The End

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

Dr. Seuss

 

It is with the closing of this year that I retire Cubicle Sanity.

My life is changing.

With the New Year and my new adventures I will introduce my new blog Texas to Tea and Toast.

From Houston to Memphis and on to London, and with all the rollercoaters that I will surely ride the next 15 months, I ask for your prayers, support, friendship, and love. And in return I will share mine.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Teaser

A hint on what's to come tomorrow.

I SOO hope you will stay tuned.

Santa Brought Me Babies and Space Bags.

A good deal of my Christmas Eve was spent with my two new favorites

Meet Truitt and Cecelia. Yea, I know, you wish they were yours.

The first part of the day involved a lot of active and "make the baby smile" time while our photographer worked on getting 1 good picture to use for our family New Years card.

Cecelia and I discussed which colors will look best with her eyes and skin tone while I toted her around like my a fabulous new clutch.

After a LONG photo session, brunch, and gift exchange, everyone washed their faces, put on their cozy duds, and settled in for a nice nap.

By the grace of the tired parents, Gran (my mom), Big (my dad), and the siblings with prior engagements, I lucked out with both nuggets in my arms and lap for 3 hours!!!

Give me a book and these two any day!

My brother called me a week before Christmas to ask me what I wanted (he is more of a "crunch time" kind of guy).
To his dismay I asked for these...

He thinks they are the most boring gift ever.

I think they will be stellar for packing all my shiz for London. And let's be real, they will be pretty kick a$$ to use. I just keep imagining how much stuff I can fit in and then cranking up the Dyson to suck all that useless air out.

This must be what happens when you turn 25...excited beyond belief for a new swiffer and vacuum seal bags.

OH boy! What is 26 going to bring?!

Get Some Garb?

I'm back in Houston after a long haul from Memphis yesterday.

Exhausted.

Stuffed.

But I got some great garb!

(and I do not mean trash)

Now where to put it all...?

Moody Monday

I am driving back from Christmas in Memphis and thought it only appropriate to play Christmas music this AM.

One of my absolute, all time favorites and will remain that way

I hope y'all had a great Christmas and got lots of great garb.

MERRY MERRY

via Caitlin Wilson Design



Crackers and Lips

I am headed home to Memphis after work today.

10 hours. YUP.

But no worries, I will be putting on my Chanel lipstick and probably stopping at Cracker Barrell to pick up a book on tape.

Insane In The Membrane

I am officially insane. Or am I just resourceful?

Yesterday I began to pack my things in preparation for my first shipment of my life’s belongings to Memphis. Let me clarify, by shipment I am referring to my 10 hour drive on Friday morning taking my first load of things home. Anyways, it is quite bare in my tiny apartment now and made me a bit sad.

(looking nothing like this but this is nice huh)

As I mentioned last week, I have been trying to purge my closets, junk drawers, book shelves, ok, basically everything. I have piles of things to go to Goodwill, Consignment, and the trash. I sat on my sofa to upload some pictures of an IKEA shelf to Craig’s List when it hit me….why am I not selling ALL of this stuff?! After all, isn’t one man’s trash another man’s treasure?

So I poured myself a glass of wine and began. I added every book on my shelf to Amazon.com and made a metal note to do the same for the ones back home in Memphis. I walked to my closet and located every cocktail dress I haven’t worn more than once and/or haven’t slipped over my ever-growing hips in at least a year. I began to model them and take pictures to post to EBAY. How did it take me that long to realize that books can be resold and that someone out there is looking for a Milly dress that made an appearance at 1 wedding?!

 

After a few hours I closed my lap top and crossed my fingers partially hoping that things will sell and partially hoping that I do not sell everything I own. It can be a bit addicting when you think about what all could produce $$$.

Point in me telling you all this? Stop holding onto that dress that is two sizes too big. Let’s be real, if you haven’t slipped it on, you probably won’t because you will probably just buy something else. One word- EBAY.



Are You Hungry?

Before Thanksgiving my girlfriends in Houston were going on and on about the book The Hunger Games.

Honestly, I had never heard about it and I am not sure how that is possible. After some research I realized I was probably the only Twilight lover that had not been informed of this new craze.

This past Saturday morning I woke up early to drive the 7 hours to Mobile, AL to celebrate the marriage of a close college friend. Friday evening I was trying to decide on a book to download on my iPod for the upcoming haul. I have slowly been making my way through The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo during my lunch breaks and every now and then on the bike at the YMCA but I didn’t want to pay the $23.95 and only need half of the book. After minimal deliberation I was set on The Hunger Games.

BEST DECISION.

I cannot begin to describe to you how awesome this book is. I found myself responding to the narrator and even crying, yelling, and laughing out loud as I was completely entranced by this story.

Sunday when I was returning from the extravaganza with a champagne headache and 4 different drink choices (why is it that when we are hung over one drink won’t due?), I qued up my iPod and returned to Panem. I made it about 45 minutes from Houston when the unthinkable happened………

Freaking battery died. The last 45 minutes were torturous and my mind wandered into every possible scenario that Katniss was going through without me. That’s right, I became so delusional that I was actually thinking the story was going on without me. That is how good this shiz is!

Any you know what makes it better? There is a movie. And it comes out right as I get settled in London. How perfect is that!

And even though I haven’t finished the story I am very opinionated about the trailer. My characters in my imagination are a lot different than who they have chosen but isn’t that why the book is always so much better? And who am I kidding, I will still go and still love it!

Long story short, if you haven’t read this what the heck are you waiting on!?



Moody Monday

I am 25. 

Next thing you know it I will be 50.

Do you watch X Factor? 

See how I distracted y'all and changed the subject really quickly?

Anyways, I liked this song before but I saw Bruno perform on X Factor while I was staying with friends in London over Thanksgiving.

Very M.J. don't ya think?

Disclaimer

Disclaimer- I am feeling a bit “wordy” at the moment.

For the past three weeks my mind and my life have been a jumbled and insanely busy mess. Between work, Christmas parties, weddings, travel, spending time with my girlfriends, preparing to move home, and trying to keep the lbs off, I haven’t had time to visit with y’all. Actually, the truth is, I don’t know what to visit with y’all about…..

I have piles of prioritized “to dos” and am so overwhelmed that I can’t stop and feel because I seriously might loose it. Why is it that when something major is changing in our lives WE end up being the ones that have to hold it together while everyone around us gets to express themselves and fall apart. OK, maybe that is a little over dramatic but seriously. I am leaving everyone and everything behind yet I am the one that has to console everyone else and hold my heart in my chest like a freaking vault. And the worst part is that it begins to take the excitement away…..

Anyone know what I am talking about?

One thing that I will definitely admit to, judge me all you want, is that I have become very close with my bottle of wine. Previously we were good girlfriends that socialized a few times a week but our relationship has developed into more of a life companion type situation.

My mind has constantly been preoccupied with lists and questions and decisions.

I have gone through my closet twice already in an attempt to “de-clutter” and simplify for my move.

I have donated all of my design magazines that I have been hoarding to my Dr.’s office.

I have sorted through and tossed most of my unfinished/never started craft projects.

The lady at Goodwill probably thinks I am stealing things from people to donate.

I spent an hour trying to decide if that pair of yellow Ralph Lauren patent pumps that I haven’t worn in 2 years should remain with me or find a new home. (Haven’t decided still but if interested they are a size 9 and in GREAT condition….only wore them twice, maybe three times)

My toiletries are dwindling and I am forcing myself to use every lotion, half empty eye shadow, lipstick, hair gel…. Until I have nothing left before I am gone.

Then there are moments of complete and utter bliss. I will literally catch myself daydreaming (in church, at work, in the car, on the elliptical…) about drinking wine along the Thames with my new British girlfriends, jogging through Hyde Park on a perfect Fall day, sitting on the Tube with a fabulous book after a long day at work, starving on tea and toast because I am going to be poor, planning a holiday on the beaches of Croatia with my new roommates…you get the pictures.

I want to share all these moments, as they become reality, with y’all. That being said, I have decided to start a new blog. I want something fresh and unrelated to the past 2.5 years of random. I would like to kick her off at the beginning of 2012 as I will be moving and transitioning. I need a creative name and new look. I am going to be brainstorming over the Christmas holiday and suggestions are surely welcome (um, that is me begging for your input).

So in a nut shell, I have had a bit of coffee this morning, am on an emotional roller coaster, have been drunk on wine while feverishly pitching things from my closet, have rambled this entire post, and will be starting a new blog. Got it?

Brilliant.



Moody Monday

Did y'all watch the CMA awards a few weeks back?

I hope so and I hope you saw these two sexies perform together

I am now in love with a married man and his scrumptious scratchy voice.

Happy Week!

Personal Statement Wonderland

Yesterday I turned in my last required info for my London life.

How many "Personal Statements" have you written in your lifetime?

In the last 2 months I have had to "sell" myself about 3 times and man is it hard to continually convince someone that you are "adaptable and have a unique ability to juggle professional and personal commitments..."

Makes you feel like quite a tool if I can be blunt.

But I guess sometimes you just have to suck it up huh.

Which reminds me, I haven't told y'all about my trip over Thanksgiving...

I flew to London and stayed with some friends before meeting my lil bro in Florence. 

When I arrived I had to fight the morning rush hour on the tube to get to my friends house in the suburbs.

After a mini nap we headed to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland where we drank Mulled Wine and went ice skating.

It was kind of cheesy with all the carnival games but the Ferris Wheel, booze, and skating where awesome.

After Florence I returned to London and my friend Jonathan (pictures above with purple wine lips) surprised me with tickets to Les Miserable!

We grabbed some food in China Town and went to the theater where I fell in love with that show.

I had never seen it before and have to tell you to GO!

The entire time I was there I was thinking to myself "Ah, I am living here in 3 months!"

Anyways, I will share pics from Florence later this week.

Moody Monday

Good Morning there!

I am home sick today (another dang sinus infection) and decided that I want/need to pick back up my blogging.

After taking a little bit of a break to digest my news, emotionally stabilize myself, and begin to plan for my life change coming that will start in about 2 months, I am back.

I am still unsure of the direction that I am going to go with my blog but I will keep you posted.

So, back to it. 

I have discovered a new addiction to Florence and The Machine

And wouldn't you know that they will be playing in the UK when I have just settled in there.

Pretty nice timing huh?

Happy Monday luvs!