History in the making.

I love to attend things that I know are going to make History {especially in sports} and this weekend I got to do that!

Yesterday marked the last {until further notice at least} Big XII Championship game. To make it an even more monumental night the two teams that played, OU and Nebraska, have a rivalry that is rare.

Dating back to 1912 when the two teams had their first meeting, OU leads the rivalry 44-38-3 {now 45-38-3}. There have been some quite amazing games, players, and coaches between these two college football powerhouses over the many years, they are both so rich in tradition, and honestly have some great fanbases! There was no better way to end the Big XII and it's Championship game than with a game between these two.

First and foremost...

THE FINAL GDO OF THE 2010 SEASON!!

My dad lucked into our tickets from his work. We knew they'd be great, but seriously had no idea HOW great.

The game was at Dallas Cowboy's Stadium {aka Jerry's World}. If you haven't been there before, it is quite spectacular; However, I find the enormous 50 yard screen distracting as hell!

We started our trek to Dallas Late Saturday morning, and wound our way thru Arlington to find our parking lot. When we pulled up we were in shock. We were parking so close to the stadium that they had to search our car....

We were fortunate enough to be invited to this Dr. Pepper Pre-Game Gala thing. We had free food and and drinks for a good 3 hours before the game, watched the bands practice and even caught some glimpses of the South Carolina Auburn game.

We left the gala for our seats about an hour before game time...Thank God we did because we walked around the whole stadium trying to find out seats. {Jerry needs a little help on his sinage or maybe we had just had one too many drinks}

We ended up find out section by going through this, what I called "secret hallway".

We found our seats and there was not a thing to complain about!

{12 rows up on the 40 yard line ain't too shabby}

Dad and I before the game

{I'm interrupting the great time for a small rant} This is the 2nd time I've been to Cowboy's stadium for an OU game and for the 2nd time I was asked to sit down during the game. Granted the first time was by a 60 year old woman, but this time it was a by a 30-something lady. 

First off. Are you joking me? This is a college football game. You are SUPPOSED to stand and cheer for your team for all 4 hours! And Second. If for some odd reason you don't feel like standing and cheering, there is a freaking GIANT screen above your head....WATCH THAT. Don't you dare tell me to sit down....it only makes me stand longer =) {She's lucky she told me to sit down when we were starting to play better...the 60 year old woman at the BYU game wasn't so lucky}

{ok. end of rant}

My favorite part of the pre-game

The game was stressful to say the least. I just about pulled my hair out through most of it! But our defense played amazing and through the 2nd half we had some awesome plays. I love action shots so I snapped a few of us cheering...some are kind of hilarious/scary.

All through the 2nd half I still thought we were going to lose, I didn't breath a sigh of relief and really get excited until our 2nd to last snap of the game.

ah...victory

 What a FABULOUS night! And I can't imagine having spent it with anyone else!

I'm one lucky girl...let me tell ya!

hm.

• I've been a terrible blogger. I've been way to busy socializing, planning a wedding, and celebrating awesome moments in people's lives.

• But in all honesty I got stuck on Day 16 of the blogging challenge, "Your dream house". My dream house is something I day dream about a lot. The "starred" section on my G-reader is loaded with ideas for decorating my dream house. It was a hard decision to be indepth or vague during my post. But because it's been almost 2 weeks I've been thinking about it, you're getting just a list.

I want a house with....
Brick and stone on the outside.
An over the driveway pass thru that leads to the garages
An open floor plan downstairs {I'm thinking a greatroom}
Dark wood floors with white baseboards and crown molding
An office to blog in that makes me never want to leave
A giant stair case with iron railing
4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths {everyone should have their own bathroom}
A kitchen with white cabinets, stainless steel commercial grade appliances,
and an island for family and friends to sit and chat at.
A laundry room with enough room to fold and iron.
A dinning room table that's large enough to fit an army
A huge backyard with a to die for landscaped pool and an outdoor living room with kitchen
A media room for watching all of the away football games and to put my Netflix subscription {when I get one} to use!
A place that everyone feels at home.

• Let me give you a run down of the last 3 weeks.

I sadly watched OU ridiculously lose to aTm; however, I did get to spend time with these 2 lovely newlyweds

I celebrated the upcoming marriage of two people who have become SUCH great friends and I am so lucky to be planning their special day!

How cute are they?

I picked out my last GDO of the season. It was a tough one because the weather was going to change so drastically during the day. Here's the evolution of my layering

I went to the last home football game of the year with my dad

Funny Story:

Trying to find a place to park on game day is ridiculous. You either pay or get lucky and find a free spot.  I told my dad he was taking a risk by parking in an apartment lot, but I guess he was feeling lucky that day. After leaving the game {because we were killing Tech {YAY} and the temperature drastically dropped in 15 minutes} we walked to the spot where our car used to be. Yes, USED to be. That's right, we were towed.

So after walking 2 miles in the cold back to my apartment, and driving to the most southern part of Norman, we arrived at the towing impound only to be told we couldn't get the car because my workaholic father {whom I love more than anything} didn't get the title, registration, or tags changed over since he bought the car {in June}!

So, the only thing left for me to do was fight the traffic and drive him home all the way to Edmond. {30 miles North for you non-Oklahomans}. I went in said hello to my mother and drove straight back.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes and laugh at my Dad. 

I picked him up in the City on Monday morning after he had taken care of his business at the tag agency and many dollars later {instead of the $10 fee it was to park 50 feet from where he originally left his car} we drove to Fuzzy's to eat some lunch and he headed back to the City.

BTW. Have you ever eaten at Fuzzy's Taco Shop? 

I'm now obsessed.

I had a reunion with my pledge sisters to celebrate a very special occasion. One of them and her husband adopted the most precious little baby boy.

Remember those newlyweds above? We celebrated their marriage with a party

and lastly watched OU finally win an away game with some great friends, some great food, and a great time!

• I've learned over the last few weeks that life has some funny ways of surprising you. Some are good, some are bad, and some scare the shit out of you. Whatever way it works out, I know it's for a reason =)

• I've been LOVING this amazing fall weather we've had so far; however, I think that's about to change. {Winter's making an appearance this week}

• In all honesty I'm not much of a "Holiday Person". 

I blame it on my age. 

I'm too old to enjoy Santa Clause, nor do I have anyone around me young enough to enjoy it; yet, I'm not old enough to have children and enjoy it thru them.  

I haven't actually opened a Christmas present on Christmas morning in almost 10 years {I'm the QUEEN of getting my Christmas present before Christmas....like my new mattress this year}. 

Decorating is somewhat of a pain to me, I HATE having to take it all down. 

It is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves that people start to celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving has even arrived!

HOWEVER!

I do love that the Holidays are a time for everyone to get together, an excuse to get dressed up and go to parties every weekend, and a reason to see people that I rarely get to see! 

• I'm so excited for all of the planning I have coming up! A wedding, a dinner, and a New Year's party! I'm also kind of freaking out with how busy the Holidays are going to be! 

• Ok. I'm done. I've procrastinated enough on cleaning, laundry, and working out......oh the joys of Sunday!

once in a lifetime.

I kind of had 2 once in a lifetime moments in the last 2 weeks.

2 weekends ago I went to Arlette's Wedding. It was seriously one of the most amazing weddings I've been to and I will probably never go to another one like it again. just crazy.

Beautiful Bride....even after hours of dancing and drinking

The Guest Book Table

One of the food tables {I believe the Mediterranean food}

One of the like 17 different centerpieces

This ice sculpture served us glasses of champagne as we walked in the door

This was over the dance floor

This woman looked EXACTLY like Kim G from RHONJ

The band was from Nashville and they were AMAZING

Her now husband is from Greece {so is her Mother too}, so there were tons of people who came to the States for the wedding. They did a great job of blending his background and hers too. There was Greek music, Greek dancing, and even Greek food! It was awesome!


I had so much fun and met so many wonderful people that night! What a great experience!


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This weekend was also fabulous.


FRIDAY
I found out that I was going to the World Series Game 4 on Sunday Night!


I also went to a Halloween party. I was "Devil with a Blue Dress On" by Mitch Ryder.

{excuse the retarded face I'm making}

I like the idea, but I'm not sure everyone at the party got it. 
I finished the night at a local dive bar for "Scary-oke" and then to Fuzy's to cap off the night with a Fuzzy-navel. {mmmm}


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SATURDAY was game day. It didn't start till 8pm, which was crazy! Since I was leaving at 6 to head to Dallas, I was able to get in a few hours of tailgating! 


GDO #4

{It was a simple outfit this weekend as I was totally unprepared for the 80 degree weather}

I'm glad added another W to the record....


oh...and did you see the Texas Baylor game?  {ouch!}


SUNDAY could have been one of the best days I've had in a VERY VERY LONG time!


My morning started at

IKEA!

I was so proud of myself and used great restraint in what I purchased. 
• Euro Pillows for my bed
• Closet organizers for my scarves and tank tops
• Some new serving bowls and plates!


After Ikea, we headed to the Allen Premier Outlet Shops.... {by far the best outlet shops I have ever been to}
This maybe wasn't a great idea. I could have spent a whole month's worth of paychecks in just 2 short hours. But once again I used great restraint {if you call buying a Coach purse restraint} and only came away with this.

isn't she beautiful?

Our final stop before the big game was HomeGoods. I read about this store ALL over other blogs so I was super excited to go! 
The doors opened and I was in awe. Serious awe. 
It was as great as I imagine! 


I only walked away with a cooling rack {for all that baking I do...ha}, but lets just say if money and the size of our car weren't obstacles, most of the store would have come home with me =)


on to the most important part of the day....




WORLD SERIES GAME 4


My dad lucked into tickets from work. I'm not the biggest baseball fan, but I knew this was a once in a lifetime experience and I couldn't pass it up {even if it meant missing some tailgating and the first quarter of the OU game}. 

We sat on the 2nd to last row in the ballpark. It might have been breezy, but we had one awesome view of the whole place.

We waited in like for 40 minutes for some memorabilia {none of which was even for me}, ate tons of baseball food {peanuts, hot dogs, and pretzels}, and I might have indulged in a few Sunday night beers! {I was on vacation!}

We watched the former President Bushs' throw out the first pitch to my 2nd favorite Texas Ranger, Nolan Ryan {Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez is my first...I LOVED baseball in my younger years}

Sadly we weren't the best of luck for the Rangers...3 hits during a game isn't going to get you the W 9 out of 10 times. But the fans were there till the last second!


I'm so glad I got to experience this with my family. It was an unexpected check off the bucket list! 

I'm spending the rest of my 4 day weekend {thank you Election Day and the World Series} catching up on household duties...blah!

lately loving.

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There’s this list frozen custard shop {Rusty’s} down the street from my house. Every October and November they sell Pumpkin custard. They put little bits of pie crust {and whipped cream if you like it} in it and mix it all around. Let me tell you, it is one cup of pure bliss!! If you like pumpkin pie you will melt over it!

And to make matters worse……they now have a sign which I pass at least twice a day that says “Cheat on your diet…Pumpkin Custard is here!”  Thanks Rusty’s for making my “inner fat kid” scream EVEN louder!

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Now that it’s finally getting cold at night, I bought a jug of Apple Cider. There is nothing better than heating up a pot {trust me…it’s better on the stove}, pouring it in, adding a couple sticks of cinnamon {and rum if you’re feeling wild}, and cozying up on the couch with a blanket and my DVR. Ahhhh……

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I decided at the age of 25 that I needed to make myself start liking red wine. So last winter, I did! I have officially become a ‘Red Wine Drinker’; however, only in the winter. I just can’t seem force a glass of warm liquid down my throat when its 100° outside. Now that fall is approaching I have stocked up on what I call my “best wine find ever!” The Frontera Winery makes some fabulous wine! And the best part is, I can get a Magnum {the double size is always best for a girls night} for only $11.00! Yes…you read that right…$11.00. Which in Oklahoma is an AMAZING AMAZING price for a decent wine! The Cabernet Sauvignon is my favorite! {I haven’t tried any of their other reds} Head to your closest liquor store and buy a bottle, you won’t be disappointed!

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Seems to be that everything I’m loving right now is Fall related….which is funny because I’m not really a fan of Fall….it means it’s about to get REAL cold outside and I despise nothing more than being cold. I guess that’s why I bought this cute little blazer from Gap a few weeks ago. {I wish I would have gotten the black one too..but I’ll have to wait for a MAJOR sale!} I’m a BIG jacket fan and have started to gain quite the collection….could it be replacing my jean obsession?! {click on the picture to purchase it for yourself!}

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{click on the picture to purchase}

I have been waiting for the last 9 months to be able to curl my hair with a curling iron and have it look good! And after 9 months of growing my hair out {and strategizing the best way to do it}, I purchased a curling iron and tried it! OMG. I think I love it {the jury’s final decision is still out}. It was super easy and didn’t take any longer than straightening my hair {maybe even less time}. Picture of it coming soon….

no no no.

Apparently this is what you find at 9:00PM at CVS on a game day…

Textured tights.

ewww.

the mullet.

In honor of the last day of fashion week I thought I’d post on what I think is one of the worst fashion trends in Hollywood.

THE MULLET DRESS

What is that you ask? Let me show you.

 

I just don’t get it.

Do you need to keep your legs cool?

Was picking long or short too hard of a decision for you?

And don’t even get me started on this last dress, there are SO many more things wrong with it than the hem line!

You know it might be one thing if you had some absolutely fabulous shoes on, but none of these ladies do! They are just not flattering, or attractive, and honestly they just aren’t as glamorous! 

Here’s to hoping this trend dies soon….