what were we thinking?

When your married friend comes to town sans husband all hell breaks loose. number one it was a school night, or i guess now we refer to those nites as work nites, but in general on a work nite i make it a point to drink a glass of wine, and go to bed after the mtv ten spot...but not last night. no A was in town and we all thought we should try and recreate our college days by tying one on. after two bottles of wine at the house we had the idea of going out and getting "just one drink". I don't think anyone has ever gone out for "just one drink"...im sorry let me re-phrase...anyone who formerly went to ECU has never gone out for "just one drink". that turned out to a cab ride home, getting in pjs, and then talking ourselves into getting back out of our pjs and going out for more. it was a great idea in theory....and we did it up, or tried to atleast do it up like back in our college days...but times are different, and 7 am doesn't look pretty when you go to bed at 2ish. my head hurts, i lost my voice, and i need bojangles.

volatile... baby

<-------Birthday Boy


Sometimes I hate being the one with the camera, because notice I am not in any pictures...sigh.



R's 26th Birthday...or to people that don't know R the eve of Christmas Eve. Pewter Rose Charlotte...Volatile Baby playing in the background. Some of the people in the pictures including myself have literally been seeing this band play since we were in braces.

don't get me wrong...i love a chandelier earring.

everyone is aware of the new earring craze that has been sweeping the nation for the past few years. the bigger the earring the better....its almost like we are back in the 80's when big funky jewelery was in, but now its taken on this boho style that sets it apart from the rest. but heres the thing ladies....and please read carefully. a big earring goes a long way. maybe i should give some background info....yesterday i went shopping to catch those fabulous day after christmas sales, and by the way they were fabulous. but as a walked around the mall i noticed that everyone was wearing what looked to be newly gifted christmas items. every outfit looked so crisp and bright, as if it had just been taken out of a gap gift box. but back to the earrings...everyone in there new outfit also had on a pair of these big earrings. mostly the looks weren't bad, but some people just over did it. women, if you plan on wearing a chandelier earring go for it, but remember these earrings make a statement on there own.....PLEASE do not clutter that statement with other accesories...a little bling goes a long way. co co chanel said that "before anyone goes out of there house they should look in the mirror and take off one thing" sometimes this is something we should all remember...especially in a day and age were accessories can make or break the outfit. i personally think nothing looks classier than a pair of diamond studs (thank you B :), and one great bangle on the wrist. Think about it.

there will always be home for the holidays

today after work i am making the drive back to charlotte to celebrate christmas with the fam. its very hard to get into the christmas spirit when you aren't at home.
it is amazing how much things have changed around the holidays at my house. our family has grown, and changed a lot. i have gotten two sister in-laws, both very different, but i enjoy each of there unique personalities. and then there is my nephew who is just the cutest thing ever. in past years we have woken up and opened presents. this year will be the first year that is different. this year we will be going to my big brothers house to watch my nephew open gifts...i still feel like a child because when my mom told me that I was like..."you mean we can't even open our stockings?!" and then after that we come back home, and eat breakfast, and then wait till my other brother and his wife come over (they have to do christmas at her house first) then we can open presents. don't get me wrong...im really not that upset about the changes in christmas. sometime along the way opening presents at 5 am lost its lustre. i also can't wait to see my nephews face because this is the first year he knows who santa is, and believes. all these changes i really don't mind. but as i get older, it gets harder and harder to remember how christmas used to be. i can't remember the last time it was just me and my brothers, my mom, and dad, at christmas. but i am very lucky....because even if its later in the day, my whole family will eventually be together, and that only happens a handful of times a year. so wherever you are for the holiday have a happy one...and i hope you get to spend it with family.

one reason im glad i live in greenville

living in greenville isn't all bad...like for one most people might not know this but greenville does NOT have a subway system...therefore we do not have subway strikes like the one going on in New York right now**. i am thankful that i can hop into my civic and buzz around town at my leisure. i just know there were a lot of pissed off new yorkers this morning.



** www.nytimes.com

Its CORINA jackass

in my 24 years on this earth people far and wide have been getting my name wrong. there has never been a teacher that on the first day of school called me by the correct name. even though there is no T in my name people constantly call me katrina, and i never ever understood that. what is more frustrating is that my name is spelled EXACTLY how you pronounce it. I mean if anyone had a basic class in phonetics, or im sorry, just knew the english alphabet they would know how to pronounce my name. when i was little i thought crystal was such a beautiful name, and i literally would pray at nite, that when i woke up my name would be changed to crystal. i don't know what i was thinking, because now that i am older and wiser that name sucks, and has sort of a white trash conotation. so today i am talking with a client on the phone, and as she is hanging up she says "well have a great day......Leslie" now I have been called by the wrong name my whole life, but today December 15th 2005 was the first time I had ever been called Leslie.

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tacky sweater will party

saturday nights usually consist of spending hours looking through my closet to find something to wear, only to end up with the entire contents of my closet strewn across my bedroom floor. this saturday however that was not the case.
B informed me that we had been invited to a tacky christmas sweater party. and anyone who reads this should consider having one of those. think of the 1st grade teacher you had, and what she would wear as the holidays approached...red sweater with frosty and friends enbroidered, and maybe, just maybe some part of the sweater lit up, or played a carol. and don't forget the classic bell earrings, and button covers...does anyone remember button covers? all the aforementioned things were fair game at saturdays party, and i have to say even big tough jock boys got into the tacky spirit. some of my favorite boys there had been on a sweater hunt at the famous store goodys...goodys i think should just be considered tacky sweater mecca. they chose to don tacky sweater vests with no shirts on underneath....ohh la la...now that is sexy. others who were on a budget merely turned regular sweaters inside out and stapled things like holly, stockings, or any other christmas decor they had lying around there house. all in all everyone participated, and came out with there tacky best. Heres to theme parties, and not having to worry about what to wear...and heres to all the people who will continue to throw the parties where we can go and dress like assholes.

big apple...no not the one i new york

every thursday we go to a little italian eatery known as big apple pizzeria. we go there because its super cheap, and ever since college we have been getting the hook up. we will just say that someone who goes with us is "tight" with the manager there. so thursday night they have dollar slices of cheese pizza...NY style the thin as paper kind that you have to fold to eat, and there pitchers of beer are 1/2 off. literally you can eat and get a nice buzz for 4 dollars, and that includes a tip. one time we went for a friends birthday and got 17 pitchers, 14 slices of pizza and i kid you not the bill was 12.00. that is the kind of thing you can only find in a small town...a place where everybody knows your name, and if you have a "sleepover" with the manager you will get the hook up on pizza for life.

chili today hot tamale

So tonight i am making chili...because its cold outside, and when its cold you are supposed to eat chili. you could also eat stew, or soup, but chili is supposed to be eaten when it is chilly...hence the name. so yes it is cold here, and i know i have friends who live in NY, and even two in Montana...i know its colder there...believe me ive been to cold places, and i know that Greenville NC is not the coldest place, but right now it is cold. i like this weather, because you can wear sweaters, and jeans, and scarves...and those things, (just like being able to throw tomatoes, onions, beans, and meat into a crock pot and in 6 hours it is a meal).... make this girl very happy. here is me and budge being cold in somewhere other than greenville.

today i blog

So after trying a blog for all my friends to post funny comments a year or so ago I decided to just do my own thing. Really nobody ever posted anything on that blog, and thus it fizzled quickly. So here is my blog...i don't know what i will put on it, but keep checking up on it. Ill try to put some humorous quips on it it weekly.