HBLL reunion

We can't believe it's been 10 years since our shelving days at the BYU library. We met for lunch on Saturday and the few hours we spent chatting and catching up didn't seem to be enough. We had so much fun!

days 1-5

#febphotoaday and month of hair are in full swing. i'm kind of loving it.

day 1-side pony    day 2-air dry

day 1-my view. on the way out the door.

day 2-words. inspiration all over the workplace.

day 3-hands. skip work and craft day

day 4-stranger. love friends of friends.

day 5-10am. it's 10:00 somewhere and scary that i'm the piano player

February

Because I don't seem to have enough to do I'm doing the February photo a day. Since I'm crazy I'm also doing my hair a different way every work day this month. I know...what am I thinking? Who wants to join in on the fun?

day 1...booorrring

i've been really bored with my hair lately. so...i had this crazy idea to do my hair a different way every work day this month. what was i thinking??? day 1 was a pretty boring side pony. i better get creative and fast. anyone have a cute ideas i should try?

Sundance

I've been to the Sundance Film Festival a few times to walk around or to go to concerts. I've never actually been to a movie so when Mary had an extra ticket I was excited to go. The tickets were free. We got great parking. The movie was very educational, interesting, and clean. No celeb sightings but otherwise it was great.

not so lady parts

straight from google images

i already confessed i watch the bachelor. i can't help it, but tonight...holy moly. it reached a whole new level of trash. i was watching with friend celsey and her husband shawn (who was pretending to do doing homework). we saw the skinny dipping previews like everyone else and nearly freaked. was she really going to show her lady not so nice word parts??? yes, yes she was and did. clearly not a lady. i keep reading that she's probably getting bad editing blah blah blah, but seriously...i'm embarrassed for her.

5 Confessions

Confession #1...I'm a major list maker. I mostly LOVE having a phone that does everything, but I really miss crossing things off a paper list with a pen. This list making thing is right up my ally

Confession #2...my workout music is all over the place, but I'm always super happy when Miley comes on

Confession #3...I have way too many clothes. Most of the hangers in my closet have at least 2 or 3 or 4 things on them.

Confession #4...I'm not a big TV watcher at all (not the confession part), but The Bachelor is totally my guilty pleasure. It's total trash, but for some reason I keep watching.

Confession #5...I never put makeup on today...eeeww! I did a few things around the house, went to the gym, went to the store, showered at 7pm, and never got ready for the day. I NEVER ever do that. I hate not wearing makeup even if I'm not going anywhere.

I'm linking up with Abby over at Diligent Joy. Check her out.

beautiful people

took this straight from abby. love it!

Friday Lunch...Take Risks

When we first started Friday lunch, we wanted to try new places. We still do that sometimes, and sometimes we don't. This month someone suggested sushi, and I got nervous. I always say I don't like it, but I don't actually know I don't like it. Then I remembered my goal to take more risks. We went to Shabu Shabu in Orem. It was a fun place, and I didn't hate sushi as much as I feared. I'm glad we tried a new place, and I feel good about working on my goals.

10 little random things

1. I am a day late with this post.

2. Laurann gave me cutest book of mini desserts. I was pretty happy to try it out for dinner group this week. I made these peaches and cream.

3. I'm currently obsessed with pom poms and Valentine's Day crafts

4. it's time to re-evaluate my blog and why in the world I even blog.

5. co-worker Emily's bday was Tuesday. We made treats and hung balloons from the ceiling. I've wanted to do that forever, and I loved it.

6. time off at work policy is changing so I'm trying to take off early when I can.

7. it finally snowed today. I was pretty happy it was a Saturday.

8. I saw a tutorial for making your on baker's twine so I did it. I think it turned out pretty well.

9. I miss fountain diet coke...a lot #spending freeze

10. still love my electric blanket

I'm linking up with E. Check it out.

just another day

I'll spare you all the details, but my work day today included cleaning up kid (not baby) puke and lots of it. I'm case you're wondering what on earth the picture is, it's kitty litter. That's how we clean it up or at least start to clean it.  Kind of made me wish I was a stay at home something.

non shower

Heather has some crazy rule about only having one shower a year, but she's about to have a little babe any day now. We couldn't not celebrate so we went to dinner and had a non shower. Little baby Probst got the cutest stuff, and we all had the very best time.

celebrating the new year

Laurann invited a few girls to a condo at Solitude. It was such a fun little getaway not that far away. We ate (kind of a lot), watched movies, played games, talked about the new year, made some new friends, and I got even more jealous of instagr.am. It was just a little snowy and absolutely beautiful. I loved it!

killing me with instagr.am

brrrr

16??? Seriously. Winter is here, and I'm freezing my booty off.

Spending Freeze

google image via pinterest

Almost a year ago, friend Aubry decided to tackle The Project (basically stop shopping and a few other rules). She was inspired by another fellow blogger Elizabeth . I've been thinking about it ever since. A single working girl really has no accountability for her money. My money is my money, and I can do whatever I want with it. Problem is I kind of have no idea (other than transfers to savings and paying bills) what I do with it. One of my new year's resolutions is to spend less money. What better way to spend less, than do a spending freeze. Luckily I have a few other girls joining me on the January spending freeze. We're following the same rules as Aubry (straight from her blog) and Elizabeth's The Project.

things i can't buy:

clothing

accessories

jewelry

shoes

purses

magazines

cds

dvds

craft supplies

fast food

home furnishings

"non-essential" fun beauty expenses

frou frou coffee shop coffee, which i'll equate to diet coke.

what i can buy:

a good haircut

makeup

a meal at a lovely restaurant with family and friends

frou frou coffee shop coffee with friends {meaning, no solo drink runs} which, still.... i'll equate to diet coke.

classes {enrichment classes offered at local craft emporiums or community colleges}

gym

gifts for family and friends

charitable contributions to organizations we {i} currently support

For now the spending freeze goes until January 31. We'll get together at the end of the month and discuss. Feel free to check in on me.