Legally Blonde - The Musical!

Last Friday, Mom and I went to go see....

Legally Blonde The Musical!

It was so cute!!! The songs, the DANCING, the dialogue - we seriously enjoyed every minute of it!

My momma & me!

Elle & Emmett buying Emmett a new suit.

The courtroom scene!

Elle had a fantastic voice, of course, and so did Paulette and Vivian! Amaaaaaaaazing music.

We would most definitely go see it again!

Evolution of My Hair

For your viewing pleasure, here is a compilation of my "hairstyles" from the last 5 years:

(In Spring 2004 I got 10 1/2 inches cut off my hair!! CRAZY!)

Summer 2005: sophomore year bid day, love the little pigtails :)

Fall 2005: homecoming

{we look good, right Em?}

Spring 2006: a sorority date night with my baby-face boyfriend :)

{in a dress I found about an hour prior to this picture at Ross or Marshall's for $8!!}

I'm thinking this is Summer 2008?

Summer 2009: at the Signal Crest wedding shower

Summer 2010: in Canada

Now 2010: at Elizabeth's shower

Speaking of hair... look at this poor guy.

Who's mother would let him go out looking like that?!?
This was in my old car ('89 Volvo) so it's probably sometime in the summer of '05?

Pooooooooor Dash. Yikes.

Curly Pearl Giveaway - Winner Announced!

I'm (finally) here to announce the winner of the Curly Pearl Giveaway! 

Sarah - from the Richest Life!

Congrats Sarah! 

(I should know your address and all, but will you email / facebook message it to me?) 

Keep Curly Pearl in your favorites because Rachael's beautiful jewelry makes fantastic Christmas presents/stocking stuffers!!

I would like these please. Mom? Jason? Anyone? :)

Shower for My Future Sister

Don't forget to sign up for the

CurlyPearl jewelry giveaway!!

Only two more days!!

On Sunday afternoon, we had a shower at Red Bank for my future sister, Elizabeth!

Below is me, Elizabeth, and Bonnie.

In less than ONE MONTH (when Elizabeth gets married) we will all officially be family! :) And that makes me very happy!

Side note: While cleaning out my closet this weekend, I realized that I actually OWN the black dress that I wore to my Red Bank shower last year {see picture below} - I thought I had borrowed it from Emily! But lo and behold, there it was in the back of the closet, so I thought I would wear it to Elizabeth's shower!

There was a wonderful spread of yummy food!! And look at the cool lanterns!

(They are from Bonnie's wedding!)

I was too busy chatting it up and forgot to take many pictures, but there were tons of people there and Hunter and Elizabeth got some amazing stuff.

We can't wait for your wedding!!

La-sag-na

Don't forget to sign up for the CurlyPearl jewelry giveaway!!

Last night I made lasagna for the very first time ever!

(mark off that new recipe challenge)

32oz ricotta, 1c mozzarella, 1/4c parmesan, and 2 eggs (or equivalent egg whites)

1lb ground beef sauteed with garlic, add 32oz sauce

Layer layer layer - sauce, "oven ready" noodles, cheese mixture, repeat.

I forgot to take a picture before I covered it with foil and put it in the oven (at 375*), but here is what it looked like when it came out about 45-50min later.

We used Prego Veggie Smart sauce (50% daily veggies in each serving), but it didn't have as much flavoring as we're used to. Of course, we didn't know this until we were actually eating but yeah, so next time, we're going to try a different sauce.

What did you have for dinner last night?

Curly Pearl - Giveaway!!!

Giveaway now closed: congrats to Sarah Rich!

It's time for another giveaway here at the Ooey Gooey Daily News! 

{Check back later this week to see the new blog header that Emily won from our last giveaway!}

A friend of mine from college makes the most beautiful jewelry and about a month ago I stumbled across her Etsy shop - Curly Pearl! Not only is Rachael's jewelry beautiful (every piece is a unique one-of-a-kind creation), it's also really affordable!

From her bio: 

I love making jewelry. 

I was creating way more jewelry than I can wear myself, so I opened a shop.

Rachael has offered to giveaway these fabulous earrings 

to get you excited about Fall!

Amber Crystal and Bronze Dangle Earrings by CurlyPearl

Here's how to win:

Visit CurlyPearl and come back to let us know which piece is your favorite!

For additional entries:

1. become a follower of the Ooey Gooey Daily News 

2. add CurlyPearl as a favorite on Etsy

3. Tweet about the giveaway. You can to copy/paste the below tweet:

I just entered a #giveaway @SarahKL807 's blog to win some beautiful jewelry!  http://bit.ly/9SrIjn

3. Blog about the giveaway {for 2 entries}

4. share this post on Facebook

Please leave a separate comment for each entry. 

Giveaway ends this Friday 9/17!

Am I allowed to enter my own giveaway?

Closets and Chili

I had been thinking about the fact that I really needed to go through all my clothes and do a little re-org after reading Sherry's post about having a "lean closet".

So I pulled everything out and just put back what I know I will actually wear. AND - get this - I organized it. I have never done that before. It's always been the whole "push enough clothes to the sides so I can shove a handful of newly laundered clothes in"... anyone with me on that? 

Anyway, I separated out: dresses, skirts, shorts, pants, t-shirts, tops, long sleeves, light jackets, and heavy jackets.

And guess what? I can actually see what I own now!! And now I've got 2 bags full of clothes and bags to let my little sis go through first then take to Goodwill.

Yesterday I made chili and decided to "sneaky chef" myself a little bit. I bought a bag of broccoli and cauliflower, steamed them, then pureed them with a little water. I added it to the sauce and (after a good stir) it totally blended in!

(looks like guac)

I LOVE pasta in my chili (and hot dogs, but we didn't have any) so here's my lovely looking bowl. :)

It was really yummy and I couldn't even tell that the icky stuff was in there. I used about 1/2 of the puree in this and I'm going to use the rest in lasagna later this week.

Oh yeah - I got my haircut yesterday too! I really like it!! 

And it's growing on my hubby. :)

Before (haha):

and After:

Make sure to check back tomorrow because 

we have a SUPER EXCITING GIVEAWAY!!!!!!