go big or go home. (WIWW)

struggling.  

i was dressed all weekend.  shocker i know.  i wasn't running around naked.  

dressed with make up - did i take a picture of myself and my cute outfits?  

oh no, why in the world would i do that?

today it was up to me and me alone.  brad was gone and it was pouring rain and then it stopped and the lighting was perfect.  i was dressed and showered and make up.  so i grabbed my camera and a towel (it was really wet, remember?) and made it happen.  

made it happen as in the pictures you see here.

go big or go home.  right?

i went big.

what am i even talking about?

and then i had this genius idea to tell you about my go to cheap mascara that beats out my 

MAC and diorshow most of the time.  and it cost two ninety-nine.

(that's poetry, folks.)

then i realized my not smart self had it all turned around backwards so you would have no clue what i was showing you.  

i also thought i was out of these pictures.

it's not normal to make kissy faces at your mascara.  but then again, i owe alot to that stuff.  

mascara has saved the day time and time again.  

maybe we should all kiss it more.  

i'm kinda serious.

jacket: old navy

tanks: target

skirt: old navy

bracelet: mexico, looong ago (and it's a necklace)

shoes:  moccasins from new mexico 

watch: fossil

mascara:  best lash extreme, jordana $2.99

breaking bad (for real).

when we went to new mexico a few weeks ago, we went to see the sites because i had a little time off, and we had never been there - that sounded nice, huh? - the truth is we went to find filming locations for the show breaking bad, because brad is a filming location genius and it's one of his hobbies to find any and all locations of the shows he likes.  the harder to find and the more NO TRESPASSING signs, the better.  my rules for these trips are (1) we have to stay somewhere fun (2) we have to find good local cool food (3) and we have to do the touresty thing.

he had no idea i had three rules until he read this, if he's reading this...(hi, honey!, you read my blog every day, right???), he is shaking his head because he can not believe i am that smoooth.  and for the most part i just set back and let him do his thing and enjoy our trips.  it's fun, we get to see all sorts of cool things and it give me an excuse to take pictures.

win.  win.

one of my favorite things on this trip was the pool from season four of breaking bad when all the drug cartel guys get shot (and no, i'm not a shoot em up kinda girl, but i do love me some breaking bad), this was at a bed and breakfast and the guy that owned the property could not have been nicer and told us stories from the day on the set, it was a whole lotta fun...and it looked JUST LIKE the scene!  except the part where the pool was covered up, yeah, there's that...but you get what i'm saying...

and i had a great time admiring the views and taking it all in, yes, but this guy...

had other plans for me.
i was to throw the ball and not stop.
at one point he got so needy that the owner shut him out of the gate.  in the picture above, he had just climbed on the gate and looked at me and dropped the ball...and was waiting for my best throw.

it was a fun day and an even better ten minutes.  do you watch breaking bad?  do you remember the scene i'm talking about?

p.s.  you should head on over to brad's blog today and read his interview with julee cruise, she's got stories to tell, i tell ya!

new mexico in pictures.

if there is one thing brad and i know how to do, it's get out of town and find an adventure.  we are also pretty good at scrolling through netflix and finding a movie to watch and sprawl out on the couch and just be for nights on end.

our last adventure landed us in new mexico.  albuquerque to be exact.  we went to hunt down walter white...no really, we did.  and take in the sites.

 this is what happens to me when it's myyyyyyyyy turn for a picture.  and this was the best one!

 and then he looks great.  yeah, whatever dude.  you're coming home with me.

and yes i did leave this place with a bright red pair of moccasins.

it was so so fun, but you know how it is, as much as its fun to be on the go, it's always so so nice to get back home and get in the groove of things.

it was up there with one of my favorite trips.  well, but runs a close second to our forever drive to middle of nowhere land, iowa - now that was a good time.

happy friday.  smile at someone today - you might make their day.