In The Details

@UCamp

I fully support the fire department’s ‘Fill the Boot’ campaign. Maybe because it’s a charity event that is associated with footwear.  Or maybe it’s because my dad and brother are volunteer firefighters.  Who am I kidding? It’s the hot firemen.  

 1. Bella Nova (McNeil/Parmer)

2. The Bridesmaid Store (183)

3. Goodwill (183)

4. Salvation Army (183)

5. Giada Rocco (CLOSED) (Gateway)

6. New Bohemia (SOCO)

7. Leighelena (SOCO)

8. Goodie Two Shoes (SOCO)

9. Maya Star (SOCO)

10. Creatures Boutique (SOCO)

11. Nordstrom Rack (Gateway)

12. David’s Bridal (Gateway)

13. Unbridaled (Lamar)

14. Bitchin’ Threads (Lamar)

15. Big Bertha’s Bargain Basement (Lamar)

16. The Dress Shoppe (Lakeline)

17. Dillard’s (Lakeline)

18. By George (Lamar)

19. Julian Gold (6th)

20. MISSBEHAVE (2nd)

21. Eliza Page (2nd)

22. DuO (2nd)

23. Solid Gold (East Austin)

24. Dress Shop (Congress)

25. Neiman Marcus Last Call (S. Lamar)

26. Baubles & Beads (S. Lamar)

27. Nordstrom (Barton Creek)

28. BCBG Max Azria (Barton Creek)

29. Bebe (Barton Creek)

30. Dillard’s (Barton Creek)

31. Strut (Guadalupe)

32. Francesca’s (Lamar)

33. Blue Elephant (Lamar)

34. BCBG Max Azria (Round Rock Outlets)

35. White House Black Market (Round Rock Outlets)

Three days, 35 stores and still no prom dress for the niece! And she’s a tiny size 4!  Sigh.  

David and I built this washer set thing in under two hours tonight. We hadn’t planned on it; I just saw a piece of wood and the fake grass and we started. Teamwork!

I’m on a roll.  Yesterday I lost my car keys.  Today I got lost while hiking the Barton Creek Greenbelt.  I’ve been lost in Austin parks before - I tend to go off the path if I think I can make my way back.  Screw the safe path, right?  Wrong.  Don’t do this if you are alone.  So I’m lost for about half an hour and I end up near Walsh Tarlton and  Mopac.  So I think I’m not too lost - but I don’t want to risk jumping the barbed wire fence just to walk along the highway to my car (about two miles away).  So I go back in the woods.  Then I see it - the first homeless camp.  And I get a little spooked, but hey, it’s just where a homeless person sleeps.  So I keep walking.  Another camp.  Then another.  And another.  Crap.  I’m scared.  So I start running.  When I feel a little safer (after passing a lot more camps, like twenty) I stop and check the map on my phone. I see the river/creek blue line and I start walking (jogging/running/freaking out) towards it.  And there it is - a freaking ravine.  So I start going down it, trying to be careful, and I fall.  My wrist is in pain, but I get back up, more freaked out.  I fall again.  Crap.  While I’m lost I’m imagining getting killed by the homeless people (whom I don’t see - which freaks me out even more, because I know they are hiding from me, ready to pounce and steal my phone and do God knows what else).  I’m like ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’ (Stephen King - read this, especially you Red Sox fans) or the blind girl in ‘The Village’ (M. Night Shyamalan).  I’m scared.  I hear water though and I know I’m heading in the right direction, so I keep going.  Finally I see two other “hikers” (kids that just went swimming in Twin Falls) and I yell out.  They stop and I run through bushes towards them.  I tell them I was lost and about the homeless camps.  They are mildly entertained.  We walk towards the entrance/exit where my car is parked.  I’m safe.  Yay!  Maybe I just stay home tomorrow…

I’m outdoorsy in that I like getting drunk on patios

Via someecards

Hmm…I thought my potty mouth was alcohol induced but I’m wrong. More like sports induced. #ncaafinals

And twins!!!

Despite being sick for most of the duration, Las Vegas vacation was fun. Highlights include the pictured fondue disaster at the Sugar Factory.  Tip to the ladies - when planning on fondue, here are a couple of don’ts - don’t wear white, don’t wear ruffles and don’t be drunk. And men - when the lady asks you if you have nice shoes - WEAR THEM! Sadly, we were turned away from Laura Prepon’s birthday celebration at Pure because of white Adidas.  The audacity!  Spring-like weather fueled two days of pool side debauchery and I have come away with a little tan. Yay! The Oleksandra Spa at TI is definitely worth a visit.  I’m very much relaxed now. Anyhow, about to board connecting flight…almost home!