Sweet-N-Sour

It's been awhile since I've done a Sweet-N-Sour and I felt it was about time. I decided now was a good time mainly because I get bored just sitting and watching tv, so I multi-task (big surprise) to feel like I've accomplished something!


Most of my sweets this week are some sweet reasons why I love it when the weather gets colder. First, coffee! Now, I always love drinking hot tea or coffee, but when it gets cold out, my coffee intake goes up, way up. Next is V-neck sweaters. Yes, I realize the picture is turned but I got lazy and decided not to try and rearrange the images to get them all to fit upright, so I added a little visual interest with the turned sweater! :) But I do love a cozy sweater... it's the closest thing to PJs that I'll ever wear to class. I think Stacy and Clinton will approve! Now, for my lovely red toes! I never, and I mean NEVER paint my toenails. I don't mind naked toes, in fact most of the time, I prefer them.. that way I don't have to make sure the outfit colors go with the toe colors. However, I broke down last night and painted them and I have to say that I love it! Loved it enough, in fact, to take a picture of my painted piggies and the CQ Cabernet No. 143 bottle! The color made me feel very fallish. Moving on to candles... sweet awesome smelling candles! I love the fall especially when stores start carrying fall smells in candle scents. My mama surprised me with this one when I went home for a visit last weekend. Now, for my absolute favorite.... my Sock Monkey Slippers!!! I try and wear them in the summer but my feet sweat, so sadly I put them away until fall sets in then wahoo.. I get to wear them again!!! Insert happy dance!



Ok.. the only sour that I can come up with right now is the stupid Old Navy commercials that advertise for Cardi Coats... grr. Every time I hear the dumb phrase they came up with to advertise for long sweaters makes me cringe. Now, I could have had my head in a book for too long and they've been using this phrase for a while but even so, the phrase makes me kinda hate Old Navy and their talking mannequins.

Sweet~N~Sour

1) Cheesecake. My mamma made me a super yummy strawberry cheesecake for my birthday which tasted amazing!
2) Bubble baths. They're wonderful and necessary.
3) Candles. Lots and lots of candles.
4) Smelling good. I love perfume, especially the kinds that last all day long.
5) Putting 1-4 together.... Perfection!

1) The audio editor---Audacity. Rather, editing your sound through Audacity, taking it to another computer then having it not work. But not just not work... but refuse to open at all.
2) Having a messy house and not having time to clean it.
3) I have to rant and rave about traffic in Morgantown since all of WVU's students are back on campus and well.. it's awful. So here goes... I was driving down Van Voorhis Road on my way to class this morning and I was running late. And as I was approaching the top of the hill where the Ridge sits guess who just had to pull out in front of me... that's right. The guy that found it absolutely necessary to drive a consistent 10 mph UNDER the speed limit. Did I mention that on this road the speed limit is already only 30? So that's right. We're traveling toward the traffic light which sits at the bottom of the hill and he's traveling along at 20mph and I'm getting frustrated because the light, you see, IS GREEN. And if you know anything about Morgantown and this particular traffic light, it takes FOREVER to get through. So, the light is miraculously still green by the time we approach it and do you know what he did next? He slowed down EVEN FURTHER! And the light, to no surprise, turned yellow and he stopped and shattered my hopes of ever getting through the intersection on this light. So this dear man made my morning commute a good 10 minutes longer than necessary. Needless to say, I was a bit peeved.

Sweet-N-Sour

I've been pretty busy lately but here's this week's Sweet-N-Sour.
1) I kinda love Jasmine Star. Her photography is amazing and she seems so genuine. I'm not a blogger by nature but her blog is one that I find myself checking on a regular basis. Today she posted a quote that I absolutely loved...... "Don't worry about making it shore...just be sure to breathe between the waves." So cheers to you J*.

2) Sweet Tea. Now by sweet tea I don't mean cold unsweetened tea with added sugar.... I mean sweet tea that any southern resident would be eager to drink.

3) I love love love the wonderful Cheesecake Factory. Cheesecake is my vice. With normal food I'm all about eating healthy and watching what I eat but when it comes to dessert... calories and sensibility goes out the window.

4) Being able to buy 260 dollars with of clothing for $120! I love being able buy two $60 Banana Republic blouses for $30! Bargain shopping is wonderful!

1) Going to a sweet awesome restaurant and not being able to find something that you want to eat.

2) Windy days when you're having a rare "Good Hair Day."

Sweet~N~Sour

I didn't want my blog to be all about photography, so I decided to throw something in once in a while about me. It's a section called Sweet-N-Sour (named by my sista!). Basically it's things throughout the week that I encounter that are oh so sweet and then some that are (as Ms. Jay would say it) Soouuurraaaa! So here it goes... the first sweet and sour post!

1) Memory Quilts made from pieces of fabric collected over 21+ years, baby and toddler traced hand and foot prints, and special notes from grade school teachers and special people. All made, designed, and put together by the wonderful Grandma $.

2) A younger sister who will become a model for her older sister who gets an sweet idea in her head.

3) I went to the movies today, first time in ages, and saw The Proposal. It was awesome, charming, sweet, and inspired a theater full of laughs from my sister and I (who by far laughed the loudest out of the 10 people who were able to go to a 12:30 in the afternoon on a Wednesday showing.

4) Summer dresses. Enough said.

1) Steel-toed tennis shoes that provide a minimum of 3 blisters every time they're worn.

2) Rainy days. They're slightly sweet because they made my green pepper, hot pepper, and tomatoe plants grow faster, but they just get me so depressed.

3) Finding out that the University cancelled one of your fall classes (already) when I just had my schedule just perfect but now I have to go and figure out how to squeeze in another class that fits just right.