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February 21, 2011

Rotund.

Is how I head back to Chicago today. My time in Houston was just what the doctor ordered. I am all warmed up, my skin is slightly less green, and if I stay here one more day I might actually turn into a tub of Blue Bell ice cream.

My Birthday was for sure the highlight of the trip. Everything was perfection, starting first with the Birthday Cake.

Please let me describe for you my experience ordering my Birthday Cake.

Me: Hi, I would like to place an order for a Barbie birthday cake for a party on Saturday and I don’t really know how that works.

Moeller’s Employee: Ok, well we can place the order today, take your information, and then you will need to bring us a barbie tomorrow and the cake will be ready for you on Saturday.

Me: Awesome.

Moeller’s Employee: Ok so can I please get your name and number and what size cake would you like, 10 or 12 inch.

Me: My name is Bailey McCarthy and my number is 713-9**-**** and I would like a 12 inch cake.

Moeller’s Employee: Ok, what color would you like the dress?

Me: Pink, obviously.

Moeller’s Employee: And what should the message on the cake read?

Me: Happy Birthday Bailey

Moeller’s Employee: *Long Pause* Umm…Is this cake for you?

Me: Yes.

Moeller’s Employee: How old are you?

Me: 25.

Moeller’s Employee: Are you serious?

Me: Yes, and remember, the 12″ inch. Please and Thank You.

Let me just show you how elegant this confection turned out.Stunning.

I have had a Moeller’s Barbie cake at all of my happy birthdays since I was a very little girl and no amount of Baker disapproval was going to shame me from having one at this seminal celebration.

I will be back tomorrow with to recap the rest of my most wonderful 25th Birthday Parlay…
HAPPY PRESIDENT’S DAY!

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I’m 25 today…

February 18, 2011

But I used to be a little baby.

And now I am having a little baby.

And that is kind of wild.

It makes you think about how you were as a child, and I think I might have been…peculiar.Probably because I was an only child…Peculiar but adorable, obviously.

Don’t believe me? Tell me this is normal.Halloween at like 4 years old I am guessing? My friends demonstrating a variety of lovely little girl costumes. Mermaid, Ballerina, Witch, Princess…

And I am a hotdog.

That is so accurate.

Anyway, I hope if my baby inherits anything from me it is my oddness. And maybe my coloring, because if it takes after Pete in skin tone you all might want to buy stock in Coppertone right now because that junk will be in high demand.

Love you all, thank you for making me feel like a Hotdog Princess everyday, and especially on my Birthday!

xoxo

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This makes me happy…

February 17, 2011

…So it is coming to live with me.It’s Paule Marrot and it’s awesome.

I saw it in my favorite store in Houston, Kuhl Linscomb, over Thanksgiving and gave Santa some pretty explicit hints that I would like it for Christmas, but I guess I was on the naughty list and I tried to put it out of my mind. Then Jamie blogged about it a few weeks ago and again a fire was lit in my…heart…

So I am thinkg as a birthday present to myself, I should be my own Santa.

What’s that you say? Birthday?

Oh yeah, it’s tomorrow.

25

No biggie.

I am just so chill I didn’t feel the need to mention it until now. How uncharacteristic of me.

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If I were king of the forrrresttt!

February 16, 2011

Umm sooo, ask and ye shall receive huh!

Thank you guys for all the amazing feedback. I am super flattered and encouraged and a little bigheaded today, and I very much appreciate all the love.

Today is going to be short and sweet as I have a hot lunch date and many errands to achieve before then.

But I wanted to introduce you to this guy.

Isn’t he adorable?
Our little baby is going to be a Leo and lately I have been obsessed with all things King of the Jungle.

I kind of want him to go live in our babies room. He doesn’t look scary or menacing to me. He kind of looks like he is watching over the baby like:

“Yo baby, is everything cool down there? Everything copacetic?”

If you do find my Lion friend to be a bit too dangerous, I suggest you learn to take a walk on the wild side.
Or just check out their more gentle aminal friends.

Like little baby lambguy: Or mister silly knock-kneed GiraffeBambi!Bunny ButtAnd lots of other little buddies too.

Cute cute cute.

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Designery Goodness

February 15, 2011

Look at me go talking about non baby things. Today is all about design.

I am hitting the Houston streets to do some shopping for Clifford, The Big Red House which is actually for sure going to be photographed in the next few months and published shortly after.

Thank Buddha for that.

Als0, Thank Buddha for Graham Moss and all his inspiring designery vignettes.

You see, I am pretty decent as a decorator on a macro scale…

But when it comes to styling I am kind of a boob.

So I quite enjoy seeing how other people/designers arrange their junk.Not that I could ever replicate such order in my real life…But it is good to have goals and role models--Especially maybe having a more well-rounded group of them than just, let’s say, B.Spears.ALSOSpeaking of designery goodness, do you guys come here for design inspiration or my personal posts? Because I start to feel guilty when I post too much self indulgent junk, but then when I do posts like these no one seems to comment. Which is fine because y’all aren’t a comment-y bunch and I don’t need the constant reassurance (yes I do) but are y’all like YES FINALLY when I get back to business or are you like ugh boorrrrinnnggggg.

I don’t know that your opinion is going to change my posts allll that much, but I figure it’s a blog and a little community interaction is warranted from time to time and I’d like to know!

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