"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?"

-Edgar Allen Poe

I saw 'Inception' last night, starring one of my favorites, Leonardo Dicaprio, ok, cue the long dreamy-sigh.  I've been really excited for this movie and it definitely met all my expectations!  I love movies that are imaginative and leave you questioning how an individual could even remotely come up with the ideas.  I won't give anything away, but it is a tad in-depth & confusing at times, so just be patient, it pieces together by the end & it's well worth the wait!

On another note, I'm a little bummed that I left Half Price Books with only 1 book yesterday.  I had a list of almost 10 and, go figure, I left with a book that wasn't even on the list.  NONE of my books were there, I hate how it's really hit-or-miss with them, but I do love me some HPBs!

Upcoming schtuff:

This Thursday, the 22nd - a very happy birthday is in order for Paige Bentley AND I'll be seeing Lady Gaga in concert!  I'm pretty excited for her show, I'm sure it will be weird and great, so it's right up my alley!  We lucked out on some great seats!  Suffice it to say, out of my friends, the people that dislike Lady Gaga probably trumps the friends that DO like her, but obviously, you can see that hasn't effected me!

And a little update about my weight-loss adventure... I'm at 26 pounds lost and I'm in my last week of month #2 for my workout regimen.  Things have gone a little slower this second month, I have laziness & not eating right to blame, but I'm still happy that I'm seeing results regardless of some old habits that just won't diiiie!  It's definitely a mind game, but I think I'm winning so far.

Hope you're all just peachy! ♥

Updates + TT

Hello friends!  It's been 7-days since we've talked... I've missed you.  :)

I have a question for you... what do you call a mexican with a rubber toe?  (Read on to find out.)

Today commences the start of Week #3 for my Hip-Hop Abs workout regimen -- I'm following a 4-week calendar.  I got a little discouraged because my weightloss is fluctuating up/down, but I'm NOT going to give up.  I am seeing results... slowly but surely seems to be how it's going to go.  I'm not going to tell you how much I've lost because I'm afraid I'll jinx it... and by I'm not going to tell you, I mean, I'VE LOST 14 POUNDS.  Tomorrow it could be 12 or 10 or 8 lbs... but today it's 14... so, we're goin' with that!

My "baby" sister had her dance recital Sunday -- pictures to come.  She was absolutely beautiful, she is so talented!

Yesterday, Melanie and the kids came over for our weekly dip in the pool.  It's the day I look forward to every week and it's my day off from my workout (6 days on... 1 day off) & Claire is out of school now, so my Mondays aren't so boring!

Did anyone buy the Eclipse soundtrack?  It's got some weird tunes, but so the did the first & second soundtracks and I love them!  I'm already loving it... more & more!  Download this: Neutron Star Collision by MUSE.  It's lovely, and I already know I'm biased... it's MUSE, helloooo?!! :D

... and what is TT?... Thrifty Tuesday, duh!  But to your dismay, TT is canceled this week.  Hopefully, I'm not breaking any hearts, but it may become a monthly thing instead of weekly.  (See how fast I get bored with things?)

Design blog updates:  I posted a FREEBIE (or two) on my design blog.  See 'em here.

And in answer to my question (see beginning of this post if you've already forgotten...):  ROBERTO!  Baaahhhahahahaa.  Thank you my Smila for reminding me of the best joke ever... and no harm meant towards any hispanic/latino/mexican persons!  Anyways... ADIOS amigos!

C

Thrifty Tuesdays + Smiling 101

This week :: Thrifty vs. the Not-So-Thrifty -- Similar items, better prices!  (See, I can be thrifty.)

Left :: Neiman Marcus, Fendi 'Peekaboo Tote' for $2,250
Right :: Target, the 'Hollywood Intuition Patent Tote' for $22.99

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For those Twilightaholics out there (besides myself - DUH!) the Eclipse soundtrack is available for purchase TODAY.  I'll be making that purchase once I'm at home later and so should you & you can do that here.

On a completely different note, I recently starting doing the "Hip Hop Abs" workout DVD program.  One week down.  I've done the first workout video part called 'Fat Burning Cardio' almost 10 times now and I'm kinda irritated.  The videos are instructed by Shaun Thompson, he's awesome, but there is a girl named Tania who is in the majority of the workouts... long story short - she smiles.... and she smiles A LOT.  Don't get me wrong, I'm all for smiling, but seriously... I don't care to see you smile while I'm suffering through it all...

(And it really does last the entire workout...blimey!)

So it got me thinking... maybe the workout would be better if I smiled... sooo, I smiled and it is better.

I'm here to attest to the power of smiling.  Smiles are contagious and smiling in a moment of irritation and/or suffering really does make it a little better.  So, smile and smile A LOT, y'all!

Happy Tuesday -- tell me about your summer plans so I can be jealous! :)

C

PS. As if I haven't already name-dropped enough in this post, head over here to see my most recent design blog-post, featuring :: The Duh Family, what a lovely bunch.