drunk on sugar

You guys are so sweet! You missed me! You don't know how nice that is. I got so many comments and emails from everyone, and I really appreciate it. I'll do better from now on, I swear.

Today has been a day. My computer erased an article (along with all my research) randomly today. Jers has been limping lately. I think she just stepped on her leg wrong, but it still makes me nervous.

This is the best part though: I had TWO flat tires on my car. I just replaced the battery. Piece of crap. I don't think I ever told my battery story. So. I take my car to Auto Zone to get a new battery because my car just decided to stop starting. Love that. So I give the guy all the info about my car, he gets the battery, and then we go outside so he can put it in.

Oh, oh first of all, he saw my military ID in my wallet and he (I shit you not) whips out his wallet, flashes his ID, and says, "Army Reserves." Wait. For real? So I'm just like great, he's one of those guys. So now we go outside. He sees my base sticker on my car. I also have a sticker with my husband's unit on it. Clearly I need to take it off. He has a really cool job. I could explain it, but I don't think I'm supposed to and it would just confuse the hell outta everyone anyway.

So then Auto Zone homeboy (who will now be referred to as just "homeboy" for the duration of this post), starts talking about how he does the same thing as my husband. Which he does not. I promise you. I asked him what unit, and he rattles off the big one. Everyone is part of the big group. Then you're assigned a specific battalion. So that right there proved him wrong. I guess he thought I was one of those wives who had no idea what my husband did. Ha. I know it all.

So he's telling me all about his "war stories" and how he has 7 Purple Hearts. Again, he doesn't. I promise. And wouldn't you learn to duck or something after the first 3 or 4? Anyway. That irritates me because people have earned those and he's using them like it's nothing. That's a whole other topic though. So then he's telling me about his 6 Mustangs and really cool motorcycle. Homeboy works at Auto Zone and he's in the reserves. He doesn't have any of that shit. He thought we were tight though. Dumb shit.

Oh but it gets better. He pops my hood and he can't find my battery. Yes, for real. He was so confused. So I kindly pointed out the plastic housing that encased the battery. He goes, "They wouldn't put it there." Oh really? They wouldn't put it under the big battery shaped plastic thing with the terminals sticking out and a big positive/negative sign on it? No?

Good God. So he gets out the owner's manual and is like pouring over it. It was sweltering. I had the urge to start the car and give him a nice little kick. That's the closest he would have ever come to a Purple Heart. So I just told him that my dad would put it in for me and not to worry about it. Then he all the sudden decides to unscrew the plastic battery housing. Good call. Then homeboy actually has the audacity to say, "I'm a genius." Totally what I was thinking...

GAWD! People just amaze me sometimes. It's just another one of those rapid blinking situations. There's just not a whole lot you can really do or say in the face of that kind of stupidity.

So, the point of all that was that I need a margarita. I've made a new friend who used to be a bartender and he makes the best margaritas EVER! Yum :) Tequila and I have always been close, but we're quickly getting really reacquainted. Haha. So fun. Not sure what I'll do when I actually have to get up and go to work like every other upstanding contributing member of society.

Anyway, I'm going to try a new spin on my Spoonful. I think I'll pick a theme or word, search it, and then do a couple different items from my results. So I used margarita tonight. I'm really in the spirit now. I think I'm going to go have a few later tonight...

Anyhow, here are the things I loved the most:

So, we have the Margarita Clutch Purse from Davie & Chiyo. The Margarita Necklace & Earring Set from Bead Stylin'. Next is the Margarita Glass with Red Hibiscus from Aressa. And last, but certainly not least, is the Margarita with Salt Bath Bomb from Pink Bricks Bath & Body.

I love all my sugars :) The clutch is so, so cute and summery! I love that style of fabric flower. There was lots of margarita jewelry to choose from, but I couldn't get over how much that set really captured the exact color of a margarita. And that glass...hand painted! Oh my gosh. I am in awe at the talent it takes to do something like that. I don't even think I have to explain the bath bomb. Baths and margaritas...are there really any words?

So, let me know how you like the new Spoonful. I missed you guys! I'll get back around to commenting and everything in the next few days. Thanks for sticking with me even though I ran away for a bit. It was really good for me, just so you know.

Have a great night!

xoxo

sugar flickers

My dog loves Twizzlers. Like cannot get enough of them. They were on sale at CVS today (and they're a low fat food, hello!) so I bought some. I usually share whatever I'm eating with Jers, but she doesn't usually chew anything. She freaking savors those things. It was crazy. And also hilarious. I hope they're not bad for her...

On a random note, I saw a sign today that said, "Unattended children will be given an espresso and a free puppy." I cracked up. That's awesome. I would so do something like that. Then you can be pretend to be all innocent and nice while really being passive-aggressive at the same time. Like, "What? I just gave the kid a puppy. Look how happy little Timmy is!"

Oh and I got the "Lovely Blog" award from Art's Desire the other day. Thank you so much for thinking of me!

I waited till late to do my stuff again tonight. I had good intentions, but we all know how those go. I did find my Spoonful earlier today so I don't have to do that. It's the coolest candle holder. It's so pretty and feminine. It comes from LA Glass. There's a shop on Etsy and ArtFire.

How cool is that? It's fabric inside the glass. I love them. I saw them awhile ago but forgot about them. While browsing ArtFire today, I came across them again.

I hope everyone has a great night! Or day if you're on the other side of the world :)

xoxo

sugar & sushi

Ok. I really, really hate sushi. There's just something about raw fish that seems...wrong. Call me crazy. I remember my first sushi experience. I was a sophomore in college. I was taking polysci. We had all written papers on things. Like long papers. I wrote a 12 page paper on prison. Yes. Prison. It was super interesting. I love watching shows where they go in prisons and talk to all the scary people. Makes my day.

Focusing...polysci. Stupid papers. We had to do presentations on our stupid papers. I don't remember what mine was. I'm not sure if this is because I have repressed the memory or what...Anyway, this exchange student from Japan was in my class. I don't remember what his paper was about either. Clearly Japan since he had sushi. I'm getting ahead of myself. His presentation was to make sushi in the class. It was sooooo cool to watch. He rolled everything up and cut them all nice. I just kept thinking, "I could never make them that pretty. I'm almost positive I would get rice in my eye or something."

Hahaha. Rice in my eye. Has anyone ever heard that rice makes birds explode and that's why you can't throw it at weddings anymore? Something about eating the dry rice and then drinking water. Apparently it expands when it gets wet and gets too big for the bird's stomach. Then it explodes. Now, I'm not a fan of any living creature exploding...but I sure do hate birds. That could be like an urban legend. I'm certainly not going to be the one to test it out. When I was planning my wedding, I started having nightmares about getting rice in my eye. It hurt like heck. I thought that was strange. The sushi just reminded me of my bad rice dreams.

So, guy from Japan made sushi. It was so pretty! The seaweed or kelp (or whatever weed they wrap on the outside) was such a pretty green. I think there was tuna in the middle. So pink and shiny. It was just cool to look at. So I tried it. Wow. You know those moments when you're trying really, really hard to to be polite because someone has obviously gone to great trouble to make what you're eating, but you're really just trying to keep yourself from throwing up? Multiply that by 812. Annnnnnnd hello Michelle in polysci. It was the worst thing ever. I knew my instincts about eating raw fish were spot on. Just goes to show - always trust your instincts.

I'm sure by this point everyone is bored and wondering why the hell I'm talking about sushi. And why I combined sugar and sushi in my title. Well (and this is really clever; you're going to be impressed), my Spoonful of Sugar tonight is a sushi set. Yeah. I know. I rock.

I met this lovely seller on the Etsy forums earlier tonight. It was love at first "site" (holy crap, I'm on tonight with the puns!). Anyway, you can't possibly go to this shop and not fall in love with something. It's just things you can stare at forever. And I would love to stare at this sushi set forever. It comes from BPR Designs.


I just love it. It kind of looks like candy. That could be why I like it so much. It's actually a very real possibility. Perhaps I will serve brownies on my sushi set...Mmmm, brownies.