Happy Halloween!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! 

HAVE FUN TONIGHT!!!!! 

BE SAFE!!!

my husband!!!

Hey all. It's Lulu here. Today's my man's birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday to the best husband in the world!

Ummm...does my incredibly handsome husband look like he is on a postcard advertising how amazing Afghanistan can be? Yes. This man is really up for Best Husband of the Year. If he had a blog...he's get that award. Daily. Not only does he take great care of me and has infinite patience...he makes it all look so easy. He cares about BIG PICTURE things and serving our country is so important to him. The picture is from last year's deployment and God is good--he's home safe now!! I could not be more proud...and yup, he is exceptionally hot in his uniform!

I love him SO much that I went to Home Depot alone and bought him a DeWalt circular saw for his birthday. Oh yeah. That was huge.

Naturally, there will be a Halloween themed birthday cake tonight. This will be his 32nd cake decorated like a pumpkin I think!! More pics will surely follow.

xoxo,

Lulu

Who are you? And what have you done with little Jenny Humphrey?

Remember this??? Remember these days!? When LJH (I love a good name abrevation) was just vying for one of the coveted spots on The Steps? Frolicking around sweating Serena, and annoying Blair? Those were the days. 

Move over Jenny 1.0...

So she has always had a little bit of that teenage angst thing going on, but little Jenny really took a turn for the NO GOOD tonight. She was angry, bitchy, and all eyelinery with her bad self. Just when Rufus thought he had his little one back on track...she had to go find her inner beanie wearer, and flip the script.  [And honestly, I wanted to scream at Jenny's absolute refusal to acknowledge her eye makeup to lip gloss ratio was like 30:1. IT WAS KILLING ME. Gloss those bad boys up PUHHLEEAZZZEEE]

 Oh. Hey. Jenny 2.0.

Other thoughts:

-Nate. You need to stop before you even start. DON'T GO THERE. Dealing with Jenny will only capitalize on your already insaneo life.

-Serena. I reallllllly appreciate your motorcycle jacket over hot dress thing. Nice moves. Too bad artist/camper guy has that awkward 10th grader mustache, huh?

-Blair and Chuck. Way to be soooo Blair and Chuck this episode. You two keep me young. I liked Chuck getting all deep and existential at the end there. You both are super hot and I love everything you represent: inhumane acts toward each other, all in the name of keeping yourselves occupied. And no seriously, why is Chuck so appealing? I think its his creepy whisper voice...

-Dan. You are starting to get on my nerves. Stop acting shocked at your involvement in all these Upper East Siders lives. You are part of it now. Oh, and way to ALMOST ruin Blair and Chuck. Oh you and your littleness.
-Vanessa. I honestly think the GG writers are trying to make you the most annoying character in the history of all that is man. I'm BEGGING you to BEG them to write you some better, less whiny material. I do like the whole Urban Outfitters thing you do though. 

Obviously tonight's episode inspired the snark in me. I just feel like GG needs to LOCK IT UP!! These were my initial thoughts...what were yours?

hoping-you-still-like-me-even-though-I-just-laid-the-smackdown-on-GG,

Charlie

A bookworm, you say? Well, I'll take that as a compliment!

Elefantitas Alegres (Visit her blog, the girl is hilarious!! She provides many LOL moments for me. New revelation: I am going to start busting "LOL" in conversation a bit more. Gotta keep the body guessing...) tagged Lulu and I for the Bookworm Award. Holler!! 

The rules are:

Pass it on to five other bloggers, and tell them to open the nearest book to page 56. Write out the fifth sentence on that page, and also the next two to five sentences. The CLOSEST BOOK, not your most fav or most intellectual.

Miracles Happen: The Life and Timeless Principles of the Founder of Mary Kay Inc. 

By Mary Kay Ash

"Simultaneously, he saw a television commercial for a clinic specializing in helping to quit the smoking habit. Because he loved me and cared about me, he enrolled in a program and five days later stopped cold!"

Lulu and I were super stoked to get this tag because we love a good book! Recently I even joined a book club. We are reading The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night which is at times sad, funny, and full of subtle life lessons. I like it :)

Anyway... we tag:

Darci

Danielle

SouthernBelle

Ms. Mindless

KariBeth

Have fun ladies! Hope you enjoy doing this as much as we did :) :)

Happy Sunday FUNDAY [insert cornyness here]!!!!!!

xo,

Charlie

Ms. Mojito's giveaway!

In honor of her 100th post, Ms. Mojito is having a giveaway! Head over to her blog, and enter to win one of these charm wishing threads. So unique!

Eeep! The giveaway ends on October 30th at midnight!!!

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

If you take ANY advice from us here at TOTS headquarters it should be the following:  We IMPLORE you to watch Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on CMT. This show is awesome. Amazing. 30 minutes (who does 30 min shows anymore?!) to completely indulge and appreciate all that is professional cheerleading.

Does it make me feel like with enough yoga maybe I could even do their famous kick split thing? Yes. (SIKE! They are just really legit at marketing "the dream.") Does DCC make me want to die because I have an inability to work out with my hair down, unlike these gorgeous beings? UGH, yes. Does the show make me want RUN not walk, to the nearest tanning and nail salons? HECK YES. Inquire on the possibility of making the gym my personal residence? Totally. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders make me want to me a better woman.

Jordan C. (second in from the right) and I are BFF, she just doesn't know it yet.

Oh you know, just bustin' some moves...

The judges, Judy and Kelli. Their faces here are a perfect representation of their personalities. Judy says bitchy stuff with a sweet face, and Kelli says bitchy stuff....with a bitchy face. Kelli:"With your nails, and your hair....and your style of dance...if I didn't know any better I'd think you were....a stripper." Judy: "Mmmhmm. A stripper, yes." AHHHH I LOVE IT.

        [all photos courtesy of CMT.com]

Saturday nights 9:30 pm. I've just given you the greatest bit of knowledge you'll ever receive, trust. 

xo, 

Charlie

pretty nice little Saturday

Soooo, just keeping it real, who doesn't love a rainy, shopping Saturday? In and out of the stores searching and hunting for a GREAT DEAL??

Enter exhibit A:

There is a small section in the back of the store much akin to HomeGoods. You know, where you can find "something for nothing that looks expensive". Just grab a cart and make a beeline for the back of the store without passing go and collecting $200 dollars. Ha. Seriously, try not to run people over as you move out smartly.

I search there for curtain rods and pillows and sheets and other various items. Today, Charlie and I had a few excellent finds!!

OK-the on the left is a fabulous Franklin Covey blue polka dot planner. Charlie has 12 organized months ahead of her and that spells smooth sailing. For $8.99, who wouldn't set goals and schedule success? Yippee!! You KNOW the planner in the Franklin Covey store would be $50-$100. Every time I ever went in there it was a cool $100 and I seem to switch planners every 120 days anyway.

On the right is a set of ipod speakers that run without batteries!! You just plug them into your ipod and they work--amazing. Plus, they're pink. Anddddddddd.....for $6.99, who would be without good music while showering? I mean, I ask you.

One one of the aisles, I saw a small black flask. Yes, a flask with rhinestones on it to make it extra special. I jokingly said to Charlie that she might need to grab it and she quickly responded that she "already had a flask." A pink glittery one. Duh.

Enter Exhibit B:

Of course. It's the ritual end to a shopping trip. So, we got the new

Starbucks Salted Caramel Signature Hot Chocolate and it was amazing!!

Under no circumstances would it be appropriate to investigate how many calories are in this delicious delight, but suffice to say that it'll be ONE per season and I will look back on our time together fondly.

Finally, it is worth noting that Charlie and I spent the EXACT same amount of $ today at Ross. Charlie bought the two above items and I grabbed two curtain rods. We both spent $16.78 exactly and the items weren't all the same price--obvi. How weird is that?
Must mean good luck ;)

It was a pretty nice little Saturday

Enjoy!
xoxo,
Lulu

Halloween Candy

Has anyone around here also made the fateful error of buying their Halloween candy too early?

Just wondering.

I forgot how much I like Butterfingers!!

Anywho, remind me this time next year to get the candy no earlier than 4 hours prior to trick-o-treaters arrival. Which for the record--I LOVE answering the door, giving out name candy only, guessing the costumes and everything!! One week from tonight! Yippeee!!!!


Considering saving some candy for the kids,
Lulu

news you can use

Ummm...a really nice way to start the morning is Fox News and I love Fox and Friends. BUT if you have the luxury of working from home (or have the tv on at work--an even bigger luxury!!!) then you simply must keep it tuned in to America's Newsroom that starts at 9am.

Is Bill Hemmer really the best reason to watch? Yes. Yes, is the answer. Major fan club over here. We need Charlie to marry him...he is a few years her senior...but hey, so what!

Let me give a shout out for Megyn Kelly too!! We want to be her. On most days. She is beautiful and brilliant. Plus, she's refreshingly light hearted.

That's all for now. 11 days till the election and counting!!

xoxo,
Lulu

UPDATE: Bill Hemmer isn't on today!!! Booohisssss.... I think it's because he's traveling back from Iraq. Did you all see the amazing progress and good news he was reporting all this week?

Yellow Fever

My Shop It To Me email came today, full of really super awesome deals! One of the items that caught my eye were these J.Crew lace-tie wellies. I've dragged my [wet] feet about getting rain boots. Sometimes I think people look really, really silly with them on. Unless you are doing the monochromatic look, they can totally over run/clash an outfit, particularly the ones with crazy designs. (One of the only exceptions are the Burberry wellies. Their signature print rain boots look cute even though they are kinda busy.) 

Anyway, I am one of those peeps who doesn't do much in the "prints" department, which is why these are perfect! "Bright lemon"(J.Crew's fancy name for 'yellow') is such a classic rain slicker color, and the wellies certainly follow suit. The best part is...they are on sale for $40! AND IN MY HUGE SIZE! Hip hip, hooray! [They also have them in Navy and bright Rhubarb]

xoxo,

Charlie

p.s. Don't worry. I am totally aware of the fact I'm choosing a really bad time of year to want these, as we are not in a rainy season. I'll be blazin' a trail in my bright lemon wellies....thats how I roll, dawg.