Arizona Girl Problems

Having that one day of 70-80 degree weather tease you into thinking you can start wearing Fall trends like the rest of the country, only to have the temperature go right back into the mid 90's the very next day. Upon leaving my house in the morning I squealed on the inside noticing how chilly the morning air was and thought "Dare I go back inside and change into a sweater shirt?". Buuuuuuut, it's a good thing I didn't, the temp was back to the upper 80's by 11am.

I just want to wear a long sleeve shirt already!!!!!!

Guess who's back in the muthatruckin house!??

I tried to caption this picture "We're Baaaaaaaccckkkk!" on my Instagram while tagging us at the game, but due to the University of Phoenix stadium not having free wifi (WTF), I could not reach an Internet connection in time to upload my pic and tag myself there. Poor us :( #2012problems

There isn't much more, but go ahead and enjoy the rest of what I managed to document before complete inebriation.

Mel & Val

Buds & Birds

Twinning!! 

Group Hug!

P.S. So now I know why I don't remember leaving the stadium on Friday night or not even knowing about a shooting, I checked my bank account and realized I spent over $70 on beer that night. Yup, those $9 beers are mind erasers. Watch out world!

When they said it was going to be over 115 degrees today

I am completely miserable San Diego

Viva la tomboy!!

So I have a few confessions for y'all this Wednesday.

Okay my first confession which may or may not be a shocker, is that I've always been somewhat of a tomboy most likely due to the fact that I grew up with the boys. I was brainwashed that girls can and will be  toyed with by a boy they like so I needed to beat them to their own game and if I liked a boy, the best way to show him was to just be a jerk. Also, never let my brothers/ cousins find out about him for the sake of his life. Another "important lesson" I learned from their manner was that my feelings should never be expressed (especially if they're sentimental) because that would be considered whining or just inappropriate.
But besides all of this information my brain was soaking up like a sponge in water, I've always enjoyed doing things boys like to do. I played outside allllllllll day, rode around on Rollerblades or bikes, played out war scenes, and I was obsessed with walkie talkies and Hot Wheels & their awesome tracks. Even in high school, I would watch ESPN for an hour without realizing that none of my brothers or their friends were even around, so I could've actually changed the channel if I wanted to, but I didn't. I remember I would always steal my brother's shirts and wear them cause they were way more comfortable than the tight and figure flattering clothes girls were supposed to wear. Then I would get a Charley horse when they couldn't find their shirt the next day or spotted me in school walking around in it. It didn't make sense to me to get dressed super cute for school just so I could sit all day uncomfortably instead of in a loose & cozy T-shirt, so I chose to be comfy at the expense of my brothers not having many clean shirts and my legs being bruised up for a day or two.

Yeah, this was pretty much me back in the day.

Even though a little bit of that tomboy still lives inside me, I still have my ultra girly moments like squealing over a insanely cute pair of heels that I tell myself I MUST have or hoard numerous amounts of eyeshadow and nail polishes or just being a shopaholic. But today I felt the tomboy in me make an extreme comeback, read on...

Well, this morning I had a big breakfast so of course by the time lunch was upon me I was still not hungry (don't worry, that's not my other confession). In times like this I always head to the nearest shopping plaza to get out of the office and "window shop" to get an idea of what I want to purchase when I do have money to splurge (I quoted window shop because sometimes I reason with myself that a pair of pants or shoes are truly more important than eating lunch for a week. I know, I have a problem; tell me something I don't know). 

I digress as usual; Okay so now that summer is upon us in this lovely city of Phoenix, I have been trying to find non-work attire that covers pretty much just the basics (boobs & butt) because when it's 106 degrees outside like today, I could walk around in a bikini (if I was comfortable enough to) and still feel like I have too much clothing on. -What's with all the parenthesis in my sentences? I don't know, I have a lot of side notes for you. You're welcome- 
So today I did something I haven't done since my high school days... I shopped for MYSELF in the young men's section (there it is finally, 2nd confession)!! It was honestly a little surprising at how much neon pink, purple and orange was on the racks, but I guess those are just fun summer colors that anyone can wear. Also, it was kind of funny going into the fitting room at the same time as some teenage boy with almost the same exact shirt he was trying on. But yes, I did get a couple of tank tops to sport around this summer that are still figure flattering (just not holding onto my torso for dear life, which will make me even more hot and cranky) that I can throw a cute cami under to have that spiffy surfer girl look.

This is definitely one reason I'm glad I am a girl, 'cause I don't know how many straight men can walk into the Junior's or Women's sections in a store and find something that will look good on them... well, besides skinny jeans lol.

Perfect tomboy weekend attire

Littering and... littering annnnddd

So it's my time of the year that I am forced to throw money at the state by renewing my car registration and tags, but this year I'm going to pimp my hooptie by getting a custom AZ Diamondbacks license plate. It's all a very simple online process but the only trouble I'm having is trying to figure out what and if I want it to say something other than the normal jumble of letters and numbers that the system gives you by default.

This makes me think of how a friend and I who often carpooled were talking about all the different phrases and words on our fellow AZ citizens license plates like "TRUEDAT" and "DAWG" that just make you laugh and wonder if they are serious or a joke. We agreed that one day we were going to order custom plates for our own vehicles that said something respectably ghetto like either "OHFSHO" or "BLEEDAT" or even "TELLDAT".

Well ladies and gents, that day is today! Dreams DO come true!!!!!!

Real quick,

next time you're talking to someone from Arizona, check and see if they hiss the "s" in their words.
My cousin brought it to my attention last night that people from AZ hiss the "s" in their words. Then when 5 of us were all talking we couldn't help but try and not hiss the S and then sounded like our parents from Chicago who talk at speeds of 230mph.

We're just a bunch of ssscaly Slytherinsssss.

Happy 100th Birthday Arizona

I am in love with my home state Arizona.
Our summers may be hot & dry, but that just means there's more opportunities for fun things to do outside and the rest of our year is unbelievable weather. We can take a 2 hour drive up North to Sedona or Flagstaff to cool off with a gorgeous scenery or make it an extra couple of hours to see the Grand Canyon. We may not have an ocean front view, but we are 4 hours from a Mexican beach & 5 hours from a California beach. If you're feelin' lucky, Sin City is only a short 4 hour drive away for a weekend adventure.

I've always said I want to travel the world and move to different places, but Arizona will always be my Home. Just the scenery of it all is what makes me appreciate it more... like the sunset, it never ceases to amaze me especially with all of the mountain surroundings.

The only bad thing I can honestly say about Arizona, is the people that move here from out of state and constantly complain about it. So after I kindly tell them to go back where they came from if they hate it that much, I can go back to admiring my amAZing home.

While the rest of the country

is reading on Ways To Keep Warm, I spent 10 minutes this morning debating on whether I should bust out my spring wedges for work.

Birds of a feather flock together

Whoops, should've posted this earlier since it's almost the new weekend!

Last weekend was fabulous! Company Holiday party at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge then Cardinal domination on Sunday! Friday was a blur and Sunday was freezing cold! My niece swore it was snowing, I was too occupied with my hair blowing in a million and one directions.

So here are some pics from this beautiful weekend. Enjoy :)

On our way to tailgate! My #1 fans!!

My newly recruited Cardinals fans :) Tara & Sierra

Posted in the Red Zone

Lanae & Cardinals mascot, Big Red

Birds of a feather flock together.

Just another beautiful day in the AZ from the hotel balcony

Calling All Phoenicians

The time has finally come