Friday's five things: Back to school edition.

I started my fall classes on Wednesday. I have class on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. I am so close to being done! After my two classes this semester, I only have my capstone [!] left. I can't believe it! I am 9 months away from having my Master's!

[Iced coffee + whole wheat everything bagel with light lox spread... so I can pretend it's healthy]

I got home early, early Tuesday morning and have been exhausted all week, but somehow managed to drag myself out of bed this morning to stop by H&H Midtown Bagels, a guaranteed good start to my day.

[Bracelets by Jessica Simpson, Betsey Johnson, and Fossil, all from Macy's. Watch by Michael Kors]

My mom bought me these three bracelets this past weekend. I'm finally taking part in the stacking bracelets trend... I loved wearing them to work/class this week because I seriously jingle the whole day with the Betsey Johnson charms. It reminds me of how much fun I had this weekend! And how much I love it when my mom buys me nice little treats...

[Hammie loves helping with my photos]

The kitties were happy to see me after the long weekend. I'm looking forward to spending some time with them tomorrow and Sunday. I need some down time, and they need some Mommy time.

[My new desk]

This was actually my cheap desk from Amazon, but my wonderful Martha Stewart of an Aunt Diane took it home, sanded, and stained it for me. She dropped it off in my apartment while I was gone, so I came home to find this beautiful surprise waiting for me. Now this weekend I need to reorganize all the junk that goes in/on my desk...

Finally, this one is self-explanatory. After hurricanes and storms, then crappy weather all this week, it is finally nice out. And I'm going out tonight in this lovely nice weather!

TGIF, everyone! Enjoy this beautiful evening!

The Last Supper.

[Pizza and salad at La Crosta on 72nd before the storm started last night]

The wind and rain started up last night, with the worst of it supposed to be coming this morning between 8 a.m. and noon. So far... nada. It's definitely been raining since about 11 a.m. Saturday, but it seems like my neighborhood just isn't going to be hit that badly. We kept expecting to be woken up in the middle of the night, but we all slept right through.

Now we're up, watching the endless news and the idiot weather reporters out in the storm... waiting for something to happen. It's starting to look like it won't be that bad.

[Misko is taking it all in stride]

[Hammie is still nervous... hiding in my junk cabinet]

A nice way to spend the afternoon.

{snuggled up with Hammie and The Paris Wife}

Fatties.

Little guys were sorry to see Mommy go this morning.

Friday's five things.

So, I ended up returning those boots. They were close, but they weren't perfect. I don't want to settle for something that I don't love. I've had a couple crazy weeks at work, and now I'm also trying to write a massive paper and get everything done before I leave for Europe on Thursday!!! I'm definitely looking forward to being productive this weekend.

1. I'm meeting Nat & G for dinner tonight at Go Burger on 2nd Ave. They have rum-spiked milkshakes and custom burgers that sounds delicious! We've never been there, but they got a great review from UrbanDaddy.

2. When I left this morning, the kitties' ducky was here:

When I came home, ducky was here:

They do this about twice a week, and it always makes me smile when I walk into the bedroom at the end of the day! I love when they "share" their toys with me!

3. This shirt, which I love, is on-sale at J.Crew for $49.99:

4. Did I mention alcoholic milkshakes?

5. I actually bought it last week... but... I bought a new camera! Because I dropped the old one... I got the Canon PowerShot 12.1 Megapixel SD1300 for $107 from Best Buy. It's pretty neat so far. I don't know exactly how everything works, but it's light and shiny and has great zoom!

TGIF, everyone!

Friday's Five Things.

Another blog scheduling thing I'd like to try: Friday's Five Things, something I've picked up from Emily at Cupcakes and Cashmere, another blog I love. This is a simple list of five things (anything!) that I love or am lusting over or that make me happy right now, today, this Friday.

For today:

Smith's Rosebud Salve, $6 from Sephora. You can put it on anything.

Cuddly kittens. They were bombarding me this morning with snuggles when I was getting ready for work.

Planning my trip to Paris and Copenhagen in March. I stumbled across The Naughty Paris Guide... and don't think I will be buying this particular guide book... but it made me giggle.

Spring semester doesn't start until the 24th. Which means I now have 5 evenings a week to myself, to go to the gym, meet friends for dinner, and return things to Bloomingdale's. This makes me even more excited to finish my Master's next spring so I can reclaim my evenings again! (You know, and to be accomplished academically and achieve success in my career... but mainly the free time thing... JK)

January & February is always a good time for fresh oranges.

That is all.

Merry Christmas...

Merry Christmas from the world's naughtiest kittens. Have a blessed and safe holiday everyone!

I like... teenagers?

My little kitties are growing up. I think they're 5-months-old now, basically, teenagers. And today, that was obvious when I kissed little Hammie on the forehead, and he promptly took his paw and wiped his face--just like a little kid wiping off Mommy's lipstick.

I laughed for about 10 minutes.

I like snow days!

As promised, here are a few pictures from the snow day last week. As you can see, the kitties and I took it pretty easy for a day...

The kitties fighting.
I made this cake. It turned out awful. HUGE fail. It was a new, lowfat recipe. When I cut a slice out, all the liquid leaked out of the cake and filled the space where the slice was missing. It was gross. And I definitely baked it long enough. But the liquids (grossly) separated. I had to throw the whole thing out.

Kittens watching the snow.

The view from my window.

I like kittens.

Hammie, left, and Misko, the first night I brought them home (3 weeks ago). Pics of the now much bigger kitties to come.