My Halloween Outfits Throughout The Years

So with Halloween quickly approaching, I've been thinking about what I want to dress up as this year. You'll notice that most of my costumes leave very little to the imagination, with 2008 definitely taking the cake. I literally wore lingerie as my "costume" lol. I dressed up as a dark angel that year. You can't really tell from the pics, but I was suuuper wasted that night. I actually got drunk before we even went to the club b/c I was feeling shy about my outfit. Needless to say we didn't stay too late b/c I was totally donzo by like 1am.
2008

For 2009 I dressed up as a Saints tight end haha. The Saints were on fire that year (and eventually went on to win the Superbowl XLIV). I'm a huge Saints fan so I thought that outfit would be perfect and I saw quite a few others dressed up in football outfits as well. Here I am doing my Heisman Trophy pose :)

2009

For 2010 I just wanted something cute and sexy. I found this outfit on eBay for like $30 which included shipping. I love the second pic below this one. My friend's husband dress up as Tony Montana and right before this pic was taken he swiped some baby powder on his nose to really give it that coke-like effect. The really funny part was that he left it on there and when we got to the club, one of the bouncers was like, "hey bra! You got that coke on ya nose!" and signaled him w/ that thumb to nose move lol. Frank replied to him in character, "No, I'm Tony Montana, it's part of the outfit" haha. 

As for this year, I'm not sure what I'm dressing up as just yet. I'm thinking maybe a hippie, but not like an Austin Powers type hippie. Who knows, knowing me I'll probably change my mind 100 times by then.

Are any of you dressing up for Halloween?

(Not So) Innocent - NOTD

SinfulColors nail polishes can be hit or miss sometimes as far as application and durability goes. Usually I have pretty good luck w/ them and I love their wide range of colors. Walgreens was having a sale on their polishes, so they were all $.99. I picked up, Innocent since I don't have anything even remotly close to this color; and because I thought it was pretty interesting looking.

I bet it would look great w/ black crackle over it too. 

The application of this was amazing! It's really opaque and it went on really smoothly and evenly. I think this maybe one of my staple colors for falls. I also really love blackened plums and burgundy's for fall too.

What are some of your favorite nail colors for fall?

EDIT: When I removed the polish I noticed that it stains your nails terribly. Make sure you use a base coat to help prevent that. 

Straw Dogs Pre-Screening Review

I went to a pre screening of Staw Dogs last night. This was the first time I've ever been to a pre-screening so I was excited, but mainly b/c the reviews of this looked pretty bad ass and scary! The movie was actually a remake which I had no idea about and the original is said to be pretty scary and the rape sceen in it caused a lot of controversy.

Movie comes out Friday the 16th

So on to the review: (Don't worry, I won't give it away for those that want to see it) I'm no movie critic, but I know what I like and this was not it. First of all, the movie took a really long time to get started. I guess it was trying to lay the groundwork of the story, but an hour later I found myself yawning. The movie is basically about this husband and wife who move to a rural town in Mississippi from California. It's the wife's home town and her husband is a writer, he thought going away to a quite town would be good for him since he's writting a documentary. Well right from the start there's this group of guys who start fu*king w/ him really bad. In the end (like literally the last 30-40 min of the movie) he has enough and gets his revenge on these guys.

My conclusion: So is this movie worth watching on the big screen? Definitely not IMO. It wasn't scary at all, it took a really long time for the action to start and the story line was pretty bland. The trailer make's it look MUCH better than it actually is. I would say this is more of a Redbox $1 rental.

New Jewelry Purchases & Splurge Vs. Steal

I was on Hautelook.com the other day when I came accross some gorgoues piece by Bansri. I'm not really much of a jewelry person, but I do like unique pieces. One of the items I purchased was a black and gold clover necklace that instantly reminded me of the one by Van Cleef & Arpel's Alhambra. If any of you watch the Real Housewives of Orange County you may have noticed that Alexis wore this necklace a few times. 

This necklace is so expensive that you actually have to request the price. I'm not sure of the exact price, but I've seen similar shorter versions of the necklace going for over $6,000 on eBay. Yeah, it's that expensive!

So I purchased this gold plated Bansri piece for $41 marked down from $98

I also got these gold plated evil eye bracelets (in Turkish we call call the evil eye a nazar boncugu).  I love things with the evil eye, despite it's name which can be kind of strange; it's actually kind of like a talisman as it's known in many cultures to protect against the evil eye. The idea of using these is that it will attract the evil eye (nazar) before it can damage the thing or the person that it is directed to, absorbing the damaging power of voluntary/involuntary "evil look". Therefore the nazar bead is always out in the open, not a secret talisman. In Turkey you will often see a nazar boncugu pinned to a baby's clothing and if it ever breaks it is usually replaced immediately. 
  [There's your educational info for the day hehe]

The closure has a little hamsa (hand) that dangles from it.

To be honest, I was kind of disappointed in the quality of these. A set of 2 was also $41 marked down from $98. They are definitely cute, but too pricy for the quality.

My Labor Day/Birthday Weekend ~ (pic heavy)

Despite the fact that I had to cancel my much anticipated Destin vacation for Labor day weekend I still had a really fun weekend. My husband was so sweet trying to make it fun for me knowing that I was disappointed about the trip and also because tropical storm Lee made the weather extra shitty all weekend. 

For starters he managed to score amazing club level seats for the Saints football game (I'm a huge football fan)

Saturday we went to the aquarium, since there wasn't anything we could do outdoors on account of the weather. Plus, I haven't been to the aquarium in years so it was lots of fun. On the way home we stopped by the mall and he got me a F21 gift card so I did a little shopping. 

Sunday Jason planned a birthday dinner for me at Zea's followed by Harrah's casino for some roulette. I won some money, lost more money, had a few drinks and did a little dancing. 

The waiter wasn't so good with the camera so it came out blurry :(

How funny is this gift bag my friend made me!? She taped my face onto this girl haha

Monday my parents took Jason and I out for some lunch in the city at Grand Isle restaurant. I completely forgot to take a pic of my food, I guess I was too excited to eat it and forgot lol, but it was pecan crusted catfish and fries, delish!

How was your labor day weekend?

Thank you mother nature for raining all over my plans!

I had planned a really nice vacation to Destin, FL for labor day weekend. I found an amazing deal on BookIt.com, $385 for 2 nights at the Ramada beach plaza hotel w/ an ocean front view w/ balcony. As soon as you go down stairs your already on the beach. I was so looking forward to it, but of course, of all the weekends for a storm to be forming in the gulf it would be on Labor day weekend! I ended up cancelling it yesterday and they were nice enough to refund me all of the money on account of the weather. I'm super bummed about it, but there's really thing I can do.

 I guess on the bright side, the rain should help put out that huge fire that has been burning in the marsh. It's been causing some people a lot of health problems and 2 days ago the city (New Orleans) looked like a volcano had erupted because of all the smoke and people were walking around w/ face masks on. It was pretty crazy.

Aaanyway, I leave you now with what I'm looking forward to most this fall season as far as clothes go:

Wool Hats

Blazers

Scarves

Ankle boots

Classic trench coats

Shinny a.k.a liquid leggings (I'm not sure if it will still be in style this season, but I really hope it will be. I love them! Same thing goes for lace leggings)

I mean, how hot are these outfits?

What did you guys have planned for Labor day weekend? What are you looking forward to most this fall season?

August in Pictures

I've really been enjoying doing these month in pictures posts'. It's a good way to sum up what I've been up to and you know what I've learned from this one? Scroll to the bottom to see.

Jason and I along with another couple did a double date at Rembrandt 

I found this cute little kitten in the parking lot at my work ^-^

Tokyo House was having a special that night and some things on their menu were half off. Jason and I definitely took advantage!

I forgot to take a pic of the finished product, but this was super easy to make. It's cream of mushroom chicken w/ rice.

I've been making a lot of green bean casserole lately. I'm pretty much obsessed with it.

I've been wearing this lipgloss a lot lately. It's by Neutrogena

We went to Outback for a late b-day dinner for Jason, I of course had to get my favorite drink. A roadhouse Roadie.

Chloe! she's so cute and sweet. She's my MIL's dog and if she ever got out I would totally steal her! I ♥ her

Me and my bestie taking a pic in the bathroom, classy lol

Hot mocha coffee and a good magazine...Wishing it was fall already.

Jason took me out to Stingrays restaurant insisting that they have the best calamari ever. Um, negative. It was so deep fried that there wasn't any taste of calamari left; and yes, all that food was for 2 people haha.

So what did I learn from this month in pics? I eat a lot lol