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fashion friday: warm & cozy!

Since I am participating in Sandy a la Mode and Much Love Illy's Cold Hands, Warm Hearts swap, I figured I'd start tackling my task of finding a pair of fabulous gloves to send to my swap partner Miss Laurie who resides in Japan and takes the most GORGEOUS photos of everything around her.  Our mission is to find a fabulous pair of gloves and create a holiday care package with a few other items to exchange.  I'm having fun finding little things to send Laurie and can't wait to see what she sends me!

But back to the gloves, sorry, got sidetracked in my excitement!  I've been coveting those yellow beauties from Target for a while.  Maybe it's just that mittens make me too clumsy but my hands are too cold in gloves thing.  I'm also loving that the arm warmers are making an appearance this year since I have several coats that are 3/4 sleeved, so glove wearing looks a tad ridiculous.

And, I cannot believe that they actually came out with gloves SPECIFICALLY for people with touchscreen phones.  They have these little rubber grippy things on the fingers so your phone will recognize your touch instead of the glove just sliding over the screen.  What will they come up with next...

Gloves by Topshop
Gloves by Asos

 

weekend in [phone] pictures.

{sorry for the blurry photos, I haven't figured out this new phone yet}

We had a somewhat busy weekend...which means I did not get to spend as much time laying on the couch watching The Tudors as I had originally planned.  Friday night we met up with friends to get some dinner and Christmas Ale on tap.

 

Saturday was spent working and then entertaining my brother and FSIL for dinner.  Which ultimately turned into watching my brother and Adam play video games all night.

 
Ricki wasn't all that impressed.  He resigned himself to his bean bag chair for most of the evening.

 
And Sunday we celebrated Adam's belated birthday with a delicious meal and a Cleveland Browns win!  Along with my nephew experiencing the high chair for the first time.  Do you KNOW how much noise you can make when you bang your hands on it?

There's our weekend in a nutshell.  And since Modern Warfare 2 comes out today, you can bet most of my week will be spent watching Adam play xBox.  What a life we lead.  I suppose it's okay, I've had one heck of a stomachache for the last 24 hours.  I've been living on bread and apple juice.  SO nutritious.

On an entirely separate note, check out this photo of me playing volleyball at a work event...my arm is huge!  I suppose I owe Jillian Michaels a thank you.  Her workouts work, but I still think she's obnoxious.

 

fashion friday: statement jewelry.

I don't wear much jewelry, simply because it's just one more thing to think about as I'm running out the door in the morning.  But when I do, I definitely veer towards slapping on a bracelet or sliding on aring over selecting a necklace.  Although I have several necklaces I absolutely love, I'm always considering the color, length and neckline of my outfit, while bracelets and rings tend to be no-brainers for coordinating with outfits.  So when I'm short on time, I often grab a statement bracelet or ring to complete my outfit.

Bracelets are by far my favorite accessory (other than headbands of course).  I love watching them shimmer as I type.  Also, I am thoroughly convinced that they make my arms appear skinnier.

 
And statement rings, this is a trend I can get on board with.  Although sometimes a bit hard to type in since they are quite large, they look amazing in photos when I wear them out at night.  Sigh, I really am coveting the green ring below...

Of course today all I managed to throw on is my Fossil Watch, but hey, it's casual Friday, no need for  extra bling right? 

it's here, it's here!

For those of you not from Cleveland, you may not know the magnitude of this appearance.  All year long Ohio waits and waits until Great Lakes Brewery finally releases their annual batch of Christmas Ale.  Each year tastes slightly different but always delicious.  I finally found a stash today at a random store...that's how hard it is to track down.  People literally grab it as it's being stocked in the stores. 

Oh Christmas Ale, you make winter bearable.

cold hands, warm hearts swap!

 
Hate winter but love being cozy??  Much Love, Illy  and Sandy a la Mode are hosting a fabulous winter swap including gloves and other items, head here to register!

just sayin'...

 
 GO BROWNS!!!!!!

 

***Can also be applied to the NBA, i.e. Cavs > Celtics, Celtics > Heat, therefore Cavs > LEBRON JAMES***

confession.

I didn't vote today.

It's not my fault.  Really.  Ohio messed up my voter registration three times...apparently executing a name change requires the work of a PhD.  But it's ok.  I probably wouldn't have voted any way.

Who could I have possibly voted for?  I don't know ANYTHING about these candidates.  I honestly couldn't even name half of them.  Or one thing that they stand for.  I just know that everyone has lost jobs, lied, has gray hair and hates Ohioians.  According to my TV.

To be honest, if I had been able to vote, I just would have voted for the people showcased in the negative ads, not the candidates putting them out there.  Why reward such terrible behavior?  What kind of example are politicians setting for future politicians?  No wonder the founding fathers had such a positive, productive presence, they didn't have to spend all their time dreaming up these ridiculous campaign ads.  Or blowing money on them.

Thank you November 2.  I'm glad you've come and will be gone soon.  I much prefer Christmas commercials over these.  At least they're joyful.  And don't feature up close shots of old men and their nose hairs.

inspired: one sydney road.

 

just opened today! one sydney road

happy all hallows day!

Aka day after Halloween.  How did you celebrate?  We opened up a sampler pack of Magic Hat Night of the Living Dead which included #9, IPA, ODD and some other type of Pale Ale.  They were all decent, except #9 which was outstanding!  I love seasonal brews, so festive.

We did venture out to a Halloween party with my brother and FSIL.  And I managed to convince Adam to throw on his Dr. Sheldon Cooper costume...I threw on a last minute black cat costume.  Here's the only photo I have, sorry it's so blurry (cameraphone and semi-drunk photo taker).

Other than that we laid-low for most of the weekend.  Spent some time disinfecting the house, finishing up thank you notes and catching up on our DVR.  It was wonderful.  Now, for another busy week...