December 2011
10 posts
trends that need to be extinct
#1 spandex pants/jeggings
hello repeat offender, christina aguilera.
i am by no means a fashionista, but I do feel like I have an obligation to many to address something. women of the world, PLEASE. you can not just simply substitute pants with spandex. yea, those babies may be effing comfortable, but.. hellooo, they are the ultimate camel toe inducers. are you really willing to flash the...
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slow cooker adventures
ribs made easy in the slow cooker. created my own sauce that i’m so very proud of.
brown ribs at 425 degrees for 15 min on both sides. drain grease. baste both sides with sauce and add to slow cooker. cook on low for 7 hours. drain 3/4 of the grease, baste ribs again, cook on high for one more hour, leaving the lid off to help thicken the sauce.
for the sauce: 2+ cups ketchup, sriracha...
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it’s sooo fun being a girl!
my favorite christmas present, chosen by the fiancee. is it possible that he’s more fashionable than me? gasp!
slow cooker adventures
my slow cooker is my new best friend. i love how i can throw everything in the pot and just walk away. it’s amazing, and the results are usually foolproof.
tonight’s dinner: homemade pho via steamy kitchen. the fiancee loveees pho and he’s feeling a bit under the weather this week, so i thought it’d be nice to have pho at home for once. i bought all the pho spices from my...
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confessions of a bridezilla #1:
i bought my wedding dress a week before i got engaged……. but, in my defense, it was on sale.
my winter essential and current favorite item in my closet: faux fur vest from anthropologie.
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i’ve been searching everywhere for pillows for my apartment, and i finally found the winner this past weekend at Unique LA. the pillows are by appetite and the chevron print is hand printed in a dull olive green.
perfection. it all feels so complete now.
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a very rustic christmas
last year, my apartment was full of lights, reds/greens/golds, and shiny glass ornaments galore. this year, i decided to take a more subtle approach to christmas decorating and not be so literal. here are the results:
everything is diy, except for the cute little tree and owl ornament i got from cost plus world market (guilty pleasure!). merry christmas!!
while i was gone...
while i was gone, i graduated nursing school, work the ugly night shift as a mother-baby nurse, and i’m engaged (finally).
so life is finally settling down for me as i’m finally used to my night schedule and am finally on the track to getting married (eeek!). so i’ll be blogging mostly about my adventures of cooking, working, wedding planning, and crafting!