pedicures, pals, and pails... of ice cream.

while in arizona, the women folk in our family got our nails d-d-did. girl talk about the future, the past, and whatever the hecks we wanted ensued. nothing better than getting your feet rubbed by a talented asian helper with your favorite females to welcome a girl home!

don't tell nicole that her bum made it on my blog. i found this photo on my camera & was like, "whoa. my sis has a nice booty!" just thought i'd share it with you!

after pedicures, we went to Mesa FroYo for a treat. and although i realize there are many delicious froyo places on this earth, you will never convince me any are greater than mesa froyo. something about it just hits home. {smile}




& to my surprise i was on the wall of the shop! at least, my senior prom group was. no idea how it got there, but i walked out of the place feeling a little more famous than when i walked in.

more arizona excitement to come!
xo lauren

girl day with shayla

my sister in law & i had a fabulous shopping day downtown.

we had lots of giggles, and took lots of pictures!

ohhh how i love downtown!

anthropologie always has the best windows, this would be easy to recreate for a birthday or gathering!



shay & i loved those big antiqued mirrors in the dressing rooms {smile}





shayla found herself an steal of a shirt! i found a little something myself, i'll share it in a later post. (ooohh cliffhanger!)

i danced around in some water,

& shayla had fun with her fake mustache!

we topped it off at a frozen yogurt joint before i had to drive like a hormone crazed woman to get my girl to cheer practice on time. boy, was that fun {wink}. 

lady gaga biker gang

my old room-girl, madiSON & i had a jolly good time this weekend out of doors.

my winter-white skin was happy to be out & about.

we took a much needed thrift-trip and i almost bought these beautiful knickers.

that boy behind me thought they'd be a good idea {lip-smack}

but i decided against it, for please-don't-look-at-my-bum reasons.

this weekend was beautiful. the sun was shining & i didn't have to wear pants! {i hate wearing pants} it was a perfect day to form the Lady Gaga Biker Gang. we only have photos because of all of the paparazzi.

madison almost lost her telephone.

we have some fun, this beat is sick.

we only sing gaga songs.

you thought i was keeding?

we were born this way.

ha k bye

lauren

daybook blogger meetup!

and here we go!

they had yummy little cupcakes from Cocoa Bean. and i had enough twizzlers to rot my teeth, and trav's. hope he likes that. there was also enough pizza to feed every person in rhode island. which is saying something, because i'm sure more people live there than i think.

photo despicably stolen from racHEL 

dawn from diary of the joneses' & rachel from musings from hel were hecka tight. 

 i finally met the jennie! love this girl sooooo much! 

& i still thought she would be blonde. my bad. 

tyson!

i'm in the middle of saying "look! it's the husband..!" there's that durr-duh-durr again! 

 & sydney! she was very sweet, & like i said. her legs are teeny!

it was a very fabulous night! it was so fun meeting new friends!
i vote we do it again.
oh & view syd's post here.
peace & love
lauren

girls night!

we got reeeeally giggly. and jumpy. and silly. 

we also made cookies, which is a plus.

i love these babes, i'll miss them when they all go leave next semester. boo.

rachel, jet and candace are absolutely beautiful.

peace & love

A Girly Weekend

last weekend, my hubbins went hunting. woe was me!

my lips missed his lips muy mucho,

but i managed to have some fun all my own.

i roadtripped to Rexburg for da weekend!

a solo drive made possible by Alice Cooper's School's Out album, a bag of choco chips & alot of pink on my part. holla!

this is why, of all places, i chose to vacay in dinky rexburg, idaho:

i love my semi-ex room girls with a passion for fashion.

semi-ex because they'll always be my bffs

though i did in fact upgrade to a room mate of the male variety. a hot one. mmm.

our first adventure was to Sammy's, a little gem of a restaurant.

there are only two in Rexburg & Provo, and boy howdy was everything made with love.

it included vintage everything {including cash register- see?}
and a stage for local bands to play.

also, i think the uniform for boys included skinny jeans, Toms and beanies. just an observation.

favorite part: pie shakes.

they take a piece of pie, and blend it into a cup of ice cream. genius!

why didn't i think of that?

afterwards, while hopped up on the simplistic genius of pie shakes,

we got a little silly.

tis our attempt at a human pyramid.

we forgot a fifth person...

sporadic shouts of  "CUBE! CUBE!" came from our direction until we toppled over laughing at how funny we thought we were. seriously though. we are hilarous.

then saturday came, and we had i picnic in Porter Park with yummy calzones!

i love me some fried anything, man. mmm.

tiana {hottie in the back} looks like a barbie.

if only for her hotness,

and her apparently stiff arm. {love you chan}

that night i met up with some old schooly friends & rocked a kareoke club!

nervous? yes.

we sang that french song that no one actually knows the lyrics to.

you know the one. "oo ooo voo koo say a le wah, se squa."

or whatever. hahaha

rach & i threw out a little shania twain

& i got a little jiggy with it!

shania speaks to my soul.

sometimes. not all the time! unfortunately, country music holds no place in my heart.

trav can attest to this.

ohhhh best part? the owners passed out sharpies to the guests.

it was heaven.

cool idea! when i grow up, i am DOING THIS in my bathroom. or somewhere. cha.

& then Sunday came, and i realized that i missed my Travie poo more than i could bare.

& i tripped home.

but not before taking power ranger pictures like these:

aww precious. yes, i am awkwardly short.

take a page out of my book & fuhgeddabodit!

feigned ignorance slash denial is bliss.

last weekend was a lovely affair,
i enjoyed every minute of my girly time. 

peace&love

in the life of lauren

i start school on tuuuuuuuesday! & i already have an essay due-- the joys of being an english major. rock on! 

trav & i are starting to feel the "wa-wa-waaaaaa" of livin' with the in-laws

so... we went apartment hunting today. again. 

& since everything good that happens to us comes from craigslist, {example: our car, our king size mattress, my WEDDING DRESS...} it's the first place we looked.

& there's been some really nice apartments for us to look at!

& some really. really. bad ones.

like, one ad featured a toilet covered in a furry blue carpet-like cover.

& that's IT.  

ummm... yes please?

{ insert news anchor voice} in other news,

my best friendie Jet is in Boise for the weekend!

as consequence, there is now a Halo 3 palooza in our home

it's lasted 4 hours & still going strong. oi.

good thing i've found a copy of The Hunger Games.

yes, i've given in to the crowd.

yes, i'm glad. this book rules.

it's better than Twilight i'd say

because Katniss Everdeen kicks ACE & eats leaves.

can you say hardcore?

cha.

tires make me feel good.

yesterday at Les Schwab,

{it's a tire store. but if you say it in a snooty french voice, it sounds semi-awesome.}

a tire man came up to me & started telling me about a Lizzie McGuire poster that's in his daughter's room.

& i was thinking, "oh how nice for you! but uhh... random?"

so he kept mentioning this poster.

& i kept smiling like a half-interested loon.

but then he says,

"... so i see this poster every day and you know what? you look exactly like lizzie mcguire!"

& i just about squealed.

can you believe it!?

i look just like lizzie mcguire.
i LOVE lizzie!

i had a smug look to my face for the rest of the day as i harmlessly slid "HEthoughtilooklikeLiiiizzieeee!" comments into every bit of my conversation with Trav for the rest of the day.

today is one of those days

where you wake up,

& realize you accidently slept in till 12:30. oops!

anyway. today's been killer so far.

i shaved my legs!

{trav will be happy}

& i've eaten nothing but preztel m&m's since i've awoken.

& i plan on keeping it that way.

soooo i still haven't started work.

hence the morning-is-the-afternoon feeling i've had as of lately.

but! me & some friendies are going to the temple tonight. so i don't feel remotely as bad about being a bum. {chuckle}

last Sunday as a single lady!

& i'm enjoying it ♥

ya ya!

basically let me just say that i love the young women in my ward.

i was laurel president basically all of my two years there,

and gained such a love for each of those tiny princesses.

i feel like their mommy & they make me smile!

so, i want them in my wedding.

as my Tiny Wedding Waitresses!

i made them presh aprons to wear, wanna see?

 

i stopped in to Young Womens today & sent around a sign up sheet,
saying that i could only take 4 girls but it'd be great to get some stand-by's.
& when i got the sheet back,
it was completely filled.
front & back.
i love my young women ♥

this coming week is going to be THUH best. EFF-ERRRRR! Gahhhhhhhh i can't wait!

Trav gets in to Mesa tomorrow at 4ish pm.

do you know what that means?

that means at 4pm when you look at your clock and wonder, "gee, i sure hope there is some happiness in the world right now!"

never fear.

because there IS. and basically all the world's happiness will reside in me.

tiny though i am, i can hold a heckofuh lot of happiness.

because tomorrow at 4ish pm,

i get to hold hands with the man of my dreams again.

& i kinda can't wait!