It's here, it's here!

It's cold, it's cold, it's coooollldddddd!! Ok, so, I'm sure to many this isn't considered "cold" but you know what I mean. I woke up this morning and didn't even know we had gotten a cold front. It wasn't until someone told me how cold it was outside that I jumped up and ran to the front door.

I think Frankenstorm brought this weather to us.

Oh, Frankenstorm. Being born and raised in Florida, you can imagine how many hurricanes and tropical storms I've seen in my day. Heck, sometimes in the summer we see thunderstorms that have crazy conditions that could probably be tropical storm/hurricane status. So, while I consider myself a vet at this stuff, I'm also not going to poke fun at the mass hysteria Frankenstorm seems to be causing in New York. Though I will say this - it is a little funny to hear reports on it. I've heard weathermen refer to Sandy as "historic", "catastrophic" and "devastating" (one even played scary music in the background). Really? Hype, people. Don't believe it.

Off topic! I have celebrated Halloween twice now and will also celebrate on Wednesday. First our party. I got my dates confused and thought I had to work Saturday night, but it turned out I was wrong. So we headed downtown last minute to party it up with drunken ghouls and goblins. I've decided to take off Thursday to go to Disney with a friend in town which means Wednesday night we get to head downtown again. Best halloween everrrrr.

Happy Hearts,
Alex

Sunday Funday!

"I don't know how I feel about this!" I do love me some purple (I mean, it is in my hair), but I wasn't sure about purple lips. Hence my deer in headlights look. I saw a girl on my Facebook rock it and I fell in love. But I wasn't sure if I could. None of the boys (minus one) liked it. The girls wanted it though and asked where to get it. I don't know!

I was kind of unsure if I wanted to venture out last night. Our Halloween celebration was last weekend, and I wasn't in the mood to dress up. It was the perfect opportunity to slap on the purp lips and head out the door.

We drank, danced and had lots of laughs. Apparently it's a "thing" now to not wear pants. Basically boy-short undies are all you need. I saw girls' asses left and right. We saw slutty fire women, slutty devils, slutty bumble bees, oh and slutty sluts. Don't get me started on how silly I think being a "sexy" anything is. Be original and creative, girls.

The original room mate who moved to NYC in August is in town and comes in today! I can't wait. I've already promised her that we'll watch Walking Dead together. I can't wait! I also can't wait to see her face and hang out with her like old times.

Now? Oh, now it's time for Hocus Pocus on this lazy Sunday.

Happy Hearts,
Alex

Halloween, hangovers and hot messes.

Oh, God. I'm aliiiive. So this weekend was a bit crazy. It definitely took some interesting turns. Our infamous Halloween Party was on Saturday. We got excited for it, invited people and then never really revisited until probably a week prior. All of us seemed to have conflicting schedules, there was never a time when all three of us were going to come together. We decided to do things separately and come together in the evenings before bed. I don't think that ever really happened. Friday we finally got all of our crap together and I got super stoked. Saturday? A few people I was excited to see pulled out and I was bummed feeling like the uncool girl (yeah, yeah). But after a few drinks and realizing a ton of people were in my house having fun and dressed up, I felt a lot better. I opted to go as a sugar skull for the second year in a row (honestly - I had no time to craft a costume).

This is an awful picture. I didn't take ANY pictures before I started drinking. Fail. By the time it dawned on me, I was feelin' the vodka, sweaty, and my makeup was less than stellar. However, this picture does make it appear my nose is lopsided. That I can promise, it was not. Though as the night went on, it probably did get a little smeared. Haha. 

Some of the food. Also, hunch punch. Apparently we wanted people to see double. Oh, and you can kind of see our bloody drapes in the back. My favorite decoration we have in the apartment. :)

Jackie's face!! When you've gone to school for special effects makeup, I suppose you're going to have a pretty kick-ass halloween costume. 

We decided to leave the decorations up until Halloween.  Also, it definitely makes it more eery to watch The Walking Dead with only dim purple lights. On Sunday I was feelin' like a hot mess and our apartment was lookin' a hot mess. It took a while to clean and the amount of liquor we acquired made my tummy hurt all over again.

Currently loving my new ring. :)

So there's my weekend in crappy iphone photos. oh, and I had a surprising visitor show up to the party.  We had something crazy for about a year and had a brief moment. Towards then end I think I decided it just wasn't the right time or place (in all actuality minus that one person - I'm pretty terrified of commitment. Hello, daddy issues!). Well, he showed up and it was a total shock and surprise. I won't get into details (I'm not that open), but it was definitely nice.

I think I'll wrap it up here.  Oh, happy day. 

It was a grave yard smash.

Happy Halloween!!

My favorite holiday has arrived! The party this weekend was such a great time. I didn't practice my sugar skull make up at all. In fact, I ended up winging a lot of it, and started to hate myself for not practicing. But I don't think it was too terrible, and after a few drinks, I didn't care anyway. ;)

I wish I would've taken more pictures. I actually don't have any at all, but a few here and there that have popped up on Facebook.

Next up? Thanksgiving! Can't wait.

I've also been summoned to Jury Duty. And I know it's my duty as an American. But damnit. I don't want to! If they end up needing me, my job only pays for three days. Also, it's two days before I move. I need to pack and finish up last minute things. Nothing about Jury Duty appeals to me. And having to go downtown to the courthouse and not know where I'm going or what I'm doing gives me moderate anxiety.

Time to snuggle up and watch some spooky stuff on TV. Happy Halloween!

everybody's gotta love someone, but i just wanna love you, my dear.

I cannot believe October is almost over. It's actually kind of bugging me out. I feel like in a blink, it'll be Christmas time and then the New Year. I get mild anxiety when New Year's rolls around. I start to look back on the year and wonder if I made it worth it, what I did that stands out, was it amazing? Did I finally have that knock- out year?? Hopefully I can ring in the new year this year with special people and it will be fun, fun, fun. :) 

I went to see The Drums last night. I hadn't heard of them until recently when a friend suggested I listen. We didn't get to the actual show until the band came on. It was good. There were a couple of moments when everyone around me and the crowd was just a blur. Even the band. And all I heard was the music and the feelings that it brought. I love when that happens. Literally getting lost in music, and feeling everyone's energy. 

Tomorrow I'm going to a Halloween party after work. I can't wait. I'm going to dress up as a sugar skull. I kind of have an idea or two on how to do the makeup, and I've watched some tutorials online. But I've yet to practice. So, let's hope I can pull this off tomorrow or I'll end up going as a clown. 

There's going to be a costume contest, so let's hope I win! ;)    I mean, it's cute and crafty, yeah?! I mean, it's not your typical slutty bumble bee, but that's why it's so grand! 

I'm going to attempt to watch American Horror Story now. I've heard a lot about it, but I'm a big time scaredy cat (ironic for someone who loves Halloween and all things creepy). Hopefully I don't end up so scared that I'm going to bed watching the Disney Channel. Yes, I'll admit it. 

Happy, happy weekend to all. For anyone partying, be safe!