To top it off

Okay, it has been a week since I last filled you in on my CB happenings.

Well, the NLG (nice looking guy) from my previous post accompanied me to church last Sunday, and afterward joined Kelly and I for dinner.  We talked for about 3 hours and then parted ways.  I do not plan on hearing from him again.  And I am okay with that.  He is a great guy, and will make someone very happy, I just don't think we jive too well together.

Monday provided me with an opportunity to stay at home, and later have my parents take me out to dinner at a great little Chinese restaurant before I went to FHE which consisted of grab-bag skits and other various games.  (not the classiest of activities, but that's ok)

The rest of the week was primarily filled with work.  And some frustration regarding school, but the school stuff has since been taken care of and I am happy once again.

I have also recently started going through my pictures that I took in Switzerland and have been editing them.  It's amazing how much better they look!  There is almost a professional quality to some of them (if I do say so myself).

I am glad the week is drawing to a close though.  I just have to make it through my birthday dinner tonight and all will be well! 

867-5309

Today was...a day.

At work, I have been getting pretty stressed out about some things.  I am the go-to person for my particular area, and so naturally, everything comes back to me.  When person A does something wrong it comes back to me, when person B does something wrong it comes back to me.  You get the idea.  Well, today I was at the end of my rope.  I couldn't decide if I wanted to punch something or just crumple in a corner and burst into tears.

Fortunately, I did neither of those.  I'm a CB after all!

I decided to go to the Temple instead (I actually decided to do that last night and had therefore taken my temple bag with me to work, but we can pretend it was spur of the moment).

I had a really good session, and was able to pour my heart out to the Lord about a few things I've been pondering.  I also saw someone from my current ward and 3 people from a previous ward while I was there, thus again cementing the fact that I can't go anywhere without seeing someone I know.

Feeling uplifted, I decided to catch Trax home instead of my usual bus.  The car was crowded, but I was able to procure a seat next to a nice looking guy (bonus).  Riding along, I pick up snippets of conversations around me, strangers meeting strangers, when all of a sudden...the nice looking guy starts talking to me.

We end up talking for the rest of our ride, and he ultimately asked for my number.  Not having felt creeped out, nervous, wary or threatened, I gave it to him.  Not a bad way to end a day that started out so horribly in my opinion.

Now, you may be wondering "What about this is CB material?"

Well.....I drank my rootbeer from a martini glass.  Can't get much classier than that right?

Cooking with Class

I have been craving Chicken Coconut Curry for days.
The thought of it has been thrusting my senses into overdrive, and if I happen to get a whiff of the exotic spices and sweet coconut as I wait for the bus (that just happens to have a stop near a Thai food establishment), I might as well just keel over and die out of longing.

Suffice it to say, I wanted some curry.

Well, what's a Classy Broad to do in this situation?
There are a number of good restaurants that serve curry nearby, but my inner CB sense told me this was not the answer.

Then what in heavens name was the answer?!

Well, apparently the CB makes her own coconut curry.  No, that was not a typo.  This CB made a batch of delectable curry featuring all the spicy goodness accentuated by the coconutty (let's pretend that's a word for now) sweetness that she had been in search of.

If I was the type of person who takes pictures of things and put them on their blog, I would absolutely favor you with a delightful before and after shot of the deliciousness of which I partook this evening, but this CB has issues remembering what day it is, let alone remembering to pull out the camera to mark auspicious occasions such as this.

Just know that it happened, and that it happened in a very classy way.

YCB

THIS is the Year of the Classy Broad.

Yes, you read that correctly.  The Year of the Classy Broad.  Which classy broad?  THIS classy broad. (Please don't be offended by the use of the word broad....I do not mean it in any sort of a negative way, it just rolls off the tongue a bit better than "dame" does, and "Year of the Classy 20-something" doesn't have the right ring to it)

Anyway, back to the point.

I decided last year (ever so long ago) that I wanted to mix things up a bit, in a good way, for myself.  I have gone through so many phases in my life; the cat lover (I may have actually thought I was a cat in my youth), the tomboy (this one lasted a LONG time), the actress (also lasted a long time, with some lingering effects), the girly girl (hard to believe, I know, but I did at one point own (and wear) a plethora of pink), the awkward "I'm trying to be girly but not quite doing it right because I don't want to be TOO girly" girl (those were some...interesting times), and the beauty you see before you (Why, Hello there!).  I am happy with who I turned out to be (really, who wouldn't be?  I can use my power drill while wearing 4 inch heels!) but I still feel the need to expand my horizons a bit in certain areas.

So this is the year!  This is the year that I try new things (I did it in past years too, so that's not really that big of a step), meet new people, dress up when I want to dress down, drink out of champagne flutes, use the fine china (if you'd like to buy me fine china, I wouldn't object), be gracious, smile at strangers, complain less, eat at classy restaurants, fall gracefully (because it is inevitable that I will fall), read more books, keep certain topics to myself, and hopefully reign in some of my sarcasm (this is a yearly effort...it's apparently going very well).

There you have it, the Year of the Classy Broad.  Feel free to join me (but you have to bring your own cheese)

(sorry about all the parenthetical thoughts....including this one.  Add that to the list)

Sneak Preview

This is a precursor for a post that will come a little later, but that is okay, I'm just going to throw it out there now.  I need a little more class in my life.

I come fully equipped...

I am quite possibly the luckiest gal in this room! (yes, the one I am sitting in by my lonesome) I am the ecstatic owner of a new power drill!  It is black and orange and beautiful!  And it sits in my new tool box!  Which is black and yellow and beautiful...except where I can't get the sticker gunk to come off..that part is not so beautiful.

Upon opening my new tools Christmas morning, a short conversation similar to what follows may have taken place...

Mom: "Well with all those tools you're bound to attract a man"

Me: "Actually, I think I'm more bound to detract a man with all these tools"

Rebecca: "I'm inclined to agree with Lisa on this one"

Can't crack the male ego I guess....well, actually....this baby can drill through just about anything...bring it on!

I'm not dead yet

No, I'm not dead.
Yes, I do realize it's been almost a month since I last blogged..? Posted?  How am I supposed to say that?

It hasn't been for a lack of thinking about writing things, I have had the urge quite a few times this month, but something kept me from doing it.  I think it was mostly the fact that the things I would consider writing about have all been written before...by me, and for fear of sounding like a depressing, disgruntled broken record, I refrained.

Well no more!  You're going to get depressed and disgruntled!  And you're going to like it!  Just kidding....

This week (all 2 days of it) has been slightly interesting in the fact that I have had nothing planned for my evenings (a rarity), sure I could study...but frankly, I didn't want to.  So what have I been doing?  Watching old movies of course!  I am the proud owner of some new (old) movies from the 30's and 40's courtesy of Miss Kelly Buie, and I have been having a ball watching them...by myself cuz that's how I work it.

Plenty of gorgeous swoon-worthy gentlemen...all for me!