What I wore today (3/16/11)

Dress: Forever 21-$23

Belt: Forever 21-$5

Tights: Target-$1.50 (clearance!)

There's nothing I love more than cute, CHEAP, things. I have a love/hate relationship with Forever 21, because while I find their prices reasonable, they make their dresses so short! Luckily I found tights on clearance at Target so I can wear the dresses I bought, but sheesh. I also took the plunge and got Bettie bangs! I've wanted bangs for at least two years, but every time I went to the salon the hairdresser would scare me out of them. I was really nervous about not liking them, but I think they turned out cute! I brushed them over to one side today, but I can wear them straight across (like this), as well.

Oh yeah, did I mention that the vet now thinks Ripley is a Great Dane instead of a Labrador? She's only 4 months old and clocked in at a whopping 56 pounds last night, which should be about her adult weight if she was a black lab. Pretty crazy, but I wanted her to get huge, so I guess I'm going to get what I had hoped for! She's going to end up being a 100 pound lap dog, and I can't wait!

"THE RIPPER"

Ripley two days after we got her (Dec 10th 2010)

Ripley two days ago. (January 10th, 2011)

I can't believe how big Ripley has gotten in only a month. When we first got her she had these huge bear paws that I thought she would go into, but they're just growing along with her! She's getting huge!! She still gets into plenty of trouble, but she's too cute to get mad at. I am also immensely impressed by her intelligence. She's only 12 weeks old and knows how to sit, do a handshake, and lay down. She's a puppy genius!! Maybe that's the norm for pups, but I like to think she's way above average. ;-)

I would also like to thank everyone who reads my blog. I always check my stats to see where I'm at, and so far this month I've exceeded the previous page views I had all of last month (which was my highest month)! It makes me so giddy. For the first couple months it felt like I was beaming stuff off into space waiting for some alien life form to receive my message. Now it really feels like I have people to share stuff with, so thank you!

I haven't had much time for any interneting lately. Our new pup, Ripley, has been keeping me pretty busy. I'm also doing a three week mini-mester statistics course over my winter break, so I come home around noon and get stuck on puppysitting duty until 5pm or so. I wanted to be able to make a tutorial and a big last minute Christmas crafting post a few days before Christmas, but I haven't even touched my sewing machine in two weeks, except for some last minute sewing at 11pm Christmas Eve. I was able to make my stepmom a set of makeup pouches following this tutorial, and it was a lot simpler than I had anticipated (or else I would have just stopped after one pouch)

I normally try to avoid zippers because I don't have a zipper foot and I have no idea what I'm doing with them. I like the look of the covered zipper ends a lot. I think it makes it easier to sew, too.
I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. I got tons of Longhorns stuff, a Pulse smartpen for school,  my first ever mani-pedi, and a bunch of yummy molasses cookies that I hoarded in the breadbox and ate ALL of on Christmas, so I would say it was pretty good.

More of Ripley

 

I wanted to save these for tomorrow, but she's too cute not to share. I love her giant paws and teeny little nails.

Meet Ripley!

This little girl was abandoned out in Humble, TX. My friend found her at his work on Friday and didn't have the heart to turn her away, so he asked if anyone could take her in. Half hour later and I was hopping in my car and making the drive down from Austin to Houston, and then over to Humble.
Normally I'm a cat person, but she's so snugly and adorable that I want to take her back to Austin with me, but she's staying at my dad's place. They've already spoiled her rotten. We've never had a girl dog before, so I think my stepmom and I bought just about every pink dog thing they had at Petsmart for her. She has scabs all over her from living outside, poor baby. It's so sad that she was abandoned, but she'll have a real good life from now on, that's for sure. We had been wanting to get another dog for the past few months, but all of our animals are strays that ended up finding us, so it was hard having to go and pick one dog out from all the ones that needed homes. I'm so happy she found her way into our lives, she's just sweet as pie. What a great early Christmas present!