My Obsession with Pinterest.

Good Evening Ya'll!! I would like to announce that I have a new obsession and it's name is Pinterest. Who knew that this website would take up hours and hours of my time at night!! I blame my co-worker and my classmate from high school. Their to blame for this addiction. I probably would of never found out about this website until they encouraged me to visit the site to see if I like it. And I course I did and do!!! Recipes, crafts, home decor, fashion and soo much more!! My favorite section to browse is the DIY & Craft boards, to see the amazing things that people have pinned. I work at a craft store and my butt would browse that darn board, just to see what I can get from the work the next day to and make it. Soooo, I made something.

It's a Paper tissue flower lantern. (say that 5 times fast)Through Pinterest I got it from this website One of my good friend's little girls just turned 3 this past week and I had to think of something to give her for her birthday. At first I thought of toys but that little girl has more than enough toys and she definitely did not need anymore. One day last week when I was on Pinterest, I saw that pin and I knew that I was meant to make that.

When I first started to cut out the shapes and glue the flowers on, I was really excited....until the darn things wouldn't stay on. The glue I used at first was Aleene's Tacky glue, which is a really good glue. However, for this particular project....it definitely wasn't working. The glue wasn't drying fast enough and when I would glue the flowers on...they wouldn't fall right off! *frustrated sigh* After an hour with fighting with the darn thing, I pulled out my handy-dandy glue gun and I went to craft town!!

(couple of hours later) I was finally finish!!!! Aaaannnnd, it was bigger than I thought it was going to be. *_*. I think that's because I wasn't suppose to start off with such a large lantern, but I didn't realize that until AFTER I got the flowers on. Oh well, it came out really nice and everyone loved it!

I already have 2 (I think maybe 3) more projects to do next and I am soo excited!!!

New Orleans: Mardi Gras

Good evening folks!!! I know I said I was going to New Orleans for my birthday and blah, blah, blah!! Well, last month me and my bestie finally got our chance to party in the Big Easy for Mardi Gras!!!!!! Let me tell you, I was beyond excited for this trip!! Even before Princess and the Frog came out, I always wanted to visit New Orleans and I finally got my chance!! First, I must start off by saying, we missed our first flight in the morning and had to take the next flight. *womp womp* Which kinda sucked because we were going to spend that time walking around the French Quarter and looking at all the shops. Anyhoo, we finally get on our flight (we definitely weren't going to miss that one) and an hour and a half later, New Orleans!!!

I'm not sure how it is all year round in New Orleans, especially the French Quarter, but there were people everywhere!!!

Thanks to some very helpful party people that we met at the airport, we ate lunch at a VERY popular seafood restaurant in the French Quarters called Deanie's!! The place was packed with people, but yet the wait was only 45 minutes.

This was soo good!! It was fried shrimp, oysters, fish and soft shell crab!! I didn't get my Po' Boy sandwich this time, but next trip, it is on!! After that we head to the hotel to check-in and put on some more clothes. Brrr!! That was one of the downfalls of this trip...the weather. It didn't rain thank goodness, but it would of been soo awesome if it would have been a tad bit warmer. Moving along,the one thing we really enjoyed were all the different parades, that were held by different organizations or Krewes. One Krewe we definitely loved, was the Krewe of Tucks. And that is because they threw the most beads and other random objects than any other parade that we saw.

If you ever go to one of these parades, NEVER LOOK DOWN!! I say this because, there are numerous amounts of objects being thrown out into the crowd and if you look away, you will be knocked in the head by a strand of beads!

Don't worry, I left with a lot more beads than that!! And I didn't have to show one boob! :D Another thing that sucked, after that parade was over, we decided to wait for the next one...which took almost 2 hours to come!! And it was cold and it was windy!! Let's just say after all the parades that we saw this year, next year we decided 2 parades will be enough. Finally, Krewe Proteus and Krewe of Orpheus comes down the block!

These parades were loooonng and stuff was being thrown everywhere!! They threw beads, rolls of toilet paper, plungers (not really ones), coins, spears (again, not real ones) and even bags that all the stuff came in!!

Also, during many of these parades, were high school marching bands. They all did a really great job and you can see in many of the students faces that they were proud to be in participating in the parade.

One last thing that sucked, my camera battery died after this last parade. *womp, womp, womp* So, I took it back to the room to get charged, which meant no pictures of Cafe du Monde, the super famous cafe that serves the even more famous, beignets. We also went to the Harrah's casino, where I won money!!! Yaaay!!! Then we marched down to Bourbon St. to get some drinks and watch all the tomfoolery. To be honest, I was kind of disappointed about Bourbon St, but I think it was because I was tired from watching parades all day and it the temperature was continuing to drop. There were plenty of drunk people and some flashing, but most people were just walking around or standing around. *shrugs* I blame extreme sleepiness. After that, we decided to call it quits and head back to the room. I was soo tired, I barely had enough energy to take any of my clothes off before crashing into bed and not waking up til early the next morning. Lucky for us, our hotel served breakfast, which is always a plus in my book. After that, it was time for one more parade before we head home. Krewe of Zulu!!! Everyone always looks forward to the Zulu parade, because they give out the only thing that no one else does. Coconuts. That's right. Coconuts. No one knows why they do, but getting a coconut earns you bragging rights for many years to come.

If you want to get a good view of the Zulu parade, make sure you get up early to get a good spot. That parade gets very crowded and if you short like me, it makes things pretty difficult to see.

Of course I took waaaaay more pictures than this (around 100) but I would uploading for hours!! After that, we check out, walked up the street, ran down a taxi (literally) and was on our way back to the airport. Let me tell you, I truly did enjoy myself down there except for a couple of things, but I already cannot wait to go back next year. I just now know what to do for next year: 1. Staying for a couple of days instead of trying to cram everything into one long day. 2. Booking our hotel waaay ahead of time. We originally wanted to stay at the Double Tree, which is right on Canal St., but unfortunately for us, it got booked up really quickly, so we had to get the La Quinta, which was around the block. It was a nice hotel, but we decided we're staying at Harrah's next year. And that is because it's closer to the French Quarter and if it rains, we're still entertained by the casino and the night club downstairs. 3.Plan better for the weather. I didn't bring too much of a variety of clothes to wear and the super cold weather threw me for a loop! I'm glad I brought my coat! 4. Definitely more sightseeing! 5. Another battery for my camera! Can't wait til next year!!

My First Time in New York City!!!

When your best friend asks if you would love to take a day trip to New York city, would you say??? YES of course!! So yesterday for the first time in my life, I was in New York City!! The morning there started kind of rocky because one of the city buses drove right past us (grrrr!!!) and we hate to wait another hour for the next one (double grrrr), but after that it was smooth sailing.

I have never been on the subway even in my whole entire life and that day I was on it basically alll day!!

One of the places we visited while we there was World Trade Center memorial.

Right where the towers used to stand were these huge pools made of black stone, with water cascading down the sides. Going around the edges of the pools were the names of the thousands of people who died on 9/11. May they always rest in peace.

After that it was time to eat (we were starving by then) and we made our way towards Time Square!!

After eating dinner at Bubba Gump's, it was time to go. Another subway ride to Harlem, then a bus ride to the airport, we were heading home. And OMG, I was soo exhausted, I couldn't wait to get home to my bed!

Even though I was super tired after that long day, I really, really enjoyed myself that day. I cannot wait til my next extended visit! :D

A Hot Pink Christmas!

I don't know why, but I've become obsessed with bright pink Christmas trees!! This is the tree that I had during the Christmas season

Now I have another tree to add to my small collection!

I fell in love with this tree when it came into the store. However, the price made me love it from afar. It was $100!! Yikes!!

But lucky for me, Christmas is now on sale at 90% and of course I had to get it!!! The only sucky thing about it is....

Only half of the lights work. *womp womp* But with the deal I got and a box of new lights, I still came out on top!

Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places.

Good Evening everyone!! I just wanted to share some pics that I took when went to visit my family in Charleston, SC.

It's like the older I get, the more I start to really, really appreciate my families hometown.

There were names in the street!! Someday I will learn how you get the honor of having your name engraved forever in the streets of downtown Charleston.

Don't ask me why, but I was really obsessed with the front of this jewelry shop.

A lot of the shops downtown have been reinvented, but luckily they still have their original antique look to them.

One store that I loooved was Urban Outfitters!! It was huge and there was huge chandeliers everywhere!!! As me and my cousin were standing in line, I said, "hmmm, I wonder this used to be?" Lucky for me, a girl standing in front of me told me that it used to be a theater! How cool is that?