Fall Fashions

I figured it'd be a nice change to throw another post in there that wasn't part of the 30 Day Challenge :)

I don't know why but ever year when Fall comes around I feel the need to add something Leopard print into my wardrobe lol. Weird huh? Now I'm not one of those crazy women who dresses head to toe in animal print. EWWW gross is all I gotta say! But I feel a dash here and there is acceptable (right?!?!). I used to be SO fashion savvy back in the day and now I dress like a total mom. It's sad people, really really sad.

I recently decided that I want to get back to my fashion savvy self. I may be bigger but I can still rock it! So last week I bought this:

And tonight I bought this :) :

The robe is a little much I know but no one is gonna see it other than DH :P And I saw one like it months ago on Khloe and Kourtney take Miami and wanted one so bad lol!

So what do you think? Am I stuck a few years back with the Leopard print accessories? What are YOUR fall fashion favorites?

21 things you didn't know about me

Gotta love Lisa P and her blog posts! Another great one to check out and that I am stealing :P Hehehee

1. I'm 4'10 which legally makes me a midget

2. Yes I have implants, judge if you must, but I did it to make myself feel better not for a man. But they don't look fake :D (not sure if thats good or bad lol)

3. My mom took me to the Phillipines when I was a few months old and left me there with my aunt. I didn't come back to the states til I was 1. To this day I don't know the WHOLE story.

4. My FAVORITE movie of all time is Bad Boys 2. I could watch that all day long and laugh and laugh and laugh!

5. Me and Chris have broken up between 10-12 times. Again, judge if you must. We we're young, made stupid mistakes, and learned from them.

6. I have been pregnant 3 times. I'm a mommy to one beautiful, rambunctious baby big boy, and 2 angels in heaven that mommy misses more than words can describe.

7. My bed is my haven and I am a WITCH about it. I buy super soft sheets, like 1000 thread count when I can, and have 5-6 pillows just for myself :P Just try and steal one in the middle of the night and see what happens lol.

8. I make piles of things around the house. Drives DH up a wall. But I sort through mail and make a pile, gather E's toys and make a pile, gather up all my crap and make a pile....you get the picture.

9. I am the youngest of 3 girls. I have two half sisters from my dad's first marriage. There is a 10 year and 7 year age difference.

10. I am currently studying to be an RN. This is my SECOND time in school :/ I got to the very last pre-req in AZ and freaked out and quit :( Now that we have E I am more motivated that I imagined to power through it and graduate.

11. I am a work-a-holic. I used to do 60-70 hour work weeks before I got pregnant with Ethan. Once he was born I cried and cried when DH said it was time to get back to work. I eased myself in and worked one day a week. Now I am back up to working 40-50 hours a week. Thankfully I get to bring him with some hours.

12. I'm a spoiled brat. I like nice things, and I am not going to care what people think about it. Unfortunately my parents bought me basically anything I wanted when I was younger and the habit stuck. I work(ed) very hard to buy the things I want and thankfully have a hubby that will entertain my shopping habit...most days ;P

13. Along with #12 I am a purse whore and own close to 25 bags. Most of them being Coach.

14. I lived in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, IL til I was 18. Moved to AZ and lived there til I was 25. Now we are in WA. Although I like it here, I miss my life in AZ.

15. My friends in AZ are about as close to family as you can get without the blood. I love them just as much as I love my sisters. They've seen it ALL. The good, the bad, and the ugly....and still are my friends lol.

16. I waited til I was 19 to lose my "v" card. And it was to DH...

17. I had a cheerleading scholarship in college. I only lasted my freshman year before it became too much physically.

18. Highschool was hell. I hated it. I don't ever want to go back and loathe thinking about it.

19. I am terrified of being THAT mom and/or having THAT kid. Although I am pretty sure I will end up being both cause E has a habit of knowing my fears and publicly humiliating me.

20. Weight is my biggest battle. I have struggled my whole life. Now that I have E it seems like it is harder than it ever has been but one day I WILL lose it.

21. Being a mother to Ethan is the best thing that could have ever happened to me. It has been a long and rough road but looking at the sweet face every day makes it all worth while. He is the reason I am here.

You've gotta be kidding me?!?!

So last Thursday I worked my 1st day shift in over a month. One of my residents is w/c bound and very hard to transfer. Mid-afternoon I was transferring her and she fell to the ground. The boss' son drove down to help me get her back up. Then I was transferring her again a few minutes later and she went dead weight on me and fell right onto my right wrist! I have HORRIBLE tendinitis and when she came down I heard large POP! I screamed and the son came in and got her while I ran into the bathroom and popped my wrist back in. I was scared to call my boss but after about 30 minutes of crying hysterically I called and she had someone come relieve me.

The next few days the pain went up and down. By Sunday I knew I had to get it looked at so I went to the ER. They did an X-ray and it turns out theres a crack in my wrist :( Also my tendinitis is apparently much worse than it was before and she could feel the lumps on my tendon by just gently pressing on them...YIKES! I have an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon on Thursday so hopefully there will be good news there!

My hubby spoils me :)

Anyone who know's DH IRL knows he isn't exactly the romancer or the type to go above and beyond to do sweet things for me. But for my b-day he did!

It's been so long since we've done/bought anything for ourselves and yes, it may be materialistic but I love my presents. Before we even thought about Ethan, before we moved to WA, before the economy went down the toliet, we were doing good. I had a fabulous car, a new house, great jobs...money was stable and we didn't have to worry. Then we decided to have a baby thinking we had nothing to worry about. By the time I was in my 2nd trimester we knew things weren't looking good. The economy was slowly dying and so we're our careers. But we stayed optimistic, and promised that no matter happened we will pull through. 

After several bouts of bed rest, numerous times being told not so happy news about the baby and then everything turning out OK, and BOTH of us losing our jobs by summer time we didn't have much of a choice in what to do. So we planned our move to WA to rebuild our now jagged life. 

It took months to get settled in here, and things are FINALLY looking up. I'm doing really well at the nursing home, DH just got promoted with a huge raise, and we're now looking into getting our own place. We work hard for the things in our life. Yes we like nice things, and not everyone around us understands that. We don't think we're better than anyone by any means, we don't act snotty or rub it in others faces with what we do have(which trust me isn't much). BUT we are proud of the things we have, especially knowing how we got them and where we came from in the last 2 years. I don't know how a post that was meant to show how lucky I am that DH went the extra mile to spoil me this year into a gushy life changing post but oh well haha.