*please PRESS...*

*PLAY*

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bike under the tree? moped? Mmmmm...wish list...

follow along with the lyrics:
12.2010
bring with you love and peace and solace and calm
and not too much snow, 'kay?
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Dec time
*black sequins*
all of the above, please.
hot chocolate drink described below is magical

...and those last few words...yes, please.

happy deCemBeR daY-One

*11/09*

hey, ya'll.

it's 11/07 today

and

in two days, imma be 26 years of age.

HOLY S**T.

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anyway...

...26 is not a major deal so something low-key and chill this year is in order,

but check out the e-vitation

I made for my big 2-5 birthday last year:::

haa haa!

we went dancing at this club BRANCH in the city one year ago today. good times.

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happy november 7th sunday, turkey basters. :)

*Happy*HaLLoWeeN* weekend

from

a vampire-mommy,

a zombie-daddy,

& our two werewolf *babies*

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we wish you a happy holiday,

my favorite one at that.

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[pics of my actual costume to come soon]

[[can't wait to see all of yours]]

little *snips* of some *costumes*

makings of a

*goldfish*

costume:

[little Carmen's gotta always check it out, be in the mix]

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the scales:

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jellyfish pants,

wired ribbon,

an upside-down jelly-head,

and

sequined elastic:

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stay tuned for pics.

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happy Halloween-costume scrappy Friday.

*time*to*make*the*costumes*

today is dedicated to

constructing Tomas & my costumes

for Saturday.

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i got my two *magazine*inspirations* in hand:

here's what I'll be constructing:
a
jellyfish costume
for me
&
a
goldfish costume
for the boyf
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can't wait to show you how they turned out!
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happy HUMPwednesdayHUMP day &
almost HALLOWeeN day, killahs!

when one's brain is on heroi...i mean, sham-college, one needs to DeSTReSS...

good Wednes morning, ya'll.

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remember this commercial?

while watching, please replace the word "heroin" with "sham-college" and you'll get an idea of what i was talking about in yesterday's post.

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anyway,

when my brain's in burnout-sham-college mode,

i destress by...

yeah.

cutting & pasting & makin' little polka-dots with my sharpies.

{{giggity giggity!!}}

yesterday's collage showed...who's that?...selita ebanks?...

...in a simple & chic grey number with black *tights* [i wuff tights],

wrist bling, hoops & a pulled-back ponytail.

[obtained that pic from here]
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it also showed

the boots that i was trying to get for myself

over the world wide web

after seeing Miss Maegan "my inspiration" Tintari rockin' 'em to the umpteenth power

in this post from the other day.

so prits so prits so prits.

[ i actually found a pair in NineWest that is so uber similar, a lot cheaper, & fit perfectly, so yes.

i bought and i happy]

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i thought they'd make a nice match:

pair 'em up!

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maybe with a chunky black sweater...i wuff chunky sweaters...
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birthday's in less than three weeks,

but I'm not doing anything KRAY-SAY, OH-KAE, MAYNE??

birthday tues, celebrate day sat.

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that be the plan, Stan.

...and enjoy your day.

the one thing to paint is the one thing on your mind

yesterday night

sister & i painted pumpkins.

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there was only one thing i wanted to paint:

me & all *three* of *my*babies*

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i'm really so proud of it.

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you have Alejandro,

my little *mama's boy*::

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crazy Carmen,

and her *infamous*goofball*face*::

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...and finally,

by beloved *neena*girl*, my Dinah,

who i lost last weekend::

[i think i might want to paint a halo over her head.

what do you think??]

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sorry that i've been m.i.a. from my blog,

but yesterday was the first day since saturday,

when we lost her,

that i didn't cry.

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i've been taking it really slow, and really hard.

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thank you for your patience with me, common passer-byers of my blog.

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check out the *before* sketch::

i got the idea from this image that i googled.

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[the faces, however, were all customized by me]
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more

that

made up

my

yesterday

was:

a snoozing-snoozing Carmen,

that i took a cue from

in the form of two naps over an hour long.

[my cold's been demanding this of me]

{{cough,cough, sniff}}
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oh, and because we both had off,

and

i was not feeling to hot,

the boyf made me soup [we call it 'zoop']

plenty of veggies,
the boyf loves a good zoop

don't forget the nooooooooodles

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zoop&tea // tea&zoop

these have been my drugs of choice during my time of achy body-achy spirit.

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thanks for reading.

Friday.

*knock*knock* / who's*there / *orange* / uh..*orange*who*???

Orange you glad it's October!?!?

I am!!
*my best girlfriend's birthday*

*preppin' for my favvvvvvorite holiday*

*pumpkin*painting*

*Halloweeeeeeeen*

[some contents from my upcoming october]

I *wuvv* me pumps.

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bike, i'm not ready to retire you...
sooooo...i'll just dress warmer:
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this is my first *october* in the blog-o-sphere &
i can't wait to read/see all of your *october*posts and creations.

oh boy! *yay*!

What are to be the *contents* of your *Octo*Oct*ober*???

when was the last time you played with *paper*dolls*??

For my friend *Elisa*

it was today, at around 3 o'clock.

so i didn't really have a blog post planned for today,

but this material was too good not to blog about.

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ya'll read yesterday's post

about the invitation Elisa sent in the mail

to her bridesmaids inviting us all to get together for the dress fitting??

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well,

in a nutshell,

the girl is excited!

she has every right to be,

and

she deserves the love,

the gushing, the glamour,

everything that comes with

being the bride, you know.

the girl

is

SOOO

excited,

that she

made:

paper dolls of the wedding party!!

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it was too cute not to document.

[sorry, all i had handy was the blackberry.]

[i was not prepared for such hilarity!]
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below,

is her and josh,

and

JUST. THE. BRIDESMAIDS.

HULL-LLO!!

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uh...I counted 15.

15 of us.
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this was my paper doll representation:

she put a bacio chocolate

in my "hand" because

when i go to her house,

I'm always eating them.

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her and me:

how hilarious??!!

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she confessed to me

that she plays with them.

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i used to get excited about

my neighborhood bazaar

when I was younger and used to

spend the whole week before it

opened drawing sketches of

how much fun i'd imagine i would have.

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it's really the same thing, I think.

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it's just so cute.

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...and

after doing this below:

[the pairing of couples & triplets walking down the isle]

i understood why this was a genius idea.

this way, she doesn't have write and rewrite everyone's names. she can just move the dolls! it was so funny. we were laughing up a storm.

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hey, brides out there, anything else I can suggest to my crazy friend over here??

:)

*10*more*days* to PLOW through

then...

*south*fla*

[i love the chick above's intensity...

...it's a total cartoon-representation of my attitude going into the next ten days:

plow the f**k through 'em]

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some

collagin'

was only necessary

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this is the collage that came about:

after spotting this pic:
of Eva Longoria on people.com
looking so *fab* on a date-night out
with her hubs.

[i found out she's wearing a

BCBG MaxAzaria Striped Sweater as a dress]
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[...and speaking of looking so *fab* on a date night out with her hubs...]
check out Maegan from ...Love Maegan
in this outfit post.
God! I love love love.
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sis & i
are having a
*bitty*shopping*day*excursion*
today

and
i'm on the lookout
for a *south*fla* date night outfit.
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maybe this. or this. something like this? this just for fun.

we'll see what happens.
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...and just for the sake of mentioning...
the background pic
in the collage
came from this awesome
image found here.

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okay, okay. {{deeeeep sigh of relief for *no work* tonight}} Tuesday.