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19 Jan 2012

Snowpocalypse 2012: Nomz & DIY

I should probably work on my food photography a little bit. There’s no better way to bare the snow than to share a meal with friends. Veronica and I decided to make some stir fry tonight with chicken, vegetables, and udon noodles.

I’ve always been a little bit skittish when cooking meat so I usually let her handle that. We used both oregano and lemon pepper for seasoning and our sauce is typically made with brown sugar, soy sauce, and corn starch.

Ta-da! It kind of looks like brains, but I promise it tastes a lot better than it looks.

Still a little hungers, we decided to whip up some of our favorite “Eggs-in-a-basket.” This does not look visually pleasing, but hey – it’s hard to get it right sometimes. As we were making them (or as Veronica was actually making them,) we started to ask ourselves why we never strayed away from the original recipe. Why didn’t we add different ingredients ever? So this time we did. After making two standard ones for us, our third one included honey drizzled on top of it. The look on Veronica’s face indicated to me that I would not be sampling that one. Next, we used the leftover circles to make our version of “mini french toast.” However, it wasn’t until she had completely made them that we realized our batter of milk and cinnamon was missing one key ingredient – eggs.  As you can imagine, that didn’t end well either.

We also worked on a DIY project I found while perusing blogs not too long ago.

Perfectly concealed and organized! As you can see, I don’t tie ribbons very well, but it’s the effort that counts. I couldn’t be more thrilled about my box of tech!

What a wonderful two days off school we have had due to the snow! Whether or not Seattle University decides to open tomorrow does not directly affect me that much, but still the students continue to heckle the school’s Facebook page for yet another day off. I’ve also seen some statuses from students who just want to return to school because this affects their learning.

This is why we can’t have nice things. I’m grateful for the days off, but I also appreciate the Seattle University marketing team for keeping us updated on the news whenever they get any and for having to deal with the unruly responses. They really don’t deserve that – we should all learn to be a little nicer from this. For a laugh, click here.

11 Aug 2011

Trend to Try: Shirts Turned Skirts

This morning, I woke up and decided that maybe I didn’t feel like throwing on my usual go-to outfit of cardigan and jeans. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about that classic style and all, but summer in Seattle is the one time where you get to actually be creative. Once winter rolls around (beginning in fall and lasting through spring) every outfit is hidden underneath some big burly coat or jacket. Instead, I pulled up some inspiration that I had found the other day perusing my favorite Free People blog in which one of their employees at their home office turned their over-sized shirt into a lovely little skirt!

All you have to do is button up the shirt halfway starting from the bottom, step into it, and tie the sleeves around your waist towards the front (but not sloppy like Kurt Cobain.) I started to realize that this was a bad idea from the get go once I started contemplating the idea because the shirt that I decided to try out was a sheer blouse from Urban. BIG mistake. Even bigger mistake to consider wearing that outfit to work. So I took it off straight away and thought – okay maybe next time. Maybe next time the shirt will actually be over-sized and not sheer. Even though it didn’t work for me, it could work for you so give it a try and let me know how it goes! Post pictures whatever because I wanna see how it’s actually done right! Meanwhile, I’ll make a trip to the thrift store so I can make a second attempt soon.

29 Jan 2011

Boyfriend Shirt Turned Girlfriend Skirt

I could have sworn that I saw Ashley donning a shirt turned skirt on this week’s latest episode of Greek. This is a look that I have been wanting to try for some time now, but unfortunately, I don’t have the perfect boyfriend shirt just yet. In a new how to: by Doornob, they are teaching their readers how to make this look stylish instead of sloppy in the most effortless way possible.

Think you can pull off the trend? Try it now.

29 Jul 2009

Root Beer Float alternative

Kevin and I on the search for root beer floats.

Kevin: I heard ice cream was sold out everywhere!

Me: Where did you hear that?