Mrs. Priss

I was sitting here at my desk (where I do most of my blogging, being the dedicated employee that I am), drinking my coffee and eating some breakfast when I came to this realization… I am pretty much addicted to all things vanilla.  Let me give you a run-down of my morning:

• Washed up with Philosophy’s Vanilla Birthday Cake in the shower

• Rubbed on a few big globs of Victoria’s Secret Vanilla Lace lotion

• Grabbed a vanilla flavored Dannon Activia yogurt from the fridge for a mid-morning snack

• Picked up my daily soy vanilla latte from Starbucks (and 3 Petite Vanilla Scones, just for kicks)

Are we noticing a trend here?  And now that I think about it, whenever I have a choice between chocolate or vanilla frosting, I pick vanilla.  I won’t even start with the flavored lip glosses or the amount of scented candles I have around the apartment!

I really hope it’s a good thing to smell like a cookie.

Am I the only one that finds the new Hanes No Ride Up panties hilarious and a bit ridiculous?  Is “Be Wedgie Free!” the classiest slogan they could come up with?

When I saw the commercial for these a few minutes ago, I about died laughing.  All the different women wiggling around, trying to de-wedge themselves… I don’t know.  Maybe it’s just me.

As a way of celebrating Justin’s company getting a snazzy new office, the two of us decided to go on a date last night. In keeping with Justin’s our new frugal mindset, we figured cheap was the way to go.

Since we don’t have a printer at home, we ran over to my parent’s house to print out Jamba Juice’s Buy One, Get One Free coupon that I had linked to a few weeks ago. Being the genius that I am, I didn’t realize it had expired in July. Flop #1.

We sped over to Jamba Juice anyway, being that two smoothies aren’t really all that expensive, and picked ourselves up a Citrus Squeeze (Justin’s favorite) and my first true love, a Strawberry Surf Rider with a calcium boost for my baby’s bones. I made sure sure sure to tell the girl at the counter to put the boost only in mine because Justin’s would go ape-crap crazy if he ended up with the ‘chalk’ in his. What did they do? Put the calcium boost in his Citrus Squeeze. Flop #2.

He was not amused.

We did manage to get into a very inexpensive movie, Iron Man, that was showing at one of the old theaters in town. I seriously love this place! They renovated a bit and now show month old movies for $3.00 a ticket. I shoved our smoothies in my purse and smuggled them on in. Success!

Cheeeeeeeese

Once in the theater, we couldn’t help but notice a trend. We happened to be among the four people that weren’t over 50, carrying a lifetime supply of candy in loud, plastic grocery bags, making out (remember the age group we’re dealing with here), and fall into the category of… Ohh, what’s the opposite of black-treasure again? Yeah. At one point, Justin turned around and said, “PLEASE, SHUT UP!” to the grocery bag lady, which was really nice and not embarrassing at all. We take our $3.00 movies very seriously, people.

The movie was pretty awesome, once I was able to block out the older couple to my right who could not keep their hands off each other. Cooties… gross.

I would say our attempt at a cheap date failed (considering I was starving and ended up spending $5.00 on popcorn and even more at Taco Bell later), but Justin and I were able to get a good laugh about how absolutely ridiculous it was afterward.

A movie at an old theater, chalky smoothies and a whole lot of white trash isn’t necessarily the recipe for a perfect date, but it sure was interesting!

I do a silly little jig whenever I receive a piece of mail and find my name written on the envelope in actual human handwriting. Am I the only one who gets excited over something so simple? I don’t understand it fully, but there’s something sort of humbling about receiving something in the mail. I always think, “Wow, someone took the time to send something the old-fashioned way just for me.”

With that in mind, you can imagine the excitement going on when I found all these goodies from Wishcake waiting for me in the mailbox last night. Happy fists!

These lovely notebooks and magnets were my prize for winning the Summer Contest at Those Corwins. Yay, thank you Steph! Do you see how adorably packaged they were? I had the hardest time opening them because they were just too stinkin’ cute. And my favorite, favorite, favorite thing in the world was also tucked inside — a handwritten note!

Thank you, Kerri — you are such a doll!

• My new Bandolino zebra flats. I found them on sale on Gottschalks (which I will continue to say, is the absolute BEST place to find great deals on shoes), and am currently obsessing over how comfortable AND cute they are. Usually, flats make me feel dumpy and slightly less than fabulous, but these little gems are amazing.

  

• Glamour Tweezers. Need I say more?



• This great article (shared in my Google Reader by the hilarious Alyssa) on How to Write a Recipe Like a Professional. I can thank my current obsession with becoming The Ultimate Domestic Goddess for wanting to know silly little things like this!
• Hurrah for frugal living! You have to check out these awesome home decorating finds over at Domino. See these vases? Yeah, $0.79.

  

• Of course, this post wouldn’t be complete without including at least one cutesy/frilly/girlie item that little Maddie Gable needs (or I need. Whatever). I am going ga-ga (get it? Oh, I’m hilarious) over this crib bedding by Serena & Lily.

  

• Now, try not to judge me for falling for a cheesy infomercial just yet… The Ped Egg really does work! As someone who is extremely judgmental aware of the importance of well-groomed feet, I wouldn’t lie to you. Yes, the shavings are — how do I put this lightly? — ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING AND GAG-INDUCING, but your tootsies are so smooth when you’re finished.

  

• The Laughing Cow spreadable cheese wedges. Ohhh man, these babies are addictive. At only 35 calories each, I can’t lie and say I haven’t eaten three at one sitting. Not that the calories would stop me anyway, but I’m just saying — they’re THAT good.
• And finally — Spontaneous Grammy-Mom-Me girl trips to San Francisco! Wheeee! Tomorrow will be a day full of non-stop gabbing, coffee breaks, shopping and fun with my most favorite ladies.

  Grammy and I at Cheesecake Factory in San Francisco, 2006