Auld Lang Syne

Thats me on NYE last year. SM and I were down in Washington, NC attending our sorority sister, LWJ, wedding. The townie that became my midnight kiss took that picture (as well as my dignity, lol)

New Years Eve is my absolute favorite holiday, ever since the ragers we used to throw in High School, C. House and Bex, along with our boyfriends were pros at planning. Each year someone had parents out of town, and I always had some shady co-worker to buy a few bottles....

This carried on into College and now this year:

SM and I (along with Morgs and her college friends) are going to M2 Ultra lounge, downtown. It's gonna be.... intense. I plan to take more pictures than is reasonable. As for 2010... I'm looking forward to it. I dunno, even-numbered years are just way better than odd, haha.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we'll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.

back from the dead.

Midterms are finally fucking over. Wow. big bomb there, but I had to drop it because that's just how crucial things were for the past couple of weeks.

I just got home from my first visit to NC. My apologies to everyone I wanted to see and didn't get to. The point of the trip was specifically to go to my friends wedding, and that became my priority over the weekend-- and rightfully so, as it was the most amazing wedding I have been to. CD (or I guess she should be CDW now...) and her boo DW are 2 of my favorite people on earth, everyone knows that. So, no worries, I'll be home for 5 full nights at the end of the month and promise to make the rounds.

I plan to post about the wedding as well as some new lil "features" or whatever--- that I thought of during the times I was procrastinating from my work.

Headin down South, to the land of the Pine...

I am going to North Carolina this weekend! I am honestly so excited. I haven't spent this much time away from Frank and Cynthia since like, 2005. My cousin is getting married in Charlotte on Saturday, so I'm flying in to RDU Friday AM, driving down to Charlotte and will back in the triangle on Sunday AM, flying out at 4:00 that afternoon. I'm extra excited because SM's grandparents live in Charlotte and RSJ is like 2 hours away, so they are going to meet me in Charlotte for a little mini catching up.

There is so much I miss about home, the weather, the food, my friends and family and other random creature comforts... but I'm still absolutely positive that I'm where I'm supposed to be.

Things up here couldn't be better. School is going well, busy, but manageable. My field placement is intense but I am loving it so far. E and I get along wonderfully (!!) and have gotten into a great routine at home. I love the fact that she's a good cook, she's got me more invested in my health, and because of her I'm not eating saltines and pickles for lunch, and popcorn and beer for dinner anymore.

I absolutely love my friends up here. They are some of the best girls I could have asked for in terms of new friends in a new place. This past weekend we spent it shopping in Soho and then went up to the Bronx where Morgan lives and hung out up there.

And the Banker... ah... the banker. He spent the weekend in Philadelphia with some college friends. I'll see him today and I'm pumped because I am so insanely busy that I cancelled on him twice last week and I haven't seen him since last Tuesday...

So clearly I owe some much better posts or else this blog is gonna end up sucking pretty hard. But... I need to scoot, gotta get myself together and make it to the Bronx by 8.... I'm meeting with all 3 of my clients today!

Night before the wedding dresses

So, I've decided to go with the first dress for the November Wedding (I'm pretty sure at least). I needed something for the friday night before both weddings. That will mean a night downtown in Charlotte and a night downtown in Raleigh. I am really liking both of these options as they are a little trendy, a little sexy, and still quite conservative. I don't usually like strapless dresses, but this one may be alright.

sexy-not-slutty: Wedding attire

Like I've mentioned before, I have weddings to attend this fall. The catch is, for 2 of the 4 it is imperative that I look insanely spectacular. Like, y'all don't even know. One wedding is my cousin on my mom's side. If you know my family, you get the need to look amazing. The other is for Denny and CD, and I have to bring my A game for this one too.

So, because I early shop, I have pre screened 2 dresses for each, so that if it comes down to it I've got something to wear. However, I've been browsing for something that is more "bam" like, my style but real sexy. Is there an appropriate way to dress sexy without looking like I've just left my full time job on the corner? The reason I ask is because I attended a wedding of a sorority sister back in Feb. She was a design major in college, and so lots of her wedding guest were artsy and unique. Too bad that translated into club clothes, hooker boots, tramp make-up and over all slutty faces. I don't have any skank gear. In fact, my hooker gear looks like a skanks conservative option... so really I'm in no danger. I don't know... I'm just not into dressing like that, but I feel like every now and then you gotta bust out a lil sunthin sunthin. Here are a few ideas I'm toying with... thoughts? How do you get nice and sexy for a wedding without being a hot tranny mess in the process??