tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90775995592510899952024-03-13T17:28:03.523-04:00LEmily's Yellow HouseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-52803470222384848952011-02-02T21:49:00.000-05:002011-02-02T21:49:46.205-05:00Pregnancy Montage<div style="text-align: center;">So, I'm officially a day late (and a dollar short?). And I'm BORED out of my mind!<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-31814937682144134442011-01-23T12:24:00.000-05:002011-01-23T12:24:18.495-05:00Welcome to Baby Land!<div style="text-align: center;">And now, please allow me to inundate you with a reason to "ooh" and "ahh", but, most of all, "aww!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Before:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v292/186/23/45600169/n45600169_32068350_1591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v292/186/23/45600169/n45600169_32068350_1591.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, in case you can't get the full gist of the room, I have video!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-22013169958630392652011-01-23T12:07:00.000-05:002011-01-23T12:07:15.351-05:00Very, very delayed update!Well, our "new addition" hasn't arrived yet. However, we finally worked on the upstairs! Since I've last posted, we've moved upstairs to what was formerly known as the "Jesus Room" because of the menacing Jesus pictures on the wall when we moved in.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now, our new bedroom:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qoZKlwM_5u4/TTxf9cUIOOI/AAAAAAAABPw/nH38RMgrrKE/s1600/100_3016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qoZKlwM_5u4/TTxf9cUIOOI/AAAAAAAABPw/nH38RMgrrKE/s320/100_3016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-82807008652432961112010-09-26T01:34:00.003-04:002010-10-30T11:48:25.478-04:00Off-Topic Post About My Other "Project"OK, so I have a blog and pictures up on my whattoexpect.com site (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif, helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.whattoexpect.com/profile/WhyLimeWhyNot">http://www.whattoexpect.com/profile/WhyLimeWhyNot</a></span>) but I felt like posting my creative alternative to just posting my expanding belly.<br />
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Now that I'm halfway through and looking at some of the older pictures, I do have to say that my first trimester, boy was I bloated! I still feel like I fit into my clothes better now than I did then, even though I'm up to about 20 extra lbs. and, back then, it was only four.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In doing this, I'm realizing watching my belly expand isn't that interesting. In fact, I'm glad I don't keep track every week. Going from bloating to trying to arch my back to look more pregnant to looking like I had a big lunch to finally looking pregnant without too much work really makes these photos kind of boring. I'm glad I added my pie charts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, just for good measure, I wanted a picture of me with a bowling ball when the husband and I went a few weeks ago, just to compare:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qoZKlwM_5u4/TJ7kHulzMJI/AAAAAAAABOw/SKLn99g1v1s/s1600/Bowling+Belly+Cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qoZKlwM_5u4/TJ7kHulzMJI/AAAAAAAABOw/SKLn99g1v1s/s640/Bowling+Belly+Cropped.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, and here's the link to the original Living Room when we moved in: <a href="http://lemilysyellowhouse.blogspot.com/2009/09/first-few-days-living-room.html">LINK</a></div><br />
Even though the husband was convinced that "Courtyard Shadow" was gray, I knew he would love it once out living room was one solid color. And I was right!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh! And remember the <a href="http://lemilysyellowhouse.blogspot.com/2009/10/throwing-our-coats-on-furniture-is.html">hooks I made months ago</a>? Well I finally hung it on the wall! And, get this, I hung keys on it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qoZKlwM_5u4/TJfoPTFSA6I/AAAAAAAABOM/i4ocozxqj5A/s1600/100_2725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qoZKlwM_5u4/TJfoPTFSA6I/AAAAAAAABOM/i4ocozxqj5A/s400/100_2725.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-8991403727276726742010-09-20T18:40:00.000-04:002010-09-20T18:40:51.388-04:00Beautiful Front PorchWhile waiting for paint to dry, the urge to paint (and inhale paint fumes, apparently) was hard to suppress. I saved this nightstand from my in-laws' curb about a year ago. Finally, I decided to use it outside. But, first, I had to paint it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I needed to fix the back that was falling off. I have to say, that box of 400 Finishing Nails I bought just keep coming in handy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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A few weeks ago, I decided my first floor needed to be finished. I wanted to have a first floor that was done. DONE...as in no more "I'll get around to it."<br />
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What started it was the need to paint the bathroom, finally.<br />
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After my husband finished with the Wainscoting a few weeks ago, we decided on a color. And, I swear, it's the happiest shade of blue (almost a teal), actually.<br />
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Oh, and here's the <a href="http://lemilysyellowhouse.blogspot.com/2009/09/first-few-days-bathroom.html">BEFORE </a>pictures.<br />
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And now, may I present my bathroom!<br />
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"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Had to cancel my sword-swallowing performance for this afternoon, as well as my fire-breathing rehearsal this evening. (Ticket money will be reimbursed.) Damn, this baby sure is picky about its in-utero activities! Guess I'm painting all day again!"</span><br />
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It's slow-starting, but with the stuff he's accumulated over the past few weeks, I'm sure he'll have more followers than I do!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-19607227792067968602010-07-01T23:09:00.003-04:002011-01-23T13:17:41.853-05:00Guess What We're Getting For The House In February?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee35/lytlecherryskittle/peoplemaker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee35/lytlecherryskittle/peoplemaker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tee Hee! Due Date: February 1st!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guess this means we'll be working on the upstairs finally!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-38774971160026839822010-06-06T02:12:00.001-04:002010-06-06T02:25:43.662-04:00Keeping My Hands Busy<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">The first thing I did was make a dry erase calendar. I had been meaning to do this craft for ages, since I saw a version on <a href="http://www.somewhatsimple.com/2009/12/dry-erase-glass-calendar.html">Somewhat Simple</a>. Even though the one seen on that blog is very organized and incredibly detailed, I just needed something to compensate for my procrastination to buy a 2010 calendar, which led to finding ones in June that are $20.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I got a cheap frame at Jo-Anns and some clearance scrapbook paper and used a ruler to draw the grid I needed. I did everything with dry erase marker on what would be the front, and traced everything with permanent silver marker on the bottom side, so I wouldn't accidentally wipe the grid and days of the week lettering off when cleaning it.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Here are the beginnings of my Italian style baskets I made for my side of the family. When I lost my job, most family members said they would be angry with me if I spent money on them. Therefore, my Christmas shopping was done at Dollar Tree.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite gift I made, though, were for my cousin's twin girls. I bought blank doodle pads and pasted fun scrapbook paper to the fronts and stamped their names across them. Then, I modified the designs for crayon sacks, seen on many craft websites to give to them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div>We haven't had a sink since before Thanksgiving, The shower bar has been dipping lower and lower since Halloween, and for about three weeks in March, we were without a shower.</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's my father-in-law and the husband taking down the plaster wall in February so we could cover over the hole from the previous medicine cabinet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Following this procedure, we brought in a guy to drywall out ceiling and wall, as well as put in a window.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here it is, nicely primed and ready for more.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-23651506052101537162009-12-01T17:55:00.001-05:002010-04-24T21:30:07.181-04:00Sometimes I wish Dollar Tree had an online store, especially when I'm stuck at work and gathering ideas for Christmas.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-30659533365422452892009-11-23T00:05:00.002-05:002009-12-04T12:48:32.072-05:00Baby Steps<div style="text-align: center;">I feel like I've lost almost a week of my life to this flu. I watched TV the entire time I was sick. Actually, scratch that, I woke up, put on something I'd want to watch, fall asleep after five minutes and repeat the process every four or five hours. I'm finally feeling better and I'm trying to catch up on lost time today. So I actually ventured out of the house and went (where else?) the craft store and the dollar store.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">First, I had seen these made on a few Web sites now, but I loved the idea (and the frugality of it), I had to make my own. I didn't take pictures of the steps, but I will tell you it involved a candle stick holder, a little hurricane vase, some glass frosting spray paint and a hot glue gun. Then I added a ribbon and stuck a candle in it for instant Christmas decorations!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And my other project is in the dryer as we speak: a stamped-print shirt. Oh, how freakin' cute is this?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My friend, who watched me haphazardly place the stamps said, "You know you just put owls on your boobs, right?" Some quick thinking and I answered her with "Well, they're called 'hooters' for a reason, right?" Then I realized how perverted my shirt was. Oh well, it was just the prototype to see how I liked the look.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But look at how cute these owls are! I love this stamp.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Right before I got sick, I started getting addicted to the Free Stuff on Craigslist, especially anything involving Curb Alerts. My most recent finds are just waiting patiently in my living room for me to feel better.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally! A real living room table! The potential for this baby is actually a little overwhelming.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a find I grabbed in the dark and didn't even know exactly what it was until I got home. Other than a missing screw, I think it's the coolest piece of furniture I've ever owned!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But wait, there's more!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But wait, there's MORE STILL!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the whole thing? Completely pulled apart? Oh, it's incredible...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't wait to get some paint and Mod Podge on this baby, but not only that: I can't wait to fill it! Who knows what I'll fill it with, but I still can't wait!<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-15295620636464092222009-11-19T23:19:00.000-05:002009-11-19T23:19:42.081-05:00Skating Party Cupcakes<div style="text-align: center;">Even though I'm stuck in bed, I finally uploaded some pictures from my camera, including the cupcakes I made for my friend's roller skating party a few weeks ago.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you tell they're supposed to look like rollerskating wheels? Well, even if they don't, I had fun using an apple corer with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I promise, once I'm better, there will be more updates!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-1791145790782222622009-11-07T10:00:00.000-05:002009-11-07T10:00:08.517-05:00"I Can Make That!"<div style="text-align: center;">So, even though Apartment Therapy did not hire me as a blogger, I can't hold it against them. I'm sure there were TONS of applicants. But, I still maintain that a lot of the stuff they push on their Web site could be handmade, rather than purchased. With that said, I exclaimed the weekly "I can make that!" when seeing this.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am determined to create something with this in mind. Actually, when I was at Jo-Ann's yesterday (yeah, it was pay day, where else would I be?), I saw something I may be able to work with. But, sorry, $32 for this? I love it and all, but $32?<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-22444467262589246192009-11-07T09:20:00.000-05:002009-11-07T09:20:23.678-05:00I Passed! I Passed!<div style="text-align: center;">OK, um, maybe not "passed", per say. But I did take a quiz and I pretty much got what I think I deserved. And, by quiz, I mean <a href="http://www.homegoods.com/hghq_quiz.asp">this gem</a> from HomeGoods (ahh, my splurge store-because I trick myself into buying more because of the good deals) and Deborah Neddleman founding editor-in-chief of the late (great) magazine, <i>Domino</i>.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, here were my results on what type of decorator I am:<br />
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</div><h3 style="clear: both; color: #1b93cd; display: block; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="quizName" style="color: rgb(207, 18, 137) !important; display: inline !important; font-size: 15px !important; font-weight: normal !important;"><strong>Emily</strong>, you are an</span> <span class="quizYouAre" id="QuizYouAre" style="color: #1b93cd; display: inline; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;">EARTHY CASUAL</span></h3><div style="color: #454545; text-align: center;">You're interested in creating a welcoming home where people feel comfortable and happiness flourishes. You appreciate the warmth and individuality of natural materials and handcrafted things and are inspired by colors and forms from nature. You love mixing up different textures and are sensitive to the tactile qualities of objects. Your style is grounded and solid, not flighty or frilly. And you are never taken in by the trend of the moment.<br />
</div><div style="color: #454545; text-align: center;">You value creativity. You are stylish and fun loving, and can be an inspiration to others. You have a natural sense of drama, and you know you have to be willing to take risks—whether with colors, finishes, furniture choices, or ideas—for your home to stand out. Your home can be happy and lively and the place all of your friends want to be.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm hoping the dark color in the upper left is a chocolate brown, rather than a black because, OK here it is, I'm afraid to work with black. Like, petrified of black furniture looking too cold and dark and intimidating. And, funnily enough, some of my favorite pieces in other home blogs I've seen are black! But, no, I can't commit. Maybe black furniture is like that guy who you think is out of your league in high school, and you work yourself up so much about him you never even attempt to talk to him. Then, one day, you find out he's a nice guy. A swell guy. A guy you can be friends with. And somehow the fear of talking to him goes away instantly. (Don't really know where that analogy came from, but it makes sense to me.)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once again, here's the <a href="http://www.homegoods.com/hghq_quiz.asp">LINK</a>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, with the addition of puff paint, I added some 3D designs.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After they dried, I spray painted them.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, of course, I forgot to take a picture of the finished pumpkins. But, they were lovely. Because they were live pumpkins, I had to throw them away.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-77624947170711591832009-11-01T22:23:00.000-05:002009-11-01T22:23:17.897-05:00The PartySo, somehow I started a tradition of throwing a Halloween party. I've done it three years now. But this year, I was so happy to be able to show off my decorations! As you've seen most of them, I wanted to show some final pictures, now that most are packed away for next year.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is my husband, who dressed as his inner child (really, an excuse to wear his footie pajamas I got him last year).<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077599559251089995.post-49897393239038667762009-11-01T22:09:00.000-05:002009-11-01T22:09:04.170-05:00Cheapest (Favorite) Costume Ever<div style="text-align: center;">OK, so I completely procrastinated figuring out a costume for myself for Halloween. I was more concerned with decorating the house. But, after spending only $1.50, I was able to come up with, what I think to be, my best costume yet.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">$1: aviator sunglasses at the dollar store<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">$.50: dark nail polish (part of a two-pack at the dollar store)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">With a red bandanna, a silver sharpie, a black T-shirt, flannel shirt, jeans, boots and TONs of black eyeliner, I rocked Halloween.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, and did I mention I practiced singing Poison for two weeks straight, only to sing one song twice at two different karaoke bars. Totally worth it, though.<br />
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