Message board

Last post of the day I swear!

I had to share this because I think it looks too damn cute. It's a cheap message board that I got from Wal*Mart that has photo frames at the bottom. I thought it was a great way to show off some of the pictures I have from the Spice Girls and Justin Timberlake concert (yeah teeny bopper, I know) as well as random pictures I didn't know what to do with.

New sunglasses!

I got a gift card from my husband for Sunglass Hut (for no reason!) so on Friday I decided to go spend it. I really thought I'd end up with a pair of D&G or Burberry but surprisingly I ended up with a super cute pair of Vogue sunglasses. Huge bonus was that they were cheap enough that I even have a little bit of $ left over from them.

I <3>

<3 Coach!

It's my Birthday in just over a week (August 5th) and since a Coach store finally opened up in Calgary I have a couple of things on my Birthday list. I created an online registry and emailed it to my husband and parents. I went to the store on Friday and my mum told me that she can either buy me a bag or give me $$ towards one. I have no idea what my husband's buying me. *fingers crossed*

Here are my new must-have beauties:

I want this dress!!

I admit it, I'm completely obsessed in love with The Hills. I was just looking at pics of the stars and I fell in love with this dress that Audrina's wearing. I love it and I have to have it! Does anyone know who it's by and where I can get my hands on one? Or something similar?

The pictures issue...

They're taken and uploaded from my camera but since my internet is down at home and I'm borrowing it from my cell phone Photobucket is uploading them super slow. Once they're all uploaded I'll add them to the posts.

With any luck the phone company will be out here soon to get the line fixed. The house next door to us is in the process of being built and apparently one of the construction crews there damaged our phone line... so no home phone and no internet for over a week. Makes me sad.

Scrapbook pictures

I decided to be creative on the weekend and hit up Michaels looking for new pictures for the house. I ended up getting three pictures for $1.50! The catch? They're not pictures, they're scrapbook pages. They were all 50% off (50 cents each) and all in the colours I was looking for art in. I got cheap IKEA frames and I'm really happy with the results. Even if I don't keep them forever and replace them with real art in the future at least I didn't waste much money on them and I have something on the wall right now.

Master bathroom scrapbook art (colour scheme: neutrals with splashes of green):

Main bathroom scrapbook art (colour scheme: pastels and black):

Do I love jeans this much??

I caved in. I bought skinny jeans. I haven't worn skinny jeans in oh, I don't know, 12 years or so?! I bought white ones because they looked so damn cute on the model in the store and I don't own any white pants. I haven't owned white jeans since I was 13. I haven't worn them yet... I'm having a major shoe dilemma because I don't know what shoes to wear with them. These are the jeans:

These are the tops I was thinking about wearing with them:

What shoes do you suggest??

Good Buys at Wal-Mart?

We moved into our brand new house at the beginning of May. Brand new houses are great and all but a little too empty for my liking. I didn't notice it so much in our old house (also brand new) but I think that's because back then I wasn't as into interior design as I am now. I look back at old pictures of the old house and hate how plain and empty everything all looks so I was determined to quickly fix that in the new house. Of course, that all takes a lot of $$, especially when it's all done at once... so bargain hunting it is!

One place that I've been surprisingly happy with is Wal*Mart, which is funny because as a rule, I can't stand the place. Yet I've managed to get some cute (and cheap!) buys there.

This mirror. It fits perfectly with the theme of our house but cost only $39! (Excuse my look!)

The TV stand. So it may not be the best looking but it does the trick and has enough cubby holes for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, games, controllers and anything else my husband has to have. Only $119! (picture was taken not long after we moved in so excuse the mess!)

The vase and twigs. I needed some green in this room to liven it up a bit but I suck at keeping house plants alive. Vase was $4.97, twigs were $2.97. Total: $7.94!

Mirror. Definitely not the nicest out there but it hangs with less damage to the wall than IKEA ones and it does the trick. I can successfully see my whole outfit before I leave the house. A steal at $9.97! (Picture was taken not long after we moved in so excuse the mess!)

As much as I hate Wal*Mart, I can't help but love the price of the things I found there.... so even though I try to avoid it whenever possible I now know that it doesn't have to be complete torture and I might get something out of it.

Hair...

I had a bad haircut... maybe... I'm not sure... you tell me.

I went to get my hair done on Saturday morning. My plan was a cut, hilites and a protein treatment. I walked out with a cut and a protein treatment. First issue was he didn't want to hilite my hair. Little background: my hair is naturally dark brown with goldish undertones. Ever since I was 15 I've been getting it lightened blonde, not bleach blonde all over but chunk blonde foils so that the overall look is pretty light (a lot of people think of me as a blonde, let's put it that way). Add that to shampooing, blow-drying and straightening every day and now I have pretty brittle hair. So he wouldn't hilite it. He said he would do it if I really wanted him to but he strongly advised against it, he didn't want it to break off in his hands or get into an even worse condition. Fair enough.

His plan is to give it a protein treatment and then do an all over colour, since 1) I can't let the blonde grow out, then I would have half and half hair and that would just be nasty!, 2) I need some strength and health back into my hair, and 3) (more his reason than mine) he thinks I will suit a darker colour better since he said I have the right features and skin colour for it.

He was willing to do it on Saturday but I was too nervous, especially since I expected to come out of there lighter than I was when I went in. I stuck with the cut and treatment and told him I'd think about it. I did ask a hairdresser friend for her opinion later on in the day and she agreed with my stylist.

So on July 28th my hilited and over processed blonde hair will be a coppery brown all over colour. Weird hey. I'm not even too sure what a coppery brown is... he said it won't be as dark as my natural colour but I can't place what it looks like. Who has coppery brown hair? Will it even suit me?

Anyway, back to the cut. Before June I had long hair (picture below) that I'd had long for years. I got sick of it and wanted something shorter and more stylish. So then I got it cut shorter, about shoulder length, slightly longer at the front, side swept bangs (also had for a while), straight and blunt. On Saturday I just wanted a trim and my stylist cut some layers in. I don't know if I like them. My hair is really fine so I think it makes my hair look thinner. And I'm worried that I went from stylish and sleek to boring and layered.

What do you think???

***Pictures aren't working for some reason... will figure it out and have them posted within the next day or so***

Welcome to my (new) blog!

This isn't my first blog. My other one is only available to close friends and people who I can really reveal my inner most thoughts to. This one is more about the other side to me, the sickeningly shallow and materialistic part of me that I just can't help but indulge. This is about my quest to be me again. To not let my hectic day to day life get in the way of what I really love and who I want to be.

Who am I anyway? I'm 23 years old (soon to be 24), married (since Jan 2008), working in Payroll/HR, part time student (Management major, Accounting minor), dog owner to a two year old Bichon Yorkie and have a passion for interior design, beauty and style. I love everything related to either one of those things and my secret desire is to centre my life around them. Since that doesn't seem like it'll happen, blogging will have to do.

Stay tuned for more posts in the near future and enjoy my blog!