Day 164

 The Happy: Vamp Movie #4 and Fruit Leatha

My first Redbox rental.  I know it's trash.  I don't care, I want to see it.
The last time I got a Redbox was with Canada Rugby dude, and he paid, so I wasn't really sure how to do this whole promo code entrance thing.  But I figured it out.  All by myself.  :)
I didn't win Minesweeper today though.  ugh.

Love, Happy Girl

Day 163

The Happy: Blondie Crushes on Tom Binns

Each Summer holiday, I pick out "my thing" that break and direct most all my interest towards it.  Learning it, making it, practicing it - it could be cooking, guitar, tanning, sewing, drawing, running...

...winning Minesweeper (when I finally do, I shall throw us a fiesta.)

This year it's DIY chunky necklaces.  My to-do stack is enorm, and I'm gravitating towards a lot of neon and metallics.  They can be gaudy and overdone, sure, but there's something about them that's always pleased me.  With that said, Tom Binns has lit my creative juices on fire.

But wait!!!  This is the best part:

"Binns' latest collection "Get Real" for Colette, Paris, is made from collaged photographs of jewellery pieces from magazines, which are then laminated in plastic."

Oh my gosh, Binns.  You're such a baller.

Def making these laminastics and framing them in my bedroom.

On a different note, one of my favorite things about getting my hair highlighted is that I get a lollipop.

Hope your day's going splendidly.  If it's not, Häagen-Dazs that thang.

Love, Happy Girl

Day 162

The Happy: The Beginnings of Rooftop Suntanning

I love our yard.  We live right in the city, but without having to be conscious of it.  I could be stark naked and nobody would know.  Maybe I'll do that tomorrow.  And take pictures hinting at it.

Love, Happy Girl

Day 161

The Happy: Shopping with GA

My cute grandfather took me outlets shopping with him.  Hagerstown is definitely a hit or miss, emphasis on the miss.  Everything was brown, and I don't like brown unless it's chocolate, hair, or skin.

He got me a new red skirt from Banana, the only store that seemed to realize it's May.  Makes me yearn for something nautical, like the edge of Ocean City. The navy blue boats come in with their white sails, wooden panels, and gold trim.  It's so pretty.

Love, Happy Girl

Day 160

The Happy: Sunday Lunch

We went to Kaile's for lunch after church - she's leaving on Wednesday to serve a mission for the LDS church.  We're so proud of her and excited for her to have this opportunity!  Love ya Kai!

Love, Happy Girl

Day 159

The Happy: Getting Take Out

You're probably wondering what in the world the Mayflower has to do with Chinese food.

Nothing but the fact that Mayflower is the best Chinese take out restaurant in Moco.  I have no explanation for the name - like I couldn't even formulate a good guess.

Crispy beef, General Tso's Tofu, General Tso's Chicken, Chicken Chowfun, Combo Egg Foo Young.

Don't get the egg foo young if you think fried eggs and gravy sound weird.

But get everything else!

Love, Happy Girl

Day 158

The Happy: Beating Pinterest

Look, I love Pinterest - it's a fabulous resource.  I'm not here to chastise anyone for clawing its soul all weekend long (that I even blog is testimony to the body I could have were I to give jogging and salads equal time).  I just want to encourage a level head, because it makes me sad to hear my friends talk of being inadequate in juxtaposition to the domestic goddesses that rule the site.

That we might continue our affection for Pinterest with an added measure of sobriety, I have compiled a number of photos that affirm even the grossest things can be made to look attractive.

^ Like what is that?  No.

So that was my big breakthrough on Friday.

Love, Happy Girl

Day 157

The Happy: Healing with the hounds

Snapshot with Sasha while house cleaning yesterday

I woke up with a stabbing neck pain this morning, then got my mom up and cried in her bed for an hour because I'm 7, not 22.  Nine hours later I am still in her (now desecrated) bed with the canines, making charcoal drawings and watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding.  I heal up fast, so I'll just enjoy this day off and try for minimal movement.  My brother has taken it upon himself to drive my car everywhere now that I'm home because it's "not an embarrassing car."  Funny teenage thangs.

Love, Happy Girl

Day 156

The Happy: Coming home to Lilly

Ah, Lilly Pulitzer catalog, Summer 2012.
Going in the collection of fashion catalogs I've saved for my future little kidettes.
I would have loved access to my ma's lookbooks from the 60s and 70s.
If you've returned to the east coast and you know it, clap your hands.

Love, Happy Girl