2011

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Marshall Family Christmas Lights

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Ching under Things to Do.

2009 – Marshall Family Christmas Light Show from Joey Marshall on Vimeo.

This is a definite “must see” during the holidays! Brian and I drove by last night and will probably drive by a couple more times before holiday break is over.

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Annual Holiday Gathering Do-Over

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Ching under Family.

I’m a dodohead and posted this on the wrong blog/site. Since there weren’t any food pictures, I should have posted that entry here on this blog. Oh, well. It’s there if you guys want to read about it.

This is my favorite picture from last Sunday at PCP.

Gavin and Ethan.

Feifel and Chad.

David and Donna.

April and Cory and Gavin, also known as the Phelpi.

We didn’t get a chance to do a good group photo. I blame that on Brian. I asked to do it before the food come, but he said no. After we ate, we forgot all about taking a photo. Maybe next time.

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Bohemian Hippie Chic

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Ching under Outfits.

I put together this outfit using a smorgasbord of stuff. The long sleeved burnout shirt was one that I bought from the Amaze Boutique booth at Holiday Galleria. I got a little carried away and bought the same burnout shirt in black, gray and white also. I actually thought I bought a brown one, but must not have because I couldn’t find it in my closet when I was looking for something to wear under the crinkle dress. Brian said he actually likes the cream color, so I guess it worked out anyway.

Speaking of the dress, this is one that I had bought at Stephanie’s shopping party a few weeks ago. The Chic Street ladies came and brought their goods to Steph’s house so that we could have our own exclusive shopping experience. Brian actually hated this dress when he first saw it on the rack. He warmed up to it after I tried it on. I liked it a lot, specially since I don’t own anything else like it. I’m not quite sure what this style is called. I call it Bohemian. Brian calls it Hippie. Either way, I thought it went great with my old Colin Stuart lace-up riding boots that I got from Victoria’s Secret many, many years ago. My calves had gotten too fat for me to wear them, but I couldn’t give them away because they’re one of very few Italian made shoes that I own. That, and these are Brian’s absolute favorite boots out of all of the pairs I own. These were the boots that I wore to the Park City Poker Round Up in 2005 when I had a plaid school girl skirt on. I’m really glad that I decided to hang on to them because now they fit again!

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There’s a Water Fountain Here Somewhere

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Ching under Life.

We went to visit grandma over the weekend and were wow’ed by all the holiday decorations that Carrington had put up. The place looked so festive! Even the water fountain was decorated. LOL.

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Employees Association Holiday Party

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Ching under Events, Outfits.

On Saturday I broke in another new pair of jeans. These are one of my new size 0s that I got from Express a few weeks ago. I had recently gotten them back from Quick Stitch, where I had them hemmed. It sucks to be short! Nothing ever fits exactly right.

The jeans were new, but the black drapey tank is actually old. I got it from Express a couple of years ago. It’s stretchy so it still fits. I think it just fit tighter before. I’m my standby for whenever I don’t know what else to wear.

I busted out my Classic Hardware retrolite cherry earrings and necklace because I thought the red and green combination looked festive. For those unfamiliar with retrolite, it’s made of poly-resin and is similar to the old bakelite jewelry from the 1920s. I take advantage of opportunities to wear my cherry retrolite stuff because I can never wear them to work. They are too funky for my usual conservative (read: boring) work attire.

For outerwear I busted out my old, red XS (trying to be festive) pea coat from Abercrombie & Fitch. It’s still in good shape for being at least seven years old. I’m so glad I didn’t get rid of it because it fits again!

I also wore the gray and black scarf that Jan gave me for my birthday. She got it from Carla’s Love It at Bradley Fair. It’s one of Jan’s favorite stores and I’ve still never been there. Maybe I will go check it out over Christmas vacation. They’ve got this coupon for $10 OFF that’s good until Saturday. Anyone want to go with me? Mom? Jenni? Jan?

Anyway, here are some of our pictures from Saturday night.

This is Jan’s friend Marla.

Jan with Tiffe and Patrice.

Amy and Tiffe.

Patrice, Marla, Jan and Tiffe.

Jan and Amy.

I thought it was funny that Amy tried to convince her husband Shawn that this was another “tacky sweater” party. He didn’t buy it, though. Although, there were several people wearing sweaters that would have qualified. LOL. I don’t think they thought their sweaters were “tacky” though, so don’t tell anyone I said anything. I’m sure they thought their attire was just really, really festive.

It was a packed house. They managed to squeeze several parties in that same night.

This was my first time at Mosley Street Melodrama.

I really enjoyed myself. Brian got a kick out of the local jokes.

I’m trying to talk Brian into getting us season passes because the 2012 line up looks really promising. I really want to see “The Dukes of Haysville or the Hazzards of Going Down South… of Wichita” and “East Side/West Side Story” and “The Bel-Aire Witch Project” and the other shows sound good too, actually. We get to save $20 each by getting season passes so it’s just like getting free admission for one show. You know how I am about deals! LOL.