I said a TRIM! What Happened?

I will be the first to admit that Gracie NEEDED a haircut

She was starting to look quite a bit scraggly

BUT... 
when I took her to Petco for a "TRIM", I did NOT expect to pick her up looking like this:

What the heck did they do to my little girl? 
She is NAKED! 

Poor Gracie.... (hahaha).

She did it again...

Reason #1283981274 why my mom cracks me up

She has 8 grandchildren (plus 1 more on the way)... but she is projecting that she will end up with 12

I know you can't see these pics very well -- I took them with my phone....

 here is an attempt at showing the shirt up close

Can you see the boy and girl "TBA Walter" children at the bottom?!  

HAHAHA.  My mom is hilarious.

And just to let you know, this is NOT an announcement -- we are NOT pregnant at this time!

Coveting

Confessing My Sins.......

My weekly covets courtesy of Lilly Pulitzer

Finn Shift Ponte in "True Navy"

Sandpiper Dress in "Cameo White Crane Pose"

Wayless Dress in "Hotty Pink Ring My Chimes"

Sabine Shirtdress in "Cameo White Twisted"

What are you coveting this week?

Study Break Time!

Gracie and I are trying to stay busy by studying a lot....

but we are so ready for Justin to come home this weekend to see us!

(he has been out of town all week)

(insert gag noise here -- haha!)

My favorite time of the year!

So I haven't said lickety split about the Wake Forest football season this year.

I have had a great time tailgating with all of my friends.

We even got on TV!! Did ya'll see us?

So far this year we have crushed the Presbyterian Blue Hose

and the Duke Blue Devils

(if you are wondering what the pinatas looked like before, click here!)

We have been rained on

and seen an air show

We lost pretty bad against Stanford but everyone has an off day, right?!

Next game up is against FSU (@ FSU) -- can't wait to beat up those seminoles!

After that is a home game vs. Georgia Tech. We are cooking a pig again this year. Do you remember our pig from last year?

LETS GO DEACS!!

How is YOUR team doing?

OMG!!

Just when I was thinking I had nothing to blog about, my brother writes this on my blog:

Matt said...

Guess what...(We figured that since you were such an avid Blogger we should tell you this news on your blog)... You're going to be an aunt again!
-Matt and Rebecca

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 2:26 PM

WHAT?!?!? So it turns out I am going to be an aunt for the 14th time!!!!

Congratulations to my brother (Matt) and sister-in-law (Rebecca)!

I am so happy for you both!

Summer is OVER

Happy 1st day of Fall to all of my bloggy friends!

I can't wait until it actually FEELS like fall -- it is still way too hot here in NC!

What is your favorite thing about Fall?

Can you guess?

Can you guess what concert these people were heading to?

These were some of the "tamer" outfits we saw that night.

No we didn't go to the concert but we had a lot of fun people watching outside!

Happy Shopping!

Are you going to Girls Night Out at Belks tomorrow night? 20% off with very limited exclusions! Grab your girls (or just your wallet) and go!!

Participating states:

* Alabama

* Arizona

* Florida

* Georgia

* Louisiana

* Mississippi

* Tennessee

* Texas

* North and South Carolina

Click here for a full list of participating stores

Happy Shopping!!

Silly Gracie

Little Gracie had to get her teeth cleaned last week. The anesthesia really did a number on her! She was so pitiful when I picked her up... Her hair was EVERYWHERE, her tongue was hanging out, and she couldn't even stand up!

So of course I had to take a video and share it with all of you!

Gotta go see those FLEAS!

I love flea markets! You get the see the weirdest neatest things!

This weekend we went to the 43rd annual Hillsville, VA flea market. You may remember my trip last year including the guy I saw with a SQUIRREL in his POCKET!! . (if ya'll didn't see that post, you gotta go back and click the link... it is hilarious!)

This year did not disappoint. From the strange signs "this alligator is GUARANTEED to be ALIVE!!". I mean do they think I would pay $1 to see a DEAD alligator?

The random fish bowl boots

The super cute oscar mayer weinie mobile

We didn't buy anything except a lot of food but it was still really fun to look around all the "treasures"

What did ya'll do for Labor Day?

BURNT

OUCH!

Make sure ya'll are wearing your sunscreen so you don't end up like me!

Back to Reality

I am back in school -- I can't believe the summer is over!!

The only good thing about going back to school are the fun back to school items you can buy. So here are some Back to School must haves for the Student Nurse -- from Etsy!

Cute Headband $7.50 by Looking for Lilly

(Ok, I know I may be too old to wear something like this -- but OMG, I love it!)

2 Reusable sandwich bags $7.50 by KyandCompany

Bottlecap Necklace $4.50 by Dollmaker30721

"Nurse Worm Pencil Topper" $2.00 by Handsewn

Personalized Pencil Set $15.00 by RightBrainy

Button $1.00 by Gnipmac

(haha, can you imagine the look on my patient's faces if I wore this??)

Here's to a great semester!

The day the Italians throw little girls out of windows

While in Beantown, we saw the WEIRDEST thing I have ever seen in my life. I had to share with you guys!!

The North End was in the midst of the "Fisherman's Feast". We were told the festival concludes something they call "the flight of the Angel". People said it was a big deal and we had to watch it!!

We didn't know where to go so we just decided to start following the confetti

The Angel was supposed to fly at 8pm. At about 7:45pm we found the spot where everyone was stopping. They were all staring up at the sky.

This must be the place!! So we start to wait... and we wait... and wait.... and wait.... It starts getting dark...

and MORE and MORE people are showing up...

We have now been waiting for 1.5 hours but I tell Justin I AM NOT LEAVING UNTIL I SEE THAT ANGEL!!!! He is not amused by me...

People start throwing BLANKETS of money down from the balconies toward a Madonna idol in the middle of the crowd.... I only got one picture but there were tons of these blankets. They are made COMPLETELY of DOLLAR BILLS!! They were HUGE

Finally an angel appears!!

oh wait, that isn't the right one!? Here is the "REAL" angel! She even has a crown!

So all the angels start speaking in Italian -- I have no idea what they are saying but finally they finish talking. I am so excited I can hardly wait!! Then they push the blue angel out of the window and into the sky

She flies right over us... toward the Madonna "Maria" idol

She looks like she is going to cry

Finally she gets to "Maria" and tells her a prayer (in Italian of course).

When she finishes everyone cheers and then we start celebrating!!

Madonna/"Maria" and her money come right past us! Look at all that money!!

By far the weirdest and coolest thing I have ever seen in my life. I loved it. I would go back every year to watch if I could!

I didn't take this video but I found it on YouTube -- it shows the entire thing! You gotta watch it!