why my husband is cooler than yours

i'll be the first to admit...my hubs is a total goob.
see?? i don't even remember what the heck he was acting our here...rowing a boat? some sort of bizarre dance? no clue.

anyways....this week the hubs got some AMAZING news.

nope, not that new job that means we'll be making BANK.

nope, not the fact that he's leaving his current job a total rockstar...and they can't even offer him anything comparable to stay.

nope, his news is none of those things....

so what's got him all aflutter??
::drumroll please::

MY HUSBAND IS ON URBAN DICTIONARY.

i'm pretty sure he actually squealed when he got the email his submission was accepted. and it's not just an addition to something...he's the first person in the whole world to come up with this...or at least the first on urban dictionary.

so what is this addition to the world??
sorry ahead of time to the non-potty mouths out there...but this is too good to NOT put out there.

but wouldn't you share if your hubs brought fry f*ck into the world?!

i've been harboring a secret

and i've been sitting on this secret for 18 months...and one day.

but today, i decided it's time, on my last full day of work at my tv station, to come out of the closet.

so what is this deep, dark, hasn't been shared with ANYONE but my husband last night and a few close, non-work friends??

I'VE HAD A CAKE ON CAKEWRECKS.

there, i said it. now i feel so much better =)

if you don't already know, cake wrecks is the best collection in the whole wide interner world of terrible, awful, no good, very bad cakes. they spell things wrong. they look like poo. they write incorrect messages.

and sometimes, just sometimes...they feature giant head cakes.

oh that's right...I SUBMITTED THAT CAKE. want proof?? check it out!! hayley e. = me.

and i've seen it with my very own eyes...and my cell phone, cuz how do you NOT take a picture of this nonsense?!

i honest to goodness have nothing but love for the bakery that made this cake...they made my wedding cake and grooms cake after all. and they were both delicious!!

see?! those aren't abominations of fondant and edible photos!! they're buttercreamy goodness.

but nothing excuses the terrifying ordeal of seeing your coworkers' faces on a distorted pair of boobs. that are supposed to be heads.

the mailman better get on it

because i want my newest online purchase ASAP.
oh hello there gorgeous anthropologie necklace with rhinestones and prettiness that used to be $80 dollars and i paid $20 for.

look at the length!!! it's so perfect, just long enough to be statement-y, but short enough to be different from a lot of other long necklaces i have. i cannot wait to get it in the mail and wear it around...my house. CUZ I'VE GOT TODAY AND TOMORROW LEFT AT WORK. mkay, all better.

also, i might have gotten this knob, because it was $3 and i love him. even if i don't know what i'm gonna do with him. he's a fish! he'll live somewhere eventually.

and yes, i'll admit...this is the FIRST thing i've ever bought from anthro. i love their stuff...but we don't have a store here. and i'm always a little worried about buying from stores i've never been in and been able to see the sizing. but jewelry? always fits =)

also...i gotta say a little something to my lovely friend Mrs. Southern Belle....

also, i have some crazy awesome stuff planned for tomorrow and thursday...so stay tuned!!

i'd like to thank the academy...

cuz i'm the best there is!!!!

okay, i'd actually like to thank the georgia association of broadcasters. because this girl, who has TWO DAYS LEFT in her tenure as a television news producer, found out today that MY SHOW won a "best newscast" merit award from the GAB.

five years of working away, and i FINALLY have something to show for it. sure i've had experience and nice resume...but nothing says "i'm kind of a big deal" in tv land quite like an award.

plus, don't think for A SECOND i'm not gonna shell out some cash and get a statue for my mantle...or maybe a lighted box. maybe i'll keep it in my bathroom like all those celebs say they do with their oscars.

also, expect another update tonight, the hubs should be on the phone with new company RIGHT NOW!!!! eeeep!!!

this friday, i love my dad!

please run over to the lovely summer's neck of the blog woods and play along with the friday, i'm in love series!!
cuz this friday, i'm showing some love for the most important man in my life, minus the hubs of course...my dad!!

i mean check out those laughs! if we aren't totally alike in our sense of humor...no one is. my dad pretty much rules. he CALLS ME randomly if he sees something on tv that he thinks i'll like (or if it's something we both already love....a la the sylvia episode of intervention. "MY BABIES!!!!!!" gets thrown around a lot at out house.)

see, i didn't know that every kid didn't go on "adventures" growing up. my parents would load my sister and i in the car, and off we'd do, destination unknown.
i also didn't find out until we BOUGHT OUR HOUSE that my mom never told my dad i was moving out, and in with the boyfriend (who's now the hubs) until the morning the moving truck came to get me.

explains why all he said to me was "have fun storming the castle".

i'm a daddy's girl, through and through. i teared up during my walk down the aisle, i teared up during my vows. i BAWLED LIKE A BABY during my dance with my dad. see that face?? full-on ugly cry.

and i fully believe that my parents' marriage is one of the best role models for how i want my marriage to be. they've been married 35 years (i think, i don't do math yo), and they're loving life sans my sister and i now. they go riding on the harley, they go to random events, they hang out.

sometimes they fight...but it's more like arguments. and they always make up. and my mom knows sometimes it's just because my dad is hungry or sick, and my dad knows sometimes my mom takes things too personally and gets upset...and they work it out. they always have.

see, my dad may be a 6'3", harley riding, flaming skull jacket wearing dude...but he's also A BIG GOOFBALL. which is why i love him so much, he's just the best dude ever!!

and yes, i now fully believe sometimes you marry someone just like your dad, because pops and the hubs are SO ALIKE IT'S CRAZY.

so i'll be spending sunday with my 2 favorite dudes, and probably the dogs, and of course my mom, and i wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

so fresh and so clean

i'll admit...i didn't have perfect teeth growing up. went through an expansion device for my top teeth (since my jaw was too small for my teeth) and then permanent retainers, bands around my molars, etc. got a root canal my senior year in high school ( a surprise one...mom called and checked me out, and then i HAD TO GO BACK TO CLASS). also had invisalign when i was about 23, and it totally straightened everything out.


see, those pearly whites came at a price!!!

my mom is a dental hygenist...so i've ALWAYS been a teeth brusher. i can;t NOT brush them...i don't think i've ever gone to bed without doing it. you know how some folks love greasy food the morning after a night of drinking? all i want to do is BRUSH. MY. TEETH.

if i could keep my mouth feeling the way it does right after a good brush...i would. so minty, so clean, so awesome.

so i'm always on the hunt for a deliciously minty toothpaste...the kind you can feel when you breathe through your nose. the minty that just sticks around and makes you KNOW your teeth are clean.

true story - i used to keep a travel tube of toothpaste in my car, and i'd put some on my finger and rub it on my front teeth INSTEAD OF JUST KEEPING GUM OR MINTS. so weird.

and i officially have a new fave.

omg, this is THE BEST STUFF EVER. soooooo minty. plus, it whitens. plus, it's got a TWIST OFF TOP, which is so old-school i can't even stand how much i love it.

plus, it's kind of mouthwash-y...but not. cuz that ish is kinda gross.

i've used it twice, and i literally wish i could go home and brush my teeth right now.

see?! thumbs up from freshly showered, teeth-brushing hayley.

and yes, clearly i have NO SHAME for posting this photo of myself sans any makeup, with a towel on my head.

does this say monday or what?!

RAHHHH!!!! I'M GERARD BUTLER, YOU CAN SEE MY BIZNASS IN THIS MOVIE...OR YEAH, AND THIS IS HAYLEY'S 300TH POST!! RAHHHHH!!!

happy monday loves!!! i figured....what better way to celebrate 300 whole posts than scary gerard. plus...i was too lazy to look for anything better on google.....2 pages of basically this same picture over and over, and i was over it.

i spent part of sunday shopping (mostly because the mall is inside, and air conditioned, and it is HOT AS HADES in my neck of the woods right now. yipes.) anyhoo...the hubs and i got some MEGA sales...he got 2 new ties, so he can rock out his (hopefully) last job interview tomorrow....this one is at the actual company, all the others have been over the phone!

we stopped by the big bath and body works sale...and we loaded. up.

i got this yummy yummy lotion, and matching showe gel...cuz i hate the way it tastes, but i LOOOOVE the way pink grapefruit smells. don't it figure the website now says the shower gel is $3 instead of the $5 i paid....totally contemplated taking it back and getting a price change...BUT since the cashier let me use my coupon for a free item when it was already expired...i'm gonna be good. for $30, i got the pink grapefruit lotion and gel, another body cream in orange sapphire (yummmmm), a full-size perfume in white citrus (normally $27, on sale for $6.75), the hubs got 2 dude things, a $1 trial of the next scent coming out in july, and a big tote that i can get 10% off things with through next month. HOLLA!!

also totally scored at ann taylor loft....3/4 sleeve ruffle white cardigan, and 2 lightweight knit 3/4 sleeve sweaters for $30. the cardi was $18, the others were SIX DOLLARS APIECE!!! even i don't wear them until october...can't beat $6.

so now i'm contemplating this skirt i scoped out at target a few weeks ago, cuz it's only $15.

i love the tulip-y sort of shape...but the waistband is just thick black elastic. and that will either be awesome...or make me look like a heifer.

but this pattern on the fabric is TO. DIE. FOR.

but it looks SOOO good tucked in...and i don't really do that. all my weight is in my midsection, so tucking in = looking preggers. and i'm not.

so....thoughts? get it for $15 and experiment?