Hi my name is Terri and I am an addict.

Seriously this shopping addiction of mine is going to run me into the poorer poor house. Why does ATL all of sudden have to have SUCH cute pieces? And J Crack Crew don't even get me started. Seriously have you seen this?

Please click on the link. Go the the ATL site. LOOK AT THE SHOES. AMAZING but of course they are WAY out of my price range at $995.00. Thanks to Kate for pointing out those lovelies.

But that's not all folks. Tempation is EVERYWHERE- even target (one of my personal favs)

I mean c'mon. The ivory dress THESE gold shoes  and THIS cardigan HELLO NEW YEARS EVE!!!

I'm trying really hard to not buy any thing until after Christmas. It has become a personal goal (except for Christmas presents). Stupid retailers always saving the best stuff for now....le sigh.

To help me cure this, I am dedicating myself to finding some really nice bedding. I've been saving up for a while now for a nice set but I keep changing my mind. One day I want white and crisp (think Restoration Hardware) and the next I want colorful and happy (think Anthro). Suggestions?

bored? yeah me too.

At work I have two speeds: ridiculously busy and dreadfully slow. During the slow times heres what I do:

*Stalk blogs....ah my first love!!!
*Twitter- I am slowly but surely becoming addicted- and this BY far wastes takes up most of my time
*shop online obviously there's no need to tell Willy about this one
*read fmylife which literally makes me laugh out loud
*check out trashy celebrity gossip siteS- yes I loyally read more than one
*ummm Facebook anyone? or as I now like to call it book face!!
*shop online
*shop online
*shop online

You get the point right? I clearly need to find something to do thats more productive with my time. Any suggestions?

trashy TV?? yes please!

I have a confession: I LOVE TRASHY TV, reality tv in particular!!!!! No, not your Jerry Springer variety but the standard any cable network reallyVH1, BRAVO, or MTV shows- and I will defend some of my favorites from being called trashy until the very end which could be in a season or two. Ah nothing better than looking on your Tivo and seeing all sorts of little goodies you can fast forward through (have you noticed how shows have started doing that stupid coming up and recap at the beginning/end of commerical breaks?).

What are your favs? The Hills was OBVS before LC left. It's gone downhill FAST.

PS- I realize I just did an entire post on reality TV. Clearly this ha been a slow day.

whacha supposed to do?

Seriously. I CANNOT TAKE ONE MORE DEATH. In the past three months my Grandmother has passed (hardest hit I have ever taken) and within four days two professors here at the vet school have passed. Yes, I am an adult and I can deal with it but......

I'm asking for suggestions about an appropriate gift for my boss. The professor who died yesterday was one of his very best friends and he's taking it really hard. Since I am basically Sandra Bullock's character in Two Week's Notice, obviously, I don't like to see my boss upset. Suggestions?

I'm baaaaaaaaack!!

Oh...it's been a while and a lot has happened! Want a short and sweet re-cap?

*First and foremost: Willy is doing SURGERY!!!!  I am so proud of him and all of his classmates (YEAH 2011)!!! He's the one all the way to the right in the picture below (thanks Ms Roth for taking the picture)!

*I almost died from violent vomiting and a sore throat survived the worst sickness I probably have ever had. No it wasn't the swine flu- believe me I was checked THREE times. Instead it was a mix of an upper respiratory infection, sinus infection, stomach bug (which I piked up from the horrible, lousy, worst place ever doctor's office, and laryngitis- to which the doctor told me "whoa...you're throat looks like hamburger meat". AWESOME.

*My parents came down for a visit. O.M.G. I love when they visit because they pamper me and buy me lots and lots of stuff for more than one reason!!! Plus we went to ATL for the day and I'm sure you've heard my love stories for this place.....oh I love you ATL.

*I've been shopping like crazy lately!! Wanna peak at my purchases?

These are just a few of the dresses I bought. If you have to even remotely dress up for work let me recommend the wrap dress from Target (I bought it in Hunter green) and the Black turtleneck from Old Navy. Seriously, if cleanliness wasn't an issue I could wear these dresses EVERY SINGLE DAY. I also bought some really nice pieces from Anthro (the gray short sleeve dress -my favorite!!) and from here, and here but of course they aren't all available online- boo :(

Other than working on my obvious shopping addiction we haven't really been doing a whole bunch. Since I'm posting this at work yes I am a bad employee and I don't have access to my pictures, I'll have to save posting about the Syrup Soppin' festival and the Alabama State Fair.

*On a side note, I promise I am back to normal. I've gotten this whole two full time jobsin 8 hours a day down to a science :)

ah.

I might be absent for the next few days. Work is OVERWHELMING to say the least. If I can accomplish the following things on a daily basis, I consider the day a SUCCESS!

1- getting to work on time which is now 30 mins earlier -stupid snooze button is against me.
2- answer 1,000 plus emails and phone calls EVERYDAY without getting snippy (you try answering the same question 5,000  times in one week...literally 5,000)
3- give tours to at least four groups of people twice a week- totally not my job
4- take on another full time job (without the pay OF COURSE), which yes means I will have TWO and the PLEASURE of  staying late FOR FREE EVERYDAY. Just what I've always wanted.
5-work with people who do not know the alphabet....seriosuly.
6- drive home without falling asleep
7- make dinner
8- VEG OUT IN FRONT OF THE TV (by far my favorite part of the day)
9- repeat. DANG.

these days.

People these days are definitely too hard on themselves (myself included). I find myself stressed out and worrying about everything: my appearance, my health, Willy, money, family, friends, the list could go on and on. I've been searching for ways to calm my thoughts and uplift my spirit. That's when I ran across this website. Let me tell you- it's such a simple idea that can really change your perspective. I WILL be posting some notes today and I hope that you do the same!

have you seen this?

here's some laugh out loud material for you.


And a little bit more....(brought to you by these geniuses)

pink everywhere!!! (and a great coupon!)

Have you seen this news? Apparently the luckiest boy alive some boy found this and thought it was a flower.
The colors are AMAZING. Apparently, finding pink insect in nature isn't a miracle but it is rare. Is it weird that I would totally add these dead insects to my walls for decoration? Ok- let's pretend like I didn't say that.


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long hiatus

It's been a while, I know. A lot of things have happened and I have been so stressed that to be honest with you I didn't want to blog because I didn't want to talk about what has been going on. Just for the record- Willy and I are not pregnant and no we are not getting divorced.

First lets talk about cars. I pray EVERY SINGLE DAY that Willy and I would move to a large city so I would NEVER have to drive again. Driving is the bane of my existence. Tom Cruiser (Willy's PT Cruiser) broke down yet again and we got stranded on the side of the highway (I already blogged about this earlier). His dad came down at the end of July and took the car home with him (he owns his own body shop) to fix it so we wouldn't have to shell out the $3,000 the place was going to charge us (thanks Tony!). Which left us driving Beatrice (my pink Beetle). This would have been fine if my transmission didn't GO OUT. Geez. Apparently rental cars in Auburn, Alabama don't exist because it took us three days to finally get one (they were sold out- stupid enterprise), and of course they decided to charge us an OUTRAGEOUS rate per day I can't even type how much we've paid for rental cars without feeling like I want to punch someone so I digress....PS- we still don't have Willy's car and my car is still acting weird. AWESOME.

Then there is the couch. Oh our LOVELY LOVELY couch. I've blogged about how much I love my couch before and I truly do. However, I don't love when my $2,000 couch (yes I know I totally over paid) breaks, especially not when I have company. This amazing couch set upside down in our living room like this for WEEKS because the company we bought it from dragged their feet on turning it in for a warranty claim. Once again, I feel my fist tightening so I digress....Look closely, do you see? Yep that is the frame that broke as well as the springs that popped out.

More things happened but they deserve their own blog stay tuned for more of my pity party.