Yeero Yeero baby!

Wednesday me and the husband went to Shreveport, LA to celebrate our three year wedding anniversary. We went to a quaint little Greek restaurant - I know it looks like "whatev" on the outside but on the inside it's very elegant and only has twelve tables so it's very intimate... and delicious like woah.

The original plan was to go to this restaurant, Anthony's. Caleb used to dine at this restaurant quite frequently a few years ago and remembered it for it's elegance and class. But when we pulled up and I saw the Budweiser neon sign in the window- I knew something was wrong. They had a small crappy salad bar, wait staff in tee shirts and jeans and they were blaring crappy R&B music from the speakers like a darn bloody night club.

We left as soon as our butts hit the chairs.

The table at Yeero Yeero

And this my dear friends, is the best darn dessert I've ever had. It's a warm flaky pastry custard thingy... I don't know what it's called but- oh my gosh- I'm salivating just thinking about it. I should have ordered one or two or seven to go.

I had a super cute outfit picked out for the night but at the last minute I realized how crappy it was. I was wearing a golden yellow top tucked in and belted with a wide brown woven belt. I looked ridiculous with my massive melons hanging over my belt without a trace of waist to be found, so I had to grab something else to wear super quick. The outfit tuned out pretty blah blah bland but it was comfortable.

The skirt is the bottom of an 80s dress cut off, the tank was on sale at Walmart for $2 and the jacket was a hand-me-down. I've had the shoes for like ten years, the bag is from Salvation Army and jewelry from eBay.

Later we went to the Board Walk but everything was closing down as soon as we got there so we walked around a bit until I started to develop a wonderfully humongous blister on the bottom of my foot.

The end.

it's our anniversary so that means no WFW

Sorry party people, no Wacky Fashion Wednesday today. Today is me and husband's third wedding anniversary and I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you a few of our wedding pics. You'll probably notice that I was sixty pounds lighter at the time but hey, it's all good. I'm not fat- I'm well fed and happy!

A couple of guys from our church made us home brewed beer for our reception. What swell chaps!

We had a small private church wedding followed by a giant "everyone's-invited" outdoors dance party reception.

There was beer and drumming and Irish songs at the reception.

Later in the night after all the old folks had gone home, I busted out my zils and gave a little belly dance.

Sad fact: I stopped belly dancing shortly after we got married. That's when I packed on the pounds. I stopped dancing because our apartment was a converted 1930s mansion and the floors were very sensitive so when I practiced, everything would fall off the walls and shelves!! Plus my husband would sit and watch me and critique me during my practices and try to coach me and that reeeeeally irritated me.

So it's been three years. We rarely argue, we fart and burp and laugh about it, we watch documentaries about art and dance and murderers and giant squids. I take care of the house and he brings home the bacon. He buys me delicious imported beers and I cook him bangers and mash. He lets me paint his face and dress him up in silly little costumes and never complains when I ask him to buy baby formula at midnight.

I am happy.

To get more details and see more photos of my wedding please visit my other blog Broke Creative Bride and also my feature on Offbeat Bride.

the great crossover

Yes. I finally did it. I cross dressed. It's something I've always wanted to do and boy am I glad I did it because I found out that I make a rather handsome man. 

 I think if I ever were to rob a bank, this would totally be my disguise. What bank teller wouldn't want to hand over a wad of cash to this dashing young chap??

 I wanted to do a full outfit, but my husbands pants are waaaaaay to small for me.

 Sorry about my weird holey ears. My gauged earrings kind of took away from my masculine look so I took them out. This will probably be the last time you ever see my ears without something in them... I think my lobes look like little anuses with out earrings.

Well now that I've got all the gender bending out of my system, I can't see myself making it a regular thing. Even though the urge to dress as a man was terribly strong, it just didn't feel natural to sport a stache and bow tie. I was especially a little weirded out seeing my dad's face staring back at my in the mirror when I finished my makeup.

That's my mom and dad in the 70s. I'm a good mixture of the two but today, I'm aaall daddy.

Here are some photos of very lovely ladies crossing over:

Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria. Never seen it? Well what are you waiting for?!?!

Scarlett Johansson

A young Frida Kahlo

That's Michelle Pfieffer. Hello! Very deliciously Clark Gable!

Josephine Baker, keeping it funny and feminine.

Sigourney Weaver!

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Are you inspired to cross now? I dare you to give it a shot. I'm waiting... :hint, hint: I'm challenging you all to dress like men and blog about it.

Check out more feminine crossies on my Pinterest board "The Crossover"

kisses for the misses

You know how I'm always griping about my troubles with thrift shopping? Well, I actually had a pretty good run at Goodwill the other day. I've just come to accept that yes, they've raised their prices, but it's not going to kill be to buy a used dress for $5 or a pair of shoes for $3.50. Man, I'm cheap. When I go to a retail store and I see an awesome dress on clearance for $20 marked down from $80 I'll say to myself... "mmm, I bet I could go somewhere else and get 3 dresses or 5 shirts or 2 pair of shoes or 6 purses for $20."  So I'll go to a an even cheaper store with an even better sale and I usually don't find the 3 dresses or 5 shirts or 2 pair of shoes or 6 purses for $20... and I'll come home empty handed every time.

Ok, these are self-taken photos. How the heck did I manage to reset the camera and then run back and get into the same stance in the exact same spot?!?!?

 

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Dress: Goodwill

Vintage rain jacket: garage sale

Leggings: Walmart

Boots: hand-me-downs

Speaking of being cheap, I've been going .99 jewelry crazy on eBay lately. I can't even keep up with how much jewelry I've bought over the past couple of weeks or so. People tend to shy away from cheap jewelry like this because it'll fall apart after just a couple of wears, but now that I make jewelry I feel totally comfortable buying cheap jewelry because I can just fix it myself if it breaks or reuse it to make something else!

I found these adorable shoes at my Goodwill run. How do you like my rush-job airbrushed legs??

The red leather wrist band is another one of my .99 eBay purchases.

...another .99 eBay score. Every since I bought a pair of 50s chiffon gloves from Bella's Etsy shop a couple of weeks ago, I've been going glove crazy. I have another pair of white lace gloves with ruffled wrist cuffs on the way.

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Dig this all-Pinterest dinner I whipped up last week.

Just click to get to the recipes.

Oven roasted corn (AWESOME)

Black Bean Fritters with Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce (A vegetarian dream)

Honey lime shrimp (SUPERB)

If it wasn't for Pinterest, we'd probably have tilapia and broccoli every night because I'm an impatient and lazy cook. Thank you Pinterest.

Wanna know something crazy about me? This is as far that I can stick out my tongue.  Hee hee! I'm tongue tied, meaning that little bit under my tongue that attaches it to the bottom of my mouth is almost at the very end of my tongue. I do indeed have a very light lisp because of it- but it's nothing major. No one seems to notice and I couldn't care less about it, so it's all good!

Do you have any fun "deformities"?

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delicious mysteries

MICHAEL: That book went missing a year ago. I thought I lost it in a taxi in New York but I should have known you’d be wicked enough to steal it from me.
That book was my life! My great-grandfather wrote that book! (Sobbing suddenly/ going limp)
I was on the verge of becoming complete! 
(Lets go of Lynn and falls to the ground weeping/comically and over dramatic)
My great-grandfather’s wisdom was right there… in my hands. He was such a wise man and a wonderful magician! I was going to be whole… independent just like him… why would you do this to me? (sobbing) You stole my book… You're so mean! (Throws a shoe at Lynn)

LYNN: (Unmoved by the shoe tossing) Michael… (Crouching down to his level) With or without your precious book you will never be complete. Look at you- you’re pathetic. You’re selfish, cowardly and useless. It would take a whole lot more than a f****ng book to save you.

(Studying him for a long period as he snivels on the floor) I don’t have your book…

MICHAEL: (Sniffling, wiping his nose) You don’t?

LYNN: No. (Standing up/ towering over him) But I know who does.

I write scripts just for fun. I've been doing since I was 14.  I've started about 50 different screen plays but I've only completely finished 3 full lengths and abut a dozen shorts. I'm not really interested in trying to sell them or anything like that. I keep them to myself for my own personal entertainment- but I'll share them if I know of someone who might appreciate them.

Anywho, that little piece was from a script I started about four years ago called "The Declaration of Independence". Briefly, it's about three hipsters on a cruise ship trying to work through the steps from a book that teaches you how to become "complete".  It's like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets Fight Club. It's funny, gritty and full of absurd philosophical bull crappery. Definitely my favorite.

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Ok, I know what you're thinking, " when is she going to explain this outfit and weird makeup??"

Heh, I'm not. Good night.

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This is the worst photo ever! HAHAHAHA!!!!

Wacky Fashion Wednesday

Holy smoked oysters, Batman!

It's WACKY FASHION WEDNESDAY!

In case you're new to this craziness, WFW is where I recreate terrible runway fashions made entirely from items found in my home.

Today's runway look is:

"Chinese Opera Mask Question Mark"

I didn't put much into the clothing part of this... I was all about the crazy makeup on this one. I love a good makeup challenge. 

Makeup

Black - L'Oreal brand eyeliner, Ruby Kisses brand eye shadow stick

White - LA Color brand eye shadow stick

Gold - Radiant Colors brand eye shadow

Red - NYC lipstick

Crochet Bolero

Old, dyed brown with tea for a past costume

Tank

Walmart

Skirt

Hand-me-down

Sorry this post is so brief. It's very late and I'm veeeeeeery tired.

I um... uuuhhhhhhh... goodnight...zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

What monstrosity of a catwalk design will I recreate next week? Stay tuned to see!

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