Weekend Update Part 1- Thursday 07.02.09

Hi y'all!!! It's Saturday night & I'm home relaxing! I've been running around like a crazy person!!! On Thursday night an old friend (we will call him "H"), that I've been talking too the past few months convinced me to get my a$ on the Metro North and meet him up in NYC! We've been trying to get together for weeks but between his work schedule and my umm busy unemployment schedule we've just been conflicting. So I figured what the hell......

THURSDAY 7:0o pm - CT

I know! I did purple again, stop yelling at me!!! I had a train to catch and I didn't have time to get creative. I needed to get cute quick!

9:32pm - NYC Grand Central Station

We decided to meet up in Grand Central by the "big clock".... H, being the gentleman he is was waiting for me on Track 26!!! Lookin' good too..... Haven't seen him since I was like 14..... So we hit up a bar called Nation 12 W. 45th St E. So what else do long lost friends do after a hiatus.... Drink!!!! A bunch of Stoli Razz & Sprites, shots of Jager, Long Island Iced Teas, Hennessay, Heinekin and lord knows what else, we caught up real quick!

NYC The City That Never Sleeps....

I acted like a tourist... I was taking pics, like I'd never been in Times Square before.... Ummm yeah... I was there last week for a bachlorette party......

We found a random injured piegon... It was standing on one foot like a flamingo... It probably had rabies and bird flu, but I had to take a picture of it.

I don't know what that is......... Or what I was trying to do....

Me & H.... You can see the corner of his glasses and my big ass lump head....

OMG.... Starbucks in NYC!!! Surprise!!

H. is a better drunkie photographer. He can actually find our faces.... Too Faced Shadow Insurance is good stuff.... Look at that vibrant eye shadow!!! It was really hot and I was sweaty faced all night and my shadow didn't budge!!!!

MTV!

Garbage! I find garbage interesting.... Random fact! Friday is trash pick up day!!! The last two nights out I had in the city were on Thurdays.... I was kinda thinking like ewww why is the trash everytime I come here on a Thursday? Duh?

I was so busy "catching up", and taking pics of garbage, injured animals and god knows what. That I kinda lost track of time..... Last train out of Grand Central back to CT 1:53am, yeah I wasn't on it..... Oppssss.... So instead of freaking out like a responsibile person I decied that we should hit up another bar.........

2:00am-ish.......

Smith's Bar....... 701 8th Avenue (W.44th Street) Hell's Kitchen........

There was this acustic band.... Aisan girl and White Dude.... It was kinda weird b/c they were on opposite ends of the stage and kinda seemed like they didn't want to be there. They were playing R&B, Pop, & Rap music but in a slow "unplugged" way........ I really wanted to know why they weren't vibin', H said that they might have had some "personal drama"...... I felt really bad that "H", was spending so much money on drinks & stuff so I opened a tab at Smith's and ended up buying drinks for me & him and all of our new friends...... I lost my credit card.... Opsss.... I shoved it in my purse and it must of fell out.........

Why am I kissing my childhood friend & 1st bf from when I was like 12??? Who is that guy behind us??? Why is my DSK peice not sparklin'?

So around 3am my mom starts frantically calling me, and I couldn't hear my phone, it was on like 15% batterty. She wanted to make sure that I caught the 1:53am train so she could relax and go to bed bc she woke up and didn't see my car. I called her back around 4am, with an attitude asking her "why is she all up in my bid-ness..... Sorry MOM!!!! I didn't know it was 4am....

I figured that she assumed that I'm an irresponsible person who gets drunk and misses trains & wander around NYC with a "strange man".... According to her "H" is a "strange man" b/c I haven't seen him since the Clinton Admisnistration.... She's asking me 99 questions and I just tell her to BLAME IT ON THE ALCOHOL & that "H" is hott and not to worry about it...... She wanted to know where I was spending the night since I was stranded in the city? Ummm, hellooooooo the night wasn't over............
So we ended up checking into a hotel, bc my feet hurt....... So I called and told her that so she could relax.......

I woke up in a shocked and confused state........ Where am I??? Who is that guy?? I haven't seen him in like years...... Is this a hotel??? Why is the sun out?? Why the hell am I so thristy?? My phone was dead so I couldn't answer these questions alone.... So I had to wake up "H".... After he figured out the situation he asked me if I found my credit card?? Huh?????

Amazingly I wasn't hung over..... Just confused.......... So I told him that I needed a Diet Pepsi before I "go off", so we got me some Diet Pepsi and got some breakfast or lunch........ We walked back to Grand Central, hung out in the dining concourse and "H" took me right to the track where my train was waiting like a gentleman.... :)

I got home around 2pm..... Hit up Tacobell for a Meximelt (thanks to Steph & Holly always twittering about how they cure miracles.....

Showered, took a nap, then got ready to go back to the train station to go back to the city for the East Coast Beauty Blogger Lipstick Mafia Pow Wow hosted by Ms. Xppinkxx.... aka- My Pammy Pinky Pie...... That part to come.......

I also ruined my brand new purse that I only had for one day........ >_<
BEFORE
AFTER

**DON'T EVER WEAR A BRAND NEW CREME COLORED LEATHER BAG WITH BRAND NEW INDIGO WASHED JEANS.... THE DYE WILL TRANSFER TO THE LEATHER......

That tag that says "wash jeans before wearing" is apparently there for a reason, WASH YOUR NEW PANTS, just don't rip the tag off and put them on your butt...... I also stained the bottom of my white tub with dye from my pants.... At first I was like ewwww, I'm really dirty, then I realized it was dye.... Please email me some tips (mskgreenel@gmail[dot]com )!!! I want to use this bag for more than one day :(

LESSONS LEARNED

1.- Ladies!!! You need to keep Colgate Wisps in your bag!! I bought them at Wal-Mart, you get 4 in a pack for less than $2 bucks!!!! Thank god!!! I have a thing where I can't function in the morning till I brush my teeth! You don't need water!!!! Just brush then throw away the evidience...
2.- When you lose a credit card you should be more concerned and call the credit card company right away...... The limit on that card isn't that much, and someone did try to use it...... >_<>

3.- Hanging out with your 1st bf is a good time!!!! Especially when your both grown & sexy!!!!

XoXo

PS. Certain parts of this stroy have been omitted to protect the innocent....... I gave ya'll the PG-13ish version :)

Champagne With Strawberries & Immature Drunkin' Behavior, Tiny Beauty Supply Haul

Hi Y'all!!! Hope everybody had a great weekend! Mine was ok........ Friday I stayed in and had a blast with Kimberly Tia and the "girls" on BlogTv, it was seriously like a silly sleepover party with Beauty Bloggers from all over!!!
Saturday I planned a little "Girls Night In" at my place because my parents went away for the weekend ( that sound so juvenille, but I hate being alone in this house, it's creepy, I live in an isolated patch of woods, I dunno whats out there....Coyotes, Foxes, Hawks, Bugs......) Everyone bailed at the last minute, except my Cristina!!! Which was perfectly fine. Some people rather go out & be "scene" but there's no "scene" here but whatev. Cristina brought over a bottle of Champange & Strawberries!!!!
I provided the Nuvo (1st time drinking it & definatley not my last), Bacardi Melon & Sprite, & Black Haus (little nips of Black Haus for me , I must say they fit great in my purse!)

(I still really suck at Photoshop, but I'm learing, kinda)

So we "vegged" out and listened to 90's music on TV, drank and did our usual sh!t talking and as the night went on I decided to call the "ex" bf to see if he and the old crew wanted to stop by..... Well apparently the "ex" said "I'm busy, I'm hanging out with a NEW GIRL". Umm, yeah were friends and all but you don't tell your drunk ex-gf that your hanging out with a new girl!!! I felt, REPLACED!!! So what did drunk Kendall do....... I told that "ex" that he's a BAD friend becasue he PROMISED that he would take me out to dinner for my bday and that I don't even wanna go with him and to have a nice life, & that I hated him and that I'm coming to get my sh!t ASAP & a bunch of other immature drunk stuff that I'm not going to share!! It's not jeaously, were over. It would never work, for a lot of "personal" reasons that I don't want to get into. I was just pissed that he told me that he was with a "new girl"........ Y'all this is going to sound so dumb and immature but I WANTED TO MOVE ON FIRST!!!! Every bf I dated gets married to the next girl within a year or two. It's happened 3 times!!! I'm the girl you date for 3yrs + then we break up then he gets to live "happliy ever after".... Where the hell is my happly ever after!!! So my night ended in drunkin' tears and "girl power" chants. Then Cristina wanted to come up to my room and see my makeup stash and I completly forgot about the "ex"...... After Cristina left, I felt sad again and drunk twittered, & drunk AIM'ed poor Tina Marie. Thanks for letting my cry on your shoulder via AIM, girl, it really meant a lot to me. I owe you a plate of Carne Asada Fries!! Then drunk dialed my cousin Krissy in Korea, (I called her cell which is a US number, I was drunk but not insane) she broke it all down for me and she's right, it's just not my time. She also made me realize that it's time to change my life!! She also told me that she's going to bring me back all kinds of Koren makeup, lashes, candies & goodies!!! I'm been miserable in CT ever since I went to the DMV and surrendered my NY State License! I was miserable here before I met the "ex", we were happy, but the last 1yr of our relationship was a big waste of time for the both of us. He was just a distraction keeping me here. So something really BIG, NEW & EXCITING changes will be coming up in the next few months. When I'm sure about it I will tell y'all!!!! The "ex" did call me today about being shady on Saturday. It just sucks because I still want to be friends with him because I hardly know anyone around here and I lost some "friends" in the breakup.
Sunday was Easter, we didn't do anything, I was pissy because the mall was closed. Even the Chinese Restaurant was closed so when my parents came home we had a special Easter Dinner at Outback, lol. Sorry, no food porn but I ordered The No Rules Parmesan Pasta~
Fettuccine noodles tossed in a creamy Parmesan cheese sauce. Up the flavor with the addition of grilled shrimp, scallops or chicken breast, or choose two. I chose grilled shrimp & scallops......
So today Monday, was another hard day for me. Me & My Mommy drove to Queens, NY to deal with paperwork to settle out my Mommy Cat's apartment.... Of course I hit up the Beauty Supply for some hard to get in CT items....

• Mesh Wrap- I can't find them in CT, I'll do a tutorial about wrapping your hair to keep it straight & Silky- $/199
• Hair Net Sheet- For my next install. When I can find them around here, I pay anywhere from $5-$7. I got this one for $.199
• Eye Brow Razors (3 for $2.99)
• Sassi Lashes #47 - $2.49
• Fresh Look Contacts Green -$20.00 for two pair
• Clear Mascara for my brows- $1.99
• NIKA Lip Pencil- My HG lipliner shade Plum Brown $1.99
  

We got a moving permit for the 20th so everyone that's taking furniture is coming that day. We did more packing and it just really sucks............... I miss her every single day. Sometimes, I get angry with her for leaving us. I did get my "inheritance" today. Mommy Cat has been saving change for me since I was born for my wedding or and big life event. I hauled the coinage once when I was 14 to help fund my trip to London & Paris. Then she started all over again! So I took jars, and jars of coins home and I'm going to go to CoinStar (even though they pimp your money) and put it in my savings acct. Maybe for a ticket to LAX for the IMATS so then I can stalk my SoCal Blogger Lovers......
I'm out, I wanted to write about a Special Bday delivery that I recieved today from Hott Darling, in Texas, but I'm exhusted from being in NY all day and moving car, besides it's 3:10am I probably should have my brown behind in bed now!
XoXo

So What! Ten Years Later!

Hi Y'all! So I knew the the time was coming up... I'm not one for numbers but 1999 was 10 years ago.... It's been 10 years since I graduated HIGH SCHOOL! I'm pretty much content with my life but the damn "what have you been doing for the last ten years packet", made me feel a little empty inside when I first read it.
At first I didn't want to go... Mostly out of laziness, I'll have to drive down to Long Island, blah! But I've kept in contact with most of my "girls" and were turning it into a night out and have plans for after. It's an excuse to get my hair did and flaunt my makeup skills & bat my false eyelashes. Oh its open bar also.
Life is a series of milestones. Your first steps, first day of school, graduating high school, graduating college, getting married, having children & settling down. I tend to live my life out of order and in my own way. I wasn't one of those kids who knew what they wanted to do since they were a teenager. I pretty much figured it out within the last few years. Yeah I went to a great High School, I went to a good college for a little bit, messed up and was dragged home kicking & screaming, took some time off then went to another good school part-time & worked full-time.
I'm still pursuing my Bachelors Degree... If all goes as "planned" I will graduate in December 2010 with a degree in Business, Management & Economics with a Concentration in Marketing from Empire State College. I can't get down on myself because I didn't do it in 4 or 5 years like most of my peers. I've had the opportunity to hold down some awesome jobs in my field while pursuing my degree.
So what I'm not done yet, so what if I don't have a job at the moment, so what I'm single! I'm not going to let those things bother me.
So what I live with my parents. We moved here when I was 22 and still away at school. I know that CT is not where I want to plant myself permanatley and when I figure out where I want to go I'd rather stay at home and save up instead of spend money on a condo in a place where I have no intentions of staying.
I have no reason to look back at the last 10 years with regrets!

Me 10 Years Ago! Don't Sweat the braids w/ the highlights & my darkass lip liner & lipstick

So I thought I would have some fun with the "What Have You Been Doing" Paper...

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I was going to mail it back but my mom said something about it being inappropriate for a Catholic High School.....
All that matters is 10 years later I'm happy, healthy and my boobs are still perky!
XoXo