Can I just say how much I hate snow? We got like a foot this past week and I was stuck shoveling out my stupid, very huge driveway yesterday. My back is aching. My arms are aching. Stupid snow.
Then today I get to work and manage to get myself stuck in my parking spot. That will be a bitch trying to get out of once I leave here.

I HATE SNOW.

Friday, I also managed to lock my keys in my car and, OF COURSE, lost the spare. $40 later I have my keys and a spare made on the spot. It hilarious because I usually check if I have my keys like 3 times before I get out of the car because I am so paranoid about locking them in the car.

It wasn’t snowing at the time, but there was still some on the ground.

Also, Macy’s shipped out each pair of my shoes seperately, charged me one for the both of them AND then decided to charge me AGAIN for only ONE pair of them. I paid for one pair twice? Then I call Macy’s, after 3 times of being on hold for over a half an hour, they tell me how they only charged me for each pair once. THEN I call my bank and they tell me Macy’s made TWO charges not one like they said. Now I am going to have to call Macy’s back and throw a fit on the phone because they are obviously morons.

Marshall Field’s would never do this to me.

I’m blaming it all on the snow.

Snow ruins my life.

It’s snowing like mad outside. I’m stuck at home pretend shopping aka lusting over beautiful things I currently do not have money for. The boy will be djing some random bro frat boy yuppie bar that I refuse to go to, because it is full of douchebags. I’m writing out Christmas cards and watching The Devil Wears Prada for the 37,000th time.

Hey, want to see some dresses I bought for Las Vegas? Of course you do.

Unfortunately, I’m not as leggy and thin, but they will work out quite nicely. Especially, with my ridiculously sexy Chinese Laundry peep toes, as well as the two pairs of shoes I bought earlier this week. A girl’s gotta have options!

I well overdue for a hair cut. I will most likely be getting one this week, if I can gather up the strength to watch them butcher my lovely locks. I want to thank the wonderful Tia for her opinion and tips on a cut. She’s quite the fabulous hair stylist, if you didn’t know.

Also, since Damsel and Nicole were making me look bad, posting all their 100 Things in one sitting, I had to finish mine up!

Oh and last call if you want a Christmas card from me. jamie @ ohhowlovely . net (minus the spaces, duh)

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Santa,

Please bring me: YSL or Prada sunglasses, Louboutin satin pumps or a Miu Miu Small Bow Tote.

I’ve been a very good girl.

New Britney video.

Everyone knows I love this girl and want her to get her shit together. She needs to put some effort in to what she does though, man. Stop half assing things. This video could have been worse, but it could have been a WHOOOLE lot better.

Someone get this girl a stylist, trainer and some decent hair extentions. Please.

Old Britney FTW.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2U_QrR6BIg]

Thoughts?

Why, it is double feature Friday! It is when two movies come out and you can’t decide what to see, so you go see both.

I agree with the comment Brandy left in this entry about how she thinks the dog is going to die. I will probably cry because I’m kind of a baby about those kind of things :( Other than that, it looks really good. I seen the preview forever ago and have been waiting for it to come out.

and

Yesterday my sister, Sara, informed me if she married the guy from Juno, her name would be Sara Cera. Yeaaaah, that is all I am going to say about that.

What are you up to this weekend?

P.S. Trailers for Juno and I Am Legend after the jump!

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Anyone who knows me, knows I am a little too obsessed with my hair. It use to come to my shoulers and have a little bit a layers. Until, the day after prom in high school, I hacked it off to about my chin and dyed it reddish orange. More red than orange but still. I had my red hair for awhile, until right before my freshman year of college started and then dyed it this deep burgundy color. I got bangs, kinda flipped it out sometimes and it was still kind of short. There was more than likely a bandanna tied up some way or another in there too. I was one of those kids, whose closet was full of band shirts and low slung Dickie like pants and, yet, it still took me forever to decide what to wear.

Cursive? No, how about Thursday? Okay, Thursday it is. Wait, but which Thursday shirt?

Yeah, I was always on my way to the Metro or the Fireside to see some band or another and acting all pretentious about, um…everything. I was, most definitely, not one of those douchey, obnoxious scene kids with like 500 million buttons, 3 studded belts on every which way and two different color Converse. Oh gosh, just thinking about it cracks me up.

Anyway, back to my hair, not too long after, I started going through a really rough time. A lot was happening and I became borderline obsessive with exercising and food and lost a bunch of weight. I cut my hair even shorter and dyed it black. I guess the black represented the color of my soul or some nonsense. HAHAHA. Totally just kidding, but it was dyed black. I look back on it now and laugh, but it really wasn’t too funny.

It’s been about 4 years since then. I can tell because around the time I started dating the boy, I was practically out of my “funk”. All the color has grown out and I’m my natural light brown color. It’s past the middle of my back with lots of long layers. I get lots of compliments on how pretty my hair is and I love it. I’m very self conscious about other aspects of myself, more than anyone really knows, so it’s nice when others notice something other than my “flaws”. I freak out at the thought of cutting it and it takes me forever to get up the nerve to go to the salon even just for a trim. I’m always afraid someone will mess it up and then what will I have? Confidence doesn’t come as easy to me, but I’m working on it and I’ll get there.

It’s interesting thinking about how much it’s changed in the past 5-6 years and how much I’ve changed. I’ve unknowingly at the time marked each change in my life, with some sort of change to my hair.

Funny.

P.S. From over a year ago. This is all you get since I’m not ready to come out of the blogging closet!

ANTM!

Who got cut first?

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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.