Super Savvy

sweater: Lux from Urban, tank: borrowed from J Crew, leggings: Forever 21, boots: OTBT from Nordstrom, accessories: giant gold disk earrings

I wore this to my audition Sunday night.

Aw Schucks

dress: Powder Room, leggings: Forever 21, belt: gifted J Crew, flats: Linea Paolo from Nordstrom, accessories: Relic watch, Express necklace

I wore this yesterday to head to Lark Eden at Schmee and then hopped over to the Annex All Holiday Party for a bit. Yay! Fun times.

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

dress: Charlotte, sweater: J Crew, belt: thrifted from Nordstrom, nylons: Victoria's Secret, hat: thrifted, boots: DSW, accessories: Relic watch, Etsy Bellatrix necklace

Yeah, part lion tamer, part... I dunno. But I am super excited to hangout with all my friends and just relax a bit. Then I'm gonna head back to work early in the morning tomorrow. Le boo.

Not Enough

blouse: BCBG Maxazaria from Nordstrom, leggings: gifted Forever 21, sweater: gifted J Crew, boots: OTBT from Nordstrom, accessories: Relic watch, long beaded necklace, mirror earrings, gifted rings

I wore this out to Amanda's ugly Christmas sweater party last night. Not so ugly, but at least its sparkly, right? It was fun. Gave out my apartment info to some of her friends, so hoping something will pan out because I'm getting a little desperate...

Bubbly

tank: Maddy M from Nordstrom, sweater: gifted J Crew, trousers: Lux from Urban, shoes: Linea Paolo from Nordstrom, accessories: Relic watch, tribal earrings, long black beaded necklace, gifted rings

After a good rehearsal, I changed my pantalones and met la mama for my bday sushi dinner.  And my cheat day was a great one: sushi, sashimi, ceviche, and even tempura veggies from Nashino in Madrona followed by Molly Moon's summerberry goat froyo with taste tests from mama's salted caramel.  YUM!

Tomorrow begins the 6-day work week with a long 9-hour shift.  Luckily, it doesn't start too early.  I can totes do a 930 start, but the five openings following it... yeah, not so much.  Jenn is having a graduation celebration and BBQ afterwards, which will be a loverly way to cool down. And I will stay away from the bad foodzies.  I will!

Point of View

tank: Maddy M from Nordstrom, sweater:  gifted J Crew, capris: Lululemon, flats: Linea Paolo from Nordstrom, accessories: long black beaded necklace, Relic watch, gifted rings, tribal earrings

Got a little bit outta sync with the whole amount of time it takes for me to get to rehearsal and getting up and going at 10:30 would give me enough time to both cook and shower and get ready and I totally misjudged.  Whoops!  At around 10:45 I went, "Uh...if I have to get there by noon, I have to leave at 11...which is about NOW. GAH!" It was a rush and get outta the door ASAP kinda leaving.  And then running for the bus to top it all off, of course.

Rehearsal was good today.  We definitely tackled a TON of music and movement issues and the whole cast was there, so we were really able to work all the problem spots.  The problem was everyone's focus.  No director there and a beautiful day does not a focused cast make...

Entirely New and Incredibly Awesome

tee: Fluxus from Nordstrom, tank Costco, sweater: J Crew, capris: Gap thrifted, shoes: Sperry Top-Siders from Nordstrom, accessories: Relic watch, gifted rings, black metal  feather earrings

Second outfit.  Same bottom half, completely new top half all for rehearsal tonight.  Done.

Big Plans

dress: thrifted, tights: Spanx from the Rack, leggings: Bebe, belt: J Crew, boots: Asos, accessories: Marc Jacobs watch, black beaded necklace, long metal feathered earrings 

Heading to Next to Normal at the 5th and then over to the Women's History Month Cocktail Party. Super excited for N2N and also to go to the party.  Friends and fun times and all that good stuff.

Also, I have officially planned and booked all my tickets for Harry Potter World and visiting my dad in Panama with Dani! We leave on 3/19 and come home 3/30 (just in time for my Village general)! Yay!  plans!

Everything's Coming Up

tee: H&M, sweater: J Crew gifted, jeans: J Brand from Nordstrom, tank: Costco, shoes: Blink from Asos, accessories: Marc Jacobs watch, black & silver bracelets, long black beaded necklace

Need to take off for another 2-show day right now, so I'll keep this short.  Last night's show was good, but the audience was one of those quiet, contemplative ones that don't give you much to show that they're interested even though you can, on occasion, tell they are listening, which, of course made us get all in our heads about how the show wasn't very good, even though it was... whew!  So, blearg.

Went to Solo last night with the peeps and that rocked.  Love me some Threepenny peoples. Plus Kate & Carolyn came!  And Dan too (my Money director), which makes me happy pants!  Apparently today's mat is almost completely sold out!  And Mama & Nana are coming and then we're grabbing early dinner before I have to get ready for my second show which Dad & Jacki are coming to!  YAY!  Family day!

Two shows FTW!

Serendipidous

blouse: H&M, bolero: H&M, trousers: Eight-Sixty from Nordstrom, tights: gifted DKNY, shoes: BDG from Urban, belt: J Crew, accessories: giant flower ring from Nordstrom, black metal feathered earrings

Well, chalk up two more movies into the go-see-because-they-are-awesome pile.  For cereal.  BOTH 127 Hours and The Social Network were fabulous.  And ironically, about very similar young men.  It kinda weirded me out when I started thinking about all the similarities between the two films.  Both about lonely young men (Mark Zuckerberg & Aron Ralston) who spend most of the movie on their own, not really able to connect to anyone.  Both based on books (The Accidental Billionaires and Between a Rock and a Hard Place), but make fictional choices within the movie to make them more dynamic.  Both having an interesting and integral relationship with technology (facebook & computer programming in The Social Network, obvi and Ralston's use of mp3 player, digital camera and camcorder) that make the stories what they are.  Both characters are obviously from this generation of totally connected with an almost narcissistic need to document our lives.  Both set in very similar time periods (2003-present for A Social Network and 2003 for 127 Hours).  Anyway... found this all interesting.

Also, since I rarely see movies on my own (excluding SIFF), it was funny to me how apropos it seemed that these were the two films I chose to attend by myself.  It somehow made sense to see these two in a situation where, although there were other people present, I really was isolated from the rest of the audience.  On my own.  No where near as lonely as those two guys, but somehow better able to connect... I dunno.  Now I'm getting all philosophical.  Point is, they seemed to be good movies to go to on your own...

Mama, you would DEF not have liked 127 Hours (SUPER glad we didn't see it that one day...awk-ward).  Sorry I thought you would have.  James Franco=brilliant, but yes, there are some parts to that movie you would not have been able to stomach.  Also, can we all just agree that Aaron Sorkin is brillz?  'CAUSE HE IS!  Holy crap!  I heart him soooooo much.  The dialogue in the FB movie was clip-clip-clippin' (like the old walk-through-the-hall moments in West Wing--le sigh, oh how I miss you...) and worked PERFECTLY with the subject matter.  (PS did anyone else notice his cameo (the first ad exec Zuckerberg and Saverin go see where Mark is making that weird noise and he comments on it)?  ROCK IT!)  Also, hey, I know Armie Hammer (the Winklevoss twins) is hot and all (too preppy & pretty boy for me, to be honest), but I am a SERIOUS Andrew Garfield fan after this movie.  Attractive AND super talented?  (Nerd Alert) He-llo, new Peter Parker!

Tonight's plans include hanging out with the roomie and going with Kate (of As You) to 14/48 later on... Excitement!  Tomorrow is yoga, then watching the Seahawks rock it on the mama's new BIIIIIG TV!  yay!

Old Holiday, New Traditions

tank: BCBG Maxazaria from Nordstrom, sweater: J Crew, skirt: thrifted, tights: Express, wedges: NYLA from Nordstrom, accessories: blingy flower ring & gold bracelet from Nordstrom, thrifted Joan pen necklace, gold hoop earrings

I ended up ditching the wedges for my slippers since we ditched out on church after dinner, but I think our Xmas Eve lasagna was a hit!  And Lindy and I made a buche de noel that was also pretty good (for a cake).  Overall win.

Tomorrow I am so excited to sleep in it is not even funny.  The only place we have to be is my Aunt's house for lunch/brunch and that's not until 1.  SUPER excited about that.  Low key Xmas FTW.

Holiday Glee

dress: Isabella Bird, sweater: J Crew, tights: Amrican Apparel, shoes: Dolce Vita from Nordstrom, belt: J Crew, accessories: ring and bracelet from Nordstrom, necklace from Express, pearl drop earrings

Getting ready to head out to dinner with my mama, seestor and grandmama before Holiday Glee at Benaroya.  Nice day of relaxing beforehand.  And lovely funtimes hanging out on my own watching Hulu/Netflix online drinking wine and eating leftover thai food before leaving for the night.

Lovely day.  Really glad to have been able to relax and do nothing.  Tomorrow my plan is to head over to Costco and pick up my contacts and rejected glasses frames and pick out new ones.  That was the plan for today, but the idea of hanging out and doing nothing was a little more inticiing.

Lovely boring Sunday.  The last boring day I think I'll have until after New Years.  I think I only have 2 or 3 more gifts to buy and then I'm done.  SUCCESS!

Working hard to get everything done before next weekend.  And it is a struggle, but I believe in myself... And my talent at power shopping...

Counting Down

tee: Kimchi Blue from Urban, jeans: Levis, boots: Blowfish from DSW, sweater: (unpictured) gifted J Crew 

I think I might be done with my Xmas shopping!  (I think)  I am supes excited!  I totally power shopped this afternoon post-yoga and picked up a ridic amount of gifts.  And got almost all of it done before the rains came! Success! And seriously, it started coming down HARD.

Last night was loverly and relaxing and wunderbar!  And I managed to watch both A Prophet (fabulous.  Totally worth the wait.  SOOO glad I watched it and didn't just return without watching) and the penultimate disc of The Wire season 1.  GAH!  SOOOO good.  It took a few episodes but once I got into it.  Obsessed.  SO GOOD!  Cannot wait for the next disc to come (damn you Netflix and your slowness!)

I actually even had time to watch A Muppet Family Christmas (which just came in the mail--rareandforgotten FTW!) and wrap all those presents I just bought.  And now I am getting ready to head out to see The Best Christmas Present Ever and Jacob Marley's A Christmas Carol at SPT and then hangout with all my besties from past showzies!  Small world FTW!

Generally, an all around good day!

Just Listen to Teacher

top: Express, cardigan: J Crew, jeans: SeeThruSoul from Nordstrom, shoes: BDG from Urban, accessories: black & silver beaded bracelets, mirrored earrings

It must be the weather.  I mean, it just HAS to be, right?  There is no other reason why I should be as utterly and completely exhausted as I am.  I mean, yes, I had a busy weekend and yes, my insomnia has been acting up again and yes, I couldn't fall asleep until after 1am, but... this has all happened before and I am fine.  Couple those crappy circumstances with my alarm going off before the sun rises though and I am useless.  I need sun in my window to tell me it's morning, otherwise... I got nothing.  I can, however, stay up WAAAAY past when the sunsets, so where does that put me?  Exhausted, exactly. Boo!

This week is gonna be crazy as well.  Just had my meeting with the party planners in charge of the Mad Men parties on Thurs & Fri and I think it's going to be a blast!  I just can't really imagine how it's work yet, but I am sure that whatever happens will be awesome.  That and it's at some kazillionaire's house on Mercer Island, so it's bound to be gorgeous! And interesting.  Good stories, for sure.  But I'm def gonna have to catch up on my Mad Men...

Got a lovely email from the director of Night Zero this morning thanking me for coming in and being a part of the process and asking if I'd want to possibly sit down with him and flush out a more fully-developed character (I was basically an extra yesterday) before they shoot the final installment in Spring (um, yes please!).  So I super hope that can fit into my schedule, too (damn you, SEATTLE!)...

Twentieth Century Fox

blouse: Banana Republic, sweater: J Crew, jeans: J Brand from RueLaLa, wedges: Cooperative from Urban

Loved my crazy-ass day yesterday!  Yoga in the morning totally rocked my world (and kicked my ass)!  It's seriously, the best way to get me up & showered on a Saturday morning.  Then stopped home real quick (hence the above pics) before heading out to see Shoreditch Madonna that I thought only had my friend, Colleen in it, but turned out to have 3 or 4 other people I knew in it as well.  Talk about random.  I liked the show.  I think it could have used some cuts and tightening up, but the script was good and the characters were really interesting.  Some people were better at the English accents than others (props to my friends!) which REALLY bothers me, but it was a good show overall.  Glad I was able to see it.  And, of course, see Colleen.  Heart her!

On my way to the show I literally watched my bus go by me, so I made the trek up Denny to the theatre (on Olive) and whew!  I always forget just HOW steep that hill is.  Yesh...  Post show I met the mama at the Elysian for foodzies and watching my Huskies kick some Coug ASS!  Whew!  WE ARE BOWL ELIGIBLE!!!!!  How exciting is that?!  w00t!

Then bounding off the the stocking stuffer party!  Super funtimes, too!  Making new friends, eating good foodzies and now I have a stocking FULL of candy, cookies and other sundry goodies! (Not gonna lie, that might be all I eat today--oh how I heart the holiday season foodz!)

Today I am going to be lazy this morning (working on some Xmas cds) before heading down to Ballard area for some filming.  Super excited to do a web series!  Since I've never filmed anything before it should be an adventure!  

Tryptophan Time

turtleneck: H&M, sweater dress: H&M, leggings: Forever 21, boots: ZigiSoho from DSW, belt: J Crew, accessories: mirror earrings, black & silver bracelets

OK, so my favorite holiday has come and passed and my favorite post-holiday left over turkey sandwiches have also been experienced and now, on to the shopping, seeing Christmas-related shows and celebrating family and friends time!  I heart the holidays!  And I really heart EATING yummy foodz during the holidays!  My pies went over super well and I can't wait to do it again for roomie-giving when Jess gets back!  Rock it!

Today was full of family and football now since the snow has all melted and it was crazytimes in the downtown area today though.  Seriously, crazytimes!  Made me happy I was just going to the market and not trying to hit up the Black Friday sales or make Christmas start in November... Good times today though.

Glad to have some down time tomorrow though.  Thinking yoga in the morning and then trying to hit up  Burlesque with Dani and maybe my mama & seestor in the afternoon and trying to make it to Three Tall Women before it closes on Sun.