Five Friday Finds

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1. I love a clean, crisp, big bun. It is a statement in itself. The Beauty Department offers a tutorial video so that even the most hair-impaired of ladies, like me, can learn how to rock the ballerina bun.

2. Everything these days seems to have an app. Apps that teach you how to kiss, apps that help you quite smoking, apps that let you tip over cows….everything. So it should be no surprise that there is a buffet of apps for brides and wedding planners alike. There may be many-an-apps, but one app deserves a little extra attention. Appy Couple has put the entire wedding experience into a single app. Guests can receive wedding invites, learn about how the couple met, share wedding pictures, and follow the wedding day itinerary, all from an iPhone, iPad, and/or Android.

3. Fash Boulevard is fash fabulous.

4. I’ve never been a fan of lipstick. I admire ladies that wear it, I really do. But I’m a little bitter about the cosmetic, mostly because when I do choose to wear it, I look like a second grader who’s just downed a bottle of KoolAid. You know what I’m talking about, those smudgy red lips? Not too sexy. However, I finally found a dose of inspiration and motivation in this Lusty Lip Tutorial.

5. I’m a sucker for a good deal, which is why I am loving BleuDame. This online retailer closely resembles Forever 21 — cute, trendy pieces that fit a college girl’s budget. What’s not to love?

Smile loves, the weekend has arrived. Got any big plans? Let’s hear ‘em:)

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Five Friday Finds

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1. Wood fire, artisan pizza that can only be found at a neighborhood restaurant. Translation: perfection. Pizzeria Lola is a newish restaurant in the suburbs of Minneapolis. Specialties range from the Lady ZaZa (topped with Korean sasuage, kimchi, and soy chili glaze) to the  Sunnyside (La Quercia Guanciale, pecorino, leeks, and two soft eggs), all served on the most divine crust ever made by human hands. I’m no Italian expert…yet, so I unfortunately cannot tell you what the origin, taste, and translation of La Quercia Guanciale is. BUT, I highly suggest you find out for yourself. Last night was my first time and I’m actually considering ordering it for lunch. I have no shame.

2. I want to be his mom. Okay, creepy and also slightly impossible. Maybe I’ll just stick to being his friend. Seriously, I want to be Caine’s best friend.

3. Mmmmm, caramel apples….or so you think. Number 14 = next year’s April Fool’s plan. I can hardly contain myself.

4. I want to marry Brian Atwood. I swear, it’s not even because he’s gorgeous or because he’s a Midwestern boy. It’s because he makes the most insanely ridiculous shoes in the world. I wouldn’t even ask for a ring on our wedding day. Sweetheart, all you need to do is put these shoes on my feet and I swear I will never look at another man again for as long as I live…that even includes Johnny Depp in Public Enemies. No need to hide my total obsession for a man that doesn’t even fancy women. Why is it that the best ones are always gay? PS, who’s Claudia and why was a shoes named after her before a shoe was named after me? That bishhh doesn’t know what’s coming.

5. Hello, remember that dessert holiday list I shared with you last week? Well, today is national Peach Cobbler day! Wohoooo. Here’s a lovely peach cobbler recipe for this festive occasion. Get after it kids.

Happy weekend to all my party people

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Five Friday Finds

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1. I was sitting on the couch this week and my mom threw the April Nordstrom catalogue in my lap, which is pretty much the same as someone putting a huge plate of steaming garlic mashed potatoes in front of me and then telling me I can’t eat them. Rude. Give me a few weeks my pretty little Stuart Weitzman Whiskerlos flats, momma will get you soon.

2. An entire list of National Dessert Days. Yes yes yes, holidays for desserts. Pure genius.

3. I’m probably the ten thousandth person to tell you to go to this site. I don’t care. #WhatShouldWeCallMe will make you laugh so hard that you cry. Scouts honor.

4. It’s Easter weekend, in case you were wondering. In case the hundreds upon hundreds of blog posts about cute Cadbury cupcakes and elaborate Easter egg centerpieces haven’t already alluded to this fact. But I’m not here to bore you, or to share with you another post about decorating Easter eggs that look like a flippin’ painting by Vincent van Gogh. No no, I’m here to show you this adorable bunny butt cake. My maturity is just shooting through the roof right now, no need to remind me.

5. These earrings would make any girl feel important. They reek of fabulousness. Seriously, I don’t even wear earrings, but I want to make these.

Happy Easter egg hunting my loves:)

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Five Friday Finds

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1. I am freakishly competitive, as in I don’t like sharing really good tips that I find, as in I want my resume to be better than your resume….ughhh, except I really do like you people. So I guess this one time I’ll share with you this website.  Loft Resumes provides different templates that will help you kick the 1990s out of your resume. It needs to happen. You’re welcome.

2. Alabama Shakes, you make me weak in the knees. Ummm, nope. No pun intended.

3. This, my dearies, is a Russian Spring Punch Cocktail. Russians and vodka is like Wisconsinites and cheese, so I will not question the utter genuisness of this drink. Plus, it has champagne. Plus plus, it is served in one goblet of a wine glass. Hello my pretty, I vant to drink youuuu.

4. Tell me you don’t want to live here. Yep, you’re lying again.

5. If I had 700 buckaroos, I would buy one ring for every letter of my name. I would then wear all of these rings at once. I’d be like a white, suburban Birdman.

Happy weekend my fluffer nuffers:)

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Five Friday Finds

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1. It was an itsy bitsy, miniature, polka-dot-filled manicure. So before we talk about this life-saving DIY polka-dotting tool, can we please acknowledge my mad rhyming skills? I know, they rock….allllmmmmost as much as this gem of a dotter.

2. Tis the season of spring. What do we do in spring? Do we plant flowers? No, my silly friends, we eat them. We eat them in lollipops.

3. So I have a new playlist on my iPod. It has two songs, these two songs. It has been on repeat since Monday. Yep, I have folkie problems.

4. Hello, do you like me? Because I like you and I think we’d maybe kinda make an AWESOME pair. Just an idea…take your time, think about it. My closet and I will be waiting.

5. I have a [[blog]] crush.

It is the first weekend of spring. Happy happy happy first weekend of spring my loves:)

Infinite x’s and o’s,

Five Friday Finds: St. Patty’s Edition

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1. Please, please, please do not put on the ever-haunting shamrock t-shirt for tomorrow’s festivities. Yes, you can get saucy, but why not look sexy while you’re doing it?

2. St. Patty’s Day, a day to celebrate the centuries upon centuries of spirited drinking [[or so my generation thinks]]. A day to be started with this extra strong, Irish whiskey-infused cocktail.

3. What kind of St. Patty’s Day post would this be if I didn’t teach you how to Irish tap dance?

4. Irish Coffee Cupcakes. Just another way to incorporate alcohol into the day.

5. These shoes. These shoes. These shoes. If I have any Irish luck, these Charlotte Olympia Sandals will be in my closet by the time I wake up tomorrow.

Happy holiday to my Irish friends…and to the my-great-grandma-twice-removed-had-an-affair-with-a-man-that-claims-his-father-was-a-leprechaun folks as well. I know we all wish we could be Irish this weekend:)

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Five Friday Finds

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1. Fact: the shadiest-looking restaurants make the best food. There is a Mexican joint called Mango’s in Fargo, North Dakota. Driving by, any normal human would think this place was a bad case of the runs just waiting to happen. It is for this reason that Mango’s and many other local diners are overlooked. Only a real foodie could look at a restaurant, conveniently attached to an already shady gas station, and say, “I’m in.” Several months ago, I was one of those foodie daredevils who was brave enough to give it a try. Well my friends, I have no regrets. Mango’s may easily be the BEST Mexican food I ever have. So now I’m on this weird food binge that makes me want to eat at every crack-joint-turned-into-pizzeria that I can find. I’m hoping that this food tour will help.

2. Tiffany blue bow nails. So springy and girly and happy and pretty and ughhhhhhh give them to me noowwwwwww.

3. If Nationwide was on my side, I’d be going here for Spring Break.

4. Spring starts in 11 days, which means in 11 days we are only one season away from summer, which means I am closer than I have ever been to boating and swimming and campfires and campfire snacckkss, which means I can FINALLY make these Bacon S’mores without shame. Who am I kidding. I could eat these for breakfast without an ounce of guilt. Don’t judge. This is a judgment-free zone people.

5. But seriously, do not judge me for what I am about to tell you. I have a tiny, semi-dormant hippie living inside of me. I shower twice a week (when my work- and lack-of social-life permit), I like organic licorice and turquoise jewelry and hiking and fishing and folk music…..ahh I said it, I am a total sucker for folkies. It was inevitable. My dad practically raised me on John Prine and his songs about Lake Marie and naked babies. It is no surprise that Clogs and First Aid Kit make me supa dupa happy.

Happy weekend lovers and friends

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Five Friday Finds

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1. Recycled music, it’s kind of my thing. I love it when a musician can take a popular and/or classic song and give it a total makeover. Jayeslee recycle music like it’s going out of style. Plus, they are probably THE hottest Asians I have ever seen. Take a look.

2. I want to be in this dress, with a seriously strong cocktail in hand, on an exceptionally large boat. Right now.

3. Sexiness in its most simplistic form. Attention future husband: we are doing this once a month.

4. We get our new fridge today! Me, excited? No. It’s not like I’ve been planning a month’s worth of meals or anything….BUT, if I were, this fried egg sandwich with bacon and blue cheese would probably be on it. Translation: our fridge arrives at 2 p.m., I am making this at 2:01.

5. Every once in a while, life gives you a humbling moment. Coming across I Am Second was one of them. Remember, we are a part of something much bigger than ourselves.

ThankGoodnessIgetaFridgetoday:)

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Five Friday Finds

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1. This is it. This is what my itty bitty jewelry collection is missing. A neon Adia Kibur long chain necklace. So I should probably go get it right? Noooo way Jose…I should MAKE it and so should you.

2. Grapefruit Margarita. It’s like saying double-stuffed oreo with no calories. Is that sort of perfection even possible? No. Which is why I am out-of-my-mind excited that someone was genius enough to think up this recipe. Someone get me a straw….annnnd a copy of the AA schedule. I’m a goner.

3. I’m a little peeved. Chris Brown and Rihanna each released a song on Monday night. Rihanna’s Birthday Cake Remix featured vocals from Chris Brown, and Chris Brown’s Turn Up The Music Remix featured a few lines from Miss Rihanna herself. Really Rihanna? Three years may seem like a long-enough time for you to get over an abusive relationship, but not me or the other six million[ish] female fans that believe in self-respect.

4. Once upon a time there was a regular old french fry and a very lonely avocado. On a fateful snowy Fridays eve, the two met. They fell in love and eventually had a baby: Avocado Fries. I know, it’s like the most awesomely amazing match since Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. P.S. If you want to eat a basin full of these without having to mar your face from using your deep-frier, check out Dixie’s on Grand. P.P.S. Saw the Vow last night. That should explain my cheesy sentimentalism between ordinarily inanimate objects.

5. I recently swore to never purchase any 80′s inspired piece of clothing [for very obvious reasons]. So someone please tell me WHY I want these floral accent cutoff shorts. It’s like I’m trying to make a liar out of myself.

Yesterday was Thursday, today i-is Friday. We-we-we so excited. We so excited.

Sadly can’t take any credit for those awe-inspiring lyrics. Thanks for the MAJOR contribution R. Black

Enjoy your weekend lovies:)

Infinite x’s and o’s

Five Friday Finds

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1. Cake pops are gross. I recognize that they are the crème de la crème of desserts [for now]. But do you realize that cake pops are made by taking handfuls of cake and mushing them together like meatballs? Mhmmm, go ahead and take a bite. ORRRRRRRRR take the party up a notch by offering these super sweet, super fresh chocolate-dipped berries on-a-stick. So cute, so posh, and so not covered with icky, balmy hand sweat.

2. Yesterday summed up the 2012 New York Fashion Week. I wasn’t able to follow each of the shows closely, but New York Magazine and several fashion bloggers kept me up to speed. The ladies over at Glitter Guide were exceptionally helpful. They recently posted a piece about the Milly 2012 Fall Collection. Michelle Smith’s use of bright colors and bold patterns makes me want winter all year round. Help.

3. I need a vacation. Or 25.

4. Why do I love bows so much? Was I seriously deprived of tea parties and dressing up like a foofy-pom-pom as a little girl? The answer must be yes, because these J. Crew viv bow flats, especially in a topiary hue, make me waaaay too happy.

5. Maple French Toast & Bacon Cupcakes. Are they breakfast for dessert? Dessert for breakfast? I don’t really care. Either way, I’ll take them.

Cheers to the weekend loves:)

Infinite x’s and o’s,