Mounds Bars + TV = Bliss

I'm spending my Super Bowl Sunday eating junk food and watching 30 Rock. O yeah. I'm awesome.


Currently Reading: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (I'm on page 84) 

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

I was super-excited to get my Katy Perry OPI polishes in the mail today!! I think they would have arrived sooner had the blizzard not interfered. But the important thing is that they are here, they are gorgeous, and they are MINE! I bought the whole set. They offer a mini-pack of the four colors, but I really wanted the full-size bottles, so I was able to find a deal on the four colors, plus the new black shatter polish:

The colors, from left to right, are: Last Friday Night, Not Like the Movies, Black Shatter, The One That Got Away, and Teenage Dream. I cannot wait to try them all out. Fortunately, I painted my nails blue this week, so I decided to see how Last Friday Night looked over the blue (which is OPI's Dating A Royal), since it's a blue and silver glitter polish:

I'm kind of embarrassed that my camera really sucks and the detail isn't the best, as well as the fact that the polish on my index finger is starting to chip, but this is as good as it's going to get right now. Anyway... I actually really love how it looks over the blue. The glitter in the polish varies in size - there are finer pieces and also holographic pieces, in both blue and silver. The Teenage Dream polish looks to be basically the same, except it's pink rather than blue, and I'm excited to try that one out too.

The shatter polish has been getting a lot of buzz lately, too. I had a shatter polish awhile ago, but I ended up having to throw it out, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it works. Leesha gave the black shatter a pretty good review on her blog (and I kind of want the Serena Williams polish, too. I love that gold color). I will have to post more pictures as I try out the different polishes.

Currently Reading: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (I'm on page 42)

I'm Still Here

 I know, it's been an embarrassingly long time since I last blogged. I hang my head in shame. Thinking back to July, which is when I made my last blog entry, a lot of craziness went down, which I think definitely contributed to my not wanting to do much of anything. What an emotional roller coaster it was. But, it's a new year now, and I thought it would be a good resolution to get into the swing of [blog-y] things.


So. What can I write about today? I guess I feel that 2011 is off to a good start. I have a part-time job doing some graphic design fun for the fantastic marketing company, 121 Creative Communications. I am grateful to have this opportunity, and I am hoping that it will eventually lead to some equally fantastic full-time design work. But in the meantime, I am happy to have some work to do (not to mention some money coming in).


January is in full swing, and it is fuh-reezing here in Chicago. It's times like these that make it hard to believe that it's ever summer here. Thank God I decided to clean out the garage back in November so that I'd be able to pull my car in. If only there were some way to get some relief from the cold... oh, wait! I am going to California tomorrow! My brothers and I are going to visit my grandparents (and the great Mickey Mouse, of course), for a week. I am beyond excited. I want some sun and some fun.


OH! And also, be sure to wish the Bears success on Sunday as we play Green Bay (boo!) in the playoffs! Super Bowl, here we come!!

Currently Reading: Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult (I'm on page 28)