The new year is here and I couldn’t be more excited! Although the new year really isn’t any different than any other day on the calendar, it is a nice reminder that fresh starts are possible and today does motivate a lot of people to hit the reset button with the start of the new year. I hope that everyone had an amazing New Year’s Eve with all their favorite people! I sure did

I spent the night at The W Hotel here in San Diego of course with a handful of favorites. Wanting to not be a part of the glittery dress crew, I opted for the glamorous tuxedo look instead. It was super easy to put together, I even got crafty and made my own bow tie out of a fancy leather bow head band. Speaking of glamorous, how amazing is Ashley’s dress? Little brat in her pageant gown for NYE haha I loved it, we looked like bride and groom

 For outfit info scroll to the bottom…

Our plans were to have dinner at Nobu inside of the Hard Rock Hotel… but yeah that didn’t work out so well. We fully got there, all 8 of us, ordered drinks, appetizers etc, laughing, taking pictures… I look down and I see the menu says $125.00 fixed menu. Obviously I am not about to eat $125.00 worth of food in my tiny skirt, so I ask the waitress for another menu. She tells us that we can not eat where we are sitting if we did not want to order off the fixed menu and that we would be moved to a hidden back room if we wanted to do that. I of course tell her she is insane, especially because half the table was ordering the fixed menu. Really Nobu? All 8 people have to order off the fixed menu to dine with you? We all decided that instead of dealing with their rudeness we would just go next door to Mary Jane’s and eat quesadilla’s for $6 dollars instead.

So we finish up our casual dinner at MJ’s and then head over to the W where we had a table. You know me, I do not like the scene and avoid it at all costs, so we decided The W would be perfect. I actually have gone here a few times for NYE and always have a blast. We drank champagne, squirted silly string and danced the night away. Pretty simple but perfect NYE!

Wondering what I’m wearing? I pretty much pieced together the entire outfit with some old items and a few new ones.

* Blazer- Arden B., old.

* Skirt- Forever 21, purchase here.

* Button up blouse- Express. Can purchase anywhere tho, Nordstrom, Bebe, Forever 21…

* Bow Tie- I made it It was a headband from Forever 21 but I ripped the bow off and looped it on some ribbon

* Booties- Bebe, old.

* Belt- Bebe, new. (Not online)

* Earrings & Bangles- old, Bebe.

And that’s it! Overall a fabulous night. Fun with my gfs and the fact that Nelly re-tweeted me on Twitter just proves 2012 is going to be the best one yet hahah. Happy 2012 everyone! xoxo

Just wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! As usual I asked Priscilla to pose for me in a Santa hat, she agreed but clearly wasn’t too happy about the shoot. I hope everyone is having a great break from work and spending lots of time with the people they love the most! Where did the year go? Flew by like it always does. 2012 is just around the corner, hooray for fresh starts. Stay tuned for my year in review post! xoxo

Just wanted to say Happy Halloween! I didn’t do anything super exciting this year, I have been having fun being boring lately…  Saturday night some friends and I went to Searsucker for some drinks and well, that’s about it. We attempted to go to Monster Bash but we took one look at the crowd and made an immediate U-turn outta that mess. I was sooo not into Halloween this year but I did dress up as a sailor one night, red glittery nails and all.

I then spent Sunday baking monster treats for my work party on Monday. Just when I think I can’t get any better, I surprise myself. I’ve successfully added baking super cute treats to my already stacked resume

Anyway, hope everyone has a super fun Halloween ♥ I will finish off the day with the Chargers vs. KC game, my prediction… Chargers of course!

Well, yet another year has come and gone… that’s ok though, I like getting older? This year I was going to go to Vegas to celebrate, but considering I went the last 2 weekends prior it seemed a bit silly. I did the unthinkable and did…………. pretty much nothing, whoa, but it actually turned out to be the best birthday I’ve had in a long, long time!

Sunday I went to the Chargers vs. Dolphins game, my first game of the season. I love going to games every once and a while, but when it’s 100 degrees out? Not so much. I almost prefer watching from the comfort of my own bed when it’s as hot as it was on Sunday, but I of course had so much fun regardless. The main reason I had to go to the game, was because I got a brand new fancy Jovan Jane Charger’s headband I wanted needed to wear. My mom also got me a cute rhinestoned jersey for my birthday that I wanted to put to use, but unfortunately the “short, fat/wide” jersey cut is not my fave so I opted for a simple fitted Charger’s shirt instead.

Jovan Jane NFL inspired headbands $27.00

She has sooo many other cute options… check them out here.

How skinny is this girl behind me? Yikes.

The following day I did have work, but… work was fun because my entire desk was covered in Hello Kitty decorations and pink cupcakes I had a nice lunch with a friend, finished up work and hurried home to prep for a birthday dinner at Cucina Urbana this yummy Italian Restaurant in the Little Italy area. I had been here once before and fell in love with their butternut squash ravioli so I had to go back. I took being a fatty to a whole nother level tho, because I couldn’t even wait to eat my birthday meal and ate Naked Pizza before my own dinner. I didn’t even eat dinner at Cucina Urbana, because I was so full I did have 2 pineapple infused rum cocktails though. Super delish.

The best part of my entire birthday was of course the QT I got to spend with my favorite girlfriends. We all had soo much fun eating, drinking, laughing, taking pictures, annoying the staff, eating cake, opening presents etc… I made reservations for 10 girls thinking a few would flake, but last minute I had to call and make it 13 because everyone came through. Rare but amazing

I got a few super cute cards (my favorite), a cute new white iPad, a Sanrio gift card, a PANDA Power shirt, a lot of Pandapple Sanrio gear actually… Panda… Amanda... get it… ya, anyway, my favorite perfume Lola, some yummy bath supplies, cute glitter nail polish, a gift certificate to BICE, another Hello Kitty shirt, pretty flowers, this crazy stereo speaker thing for my iPhone, a Sephora gift card, the cuteeeeeeeeeeeeest Hello Kitty Spooks balloon, “Amanda” confetti, some Hello Kitty lip gloss and so on and on. Overall the perfect birthday. Food + Cake + Drinks + Best Friends + Hello Kitty= perfection.

My cuteee balloon.

& proof my smile works. I prefer real smiles over staged ones any day

Thank you SOOOOOOOOOO much also to everyone who emailed, texted, called etc… every single Happy Birthday made my day that much better. Here is to a fabulous year!