Splurge VS. Steal - Hermes Leather Cuff

I've had my eye on the the Hermes Collier De Chien Cuff Bracelet for as long as I can remember, but like most fancy items I lust after, the price of $795 is just out of my reach.

However, I did find a pretty good imitation for only $46.95! Gennie's Gold Pyramid Studded White Imitation Leather Bracelet

Mail of the Week

Some of you may remember how I entered the Nivea Moment of Closeness photo contest and won but was later disqualified b/c I was not a resident of the UK. Well as a show of good will they said they would send me a goody bag of products and here it is =D

They definitely sent more than I expected, especially since they didn't have to send me anything. Super nice of the PR people there. 

 I can't wait to try these products out and do a review.

Some samples from Aveno, Kotex and Purex. 

These samples are great for traveling. 

My order from Frederick's . Remember how I mentioned how Frederick's has the best bras? Well these where the ones in particular I was referring too. My cup size is a 32D and it's super hard to find that size for some reason. I even emailed VS to see why they don't carry that size and they said that it's not a big seller :(. (My boobs are real by the way, just thought I would throw that out there since a lot of ppl think they are fake lol)

~Summer Bash~ 2011

Every year a bunch of our friends get together and throw a yearly summer bash. We usually boil crabs and have a BBQ, but this year since it was so hot we decided to just do the BBQ. J and a few other friends chip in a little and we purchase food and alcohol. We also get 2 professional bartenders and a Dj to spin at the party too. These parties are always a great success and half the time people we don't even know show up lol.  

July In Pictures

Today is Jason's birthday so Happy Birthday babe!! ♥ you!

Random pics taken w/ my phone in July.

Cute little Chloe, My mother in law's new dachshund

This pic is actually old. I think it was taken in Feb for Mardi Gras. My mom said I looked like a bag lady. What can I say? I like to layer up. It was cold!

I was attempting to do a post about my makeup, yeah  it didn't go well 

ootn, there was a special event going on that sucked so we didn't take a single pic when we got there

I love mirrored furniture but could not afford this :(

It would have went perfectly with this leaner mirror that I purchased.

Mmm... I love cheesecake

Sparkle standz, I loved it but only kept them in for 2 weeks. The micro links were a pain in the ass. 

This was J's desert. Ol big butt 

The mini bar was charging $8 for these little bottles. The corner store down the street had them for $2 each! 

4th of July weekend. We went to Biloxi and then cruised around in our friends boat.

Snow crabs J and I had @ Boomtown Casino in Biloxi. They were soo good! 

My first greenbean casserole! 

Sarah and I @Metro 

We've been having non-stop rain lately and the canal by our house was the highest I've ever seen it. 

Bacardi in his new day bed, he has another one for nightime. He's so spoiled lol 

I was a dumbass and forgot to turn off my curling iron. It got melted to my blowdryer lol.  

Both the curler and blow dryer are less than 6 months old. It sucks, but they still work fine. 

Painting, Wine & A Double Date

I love art; looking at it, creating it, studying it...ok not studying it ha, but painting and photography are some of my favorite things to do in my free time. Jason and I did a painting thing at Rembrandt All You Can Art a few months ago and he surprisingly had a lot of fun, even though I had to practically drag him to that first event kicking and screaming, ok not really but you know how guys are lol. He definitely didn't go willingly. I thought it would be fun to make it a double date this time with my good friend Sarah. We went to college together and both got our degrees in Graphic Design, so she and I had the upper hand in this one. Here's our art from that night. 

Blending the colors was definitely the hardest part, but the trick is making sure you brush is wet enough

Sarah doing her finishing touches

 Erik and Jason, that was Erik's first painting ever. He said it looked like someone pee'd on his lol

It took us 3 hours to finish our paintings

 I look so thrilled to be taking this pic, NOT lol 

Aww, Jason was so proud of his :) He loves fleur de lis's and this was his second one.

I would have liked to take more pics of the painting process, but we were so involved in our paintings since we pretty much all chose a level 2. Level 2's are a little more difficult and to be honest we we're struggling through it at the beginning and didn't even think we would have enough time to finish. But you know what? I love a challenge so I think I will be doing a level 3 next time.

Have any of you guys been to one of these art classes?