RomCom

I am not the biggest fan of romantic comedies. Sure, they are fairly funny and entertaining, but I typically find them extremely cliche and played out. Sure, it'd be ideal to meet the love of your life on top of the Empire State Building or "accidentally" get married in Las Vegas after a crazy night only to find out that you "accidentally" married the one. But really, people -- this stuff does not EVER in a million years happen.

Even though I seem like a cynic, I do love a good romantic moment every so often. Below are a few of my personal favorites.

Love Actually

This has to be my absolute favorite scene in the movie -- that simple, little sentence is so moving. A real tear jerker, even to the biggest pessimist (i.e. me.)

The Notebook

Honestly, who can forget when Allie and Noah reunite after all of those years apart? Their summer fling blossomed into a beautiful romance. This is hands down one of the ONLY chick flicks that has ever made me become hysterical.

Jerry Maguire
"You complete me." and "You had me at hello."
C'mon, need I say more? Though they might be cheesy, they are still pretty damn cute.

What's your favorite romantic scene from a movie?

Drugstore Finds

As some of you may know, I am a BIG fan of pampering myself. Every girl should be! A little pedicure, massage, etc. never hurt anybody. However, my advertising salary is not very conducive to said pampering, so besides my monthly (or so) trip to get my toes 'did', I have to find ways to make it work (a la Tim Gunn.) So behold, my list of drugstore must-have's to make you feel fabulous:

• Blistex Medicated Lip Balm -- This little slice of heaven has been my absolute staple since age 15 (ask my mom.) I don't go anywhere without it. It runs about $1.25 (or less!) at drugstores and even has SPF 15 (hello, gorgeous!)

• CoverGirl Perfect Point Eyeliner (Shown in Espresso -- I recommend Onyx Black) -- Again, another must-have in my repertoire. I rarely leave home without this bad boy. It runs right under $7 and I personally think it works better than most high-end eyeliners.

• St. Ives Apricot Scrub -- I know each and everyone of you out there have tried this at some point in your life, and how can you NOT love it?! It feels like I'm getting a facial and always leaves my skin moisturized and glowing. I think this amazingness runs around $5.

• Tweezerman (Slant Tweezers - shown in pink) -- Pure perfection. No need to get an eyebrow wax, these can grasp even the tiniest of hairs and remove without even a flinch (unless you get your skin, which I typically do.) I've seen this cutie for around $10 at Bed Bath & Beyond.

What are some of your favorite drugstore finds?

Let it snow ..

It is snowing in Dallas! And I'm not just talking a flake here or two. Ground sticking, freezing cold, huge flakes! It is beautiful, but I'm worried about people driving on this. Texas drivers aren't the best to begin with (everyone thinks they are Jeff Gordon), and throw in some wacky weather, and the people drive like they're nuts!

This picture doesn't do it justice, but just remember friends -- it gets to be over 100 degrees in the summer here!

Anyway, I'm still at work now, but hope to be able to enjoy this powder (safely!) from my apartment this evening :)

Peace, Love & Starbucks Cups

I am in LOVE with the new Starbucks cups. (Haha, get my play on words .. yes, I'm a dork.) Perfect and just in time for Valentine's day (obviously.) Apparently Starbucks has donated 14,000,000 (YES, that's MILLION!!) days of medicine to help people living with AIDS in Africa. So awesome!

Speaking of Starbucks, I am well on my way to become a Gold Club member. Apparently all you have to do is buy 30 drinks within a year! (Or a month like I do .. either/or.) Then you get all sorts of cool rewards, such as:
* All registered Starbucks Card holders get a handcrafted birthday beverage of their choice.

* Free Wi-Fi – Up to 2 Hours a Day

* Free Beverage Customization

* Free Brewed Coffee Refills with Each Visit

* Free Tall Beverage with Whole Bean Purchase

* Free Drink Every 15 Stars

* Personalized Gold Card

* A Free Beverage on Your Birthday (June 17)

All in all, I think it is a great rewards program. You can get started here :) Happy Sipping!

It's Official.

It's official -- I just got my acceptance letter to the University of Texas at Austin for graduate school! I will be getting my Master's in Advertising at the #2 graduate advertising program in the U.S! I am seriously so excited to call Austin my home in August 2010.

HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!

PS - This does not make me ANY less of a Gator fan. I will ALWAYS bleed orange and blue (but now I will bleed just a little burnt orange and black.) ;)

The world keeps spinning ..

I joined a gym yesterday (insert excitement here.) Obviously today's first order of business was to catch the 6 am spin class. It was a Les Mills program, so it's fairly generic, but it felt AWESOME to already get my workout out of the way!

Also, let us not forget that I'm going to Mexico in 39 DAYS, so a workout was/is/will be in order daily. As another teaser, here is where we will be staying. It's going to suck. so. bad. ;)