Happy Tuesday!

I figured today would be just as good as any other day to throw a party...
an arm par-tayyyyy!!!

They have really cute bracelets and bangle sets at Target right now.  I went this morning before work to pick up some cleaning supplies for my little home and forced myself not to buy any!  At least not till tomorrow when I get paid!!!!

DIY Saturday Fix'er Ups

Thanks to a little friend by the name of Irene dropping in and bringing gifts of torrential downpours and gail force winds I was forced to stay inside ALL DAY.  However, I could be stuck in Morehead with the rest of my poor family without power...aka a very A.D.D person stuck inside with no tv, computer, or air conditioning...eqauls Hell (Especially for everyone else that has to be around me! haha)  Thinking and praying for everyone of y'all back home!  Even though I am fortunate enough to have power I still had to stay inside all day, so of course being the A.D.D person I am, I decide to fix up a few things in my little apartment while watching The Rachel Zoe marathon all day and jamming out to Beyonce's new album until its time to go to one of my friends' husband's big 30th birthday!  Happy Birthday Doug!  I am proud to say the results of my day are very satisfying!
Project 1...Make Jello Shots for the party tonight

Can't attend a party with out a gift!

Project Number 2...Picture Frame Facelifts
After the jello shots were finished I started working on some wooden picture frames that needed little facelifts.  Since I can't afford really cute things from cute design studios, I have to make my own.  They are not perfect, but I love them, especially after knowing all the hours it took to finish them!

Step one...before the facelift (as much as I love NC State, the colors just don't match my house)

Lots and lots of concentration...lots...

Finshed Product Number 1

Finished Product Number 2

Project Number 3...cute wooden box from Michael's to make fabulous

One of my picture frames and my new box...neither one are in the same spot now, they have traveled all over my living room from bookcase, to coffee table to, side table, etc.

Project Number 4...Valance
I have this awkward space at the top of my dividing wall in my apartment that is kind of like a window...its weird and needed to be covered up.  I have no money to buy a gorgeous valance so I was forced to make my own.  I also do not have a sweet little handyman around to build one for me, so I took on the challenge and it paid off!  I bought a beautiful shower curtain from target and went to town with it!

Awkward space before the valance...The curtains on the other side work wonderful for my room but do not look so well from the backside hanging over my tv!

Supplies...foam board that I hot glued to a curtain rod and a shower curtain that I cut and hot glued on to the foam board.

Love it!  My next project is going to be making a few pillows out of the left over fabric.  Cloth shower curtains are huge and a great way to save money on fabric!

 Final Project...Wine Box
So the wine box I had in my little bar was hot pink and green polkadot which was really cute when I was a sophmore in college living in the ADPi house, but not so cute for my big girl home that I live in now.

Before

Supplies

more concentration 

Final Product

LOVE!!!

Well, now off to celebrate Doug being old! haha, hope everyone has a great Saturday night and made it safely through the storm!

Welcome to Miss Jones' Class

We start school this week!  Here are a few pictures to take you back to kindergarten, it's pretty much the same stuff we had when we were young!

Those posters took me hours to draw last year, they are my masterpieces! haha

Dollar Tree Diva

As any teacher will tell you, The Dollar Tree is a treasure box full of finds!  Yesterday while I was picking up some stuff for my classroom I found this cute little tray to put my make-up on.  If anyone needs a Personal Dollar Tree shopper, I'm your girl!

Excuse the poor quality of my phone's camera!

In-Home Bar

Since I am starting work this week I decided last weekend was the perfect time to get my in-home bar all set up.  So over the weekend I worked on getting some things together to use for the bar area.  I have absolutely no money right now to buy anything to make it cute, so I had to work with what I already had until I get paid and can buy some cute things to replace the stuff that's there now.  Please don't judge the fact that the only alcohol I have on hand right now are for making my two favorite drinks, sweet tea vodka and water and skinny girl margaritas!  Come on over for a happy hour any time!

This is my old tv cabinet that I have converted into a bar 

These are vintage cups my Grandmom (My Dad's Mom) used when I was little that I got when she passed away.  I am absolutely in love with them and have always wanted to use them like she did.  Now that I live by myself it is the perfect time to do so!

Last week when I was home I found pictures of my other Grandma (My Mom's Mom) when she was little.  One picture is of her and her cousins styling in super cute sunglasses that I wish I owned now, another is of her and my Granddad with her cousins and their husbands, another is the downtown Morehead Christmas parade from when she was little, and then the last is the CUTEST picture ever of her kissing some little boy.  I wish I knew who the little boy was, he looks scared to death...poor guy.  I instantly fell in love with them and put them together to display somewhere in my new apartment.  I love how they add a unique twist to the other  regular bar items. 

Once I get paid Im going to work on the area more but until I'm a cash money millionaire this will have to do for now!

 

 

Sunday Night Shopping

Since I don't usually have anything to do on Sunday nights besides watching The Real Housewives of NJ or The Kardashians, I've been starting my week with a little online shopping.  Sunday nights used to be for cooking dinner and movies but this summer my new routine has taken over!  Tonight I was looking for a cheap gold clutch that I can take to a wedding that I am going to in September.  With a google search, I hit the Jackpot with a 27$ Simply Vera by Vera Wang gold snakeskin clutch!  Wooowhooo!

It even has a little strap to put around my wrist!!!

Spice Up Your Life

Happy Friday, spice up your weekend!!!!

Bait Car

Last week, I was having a little trouble sleeping so I was flipping through the channels and I came across a little piece of entertainment called "Bait Car" on TRU TV.  It is by far one of my favorite shows now when I have nothing else to watch in the middle of the night and it is just unbelievable the characters they catch.  I watched the Atlanta PD edition, but apparently LAPD also does it. 

How it works is a couple of cops dress up as normal people, pull the bait car up in to a parking lot, have a fake argument, then get in another car and take off.  They leave the keys in the ignition, and sometimes leave the bait car's door open.  They leave it in areas known for high auto theft and most of the people they catch have numerous other charges, almost always including a theft charge of some type.  It doesn't take long before someone comes along, checks the car out to see if anyone is watching, gets in, and takes off.  They let them drive a few blocks until squad cars appear out of no where (as it seems to the punks that fall for the bait).  The cops then have control of the car and can shut the engine off and lock the doors trapping the bad guys in the car.  A hidden camera records the frantic antics of the dumb suspects when they realize they've been tricked and this is where the funny parts begin.  Nearly half of the thieves first comments are,  "Aw, sh*t man, this was a set up.  I'm going to jail, my Mamas going to be so mad."  Which proves they have 1)heard about the trap and 2) are still dumb enough to take a car that is sitting with its door open and the engine on. 

The cops arrive and arrest the bad guys.  More funny parts come when the thieves start making up excuses, “I was driving it to the police station for safekeeping.” or "A lady got in a fight with her husband and asked me to take the car and drop it off for her." and finally "This drunk person asked me if I would drive their car home for them and I was just being a good citizen so they didn't hurt anyone."  The show is pretty repetitive, but infinately more fun to watch.  Once the suspect realizes they are definitely going to jail, they start begging the cops not to take them and give even more ridiculous reasons why they shouldn't be hauled off to jail.  The most memorable including, "I left my baby at home all by its self and I need to get back to her." (This just adds on more charges and gets her child taken away from her, geez lady.)  Another favorite excuse of multiple dumb suspects is, "This is the first time I've ever done this, I'm not a theift I'm a drug dealer or hustler."  Seriously?  90% of the time they tell on themselves for other crimes (like drug dealing and hustling) in attempts to get off of the theft charges.  Also, it's always every single one of them's first time stealing a car, according to them.  Yea, right!  If you ever find yourself unable to sleep in the middle of the night, I highly recommend this fine piece of TV entertainment.   

It's Back!!!

I finally got my computer back today!!!  So, I'm finally posting pictures of my new apartment.  I'm still working on it, and there are still a lot of boxes everywhere.  Please excuse them, they will not stay forever!  It's the perfect, little (emphasis on little) apartment for me! 
This is what everything looked like the night before the big move...all boxed up!

Then after a full day of moving (with the help of my amazingggg Mom, who came all the way to Raleigh to help me) and a week of unpacking endless amounts of boxes, everything is starting to look put together.  Keyword being "starting"!  

My bookshelves and media stand made it all in one piece!

                   My Room Area

           My Bathroom and Closet Areas

                        Kitchen

Trouble in Paradise

im in love with my new apartment.  however, living so close to all the beautiful stores in north hills is starting to be a dangerous environment for my wallet.  the ability to walk to target could possibly cause me to go bankrupt.  i have already made two of my walking adventures and i havent even lived here a full week yet.  i was justifying these walking trips as exercise.  however, the fruit snacks, animal cookies, and lip gloss i bought on todays trip throw off the exercising excuse a little.  it took a while for my cable to get hooked up and i still have a week before my computer is ready so i honestly had no choice but to entertain myself with target trips, reading, and watching every single dvd i own.  i can only watch the notebook and the sex in the city movies so long before i have to get out of the apartment and sorry for all the lowercase letters again and lack of pictures.  my phone wont upload pictures for some reason today but, i promise my punctuation will be better once im able to blog from an actual computer with an actual shift button and auto spell check.  i think its time for me to go back to work before i end up poor and insane.