cabin fever

Indianapolis was hit with huge ice storms this week. Classes at my school were canceled almost the entire week, which is practically unheard of at my college. I went four whole years of undergrad without nary a day off, even with blizzards and ice and cold.  I also got off work early on Tuesday because of the continuing Icepocalypse that night. Unfortunately, I majorly wiped out on my stairs as I was trying to clean them off. I misjudged the amount of snow/ice on the top step and flew off, hitting an ice-covered snowberg on the way down. Ow. I've been laid up for the past two to three days on various painkillers. Plus: painkillers. Minus: the house is a mess, I still have homework to do, and my back hurts like a .... something that hurts a lot.

On the additional upside, I have had twenty+ hours a day to surf teh interwebs and find exciting new websites!  Like these:

Casa Bella. What beautiful inspirational photos! Plus, she is giving away an Anthro gift card, and we all know how I love Anthro. Bonus downside of being laid up on the couch? Too much time to shop online. Oh Anthro, your site is so tempting on Vicodin!!

Kate and Oli: Okay, I love this site. How much? Too much. So, so, so, so beautiful. And she's holding two giveaways: one for a Laura Amiss print (Happy Tears, you WILL be mine!) and one for an Art Garden print.

Happy Tears, Laura Amiss on left. Hollyhock, Art Garden on right.

More to come!

i should buy a lottery ticket

I have a friend who wins almost every contest she enters. She won a ton of Taco Bell gift cards lately through a Twitter contest. Another friend's mom has won cars for everyone in her entire family.  Me? I never win anything.  I won a framed print at the Eiteljorg's Indian Market when I was 13 and I won $98 at my freshman orientation (thereby also winning the nickname "Ninety-eight dollar woman" from my friends for all of high school. Thanks, guys). But that's about it. I never win the prizes at baby showers, I always get the lame crap at our holiday parties...you get the drift.  So I'm pretty much on a roll this week: I've won TWICE.  

Last week at Symphony on the Prairie (with Brandi Carlile that was amazing), I won a membership to the young professionals group, Forte.  I was a member last year, so now I don't have to pay for the upcoming season. Win!

Yesterday, I won a contest at Little Bow Prep for a Shabby Apple dress!!!! I thought I was winning the dress below, but I actually had my choice of several and picked out this one below it:

Like I said, maybe I should go buy a lottery ticket!



PS Edited two or three times to get the pics to show up. Now I don't know why they aren't side by side, but whatevs. C'est la vie.