**bliZZZaRD**

to all you L.A. - Wes' SIGH-YEED - Cali bloggers,

we East-Cost bloggers listened to all your

woes about the rain last week.

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here's our woes about the gosh darn snow e'rywhere!!

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below is what everyone walking

around outside looks like:

oh, it sucks.

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i have a full day of snow-shovelling to look forward to.

being bossed around by the 'rents and strenuously scoopin' and tossin'

scoopin' and tossin' and scoopin' and tossin' and wiping the snot and scoopin' and...

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how do I politely explain that, "ahem, ahem...I'd rather stay inside and...uhmmm...work on my new blog for 2011. You see, I feel like i'm done using the *Blogger* platform and would rather explore the possibilities of TypePad, but I don't know how to make my way around, and I'd really like to spend my free time this week trying..."

Oh Lord.

That would not go well

with my chore-crazy mother!

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Haa haa!

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So thanks, snow, for adding hours

of back-breaking work to already

sore and beat-up inactive winter body.

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[did I mention how much I miss the Summer?]

[did I mention how much I H.A.T.E. the cold?]

Grrrrrr...

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okay, well,

anyway...

...here're

some

shots

taken from

lazy, dazy

Christmas Eve

before

arriving at

the boyf's

grammy's

house

for our

5th

X-mas Eve

together:

lazy cats.
really lazy cats.
[8 months old now, btw]
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my
Christmas Eve
look:
curly curly curly curling-ironed curls
[posted about for the first time - a long time ago - here]
and
underneath those curls
were my new
heart earrin's
from
Forever21:
[uhmmmm...they were $1.50...shwiiing!!]
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curls accompanied by my
kitty-cat ModCloth top
which I spotted
in this post at
the beginning of
the month.
i love this top.
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i also love this necklace.
not sure where I bought it, though.
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did you catch the pattern???
:)
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along with my
Christmasy
glittery
gold nails:
[kinda looks like bokeh light bubbles, eh?]

bling blingy bling,

sparkle, sparkle.

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even on the houses

in the Brooklyn neighborhood

by the boyf's grammy's house:

yeah...overkill??

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every blow-up Christmas decoration in creation,

on one front lawn.

Overkill?

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ten-foot tall wooden soldiers up against your house's Grecian columns??

overkill?

Nah.

What's gonna be overkill is the work in the snow I mentioned earlier that's coming my way in later hours of today.

Shit.

Happy Monday-after-X-mas!

Hope it leaves you chillin'.

my floral *birthday* look & walkin' a kitty

outfit for *kindergarten*

it's been grey.

gloomy.

rainy.

sad. cold.

last week was the week after she left us,

after we had to put her to sleep.

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it's amazing, though, the signs God lets you

see on those grey, dull, ordinary nothing mornings

to let you know she's okay:

i miss her so much. last week i cried every day.
cats are everywhere around this school i've been subbing in.
weird coincidence?
i lost my cat of 18 years,
subbed in the kindergarten from hell [they were cute, though],
caught a cold that ruined my W-Th-F...
...let me tell you,
a happy-print dress was in order.
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this is outside the school,
on my lunch break.
this was first sun i saw all week.
i wrote her a letter.

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i feel much better this week, physically and emotionally.

hopefully that all doesn't go to shit after i waitress 'til late tonight, sub early tomorrow morn, waitress 'til late tomorrow night, sub early Wednesday morn, and waitress 'til late Wednesday night...

...i might have to give that fuckin' restaurant my two weeks notice, before i burnout.

oh yeah, and bullshit research-writing-thesis paper homework due Thurs.

don't know when i'll get to it.

somebody help me.

damp&drizzly *sept*tuesday*

*polka-dot*

rainboots

[had the umbrella for a long long time; spotted the boots this summer.

the rest is history.]
[the best kinds of umbrellas are from totes.]

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plans.

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treats.

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stucco wall.

have a good Wednes, you skittle-poppers, you!

my *new*sunglasses*, YO

i took the opportunity to showcase

the 3 fabulous pairs of

*new*sunglasses*

that i mentioned about in yesterday's post.

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first pair:

no rims, GUESS, bought at a KAH-RAZY discount price from Century 21
[the peeved-off face in most of these photos derives from a second-day-of-my-period mood, and from PMS at my morning uncleanliness. here: teeth aren't brushed, eye-gunk isn't dug out, the 'that time of the month' zit is in FULL FORCE throbbing mode and i'm still in the same shirt/jewelry from the night before's dinner...yeah...so enjoy the sunglasses!...haa haa]
those pics were of
*sunglasses#1*
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on to #2
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second pair:
gold-rimmed, skinny skinny...uhhh...what are they called?...legs?? arms??...skinny skinny bands that go behind my ears. [pathetic]
see where i make 'em sit on my nose bridge?
i'm trying to disguise the monstrous size of *the shnoz*
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i don't think it's working.
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oh well. focus on the cuteness of the shades.
those
were
*shades#2*
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i like this pic:
my reflection in the sliding glass door.
made me think of
where to set the stage
to showcase the third pair.
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over the pool.
third pair:
oh, the aviators.
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whoops! almost fell in.
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aviator shades shadow
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the avi's: *pair #3*
got all three for just under 40*bucks.

you seriously can't beat that.

pairs # 2 & 3 were $9.50 each!

Which pair did you like best??

*south*fla* you're so close i can taste you.

me? a fashion blogger?

okay,

from the looks of these pictures,

clearly NOT.

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hear me out, though...

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this was my camping outfit,

there's nothing 'fashion' about it,

but it's clothes...

...and this is only my SECOND attempt

at an outfit post

[here's my first...bwaahaa!]

so...keep reading even though the clothes are

nothing but function

[functioning as a shield from the rain, wind, and freezingness]

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I

thought

about what to wear,

which I think

makes it kind of a fashion statement.

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Furthermore,

I thought

about taking photos

---YES, even of this ugly outfit---

which I think

grants me some fashion-blogging points.

[+1 for courage, +2 for effort]

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Plus,

I think

my posing

is much better

this time around

than

the first.

Haa haa!

But

what

do I

know?!

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either way,

have fun

making-fun

of

the "L"oser

I am.

[it's completely harmless

if I don't hear it.]

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...and HEY, YA'LL,

i don't think these would've been so bad if
I was wearing some fabulous Zac Posen dress
& Michael Kors heels.
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[I'll get on that.]
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outfit: [boots - about 8-year old pink wellies from Ricky's; hat - my sister's JETS hat her boyfriend bought her; sweatshirt - my St. Mary's High School Volleyball team sweatshirt; pants - navy blue velour (worn over black stretch pants & knee high socks -- it was freezing out, ya'll); jacket - Columbia-brand windbreaker (it's Tomas's dad's)...you should've seen what I ended up wearing by nighttime...my Northface bubble coat underneath the windbreaker...really & honestly & truly NOT CUTE.]