Life The Last TWO Weeks Wrap-Up!!!!!

Oh my blogg-ahh friends!!!  I have missed you!  It has been two weeks since my last post, which is insane.  I promise to never leave you sitting and wondering "what is happening in the life of Kim" for that long ever again!!!  ;)

Oh, where do I begin??  I think I shall begin with the MGM group trip to the Dirty Myrtle!

We left out on Friday, March 18th........I rode down with my two most favorite people and we met up with the rest of the group once in MB.  Now, let ME tell YOU.......I wish I had wrote down all of the funny things said in that car ride down.  You cannot imagine how many times we died laughing!! 

We did not get to the beach until around 9:30pm and then we made a little pit stop for some Mexican and Margaritas!!  Of course, there was more laughter and stories!  After our stop, we headed to the condo and then stayed up talking pageants until about midnight. 

Saturday started with everyone getting up and getting ready around 7am, followed by a trip to Starbucks before we headed to The Foxy Lady dress shop. (a.k.a. A Pageant Girl's Heaven!!!!)  I love trying on clothes and dresses, but every now and then it is fun to have someone else as the model and you just sit back and drink your caramel machiato!  The girls were beautiful in everything!!  I truly mean that! 

Around 1pm we headed to Broadway at the Beach and had Margaritaville for lunch, did some shopping around there, went to some swimsuit shops, then headed to the mall.  After perusing the mall and grabbing another Starbucks coffee (of course), we headed to the outlet shops. 

Side Note:  I say Out-LET as if two different words kind of.  Is that weird??

So, we went around the shops and I was proud (or sad) of myself.....I only spent $16!  And that was on a pair of Calvin Klein pants for the husband that had been $80!  Shout out to my Boo for sending me back to look over their sale items!!!!

After all of this shopping, we headed back to the condo to settle in, but not before we took a ride down the strip.........

Now, there are some interesting characters along the strip in MB!  There are also, a lot of airbrush t-shirt shops and Eagles, etc.  As we are "cruising", I start reading aloud the quotes on these shirts hanging in the windows of these shops.  Some are pretty inappropriate!  Whew!!  However, this is where we had an epiphany...........We HAVE to start making shirts!  You know, like printed t-shirts with sayings on them.  You will all be the first to know when our line comes out.......they're going to be a hit, we just know it!

Sunday morning we all got up and got dressed and then took the girls on the beach to take some pictures.  My lord was it COLD!!!  AHHHHHH!  The wind was blowing like 350 miles per hour!  ;)  Upon taking the pics, we loaded up and headed to G-Vegas! On the way out of MB, we did stop at a Pancake House and eat breakfast.....which was yummy. 

The week of the 21st was busy for me with work, but we did get to spend some time with one of our most favorite couples that Friday!  We hung out and ate yummy paninis, had some wine and played Cranium.  If you have not played Cranium, you need to do so!!!  I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!  You try humming the song "Wild Thing" good enough for your partner to guess it.  (Personally I think I had a crappy partner...haha) 

That Saturday, I got up and headed to go to Sparkle City with my Boo!  We, of course, did pageant stuff!  ;) You all may get sick of hearing about pageant stuff, but as I said in an earlier post, it's what I like........I am not going to apologize for it!  :)  Once we finished in Spartanburg, I headed home, only to turn around and head to the mall with my sister.  I was disappointed, because I found nothing I liked, and to tell you the truth, when I go to the mall and don't find anything, I get in a foul mood.  I was irritated, so we headed home and cooked hot dogs and relaxed!!!!

Sunday started with a lazy morning followed by attending a crowning and then home to go coupon shopping!  This has really become mine and my sisters Sunday ritual!! 

AND THEN......THE DAY CAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Monday was full of work for me followed by the biggest event in two years in my life.  (two years ago I had a wedding)  PRINCE was at the Bilo Center!!  Yay yay yay!!  Now, if you did not go to this, shame on you.  This was the best concert I have ever been to! 

Let's rewind a few weeks......the tickets for Prince went on sale.  Myself, my sister and a friend decided to go cheap, so we bought the $20 seats.  As long as I could hear him, I was good. 

Fast forward to Monday......We get to the Bilo Center, purchase outrageously expensive t-shirts (but it's Prince, right?!?!) then head to our seats.  On the way to our seats, we notice a lot of people in one of the luxury suites.  We stop and ask the gentlemen "working the door" if it was open to the public.  He then says "yes, it is tonight."  Jackpot!!!!!  So, the 3 of us make our way into the suite to the front, where there are a row of chairs.  I look to my left and there are 3 empty seats!!  Double Jackpot!!  This is where we parked our little booties for the night!  We paid $20 and got better seats than the people that paid $50 and $90!!

The concert in general was amazing!  It was two solid hours of everyone on their feet singing and dancing. No special effects were needed.....Prince is the man. 

Needless to say that was a late, very late night, so Tuesday evening was spent taking a nap, eating dinner, pushing myself through a work out, then catching some much needed zzzzzzzzzzz's. 

Wednesday was my health kick day.  That day during my work break, I went to the Fresh Market on Pleasantburg.  I purchased some healthy juice.....here is a pick:



If you like juice and being healthy, go get some of this stuff!!  It is packed with fruits and vitamins, etc.  So after that purchase, I went home and got the husband to go to Bloom with me.  We got everything healthy!!  Fruits, bocca burgers, whole wheat pasta, etc.  The checkout lady even commented on how everything we bought was healthy.  This made me happy and made me feel as if I had accomplished my "healthy mission" that day.  :)

Thursday was spent not doing much of anything.  During my lunch hour, I went to Walgreens and CVS to get the necessary equipment for this weekend:  fake eyelashes, blush, eye make-up, lipstick, etc.  I was quite proud of my trip considering I got $50 worth of cosmetics for $12 after coupons and still ended up getting $4 in register rewards (can use like cash)!!  Hey-Oh!  I went home, had dinner, worked out, and then posted some more items on ebay for sale.  This, my friends, will be another post.  I am now an ebay-aholic and have sold a ton of old clothes on there!!!!! 

This weekend will be spent, with my favs.....yes, you guessed it, my pageant family!!!  We have the Miss South Carolina forum weekend in Columbia Saturday and Sunday.  I am excited to spend time with everyone! 

This blogg-ah is out for the day!!! 

Outfit of the day!

Here is a super cute dress from Forever 21

$13.50

I do think it would look a lot better paired with this belt:

$6.50 Forever 21

Weekend Wrap-Up!!!!

This weekend flew by!!!  Woah!!!! 

My workday on Friday ended and I headed home for a movie night with the husband!!!  WooHoo!!!  I had been sooooo excited about finally getting to go home and just relax in my PJs, watching movies after a busy week!  We watched Despicable Me (cute!), Burlesque (awesome!!!) and ended up saving the last movie for Saturday morning.  We went to Joy of Tokyo and grabbed dinner, which was yummy as well!!

Saturday morning we got up, watched Jackass 3 (funny, yet gross!) and chilled until I went to a dance studio to watch some choreography.  I really think I could sit in a studio for hours watching dance......it really makes me want to get back into dancing.  After that, my sister and I headed to the mall (yeah, I know, again) and made it rain at GAP!!!  Let me break down the deals we got:

My sister got $220 worth of clothing for $32!!!  I mean, that is huge!  I got $145 worth of clothes for $29!!  Needless to say we were very proud and felt like shopping superstars after this.  We then headed to shops of Greenridge to check out the Yankee Candle store.  I am over the top obsessed with Yankee Candle and I am pretty sure we smelt every scent they had!!  I ended up with the Cupcake scent for my kitchen and the Lemon and Lavender for the living room (I also had a buy one get one free coupon).  I could buy all the candles in that place.  LOVE them!!!  We then went home and cooked hot dogs and watched TV.

Sunday was moving day.  We got up and headed to Clemson (the best place in the world) and finished moving the remainder of my sister's belongings. I just have such a special place in my heart for Clemson and miss it dearly every time I am there.  Why, oh why, did I have to get old and move away? ;) 

After moving, we got home around 6, ate dinner then the couponing began!!!  Tonight I am going to have a post dedicated to the deals I got this week!! 

I have to admit that I missed my Sunday TV shows......BUT, I did watch the Bachelor Finale on Monday night.  Here is my recap:

I fully believe that he was "in love" with Em from the beginning and just strung little ol Chantal along like a puppy following its owner.  If that woman had walked up to me and slapped me in the first 5 minutes of meeting me, I would have been OVER her from that moment on.  I say "in love" because, let's think about this.....I would almost fall "in love" with anyone who takes me on helicopter rides as dates, etc.  THAT IS NOT REAL WORLD PEOPLE!!!!  This is in part why I do not watch the bachelor.  I know, I love reality TV, but that is not reality. 

B-Rad:  This man has an anger problem and you cannot convince me otherwise!  If Em said "I love you" one more time to him during the After The Rose show, I was going to vomit.  If he pulled at the neck of his shirt one more time, I was going to scream.  He has issues.........

Em:  This girl is NEVER going to love anyone like she did her fiance.  Bottom line. 


Until next post, stay safe out there bloggers........I have a rant post coming up this week, so stay tuned!!!!!!!

Weekend Wrap-Up!!! BCBG and More.......

Good Mornt-ing Bloggers!!!  I hope that each of you had a fabulous weekend! 

I hate to break it to you, but this weekend was really boring.  I think that I can contribute this boring-ness to me having no pageant related activities this weekend.  : (  Pageants always give me something to talk about!!  That's part of the reason why I love them so!

Friday:  I worked until 4pm and had made plans to go with my husband (yeah, I know I have never mentioned his name.  he is just not too much into the whole sharing everything on the computer, so I leave his name out of it.  He does exist though, I promise) to eat using a gift card I had received auditing.  We celebrate birthdays at our office and had a "Lunch Field trip" to Longhorns that afternoon and I was stuffed!! So, when I got home, I told husband that I could not possibly eat right then and asked if we could go walk around a bit before we ate.  Of course he said ok and asked where I wanted to go.  What a silly question....the mall, of course.  In my defense, I was going to window shop.  I truly had no intentions on making any purchases.  But, I just had to walk into Dillards.............

First I had to take a trip by the handbags.  I must confess.  I have a problem.  I LOVE handbags, shoes and coats.  I have told my husband repeatedly, "I never want diamonds or fancy jewelry.  I only ask for amazing handbags, shoes and coats."  I know that diamonds "last forever" and are a "girl's best friend" but my besties come with leather, amazing buttons and cute fabrics. 

For those of you who appreciate all that clothing and fashion have to offer know what BCBG is and you probably know that Dillards carries it.  We made our way to the top floor and there was a rack of 70% off.  JACKPOT! 

Anyways, I ended up with some great deals!!  The great thing is I have offset what I spent by selling old clothes I no longer wore on Ebay!  So, I came out even.....love it!!

Next we headed to Victoria's Secret.  I had a free panty coupon and I never turn down a free pair of undies!!  Now, this girl needs a tan, but I did not want to lay in the tanning bed this year.  I have gone back and forth about sunless tanners, but found this one at VS:

So far, I love it!!!  It is very easy to put on and it only costs $14. Maybe I can post a pic of my tan as it gets darker.

We then headed to eat, well husband ate, as I was still stuffed from lunch.  I did have a nice strawberry margarita though ;)

Saturday:  Again, uneventful!!  I got up that morning, did my cousin's make-up and headed back to the mall with my sister and another friend of ours.  I had to share my success with the Dillards trip on Friday, so of course they had to check it out!  After the mall trip I went home to hang out with husband.  It is shocking, but I turned down the opportunity to go to a pageant that night.  I didn't get to see my Boos.......*tear*

Sunday:  I got up, read the paper, had some coffee and then headed to do my Sunday ritual of shopping with my coupons.  This week was not a good coupon week though.  Sunday night ended with my TV shows, which included The Amazing Race, Celebrity Apprentice and that new show about opening a restaurant.

Of course Celebrity Apprentice trumped (no pun intended) the other two shows.  NeNe Leakes is one of my most favorite reality TV stars and she did not let me down Sunday.  I am just waiting for her to pounce on Star Jones!!! 

I am sorry this post has taken a while, but my internet has been out at my house all week.  I will be updating later in the week though! 

Until then bloggers!

"From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first." ~Bertolt Brecht

Now, I do not know who Bertolt Brecht is, however I fully support this quote......and if you keep reading this post you are going to find out why ;)

Let's. Talk. About. It. 

Any dancer knows that the number one thing you do not do with your costume is wear panties, however, you do wear bloomers, hot pants, etc. underneath your costume.  Any pageant girl knows the same applies for some outfits they wear.  I mean, I really thought the general public knew to wear something under a costume, not JUST tights.  So....basically here's the story:

I attended an event were a young lady wore nothing but nude dance tights under her dance costume. 

DO NOT dance at a pageant, at home, in your bedroom, at a talent show, etc. with NO bloomers under the costume!!!  Ladies, Ladies...nude dance tights are not sufficient!  I (as well as the rest of the audience) can see your hiney through them!!  Bless It!!!!!!!!!!! 

Reading this post may have been a total waste of your time, but I now feel it is my duty to start an awareness across the nation!!!  "Underwear and Bloomer Awareness: Don't Dare to Bare"

So, let's talk about TV:

- Real Housewives of Miami:  I am not on this train yet.  It takes me a while to warm up to some of the housewives shows.  DC, Jersey and NY took me a few episodes.  We shall see how I feel in later episodes.....only time will tell.

- Bethenny Ever After:  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her!! I can't get enough of her!  She and her husband are so cute together....awwwwwww!  Now, you better believe that if I ever walked into a hot dog shop and saw her sitting and eating that I would flip.  Really, I would cause a scene and rightfully so.  :)

That is really it on the TV front thus far.....I can tell you that at 8pm Sunday night, I will have myself parked in front of my TV to watch Ms. NeNe Leakes on Celebrity Apprentice!!!!

Now that my rant is over.....I will see you guys later!!!

Fashion Favs..........

I frequent several clothing websites daily.....Banana Republic, JCrew, Forever 21, etc.  So I decided that I would try to start sharing some of my favorites from their sites.  You will be seeing more Forever 21 more than anyhing due to the fact that they update their site almost daily......AND the fact that you can get some amazing deals!!!  We like deals!!!  Hopefully some of my posts will inspire you!

Geo Top: $10.50 Forever 21

Dress: $13.50 Forever 21

Express

Tomorrow I will try to post some of my favorite jewelry pieces!!

Weekend Wrap-Up!! Yes........I know I am behind!!

Soooooo......this weekend was fun!  And, as always, packed full with things I had going on!!

Let us start with Friday, wait, back up....let us start with Thursday............

Thursday night was exciting!!!  My younger (and much smarter) sister received her letter of acceptance to the South Carolina School of Pharmacy at MUSC in Charleston!!!  Yay!!!  So, of course we have to celebrate ;)

Now Friday, of course I had the usual day of work.  I left work and went home to meet my husband, my sister and her boyfriend.  We headed downtown Greenville to begin our Pharmacy School celebrations!  We had dinner at Carolina Ale House, which was great......I had the Tuna Sandwich (in case you were wondering).  I ran into a few friends of mine that work at Carolina Ale House and in all, we had a fun time!  After eating, we went to Mast General Store, where of course we purchased old school candy, tried on ridiculous hats and bought bandannas for our dogs (they have to be styling too!!!).  When our adventures there ended, we headed home to watch Charlie St. Cloud, since my sister had never watched it.  I was sooooooooo excited to watch it, as this is one of my most favs, however, I fell asleep about 5 minutes into it.  I'm getting old.

Saturday began with me cleaning my house.....I clean a lot on the weekends.  Frankly with three dogs, I should clean more often, but that's another story.  After cleaning, I did my cousin's make-up for a pageant she emceed that night.  I wish I had taken a picture of her make-up, because I really liked the way I did her eye shadow!  Toot Toot!!  (that was me tooting my own horn.  haha!) I will be sharing a little picture of her eye shadow this weekend so get ready for that next week!  After doing her make-up I headed to audit a pageant with one of my Boos.  I am not going to say which pageant, although some of you  know which one it was, because I am going to be blogging about this certain pageant tonight.  Yeah, you will enjoy that post.  ;)  Auditing was fun and we both admitted that we felt powerful being the auditor.  We knew what everyone else in that room was wanting to know.....WHO THE WINNERS WERE!!!!!   I do, however, wonder if it is a good idea to make the two of us feel powerful though........haha.  Upon the completion of the pageant and us no longer feeling powerful because the winners had been announced, we headed to dinner at Copper River.  I AGAIN ate a tuna sandwich (weird) and took home some divine white chocolate banana pudding my fellow auditor so delightfully shared with me!!   Let me tell you...you need to run, not walk, to the nearest Copper River and order some.  I fully believe that it will change your life. 

Sunday was blah for me....I did the usual Sunday coupon clipping, headed to my stores and made my purchases then came home and had dinner.  Not very exciting.  Oh well....what ya gonna do?!?!

People, fasten the seat belts for my next post, which will more than likely be done tonight (I need plenty of time to write this one).   See you soon blogg-ahs!!!