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Holy smokes!  What a great weekend I've had thus far.  Let's recap.
Thursday:
1. Completed longest week of school life.  LONGEST!
2. Went to Cherry Creek mall for Levi's sale with Jeremiah.  Walked about.
3. Went to Walgreens (!!!!) with Ashley and then visited Spencer at the Skylark.  Painted our nails at the bar, received rose from random stranger and ogled Spencer's copper cuff.
Friday:
1.  Insane breakfast.  Eggs, waffles, bacon, toast.
2. Went to Boulder with Jeremiah.
3. Went grocery shopping for yums.
4. Watched Vampire Diaries and screamed my prepubescent girly-girl scream.
5. Insane dinner.  Jeremiah's specialty soup and quesadillas.
6. Went to coffee shop.  Consumed best hot cocoa of life.  Finished some homework.
7. More Vampire Diaries.  More screaming.
Saturday:
1. Slept in.
2. Blog.
Last night felt more like Saturday night so the fact that TODAY is Saturday and I have a whole extra day to laze about is simply fabulous!!  Here are some pictures from First Friday a while back:

We'll start with this gem.  Westy and me before he took off for Iowa.

Another for good measure.  Love my brother!!!

We stopped at Home Depot for Adam's birthday.

 And then Adam and Ashley's.

 Spencer and Hotdog.

Then we went to art galleries!!  Jason and his binoculars. 

 Scoping out the art.  We saw Tommy and his lady friend here which was faaabbb!

 The Space Gallery.

Jason's a special boy!

 The blouse I'm wearing is the same one Eva bought while we were in Paris together.  (Friendship shirts!!)

 Upstairs at Space Gallery.

 Back at the house I found this on the fridge.  Ashley just shook her head.

Happy weekend everyone!!!

OMG SHOES...

So, sometimes I look at the Internet and drool over all the pretty shoes in the world.  Here are some of the current trends I'm LOVING!

GLITTER:

Miu Miu is not only having a moment with glitter but also with the incredible shape of these heels.

Here's another glitter favorite by Giuseppe Zanotti.

HOT PINK:

Brian Atwood.

These Alexander McQueens may not look as bright as Brian Atwood's patent pumps but... Bright. Pink. Suede.  That's all I have to say.

NEON/BRIGHTS:

The color blocking on these Giuseppe Zanottis is insane!!

 Giuseppe Zanotti.

In love with everything about these Alexander McQueens.  Heel, strap, color, peeptoe, SUEDE! 

TOE CAPS:

Alexander Wang can do no wrong.

 Gold capped Christian Louboutins FTW.

 And of course some Yves Saint Laurent.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Couldn't keep these off the list though they don't fall into my favorite trends above.

Alexander Wang made a huge splash with his "caped" heels.  My favs are in the metallic silver and don't have the puffball.

Alexander McQueen.

And these are just FUN!  Giuseppe Zanotti.

Which are your favorite???  I've decided I can't decide!!!

All images courtesy of Bergdorf Goodman.

For the love of...

When Jeremiah and I head to the ranch we usually find time to go riding.  Sometimes, though, we don't stay for long enough, or the cows don't need moving, the weather is crap, or we just don't feel like taking the horses out.  At this point, I'm much more passionate about the horses and riding because Jeremiah's been riding [as a JOB] his entire life.  When we don't get to ride, however, I do at least like to spend some time with the horses and pretend like I'm one of them as you'll see in the last three pictures.  I can't wait to see them this weekend and hopefully get the chance to go for a good long ride!

Jeremiah was nice enough to come with me this time.

 Goofy.

 Me an Sherman.

 The blue thing Sherman's licking is a block of salt.  These are scattered throughout the fields for the horses and cows to get added minerals.

Just trying to fit in...

 I wasn't planning on trying the blue block but Jeremiah egged me on aaaaanndd it does indeed taste like straight-up salt.

I almost fit in, right??  Right guys??

Big Joe...

Jeremiah and I are going to the ranch this weekend to celebrate this man, Big Joe Bradley:

It's hard to know how to feel about the death of someone I just went fishing with, played cards with, laughed with...  I am fortunate to have spent those moments in Marble with Joe and Carol and will always remember that time.  Rest in peace, Joe.

Weeny...

And by weeny, I mean Halloween.  HAH HAH HAH!  So, I already posted my highly creative and innovative cat-hat that I bought from Walmart... BUT I wanted to share some of the pics from Friday night at The Skylark.  The show I really wanted to see was on Saturday but Jeremiah and I came down with a case of the throw-ups so that didn't happen.  Too much information, you say??  Sorry about that.  Have a look-see!

Erica in a legit wedding gown!!  This was awesome.

I promise Kathy wasn't sad; just contemplative.

Jeremiah kept running around saying he was a "hard working pig."

Kyle just wanted to dance!  During Kissing Party's set he rocked so hard he broke his tambourine and the mini-cymbals went flyin'!!

 Greggaroo as Dracula detaching his forehead.

 Aurora Santa and his love-child Spencer.

 HATS!

I didn't get pictures of two of my favorite costumes of the night which were Jesse as a catholic priest (scary realistic!!) and Deirdre in the most insane wig evaahhh.
But, there you have it.  Halloweeny 2011.

Matchmaker...

I've had the most insane week at school.  School is quite manageable but I manage to make it less manageable by managing my time in the least manageable ways.  If you catch my drift.  The worst is over, though, and by the grace of awesomeness my teacher pushed back a paper I had due Thursday so the presentation and paper yesterday added to my two tests today are done done done and I can officially move on with my life.  YES!!  Here is the outfit I wore to school today!  I like it because it's simple but chic with a touch of layering, pop of color and MY NEW HURR-DO!!!

Jeremiah was working on his car as you can see.  He's a gem for taking these pics.

Details:

Peacoat: Younker's in Iowa from forever ago.

Sweater: F21

Shirt: Zara via Eva

Jeans: F21

Hat: Walmart

Purse: Zara

Flats: Nine West

Lipgloss: Revlon Colorstay (THE BEST!)

I really like outfits that go together in pairs.  What I mean by that is my gray hat and shoes match along with my red lipgloss and purse; and black nail polish, coat and the edging on my shoes.  Okay, that last one was three elements, but still!!  When the shoes match the purse that match the hat and nail polish etc etc the matching gets to be way too much.  I even find myself grimacing when I see the perfectly matched shoe and purse combo.  Although there are always exceptions to the rule and fashion is obvi completely subjective, working in pairs in unexpected ways keeps an outfit pulled together and interesting without looking TOTALLY LAME-MATCHY-MATCH!!!!  What do you think, dear readers???  Am I totally full of it?