Happy Friday!

TGIF. I've been dragging this week and getting my days all out of order (Wednesday felt so much like Tuesday I nearly forget my scheduled appointments, and yesterday was a definite Friday...or so I thought). Thankfully, tomorrow really is the weekend, and this calls for some fun!

Happy things:

I went to bed last night singing this for some reason; so there's that.


This newly caught my eye since the ladies of PLL (while annoying because after 4 years you'd think they would've learned to not venture into a dark alley/wooded area/basement/ or warehouse alone) display excellent fashion sense while hunting for clues. Now you, too, can find their wardrobe pieces. 

Speaking of fun wardrobe pieces, how fun are these bright blazers (here, here, and here are my favs from GMG's blog post today)?! I'm always looking for ways to make my work wardrobe reflect my youth/fun side while still being appropriate.  

February's InStyle mag has the "15 Best Beauty Apps" listed in their print issue (with the fabulous SJP on the cover), so please excuse me while I download and try them all. 

Happy weekend, y'all!

Consider my DVR Full This Fall

Thanks to the always-helpful Levo League article on 7 leading women to watch on the small screen this fall, I am officially addicted to three new shows that haven't even started yet.

While I fully trust Levo's judgement (as seen here) and am sure that all 7 are flawless, my personal interests left these three as top runners for favorite tv show (up there with The Americans and PLL).

1. Hostages
As per Levo's description it promises to be packed full of drama, twists, and turns. Don't believe me? Check out the "first look" below.


2. The Crazy Ones
On a lighter note, who doesn't live SMG and Robin Williams?!


3.  To My Future Assistant
No first look/trailer just yet, but if Brittany Snow stars as a stressed out, over-worked legal assistant, you can count me in.

Speaking of counting me in... who's ready for The Americans Season 2?! Is it January yet?

Pretty Wicked Hilarious

In lieu of last night's television fabulousness [in case you didn't know, Tuesdays are my "stay in and watch hours of t.v." nights] with PLL (oMgEzIeS), Dance Moms (which has now turned into a weird talk show, ergo I won't continue watching), and the icing on the incredible cake Pretty Wicked Moms. 

Yes, I watch (and love) this show.

As if I needed another reason (besides based-on-real-events movies) to love Lifetime, Pretty Wicked Moms is beyond amazing. Pure T.V. gold, I tell you. If you've been hesitant, let me assure you, it's full of bleach-blonde, Southern women that can get a bit catty, but it's insanely amusing and I can't get enough of Emily "Swanky" Dees Boulden. Thus, the subject of my post: Emily's awesomeness.

Emily, otherwise known as the "Queen Bee," is straight from the heart of Mississippi (specifically, Philadelphia, Miss., as we learned last night) and has the thick accent to prove it. She and her oh-so-hilarious hubby, Pete (a cosmetic dentist--hence everyone's beautiful pearly whites) have one daughter, Amzie, and her store, SWANK, in the heart of Atlanta. And in case they weren't swanky enough, Emily and Pete's wedding was featured on Mississippi's MyScoop website.

As annoying as she can seem, she's honest, hilarious, and swanky to the core. 

And you don't get Emily without her trusty sidekick and doggy-momma, Nicole Noles. A few of my fav Emily moments are as follows:

Famous Friends (part 1)

This is the part of the story when I tell you which celebs I think I should be friends with and why (in Veggie Tales voice of "this is the part of the story when..." voice). And, yes, it's another series.

Famous Friends numero uno:

AshBenzo

aka

Ashley Benson

Why, you ask?

 [ she's one fourth of the best/most glamorous 

detective series of my generation, PLL]

 [she likes/has tattoos]

 [she likes to dress up...]

[she likes to dress down]

 [she plays with her hair]

 [rocks a top knot on the reg]

 [and she even loves nail art]

If this isn't proof enough that we were meant to be A-list acquaintances, check out her pinterest, and website for more proof. More famous friends and evidence to come.

Dream Destinations (part II)

This installment of dream destinations is a little more spread out than the last five locations, but I think they're worth the trek.

First stop is Sitka, Alaska.

{c'mon, who wouldn't want to visit here?}

{You might be familiar with this location through a 

little movie called, The Proposal.}

Next stop, keeping with the Ryan Reynolds "theme" is 

Boone Hall Plantation in

 Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

{You might have heard, the lovely Blake Lively and

 Ryan Reynolds were recently married there}

{Yowza.}

{That house. Amazing. Probably remember it as 

Ali's summer house in The Notebook.}

{Good enough for them, good enough for me to visit}

Third, we're heading to the heart of wine country,

Napa Valley, California.

{Caught my first glance of this beautiful 

landscape from this movie}

{vineyards+ spanish style houses = heaven on earth}

Next up, the sweet small town of 

Shelby, Indiana.

{definitely top 10 fav movies ever}

{a time when summers were full of 

riding bikes and playing red rover}

 Last stop on toady's journey is the fictitious town of

Rosewood, Pennsylvania

home of the Pretty Little Liars.

{the sign is appropriately eerie given the nature of the show}

{found a lil map of Rosewood to help with all the clues}

{Town Square. Site of many a creepy moment and PLL drama}

 On the road again soon...