Baaaabies go goo and ahhh

Baby Showers have been around forever (IMO), think about it. It only seems natural to celebrate new life. Granted wheels may have not been around, but I'm pretty sure we'd celebrate a new life! 

It's said that gifts were typically handmade for the family and baby showers were held after the birth of the child which was the perfect opportunity to view the newborn. Baby showers gained popularity right after the baby boom, due to WWII ending. Throughout the years baby shower traditions have been molding with the times. 

As far back as I remember baby showers were for women only and for the first born only. Now, you'll find we're branching out by inviting men/children, having full blown dance parties with DJ's and even having more exciting baby shower games! If you're a newborn but not a first born, you may still have a shower (or baby sprinkles) thrown for you! 

My beloved friend Candi held a baby shower for her 3rd blessing. This time around she invited more than women and added a DJ and 80's theme to the mix! Since I suck at themes, you won't be able to tell I dressed for the 80's. (except for the leggings). 

As party favors, she passed out glass Coca-Cola bottles, pop rocks and Rubiks Cubes!

Her baby shower games involved 80's themed trivia and playing Charades!

Zaria is quite the little helper!

Momma's lookin gorgeous!

Zaria is full of so much energy!

Now Gavin, he will be one huge heartbreaker!

The cake was divine, I loooved it, just look at it!

Look at the cutie pie I got to carry to sleep!

Oh my, this part was too funny. They also had a raffle for mystery bags and if you bet $5, they'd say you actually bet $10! So in this shot you see Candi's mom laughing up a storm since her son in law had convinced her she bet a "certain amount" haha.

Shane was selling the raffle mystery bags hard!!

Now he's selling to his mom! No Shame! jaja

Some of the 80's themed decorations!

Ending the evening with a group shot of Candi, Zaria, and I.

Here's the beautiful family!

All in all, it was a wonderful baby shower, I can't wait to see him/her (intentional surprise)! Hope you enjoyed the shots!

Anything special you do for baby showers, any special traditions?  I love hearing what about other traditions!

Until next time!

I love birthday's! You can have whatever you liiiike

So my bestie turned 27 and we celebrated by going to a bar called Union Jacks (funny thing is I work and live so close to it and never went!) here are the shots!

Did I mention I was already tired? I was falling asleep on our ONE group shot with me in it...EPIC FAIL once again!

Random shot of my purse!

I had to get a shot with the bday girl!

Jessie is a fellow shopaholic! I think she's mad cool!!

Do you know how hard it is to take a shot in the middle of a dance floor?!

The wall/ceiling of the dance floor!!

Here's the logo!

Everyone was having a blast!

This guy was the performer of the evening, he performed from the sidewalk!! He was pulling moves directly from MJ!!

As you can see in the collage, a bouncer started shutting the glass doors closed, people boooo'd him and he reopened it :)

You'll also see a chick trying to copy his show, EPIC FAIL! No one cared for her, she couldn't imitate Michael Jackson if her life depended on it!

She actually went up to dance on the speaker!!! I don't recall doing this very often!!

My one drink for the night: Lynchburg Lemonade!

Not so fresh, getting home from a baby shower and bday! (Baby Shower pics coming soon!)

Dress: Forever 21

Belt: The Limited

Shoes: Bakers (my favorite heels of ALL time!!)

Leggings: From middle school, no kidding! (Probably my mom's from when I was in 2nd grade!)

Oh yeah, I did like a 5 second video for ms3rika's giveaway on youtube, a link to her videos is on my video ;-) Enjoy!

ewwitsnikki's 150+ giveaway

Go here to enter! Ends 4/18/10 - Good luck!!!

Calling all bride-to-be's!! Bridal Event Announcement!!

Sisters, let me tell you, planning my two weddings on my own was no easy feat (they were two months apart). I didn't sleep and lost 20 lbs whilst eating like a pig. If you need a resource to get you through this tough time, please do yourself a favor attend my friends bridal event! 

Don't make the same mistake I did when I thought I could do everything on my own, I wanted all the control and credit. Trust me, no one is going to pat you on the back, weddings are supposed to be a time of complete & utter bliss, don't spoil it by doing it solo. Basically, don't be a hero!

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Taken from the website:

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Polyvorin!

Polyvore is a pretty cool website that has tools to let you put together outfits into a collage quite easily (even home design!). I dare you to try it and not say it's addicting, b/c it totally is!

April over at dot...dot...dot... is hosting an awesome giveaway where you have to shop for her!!! Go to her page and video for more details ;-)

To be honest, I struggled b/c I've never created an outfit with a budget in mind (I'm not saying I don't budget, just I don't budget on a whole outfit at once, get me??

Here's what I created all for under $100! <--Click here to find out where to buy these items!

Let me know what you think! I hope to do one or two more entries to send to April before the deadline hits on Monday, March 22nd!

Just a rant on Sigma Heart Shaped Crystal Mirrors

Am I the only one who thinks the Sigma heart shaped crystal mirrors are tacky?!

Never forget it's just my opinion, you are welcome to say you love em ;-)
If you do love it, you can purchase below.


**Update** I've come to the conclusion I just don't like heart shaped items...except for chocolate!

Here's something I would buy:

Leopard Bling Mirror from F21 $3.80

Tagged: Three's of me

I was tagged by Jo'.

Three names I go by:

1. Janine

2. J9

3. J-Ezzy

Three jobs I have had:

1. Translator at the Dept of TB in SE DC, yes, that's the hood! If you've never been to S.E. consider yourself lucky

2. Houston's Restaurant (food is divine!), also worked at RadioShack for a long time!

3. Acquisition Integration Specialist (Current)

Three places I have lived:

1. Sinaloa, Mexico

2. Jocorro, El Salvador

3. MoCo (Montgomery County, SON!)

Three favorite drinks:

1. Coke!

2. Coffee

3. Champagne (seriously...I can drink this with breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday, but I limit it to once every couple months and special occasions, I don't wanna be a bola, lol)

Three TV shows I watch:

1. The Good Wide

2. Project Runway

3. The Middle (the full list is on my sidebar) 

Three places I have been:

1. Cancun

2. Trinidad & Tobago (Missionary trip @ 18)

3. El Salvador & Peru!! Yes, I know, I'm a bad girl, I did 4!

Three places I would like to visit:

1. Paris

2. Hawaii

3. Europe

Three people who text me regularly:

1. G (my hubby/love)

2. Candi (google chat)

3. Nathalie (text & google chat)

Three favorite old TV shows:

(how old is old?)

1. Saved by the bell

2. Fresh Prince

3. Martin Lawrence

Three favorite dishes:

1. Ceviche Peruano (fish only)

2. Causa (Peruvian)

3. Pupusas (yumm), Papas rellenas (Peru), Pineapple Chicken, oh no...this list can go on and on!

Three makeup products I cannot live without:

1. Moisturizer

2. Eyelash curler

3. Lip balm

Three things I'm looking forward too:

1. A vacation, period

2. Spring! I want the sun, forget a tan...I just need the sun, it makes me happy, like a fat kid eating cake!

3. Setting up my 2nd br as the perfect office and buying a 24 inch monitor to hook up to my apple! *salivating*

Three people I'm tagging:

1. Miss P

2. Kate Gene

3. Mayra

Here we go with some random pictures for your viewing pleasure, except there are none of me, lol.

Here is one of the xmas gifts I didn't post and let me say, I loooooove this set! I use it everyday :) and I love the new moisture rich formula, they aren't kidding, the moisture factor has been kicked up a notch!

My commute this morning was DIVINE, sent from the heavens!

The music on 99.5 was awesome!! I was loving Cascada's "Evacuate the dance floor" jam!

It was a Sun Roof kinda day

My breakfast (rest assured, I did pair it with my long time drink since high school, a caramel macchiato)...come to think of it, I still haven't finished the bread, lol, but it tastes great! I love it <3

I really don't know what my cat was looking at, he was staring like it was gonna attack him and he needed to be as still as possible...so strange!