People's Choice fashion winners and losers

A few outfits from the awards show (which I did not watch, because I only really care about the red carpet:).

Kate Hudson in Gucci. Ewww. This looks like I could have sewn it. And its really too bad because the color could've been great on her. Boo hiss.

Reese Witherspoon, always a classic (even if its a little boring). But, hey, you've got to save the big guns for the Globes and Oscars. Who really cares about People's Choice?

I think Katherine Heigl is stunning and I like the fact that she's not wearing a dress. She also has the Audrey Hepburn look going on big time, which is never a bad thing.

Purple!

The new color makes me happy. As does: having real work to do, not just my "learning" modules; hump day, which is actually my Thursday this week; the rain outside; meeting new people; doing lots of reading; starting yoga tomorrow; the 90s music channel on my cable; hopefully eating Bojanlges on Friday. I'm on a quest!

This one is for Kristin

(and me).

Hehe.

Real Work!

I am actually doing my very first real work at my job today. Hooray! It's pretty interesting and it will be good practice for when I start going out in the field and begin to travel for my job

Last night I went to the gym again (yay) and watched the Secret Life of the American Teenager. Why I watch this show is still beyond me...but last night's episode was awesomely bad, as usual. Of course, I'll keep watching for the rest of the season. I also started reading Twilight. I can already tell that the book will be better than the movie, but I'm glad I saw the movie first so that I can keep picturing Robert Pattinson in his Ray-Bans. Yum.

Tonight: leave work, gym, dinner, read more, sleep. Repeat daily. At least this week is my flex friday! Yay for 4 day weeks!

Pretty Pictures

Some faves of the weekend:
Inside the High in Midtown.

Warren and Lydia are getting married!

Edward Cullen mmmm.

food+art+friends:happiness

Wasn't feeling the dark blue background, so it's a clean slate for now. I'm hoping this will encourage me to post more pictures and pretty things.

Great weekend. Went out to dinner at a fabulous tapas (but they call them "small plates") place with Lydia and her relatives on Friday night. I had some smoked trout, tuna tartar, lamb lasagna and pumpkin risoto. I wish I had pictures of the food:) Saturday I drove around doing errands without my GPS for the first time. I felt proud of myself, even though I only went to the library and post office and a little shopping. I went to Target and Homegoods on a quest for throw pillows, but I have no interior designer in me, so I never feel confident in my choices and am still pillowless. Sigh. Lydia slept over on Saturday night. We went to this crazy place near my apartment where you pick out your own noodles/veggies/rice/raw meats/sauces and they make a stir-fry thing for you right there. Mine actually turned out pretty good. Then we drove to the middle of no where movie theater in the next town over and saw Twilight. A-mazing. Ok, I admit, the movie was a little bit like film noir for 13 year olds gone wrong, but I am definitely developing the Edward Cullen obsession. I'm officially starting in on the books K sent me!

Sunday Lydia and I talked about weddings and freshman year and ate cinnamon rolls in my apartment. After she left I went to the High museum and bought my membership. It was packed for the Terracotta Warrior exhibit, so I didn't even try to wait in line. I checked out most of the permanent collection, the Louvre exhibit and the V&A exhibit. Seeing all those beautiful things re-inspired me a little. I'm happy that I can go back anytime I want for free, and its only 1 train stop away!

New Year, Day 2

Farewell 2008! The year I graduated from college, got my first job, moved out on my own and discovered a new city. As far as I'm concerned, that's a hell of a lot to happen in one year. Too much. Still adjusting, still learning, but overall enjoying life and surviving being an adult. In 2009 I hope for new friends, more fun, less stress and just taking it easy.
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I have to admit that day 1 of 2009 was a pretty lazy one. And I don't even have the excuse of staying up late and partying all night long the night before. Claire was sick, so I stayed in and watched awesome movies and made dinner for myself. Not a bad New Year's Eve. Yesterday I went grocery shopping, drove around town aimlessly just to see what's around, watched more awesome movies (on Lifetime, I admit) and went to the gym. New healthy lifestyle is going awesome! Oh, except for the pizza I ordered last night and will finish eating today or tomorrow. Oops.

Tonight I'm having dinner with Lydia and Warren and some of her fam. So excited to see my new newly engaged friend--eek! And we ditched the French place, and now we're going somewhere called 4th and Swift in the trendy area called Virgina Highlands. One thing I really like about Atlanta: interesting names for different areas of town. This weekend I'm planning on buying my membership to the High Museum of art and checking it out on Saturday. I'm pretty excited about going.