Cruella de Vil

I have an event going on at work today. That means dressing up on a casual Friday. No jeans for me today. I am channeling Cruella de Vil.

Whenever I am in charge of events I tend to get to work pretty early. Hence the bathroom shot at work. I didn't have time to do it at home this morning. And since I am a crazy lady and got here so early I had plenty of time to snap a quick pic.

This dress is what I would call a dalmation print. Maybe their is a better animal, snow leopard? I have no idea what a snow leopard looks like. But maybe like this?!

I have a black skinny belt to wear with this, but I couldn't find it last night. Maybe a sign that I should clean out my closet or better yet pick up the pile of clothes on the bedroom floor.

I promise I won't act like Cruella de Vil today!

Happy Friday!

hats

I'm not usually a big hat person. I always feel kinda funny in them. But it is nice to have a hat that you can throw to do random things in. I always want one when I take Nuts to the dog park. It is always so windy. Even with my hair in a pony tail it's always flying in my face.

I ordered Chesley a hat for her birthday. They didn't have the one she wanted in the store, so I ordered it online. Well, I have been having awful luck with online shipping lately and even though I placed the order a week before her birthday it didn't come in until a week after her birthday. Oh well. I had it shipped directly to the store for free, so we went to pick it up the other night. The girl has a lot of hair and the hat didn't fit so we had to exchange it. The store was holding a buy one get one half off so they let me return the original hat and then purchase two more for the discount. Whoo hoo!

yes we are gay and are posing back to back. We were using the self timer and it took several takes to get a good one. It didn't help that we had both just gotten off work and felt like our appearances had gone down hill. (Why does that happen?)

I won a giveaway!!!!!! I have been pretty lucky since I have started blogging. This is my 4th giveaway to win. Yay!! Peeptoe Pumps and Pearls hosted this summer stationary giveaway. I can't wait to get mine. I had a hard time deciding between the whale or the crab. I finally chose the crab, because he is pink. But man that whale is cute! Thanks Jill!

That's all I could come up with for today's post. Work has left me exhausted every day this week. Not sure why, because its not different than any other week. Almost Friday!

Road Trips

We have taken several road trips this summer. Most of them with Nuts. I thought I would give you all a peek into what our longest and most recent road trip looked like.

Nuts is very good in the car and enjoys taking trips with us. He usually sleeps most of the time. The only downside is that when he is awake he likes to know what is going on outside. In order to get a better view he likes to climb onto my shoulder and wrap himself around my neck. This is not the most comfortable thing in the world.

Apparently, I'm a good head rest.

I took these pics myself and there were lots of shadows and once you get past the blinding glare of my skin, you get the idea.

Some of you may remember this post about me wanting to learn to speak Italian.

Instead of buying a set of cd's off of amazon, I decided to see what itunes had to offer. They have lots of options and I finally decided on one. It wasn't pimsleur, but I couldn't find a picture of the one I bought. {probably, because I couldn't remember the name. :)}

I made Ty listen to it on our way to Branson. It was hilarious! Definitely passed the time.

Our Okie accents didn't translate very well into Italian. We won't be fluent anytime soon!

The only phrase that stuck in my head was "Dov'è il bagno?" Where is the bathroom?

I have found a way to work it into a few of mine and Ty's conversations. I think I need to buy the booklet that accompanies the recording. I am more of a visual learner. Everytime I have been saying "Dov'è il bagno?" I have been imagining it as Tove el bano. Who knew?

Italian and Spanish have a lot of similar words. I took Spanish in high school and college, so those are the words I picture when I am speaking Italian. Okay, not speaking really more like repeating after the nice, patient lady on my itunes download.

Happy Hump Day!