I fell off the bandwagon.

My friends totally tease me because I am known to wear strapless tops all the freakin' time. I mean, allllllllllllllll the freakin' time. Not sometimes. I can't help it. I'm just attracted to strapless tops + dresses soley. I've tried wearing other types of tops, but I just don't feel as comfortable in them. I feel so constricted. So imprisoned. So blah. You feel me?

I never really thought that my friends would catch on to my, ahem, obsession. Boy, was I sorely wrong. It was not until my friend yelled out. No wait. exclaimed, " Tube Top!" that the jig was up. Dam. I heart strapless tops, too!

So each time I saw them, I made a conscious effort to NOT wear any strapless tops or dresses around them. It was hard because, frankly, I didn't have many tops that weren't strapless. Ugh.


I tried really hard. I really did. I even tried to purchase tops that weren't strapless. But, folks, it seems like my "trying" is once again a dud. I think I've fallen off the bandwagon.


I've purchase a dress for an upcoming wedding and it's....strapless. F. I know, I know. I've failed. Luckily, the group of friends that call me out on my strapless obsession will not be attending this weddng, so there! It doesn't count, right? Heh.

A Little Birdie told me.

Do you Twitter? I have to admit, that I recently joined Twitter for the sole reason of celebrities Twittering and that it was probably my only best way in getting as close to them as I wanted, err, I mean, they wanted me to be.

But, sadly, when I joined, I thought it was pure boredom. Maybe, it's because I don't really have that many friends on Twitter; they are mostly Facebook. Hence, the word fun is eh.

I saw this and now my mind if fiending once again to give Twittering a shot once more! In case you are wondering. Ashton Kutcher frequently Twitters, as well as his cougar wifey, Demi Moore.

Ashton recently took a picture of his wifey. He posted it yesterday, saying, " shhh, don't tell wifey."

Thought I'd share a recipe that I've used several times so far. I've never really been a fan of fried rice. It mostly has to do with my father making it nearly every weekend. Gah. So, I pretty much got sick of fried rice and could never understand why so many peeps be digging it.

But, I moved out.....and I started craving it. I was craving spam fried rice and was looking for a good recipe for it. Found it! Ironically, it's called the " Absolutely the Best Spam Fried Rice Recipe." It has a sorta sweet taste to it because of the shoyu like sauce that is added in it. You can pretty much use any meat if you don't really care for Spam. How could you not though? Hah. Love Spam, dude.

Head Bling.

Maybe its just that I haven't found the " right" headband for my head. I admire headbands from afar. But, when I put one on, I feel so silly in them. Perhaps, I'm not putting them on correctly. But, I still have hope and know that someday, I'll find the " one" and be sporting one like no other.

Stretch Lace Headband by GarlandsOfGrace.
So adorable, huh? It's so delicate looking.











Saucer Tree Headband.















Blazing Star Headband.

So Many Thoughts....

So many thoughts running through my head right now. I truly do wonder if I have ADD like some people say I do.

Thought {1} Will be participating in the 2009 Women's Nike Marathon in San Francisco. So excited. So anxious. Its not until October, but heck, I don't care. I know it'll come by so fast and I'll be hurrying up trying to get a run in to the very last minute. Looks like October will be a very busy month for me as the weekend before it's the hubby's birthday + a relative's wedding. Yowzers!


Will be registering for a local marathon that takes place in May. Why the sudden registering of marathons? I blame my lovely BFF coworker, " No Fear."We got each other back into running again. I love it! Love it! Love it!

Thought {2} Why the heck is heartworm medication so freakin' expensive? I swear, I don't remember a dog being so costly. We just bought Maddie 6 months worth of Sentinel heartworm meds and it was close to $100! WTH? We inquired about a prescription so that we could go online onto those pet discount websites, but the vet discouraged us from going there as they don't know how and where the medication came from, blah blah blah. Ugh, what do you guys think?

Speaking of which. Here's a little snippet of how much Maddie has grown.

Maddie profile pic at 2 months.












Maddie profile pic at 5 months.

Her head is ginormous, huh? Riiiight! She's a whopping 40+ pounds but she's still small enough to fit in my Mini. HAH.







Thought {3} Went gaga over this print featured on Creature Comforts. I was secretly hoping that the link posted would take me to Etsy, but needless to say, it didn't. The creator is Lisa Jones and she has lots of other cutie pie prints. I just wish that it wasn't in pounds. The print would be $90 sans shipping to order. Poop!

In the meantime, I'll just go back to living within my means and drool over this print instead by Blu Lima on Etsy. I think I know the perfect, yes perfect, place to put this print in my kitchen.

I Feel a Need to fill in the GAP.

Loving Gap's Spring Line. Then again, I'm just an addict for all things Spring. If I could, I would wear my sandals every stinkin' day of my life. I get all confused as to what to wear when it rains. Coupled with claustrophobic in my sweaters and boots. Hate feeling constricted. It just blows.

These made me smile today.

Pom Pom Dress. $69.50. It comes in Cocoa, too!


Oversize Canvas Tote. Comes in a variety of colors. Particularly loving the white and the eggplanty color.
$34.50

Weekend Recap.

Had a wonderful weekend with the hubs + Maddie. We went to the Cobbs Comedy Corner in SF to see the Kims of Comedy. The hubs has been to this show multiple of times and always talks about it. So, I was excited to see this show, especially because it has Dr. Ken in it.

Dr. Ken is one of Gordon's fraternity brother/friend's brother in law. I finally got to meet him after the show and gosh he is uber nice. He gave me a family style kiss on the cheek when I met him. Not those biznatch greetings with a handshake. If we didn't have the drive home, I would have loved to have drinks with him and his Kim buddies at the bar.

We got to finally make the Peruvian dish, Lomo Saltado. I remember reading about this dish from Too Old for Pink. It was pretty darn good and is a staple in our casa, that's for sure! Finished it off with Dreyer's Girl Scout Cookies ( slow churned) Thin Mint Ice Cream. Didn't know they had such a thing!!!!!! Since, I didn't get a chance to purchase Girl Scout cookies this year and thin mints is one of my fave's, this was the perfect item---ice cream + thin mints. Who could ask for anything more?

Paragraph(s) Update.

Been away making the money to survive and I finally got a couple of days to rest and recuperate before I go back again for another couple of nights.

Meeting with the tax girl this weekend. The dreaded tax time has once again popped up. I'm feeling a little bit more positive though this year. Thanks, Obama for the $7,500 first time house credit! I'm hoping it'll help us out tremendously.

The Coops is broke once again. Her arm, aka the right side passenger seat window, will not go down or up. So, she's back to the doctors this Friday along with her annual inspection. Gonna cost me a grip, but am not surprised though. She's German.

Brought Maddie out for the first time. She made her grand debut in Berkeley on one of our favorite streets to chill--4th Street. Was a proud mommy because she was well behaved. Leash walking, not to proud. She needs work on that, but it wasn't terribly bad for her first time out and about. Lots of people were just walking by petting her and she just gobbelled all the attention. What an attention whore!

Needed to purchase some poppy colored A2 envelopes for the BFF's shower invitations. Hence the visit to 4th Street. I'd like to include her favorite color in here somewhere. Now. I just need to find the perfect orange/white polka date paper so that I can line them.

Saw a diy cupcake stand link from PetiteMandoo {Thanks for the link!} and am thinking about taking a shot at it for the BFF's shower. May be getting her cupcakes for her shower and thought this would be a nice touch.

Making chicken parmsesan for dinner after seeing it on blogs.

This one is a bit more healthier as it's not fried, it's baked and with panko crumbs! Hmmm, can't wait!