All I want for Christmas is

Shoes for my two feet! Ok, and some other things too . . . here's what's on my list:

Oprah 20th Anniversary DVD
Ann Taylor: Cashmere Crewneck in the light blue color, size Small, item 130247
Ann Taylor: Cashmere Vneck in the green color & black, size Small, item 130053
*Hint, if you sign up to receive email offers at Ann Taylor, they usually have a coupon good for 20% off a purchase of $100 or more
J-Crew: Double-cloth lady day coat, item 71262, black, size 6
J-Crew: Dream stretch bootbut cords, item 70252, size 8 Short in French Blue and Snow
J-Crew: Beaded Velvet Belt, item 71220, one size in Avocado
Lighted make-up mirror (one side magnifies)
WhiteChocolateSpaceEgg - CD by Liz Phair
X&Y - CD by ColdPlay
Madonna's new CD
The Village (on DVD widescreen)
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (DVD widescreen)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (DVD widescreen)
Fire & Ice (Grill/Cooler Combo)
Bronzer Brush (Sephora brand) from Sephora, should be $25
Coco Mademoiselle Perfume (not the eau de toilette)
GPS Watch - I think Garmin makes this
More J Crew stuff
Isabella silk d"orsay peep-toe heels item 72533, black size 9
Isabella ocelot-print peep-toe heels item 72517, honey size 9
Isabella tweed peep-toe heels, item 72522, black size 9
Wool herringbone jacket, item 70309, size medium in Heather Elm and Papaya

An Early Casualty

Check this guy out. He passed out early at the Decatur Beer Fest, it was only like 3 pm!!

Decatur Beer Fest!

It's finally here! The Decatur Beer Fest today. It was a great time. $30 to get in and you get to sample all the beer you want. Well, all the beer you want, provided you don't mind waiting in line and getting jostled around. I think the event is getting almost too packed, but it was still fun. From now on look out for the traveling Decature Beer Fest tasting glass. It will be like the gnome from travelocity.

Poor Abbey

Abbey got spayed on Thursday. She was so loopy after the surgery, check out the pictures. She looks drunk! She was pretty subdued Thursday afternoon and most of Friday, but now she is back up and running around as if nothing ever happened. I'm happy that she seems to be OK, but I hope we can get her to take it easy so she doesn't over exert herself.

What Happened?

My University of Florida Gators really sucked it up this weekend. They didn't even score a touchdown! (The first time since October of 1992). I still don't want Ron Zook back, but I hope this is Urban Meyers one, and only, mid-season breakdown!

Pictures!

Here are some recent pictures. Check out my cute puppy:) She is getting so big. There's a picture from a recent trip to the Saranac brewery, we were thirsty!! The last one is from the Smyrna Beer Fest (is there a theme here?). We "volunteered" which meant drinking for free and pouring beer for other people for 6 hours. It was awesome

The Office ROCKS!

Have you seen The Office on NBC? I love this show! Check out http://blogs.nbc.com/office/ for Dwight Shrute's blog. And he has several interesting memos too. The sad thing is this show is just like real life.

Vanna - GA

I went with my bf to Savannah, GA this weekend and we had a great time. The weather was VERY hot and very muggy, but despite that we were enjoying ourselves. Overall it would have been a great weekend except for 2 things:
1. We got a BS parking ticket on Tybee Island. We put 3 hours worth of coins into the meter and came back literally 3 hours later to a ticket on the window. Its like the meter maid stood there and just waited for the meter to run out so he could write us a ticket. It was such a bummer to end up paying $18 to park 3 hours. BTW, the beach at Tybee seemed kind of redneck when we were there, so I wasn't impressed.
2. When we got back to Atlanta our power was out. It went off around 6 pm so at first we weren't worried. We called the power company and they expected it to be fixed by 9 pm. We noticed that literally everyone else in the neighborhood had power back except for our cul-de-sac. I called the power company again and they thought they had fixed the problem. Thank goodness I called back. On top of this, we had turned the air conditioning off in the house so it was 95 degrees inside! It was cooler to sit outside than it was inside. So what do you do at 9:30 at night in the pitch black 95 degree heat? Not a whole hell of a lot. It made the evening go by VERY VERY slowly. The power finally turned back on at 11 pm and a big thank you to the nice GA Power technician who came out to fix the blown fuse.

Favorite ATL Restaurants

Here are some of my favorite restaurants in the greater Metro Atlanta area (in case you're ever in town)
Not in any particular order:
Tacqueria del Sol
Horseradish Grill
Doc Chey's
Pappasito's
Vortex
Carrabba's
Flying Biscuit (breakfast)
Chow Baby
Cheesecake Factory
Maggiano's

Blog Title

Why is my blog called "Basically Nonsense"? My new pet peeve is when people using the word "basically" as an opening in conversation. For example:
A: "Why is the sky blue?"
B: "Well, basically, its because . . . "

When is it appropriate to use the word basically? I don't even know! I feel like its so over-used it's lost its meaning.

There isn't really a reason for the word "nonsense" in the title. I guess I used it because I figured a lot of these postings would be about nothing. Or at least nothing that matters to anyone but me.

My Top 10 List (July)

Here are the top 10 things I'm loving right now. This is a list of anything and everything (books, movies, food, books, etc)
Not necessarily in any order:
1. Tomato Zucchini soup from Harry's
2. My new moleskine notebook
3. Wedding Crashers
4. My puppy
5. Painting (as in painting the inside of my house)
6. Books by Gregory Macquire (such as Wicked)
7. My library card
8. Gwen Stefani's "Cool"
9. Sugar Free Popsicles
10. Picasa (picture viewing/editing program by google)

ummm . . .

I have jumped on the blogging bandwagon. What can I tell you about myself? Here's a few highlights:
- Mid 20s
- Currently working & going to law school
- the picture is of my puppy Abbey (what a cutie!)
- living in the metro Atlanta area
- Not single, not married but somewhere in between.