Clothes Swapping

Last night I went to a clothes swap party. We had snacks, wine and a brought all the stuff we wanted to get rid of!

I'd never been to one before but have heard about doing them and it was a ton of fun! we modeled the outfits and tried to "hard sell" our stuff. Anything that didn't get taken will be donated.

I got some great new pieces and all for FREE! I got this cute floral blousey dress from Express and a small Hamsa necklace.

I definitely recommend having a party like this and I can't wait till we do it again! Next time I'll drink less wine so I'm not hungover at work :)

Ranch Trip-Road Trip

For the memorial day holiday weekend the hub, pups and I headed to his family ranch in Sonora, TX.

We had a great time relaxing with family and enjoying the beautiful weather.

Now we are back to NOLA with the dogs in tow.

Will post more pics of the ranch soon!

P.S. This is a seriously long road trip (11-12 hour drive) each way (eek!)

Luckily we've listened to some good audio books

You are what you drink...

This past weekend was a busy one! I went to a Bday BBQ and a going away party.

The going away party was themed "wear what you're drinking"

I had lots of ideas and a surprising number of options but decided to go as something I really wanted to drink: Stoli Blueberry! We also happens to have some Negro Modelos in our fridge so that is what the hubs was.

My favorite costumes were:

Petite Syrah
Franzia boxed wine
Surfer on Acid
Flaming Dr. Pepper

The winner of the costume contest was Malibu Barbie--we will miss you!! (when you move away :p )

Will post more pics soon.

Call Me Maybe?

Hey, I just met you,

and this is crazy,

but here's my number,

so call me, maybe?

It's hard to look right,

at you baby,

but here's my number,

so call me, maybe?

Hey, I just met you,

and this is crazy,

but here's my number,

so call me, maybe?

And all the other boys,

try to chase me,

but here's my number,

so call me, maybe?

Soooo...I'm officially obsessed with this song and it is my summer anthem.

Last weekend after a wedding I insisted on coming home to karaoke to this song after the DJ had never hear of it?!?!?!

When we got home I sang it 3 times in a row to my hubby and dogs he LOVED it (not)

But really who could not love this song it makes me so happy!

And I'm not alone! Everyone loves it! When I saw Katie from Running on Happiness love it too I knew I wasn't crazy.

so call me, maybe?

Hipster Eyewear

I've had poor eye sight since 1st grade and have need corrective vision for a while.

I pretty much never wear glasses in public unless I have a severe eye infection. My dream one day is to get Lasik but alas my eyes keep changing.

My old specs were from high school and of course my eyes have changed since then so when I saw this post on Swank Heights I was pumped to get some new eye wear!

Coastal.com is will give you your first pair of glasses FREE! I mean glasses are expensive and if you are like me and only wear them to watch TV in bed at night then why would you spend that money when you could buy other stuff. 

So I went online and ordered me a pair of glasses from Coastal.com and I can see 100% better when wearing them. They are pretty hipster and I'm not sure if I can rock them in public yet, but seeing clearer is a big plus!

I also told my visually impaired Hubby to get some specs too since he likes to wear mine when he has too. Can't wait till his get here will post a pic of what he looks like. He went the less hipster route.

P.S. you can also buy contacts from them too which I will try out as soon as I run out of those too

Thank you Coastal.com

Arm Party

If you know me then you know I LOVE jewelry!

I especially love bracelets and stacking them up which is so on trend right now! Here is my arm party from this past week.

Bracelets from top: 

Om Imports

Best discount jewelry store in Dallas,TX

Heart U Back Dogbone Bracelet

Present from my brother that supports the ASPCA

Ettika-similar styles

Love all there jewelry!

Col. Littleton Camp Bracelet 

They have great leather goods--good place to buy presents

Local New Orleans Artist

David Yurman

Store in Athens, Greece

Madewell

Not available online anymore

Alex and Ani

 Local New Orleans Artist

David Yurman

Ettika-similar styles

Madewell

I need to get some color into my stacks stat! I've been staying too neutral lately--means I need to shop!

Hunger Games

Last night I finished Catching Fire, the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy, it was uh-maze-ing!

It leaves you in such a cliff hanger that I am dying to get the last book and read it in two seconds.

Alas I am waiting to see what our book club picks next to read so I can order both at the same time. Rumor has it that is is going to be Shades of Grey (or is it Gray?)

The last book we read was The Paris Wife, which I highly recommend.

I'm not really a book worm but being in a book club helps me a lot. I'll give a summary of all the books we've read so far in another post.

P.S. audio books rock my world

Boil in the B-Ham

This weekend the whole Sudd crew (me, hubs, Beignet, Andouille and Lady) all went on a road trip to Birmingham, AL to visit our friends.

Our friends threw a crawfish boil which a ton of fun and a great way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and the Derby. I'll have another was the the of the day.

B-Ham was beautiful and it was so great to see our friends and their two pooches (Bear and Jes)

I was very thankful the dogs all got along with each other, the guests and their kids at the boil. Can't wait to go back and visit!

New Do

I've been procrastinating getting a haircut for about 7 months and boy did I need a haircut. I took the plunge today and decided for a shoulder length cut that will be great for summer!

Excited to try some new hairstyles and my hair drying quicker :)

Ship Island & Bean Town

I've been so busy lately hanging with girlfriends, celebrating birthdays and in Boston for work trips that I have slacked on my blog updates.

Here is what has been going on this week/last weekend:

Birthday Beach trip for Krell to Ship Island, MS

Getting all the girls ready for the trip

We made it! After an hour long drive then an hour ferry trip we are relaxing by the beach!

Sippin on some Firefly Lemonade getting burnt crispy!

After the sunny day at Ship Island we went on a crazy shopping spree at the Gulf Port Premium Outlets, holla! P.S. I just told my hubby about my shopping spree eek! He likes the new outfit but we'll see about the bill

Next stop I was off to Beantown (aka Boston) bright and early (up at 4 am for a 6 am flight).

When I arrived the weather was uh-maze-ing. Especially for my sunburnt skin.

Here are the highlights:

Cambridge Galleria Fountain

I did more killer shopping here

More nice view from my walk with my bro

Visited the Elf's house and saw his liquor cabinet. I told him to drink up.

The main reason I was in Boston was for my day job. I judged a Drambuie Nail or Fail competition (yum!) Here is the recap of the cocktails from the nights:

Night 1: best cocktail competition drinks eva

Night 2: Great drinks the winner is Drambuie Shiz-le

Next stop B-ham! Can't wait doing some research tonight as I have never been there and cannot wait!

The anticipated agenda will be:

Drinking

Playing with the pups (all 5 of them)

Seeing the Popes

Eating Crawfish

Shooting Blow guns

See you next week!