Judgement Free Zone right???

O.K. Confession time, the other day I bought a pocket version of "Dating for Dummies"   for 2.99 at T.J.Maxx, now before you start rolling your eyes and judging me let me explain; it was a friends birthday and I intended it to be a gag gift and after I bought it I remembered that said friend is currently in a relationship and after my  'ahh crap'  moment I decided to read it, because however reluctant I am to admit I am indeed VERY single. Surprisingly enough it has some good points and there were a couple of times I was like "well crap, I have been there done that". After reading the 10 page manual I came away with two bits of advice for my fellow single twenty-somethings, here it goes:

After a GREAT date and you are anticipating that call for the second one remember this : "Dont worry, be happy. Nothing besides nuclear holocaust, is the end of the world"

After a BAD date and you are feeling depressed, revolted, angry or whatever do this simple trick: "Count how many days you have been alive. Subtract only one." It doesn't seem so bad now eh?

Crocheting

So I like to think of myself as a fairly crafty person and normally most of the things I make come out pretty darn good, but lately I have taken up crocheting and so far the hat I am making is looking like it was mean't for Hagrid from Harry Potter. I am trying to finish off the edges so it looks like one of those things that holds your hair. I will post picture soon. Promise.

Awesomely Awesome Friends...

 Have never mentioned how blessed I am to have such amazing, loving, giving, funny and just all around awesome friends I have? Here are a couple of examples: A few weeks ago I was down on my luck, I was wicked sick with a sinus infection, the boy I thought liked me turned out to not like me, I was stuck at work and not able to take a sick day so my best friend being the awesome person that she is drove 30 miles from her house to bring me a my favorite Jamba Juice and a loaf of pumpkin chocolate chip bread! That is friendship. Another prime example my good friend McKinley has been hearing me complain about a new roommate who likes to drink my milk and eat my eggs so last night she came to my work to have something printed but she also brought me a gallon of milk and a carton of eggs! I am so very thankful that I have people in my life who are such excellent examples of how friendship should be, no I am not saying people should buy each other things all the time but it is those simple acts of service that can truly brighten someone's day and make them feel special! I love them so much!

Def Leppard and Heart

So I don't think I ever posted about it but a few months ago I managed to get tickets to see Def Leppard and Heart and me and one of my really good friends Daniel went to the concert! And holy cow was it awesome!!!! I am now convinced that I can die a happy person because I have heard Heart sing "Alone" live and I have heard Def Leppard sing "Two steps behind" live. All the other things are inconsequential children, marriage, degree etc. I have seen two of my all time faves perform live and life is good. And it helps that I got to share the memory with one of the coolest guys on the face of the earth!

So crafty and so very proud of myself!

Ok so I have something to brag about and I am not one to toot my own horn (who am I kidding?)  I went to the local thrift store the other day and I found a simple plain and boring dress from the 90's but with a few little touches and hemming it about 8 inches I managed to make it into something totally me and totally sassy! Check it out! Did I mention I paid $6 for the dress?

                                                                          Before

                                           After  (I cropped out my face. It was an awful picture)

Anyone know where I can find a genie?

 Lately, I have been on a total Etta James, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Ottis Redding, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Zooey Deschanel kick..... which gives me the strongest urge to slow dance around my house, cry into my pillow, sing in the shower,and generally do any kind of task with a fluid and musical rhythm as if the artist is performing right in front of me for my own personal enjoyment.  If I am rolling out  a pie crust there is a rhythm to it, if I am stirring a pot on the stove I am doing it with flare and style, if I am curling my hair you can bet that about half way through, the curling iron has turned into a microphone and the pillows on my bed are a captivated audience.

 Now all this singing, dancing and generally living in a perpetual state of disillusion comes with a price. My head is often in the clouds day dreaming about some boy who will come in and sweep me off my feet at any moment. Which means that I am distracted from important tasks at all times. Occasionally reality breaks through and I realize I am single, in my mid- twenties ( insert sigh), working at a copy shop, all my friends are too attractive for their own good and I feel like I am the token funny girl (every group of friends has one) and in general my life is moving at a steady pace to nowhere. Now don't get me wrong, for the most part I love my life and don't have to many complaints and I realize that I am in control of my own destiny and if things aren't going the way I would like it is up to me to make the change. But sometimes I wish that I had a fairy god mother to make all my worries go away and put Prince Charming on my doorstep. I know that I ask too much. But honestly what woman doesn't? You mean I can't have my cake and eat it too?

  I know that my incoherent ramblings make no sense to anyone but me, so I apologize if it seems I jump all over the place. Actually scratch that I don't apologize.  An apology implies that I intend on rectifying the problem, and if I change that than I wouldn't be the same person. Perhaps I have read to much into my own psyche?

random fact.

Jeggings and Spanx are a girl's best friend. Promise. They will never let you down, even if you aren't going out for a fun night on the town its nice to squeeze into them and say "oh there you are waist and hello beautifully sculpted calf muscles". So to all of my lovely lady friends who read my blog... if you ever need a good ol' ego boost throw on the spanx and jeggings and twirl around like no one is watching.