miscellany monday

Happy Monday pretty people! I am not sure who actually reads this from time to time, but if your part of the country is anything like mine- I hope you are managing to stay dry. Enough with the torrential rain and dreary gloom!

Lucky for me, in addition to my normal Sunday night programming (Once Upon a Time, Revenge, and Good Wife), I also had the Golden Globe red carpet to enjoy from the comfort of my sofa and away from the nasty weather outside. Let's talk fashion, y'all. How about we start with the most fun- what I hated:

Get over yourself J-Lo. I'm certainly over your nude, see-through look. We get it- you're hot.

What the what?! Poor Sienna. This is just BAD.

I love you and your pregnant belly Kristen Bell, but I'm pretty sure there HAD to be a more flattering dress for you.

Love this color on Jessica and I like the dreamy, romantic concept of this dress. But in reality, it kinda just looks like she has saggy boobs. There's plenty of time for saggy boobs down the road; why try to achieve that look now?

This dress is as crazy and inappropriate as Halle is these days. Act your age.

Ummm, no Lucy. Just no.

Yellow is my favorite color. But somehow this frumpy satin mess makes it my least favorite color. Ever.  

Helen Bonham Carter is always a hot mess. I love seeing just how ridiculous she will look at each event.

And now, for the lovely ladies who did everything right last night:



I adore Jennifer.  She isn't afraid to bust out the mom jeans when spending the day with the kids, yet she's still a perfectionist at glamming it up on the red carpet.

Ann Hathaway- always stunning.

Only Kate could pull off this dress, and I love it. She's another hot mama!

Vavavoom! I kinda hate Jessica Alba. It's not fair that she's that gorgeous.

Isla looks so pretty in sparkles.

I've got the McPheever. Katherine looks SMASHing. Ya like what I did there?

Helen- true timeless beauty.

Hayden- representing Nashville well.

Love Amy's ballet pink dress. That mermaid silhoutte is gorgeous on her!

I'm biased because I'm 100% obsessed with Nicole, but I adore this ice blue color on her. So chic!

Loved seeing Emily in gold. Her hubby made a pretty nice accessory too.

Another Nashville standout. The hair, the sparkles, everything...

And finally- my favorite look of the evening. I love the sparkles and romantic skirt paired with the fiesty, spunky hair. Julianne is breathtaking!

Aaand back to real life....

Instead of walking the red carpet, I spent my weekend like this:

Mr. M's pick for movie night. Pleasantly surprised.

Candace hosted a "Roaring 20's, Rolling 30's" surprise party to celebrate Jonathan's 30th!



My favorite flappers



Such a fun party! Candace outdid herself!

And then Monday started off like this...

FINALLY! New tunes from the one and only JT!

All Golden Globe arrival images via Huffington Post.

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lately

Well apparently I can't be bothered to post more than once a week, so here it is: my quick weekly recap of what's been going on lately!

{happy hour}
Mr. M was out of town last week. I'll admit that now that he's back and I'm convinced I don't have any murdery readers out there on the interwebs. While I missed him, I'm loving that I got to meet up with friends after work and enjoy some fun Happy Hour dates! One HH date was with my little med school friend Mallory. This girl always keeps me laughing, especially when under the influence of tequila. Coincidentally, our HH date coincided with National Tequila Day. Talk about perfect timing!

My second HH date of the week was with two fabulous coworkers- Jane and Tam. Jane, who is too sweet, treated us to drinks and oysters at one of my favorite places- Highlands Bar & Grill. It was fun to catch up outside of work and chat about non-financial bank things. Actually, who am I kidding? We chat about non-financial stuff all the time regardless of where we are!

{nicki}
As I think I mentioned, Nicki Minaj was in town recently and of course yours truly was in attendance. Loved her and loved her show! I wasn't crazy about the venue, but it was a fabulous girls' night nonetheless!

The perfect accessories for a Nicki show: neon clothing, hot pink lips, big bright jewelry, and a best girlfriend!

Quite possibly my most favorite concert t-shirt ever!

{USA}
Stephanie and Kim hosted a red, white, and blue themed party for the Olympics Opening Ceremony. While the ceremony lacked some excitement, the party certainly did not! Very fun night!

Look at all the festive decor! I loved all the signs and the popcorn Olympic torches!

Patriotic little guys!

Speaking of the Olympics, I downloaded this app during the last games and loved it. If you get bitten by the patriotic bug during Olympic season too but still have to work 8-5, check out the free Medal Alert app!

WILW

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It's HARD to be a consisent blogger during the summer. That's all I'm gonna say...and without further ado, here's what I'm loving lately:

{frosting}
You guys remember that movie with Kate Hudson and Matthew McYummy? How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days? Well, I've always loved the analogy they use to describe accessorizing yourself with the perfect jewels- "Frost yourself." Yeah, totally random I know and has nothing to do with my next point really, except that it involves jewelry. So my friends have become quite the jewelry-making experts, and I'm amazed at what cute stuff they can produce. I joined in on a crafty session with them last week and made this little frosting for my neck. My talents don't compare to them, but I'm still loving the final product!



{showers}
I love afternoon summer showers! And even more, I'm loving these two silly kiddos playing in the drizzle.


{frans}
I'm always loving sweet friends, a fun night out, and Tin Roof!




{munchies}
I'm loving that any time we have a team meeting at work, everyone brings goodies. This time I whipped up some sausage balls and pigs-in-a-blanket. I'm loving that as I prepared them, the pigs-in-a-blanket brought back football season memories and the sausage balls conjured up Christmas memories! I think this girl is already longing for a break in the summer heat wave...


{melody}
I'm loving my new Miranda Lambert cd. I'm NOT loving that she cancelled her concert last weekend and now I have to wait until October to see her. However, as I pointed out above, I'm over the Alabama summer heat, and seeing her in the fall will certainly make for a more pleasant experience in an outdoor amphitheater. My favorite tracks so far are: Over You (duh), All Kinds of Kinds, Fine Tune, Mama's Broken Heart, Look at Miss Ohio... and I'm sure as I learn more the list will grow!



{tube}
I miss my regular shows, but summer tv is nothing to scoff at. I'm loving True Blood, Melissa & Joey, Real Housewives of New York, and Charlie Sheen's Anger Management. But a surprising new addition to the list is The Newsroom, which comes on immediately following True Blood on HBO. I was hooked after the first episode. Jeff Daniels delivers an amazing performance, and his dry wit and quick remarks sometimes have me in stitches. Plus, I'm also a sucker for the inter-work romances: the budding flirtation between Jim and Maggie and the long history between Will and Mackenzie.



Have a great Wednesday!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

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{carpool}

I love it anytime that work allows me to work in town, but this past Monday I loved having the opportunity to work in downtown B'ham. Since I was only a block from Mr. M's office, we carpooled to work. I felt a little bit corny, but it was so nice getting to spend that extra time together. We also met and walked to lunch together- it's the little things people!

{marilyn}
I'm not sure if it's my Smash-induced Marilyn obsession or if it's my impending excitement over Nicki's summer concert, but I'm loving the track "Marilyn Monroe" by Nicki Minaj! Speaking of Smash, I'm also loving the news that Ellis has been axed from Season 2. I'll miss some of the other characters who are not returning, but it's a small price to pay to be rid of Ellis's eavesdropping and whining.

{fridge}
I'm loving that my refrigerator is currently littered with family graduation invitations and a precious birth announcement! Who doesn't love getting mail from special people?

{pj's}

I'm a sucker for cute pajamas, especially in the wintertime, but sometimes you just can't beat a t-shirt and shorts. I'm loving my Luke Bryan "pajama top" from last night (aka- my tshirt from the concert last week).

{bookworm}
I finally finished "Divergent", and I'm loving book 2 "Insurgent"!

{revenge}
I'm loving that today is REVENGE FINALE DAY! Eeeeee- can't wait to see what happens tonight!

{birthday}

With less than two weeks to go, I'm loving that the birthday countdown is on!

Happy Wednesday!