Super Bowl madness in Lafayette
Project Runway: Season 6 begins!
What Ive been listening to lately
I have five clocks in my life and only one has the time right
"Write it all down. Without accurate records of the past, how can men and women be expected to avoid making serious mistakes in the future?"
~Bokonon (as per Vonnegut)
Just thought I'd share a quick video Brett and I got right after the Super Bowl here in town, at a local sporting goods store. I can't imagine what it looks like in New Orleans (I guess I could just turn the TV back on, but eh!)
I have recently come to terms with the fact that I have a horrible, horrible addiction to accessories. I don't mean regular, grown up jewelry with real silver or gold and gems and whatever. I mean silly plastic jewels and rings with gigantic parts on them. Feather headbands and plastic barrettes. Hats, too, recently. I can now say that I own more than one hat! And scarves! With the impending Winter I've recently gotten into wearing scarves.
However, I've also become really pretty poor lately (probably partially due to the accessories obsession, to be completely honest) so I thought I'd try my hand at some DIY projects now that I've completed my latest huge one (wedding aside...we're pretending that doesn't exist for now.) So here are a couple for you:
A while back I started a list of "Things to do now that I've graduated and have entirely too much time on my hands" and you know what? I haven't even had enough time to finish WRITING that list, let alone begin to do things listed on it!
Which at this point...is one. One thing, which was "Try my hand at some of The Scootabaker's recipes."
I'm a little preoccupied with other things...
like getting engaged! Wedding planning is apparently serious business, so I'll leave that post for another time. But for now I'm going to share the story with you:
We decided to "randomly" make a trip to New Orleans...we've done it before--gone out there just for fun, stay in a hotel near the good stuff, see what there is to see, just generally get out of the town we live in and see more exciting stuff.
It was a couple of weeks after our 3-year anniversary, so Brett wanted to make it a little more special. He made reservations at a pretty famous New Orleans restaurant, Commander's Palace (Clue #1 that something was about to go down. I, however, was oblivious. We try new stuff all the time!) I had never been to a place where each item is brought by a different server and you have a different for for each course. I was wearing a black dress and when I sat (or, rather, when they sat me down) they provided me with a black napkin as opposed to the regular white ones. Wouldn't want my napkin to clash with my dress you know!
So. Dinner was amaaaaazing. I had a pecan-crusted fish with a magic-infused sauce of deliciousness. Dessert was the Creole Bread Pudding souffle with Whiskey Sauce that I can't even begin to describe. Queen of Desserts indeed.
After dinner, when we received the bill there was something wrong with it. Instead of a cheque, there was a card...like, in an envelope. It was sort of a thank-you from Brett's bosses. Like...his bosses, at work. The server (the main one, I guess) laughed and said something about how she loves seeing peoples' faces when they get those. We were so confused.
As we left, I asked Brett why Mike and Bill would have paid for our fancy dinner. He said something like, "um...I'll tell you later." (Clue #2) I thought it was because we were within earshot of an employee or something, so I asked him again in the car. He made up some excuse about how he's been working so hard at work lately, or something. Okay.
Then Brett thought that since we were all dressed up, we should take some pictures. He wanted to go on the levee so that the bridge would be in the background, set up the tripod, and take a couple of shots of us. By this point I was a little sleepy and stuffed with the best meal of my life. I was also wearing heels and didn't feel like traipsing all around town like that. Oh, and I had to pee. Needless to say, I was complaining a bit, but he kept pushing on and trying to make me go (Clue #3...Normally he'd just get all pouty and be like, "fine, we don't have to do it...")
He set up the shot, started the timer, and this is what we got!:
I...seriously had no idea. When he pulled a box out of his pocket I was all, "wtf are you serious! What's going on??" I was just so completely oblivious the entire trip.
Turns out he had told one of his bosses about making reservations, etc. and he figured it out on his own and wanted to help make the night special.
It was a great weekend! We also did some other fun stuff...went to the Audubon Aquarium, saw Paper Heart, shopped a bit, hung out with one of our New Orleanean friends on Bourbon Street (the first to get to see the ring!), and went biking around the city.
Kind of stupidly, we set the date for March 13th. I don't know what we were thinking, but it's starting to come together already. I will post some more details about it as it happens! (Don't worry, though...I won't be turning this into a wedding blog)
You know the new season of Project Runway can't start without me blogging something about it!
(Unfortunately, while I was making those links right there, it reminded me that I'd already seen the designs that made it to the final show, so I feel like if I tried hard enough I could figure them out...and I don't really want to ruin it for myself! So I'll ignore those for a little while [although judging by portfolios I'm pretty sure I know who one of them is already] and you should ignore them too if you want to stay surprised!)
SO back to the show. Did anyone else see the All-Star episode? I was a little sad that my bestie didn't win, but I suppose he was the only previous winner on there anyway, and another $100k probably isn't necessary in his life right now. By the way, DID ANYONE ELSE SEE MOUNTAHA from Make Me a Supermodel MODELING FOR CHRIS? I swear it was her. Unfortunately I accidentally deleted the episode so I couldn't take a screencap. Sorry, guys, I let you down!
Speaking of models: about Models of the Runway...love the idea! The show wasn't that great, but it's cool to see it from another point of view. Brett and I talked years ago about how they should make that show! It doesn't seem so competitive because...well, they're already models. It's not as fun watching them compete as, say, the girls on America's Next Top Model or Make Me a Supermodel...but it is a nice supplement that I'm sure will have me watching every week anyway.
The new season looks like it's gonna be fun, but there are no designers that pop out at me just yet. I think Logan, Christopher, and maybe even Mitchell will make it pretty far (despite Mitchell's terrible disaster last night--I just think it was a bad call of judgement on his part that hopefully won't be repeated), but I don't think I can predict Top 3 just yet.
Who needs to go? Johnny! Ugh. He tried out 3 years in a row, FINALLY made it, and was ready to give up during the FIRST EPISODE? Really? Weak! Stop crying and prove to the world why they should have picked you the first 2 times!
Who will be the bitch/asshole of the season? Qristyl seemed like she had a bad attitude during Models. If she can talk to people like that in the very first episode ("don't touch me" after Mitchell took her model that she's only known for one challenge), I'm sure it can only get worse.
[edit: Found a picture of Mountaha]:
