happy christmas, again!

i thought i'd repost my christmas playlist that i've already started listening and adding to!

long time no see

hello hello. i've been meaning to bring this blog back to life. much has happened. i've been with my boyfriend justin since june. in july my best friend and i had a huge pool party/show birthday extravaganza at my house. it was a wild time and the police made several appearances. i then decided it is more fun going to oversized parties than it is throwing them. in september i visited family in florida for a week. it was such a blast and i plan on visiting again next year. fall was too cold and rainy but i made the best of it by baking my favorite pumpkin cupcakes with torrie. we used this recipe, but we added chocolate chips and used pillsbury cream cheese frosting. we carved pumpkins with our boyfriends. i watched lots of scary movies and made caramel apples and apple crisp with justin. the night before halloween i went out dancing with another friend savannah. we went very creatively as a cats. halloween night i hung out backstage at a gwar show with torrie and we had a blast. i saw where the wild things are and LOVED IT! such an adorable movie!!! the soundtrack is great also. we got rid of cable and use netflix now. the first movie i received was the remake of helter skelter(not realizing it was the remake that i had queued up) i enjoyed it very much so! i've seen bits and pieces of the original and am about to add that one to the queue as well. also i'm reading the book. most recently i watched and returned "ciao manhattan" which i now wish to add to my personal dvd collection(along with the helter skelter remake and possibly the original).


my thanksgiving was nice which included my boyfriend and i, my mother, and my uncle and papa. i just started ripping down the panneling and wallpaper from my bedroom walls. what was underneath is a giant mess which is going to take a lot of work to beautify. we set up our fake tree last night and i already started my christmas shopping. i'm looking forward to christmas and plan on doing much baking and gift crafting. i recently started a pose doll making project. i figured out the head shaping part but i've been nervous about starting the face painting.

here is a photo of a few of the pose dolls in my collection which i have since added to.

and my ceramic deer collection which has sadly not been added to.

other than that i have been slacking on the picture uploading and picture taking as well.

ally

my mom bought a horse named ally and last weekend we moved into a big house with a barn and a pool.

foodie

"Sweet Dreams" from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

papercuts

elsa mora's papercuts are so so cute. check em out in her blog! some of them are 3d and INSAAANE.

invisible monsters

just a quick update. i just got home about an hour ago from my first night of volunteer work(playing and having fun with homeless children) and it was such a blast. i was so nervous at first and was also having a very stressful day but the 2 hours i spent playing with the children(there were only 2 tonight) definitely brought my day to a nice end. we had a blast painting and reading a pop up book and playing with plastic food and hiding from invisible monsters. i ended up with paint all over my hands and my cheeks being mega sore from laughing the whole time. the kids were hilarious and had so much energy and imagination, i'm so exhausted! i'm looking forward to next weeks visit.

i signed up through horizons for homeless children


next week i'm also finishing my chest piece, finally.

biggest losah

happy valentines day

i made another polyvore. i had to remove some things because i went out and bought them with my tax refund :) i'll post pics of some of these treasures including an electra beach cruiser i scored for $60 on craigslist.

spring spring - by melissacatherinemoore on Polyvore.com

i decided i need to go back to being vegan.(i stopped for a little while resulting from a sort of mariah carey breakdown) some of my favorite vegan goodies..

i like to shlopp 50 pounds of this stuff onto single pieces of wheat bread.

this i like to fry the ever living shit out of and put into stir fry or buffalo sauce

this, is just amazing. i had a mini one for lunch yesterday and realized i actually should have gotten 20 of them instead of 1.

i can eat a whole box of these at once.

some other favorites are very vanilla silk, vegan sloppy joes, falafels, hummus, tofutti cheesecake ice cream, tofutti cream cheese and sour cream, amys chili, raisins, SO MUCH MORE.

and while looking for my favorite "MARRY ME" ice cream bars by tofutti on the google i stumbled across this really really extremely adorable short film...

don't call me past eleven pm

i saw yes man last week and absolutely loved it. i'm thinking about going to see it again. it's so cute and fun. i'd love to be a yes man but it's so hard.

i'm taking a long break from drinking btw.

i am not a plaid shirt...

i had a great weekend. yesterday i drove down to the cape where i had training for horizons for homeless children. once my references and cori checks out i'll be volunteering in worcester at one of the homeless shelters playing with small children. i'm really excited for this. i'll get to read to the children, play with toys, sing, make crafts. this will be one day a week and i'm thinking it will be a blast and very rewarding as well. i'm also thinking home depot will give me shit about being less available. home depot disgusts me. then after training i picked up food and icecream cake for my brother because it was his 16th birthday. we had a pleasant evening in while my mom was on a hot date. today i went to my grandmothers house and she made me baked mac and cheese from scratch and we watched lots of tv and had great quality time. then i went shopping and when i got home my papa was at my house. we had a lovely dinner and now i'm watching tv with my mom. i love family. and buying stuff. here's what i bought..
online at amazon and i cannot wait to fill it with hot chocolate when it arrives

forever 21 at the mall

also forever 21 at the mall

let's hope these two last longer than everything else i've purchased there... considering everything else has lasted maybe... a week before getting torn.

i also got earrings at forever 21 that i can't find on the site right now but they are large dangly filigree-like, a new pair of black high heels from dsw, and face cream from walgreens.

these purchases were made possible by not going out to the bars and spendin' all my money on booze, holla!!

polyvore pomeranian

i just started using this website called polyvore. you can mix and match all sorts of items from the net to create outfits or wishlists and whatnot. it's so addicting!! here is my first creation! this is all stuff i want. all i do is want haha..


pomeranian by melissacatherinemoore

i will be making a trillion more of these. i almost added opera binoculars till i remembered i have two pairs at home. i just need to find them so i can start spying on neighbors and well, EVERYONE.

d.o.m. shirts

while e-shopping on the job i also just bought this shirt..

there are two other styles and they can all be found here and the proceeds go to doms family. i will probably buy the other two at a later date.

now it's time to start locking up and head to my grandmothers. good night loves.

last lights/first night

christmas was good. my uncle and papa came over and i stuffed my face like a chipmunk. i got an electric blanket that i am in love with and money that will be going toward new tires.

the 26th i attended a last lights benefit show for dom at london billiards in worcester. i baked peanut butter and heath chunk cookies that sold for a dollar a piece(proceeds going to doms family) which came out amazing and, i believe sold out.. but i drank too much and don't really remember. my friend neil had to drive me to tortilla sams after for some mexican food and sobering up. the show was so intense just look at some of these photos my friend mary took...

the show ended in lots of red faces, tears, and real real tight hugs. so many people showed up and it was so great to see all the love and support.

new years eve was a blast even though i didn't get to go out to boston like i had originally planned. i got chinese food with my mom and brother and stayed in till i thought my bald tires could actually handle getting me anywhere(yay for getting new tires in 2 days). went to a party in worcester around 11 and partied till 5 or 6am. there was a dance party going on in a real tiny bedroom and i don't even know how SO MANY PEOPLE fit! i also don't even know how i didn't have a severe hangover at work(9am) the next day.

in other less drunk related news, i just e-bought myself this movie that i am SO excited about...