New Perspective

How are you with glasses? I go back and forth. Sometimes I wear my contacts everyday and sometimes I just wear my glasses. I seem to have eye wear moods.

Lately, I've been wearing a pair that I bought at least 4 years ago. The Rx is a little old, but I like the style of the glasses. A year ago, I bought new glasses and promptly hated them. They had the thick plastic side pieces which did look cool, but darn it if my head isn't cockeyed. Those stupid things never were straight on me. I was constantly fidgeting and trying to get them to line up properly.

So, I've been wearing the old pair AND lately I've been having insano headaches. I think an outdated Rx and computer glare is to blame. I broke down last week and bought new glasses. My insurance wouldn't cover it since I already bought contacts, so this was kinda spendy for me.

The new pair are supposed to be super cool with anti-glare magic on them. It's tough to tell from the photograph, but they are a navy blue metal frame. Fairly light & comfortable. And really, not too different in style from the old pair.

Here's a comparison.

Darn, I think my labeling turned out too small. Next time....

I think I like them....I'll use the work week as my test run on the fancy antiglare abilities.

-b-

Georgia peach_part deux

I'm back from a super de duper weekend spent in the Georgia Mountains. I can't gush about it enough. It was fantastic. The weather was perfect, our cabin looked just like the internet photographs, and there were loads of fun activities! To top it all: very reasonable! We cooked almost every meal and split between 8 people that was insanely cheap despite our best efforts to eat and drink more than humanly possible.

I don't have all my pics together, but here are a few.

That wasn't my best photograph, but wanted to show you the necklace I made. There were 4 women this wkd and I made one for each of us. The necklaces were all very similar, but each person had a different little animal in the center. Mine was a butterfly and there was a ladybug, turtle, and dove.

Hmm...my next project?

This was hung above a toilet.

-b-

Georgia peach

I'll be out of town for a couple days kids, so behave and I promise to return with some pics and some stories....

D'oh!

Well, it finally happened. I lost one of my library CDs. I've torn up my car, my office, and home stereo. This CD is bad luck for multiple reasons:

1. I owned this CD at one time, but it was in my radio when my radio was stolen from my car a couple years ago.

2. I have now lost the library copy. They are going to make me pay about $30 to replace it. The crummy part is that the library copy was pretty scratched up and I couldn't listen to the last couple songs on the album.

3. I brought some other music into the office today and one is a non-labeled CD. Guess which CD...

THE SAME ONE!

I must've burned it years ago before it was stolen out of my car so that my husband could have a copy. I didn't even need to bother with checking it out from the library.

GRRRR...one of those days for sure.

-b-

Holiday weekend fun

This weekend was both super busy and super relaxing. I love that about a long weekend, you actually have enough time to get things done, have fun, and relax a little.

Mr. Moto played dirt bike, while I played jewelry (is it odd that we have such sex-defined hobbies?).

I did some major necklace making throughout the weekend. I didn't take pictures of everything, but here is a sampling.

The earrings were the easiest and my favorite. I made 12 pairs and brought them to the July 4th party as favors for all the chicas. They were either a big hit, or my friends are fantastic liars. Either way, everyone traded out thier earrings for some dangly stars. I have a couple leftover stars and am trying to think of something else that I can create with them. Ideas?

-b-

Unicorns

What is running through your brain? Lately for me it's unicorns. And rainbows.

I've scoured Etsy for bags & tshirts with them: http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=handmade&search_query=unicorn&order=date_desc&ship_to=

And Amazon (Megu Purse in Black Multi Unicorn by Yak Pak)

I've made a necklace:

I have a clear desire to adorn myself with them....they make me giggle.

-b-

(hmmm....that was tough to photograph, any hints on jewelry photos?)

Who knew?

I love these shoes!

And guess what? They're "Reba" as in the country singer. I didn't realize she had a collection of clothing, let alone shoes. http://www.rebawear.com/

I'm sure that might knock me down a peg on the badass ladder, but seriously these are fantastic shoes. Great retro T-strap style and I love the two color tone. Best part? They are comfortable. Reba is a freaking genius....

I found mine at ghetto Dillards. Do you have these? They act as clearance centers for the area Dillards. http://www.dillards.com/sec/StoreHomePageServlet?storenumber=0609

The one in Houston is the first floor of an old Dillards in a fairly dilapidated mall. I've had people ask me for money while in the store. not cool.

BUT, they have fantastic deals. Everything is marked drastically, and everyday there are different specials ($4.99 men's shirts, 40% women's dresses, etc....). It's completely hit or miss, but usually provides at least one fantastic deal. These shoes were my fab deal recently. Less than $20.

Go. Get thee to Dillards and trust your feet to country music stars!

-b-