Newness

Yesterday I went shopping with some of the gift cards I received for Christmas and ended up at the holy grail of makeup- Sephora. I had heard about this really awesome mascara from Dior that smells like roses and after about 15 minutes of smelling every bottle of Dior mascara (I'm not kidding, I think the Sephora staff thought I was a huffer) I found it. It is amazing. So amazing I took a picture of my own eyeball to prove it. Plus every time I blink my face smells like valentines day, I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

I also included a picture of my new cowboy boots that my wondrous husband gifted me. My feet smell like leather and my face smells like roses, could life be any more perfect?

Christmas Puppies and Dallas Cowboys

This year at Clint's family Christmas they had an edible art contest. I found a Christmas puppy cookie cutter and went crazy. I only got a picture of the Zoe and Max cookies, but there was a cookie for each of my mom's 3 shih-tzus. As a reward for modelling for the cookies, Zoe received a snuggie.

The most exciting event over Christmas was giving Clint his scavenger hunt for the "GREATEST CHRISTMAS GIFT EVER!!" (or so he says). Back in September, I decided I would get Clint tickets to see his favorite team- the Dallas Cowboys. I kept this hugemongous secret for 4 months, which in and of itself is a miracle. I think I told everyone I saw, including complete strangers about the secret. On top of me pinching myself everyday to not blurt out the surprise, I encountered another obstacle, my debit card number was stolen. We had to go through all of our bank statements back to June. Thankfully there was only one suspicious charge (the hotel) that Clint dismissed as soon as I said "Uuuuhhhh, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!"

The result of all the planning and lip biting was a 4 clue rhyming scavenger hunt that ended with shock and awe and lots of jumping for joy. He was SO excited, I told him I think he had a more ecstatic reaction to the tickets than he did to seeing me on our wedding day!

We are leaving this weekend for Dallas so look for pictures of our adventure to come...

Christmas House and a Delicious Dish

I finally got a chance to clean up our house. Let me be the first to say it was horrid, it smelled like dirty dishes and old socks-disgusting. But now it is sparkling and fully christmafied! It makes me wish I was a house wife. It is so nice to clean your house and then just sit around looking at it and not have to worry about anything else, including SCHOOL!

I took pictures of how disgusting the house was before and had every intention of sharing the before and after with all of you. Then I decided that I didn't even want to expose myself to the pictures so you will only be seeing the after. Please ignore the food on the coffee table, Clint took FOREVER to eat dinner and I couldn't wait any longer to take a picture (and yes we always eat dinner in front of the T.V.).

After I got the house in order, I read Lindsey's (sweetsimplicityblog.com) blog with a recipe for Rolo pretzel candy and it sounded so good I had to make it! I ventured to Wal-Mart to pick up the supplies only to search long and hard for Rolo's for which I never found. I thought about asking but after searching for so long I was afraid I might scream, "WHERE ARE THE ROLO'S?!!" so I decided to try something else. And settled upon mini snickers. Lindsey's recipe had a rolo on top of a pretzel with a peanut squished in, so I figured that with snickers all of this is in one magical package.

I followed the same recipe (350 for 3 minutes) and at the end instead of squishing in a peanut, I squished in another pretzel. They are soooo good! And they kinda look like little Christmas presents!

Starting a new blog?

I recently officially and whole heartedly joined the most amazing church for which Clint was already a member. Our church is growing by leaps and bounds, and we really want to engage our own age group into our super awesome church family. So our idea is to start a blog detailing our experiences in church, church events, get-togethers, etc. We are hoping that this will give people an idea of what we are all about, how we worship, and hopefully entice them to come and visit. I am just wondering if anybody thinks this would be a good idea in blogger world. Comments? Anyone interested?

Holiday Bizzle

Last night was awesome. I finished my last of 7 finals and got to spend the evening with Clint and my friends from school. We had a great time- free photo booth, chicken fried chicken AND steak (Clint's favorite thing), and dancing like it we were at an 8th grade dance.

Now that I'm through for 4 whole weeks, I will be relaxing, shopping, and doing whatever I want! So prepare yourself for more blog randomness. In closing, here are a few pictures from the start of my Holiday break.

All of these pictures were taken prior to my strap breaking on my dress (what designer holds straps on with buttons? BCBG), but Clint came to the rescue and tied the straps in the back to make a halter. Isn't he just perfect?

This is as modelesque as it gets people, this is the after..