The OC Fair!

The Fair!  The Fair!  I went to the OC Fair yesterday and it was so FUN!  I went with my girl and her man (who both by the way had never really been to the fair!)  Where I am from, the fair is the place to be!  The Pac Co fair was where you put on your new school clothes and got to see kids from other schools (and dance with them at the grandstand dances!)  But these two have lived in Amusement Park central since birth, so the fair wasn't really the same for them!  My enthusiasm for the fair was getting chuckles, but they were so excited to go for the sheer fact that I was beside myself.  (And yes, I did wear a new shirt from Urban :)  

This fair was a bit different than hometown fairs.  They really didn't have a lot of animals because the OC isn't really known for their farming.  Floyd wanted to see HUGE pigs, but there were none.  I wanted to see Clydesdale Horses, but there were none.  When Jeff and I went to the Puyallup Fair, we saw every animal imaginable!  We even saw a Kitty Costume Show (yes, I said it correctly...very fun for the young girls involved, but very odd none the less).

Ysterday was such a success.  We rode some rickety rides (a FAIR must-do), lost some Carni Games, and ate a TON of food (the turkey leg was amazing!)  We had some tickets left, so we decided to play one more game to try to win this USC basketball Floyd wanted.  It took 10 tickets for just 2 tries!  Floyd tried first, no go.  Then me, no go.  Then the amazing X took the ball and made it!  She won that ball for her MAN!  It was so awesome.  I flew at her with open arms and shouted like she had won the lottery! It was icing on the cake...the Funnel cake that is!

Enjoy your WEEKEND!

Have a great weekend everyone!  I am heading out to the OC Fair on Sunday and I am SOOOOO excited!  I love the Fair!  I will let you know how it is...

Loves!

The "Skinny" Mirror!

Have you ever had a full length mirror that made you look ten feet taller than you were and made your legs look like Heidi Klum's (even though you know that at 5'4 it is impossible)?  The girl that left this room left a mirror behind and it ROCKS!  Everyday I get ready down here I love looking in that mirror to see how I look.  My sister and I just had a conversation that we both have this thing in our heads that we always THINK that we look skinnier than we really are...

How's that for confidence?

It isn't till I hit a reality check (a pic someone snapped of me, the mirror in the bathroom at Quiksilver, catching my reflection in a store front window) that I realize "OH there is those lbs I have been putting on!"  But for now I will be blissfully 15lbs heavier with a mirror that lies like a cheatin' boyfriend!  Hallelujah!

So my internship is going awesome!  I love the work!  It totally validates all the stuff that I have been putting in my brain for years.  So I can't balance my checkbook very well (does anyone still do that?), or figure out what time the train gets to Chicago when it left at 3:30 with wind resistance (Look I am so bad at these problems, I can't even make one up! HA!), but I CAN pull 15 looks together from the Holiday '09 line guide and send them to the stylist at Marie Claire.  I can tell pitch ideas to bloggers about back to school essentials. I CAN fit in there.  I DO fit in there.  Don't get me wrong, I still have a ton to learn, but just for now I feel...well...that what I have chosen to remember isn't useless knowledge.  It's relevant and applicable.  AND THAT FEELS GREAT!

Things I miss...

I am so tired today from working my tail off!  I will post more about that later, but tonight I just wanted to post things that I miss...

If you didn't make the cut, it is probably because I am lacking pictures of you (like my own MOM!) 

LOVES!

Side Note:  I have no clue why all this is underlined!  Ha ha!!

Gen Y

I attended (and ran the really sweet video camera) this presentation at ROXY today.  The girls who put it on did a fabu job offering all the information.  Even my select attention span was engaged through the whole thing!  I am a gapper of these generations.  I am a Gen X/Gen Y gapper.  It cuts off at my birth year.  I am a product of Reality Bites AND Reality TV!  At the end of the power point a panel of  Gen Y'ers sat and answered our questions.  They were amazing (ages 16-19)~Very truthful and poised.  It makes me think about how I was at 16.  I would have been petrified to say something offensive so I just would have said what I thought they wanted to hear.  The presentation said that a typical 10 year old is as outspoken as a 16 year old was about 10 years ago!  Working in a school, I believe that!   

My tiny cube.

So this is my tiny space in which is NOT really mine and that I share with about six other interns!  We are always falling over each other. There are three computers in a row, this is just the last one (the fastest one, but won't print :)  I thought that there would be a lot more windows in the building.  If you are lucky you sit near one...Not so lucky am I!  I have never typed so much in my life and yes I am still super slow at it!  But I have gotten a TON faster than I used to be and that is progress people!  Today I had to organize the magazine closet in which I was in HEAVEN!  Those who have been to my house know that I get so many mag subscriptions a month that I forget which ones I get.  About once a week I ask Jeff at the store "Do I get this one?"  I always try to buy it and he always tells me "I think you do..." Hmm..  It didn't take long to organize because I knew most of them and had already seen them (so no leafin' through them) except for WWD (Woman's Wear Daily).  I had to ponder for awhile on that one!  Is my pic boring? Kind of.  I just thought you might want to see it!  Loves!

Polyvore~ My secret stylist obsession!

Find me on PolyvoreHi all! So this is a site that I create "sets" on... So basically I pull looks together and write blurbs about them! I just wanted to share (as well as kick myself into gear to create more!) I put up three looks, you can use the arrows to scroll through them! More later! Enjoy!