Shape FX

I happened to stumble across a website that has clothes which offer a hidden layer of shaping material to help with your little tummy pooch you can't seem to shake. Check out www.shapefx.com to see the whole collection. They offer everything from a really gorgeous wedding dress to jeans and work outfits.

I'm placing my order for their Shaper Cami and I really want the bodysuit where you can still wear your own bra underneath. Sadly my size is sold out at the moment, but I've signed up for emails so I won't be out of the loop!

No Left Turn

To the left of my desk is a nice double window that I often stare out of and daydream of being outside and not stuck at work. I work off of a pretty quite street, minus the bums that tend to hang around and pee on our fence and talk to themselves. The odd thing is that you can't make a left hand turn onto our street coming from the east. The city has two signs letting drivers know this, but mostly everyone ignores the signs.

Cops love to hang out in our parking lot and wait for offenders to make the left turn. It's now become a game in our office that when we hear the cop sirens start going that we laugh and yell "Number 1, 2, 3, etc." Yeah, we get bored sometimes. The best is when they pull over cyclists for cutting through the Wendy's parking lot. The cyclists raise hell and yell at cops and call them names and we just sit in our office and laugh. Like I said, we get bored a lot.

Love/Hate Relationship

Dim Sum, you were truly fabulous last weekend. My first experience with a Dim Sum brunch was great, until the next day or so. Because you are ladden with gluten (wheat for you regular folks) and I'm intolerant, I'm now cursing my decision to eat your tastiness. I've been bloated, uncomfortable, achy, irritable and tired since I ate you. But oh how good you tasted! Your sesame dipped balls with red bean paste, I can just see you now. But alas, I think I must bid you adieu forever. It's just not worth feeling like it's that time of the month every time I eat gluten. Don't take it personal Dim Sum, it's not just you. It's all breads, muffins, rolls, pizzas, burritos, cookies, etc. See, doesn't that make you feel better? I hope it makes you feel better because I'm currently dreaming in color all the foods I can no longer stuff my face with. Sigh.

Pulling Teeth

I dropped my chihuahua off at the Vet this morning for her annual teeth cleaning. I was bad and didn't have them cleaned last year because my hubby bitched and moaned. The vet told me I could call after 2pm and check to see how she was doing. Don't you know I called at ten after and they informed me they needed to talk to me. Her two top molars were rotted and needed to be pulled and her 4 bottom teeth between her incisors were loose and they were recommending extraction as well!

I was shocked, because my normal vet had just recommended a cleaning for tartar build-up and didn't mention anything about possible extractions. I freak out and tell them obviously to pull the rotted ones, but I was worried about the implications of the other four teeth. How would she eat without those, etc,etc. I did some quick research online, called my mom freaking out, cried a bit, and figured out my plan of attack. The vet ended up calling me back and they decided the 4 teeth would be fine and probably stay put for another year to two. Whew! So she's only going to be slightly pissed when she wakes up with two less molars. And I can stop having a panic-attack because I wasn't ready for all this doggie dental drama today!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Friday night was a glorious night of quite pampering and girly movies. I watched Confessions of a Shopaholic (movie was good, book was better) and deep conditioned my hair. I worked on some baby shower projects and called it a night around 11pm.

Saturday I got up and hit the gym for my favorite class. I headed into town later that afternoon to do some shopping until C was done her errands. I ended up finding an awesome dress for the wedding I'm attending in October. It's a deep red color and it was 40% off! I also found some shoes that will work for the 50's party I'm attending this weekend. A group of us meet up for dinner and then headed off to see The Proposal. I seriously laughed my butt off at the movie! I had to control myself because I thought I was being too loud. Sandra Bullock and Ryan Renolds were really great together and there were a ton of funny moment. Former Golden Girl Betty White was the grandmother and she was really great.

Sunday morning I had to head to Walmart (uggg) and wait for over 2 hours to have my car battery replaced. Luckily T picked me up so I didn't have to miss my first Dim Sum experience. A group of us went to Shanghai for their famous Dim Sum Brunch. We were all pretty hungry by the time we were seated, and they loaded our table with various Dim Sum and other dishes and we proceeded to stuff our faces silly. Next time, we'll pace ourselves because we missed out on several carts that had some seriously yummy looking food. My favorite were the sesame balls with red bean paste. I wish I had a few right now! It was definitely worth $12 a person, and I would go back to try the rest of the food.

I headed back home after lunch and relaxed by the pool for a bit. Cooked some fish for my friend and her daughter and then decided to clean out my pantry. I was super embarrassed on the amount of un-opened expired food I had to throw away! I'm buying less in bulk from now on, I felt so wasteful. After dinner I snuggled down to watch New In Town with Renee Zelwegger and Harry Connick Jr. It was a predictable but cute movie. Glad I was getting all my girly movies in while Hubby is gone!

Awesome Wedding Walk

Man, I wished I had thought about walking down the aisle this way for my wedding!

50's party

My aunt is turning the big 50 next weekend and decided to throw a 50's theme party since the neighborhood always likes the themed parties I throw. I'm so proud of her, she's been buying 50's themed decorations since the White Party in April. She doesn't normally throw all-out theme parties and she's really excited about this one.

I love to dress up in costumes so of course this party is right up my ally. I decided on a sock hop outfit and Hubby is going as Danny Zucko from Grease. He's going to wear dark jeans, white socks with black shoes, a white muscle tshirt with a pack of cigarettes rolled in his sleeve Check out the wig I got him so he could look more authentic.

I was tempted to go as Sandy from Grease, but the Rydell High cheer outfit was a long sleeved shirt and skirt, and it's just going to be too darn hot to wear that. So this is what I ordered instead:

The saddle shoes were on back order, so I'm going to get a cheap pair of Keds and use felt to make the black sections. My aunt ordered a black and white dance floor (I think) and a tent so we can dance all night long. I'm thinking a flapper cake recipe I found which originated in the 50's.