Weekend Plans

Praise the Lord - it is the weekend!! 

Even though this work week went by fast, I was counting down the hours until 4:45 today.

 All I wanted to do was come home and veg out. 

 It's been dark when I go to work and dark when I leave work which is really throwing me off. Fall is officially upon us and winter is making it's way in! It actually snowed here in Kansas today. October the 18th brings snow and tomorrow it's suppose to be in the 70's. Gotta love our weather! 

Anyways, this weekend I have lots planned. 

Alumni volleyball game tomorrow morning.

Homecoming football game for CT tomorrow afternoon.

Little sister in town to hang out tomorrow night. 

That calls for red box, haunted houses, pumpkin decorating, church, pizza, and shopping! I'm trying to cram as much into one evening and one morning as possible! 

I'm super pumped about this pumpkin decorating that we will be doing. 

Jewels, glitter, and ribbon! Leave it to Pinterest to give me some fabulous ideas. There will be no carving pumpkins for me this year. 

LUST

I had a good feeling today as soon as I saw that I had a new email from Kate Spade. I think I fell in lust. As soon as I landed my eyes on it, I couldn't stop thinking about anything else.

The Claremont Drive Marcella handbag stole my heart.

Here are the deets:

SIZE
12''h x 12''w x 7''d
drop length: 4'' handheld; 17'' adjustable strap

MATERIAL
seed leather with matching trim
14-karat light gold plated hardware
custom woven printed faille

DETAILS
over the shoulder bag with adjustable and detachable shoulder strap; magnetic snap closure
interior zip and double slide pockets
kate spade new york embossed signature with light gold spade stud
imported

Just take a look at this beauty.

Maraschino 

Perfect Brown

Blue Yonder

and saving the best for last: Pink Champagne
via: Kate Spade

My heart was crushed shortly after opening the email when I saw the price tag of $478. That's more than we pay for rent!

The lust will always be there, but I know that it will never work out between us. 


Which color is your fave? 

I did It. . . and I LOVE it!

If you remember last week, I talked about my itch to chop my hair off. 

Well . . . I did it! 

I use to change my hair all the time. Chop it off, grow it out. Chop it off, grow it out. Blonde, brown, red. I've had it all! Why this time was the most scary was because I had been growing my hair out since before me and CT got engaged. We got engaged June '10. That means I had been growing it out for a little over 3 years! That is such a long time!

I'm so happy I did it.

 Hair grows back.

 Change is good.

 I feel older.

 I feel more sophisticated. 

My hair needed it. 

It's so much more healthy and pretty.

Flashback:

Here's what I brought to my stylist for inspiration

And here's how it came out:

(I think it turned out the most like Tyra's)

It's so easy to do! Actually, it might be so easy to do because I learned about the AWESOME capabilities of a round brush, mixed with root boost, and some other great bed head products. 

I love that I can wear it not teased, teased, half up, a pony (even though it's teeny tiny), with a head band, and I assume I can still curl it even though I haven't tried yet! 

It was time for a change - and I'm so happy I did it! 

It's About That Time

As of tomorrow evening I will be a changed woman. 

I will probably be a pound lighter and looking a bit more refreshed. 

Tomorrow evening, I am CHOPPING my hair off! 

YIKES!

 The more I think about it the more nervous I get. I have been growing out my hair since before my wedding. If I'm doing the math correctly, that's about 3 years I have been working on growing it long and pretty. It takes so long to grow it out and a split second to chop it off.

I do love my hair long, but it's to the point where I can't do anything with it so I'm always throwing it in a pony or a high sock bun. (Of course, after I scheduled my hair appointment, the next 3 days were awesome hair days. It never fails) But I've realized, it's time for something different and it will always grow back. 

My inspiration:

Initial thought was to do a long angled bob with some long bangs. As I searched instagram and pinterest, this is what I came up with. 

I love the layers and the body of Selena's cut.

If I could pull off short bangs, this style is so sleek.

I love the length of Tyra's hair and her chunky bang. It's short but not too short.

I like Sandra's cut, it similar to Tyra's but maybe more of a bob in the back.

This will probably be what I'll show my stylist though. I like that she has it angled and long (I might want mine a tad bit longer) but with enough layers, and she has it cut so she can wear it with a middle part or to the side. 

This is my color inspiration. 

Black to brown. 

I never use to be a fan of ombre, but if it's done right it looks so pretty! 

Wish me luck! 

I hope I leave without shedding any tears. 

Which inspiration pic was your favorite?