Stylish Blogger?

Apparently, I have been tagged with the stylish blogger award. Now, my first question is: how can you win a stylish blog award if the blog for which you are blogging about winning the stylish blogger award is the only blog post you have composed in the past two months? Well, folks, it happened. Along with the receipt of this award, you get to hear 10 "fun facts" about little ol' me. Aren't you excited?? I choose to use my 10 "fun" facts to share with you 10 of my current obsessions (in no particular order)**:

1. Le Creuset Dutch Oven in Purple: (Married much??)

2. OPI Nail Polish "Pirates of the Carribean" collection:

3. Cate Blanchett's gown at the Oscars last night by Givenchy Couture--stunning.

4. Large arm jewelry of any kind. It's obvious I love Fossil watches. My latest purchase (thanks fam for the Christmas monies!) is similar to this one except in yellow gold as opposed to the rose:

Amrita Singh is one designer that has relatively inexpensive bangles with an Indian twist. Here's one of my current faves of hers:

Amrita Singh

5. Covered back porch outdoor fireplaces. Call me Southern, but whenever Graham and I can ever consider settling down and buying a house, a deal breaker will be a covered back porch with space to build an outdoor fireplace. Mmm...you can feel the outdoor winter coziness already.

6. The new Michael Kors line of "take-everywhere" tote bags. This Edie Large Shoulder Tote in Peanut is my current fave:

7. Dos Rios Cantina and Tequila Lounge in downtown Des Moines. They make your guacamole fresh in front of you at your table to your preference (chunky, mild, spicy, cilantro, etc.). Enough said.


8. The Band Perry. Went to their concert this past Thursday night and was blown away--seriously. Much better than expected. I mean what more could you ask for when the perform great covers of "Amazing Grace (the "my chains are gone" version)" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" back to back. Two of my favorite songs of all time. Random, I know--don't you worry about it.

9. Discounted items on "last-minute" websites. If you aren't familiar with these, you really should be. But caution, they'll have you addicted and you'll be logging on everyday without fail.


Here's a few for you:



http://www.ruelala.com/ (you have to be invited to this one, so if you're not a member, I'll send you an email invite!)


http://www.gilt.com/ and along with it, http://www.jetsetter.com/


And, finally, if you're into outdoorsy things, check out http://www.steepandcheap.com/, but beware: this one has one sale item that refreshes every 30 minutes, so you'll be downloading the app in no time to make sure you don't miss anything! (Yes, there'a an app for that.)


10. Thai Chopped Chicken Salad at Panera. With only 390 calories in the full-size portion (I mean, who would be able to fill up on anything smaller??) it is a great way to eat healthy for lunch or dinner and feel like your being bad. Seriously, you should go try it. Right now.