Exhausted

This is pretty much how I felt after my 13 hour shift at work the other night

Drinks All Around!

As my good friend Brittany aka Spitty always says "I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Weddings are always an exciting event to attend, and not only was I able to attend the wedding of the year, but I was also able to be apart of the magical day.

My good friend Timian married the man of her dreams on Saturday and she asked me to be an usher for the ring ceremony. (Little did they know that they would actually need me to walk one of the bridesmaids down the aisle as one of the groom's men was delayed at the airport).

It was such a wonderful day filled with friends and love and food and cake. It made me so excited to someday start my career as a wedding planner/reception hall owner.

Congratulations Brandon and Timian! I love ya!

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Trick-or-Treat!

Halloween is just around the corner, and is one of my favorite times of year! Last year I decided to do my first ever group themed costume, Scooby Doo, which turned out better than I ever could have imagined.

I wanted to carry on the tradition this year, but wasn't sure what to do. We had thought about being 80's rock/pop stars i.e. Madonna, Cindy Lauper, Prince, etc. and we also thought about being TV commercial personalities i.e. Flo from Progressive, the Orbit gum lady, Dex, the Verizon guy etc. But as my cousins and brother and sister and I were sitting at a family reunion over the summer, the rest of the family decided to pop in a particular movie, and we all knew at that instant we had our group theme.

Costumes

Tis the season for dressing up, which is why Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. To quote the ever hilarious movie Mean Girls: "Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it." And therein lies the beauty of it all. You can be whatever you want, and no one can say a word to you. Especially those who don't dress up. And why? Because it's Halloween! Dressing up is what you are supposed to do! So I urge you my non-Halloweeners, to let loose, let your freak flag fly and go to town this Halloween!

The past couple of years I've kind of been into the whole group costume thing. Last year My older brother, my younger sister, my cousin and me went as the Scooby-Doo gang (pictures below) . This year we have decided to continue the group theme and have come up with another (although probably not as epic) group theme. I will include a "hint picture" to see if you can guess what we are doing.

The Gang

Looking for the culprit

Here's the hint for the group costume this year

A Change for the Better

I don't know why, but it took me a year to figure out that accounting was a HUGE mistake for my minor, so I finally came to my senses and switched it to music. Yes everyone, I realize that switching this late in the game will set me back a semester or two, but I have given it a lot of thought and came to the conclusion that I would much rather be in school a few more semesters learning about things that I actually like and am good at than completely hate my life for the next 3 months. So, if you think I'm an idiot for switching this late, you can take it up with the Man Upstairs and see why he waited so long to tell me to switch.

Accounting Bad

Music Good

And Your Next American Idol Is....

Well it sure as hell isn't me haha.

I will compare American Idol auditions to pregnancy. You forget how painful and agonizing it is, so you keep doing it (or so I've heard). And I honestly forgot how grueling the audition process was, from early mornings to long waits in line, but I assure you it won't happen again

This year didn't turn out to be as promising as the last time I did it, and I am actually completely ok with it. I have a lot more important things to focus on right now, the most important being my degree. With only one semester left, I can't afford to mess around.

Even though I didn't make it past the first round of American Idol, I was able to spend a couple of days in beautiful San Fransisco (and Oakland). I ate some amazing food, walked around the whole city, saw the Oakland temple (which happens to be my favorite one), and went to some really fun clubs. I will be back to visit again San Fransisco!

Me in front of the Oakland Temple

Pretty fountain on the temple grounds

The Temple

View from the temple grounds

Jordan and I partying it up our last night in San Fransisco