Christmas Day

Hello Again!

Happy New Year's Eve to you all! I hope you are having a wonderful and relaxing holiday season.

Below are a few fuzzy iPhone snapshots from our Christmas Day. Aron and I woke up around 7 or so, and began to open our Christmas loot. Santa was very good to us this year :)  Here are a few rad things we received.

Mom sent me a ton of awesome makeup! I love Benefit and Sephora cosmetics.

Aron with some of his Christmas loot, and radical squid socks.

Aron gave me this gorgeous, vintage topaz ring, and the most dope adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, ever.

I love this bow purse from Aron's parents.

We gave our kitties catnip mice for Christmas. Sebastian (on the left) turned into the paranoid stoner, while Z (on the right) was quite mellow. Z also decided to hoard both mice.

We were lucky enough to spend Christmas with our awesome friends, The Ellers. Tracy made me this amazing quilt! Can you believe how gorgeous it is? Ben made Aron some badass tshirts. The Ellers always give the best gifts!

We ventured out into the miserable, rainy weather to see Django Unchained. We all enjoyed the film, and if you are a Tarantino fan, I bet you will too.

 

I made traditional Christmas fare for dinner: stuffed shells. Haaaaa! But they were pretty yummy!

 

We are having friends over for New Years Eve, and I am making a big crock pot full of chili and perhaps some sort of champagne punch. I am too old to fight the New Years Eve bar scene! I'd rather just relax with the people I love.

 

Have a great New Year's Eve!

Adrienne

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holiday Nuggets

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I hope you are all having a peaceful and joyous Christmas Eve :) I'm feeling the Christmas spirit today, so I thought I'd compile a little montage of holiday nuggets.

 

Our Christmas tree, and my favorite childhood ornament.

My Mom sent our Christmas packages covered in Peanuts stickers.

This holiday season was a busy one for us. Our poor postman.

My toasty headband from Susannah Bean, and my candy cane mani.

My friend Tracy hosted a Chrismas movie day, and made these amazing ornament cupcakes.

Mr. Santy Flamingo

I leave you with our precious kitty cat, Z. The tree skirt is her favorite place on Earth.

 

Hope you all have a magical Christmas Eve!

Adrienne

Party Time

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Last weekend, we threw a rad "office" party with our friends from World of Strange. Holiday Con Office Party 2 brought together all of our comic/geek/horror convention people for food, drinks, and an all around good time.

Here is what I wore:

Dress: ASOS Curve
Tights: Torrid
Neclace: Pamela Love

Fred and Steph rode with us to the party, so I had the opportunity to snap some photos!

Steph looking gorgeous, check out her sparkly dress!

I had to snap some photos of Aron and I all gussied up!

We held the party at Busters, a local bar/fab hamburger joint. Ben and Tracy made turkey and dressing, and a bunch of yummy desserts. I made baked ziti and baked brie, and brought some snacks.

Here is a group shot of the first wave of guests. I was a bad photographer and stopped taking photos around 9 or so :(

The Tacketts

Tracy looking gorgeous!

 

 Hanging out and chowing down.

Me and Becca

It was a fun night, I wish I had more photographs!

Today I am going over to Tracy's house for Christmas Movie Day, yay! I love the holidays :)

Don't forget to enter our Urban Decay Holiday Nail Kit Giveaway!

 

Adrienne

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a wonderful New Years Eve, and are having a relaxing New Years Day. Here are a few random pics from Our New Year's Eve. We spent the night drinking, eating, and playing games with our friends, and had a truly great time. Here are a few drunken cell phone pics for your amusement.

For some reason there are no photos of Fred or Ben, dangit.

Hope you are all recovering from your festivities. Will be back tomorrow with our giveaway!
Adrienne

Christmas Loot

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I know that I promised a Christmas gift post yesterday, but life got in the way, sigh....Here are a few of my Christmas goodies!

Jessica Simpson Collection purses from my Mom. I had to Instagram this one. Do you follow me on Instagram? If not, check me out at "lolarocksme".

Pamela Love Bird Claw Necklace from my husband. I've wanted this one for a looonnngg time.

Assorted Hello Kitty goodness. Yes, I received even more HK loot than this :)

Scarves and Mittens from my sweet in laws. I love how these fingerless gloves are convertible into mittens. 

Some gifts from my besties Shawna and Misti. I also had some gifts from my other besite Leah, but I think I accidentally left them at my Moms. :(

Awesome apron Tracy made for me that I discussed in my last post.

Adele CD from my hubby.

A gift to the house-a new light fixture!

Here are a couple of things I snagged while in Florida

A fab pair of motorcycle-esque boots

My Mom passed down to me this tapestry purse that was my Grandmother's. Isn't it amazing?

Ok, Christmas isn't just about receiving, so here are a couple of presents I gave to Aron.

Molly Crabapple piece I picked up from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's eBay auction

Crazy Kitty Cat Bank I bought for myself...errr..my husband from Think Geek.

So, did y'all make out with some cool Christmas loot?

Adrienne

Christmas Cheer

Hello Lovelies!

I hope you all had a great Christmas! Our Christmas was wonderful this year; relaxing, festive, and fun. There was good times and cocktails with friends, sweet times with the hubby, and (of course) a bounty of yummy food.

Christmas Eve was spent cooking and watching our favorite Christmas movies: Love Actually and the 80s classic, Better Off Dead. So maybe Better Off Dead isn't exactly a Christmas movie, but a portion of it takes places during the holidays, so that's good enough for us :)

We decided to go for a walk to work up an appetite for Christmas Eve noms. I am wearing my old Old Navy coat, Old Navy hat, and Forever 21 gloves.

I made some Jalapeno Cornbread on Christmas Eve as well. My friend Leah shared this family recipe with me years ago, and it has been a favorite ever since. But it is a secret recipe, so no sharing......but...

....I think I can share this recipe for tortellini salad, a recipe that Aron's Mom shared with me. I will be doing a recipe tutorial for this dish this week :)

Aron watching Better Off Dead

Christmas Day was filled with presents, food, and good times with our friends Ben and Tracy.

I wore my Pure Energy dress, Mossimo cardigan, and Forever 21 plus leggings. Please excuse the kitty dishes in the background. I wanted to be cute yet comfortable, and I have been obsessed with floral dresses for a while now-maybe forever :)

Aron gave me the Pamela Love bird claw necklace I've be dreaming of :)

Ben and Tracy came over, and we ate yummy food and opened presents.

Aron and me with our presents from Ben & Tracy. He received some awesome World of Strange shirts, and Tracy made me an amazing, retro, reversible apron with with my name monogrammed on one side, and "I Wanna Baked Potato", on the other. "I Wanna Baked Potato" is a joke from several conventions ago. When asked what I wanted to eat (or how I was doing for that matter), I would say "I Wanna Baked Potato". I have a tendency to go catatonic at comic conventions :)

I cried when I received this beautiful apron. It meant so much to me that she made it, and that it was a personalized to fit my crazy personality.

So, we had a wonderful Christmas! It is difficult to be away from our friends and family in Florida, but spending time with our friends in Tennessee is delightful. How were your holidays this year?

I will be back tomorrow to share more of my Christmas loot!

Adrienne

It's Christmas Eve!

The next few days are sure to be a flurry of activity! Friends, presents, and a food coma await! I am so excited :)

On Christmas Eve Eve, we met up with our friends Ben and Tracy (co-owners of World of Strange), to check out Gaylord Opryland Hotel's Country Christmas. The Gaylord Opryland offers Nashville a yearly treat of holiday entertainment, decorations, and an amazing display of Christmas lights! I believe this is the Gaylord's first year back after the horrible Nashville floods of 2010, and they did an incredible job.

We didn't partake in any of the shows; the hotel's lights and decoration are entertainment enought! Here are some photos I snapped:

 Incredible lights outside the hotel

 Sure, we'll park your car :)

 Some inside decor

 Me and Tracy looking cute

 Tracy told Ben to make his "Sean Penn Face"

 Lights weeee

 Stained glass dome in the lobby

Dale Chihuly artwork

I wish you all a magical Christmas Eve! I will be back in a few days to share the good times :)
Adrienne