lipstick jungle...

...is my fave TV show!


the premier was on last night and i was soooo pumped and sooooo ready for it. i had the premier night reminder in phone iCal. yup, that's how obsessed i am with this show. there was no way i was gonna miss it...unless an invite with a galfriend happened to come to fruition. which it did, which i was stoked about! which i was NOT gonna say no to just 'cuz lipstick jungle. it's been ages since ferg-a-licious and i have had a girlie night out. so we went out! and boy did we go out ;)

i wasn't worried about missing the premier as i had set the DVR to "record series" a couple weeks ago. confident that it would indeed record, right?

so, it was a great girls night out. with wine, food and fun! a night of catching up, chatting about "life" things, bashing on boyz, j/k aron ;) hehe and then heading to niss' house for a ONE beer nightcap. HA. ya, right. like we were only gonna have ONE beer? at this point, i'm still not worried about missing the premier. i was confident DVR would be there when i got home. so the ONE beer nightcap turned out to a ONE a.m. beer nightcap! believe it or not, he actually had the premier on @ his bachelor pad. yes, a guy had lipstick jungle on his TV. what a man ;) i was stoked and was ready to plump myself down infront of the tellie and not pay attention to anything else around, but that wasn't the case. the premier was right in the middle and i wanted the full effect from beginning to end. so i chose to chat and tell stories with everyone else and just pump myself up for when i got home...being weeee-hours in the a.m.

so, the ferg-a-licious date was coming to an end and we were settling up @ the ONE beer nightcap fun. time to head home and i was ready to hit the couch and flip on the tellie, hit the "list" button on my DVR and settle in for a bedtime store of lipstick jungle. BUT, that wasn't gonna happened :( i pushed my "list" button and didn't see any reference to lipstick jungle on the there, except last year's series. NO lipstick jungle premier. what?! that couldn't be right! i made it very clear to DVR that i wanted to record it, but no :( it wasn't on the list. DVR won this battle and i went to bed sad.

then there i was this a.m. i had an AHhhhhHAaaa moment. the wonderful world of the World Wide Web. i would just watch it on there and be all happy and smitting with glee. that's totally what i did and my day has been fulfilled. it was such a good premier i want to watch it over and over again! i can't wait for next week's episode and the next, and the next, and the next. as i can only imagine we'll be seeing more ruffles & lace than one can handle.

happiness,
nb

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summons for jury service...

...is what the letter read last night.

so there i was, sitting in my kitchen, opening my mail and i gasped when i saw the envelope stating "SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE JURY COMMISSIONER". "OFFICAL JURY SUMMONS ENCLOSED". yes, all in CAPS! nothing like having an envelope screeaaaam @ ya. i opened it with my heart racing. this was my first official request to appear in court...as a juror that is ;)

the superior court of california, county of san diego jury services is requesting i show up on oct. 10 (let me remind you that's ONE day before my sis' wedding!) for my juror service. so, yes...i was freaking out last night. i was like OMG, OMG. so now i have to go through the process of proving i am NOT a rez of cali anymore. hopefully they grant me my request to "not be qualified to serve" as a juror as i can't! that's the bottom line, i can't serve as a juror in san diego county while living in jackson county.

wish me luck as getting this ruffles & lace to sit on jury duty a day before her sis' wedding...while not even living in cali anymore...is on called for. makes me wonder what kind of case it would be for? maybe its the whole custody battle for k-fed, maybe even a little OJ aftermath trial. who knows? and quit frankly, i don't really want to know...

i'll keep ya posted on the outcome,
nb

red velvet...

...in luv.

so i have to brag a bit as i even surprised myself. check out these amazing red velvet cupcakes i made the other night.
i couldn't believe my eyes when i saw the finished piece! i did that, really? is what i thought to myself. they kind of look like those ones you get at a gourmet bakery like sprinkels. don't worry sprinkels, i'm not copying you. i'm just giving you props on such a cool cupcake shop you have.

so for those of you who don't know...i luv to make cupcakes. even though i don't really like eating dessert. i think its the art of it or something that's involved with dressing the cupcakes. anywho, its also kind of weird that i like to bake @ all 'cuz my mom never used to really let me bake [or even cook] when i lived @ home 'cuz i was always such a slob when doing so. i made too big of a mess for her. so, little did she know that all that non-practice of baking turned into this. see, practice doesn't always make perfect ;) she was actually quit impressed with the outcome of my cupcakes. i guess its time to open up my own shop and it will be titled ruffles & lace cakes. i would only have cupcakes in there. no cakes...