birthday recap

thank you to all for your birthday wishes! i had a wonderful birthday that included calls from friends all across the US, virtual cupcakes, a weight watcher friendly cake baked by JCrew, lots of pink emails, a bouquet of my fave flowers from BossLady, and it all started with a midnight call from Mr.HG with birthday wishes, and ended with burning 623 calories at the gym. it was a great birthday!
i got even more presents today... Mr.HG got me Platon's Republic** (the book of one of my fave photographers EVER) which is an extremely thoughtful gift that i will treasure! and Miss H got me The Pink Princess Cookbook that not only has recipes for princess-style cucumber sandwiches, but also for choc covered princess wand pretzels. can we say yum :) Momma G is buying me work clothes*** and sent me a really great care package with lots of goodies, but most importantly 3 of her famous choc covered marshmallows... yeah, so all 3 are gone. but they were delicious!

in other news... kelly pickler* was on American Idol tonight... and aside from the fact that i adore her, and would love for her to be my bff.... is it just me, or are her boobs ridiculously bigger? like there is noooo way with that itty bitty frame she is naturally a DD... just not possible.

+yesterday, 40 degree weather in nyc, i saw a guy in a kilt. not in a costume, just a "normal" guy walking around in a kilt. thank goodness it wasn't windy!

+ World Exclusive.... J-Lo's baby's pictures are being revealed in only 7.5 hrs... hopefully they will take after their mom

+ thanks to a recent beauty sale at work, i have started using the body shop's flawless foundation again.... and it's fantastic! i used it in high school and don't really recall why i stopped using it, but i'm glad i came around again. it is a very light foundation that feels natural and like i'm barely wearing anything. but it has good coverage and stays on all day. it comes HG recommended!

okay thats all for me... nite y'all ;)

*um, LOVE her
**see January post for examples of his work
*** desperately needed. hopefully, i will be buying a size smaller. i haven't gone shopping since 16lbs ago!

xoxo

weekend review

Happy Monday everyone!!! Or better yet… happy day off work! I am so proud of myself today. Normally, if I have a day off work, I wouldn’t even consider going into the city to go to the gym. So, since 2008 is all about changing myself for the better, I crawled out of bed, put on sweats, went out in zero degree weather, & trucked it to midtown. I worked out with Trainer today, which is always a treat. The one exercise that kills me, but is AMAZING for the thighs is when she has me run up & down the stairs carrying two 8lb weights. Running both down & then up counts as 1. She has me do 3 reps of 15, and let me tell you it’s killer. But I don’t complain!!!! I felt like Rocky today when I finished ☺

Oh, here is a great new WW combo that is choco heaven! I bought the WW choc chip muffins (3points) and fat free cool whip (1pt). Put the cool whip in the freezer, it will have the texture that is more like ice cream. Put the muffin in a bowl, top with cool whip and viola choc cake & vanilla ice cream. The whole dessert is anywhere from 4 to 5 points based on how much cool whip you add. I usually do the 4 point one, and it’s the perfect amount of cool whip! Try it out and let me know. Does anyone else have any low point dessert ideas?

So, I spent the weekend at this huge publishing/art dept event and met some great people. Hopefully, some of who will give me a job in the future. Despite the fact that I had to get up at 6am on a Saturday, it was well worth it. Sat nite the organization hosted a cocktail party at Gael Towey’s* fabulous brownstone down in the village. While at the party, I met more extraordinary people & even spoke to one of my favorite photographers, Platon**.

I have seen his work for years and always admired his photography. A few months ago, I went to a lecture given by him about his career. It was so amazing, so inspirational, and made me appreciate & love his work so much more b.c. not only is he an amazing photographer, but b.c he is a lovely person. At the lecture I didn’t get a chance to say hi & gush over him… but at the cocktail party I did!!! I went right up to him, shook his hand, and told him how fantastic he is!!! I only hope I can work with him one day.

Next up… baby bumps in Hollywood…. Stay tuned!


*Gael Towey is the chief creative officer for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.

**Platon is the photographer who shot the famous Bill Clinton crotch shot back in 2000 (shown above.) He has photographed hundreds of personalities, has loads of legendary shots, & worked for a ton of magazines. In other words, he is freakin amazing!