A Painting, Gel Nails, and Robin Hood

this is a post of randoms, forgive me.

I got a gel manicure last week and I love it! It's just a nail polish that is cured under UV light so it lasts a loooong time. Supposedly for 2-3 weeks! I'm on week two and it still looks great. Above is the picture a day after I had it done and below is the 1 week picture. Now, what am I not crazy about? How freaking short the manicurist trimmed my nails! What in the world?? I didn't notice until it was too late. Boo.

Friday, I picked up the painting we had done of Jack Bauer--- I love it!!

Speaking of JB, here he is lounging on top of Mike while we watched movies on Sunday.

And finally, I was appalled to learn that my dear husband has never seen the Disney version of Robin Hood!!

It came out in the early 70's and was one of my favorite Disney movies when i was little. I'm determined to find it on dvd and make him watch it.

hair ch-ch-ch-changes

Just changing it up a little bit for spring! I got a hair cut & highlights. It's shorter than it has been in the past and I really like it! I wanted it a little bit edgier/funkier and I think I achieved it. The awesome thing about my hair is that if I decided I like it a bit longer-- in 3 weeks it will be right back where I started. :) 

Now for picture overload:

I like!

Wonder Woman!

Growing up, I was a huge Wonder Woman fan. I thought she was a total bad ass. As an adult, I'm a huge MAC fan-- and was really excited when I heard they were doing a Wonder Woman collection. I stopped by my favorite MAC counter yesterday and picked up a few things.

I'm a sucker for the packaging-- so creative and cute!

 This is the Wonder Woman Mineralize Skinfinish in Golden Lariat (love the name!). It's basically a blusher, bronzer & highlighter in one compact. And it's freaking huge (because remember, Wonder Woman was an Amazon) haha! Like twice the size of my normal compacts.

 Next is the Wonder Woman Lipglass in Emancipation. I love MAC's lipglosses. 

 It's also oversized-- even the applicator is larger than normal. Love it!

Last is Wonder Woman Opulash in Victorious. 

It's a very subtle violet mascara and looks great with my green eyes.

I love my MAC and I love this collection! So much fun!

Lighten Up

I got highlights-- can you believe I've never had any before? And I went a little bit shorter. I swear- I'm addicted to short hair. Love it!

(lamest title ever, right?!)

SHORT hair!

I did it. I chopped my hair today--- and I kind of love it!

These were my inspiration pictures:

My stylist and I talked about it and we went for the Mandy Moore picture now. My bangs had been blunt bangs right above my eyebrows so I have to grow them out to achieve the cut in the second set of pictures. I can wear it a few different ways:

and the bob I had before:

Stuff I've seen, bought or want

Ahhhh, Eclipse. It was amazing! My favorite of the books and by far my favorite of the movies. I might have already seen it twice...

I just bought these boots. Faux suede (so they're vegan!), knee-high and comfy. I've already tried them on with leggings and my skinny jeans. Love love love them! Way cuter in person. And if we're friends in real life, you'll get to see them since these are probably the only shoes I'll be wearing this fall/winter. :-)

My mom and dad came up to stay with us for the 4th of July and mom took me to the MAC counter for my birthday. I started wearing MAC last year and I'm addicted. Love just about everything they make.

and I had to include this because, well because it's ridiculous and awesome all at the same time.

odds & ends

we went to Tulsa a few weeks go for Trek Expo (oh yes, super nerdy) and got the typical pics-- people in their costumes, actors from various sci-fi movies/tv shows and a few shots of us together.

Here I am with the Ghostbuster's car. The dress I'm wearing is new and I love it--- 50% off at Belk!

I've got a cut and color scheduled next week and I'm really leaning toward this cut & color... eeek, it's quite a change!

and really, no post is complete without Jack Bauer! :-)

another day, another hair style

My hair grows super fast- I had it cut into the bob in the middle of December. My stylist couldn't believe how long it was when I came in to get it cut again! So here is the new style: a little shorter, a little bit more layered and a little more angled. LOVE IT.

this shows the angle/layers a bit:

and p.s.- yes, I'm wearing a Guns-N-Roses shirt. What's it to ya?!

Gorgeous.

I stumbled across this photo shoot last night-- they took two models: one "regular" sized and the other plus sized and had them shoot in the same outfits. I think plus sized model Crystal Renn is stunning. 

and I thought I'd add this pic in-- it's old but I still love it!

Cleopatra or a Sexy Russian Spy

this is how Mike described me when he saw my new haircut!! haha! The good news is that he loves it and I love it and I'm so glad I just went for it! :-)

My stylist used these as our inspiration pictures. We knew we wanted the happy medium between the two pics:

I've got enough to donate to Locks of Love and will be sending it off ASAP. I cut off about 12 inches of hair! Craziness.

and just for fun, this was my reaction when I felt how short it was!