.S. As I get back into the swing of blogging again daily, I realized I had taken some Weekend Plans pictures and forgot to upload them. Tomorrow, buckaroos! 

Friday at Five

For my first "Friday at Five" post in a long time, this goes out to a few hilarious friends of mine who have decided, late in the game, to become full fledged WWE fans. I'm looking at you Hickman(s). For those of you who won't instantly think of CM Punk, this should still be a rocking little number. So go pull of your Body Glove Wet Suits, grab a Cross Colors jacket and have a rocking good weekend! I'm sending my final thesis draft to my committee this Sunday, so it will be a full weekend of working on that, but in a good light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel sort of way. I hope the leaves are pretty and the weather is crisp!

Calendars for All

Image via Rifle Paper Co.- Adorable, no?

 I love my Android Phone. I think about getting an IPad. You'd have to tear my DVR box from my hands. All these technological loves aside, I'm a pen and paper calendar keeper. I used to think I was weird, but I know a lot of other women who are the same way. Maybe it is the thrill of marking things off a to do list or just my minor obsession with quality paper goods, but please don't take away my paper planners and calendars. In light of this, I was excited to sign up for the Greedy Girl Calendar Swap. Combining two major loves of mine, Snail Mail and Surprises... Come on, who could resist! I'm thinking of sending out one of the Rifle Paper Co. calendars. I think they are so sweet and cheerful. My  only concern is that everyone else will think the same thing and we'll all get the same calendar as these have been all over the blogosphere. Oh, well! That would mean we'd all come up winners!

May I tell you about not saying "Can I"?

May I blow your mind with my smarts?-Einstein*

 I like to give myself little projects. I'm perpetually busy and so frequently my little projects fall to the wayside... Hello Blog!... Regardless... My new small project is to use the words Can and May correctly. It is the little things in life that keep us learning sometimes. Can I get you to agree?
*I think Einstein probably said this at least once in his life, but I make no guarantees.

The Disappearance of Quindome

Can I make a nerdy confession? Okay, sure I will. I was really busy in August and didn't get to blog for a few days. Those few days turned into a month. Was I busy during that whole time? Yes, siree I was. Was I so busy I couldn't have blogged? Probably not. In fact, I know I wasn't because I did keep up on some of my favorite blogs.

I got blog shy.

When the internet is filled with so many fun and wonderful blogs, it is easy to feel like yours is silly and unimportant. Well tonight, as I sit faced with my final thesis draft before going to committee, I say ENOUGH. I didn't start this blog to take over the world or become the coolest kid in the room, though those would both be super rad. I started it 'cause I've got something to say about stuff. For the record, said stuff might not be that important to many, but heck, if I don't make me laugh who will? So blogging, here we go again. Third times the charm*!

*This is not my third blog. It is my first, but this would be the third time my blogging shyness overtook me. Lame? True? Both.