Thursday, March 31, 2011

Cheers to those brown and white stripes that are Henri Bendel

Do you love Henri Bendel? I love Henri Bendel.  
There is one teeny tiny store in Somerset mall in Troy, MI
Main one in NY...but of course they also have a website :) 


Last year for my birthday my aunt got me a purse, umbrella, coffee mug, and key chain from there. I feel so Manhattan when I use my umbrella and so glam in the office with my coffee mug ;)  sent my purse in a little bit a go to get something fixed on it and they sent me a BRAND NEW one (of same purse) but the updated style! ugh just love love Bendels!

Here are some of the items I have :)



 
**Unfortunately the mug I have wasn't on the site, she got everything from the NY store.  I wish I could have found a better picture of the tote the picture from the site doesn't do it justice what so ever

Here are some other cuties on my wish list 



I used to collect snow globes and I think this one last one should be added to my collection :)

Here's a little about Henri Bendel 



Now run and save your penny's because it is a little pricey or ask for items for Christmas :) 
I'm asking for this for my bday :) 


Hope they have the brown and white back in stock in 2 months :) 


Happy Thursday 1 more day until Friday lovies 

Friday, March 25, 2011

Cheers to the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor

In honor and memory of the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor.  









With the original Lassie



This was my mom's favorite perfume for yearrsss
 
"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues"- Elizabeth Taylor

"If someone is dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down"-Elizabeth Taylor

"My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days when I was born but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring and I was hooked"-Elizabeth Taylor

"Its bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance"- Elizabeth Taylor

"I never face the day without perfume"-Elizabeth Taylor

"Every breath you take today should be with someone else in mind. I love you"-Elizabeth Taylor

 
Visit the LA Times to read a fantastic article and Obituary on the Fabulous Elizabeth Taylor


Have a beautiful Friday
xoxo Britt




Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Cheers - we are all worthy women

Dear Chris Brown,

I'm not sure this is a way to continue to re-build your rep.  I'm sure he is frustrated and is sick of apologizing.  You didn't steal, you didn't accidentally crash into a parked car.  You beat the crap out of someone, I think this is going to get brought up for a while and you're going to need to continue to apologize and acknowledge what you did.

Read the full article at People Magazine

A raging and shirtless Chris Brown stormed out of Good Morning America's Times Square studio Tuesday, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

"He was visibly upset and appeared livid after the interview," the source said, of Brown's being asked about his 2009 felony assault case involving his then-girlfriend Rihanna.

During an interview pegged to the release of his new album F.A.M.E., Brown, 22, told GMA anchor Robin Roberts, "It's not really a big deal to me now, as far as that situation. I think I'm past that in my life. Today's the album day, so that's what I'm focused on."
Yet when Roberts inquired of the legal issues still stemming from the case, Brown said, "This album is what I want people to hear and people to really get into, so definitely this album is what I want them to talk about and not stuff that happened two years ago."

After the interview, Brown performed a number, then, according to local affiliate WABC, went into his dressing room, and reportedly screamed and started to tear apart the room. Security reportedly was summoned.

Brown did not perform a second song, as had been scheduled. Instead, he ripped off his shirt – New York temperatures are in the mid-40s Tuesday – and left the building, says WABC.

Reps for Brown did not immediately return calls for comment.

A few hours after the incident, Roberts took to Twitter to comment: "Sure has been an interesting AM @GMA. Still sorting thru everything myself. Just my 2nd day on twitter, wonder what tomorrow will bring?”

Know anyone who has been a victim of Domestic Violence?   
Here is a self help book, I would highly recommend.  
She includes her story, victory, and how to get help...
I know very personally just how amazing Dr. Gail truly is .

We are all worthy women!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Cheers to lovin' my bun!

Friday I had the cutest little do'.  SO quick and easy!

What is your favorite cute, quick and easy go to hair do?!


Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! I sure did, post about my polish, lovey, & relaxing weekend tomorrow!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Cheers to Awkward and Awesome Thursday

Awkward
I sat at a stop this morning, staring at the red light a block in front of me....about 15-20 seconds later, I finally realize aww crap this is the stop sign what are you doing?

Me sleeping in the same room as my boyfriend and his friend are hanging out...me, giggling in my sleep and sleeping with my knees at a 90 degree angle...the boyfriend said it was cute obvi ;)

I'm in the elevator this morning with one of my managers, he says...you're not wearing any green.  I say oh yes I am see, and lift my jacket to show that I'm wearing a sweater vest and you just can't see my sleeves with my coat on.  He goes (as I'm lifting my jacket away) whoa whoa what are you doing?! uhhh just taking my coat off?

I've had this awful cold for the past week and a half...its causing me to sneeze like a 5yr old, Yes I mean with yuck coming out of my nose

Awesome
I got a flat tire last Sunday (in Ohio) and the boys parents took care of my flat tire for me and his mom let me borrow her car for the whole week (in MI) so I could get to work!  I can't thank them enough!!

I got bangs seeeee!!! I lovee them! at first I wasn't too sure, but I'm loving my new rocker look!





 Ok Kids now link up your Awesome and Awkwardness right here :) you knowww you want to!

Cheers to Smart Puffs and Pirates Booty!!

Have you ever had these bad boys? No?! Well you should go get some right now!


and these...

All Natural, Gluten and Trans Fat Free, Vegan Friendly, super lo-cal...and delish...uhhh hi perfect junk food!  When I eat my lunch today, I will have officially finished my supply and need to get more ASAP

here is where you can check out more info: Pirate Brands

Oh PS...these are super easy to find at Kroger, Meijer, any major grocery store :)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Cheers to Vintage Bathing Suites!


Summa


Ok, so I have quite a unique taste I know...but aren't these summer items just the cutest!!! 
If you look below I also have expensive taste! eekk.  
That's what Target, sale racks, random boutiques, and thrifting are for! 
Though, I wouldn't advice getting a used bathing suite...ewww

Black Stripped Top: dorthyperkins.com $13
Floral top w/ black trim: Betseyjohnson.com $75
Cherry Swimsuite: my-wardrobe.com $231
Green swimsuite: urbanoutfitters.com $34
Red polka dot: unique-vintage.com $75
Betsey Johnson Wedge: piperlime.gap.com $185
Yellow Canvas Sandal: debshops.com on sale $5
Sunglasses: singer22.com $125
Beach Bag: my-wardrobe.com $322

Cheers to one of my favorite sites :)

I loveee seeing birds all lined up like this! I took this picture on my way to Church a couple Sunday's ago

Have a cozy Wednesday everyone
If it's rainy where you are snuggle up with someone special (even if that someone special is just you ;)

Cheers to Fairy Tales

I don't know if you guys remember but it had been a week since I Jordan! Eeek!  Friday I finally got to his face and get some cuddles. 

Saturday we babysat his so sweet nephew
Don't mind my bright red cheeks, I was going on day 5 of an awful cold
Kendall and I watched Snow White while Uncle Jordan took a nap ;) Don't we all just wish sometimes we were apart of a fairy tale, well I do. In the end we realize, maybe having hair long enough to climb, evil queens prompting us to try poison apples, and flying carpets might not be all that great after all.  Ok so flying carpets would be really cool.  Real life, given its ups and downs its pretty great, my friend Karyn sums it up this way "the grass is greener on my side". 


No matter what age we still love fairy tales, maybe because we secretly still love the movies, or maybe because they remind us of our childhood.  (Guys too, Jordan was singing along to the beginning of Aladdin with me ;)

PS I'm pretty sure Aladdin is my favorite Disney Movie/Fairy Tale....What's yours?  Alice in Wonderland 2nd

I found these awesome pictures from a spot of whimsy

Rachel Weisz as snow white and the seven dwarfs

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony as Jasmine and Aladdin
Beyonce, Lyle Lovett, Oliver Platt, as Alice, the mad hatter, and the march hare in Alice in Wonderland

Julianne Moore as Ariel and Michael Phelps as the merman from The Little Mermaid

Whoopie Goldberg as Genie from Aladdin

Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy and Abigal Breslin as Fira, Pinocchio

Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Effron in Sleeping Beauty

Head over to a spot of whimsy to check out the rest of this collection, info on the artist, and brand new iterations!!
 
It's raining here in MI, but also going to be 50! 

Friday, March 11, 2011

Cheers to Friday and a little Inspiration

It doesn't matter how fast we get there, just remember to keep pushing and keep trying!
You do have what it takes!

 

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Cheers to Awkward and Awesome Thursday

Awkwardness

The lady tottalllyyy dropped her towel today next to me, bent over and went to town... nakey lotioning in the locker room

I was house sitting/Shianne sitting/dog sitting my cousin over the past 6 days ( I say Shianne b/c she says "I'm 13, not a baby!) anyway we went to the movies, forgot to put the puppy in his cage, and her momma all the way from Vegas calls and says...uhhh the police just called me and the house alarm is going off, did you guys put zoey in his cage.  WHOPPSIEEEE --not awkward but it was funny..after we realized no one actually broke in ;)

Ps...Shianne would not let me live down running into a tree and a sign from the last Awkward and Awesome post

Awesome!
After 1 WHOLE LONG SUPER VERY LONG month I get to see my baseball player tomorrow!!!

I got to spend a lovely 5 days bonding with Shianne

My sister is home from college!!!!

My pretty Melissa turns 23 today!!!

I resisted the temptation that is Fat Tuesday and did not eat a paczki!!!!

Not too many awkwards this week...which is probably a good thing :)

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Cheers to avoiding the temptation that is Paczki!

Well today is Fat Tuesday...has anyone had their really healthy paczki yet today?  I skipped out haha, not exactly good for the hips or work out schedule.  Ohhhh but I do loovvveee those jelly, custard, cream filled, overly plump pastries! When I was little my mom used to always have them for us before school on Fat Tuesday.

For those of you that don't know Paczki Day or Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and the last day of Mardi Gras.  Everyone loads up on rich delicious foods before Lent begins.

My work is having a Paczki eating contest today....can you imagine what the King or Queen of Paczki is going to feel like after that contest...probably not much like a King or Queen eeekk!!!!

Oh but don't they look delish!


I've always loved Mardi Gras masks...I think they are so beautiful! My mom and dad went to New Orleans when I was younger and brought me one back, my friend Karyn went our freshman year in college and brought me one back then too! Love them!

Just in case you decide to indulge in the delicious polish pastry here are some nutrition facts and ways to burn off those cals!! I found this article here.  Being that Detroit has Hamtramack, a very Polish area and the Paczki parade every year, I'll be seeing a lot of temptation today....JUST Say NO Brittney!

1 Paczki packs 300-450 calories and 22-27 grams of fat

1 hour/exercise
Jogging-413cals
Racquetball-412 cals
Moving household items/boxes to an upstairs-513cals
High impact aerobics- 415cals

Friday, March 4, 2011

Cheers to Girl Talk!!!

Last night was the Girl Talk Concert I posted about yesterday!  It was in a word insane! If you love dancing, crazy loud music and can stand sweaty people please please go to one of his concerts!! We made our way all the way to the front (well not on the stage because I didn't want to get smooshed, but pretty much) it was crazy! Next time I might stay a little farther back, the closer you get the smooshier it gets and your literally pushing people and trying not to fall. I'm 5'2 and 118lbs...that was a challenge!! So excited to see him again at Bonnaroo!  The concert was def worth being sleepy this morning!  

**PS if you click the Girl Talk link above you can download his music free :) But of course you can also buy his vinyls and album and I would highly suggest that!

Here are some pics from the concert!!

PPS this evening I will have my Awkward and Awesome post up...it was a crazy day yesterday and I didn't have time..I apologize don't hate me ;) If you want to link your Awkward and Awesome Thursday moments as well you can do it here :)

ok one last thing...Saturday when I was Thrifting...I forgot to add that I found this lovely Gem...My mom used to work out with Tammy Lee (the host) and her tube socks all the time ahah..she had all of these tapes!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Cheers to just realizing why tourture myself haha

I try to get up early, my goal was to get up at 5:15 every morning to have time to relax and enjoy my morning.  This morning I realized...why do this to yourself..5:30 is what works for you.  I am perfectly fine when I finally get up but the actually getting out of my bed part ahhhh I'm not so good at.


I'm going to the Girl Talk Concert tonight!!! Yes! This will be my first one and I'm so excited to get broken in before Bonnaroo this summer!  More on Bonnaroo later.  Now if you haven't yet, you should click the Girl Talk link I just put in here.  I use his old mixes to work out to..uhhh best work out music everr!!!


My Awkward and Awesome Thursday will be lata too!  So come back to console me, laugh in my face, or share in my awesome moments! I want to hear yours too! So link up with the link above or leave some in the comments :)

Hmmm now I have to spend all work trying to figure out what I'll wear tonight....his concerts are like a major dance party, I've been around long enough to learn the just don't wear heels rule.  Maybe I'll break out the chucks!

Yup this is what it is...everyone crowds around the guy and just dances their breeches off!
**Google searched image

Keep Calm and Carry On

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Cheers to Thrifting!

So like I said I've been feeling kind of overwhelmed ahhh crazziness!

Well Saturday ( I know and I'm just now writing this) I went Thrifting and what was even more perfect?! Everything was half off?! Say what?! How does that even happen!

So here's what I got...
wait..before I begin, I apologize for the really bad quality of my pictures.  My camera is no bueno.

This skirt is so Kelly Kapowski and I love it! how cute with just a white tank tucked in, black flip flops or black kitten heel flip flops.  I like to go really simple in the summer, I get way too hot to get too fancy!

I wanted to leave that store with a purse so bad! I was looking for a retro, vintage or 80's look. Then I came across this modern day vintage inspired one I LOVE IT!

I've been looking for a pair of nude shoes for a while now.  I want a pair that have the platform on the sole you know the Christian Louboutin look.  These aren't exactly what I've been looking for but they are the cutest little addition to my shoe closet. ( hahah and I Lysoled the inside)

uhh and you can simply never have too many of these bags.  Do you guys love my polka dot sheets ;)  I love this type of pattern so much.  Not the polka dots on the sheets, the pattern on the bags ;)

The main reason I even went thrifting was to find some glass jars or something similar to store all the craziness in my room.  I only found 1 but I love it! My Grandma actually has some dishes that belonged to my Great Grandma this same color waiting on me!

Earlier that Day we celebrated GG's Birthday!!! and I got to meet baby Spiros for the first time! Its so amazing holding brand new babies! 

So here is what I got GG and What I wore to celebrate her bday with the fam and meet baby Spiros
How cute is this purse...you can't tell (bc my camera suckkss) but it's kind of purpely ugh so cute I love it

I tried my best to keep these from looking like "myspace pics" so please forgive me

And a close up...

 And my shoeesies...who doesn't love a good pair of chucks?!


The leather jacket and stripped shirt are from forever21pants are Banana Republic and the scarf I have no clue it was a gift ;) oh and the shoes...Converse Chucks man I love these shoes

Random last thought...
Do you guys like Dancing with the stars? I'm not a hater but I don't watch it regularly, if I happen to catch it fantastic. Anywho, I'm sure you all know they reveieled the contestants, is it just me or do every season they say..."i've never even heard of these people" "this is going to be the worst season ever" hmm....
I do love Kendra though! Yayyy Kendra!