Pay It Forward Day

Ch-ch-ch-check it out! I think it's great; I just wish we didn't need a time of year to be giving.

Crafty Cutter

I do believe I've posted about this young woman before... But look how amazing these are...

Check them out here.

Wine Night 2010

Wine Night has become an annual affair at the Meyer abode. Good thing, too, because it's a really fantastic time.

Love Letters. Big Ones.

Check out this website, ALoveLetterForYou.com...

This guy, Stephen Powers, joined with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program to bring some splash to suburbia... In a really sweet way.

Note to all studs, make a mural happen for your favorite gal pal and you'll win her over for good.

Bananas

I went as a banana for Halloween.

Ha! Then my gal pal Hayley let me borrow her gorilla hand. (Her costume was better than mine!)

Halloween 2011: Carrot.

Her name is Merlot

Say hi.

Attention Dancing Queens!

By Dr. Scholl's...

Carved Up!

Ch-ch-ch-check it out!!!

So I went to a pumpkin patch yesterday and picked out a massive pumpkin. My guy is the goofy looking one in the middle with a huge smiley face. 7 bucks and it went to charity! Woot, woot! :) But really - check out the amazing pumpkins carved by my pals. They did a phenom job! 

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is upon us.

In that spirit, check out this fun website, extremepumpkins.com. This guy is awesome. He has totally dedicated his life to pumpkin carving, because it's "something I enjoy," he said. Cool, huh??

Check out the contest winners from 2009...

I'm carving pumpkins with my pals tonight, but I highly doubt mine will measure up to these. I'm kinda psyched to see the contest winners for this year. 

Happy Thursday!

Wednesday Night Treats

(photo via ffffound.com)

It's Boot Season!!!

YES, YES, Y-E-S! It's officially boot season, and I'm oh-so freakin' excited!!

Check out the lovely little items that will make my wish-list this fall.

:)

(photo via francescascollections.com)

(photo via target.com)

And naturally, to supplement my boots, I'd like... 

(photo via anthropologie.com)

Santa Barbara

So my application to the University of California, Santa Barbara is officially complete. I'm shipping it off next week after tying up a few loose ends.

Oooh, well hello pretty!

(photo via ucsb.edu)

Bob is God

Song on repeat this week: Is This Love, by Bob Marley. His music makes me wanna slow down and take a deep breath, then keep on moving.

(photo via ffffound.com)

Haunted House Weekend!

People who say, "I'm too old for that" are absolutely out of their minds! I'm gonna hang onto my childhood forever. 

This past weekend, I went to a Haunted House with some pals, and it was the MOST FUN. (Plus, Kristin had a coupon! Yay for cheap fun!) Not gonna like, I planned to be brave...

Fail.

I'm 25 now...

Therefore get an excellent discount on car insurance. Welcome to adulthood, Lauren.

Flower headband

I'm obsessed. It's very... Princess Cleopatra, isn't it? And really - isn't Miss Kate just adorbs?

Adios until Sunday!

(photo via jackandfriends.com)

I'm off to San Diego for the weekend. I'll be canoodling with some of my favorite gal pals, hanging out at the beach, and celebrating the union of Miss AmyJane and Mr. Kevin! I simply can't wait. A little October break, perhaps, is exactly what I need to make it to Christmas.

First up... Nick's Laguna at Laguna Beach. Miss Katrina and I will report on how fine their faire is... :)

I'm doin this!

My sweetheart of a gal pal Rachael sent this over last night, how precious is this? I wanna make one just like it and post it all over!

Thanks, Rach! xo

Diamondbacks Game

This past weekend was my birthday weekend. (Happy Birthday to me!!) My sister decided it would be fun to take Baby Kate to her first baseball game... So, we did. We think she really enjoyed it! She was such a trooper!

PhD Applications

(photo via flickr.com)

Let me just tell you...

PhD Applications are no picnic. You need GRE scores, and GRE subject scores, and letters of recommendation, and transcripts, and MONEY, lots and lots of money.  It's depressing. And scary.

Wish me luck. Applications are due the second week of December.

Happy (belated) Birthday, Hayley!

Bar golf = ton o' fun!

I'm employed.

(photo via ffffound.com)

Officially.

I'm an adjunct instructor at Mesa Community College, teaching Developmental Math and tutoring Psychology. AMAZING. Adulthood = scary and exciting!

30 days

Where in the world have I been for 30 days? Welp, it's been a roller coaster.

I made it to the APA (American Psychological Association) Convention. PHENOM! I love Psychology! AmyJane and I presented our poster, "The relationship between verbal aggression and internalizing symptoms." I know, so grown-up of us! We wanna go back... The next convention is in D.C. next August. It's happening.

And, while I was in San Diego with AmyJane for APA, I met up with Sam... 

Helped AmyJane celebrate her bachelorette... 

And frolicked around L.A. with Miss Katrina!

Finally, we met up with Mama Meyer and Kirk in DisneyLand... 

Whewww!!

In addition to all these shenanigans, I've been celebrating birthdays... Job hunting... And applying to PhD programs. 

More updates to come!

My friends are good to me.

Hayley bought me this shirt. I love her. :)

Adulthood bites...

(photo via nonsensegrandcentral.com)

I've been having a hard time finding my groove. So, I graduated, moved home, and got a job. I'm up early in the morning, going to sleep early at night, and enjoying my evenings in. What happened to me? Sure I've taken the oh-so necessary outings with my pals to keep myself young and fresh, but it's rather unfortunate... That adulthood has slowly creeped upon me. I'm not sure how to navigate. Surely I'll find my  niche, where exactly I fit in. (I actually just finished this book, "20 Something Manifesto." Great idea. Unfortunately I didn't get much out of it... I felt the author was just coming up with unique ways to say... "It's life. Deal with it." I mean really... Give me something tangible.) I feel good about the possibility that things will come around, but I'm in a lull.

Dumb and Dumber, Inception Style

I'm a Dumb & Dumber FANatic! Like... Hard core. Challenge me, I can quote the whole stinkin' movie.

Welp, I caught a funny video from my friend Matt earlier today. Died laughing! Have you seen Inception? (SO intense. I need to see it again, so I can catch some things I missed...) Here's promotional video for Dumb and Dumber, Inception style. Enjoy!

Tail Feather

(photo via vintagelifenetwork.net)

Today is National Dance Day! Woot!

Yogi Bear

Seriously. Check it out. I'm... Sort of... Excited. (Weird?) Cutie patooties Tom Cavanagh and Justin Timberlake? Yes please!

Online Dating

(photo via ffffound.com) 

Crazy, exciting, or crazy exciting? 

Crossing the Street

(photo via concierge.com) 

Welcome back to Phoenix, Lauren. You're not in New York; you're on Mill Avenue. Follow the rules. Stay on the sidewalk until the pedestrian sign lights up. You simply cannot wait in the intersection. Otherwise, you may get killed.

Where is Matt??

My dear friend AmyJane sent this over to me this afternoon! I just love it!! This guy Matt traveled all over the world and created a record of his destinations, in a very sweet and creative way. Check it out!



*Update!! Visit his website: wherethehellismatt.com and sign up to be in one of his videos! (I totes did!) So cool! :)

Love Wardrobe

Bless Megan's heart. She's got me on a shopping frenzy, now!

My dear friend Megan is visiting Las Vegas with her beau this weekend. While perusing through Forever 21 on the strip, she came across this sweet little top. She sent me a photo, knowing I would simply love it!

(all photos via forever21.com)

Oooh, and I do!! Per my dear friend Hayley's suggestion (Hayley and Megan are sisters, btw!), I got online immeds to order it. Yeah, I fell in love with a few others... 

This one... 

And this one... 

And this one... 

Yes, this one, too... 

Indeed, my shopping cart filled up pretty quickly. So what's the story, Lauren?? Why on Earth are you recently soo smitten with graphic tees encouraging the historical craft of affection? To tell you the truth, I'm unsure where all this giddy glee has originated from. I've been feeling very romantic lately. Odd. ;)

Happy Monday! 

Box Canyon

I went hiking with some pals yesterday! We took a drive up to Box Canyon, just north of Payson. So gorgeous. The canyon was so beautiful, and green! (Oh yes, we have some greenery in the desert!) More photos to come! :)