Girly TV Madness

My coworker Joanne listens to Cosmo Radio on Sirius on a pretty regular basis. She came up to my desk this morning and handed me this: the Girly TV Madness bracket. Forget March Madness, I'll take TV shows over basketball any day.

I filled mine out, and after you see ALL the shows listed...you'll probably be surprised by what won my bracket. It's not the show you'd expect. You can either save the image above or go here to download/print your own. I'd be interested to know what show wins everyone else's brackets. (I'll share mine soon.) You can also head over to the show's (Cocktails with Patrick) Facebook page to participate in the listener voting each day.

That's all for now - back to work and overplaying the new JT album.

Fizzies Taste Test!

For Christmas, Santa left my brother, sister-in-law and I some fun retro candies in our stockings. Charms. Fizzies. Zotz, which are my personal fave. On Christmas night we decided to do a little taste test of Fizzies - an "instant sparkling drink!" Here's the results.

We followed the directions VERY closely.

First we tossed - yes, TOSSED as shown in the directions - our Fizzie tablets into eight ounces of water.

Then we carefully watched the Fizzies at counter-level. Here's an extremely exciting video of me tossing my Fizzies tablet in to my cup and watching as it fizzes:

They're DONE!

Enjoying! Justin had Blue Razz, Stacey had Cherry and I had Root Beer. Justin gave them one shrug and chugged his AND Stacey's.

Stacey and I on the other hand had very similar reactions. (And Stacey asks me to remove this picture in 3...2...1...) All three tasted pretty watered down and kind of metallic-y.

Verdict: taste definitely did not measure up to the novelty...but still fun to test out together.

Things I Love Thursday

Early Christmas parties at work - fun little gifts from coworkers are nice - and make me feel like a slacker for only ordering mine this week...

Getting Post-it flags and beautiful book and package stickers in our office supplies gift exchange.

New music from an old favorite: The Wild Feathers. You MUST check them out - two free downloads on their Facebook page (at the link!). I'm obsessed. One of the members was the lead singer of the first local band I ever fell in love with in Tulsa.

Buying a necklace I've been searching for for well over a year - and at half the price!

Yummy treats from Petite Sweets:

New Mary Jane's that just happen to be Pantone's color of the year:

And an awful, stomach-churning headache going away with a little medicine and a lot of water. If only they all went this way...

How was your Thursday?

Things I Love Thursday

Man, it's been awhile since I've done one of these posts. Things I Love Thursday posts originated with Gala Darling, if I'm not mistaken. My lovely friend Melanie posted her TILT on Facebook this morning, and I thought "why not reinstate that as a Thursday blog post for awhile?" So here are the things I love this Thursday:

• Cooler weather and little humidity!
• Pumpkin coffee & coffee creamer that help me hold on to fall a little longer
• Wearing my hot pink trench coat 
• Finding my GOOD scarves and getting to wear them - today is the blue "Rory" scarf
• Realizing my trench and scarf match my blog colors
• Work projects I can do while listening to music - Phantom Planet, to be exact
• Snuggling in bed just a little longer than I should because it's cozy in there and cool outside
• Getting to meet interesting people and hear their stories for work
• Payday :) (always a day early for me - love it)

Short and sweet. What are some of the things you're loving today?

They say it's your birthday...

Back in junior high and high school, my friends and I enjoyed 'birthday bombing' each other for our special day. Front yards, school lockers, cars (when and where applicable) - everything was fair game for streamers, balloons and window paint proclaiming "IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!"

At the start of the year, Tammi and I decided to reinstate this little tradition. For Amanda's birthday, Tammi and I decorated her car - inside AND out. For my birthday, they filled my bedroom with balloons and attached pictures to them. For Tammi's birthday this past weekend. Amanda and I got her car AND house.

Pretty, no? My favorite is the balloon tail. :)

Hopscotch!

That ends with a cupcake.

My handiwork...

Complete with tape over the deadbolt and crepe paper over the door handle. ;)

Happy Birthday Tammi!!! Hope it was a great one.