it's my fault that i have no friends.

this weekend, i did pretty much nothing. and i felt pretty much fantastic for it. however, i was sick on sunday, so i had to stay home in bed all day. and although i love my netflix, million pillows, down comforters and j took care of me, a whole day in bed is a little much. luckily, i am up and at 'em today. 

but once upon a time i met this guy and he just started following me around. and then i kinda started following him around. and then we just kinda started liking each other. and then we just kinda started dating. and now we are just kinda in love and stuff and spend all of our time together and it is kinda out of hand ridiculous how socially irresponsible we have become.

i promise i love my friends, my family, my neighbors, my ward, etc. and i have never been the type to fall of the grid (because of a boy at least...i go off into beckieland all the time...) and leave my friends. and now i have these cute new things and habits and no one to show them to. how sad.

so i guess i will blog about them. and maybe go see some friends tonight.

there are a few things that i am really liking lately.

i generally steer away from the bold colored nail polishes. i always feel a bit irreverent in the temple with my nails screaming "color me coral". but that is what nail polish remover is for. and since i spend so much time typing on a computer (and break the rules by looking at my fingers half the time while i type), i figured they could use a little pizazzzz.

yep. emails and memos are suddenly SO much more fun. and by that i mean, it went from brain death to coma. there are signs of life!

now, at risk of coming off a hipster, i do love oxford shoes. i have always loved them. i had saddle shoes when i was little and platform oxfords that i wore all through middle school. but now they are just so trendy and i am not. since i also love ballet flats, i found a brilliant combo of both.  they allow my feet and my ego to be a little more comfortable.

thank you tjmaxx clearance. ps i have received countless compliments on this consumer friendly find. which absolutely delights me and my frugal goaling self all the more.

i am also addicted to wearing my hair like this:

headbands are great. but i get headaches, so i cannot wear them for extended periods of time. i generally reserve my headband wearing for cardio. but this way, i have a little something, it holds my hair in place, gives a little shape (no backcombing necessary) and it finally says, "hey i spent more than 47 seconds on my hair today".

i also cannot stop playing scramble with friends. somehow i run out of time to shower, eat lunch, wipe the hair out of the sink, make my bed, but i have time to play 18 rounds of this a day. i think that it's a priority issue. but working on my lightening fast ability to see and create words is clearly of more importance to life than putting my socks in the hamper.

and more importantly than hair, shoes, games, and nails, jared and i both started the book of mormon over last week. it will be beneficial to both of us.  esp because there are so many late nights and we both wake up early for work, sometimes scripture study falls by the wayside or becomes minimal at best. but this has been a great way to remember the importance of the scriptures in my life and seeing how being obedient to the small things will help my earthly and heavenly relationships.

my life is boring. but it is pretty great.