Unstoppable

Me and Cousin went to go see Unstoppable today. Are you surprised? If you've seen this and this, then you shouldn't be. Chris was fantastic! It was so intense--when it was over, we both let out a huge breath to let out all of the tension! So glad I could look at this face for an hour and a half though:

We are SO excited to see the movie!

Our sigh of relief at the end! :) Go see it! You'll be glad you did!

ALSO. I'm going to be introducing themed days of my blog.

Monday: Major Monday
(what is going on in the Interior Design major? i know you want to know :) so I'll tell you on Mondays!)



Tuesday: 101 Things Tuesday
(remember my '101 things to do before I graduate' book?)

Wednesday: What I Wore Wednesday
(I think I'll be interested later in my life with what was popular--or what I thought was popular--in 2010-11 :))



Thursday: Random Thursday
(anything else random that is going on in my life with make it's appearance on Thursday)

Friday: Fill in the Blank Friday OR Five Senses Friday
(one of the blogs I frequently stalk has a Fill-In the Blank Friday post. You can then copy the blanks and you can learn some new things about me! OR sometimes it's interesting to know all the things going on around me, so what I'm seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, and tasting will be posted for your reading pleasure.)

Introducing!

I am now on etsy! Come and see me: blacknailsnpinkbows.etsy.com.

Random Thursday

Steamers and Warm Cinnamon Rolls. Delish.
Thank you Logan for snowing so I could treat myself to a fantastic treat.

Random, I know. But I love this girl. She has a blog too. She makes me laugh.
I also love these fakesies glasses. Yes, I bought them. Will I have the confidence to wear them around town. We'll see. Will I wear them when I am goofing off? Absolutely.

I also love this girl. She has a blog too. But she hardly ever updates. She's had a post about peaches for what seems like years. But, I still love her. ;) She listens to Christmas music early like me. Which means we are pretty much soul mates.

We had a fantastic girls night where we ate Chinese--YUM! (I made her eat her first few bites with chop sticks, but when she started stabbing her chicken with one chop stick, I let her eat with a fork.)

We also went to Walgreens where they had their Halloween candy 75% off. Can you believe we got Reeses Pumpkins for 18 cents!? We ate until we couldn't move. It was awesome.

We watched How to Train Your Dragon and Alice in Wonderland. LOVED both. HTTYD had a million one liners that were ridiculously funny at 9:30 at night. (Yeah, we were that tired at 9:30--don't judge). And Alice was a lot weirder at 11pm. But overall it was a fantastic night!

p.s. she just moved in to a new apartment! It is darling! Love you Naomi! Thanks for a great night!

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Stephanie has been trying to get me to go to her friend's Rocktober* party (*all through October they have parties and you dress up and play Rock Band all night). It sounded so fun, and I was excited to go--but something always came up. (Usually it was my beauty rest, but hey! I need my sleep!). But one night I gave in and we dressed up in our best Rock Star costumes and headed off for a fun night.

Fashion Remix! Here's just a few pictures I got before my camera died (serves me right for not bringing extra batteries!), a few from Aleesha's camera that she was nice enough to share after said death of camera, and a few I stole from various blogs and websites. . . .(don't tell).

My other favorite (besides our entry of course). Made out of 3form.

Our entry! Made from Humanscale. We won People's Choice. . .

. . .AND BEST OF SHOW! Whoo!

It lights up. Yeah, we're that cool.

Halloween! I went home and spent the day with my family. It was great until I got my flu shot and got sick for the rest of the day (but it was kind of nice to have and "excuse" to just sit around and watch movies without feeling guilty--even though I didn't feel the greatest). But I still got to see Court and Calli in their cute slash not so cute costumes.

Random Thursday

It sort of felt weird today to listen to Christmas music when the sun is shining and there is no snow. But don't worry. I got used to it after half a song.

Also! Getting super excited for Harry Potter 7. I secretly wish I could participate in this:

But since I won't be in New York. I'll have to settle for this:

I wish I could take off my nose, so I could dress up for the show like Voldemort.

But maybe I'll have to settle for Harry:

or Luna?:

**make-up courtesy of Calli**

Either way--it's going to be the best midnight movie I've ever been to.

Can't wait to see Ron again. He always takes me on the best dates!

Better Than. . .

I've stared to try to make 2 new recipes a week for dinner. I love cooking and I want to be able to have my trial run of different recipes now, so that later in my life when I am even more busy (is that even possible?) then I will be able to make more than chicken, or worse--ramen noodles.
The other day I tried this delicious chicken salad. I put too many onions in it. Seriously--you couldn't go into the kitchen without your eyes watering. So now I know. Trial and Error--that is how you become great!

I also made this treat on Sunday afternoon. YUM!

I'll even put the recipe on here so you can try it--it is so easy and takes less than 30 min from oven pre-heat to mouth.

Salted Toffee-Chocolate Graham Cracker Squares
from Everyday Food and PinkofPerfection Blog
makes 24

13 graham crackers
1 8-ounce bag toffee bits*
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped almonds
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
3/4 cup (4 ounces) bittersweet chocolate, chopped, or chocolate chips
3/4 teaspoon coarse salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Place graham crackers in a single layer on sheet, edges touching. Sprinkle toffee bits and almonds over graham crackers.

In a small saucepan, bring sugar and butter to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and cook at a rapid simmer, swirling pan occasionally, until mixture is syrupy, about 2 minutes. Immediately pour over graham crackers. Bake until sugar topping is bubbling, 12 minutes.

Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle chocolate and salt over graham crackers. With a sharp knife, cut into 2-inch squares. Let cool completely. Store in an airtight container, up to 1 week.

*Note: I just chopped up a few Heath bars. I've heard you can also use Butterfinger for a different take.

Cousin Rachel even said that they tasted better than. . . Chris Pine looked. WOW--that's a complement. :) I'm sure you would have rather been eating them with him rather than me, but thanks for not saying it out loud.

Just one more for the road.

Plus! One for Sara. ;)

Fashion. and Pine.

I love fall! and fall fashion! Taking a leaf from a few of my most stalked blogs, I made a collage of the fall and winter fashions that I want to rock this season.

What fall fashion are you excited to wear this season?

ALSO. Totally unrelated, but I had to put this in. I am in love with Chris Pine. In the words of my cousin Rachel, "He can dunk his oreo in my milk anytime!" Tonight, we were both craving us some Chris Pine (I was craving me some fight scenes of course), so we watched Star Trek. YUM! Perfect ending to a perfect day!

Live Long and Prosper.