It's been 75 degrees down here in Northern VA for the past two days... Annnd raining. This weather is no where near conducive to the holiday spirit but sometimes you just gotta go with it. My dad, brother and sister came over to our place yesterday evening to hang out. Right before they came, ...
Thursday Night Thoughts For Friday Reading…
I'm sitting here eating a makeshift strawberry parfait that Charles just whipped together. It's a mixture of granola, strawberries, cool whip, greek yogurt, craizens and a raspberry chocolate bar... See even our chocolate has fruit in it. This is how far we've gone to be healthy this past ...
In Case You Were Wondering…
1. I Woke Up Like Dis... In honor of Beyonce's "Flawless" and the general movement to embrace natural beauty, here are a few selfies of what I look like post-snooze-ville. And when I think about it, it's been a long while since I've worn makeup.. #nofilter 2. I usually blog ...
From Long Distance To Living Together | Lessons Learned (So Far)
Some of you may or may not know this but Charles and I were in a long distance relationship for the past 4 out 6 years that we've been together. Since moving in together this past August, I can definitely say that life has been anything but boring. Whoever said "you don't really know someone until ...
Icy, Snowy NOVA
In recent news, the DMV area was hit with ice and snow over these past couple of days, resulting in Charles and I having a Snow Day from work yesterday. So our Tuesday looked alot like this past Sunday's Bum Day except we didn't go outside at all. We were in our pajamas all day and it felt ...
Sunday By The Hour…
^^10:00am: Woke up to snow!! ^^11:00am: Grocery shopping before the snow got heavy. Trust me: You don't want to see what my morning face looked like. ^^12:00pm: Honey Nut Cheerios for lunch... Duh. ^^1:00pm: The apartment lobby at our friend's ...
CapturedGrams 11.13
The first day of November never looked so pretty | Making Charles pose like a model for me "just this once". A super yummy salmon salad from Ruby Tuesdays | What grows up, must fall down.. Capturing the last of fall colors before the cold front came in | Sharing another black plate special ...
Racks On Racks On Racks!
I guess it's time to finally acknowledge that it's December! And what better way to start off December than to come home after work yesterday evening and find a candy cane hanging on my door knob with a sweet note (see photo above). I was completely caught off guard but ...
Thanksgiving Photo Dump :)
^^Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner at my Dad's place. ^^My Supercute Nephew. ^^My Bro, Charles & Lil Sister :) ^^Me & My Grams^^ ^^Got up early Thursday morning to watch Charles and friends play Turkey Bowl Flag Football. ^^The event was sponsored by Court Play & We Cater. ...
Curly Girl | Short Hair, Don’t Care :)
^^Before ^^After I haven't had my hair cut since this past April and it was starting to look a raggedy mess sooo I finally bit the bullet and took care of it this past weekend. Annnd I couldn't be more happy with the end results! With the shorter length, my hair isn't as heavy and so, ...
A List For As Of Lately …
feeling// super sad that 5 Pointz has been completely painted over!!! I wrote a post about my visit to 5 Pointz last year while living in NYC annnnd my heart breaks just thinking about everything that has recently happened to this wonderful place of free expression... RIP 5 Pointz :( eating// ...
I Did It … I Took A Ballet Class :)
As I'm working on this post, I have my leg propped up and am icing my knee. My body is sore and my calves are killing me but I couldn't be happier with how ballet class went today. It's almost as if the moment I walked into the dance studio, everything I had learned in my years of training was ...