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FINALLY.

Lack of internet kinda hurts my blogging. In the next few months I’m going to decide between internet and cable or an iPhone. I’m thinking the iPhone will win since I don’t watch much TV and if I reaaaalllly need to blog I can go to Mars Cafe, to the library or do it over lunch at work.

anywho… Kelly posted pics from the awesome totally 80s NYE party.  And they’re awesome.  I need to buy a point and shoot camera, but I’m trying to revamp my budget right now to allow for an iPhone or internet/cable.

Okay no more mentions of budgets or iPhones. BLOGGING.

The party was pretty fun, but as per usual we kind of petered out around 11 PM. I went to Kelly’s to help setup. While she was cleaning, I put up the backdrop for the “official” prom photos.

Kelly got most of that fabric from work...blue tulle was from Senior Portfolio night almost 2 years ago.

Anyway, backdrop was awesome.  Kelly and I started getting ready. Since I recently just chopped off my hair, my hair style consisted of me flipping my head upside down and spraying the living bejesus out of a can of hairspray all over it.  Kelly opted for a side pony with the same treatment and some crimping.  I overdid our eyeshadow (Maria’s BF, Marty, said Kelly’s looked “postapocolyptic”…like Mad Max style)…I think we both ended up with 4-5 shades of eyeshadow and some black eyeliner. Awesomeness.

People starting arriving and changing into their attire… with exception of Meredith who was literally sewn into her dress because somebody had been sewn in and cut out of it previously.  Awesome.  Oh, and Maria came already dressed because that’s how she rolls.   Carol had 2 dresses so she did photos in both, as did I.  Although, I couldn’t quite zip the one dress (and by couldn’t quite, I mean there was a 4-inch gap).

Anyway, party ensued. Everybody mixed their drinks and I did 4 shots of tequila rose (I feel like I’ve mentioned that before…I’m not a big drinker, so I guess I’m proud). Kelly and I opened a bottle of raspberry wine, which wasn’t very good…so she opened her one of 2 bottles of her favorite wine and we each had a glass of that.  I had a glass of champagne around midnight and spilled some of each of my drinks on my dress (which now needs to be dry cleaned).

Most of the night was spent arguing over whether Carol should move to Iowa or Texas. I think Iowa, but hell, I’d love to move to TX myself where it’s warm most of the year and where I can wear my hair as big as I please all year round…oh and drive a friggin’ truck.

Anyway, good times had by all. Music was good.  Friends were great. I even got a kiss at midnight.  Reluctantly by the boyfriend since he’s super allergic to felines and Kelly’s apartment still had a layer of cat fur embedded after vacuuming..so it was kind of a snotty New Year’s kiss. Oh well. I was drunk, so I didn’t care.

Anyway, here are some gratuitous photos of us from our 80s prom.

notice the postapocolyptic eyeshadow. Oh, and the awesome bow.

Cuz that's how we roll.

...since we never went to prom together in high school.

cuz we're all hot in 80s attire. I'm short.

Danielle and I representing Monti

oh god, the tulle!

I swear to God it fit 3 pounds ago. 3 friggin pounds extra=4 inch gap.

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It’s New Year’s day, it’s glorious outside but I feel kinda crappy from a little bit too much to drink last night. Oops. Maybe shouldn’t have started the evening out with 4 shots of tequila rose (hey, it’s pink).

I’ve been up since about 11 AM and I thought I’d be nice and let the bf sleep in since he hardly ever gets to do so. Well, it’s almost 3PM and he’s still sleeping.

So far this morning I’ve done my normal rounds on the internet (check e-mail, facebook, mint.com, craftster.org, read feeds on google reader and general surfing), blogged, organized my bookmarks and printed several of them to PDFs to further organize things and make them accessable offline (mostly recipes and knitting/craft patterns/ideas)…and now I’m converting my holiday e-card to video so I can post it here as my “2008 recap” since that seems to be a popular subject with my friends who blog.

Also, I’ve had 3 cups of tea and probably about 5 peanutbutter balls.

And I’m still waiting for my friend Kelly to post her pix from our party last night on facebook.  I think she’s been working on her 2008 recap post.

Anyway, here’s some randoms I took with Photobooth from last night…and the morning after. Nothing too exciting. I reaaaallly need to get myself a point and shoot to replace my clunky one that’s about 6 years old.  I hate carting around my big/good camera so I just never bring one. :/  In case you were wondering I had my computer w/ me last night BECAUSE I needed to edit down our final playlist.

And finally, just thought you’d like to know I just typed “www.amazon.co,” 4 times before correctly typing “www.amazon.com”.  Happy New Year.  #FAIL

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…wear it.

It’s likely that it won’t fit come New Year’s, but I managed to cram into the black dress I bought for our 80s new year’s shindig…after running 8 miles yesterday. Now I just can’t gain any weight over the holidays…. HA.  Looks like I’m wearing the other dress I bought.

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I thought I got over this Freshman or Sophomore year of college, but somehow, I managed to find my way back.

I used to have a real problem with buying stuff on e-bay.  ALL the time. Mostly funky fashion finds, like my leopard print boots.

wellllll i wanted a new dress for our 80s party, and I started looking around e-bay. I found this kickass seller, bleubird vintage, on e-bay and kind of went to town on all its items. i figured i’d get outbid, but miraculously, i won all the things except one (which I purposely kept low because i realized i really didn’t want it after i placed the first bid).

so now i’ve got 2 dresses for our party.

here are all the things i’ve won… (i wonder if any will even look good on me… )

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a while back my girlies and i talked about having a formal new years party like i had a few years back. the other girls have bridesmaids dresses they were planning to wear, but i don’t really have anything but prom dresses from high school… so i thought it’d be fun to look for a vintage dress (circa 1985) on e-bay.

i tossed a few dress ideas to the girls and we all decided to have an 80s new years party. so now everybody’s in on the fun.

My awesome e-bay finding for our 80s New Year

i won this totally awesome “calee pink” dress–no bows or sequins, but there are definitely ruffles.  here’s a pic for those of you too lazy to click.

i didn’t mention that i didn’t even win this dress on my own. the e-bay auction ended at 5:30 PM…and I left work to go home for Thanksgiving at 4 PM, so obviously, i had to enlist the help of one of my girlies.  muh friend kelly ended up placing the winning bid after watching the dress all day and refreshing the page endlessly… well, until 5:30.  then she called me right away to let me know i won. gee, what else are friends for? haha, i’ve already changed my password back, so no iPhones or HDTVs for kelly!

(i’ve spent the entire night doing laundry (11 flipping loads… 2 more left to go) and creating the perfect playlist for the evening… David Bowie, Bow Wow Wow, The GoGos, Michael Jackson, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Queen, Metallica, Motley Crue, Cinderella, The Bangles, B-52s, Sinead O’Conner, Prince, Oingo Boingo, Boston, Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper, Foriegner, Journey, The Motels, The Waitresses, Huey Lewis and the News, Men at Work, Duran Duran, New Order, Depeche Mode, Men Without Hats, Rick Springfield, Milli Vanilli, Rick James, Robert Palmer, Roxette, Nena, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Roxette, Patrick Swayze, Wang Chung, The Vapors, The Clash, The Pretenders, Paula Abdul, Whitney Houston….. and of course… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0].

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