thanks.

...for your sympathetic comments.  i should really just suck it up but i can't help complaining.  but it seems normal given your reaction so thank you for letting my inner whine shout to the high skies.

i feel like sharing some personal goodies here today.

first pic is the wallpaper installed in our bedroom.  it's just one wall because the room is small and i didn't want to be engulfed in peonies.  but the gold is subtle enough to not feel overwhelming and i think it's perfect.

side note:  the paris poster is from... paris.  i asked my sister to get me a 'vintage map' during her most recent trip there.  sure, in the bottom right corner it says 'made in korea'... but she carted it across the ocean and then some for me, so it gets a prominent place in our home.

the next two pics are of the nursery.  our biggest contribution to the room are the prints and the frames.  oh, and the crib, which you don't see.  

everything else - books, shoes, baby clothes, baby stuff - are mostly hand me downs or gifts.

*my pics*

adorbs.

i'm 2 weeks from my due date and this waiting is just so. not. fun.  i was hoping for some good news from my doc today aka i'm close but apparently i'm so NOT close.  boo.

a lot of people have been giving us advice like 'get sleep now' and 'eat what you want now' and 'spend time with your hubs now'.  while appreciated, it's all i can do to not shoot daggers from my eyes to say 'stfu, leave me alone, i'm annoyed and uncomfortable'.

even my own doc compared me to jessica simpson noting how LOOOOOONG my pregnancy has felt.  i was like... sh*t, seriously.  i'm so ready already.

sorry for the whine sesh.

on that note, how adorable are scott and garance?  so cute.

photo via mr. newton.

solid.

i'm thisclose to babytimes, ppl.

this might be TMI but my body has been growing non stop and the stretch marks have been soooo marking their territory... like i actually get sad-faced over it it's so bad.   i've oiled and lotioned like a good little grease monkey but my skin is apparently destined for stretchmarkdom.  bummers.

or is it?  i turn 33 this weekend and truth be told, my bikini body hasn't been bikini worthy for about 10 years.  but i've stuffed my body into bikinis anyways.

so i guess now's the time to really start investing in some cute one-pieces.

yes, the blue floral print is definitely kind of mommy-ish.  but then again.  that's what i'll be shortly.  so.

1, 2, 3, 4.

nutella.

need to pick up nutella and make these heavenly morsels.  i'll let you know how it all goes.

via chef in training.

tara nominated me for a blog award.  there are rules to follow, but if you don't mind, i will skip ahead to answering the 11 questions.

1. What's the weirdest/grossest thing you have ever eaten-or at least what other people consider to be gross/weird.
cow tongue.  i know. disgusting.

2. Have you ever stolen anything?
yes.  uh.  that's a yes or no question, right?

3. What is your favorite book (or the most recent one you liked)
fountainhead.

4. What is your favorite country you have visited (assuming you have visited another country). If not another country, what state?
tokyo and paris.  for obvious reasons.

5. Is it called soda or pop?
who calls it pop.

6. What do you buy when you go to a movie theater to eat (if anything)?
popcorn, nachos with jalapenos, diet coke, bon bons.  that's right.

7. Have you ever peed your pants (or the bed) that you can remember?
for sure.

8.  What's your favorite swear word?
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.

9. What kind of yogurt flavor do you like?
vanilla or plain. that's it. the end.

10. Do you ever wear socks to bed?
why would you EVER wear socks to bed.  so no, i do not.

11. How do you roast a marshmallow (do you prefer it burned, perfectly toasted, etc.)
crunchy light brown on the outside, ooey gooey melted on the inside.

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i'm so interesting.

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i happen to like these questions so i will nominate the folks i'd like to know more about and pass 'em forward:

1. sho and tell.
2. gold and gray.
3. a history of architecture.

xx

sleeves.

i have 3 tats.  one is a tramp stamp.  what.

my husband has zero and isn't the tat type.  but i always tell him to GET SLEEVES.  because they make me hot.

via jak and jil.

i guess they wouldn't look good past age 54 or so.  but when we're 54, who's going to care what we look like.

billz.

what did you buy on black friday.  or over the weekend.  or today's cyber monday.  i really want to know.

i've been scouring the nets, trying to save some money by spending some dolla billz but whomp whomp, the only thing i was able to score was this dyson vacuum.  i mean.  it's good sh*t, BUT.

in other news, we saw this movie over the weekend.  i don't care what anybody says.  i love BC.

poll:  real or fake tree.  we had a real one last year.  but i'm feeling lazy this year.  lazy and fat.

ok.  i'm off to troll around the web some more.  and i may or may not bake cookies later tonight.

xx

goodies.

so i went.

the losers:

the red dress was too structured for my belly and i was totally joking about the bra top.  totally.

i stared at the lucite heels for a good while before deciding i wouldn't buy them.  i talked myself out of it like 'what the hell. you're pregnant.  you can't wear these now. your feet will probably grow or shrink. and it'll be all for naught.'

yup.

the oversized sweater made me look like furry oompa so that was a no.  this dress was a contender but ultimately i decided i wouldn't know where to wear it to.

the winners:

1, 2.

yeah that's right.  i bought the felt/ fleece/ blanket/ dress.  can't wait for the temp to drop below 60 or to travel to alaska so i can wear it and not feel ridonk.

tgif.

p.s. the chubby fingies are partly genetic and partly water retention.  thank you.

rugs.

my current story:  i'm a stay at home preggos person.  first trimester kicked my ass and i ended up resigning from a new job i had started just 3 weeks in.  srsly.  it was a huge blow to my ego and i have yet to really get over it, especially since i have, oh, about 30 hours of free time a day to do nothing but think about things over and over again whilst the little bean plays punching bag with my other organs.  thankfully, i'm in much better condition now but it's kind of like, now what.  like what do i with all this time until baby joins this world.

enter: spend $$ and redecorate the house.  yeah, that's right.  to my husband's dismay, my new time-consuming project (other than blog stalking you) is filling our small house with more stuff.  yesss.  who's with me.  i mean, it all began innocently enough because, hello, we needed to make up our nursery because, i mean, that's just what everyone does.  but then it started spilling over into all areas of the house. what's that saying: leave no stone unturned? something like that.

so this past week, west elm had a sale on their rugs.  so, naturally, i bought several.

 the alyson fox stencil rug.

the marquis rug.

and you know about the wallpaper.  next up, some furniture, some lighting, some frames, some prints to go in the frames, and et cetera (which is all spelled out because i have a feeling the et cetera items will be pretty hefty.)

happy tuesday.

girls.

i'm not sure if this is necessarily a good thing, but i love my friends with whom i feel this way.

via simple lovely.