Awkwardly Tangled Thursday

Awkward:

- one of my good friends was in town visiting. i'm the kind of person that when i know a friend is coming into town i super clean; just in the off chance they want to stop by the apartment. during this super clean freak out mode…i usually go through a couple piles of junk mail and next thing you know i'm cleaning out the fridge. (why? i don't know. i mean are people really going through the fridge to see what's old?) anywho, since i live in a small place. i have a tiny trash can that fills up insanely fast. well there is a trash shoot on every floor in my building. (yes i'm still baffled by this.) i am lucky enough to literally be one door over from the shoot. this means i can literally bolt out my front door and get rid of trash. (hello cheap-o here saves on trash bags) Well this time i apparently thought i was all of a sudden the invisible girl from fantastic four and decided to jet out looking like a homeless person. 

visual: 

red fleece christmas pj bottoms, leopard ballet flats (closest shoes to the door), bright yellow tube top (no i don't wear this out in public…it's just the perfect top to clean in. I GET OVERHEATED OK!). 

now back…

i gather my trash. walk to the door. listen for the elevator and any possible humans walking by. look out the peep hole. when it sounds & looks clear; i quickly unlock the door and bolt out to the trash compactor room. get out into the hall and take a sigh of relief that there isn't a person in sight. i quickly open the compactor room door. (it's the kind of room were you can't hold the door open and dump your trash. ) i throw my trash down the shoot and bolt back to the door. 

IT WON'T OPEN. 

i have my first moment of panic (I WILL NOT DIE IN A ROOM OF TRASH!) 

i take a second to calm down and try to twist the handle again. 

(by this time my "movie scenario" mind has started to reel and i'm already imagining the writers of New Girl hearing about this via twitter or youtube and insisting this happen to Jess on the show. 

of course Zooey Deschanel won't look as hideous as me and will be wearing a footed adult onesie 

but pulling it off like a rockstar)

naturally i don't have my phone with me or anything so i literally start to yell out. 

"hello" "anyone there?"

what seems like hours later…(umm yea. it was for sure no more than 5 minutes) i hear a man's voice say "hello" back. i say in a very timid/frantic voice "the door is jammed. can you pull from the outside?"

the door of course immediately opens and there stands my new neighbor. Mr. smell. 

(He literally just moved in directly across the hall one week ago. only met him once at the elevators but dang. he smells so good.)

he quickly says, "are you okay?" 

as i start to say my thank you's. I notice Mr. smell giving me the once over. Naturally i blanked on my amazing fashionista style and remember that i have on the most ridiculous looking outfit known to man. 

i stop thanking him. say excuse me and start to walk/run back to my apartment. 

not before i really seal the deal of embarrassment…and pat him on the shoulder while saying.

"welcome to the building!"

i get back to my apartment safe and sound. shut the door and lean against it trying to recover from disaster-gate 2012. i lock the door and as i'm walking i happen to glance at myself in the mirror out of habit and realize…

I HAVE NOXZEMA CREAM ON MY FACE!

(talk about a welcome wagon of crazy!)

Happy Day Before Friday!!!

xo, 

T

  

Awkward & Awesomely Tangled Thursday

what does your walk home look like?

Just got the new Pic Jointer App. kind of obsessed

Awkward

- when i'm about to walk out the door from work and my phone rings... i run back over to my desk to pick up...it's my mom. calling to tell me that on the tv show the doctors (Her Yoda); she learned that hemorrhoid cream helps foot blisters (which i told her i had from all the city exploring i've been doing). now this might not seem awkward...yet!...but...of course as she's telling me this; she can't remember the name of the cream. "what is the name for hemorrhoid cream? i just can't remember." of course i try to whisper "Preparation H" into the phone. of course she can't hear me. i say it a bit louder; trying to be discreet...when i realize my co-worker is literally staring at me in complete horror.

-dinner plans with a friend. i'm on the phone letting her know i have arrived. as i'm talking to her... i happen to turn around and see there is a table of hot guys sitting on the patio behind me. naturally, in my tangled fashion... I straighten my posture, suck in the pre-wined gut and attempt a  "sexy" waiting for my friend pose...when ...."squish" i look down and there is my foot (with my fav sandal) standing in what looks like...the poop of an elephant. I didn't know the circus was in town. did you?

-running up the stairs to catch the train that is fast approaching, making it just in time by a huge jump as the doors are closing. i grab the bar to balance myself. balanced. The train starts to move, i look to my right and next to me I see a man who looks like he could be Shemar Moore's twin staring at me. 

(now remember when i said earlier that i was "running?" well after i run...i wheeze. yep. i'm one of those people.) of course wheezing isn't attractive...so i abruptly take a "seductive" deep breathe to try disguising the fact that i'm out of shape. The train takes a rough turn... apparently, i underestimated my "seductive breathe holding" abilities because the moment the train started to jerk I started choking on my own breathe. Not just any choke...but the kind of choke that brings tears to your eyes and people around you start to get concerned and ask if you are okay. Mr. Shemar  looks at me and says, "Ma'am are you alright?" (really...did he just ma'am me? Ma'ams aren't sexy...or getting dates with Shemar Moore's twin)  I try to say yes when another cough catches in my throat; resulting in a huge urkel like snort! I hear at least a couple of laughs...

by this time people are full on staring. 

hello awkward

my version of a successful shopping trip

Awesome

- Hitting up CVS today and the cashier letting me use a 35% off coupon and a 3 buck cvs cash voucher; even though the "rules" say you can't. Thanks man. 

- realizing after a month of living in my new crib...that there's a zip car pick up in my building's parking lot. AND IT'S A MINI COOPER. Hello Italian Job reenactment!!!
Who's in?...(Only Mark Wahlberg look-a-likes need apply.) 

- realizing that my best friend will be here exactly 2 weeks from today! Get excited...our adventures will result in some good blogging. Tooty Tooty Tooty

- just knowing that Schmidt's Party bus is on it's way to Chicago right now. 

(sadly i'm not going...but still!)

- opening the mail today and getting my first fall clothing catalog. What is it about fall clothes that makes me so happy. The sweaters, the boots, the light jackets, the warm tones...oh my.

- officially hitting 1000 views on here AND 100 followers all in the same week. (I'm trying not to automatically think it's my mom trying to figure out how to use gmail and accidentally creating 100 email addresses.) Thanks to whoever you are...hopefully my life stories bring laughter to your life...
and if you feel awkward...

know that it's awesome

xo,
T

Awkward & Awesomely Tangled Thursdays

Trouble sleeping...

I sometimes have some serious insomnia going on...Usually this is a bad thing but there are times when this is the most amazing thing because i get to knit, pay bills, return emails, make some killer playlists, catch up on tv shows online and pin. In the wake of this midnight business I often times come across some of the most amazing blogs while on pinterest. {yes i'm obsessed with blogs. move on.}

So i have found another genius blogger. {Look what you have started jenrenee and jennabee}

another jewel has been found: thedaybookblog {Thank you Pinterest}

I came across this hilarious blogger by the name of sydney poulton.

In the short period of time i have lived in this fashion forward city i have become more and more inspired to revamp my style a bit and take a few fashion risks. {perfect reason why pinning is a must. how do you remember everything you love? see here: Reinventing My Style} While on this quest of fashion adventure i came across a great look that i loved and pinned it immediately. Naturally i clicked on the picture to see the source of the style and that's how i stumbled upon my newest fashion inspiration. Sydney Poulton.
This is what i love about blogs...you get to see into someone's life and know that you aren't the only person who is awkward and awesome. [thanks sydney}

As i started to read through all of these great entries i came to the genius that is Awkward & Awesome Thursday! {a must read if you have the time...it will have you appreciating every A&A moment you have had in your own life.} I realized this is the story of my life minus the husband & son. It's those moments that have you literally asking yourself out loud? "really?" which happens to me almost hourly.

In honor of A&A Thursdays... I have decided to contribute to the madness and share my A&A's for the week. {Hmm should i start doing this weekly as encouraged by Sydney? something to think about}

and here goes:


Awkward:
-realizing i'm that person who's music is a little loud on the bus when a woman next to me is humming along to adele's 'rumor has it"...without headphones of her own. {sorry stranger...i love adele but apparently so do you!}
-waiting at the bus stop in the rain & wind while your $10 target umbrella makes a joke out of your hair styling attempt this morning by folding outward
-after walking up 3 flights of stares and breathing so hard that the Dunkin donuts cashier asking me if i'm okay and actually giving me a look of judgement when I order my blueberry muffin
{pretty sure that's a good sign i need to work out!}
- A customer calling in for me at work and insisting my name was Twilda. {really?}
- Trying to keep a straight face when the man two seats over from me on the bus is trying to freestyle rap.
{unsuccessfully}
- "Honey you really shouldn't talk about wine so much on your blog.Your future husband could be reading this!"-mom
{hmm. shouldn't mr. husband take me for who i am? a girl who likes her cab sauv.}

Awesome:
-The ability to sleep in until your body naturally wakes up after 3 weeks of packing and moving. joy.
-After a month of saying no...being talked into taking a sip of a "green drink"my vegan roommate concocted and actually thinking it's not bad.
-Walking through a huge puddle when it's raining and acting like it's no big deal but secretly loving it
{i love you hunter!}
-Friends coming into town just to help me find a place to live
-Getting to finally really use Urbanspoon and discovering La Madia and it's pizza. {a must try if you are in town....you won't be sorry.
- Finally feeling like i can tell which way is North/ South / East or West just by looking up.

And there you have it.

So here's to being Awkward & Awesome and owning it.

Thursday means almost Friday. yay!