Spring Has...Ummmm....

Happy first day of spring!!!  Totally feels like spring has sprung…right??  Not like this was my reaction as I stepped out this morning or anything…

What is going on?!?!?!  Why is it 3 degrees?? I'm so over this weather.  I'm ready for a lil warmer - not sweat my balls off hot - just like no jacket, I can feel my face warm.  Soo in the effort of trying to pretend things are coming into bloom, I decided to talk about a few new spring things that I'm obsessing over right now!

Nail Polish:  I love when it gets warmer and my nails can go from dark to light.  I'm always so ready for that transition.  So here are a few new lines that I love!

OPI's New Euro Centrale Line - loving the blues & purples

 

Essie's Madison Ave-hue line - had the hip-anema it's amaze!

Denim:  I'm really after a good denim/chambray shirt this season.  I also may be on the market for a new jacket.  And of course I'll need a new pair of white jeans.

Tailored fit from the Gap

Classic from JCrew

Love this cut from JCrew

Gap - love the darker wash

Sexy Boot from Gap

Skinny cut from Gap

These have a good line/flare from JCrew

Dresses & Skirts: Also loving all cute bright dresses. I usually wear dresses/skirts to work, so that is what I tend to gravitate towards.

Banana Republic - love this bright green

Banana Republic - Mad Men Collection - fab print

Tibi - Piperlime

#2 Pencil from JCrew - LOVE these skirts

JCrew - classic style

JCrew - great flow & color

JCrew - love the detailing

Kate Spade - LOVE

Kate Spade - love the colors - great for work

Pants:  Bright crop pants are also adorbs - still trying to find the best pair for me…but these look amaze on paper!

JCrew - chino material - sooo relaxed looking

Gap - just love this color

Also Gap - you can't go wrong with this green!


So there you have it!  Just a few of my desires for this season.  I can't wait to bust out the brights and the whites!! 

Gym Jams

Happy Friday my little chickadees!!  This was an actual email I got from a friend, so I thought I'd share - seemed fitting for this past week.

 

I hope you're all staying warm and dry.  It's like a gross mix of rain, snow, slush, etc.  in the city.  Actually that started my morning…I decided to take the bus since it was so gross.  I rounded the corner to the bus stop and see it pulling away, so obvi I decide to chase it because that's normal and there won't be another one ever.  So I take off running towards its next stop, almost slip and fall, all the while some old man is yelling after me "you're never gonna make it!!"  Awesome.  I sprint across like 4 lanes of traffic (when I don’t have the light) and literally slide onto the bus.  Panting like a maniac.  Looking around for someone to just see what I had just done - like "hey guys - you see that?!".  No one cared.  Not even a small smile. 

Anywho - let's discuss my gym situation the past 2 days.  Two different experiences with the gym/gym personnel and I'd like to discuss.

My Book:  So I'm in a book club, so mature of me, and I try to bring my book to the gym so I can read/workout simultaneously.  The other day unbeknownst to me, I left my bike without said book.  I got all the way home and realized my misfortune.  Especially since I only have like 50 pages left.  And we meet on Tuesday.  So yesterday morning I called the gym and this was my conversation:

Me:  Hi, good morning.  I was in there yesterday and I seemed to have left my book there.  Did anyone turn it in?

Woman/Man/Unclear:  I don’t know what you mean.
Me:  Well I'm confused.  I left a book there, did someone turn it in?  I left it on the recumbent bike in the corner.
Woman/Man/Unclear:  What kind of book?
Me:  Do you need the title??  It's a book - like a book book - rectangle, has pages, etc.  (not getting annoyed).
Woman/Man/Unclear:  I don’t know what you mean.
Me:  I don’t understand how you're not following.  Do you have a lost and found?  Did someone bring it by?  I mean I don’t really think anyone would steal my book.  Can you please check?
Woman/Man/Unclear:  Hold please.  (leaves for about a nano-second)
Woman/Man/Unclear:  No we don’t have no book.  I checked your bike (which is impossible because there is no way they made it there and back in the time I was on hold).
Me:  I just really don’t understand.  Good Bye. 

Sooooo that happened.  And then it was another scene when I got there last night and asked a different person about it.  They looked at me like I had 10 heads.  I'm sorry does no one know what a book is anymore?!  I know I'm not the "norm" by still having physical books - but I like to hold books.  Sorry - I'm old fashioned!

Why is this my gym?!:  After I had another fight with the front desk over my book (which by the way is still MIA), I had to go and workout - gather all that anger/rage and put it towards the elliptical.  I go to change and it's pretty empty, so I find a quiet spot in the corner for my locker.  Literally like one minute later (still its empty), this other girl comes like right on top of me and decides to set up shop there.  I'm sorry - what is the purpose of that?!  I'm also still annoyed, so I'm like huffing and puffing all over the place.  She doesn't get the hint.  I rush through getting changed and head to my machine.  I have to take one that is in between 2 other girls (it was pretty crowded).  I go to step up on the machine and put my water bottle in the holder - pretty sure the girl next to me has her water in my holder - I get all disoriented and proceed to drop my bottle on the floor/hits the machine on the way down.  Don’t worry it's also metal so it was really quiet and not embarrassing at all when it sounded like a bomb had just gone off.  Everyone stared including said girl who was the cause of this whole problem!!  She actually proceeded to give me dirty looks.  I'm sorry honey, if you used your own freaking holder there would have never been a problem in the first place!!  Don't worry - I'm totally over it.  So then I go to get set up - go to turn on the TV - oh yah it doesn't work.  And now after all the commotion I just made, there is no way I can change machines.  So iPod it up!  Boringest workout ever and to top it off every now and again I got blinded by the nasty girl's engagement ring flailing in my face.  So I finally finish my cardio and head to the mats for some sit ups.  I find a lil spot and begin.  I look in the mirror and catch a glimpse of this:  creepster guy, yellow pants, tank top, no shoes on, laying on his side with a gross grin/smirk, just glaring.  Soooo that didn’t' make me uncomfortable at all. 

He even got up at one point to "mix his protein shake", came back, laid down, and stared some more.  At no point in my whole sit up situation did he ever even do anything physical.  I got so self conscious when I had to do my planks because I feel like he could see down my shirt in the mirror - I literally ran home and showered the grossness away!

So basically I think I need a new gym.  I was totally fine with it up until this week and all hell broke loose!  Annnd on that note - I hope you all have fabulous weekends!!  XOXO

Racey AC

Soooooo let's break this lil night down. AC was a blast - it was Sydney's bday so things got a lil cray. Before I get into that though, I just wanted to discuss my Friday night situation. I wound up going to a comedy show last minute at Caroline's. And can we talk about how I basically peed my pants. I haven't laughed that hard in quite some time. There were three comedians…2 openers and then one guy headlined. They were all fantastic and so different and I loved them all. If you ever get a chance to see/hear any of these guys - Josh Rabinowitz & John Mulaney in particular - I highly recommend you do it. Absolutely hilarious.


Ok so onto the next one. I took the train to CCK and then we got to make the drive down to AC together. Great catching up time and so nice to have company on the journey!! We got to Revel. Ummm can we talk about this. It's amazing. Soooo clean (we all know how I feel about that), no smoking, very open/spacious, good restaurants, I could go on. The rooms were also fantastic, beds were comfy and the showers were phenom. We met up with the other girls, had a great lunch at Village Whiskey and started the celebrating! After lunch we got the lay of the land and then CCK and Bessie went home for the night. That's when things started to unravel. Me, Sydney, Hilary & Kit were left to our own devises! We shopped around a little bit and then we grabbed a drink at the bar (one of many). Eventually we made our way back to our room to get ready for the night. Don’t worry I tested the shower & the shower caps - both worked fabulously. After we all got fresh to death we headed to dinner.

Dinner was at Buddakan. It's basically Asian Fusion and it was absolutely amazing. We got a bunch of different things and shared it all. I was so content and pleased. We had a great time at dinner and just had a nice relaxing meal. I know there are a few throughout the country, so I highly recommend it if you have a chance. Then the fun started…our cab ride back was insane. The guy drove like 9000 miles an hour and "Mo Money Mo Problems" came on the radio…we asked to turn it up a lil bit…next thing it's blaring as we're careening down the street. We roll up to our hotel with it blasting and of course stares all around.

Our first stop for the night was a bit aggressive - Ivan Kane’s Royal Jelly Burlesque Nightclub. Now we thought there'd be tables/seats for us. We hadn't even fully digested - I was only on my first round of Tums. HOWEVER, once we got in, we were enamored and the music was just so good. So to paint a picture it's this darkish room and in the center/on the ceiling are basically runways for girls to walk around/dance/be weird/wear nude colored unitards.

It was nuts. There was also a guy who pretended he was Snoop Dogg (or should I say Snoop Lion) and I honestly think he really believed he was. The people watching was just beyond. After awhile, we were all having trouble standing due to feet/heels to high/issues. Right before we were getting ready to go a girl who was totally out of control came crashing down on my foot (with her heels) and then proceeded to spill her beer down my jeans…so that was basically final straw and a sign for us to leave (ps - my foot is basically purple from my toes to my ankle...I wasn't even trying to be dramatic!). With that Sydney literally threw her whole drink (glass and all) in the garbage and the signature move came out…her yelling "Lizzie" while swinging her arm in the air in a circular motion…round 'em up style if you will.

So we ran back to the room to all change into our flats. God we're so old. But you know what - best decision we made all day. Proper foot wear is always a must…as Sydney's mother so often tells me. Then we were off again and headed to the next bar, Social. This was our jam. There was a band playing, Garden State Radio Band - ummmm they were amazing. Like I want to see them daily kind of amazing. They were such a phenom cover band. They played everything from oldies to top hits and were soooo good. If you can see them - I'd do it. So basically I was in my glory dancing up a storm with Kit. I look over and this guy is just awkwardly sidling up to me and kinda dancing around me/with me/not really/I had no idea what was going on. Kit literally burst out laughing and says "I think your friend wants to talk to you". So after a few more awkward encounters I finally started the conversation and I kid you not this was how it went…

Me: Hi, I'm Lizzie.
Him: Oh right yah I'm Tom.
Awkward silence
Him: So do you come here often?
Me: Um not really, first time here, having fun, it's a great place (rambling to fill the silence).
Him: Sooo how old are you?
Me: I'm 32.
Him: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!! (Mouth open widely, eyes like popping out of his head). NOOOOOOO WAAAAYYYYY. You DO NOT LOOK 32…I'd say 25 tops - and I'm not even trying to flatter you.

Me: (feeling ever so comfortable with my age) Ummm well that's quite the reaction, how old are you?

Him: I’m 23. Where do you live?
Me: NYC, you?
Him: In Little Ferry with my parents, but it's only like 20 minutes from the city.
Me: Yup, I know the town.
Him: Soooo I mean yah, sooooo like ummmm, like ummmm, what are you looking for?

Me: Excuse me?

Him: Like what are you looking for? I mean do you wannna….

Me: Well lets just stop right there. (thinking - am I being like propositioned?? Like am I a hooker?!) I think I'm gonna just go with my friends (and I grabbed Kit and walked away).

Like why is this the only guy that spoke to me the whole trip?! Sydney and I even made a pact that we were supposed to find brothers that we could marry and this was the fool that I attracted?? Anywho….we continued to dance and drink and sing and just have a fabulous time. After awhile we went out to the casino and gambled a bit. I threw down $20 on roulette and lost in about 2.2 seconds. The only game that I thought was profitable were the slots - Sydney and I played "Grease" and basically won big. We were sitting there and all of a sudden both our machines started going off, flashing, loud noises. We didn't even know what was going on. But I won $60 and she won $100 - amazing! We finally decided to call it a night, grabbed some food and went to bed. Don't worry - it was 4 am. The old hags made it till 4 am!!

The next day we slowly got ourselves together. I had to catch the bus. It was heinous. It's not so much the bus/the ride it's who sits next to you. Literally this guy getting on, I saw him in line and he looked like the biggest creeper ever. like ever. he walks onto the bus, takes a look around and of course decides to sit next to me. He then proceeds to basically come into my seat and grossly sleep - ewww I'm sceeved out just thinking about it. I hate the flashbacks.

Soooo there you have it. And then I got home…ordered food…watched the Oscars and became increasingly more depressed that it was Sunday night…my trip was over…and I had to work the next day!!

Oscar Recap!!

Happy Monday!! Why do these days always come so quickly?! I had a great weekend and will be recapping our lil jaunt to AC tomorrow. But for today, I thought I'd do a lil Oscar recap of my fave fashions/moments. I didn't love Seth MacFarlane, and I really thought I would. Some of his jokes I thought were spot on and hilar, but others kinda fell flat and some were just kinda offensive. I also didn't like how LONG the whole night was. Honestly - I fell asleep at 10:30 and in had to watch the rest this morning. It's just too much. They need to cut some things out and seriously get this thing down to 2 hours maybe 3 if we're pushing it. Almost 4 just isn't cutting it for me, and I feel like a lot of people feel the same.


First off my favorite looks of the night. I feel like there were a few that really wowed me, but on a whole, I felt like everyone played it pretty safe.



Reese Witherspoon - She can do no wrong by me.  Just perfection - and that blue...totally makes her eyes pop!



Amy Adams - I really loved this I thought she looked stunning.

Jessica Chastain - Gorg!  That's all I need to say. 

The Tatums - Now this I'm a lil conflicted.  Love him...so so on her choice.  I mean she looks great, but I feel like it could have been better.

Charlize Theron - Could she be any more beautiful?!  She owns that hair adn the dress is just flawless.

George Clooney & Stacy Keibler - such a hot couple.  Perfection - although I could do without his beard.

Kerry Washington - I loved this color on her and the detailing on the top - so pretty.

The Afflecks - BEST COUPLE EVER!!  Obsesed with them.  Her dress was a gorg color and I really loved the back - she wore it well.

Hugh Jackman - a lil shoutout to the boys - he looked so daper and handsome!

Bradley Cooper - should have won!!  Didn't LOVE the hair, but his tux was spot on.

Sandra Bullock - so amazing.  Love the lace and she just looks stunning and effortless.

Naomi Watts - she took a risk and it paid off!  She looked so edgy and amazing.

Jennifer Lawrence - Stunning.  One of the best of the night.  SO gorg!

And here were some that I thought were misses if you will…

Anne Hathaway - so boring and really did nothing for her. Plus the darts on the top are giving a nip sitch that isn't attractive.

Melissa McCarthy - Oh how I love you - but oh how you need to fire your stylist.  Just doesn't do a thing for you and the hair is too out of control.

Jane Fonda - Can't pin point it - prob the color - but just really didn't do it for me.

Kelly Rowland - Don't mind the dress - she wore it well - but that hair.  She needs to get those bangs out of her eyes!!

Kelly Osbourne - So much wrong.  The hair, the dress,  it just did nothing for her at all.

Kristen Stewart - Does this girl ever not look pissed at the world?! Just being her makes this unattractive, but the dress was just not a good choice.

Halle Berry - I find her to be gorg and stunning, but I just couldn't get on board with this dress.

As for my fave moments…

1. Argo winning "Best Picture". Amaze - well deserved and I feel like Ben Affleck finally gets credit for his work after being snubbed "Best Director".

2. Jennifer Lawrence falling while heading to receive her award. I mean poor girl - it's like everyone's worst nightmare.

BUT I put it as my fave, because she dealt with it with such grace. Making a joke of it and just moving along. I love her for that.

3. Adele singing "Skyfall" and then winning. Amazing - she can do no wrong.

4. Bradley Cooper bringing his mom as his date and her just owning the red carpet. She was answering questions, joking around, just awesome.

5. Knowing that we won't have to see Anne Hathaway for a little while - soooo over her. I used to like her, but lately - she's just been really annoying for some reason. Maybe because she's just all over the place…I need a break.

So there you have it - my 2 cents. Tune into tomorrow for a lil AC recap!!