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This is Halloween!

I (im)patiently waited for October 1st to start hauling out the box from my garage filled to the brim with Halloween decorations. This past Saturday marked the date I could begin making our house look spook-tacular and I wasted absolutely no time! I recruited my poor hubby (who wasn’t feeling his best) to help me and by late afternoon, we were patting each other on the back for a job well done.

As people walked up and down our neighborhood, I saw them already pointing and gawking at our festive decorations. That’s right. Welcome to how I roll in October, biatches.

Here are some snapshots of my favorite pieces:

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Happy 4th!


Via; weheartit

Happy 4th of July, readers! I hope you spend it celebrating with your nearest and dearest by some body of water, enjoying some patriotic spirits (PBR sounds about right). Try not to light yourself on fire, and most importantly, have a blast! We love you, America!

Weekend Highlights

I always look forward to New Year’s after the hecticness of the holidays – it’s like my final and best Christmas present. We don’t have any traditions for NYE, only to spend it having a great time with our closest friends. Last year it was at our place, but I just wasn’t up for it this year with all our holiday spendings, however, we were lucky enough to be invited to a friend’s parent’s big blowout party at their gorgeous home in Cocoplum.

I had a great time with the most special people in our lives right now. I felt very lucky to be able to ring in the year with them all. Plus, the spread was amazing! Such a beautiful home complete with a mini champagne-filled fountain, delicious food, open bar and painter illustrating the entire landscape. See? Amazing.

Unfortunately, I wish I would have taken it easy with the shots – I’m not used to drinking hard liquor anymore since I have been in a pretty committed relationship with beer for the past couple of years. But, it could have been a whole lot worse. My only main gripe was that it put me out of commission all of New Years Day. Boo!

Now that all this partying is over and done with, I’m going back on a strict-ish diet (c’mon, this girl loves food too much) and hitting the gym to take up spinning. This extra holiday poundage is not cool.

How was your NYE?

Oh hello {2011}!

Credit: Designspongonline.com

A very happy new year to all of you out there in the blogosphere!
I hope it was full of dancing, sparkles, champagne, laughter and midnight kisses leaving you with hope of a brighter 365…

With that said, Melificent will have some new features in the new year & I wanted to share them with you all today!

{After being inspired by Closet Confections’ 30 for 30, I will be doing my own amended version}
Basically, I will be posting a daily picture of myself in an outfit for the entire month of January. I took a poll on my FB fan page last month asking readers if they would like this kind of format & I got a lot of positive feedback. I was really flattered & hope I can live up to all your expectations for the next 30 days. That’s right, I start today!

{I will have a new monthly feature: Melificent’s Mighty Maven of the Month}
Similar vibe to my very popular hump day posts, but minus the hump. These are girls that I find to be intelligent, cool and inspiring amongst other things. Girls I’d like to share an ice cream cone or beer with (depending on the chick); girls I’d like to be when I grow up. This was another reader suggestion that I thought would be a great addition! We can’t give the boys all the attention, right?

That’s where the blog is at right now, but I hope to be sharing even more exciting new features with you all as the new year  progresses. I’m feeling pretty positive about 2011, are you?

ps; Feel free to leave comments with any additional recommendations. I’m always looking for new ideas!

Holiday Hangover

I tell myself time and time again that I need to stop eating like such a fiend, but I just continue to do it.

This time I’m suffering pretty bad. Looks like I am due for one serious detox, and if I plan on really ringing the new year in right, I better steer clear of all heavy food and alcohol leading up to Friday night! Wish me luck in recovering & the blog will be back in business tomorrow!

Hope all of you had an amazing holiday weekend with those you love the most.
Despite all my culinary indulgences, I really had an amazing time with friends and family.

Favorite gift?

My Sunbeam cupcake maker!!!