Confessional Friday: {Link-Up}

1.     I confess that this will be a very short confession because I have a real job. And that real job is requiring work this morning.

2.     I confess that Ruby is competing in the NWA Wiener Dog Races tomorrow. Usain Bolt, watch your back. There’s a new runner on the verge of great things.

3.     I confess that I watched approximately 20 minutes of the Presidential Debate before I turned it off in favor of Breaking Bad.

4.     I confess that I have started watching QVC in the mornings when I get ready because it keeps Ruby quiet. That network mesmerizes her and puts her in this doggy retail trance.

5.     I confess it’s going to be in the 50’s this weekend here and we have to go to a dadgum wedding in Tulsa. I wanted to spend my first cold weekend curled up on the couch. Would you like to hear me play my tiny violin?





Be blessed, lovelies-

Pea Pod Paper and Gifts Giveaway

I wanted to introduce you girls to Pea Pod Paper and Gifts, the newest sponsor of A Blonde Ambition! Pea Pod offers a HUGE variety of collegiate and Greek items, jewelry, home and office supplies, scarves and even iPhone covers.

It truly is one of those sites where you could go and finish all of your Christmas shopping in, like, an hour. Pinky swear.

Harlow Necklace, as seen on Emily Maynard on The Bachelor

To kick things off, sweet Susan (owner of Pea Pod) has offered to give away TWO of the adorable Fornash Game Day Bangles – your choice of colors! These were featured in Oprah's "O" Magazine, so you know they're going to be super popular.

The only requirement to enter here is to go like Pea Pod on Facebook! After you’ve done that, just leave a comment with your email addy letting me know you did so, below.

The contest concludes by Monday, October 8 at 11:59 p.m. Please make sure that your email address is included in your entry or I won’t be able to process it, m’kay?

Happy entering, gaw-geous girls.

Be blessed, lovelies-

Featured in Citiscapes Magazine!

Hi, girls! Things are super busy this morning, but I did want to let everyone know how thrilled I am to be a contributor in this month's Citiscapes Magazine! Citiscapes is a Northwest Arkansas mag that covers style, society, entertainment and dining, in addition to pieces on current events.

My segment this month is called "Local Look" and gives a broad spectrum look at shopping locally in Northwest Arkansas, which is quickly becoming a style hub of the Deep South.

A special thanks again to the fabulous Becky Gosnell, Editor at Citiscapes for letting me be a part of this month's issue. If you live in Arkansas, pick up a copy at your local supermarket or subscribe online : )

Thanks for letting me shamelessly self-promote this morning!

Be blessed, lovelies-

And On Monday, They Wept

And by they, I mean Razorback fans. 

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Happy Monday! (Is there such a thing?)

Let’s try this:

“Not-so-terrible Monday!”

More fitting?

I wish I had a thrilling weekend tale to recount to you all this morning, but I do not. Instead, you’re stuck with this:

• We watched Anonymous on Saturday night on Dish On-Demand and loved it. To all the former English majors and literature buffs out there – get thee to a dvd player and watch it. 

• I took Ruby to the vet on Saturday morning for her 3^rd boosters. A brief 13 minutes (kidd you not) and a mere $89 later, we were on our merry way. Pets eat money. Swear. 

• Yes, I watched the bloody Hogs game. Yeah, we were brutalized yet again. We are AWFUL. AWFUL, I tell you. It ain’t our year and that’s all there is to it. Thank again, Bobby P. 

• On the upside, I hear our basketball team is slated to be quite good. I’ve never been a major b-ball fan, but with football going the way it is, there’s probably no better time to become one. 

• Win or lose, head coach or no head coach – I still love the Hogs. #WPS 

• Did anyone tune into Real Housewives of New Jersey last night? Some of my favorite gems:

On the subject of copycatting:

“You’re wearing my glitter eyeshadow. I wore glitter eyeshadow on last season’s reunion.”  - Teresa to Melissa

On style and appearance:

 “I can’t see your face for all your extensions.” – Melissa to Teresa.

“You, in your Christmas pageant dress. Just sit there and shut the (insert curse word) up.” – Caroline ‘Butt-inski’ Manzo

On strange personal endeavors:

“My cannoli kit will be on shelves really soon. Everyone can be a goddess in her kitchen!” – Kathy Wakile

• Is it just me, or is hocking strange products and concepts the right of passage for all Real Housewives? Remember that “wine of the month” club that Vicki and Tamara from the O.C. started? You know, before they hated each other?? And Alexis Bellino’s “couture” dress line? (P.S. – I wondered if she realized that the very word couture implies “one of a kind”?) 

Just some low-carb, trans-fat-free food for thought.

Be blessed, lovelies- 

Confessional Friday: {Link-Up}

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Hey girls! It's that time again, so link up!

Also, please make sure that if you do link up that your post is one of the Confessional variety : ) I know we all want our links out there, but please only participate if you legitimately blogged about Confessional Friday. Thanks!

1. I confess that I am entirely too excited about Ruby’s collection of tricks. She can do a whopping total of three: sit, up and lay down. We’re working on roll over and also trying to teach her how to hop over an empty wrapping paper tube while we hold it. Kind of like reverse limbo.

In other news, I lead an incredibly exciting life.

2. I confess that I religiously tune in to Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: Making the Team on CMT every week. This season is so much fun to watch because they have so many cute, talented girls! Many of y’all know that it was always a secret dream of mine to be a DCC ; ) Is 27 too old to try out? ; )

3. I confess that my eating patterns this week have been sub-par at best. A cup of pretzels, a sip of Dr. Pepper here and there, an M&M that I found in my desk drawer…you get the idea. It’s an excellent diet though and yields guaranteed weight loss. It’s called “eat whatever you can find and forget you’re hungry”, or “the diet of someone in writing and public relations during ‘busy season’.”

4. I confess that our house resembles one of those war aftermath scenes on CNN. Between two dogs, four batches of mediocre pumpkin bread, an attempt to organize our filing cabinet and a closet purge, I’m confident that we probably pushing the boundaries acceptable living conditions.

And I crazily volunteered to host Game Day at our house tomorrow. Because I like waking up to clean at 6 a.m. on a Saturday.

5. I confess that yesterday I was talking to someone who said, “I’m a stress eater.” I turned to her and, honestly, said, “I’m a stress shopper.” #truestory 

Be blessed, lovelies-