Today I come bearing gifts. Gifts that make you want to dance. These songs are on an iTunes play list of songs I listen to at work. Why are they on there? Because it is full of songs the 2 year old likes to dance to. I try to keep the television to a minimum and whenever he asks for it, I say, “how about music instead?” I always get an enthusiastic, “DANCE! MUSIC JAMIE!”every time.

So with that I have a few of the little guy’s and my favorite songs to dance to at work.

Justice - D.A.N.C.E

MSTRKRFT - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT remix, original is by Metric)

Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body

Moving Units - Anyone

Nelly Furtado - Do It

This kid is going to have amazing music taste when he grows up ;]

And how about a little celebrity update? I haven’t done that in a long time. Let’s see:

Jessica Alba = knocked up. Yup, it’s true.

Lily Allen slimmed down and looks fabulous in a photo spread for GQ.

Heidi makes an ass out of herself blasting her song outside of her car and pretending to sing.

I was going to make today a music post, but I’m unsure of what I want to put up here. Tomorrow, expect presents. Lovely presents for your speakers and ears.

Awesome Things

- only working 2 days
- I am Legend and Juno opening Friday
- being almost done with Christmas shopping
- ice skating later this week
- hitting up one of the museums
- 10 days until the boyfriend’s birthday
- 15 days until I leave for Las Vegas
- new shoes

Not Awesome Things

- ice storms
- only working 2 days. I could use the hours.
- unsure of gifts for boyfriend and boyfriend’s parents
- America’s Next Top Model finale. Worst cycle ever. I knew who makes final two since the beginning of the season. Boo to me for reading spoilers.
- Project Runway. You bore me. Please spice things up a bit or I might just fall asleep because of your blandness.
- ugly boots

Awesome Things for YOU

Christmas cards. Do you want one? I might send you one, if you send me a lovely email with your address!

I had to redeem myself to the fashion world after that last post. I’m incredibly disappointed in myself. I’m glad some of you understand my reasoning! Purely functional, definitely not for aesthetic purposes. I have been in desperate need for some black pumps, especially for my own Las Vegas vacation, but I could simply not decide. Round toe, pointy toe? Patent leather? Regular leather? So many choices.

Thanks to Macy’s (still not a fan of Macy’s, give me my Marshall Field’s back!) and their buy one, get one 50%, off sale along with free shipping, I decided on the best of both worlds. TWO pairs of shoes.

The pointy toe pumps I really wanted were sold out, so I got these instead. They will suffice until I have the cash to indulge myself a little more.

I will write a real post soon. Promise. Enough of my shopping addiction for now…well, at least until something else fabulous comes along!

It is most definitely confession time, my lovelies. I have done something bad.

Remember (in this entry) I was complaining about stepping in slush and getting my feet all wet because I happened to be wearing Converse? Well, I decided it was definitely time for some winter boots. I decided I was not spending a lot of money on these boots because they would get gross from being wet and in the snow all the time and, well, I have much better things to be spending my money on right now! While doing some Christmas shopping, I stop at Target for the odds and ends that I happen to need. I got the cutest wrapping paper! It’s striped and has PINK it and I love it! I decided to check out the boots while there.

I walk in the shoe aisle and there they were. Staring at me. Daring me to pick them up. Laughing in my face, as they knew they finally won.

Yes. Hideously, ugly Ugg knock offs for $20.

They won.

I lost.

A tad hypocritical? Probably. I can assure you though, I will never be wearing these out, where anyone I know can see me. It’s a strictly when we are outside relationship. Never will you find me with these ridiculous things on and a denim mini or fully made up face and PINK sweat suit.

You may have won this battle, ugly boots, but I’m just using you. I will never love you.

It took me 22 years to get to Disney World. My mom wasn’t big on Mickey. Luckily, my boyfriend’s family was! We went and it was seriously the best vacation I ever went on. This is probably because I am such a little kid at heart. I don’t want to grow up, unless I can be a princess when I get there. I don’t care how ridiculous this sounds, but Disney is like a completely different world. It just feels like magic. I’m so serious. We went again the this year and it was just amazing. I loved and can’t wait to go back again.

Imagine my surprise when a few months ago I read they are making a The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Studios: Island of Adventure. Could Florida be anymore perfect?! I should move there right now! Harry Potter and princesses forever!

Haha, okay but really. I’m a total Harry Potter geek and I don’t really care what people think about that. I go to midnight releases for the books and movies. I usually end up finding a million things wrong with the movies because “it’s just not how I pictured it” but I still have to go see them. (BTW, Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix = so freaking fierce and perfect!) I cried when I read the last two books. I’ve read each of them a million times and know them in and out. Then I find out they are making a Hogwarts and Forbidden Forest in my new favorite place in world? Good lord, are you trying to take all of my money, Florida?

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I read yesterday that is suppose to open around this time next year. William promised he would indulge me and we would go. I will definitely be there in all my geeky glory, wandering around wide eyed, hoping and wishing to be sorted in to Ravenclaw.

I’m pretty sure you are all going to stop reading, because you now know what a nerd I am!!

This season is really disappointing. I really don’t understand how they can say “this is the best season yet!” and “best designers we ever had!”. I’m so bored with everyone. No one sticks out. I’m bored bored bored.

This recap is going to suck and be the most boring thing you have ever read, so I apologize in advance. It the most half ass thing I have ever wrote.

Nina presents the challenge this time and it is out of date, horrible trends. Why weren’t leggings as pants on there? I do not know, but they should have been. Anyway, everyone had to pick a bad trend, like overalls (which Jillian happened to be wearing), dance wear (I guess that could be leggings), poodle skirt, shoulder pads, zoot suit and so on. I can’t even think of the rest because it was boring. After they picked their fashion mishaps, the designers were to break off into groups of 3 to put together a collection based on their items and update them.

Teams were as follows:

Rami, Jillian and Kevin with poodle skirts, overalls and 70s something or other.

Christian, Kit and Jack with zoot soot, fringe and pleather.

Ricky, Victorya, Elisa with underwear as outerwear, cut outs and neon.

Sweet P, Chris and Steven with baggy sweaters, shoulder pads and dance wear.

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I’m not a fan of snow. Period. Okay, maybe a little, when it’s light, fluffy and kind of pretty and only sticks around for a short amount of time. Other than that snow, I hate it. In Chicago, it never stays pretty, except while it’s snowing and then only for awhile, because it is just waiting to turn into slushy mush. Kind of like a little bit ago when I got out of the car and stepped in the slush. In some gym shoes. Not boots. Slush in your shoes is not fun.

NOT FUN.

It’s also not fun because you can’t park anywhere. Chicago is ridiculous with parking and street signs. They all should just say: DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT PARKING HERE. EVER. OR ANYWHERE ELSE. EVER. because you will get a ticket or, worse, towed.  (knock on wood)

ALSO, NOT FUN.

And finally, my dad works on all those city trucks that clear all the snow of the slushy mushy streets. Automotive electrician or some other title, I don’t know. I also don’t appreciate the city calling my dad into work at 2AM, only to come home at 3PM, every day when snow decides make an appearance.

NOT COOL.

Snow, go away. I don’t appreciate your presence.

(Note to self: go buy some fucking winter boots)

Sorry. I’m cranky. Project Runway recap will come sooner or later.

Google brings me the best searches. I really wish I would have started making a list of the really great ones before they were kicked out of my log!

Oh, well. Here are the best ones I have received recently:

leggings as pants, metallic leggings, cutesy metallic leggings and latex like leggings - It makes me flinch just reading those. When will people ever learn. Please refer to this entry: Illegal and never come back to my site again. Thanks.

why am i always fiddling with my hair?- I do not know why, lovely, but I do it as well. Nervous habit, maybe?

mario wearing uggs - I do not know Mario or why Mario would be wearing Uggs.

ridiculous things that are illegal - I often talk about ridiculous things and things that should be illegal. I guess leggings could be considered ridiculous things that should be illegal?

i need a nice louis vuitton bag for - don’t we all need a nice Louis Vuitton bag?

this corn is an angel - Yay Steve Carrel! Oh and Dane Cook is the least funny guy in the entire world.

100 things to do with your boyfriend instead of it - hmmm…

oh how lovely blog chicago - someone is obviously stalking me

what kind of shirts does shia lebouf wear? - ahh, I really don’t think I can help you there

what not to do at a club - I’m just full of answers.

what kind of camera does the cobrasnake - sorry, not interested in photoblogs of badly dressed hipsters getting wasted.

izzy character stupid - Dude, back up off my girl. Now that this Gizzie nonsense is over, hopefully she won’t be stupid anymore

antm tyra freak out - Totally got you covered. Tyra in all of her fierceness.

hey hey you you i don’t like your boyfriend cause he sucks at ping pong - I have like a million hits from that. Seriously. Everyone loves Kelly talking smack.

kisses christmas commercial - definitely gives you that Christmas feeling. Enjoy!

If anyone knows what that is from, I will give you a million dollars. Okay, not really, but you would be my new best friend.

Every once in awhile, I go on a music kick where I rediscover how much I love a band and basically refuse to listen to anything but said band. Right now, I am definitely in that kind of mood about my favorite band, Jets to Brazil. Unfortunately, Jets to Brazil disbanded in 2003, right about when my obsession began and I never got to see them live. I can honestly say, if they ever decided to do a reunion show, no matter what, I would be there. I don’t care if I had to fly across the country, I’d book tickets as soon as I heard word.

Blake Schwarzenbach is incredible. He was in Jawbreaker also, another favorite. Basically, Blake is one of the main influences of so many bands and carved the shape of the indie/punk/emo scene and as Wikipedia says, is one of the “godfathers of emo”. But I don’t give a shit about all of that.

The man can write.

He’s one of those people you would kill just to have a conversation with, well, I would at least. So on this Tuesday, I am going to upload some songs from my favorite band in the world. Here’s two from each of their albums. They are beautiful and sad (some are sad), but so amazing. I had a hard time picking out only six!

Four Cornered Night
You’re Having the Time of My Life
Little Light

Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Chinatown
I Typed for Miles (my favorite song in the world ever)

Perfecting Loneliness
Cat Heaven
Further North

There you have it. My Jets to Brazil. If anyone would actually like the whole albums, email me and maybe you will get some holiday love from Blake and I in the mail!

Now, I propose a question: If you only had to listen to only one band (or artist) or album for the rest of your life, who would it be?

Do you ever feel like you need a little me time? A little pampering? I decided last week that I want to find a place to go get a facial, a deep cleansing, make your face feel fantastic facial. I’ve never been to a spa for a treatment like that so I had to do some research. Thanks to trusty Citysearch and Yelp, I found a place that looks fantastic. I will be booking an appointment soon, but in my search, I came across this little place, also with amazing reviews:

Mojo Spa

It’s in Wicker Park, I probably have walked past this place a million times and never took the time to go in and check it out. How ridiculously cute does this place sound? A tad pricey ($40 for a pedicure!), but still it sounds like such a cute place. A former chef opened it and makes all their products, skincare, makeup and all that stuff. Probably come the new year, I will have to head over and check this place out.

Seriously, Chicago ladies, want to join me for one of these:

Beauty and Brunch
Every Sunday from 11pm to 3pm
Receive complimentary brunch with your nail service appointment. Limit 2 per reservation. Creator of Mojo Spa and former personal chef, Amanda Kezios, creates a homemade brunch menu that changes every week from oatmeal raisin pancakes to smoked salmon croissant sandwiches, to lemon meringue stuffed french toast. Menu depends on what is fresh at markets that week.

OR

Pajama Nights are always the first Fridays of every month
Mojo Spa’s famous slumber party indulges guests with a night of pampering and dancing. Enjoy deli facials, makeovers, a fully loaded dessert and candy bar while a DJ spins all night long. Pajamas are optional as dress attire.

How freaking cute is that? I want to go!!

P.S. I started just responding to comments by editing your comment and typing my response in bold italics. I think it might be better than making one long comment response. Not sure if I like it or not yet. Thoughts?