Some stuff I did recently (in photos)

Starred as a Chola in a one act play.

Baked a delicious blackberry cobbler.

Got a new desk.

Used said desk to begin crafting a new line of metal jewelry inspired headbands.

Relaxed in Prospect Park on my work break.

What have you done lately?

My day off.

Haircut -check. Groceries-check. Sell a bunch of clothes at consignment-check. Two AMAZING new dresses and a skirt for zero dollars resale-check. Happy hour-Check. Stumble home to find self locked out of apartment-check. Pouring rain-check. Crying phone calls-check. Locksmith trying to rip me off-check. Me laughing in his face-chiggidy check. Thirty dollar cab ride to sunset park & back to get spare set of keys-check. Finally at home with the kitties fed and AMAZING new dresses hanging up in the closet-PRICELESS.

GAGA!!!!!

So a couple of weeks ago in NYC, this happened:

Lady Gaga played at Radio City Music Hall. My friend Andrew had been talking for months about how he was going to this show. Well the more he talked about it, the more I wished I was going to see Lady Gaga too. Her music was starting to grow on me and her live performances if nothing else are spectacular.

When the weekend of the shows rolled around I noticed on facebook that some people were selling their tickets for upwards of $1,200! Now I REALLY wanted to go. I was so jealous of my friend Andrew but happy that I would at least get to hear all about it first hand. I forgot about Gaga and went about my normal weekend routine. Forward to Sunday morning...

Andrew texts me: WANNA GO SEE LADY GAGA?

I reply: ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?

Forward to Sunday night:

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Lucky me, poor Andrews date got sick and couldn't go!!!!! Now I do feel a little guilty being so happy about this because of someone's misfortune but OMIGOD it's LADY GAGA!

Did I mention we had FANTASTIC seats?

The crowd was dancing, and so was I!

I got a few crappy pictures but mostly I was jumping up and down the entire time.

Some of my friends haven't gotten on the Gaga bandwagon just yet, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time. At the very least her songs are excellent for the gym!!!

xo-hMc

POLADROID!

A friend just turned me on to this cool POLADROID program. You can click and drag your photos into this virtual polaroid camera & voila! Your new photos come out looking super 70's & retro! See?!It took me awhile to figure out where my photos were getting saved to but I finally found them.
The above is me at church sometime in the 80's. Check the ghetto blaster! This pic is old enough to be a real old school polaroid! If you'll notice, the white frame is even textured with those little diamond shapes just like the real deal. I loves it!

xo-hMc

These are a few of my favorite things

(Stuff that's awesome)

Tropical Christmas Trees

Shopping at Circle K

My mom

A three year olds artwork

Chocolate cake

Roasting marshmallows indoors

Anything fried

This Golfcart

Florida Lobster

My cats

xo- hMc

Puppy Chow 2009

Christmas time is here again! Some people make cookies, some make fruitcake, but me, I make Puppy Chow! A crunchy, sugary, chocolately, peanut buttery wonder treat, Puppy Chow is sure to please your palate. Come with me as I embark on making this years batch:

INGREDIENTS:

- 1 box Crispix Cereal (Chex will work but I do prefer the Crispix)

-Powdered Sugar

-Tsp Vanilla extract

-1 stick butter

-1 jar peanut butter

-1 bag chocolate chips

-M&M's (optional)

Start by combining the chocolate chips, peanut butter, & butter into a pot.

You can do this in a microwave but I like to feel like I'm really cooking.

Stir it up over the stove till it gets all melty and wonderful smelling. Now add a teaspoon of vanilla.

Don't forget the vino!

Now in a separate gigantic pot, add some of the cereal

Now pour your melty chocolate mixture slowly on top

Stir as you go adding more cereal

Then more chocolate

Toss it gently like a salad until all the cereal pieces are evenly coated.

Now get yourself a brown paper shopping bag like the ones from Trader Joes, or Whole foods. (If you don't have one I suppose you could use one of those giant ziplock bags in a pinch)

Dump some of your powdered sugar in the bottom.

and now here is the exciting part, dump in all of the chocolatey peanut buttery covered cereal bits. You may need an assistant. Maggie helped me hold the bag while she took this picture. THANKS CHICA!
MORE SUGAR!!!!

NOW SHAKE VIGOROUSLY!

If you are feeling crazy, go ahead and dump in some M&M's. I used the mini variety because I like things that are cute and little.

Shake it up again and VOILA!

Puppy Chow! (I may have gotten a bit too happy with the sugar, so maybe start sparingly and work your way up into a sugar coma.)
Even the cats got into the spirit with a box of Tim Tams under the tree.

I then package it up into little containers with Xmas bows and they are ready to be handed out to friends!

Thanks for watching me make the Puppy Chow. Now you go make some!

xo-hMc

My too cute new boots!

Went on a Brooklyn shopping spree with my mom today. She is in town from Florida for the Thanksgiving weekend. I took her to my two favorite consignment stores, Buffalo Exchange & Beacons Closet. I got so many awesome things but one of the best deals of the day were definitely these LOVELY PEOPLE Sophia booties:

These retail for $115 and I found them in brand new never worn condition for $25 buckeroos! Yippeeeeee! Just had to share how good at shopping I am.

xo-hMc