heart.

happy valentines day!
i hope you all have a great day whether its with the one you love, a great friend, or one fabulous movie and an indulgent pint of ice cream! (those are some of the best days)
today i will leave you with a simple piece of wrapping that i did that is a nice balance between "manly" and "valentine/holiday-ish". i can never resist anything houndsooth, so when i saw this wrapping paper i just had to buy it, and it went perfectly with my cut out felt heart (with the card simply taped to the side.)
happy tuesday everyone!

this week's phase...

i have an issue with going thru major phases in my life. activities, tv shows, food (a big one). when i was younger my mom would get irritated with me because i would always get super addicted to a certain type a food or treat and just when she went to costco and bought a huge pack for me, i was over it...and it would go to waste.
my phase right now is shopping. not that i don't shop, in general, throughout the year a lot, but i'm having a major addiction right now. and in times like these i think it's wise to just turn to your own closet and go thru the tried and true, the old and new. i know it sounds boring sometimes when people tell you to 'shop' in your own closet, but let's face it - you know there's a lot of us out there who have a closet full of clothes that we've completely forgotten about. and i think it also helps to turn to fellow blogs and inspiration boards for ideas...and then you find yourself thinking "i've got something like that".....................(and then sometimes you also just want to shop.)
here's some inspiration for my outfits for this week:

monday

tuesday

wednesday (my new fav.)

thursday

friday

fourty six.

let's face it - a lot of us love super bowl sunday for the food. and i'm no exception. getting together with friends and family is always fun, and you know you can always count on at least one or two entertaining commercials to enhance a good game. this year i was all ready to make some football-themed cupcakes (my staple) until i came across this idea and my mind was changed immediately.
i hope you all had a great weekend, game or no game.

pink is always the answer.

after a weekend of dying my hair dark and getting two new [small] tattoos, i felt unintentionally goth. so a little pink on my nails seemed to be the perfect answer for lightening things up. i used light pink on most of my nails and a little sparkle on my ring fingers. its a tad early for valentine's day, but im feeling in quite a love-y mood.

excursion.

as i mentioned yesterday, the season opener of the rat city roller girls roller derby was this past saturday and we tend to frequent these bouts rather often.
in addition to the roller girls, i included Torina's Chicken Pot Pie Excursion 2012 into the mix. i have never had a pot pie before and i have become a little obsessed with them recently, and thought that i would explore a few of the best that seattle had to offer. (i did not want my first pot pie to be out of the frozen food section.)
well, TCPPE 2012 turned out to be somewhat of a bust. washington decided to have a full out winter storm this past week, making it difficult to get around to places (and closing ticket boxes early, creating a frusting friday evening in the snow for yours truly), add in a few other tiny snippets and we decided to nix out a pot pie location and go to a classic seattle eatery, Dick's Drive-In, for a late lunch. you can never be disappointed with a Dick's burger and shake. !
the roller derby was a fun-filled couple hours and i got my sugar high off of cotton candy. we then headed out to Pies & Pints to get my long awaited chicken pot pie. it was yummy, and with the sweet potato fries dipped in aioli on the side, it was just what i wanted! my husband opted for the welsh pretzels, which i nibbled on as well. we shall definitely return to this place in the future.
all in all - a wonderful seattle day.