"Christmas Vacation"

One of my favorite traditions is to watch "Christmas Vacation" around the Christmas holiday! Here are some of my favorite lines from the movie:

Ellen: Clark, Audrey's frozen from the waist down.

Clark: That's all part of the experience, honey.

Todd: Well, something had to come through the window. Something had to break the stereo!

Margo: And why is the carpet all wet, Todd?

Todd: I don't know, Margo!

Ellen: Oh Aunt Bethany, you shouldn't have done that.

Aunt Bethany: Oh dear, did I break wind?

Uncle Lewis: Jesus, did the room clear out, Bethany? Hell no, she means presents. You shouldn't have brought presents.

Clark: Since this is Aunt Bethany's 80th Christmas, I think she should lead us in the saying of Grace.

Aunt Bethany: What, dear?

Nora Griswold: Grace!

Aunt Bethany: Grace? She passed away thirty years ago.

Uncle Lewis: They want you to say Grace.

Uncle Lewis: The BLESSING!

Aunt Bethany: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands/ One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Clark: Amen

Eddie: Merry Christmas. Shitter was full.



Clark: Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?
Eddie: Naw, I'm doing just fine, Clark.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

xoxo

Court

Photos Courtesy of Yahoo!Images

C'Mon Man!

So every Monday evening, Nick and I always manage to catch the segment on the NFL pre-game show, "C'Mon Man"! I find myself saying this phrase all the time now! It really does apply to all things hilarious, yet stupid and dumb and annoying! I say it now when I'm driving, when people are late for appointments, when I was making spaghetti last night and somehow messed it up...you get the point! www.youtube.com




Which leads me to the most stupid, dumb, annoying event on reality tv last week: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills "The Dinner Party from Hell". Don't get me wrong, the episodes are always AMAZING! However, Camille's "friend", the crazy B**ch whose life is chronicled on the show "Medium" (I'm never going to watch THAT show), was sooooo annoying. I mean on a scale of 1 to 10...she was a 25 on the annoying scale. And she was smoking an electronic cigarette inside during the dinner party and looking possessed....Seriously, C'MON MAN!
Photo courtesy of www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills

XOXO
Court

Holiday Happenings!

This past weekend we went on a carriage ride through Highland Park with Chrissy and Ryan! It was so much fun and the weather was perfect!!

With our set of horses: Bert & Tony

I also got to spend a lot of time with Lexie, Riley & Lady this weekend. We had a mini photo shoot (lasted 30 seconds) so we could get a good shot of all three of them for their Christmas stocking! I think it turned out pretty cute!

Finally, I leave you with a picture of either Lexie or Riley (not sure which one b/c they are identical) helping my mom out with the dishes. So precious!

xoxo

Court

Love for Dash!

Yes, I am a fan of Keeping Up With The Kardashians and watch the spin-off shows as well! I was beyond thrilled when Ms. Kourtney Kardashian released her family's Christmas photo yesterday. Yes, it is an odd non-smiling photo especially for a Christmas card, but this family thrives on drama....so it is perfect.

My 2 favorite looks: Kim's gorgeous white dress & Kourtney's Alexander McQueen tuxedo! I would have done Kim's hair different but she is so gorgeous no matter what! OMG and Mason is super adorable.

xoxo

Court

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Not a Want, but a Need!

Seriously Santa... I NEED these Steve Madden Carrysa Pumps! Thanks!

xoxo

Court

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New Look!!!

So....how do you like the new look? Hollie @ Drama Mama Designs designed my fabulous new page and I am obsessed. Seriously....I DIE! I think it perfectly incorporates a few of my favorite things: WINE, BLING, & ALL THINGS FABULOUS! Thanks again Hollie!!

Ok....so I went to the new H&M at Northpark last Friday afternoon at 4pm...and Oh My Gosh! I felt like I was at some sort of crazy sample sale. The new H&M is a preview-only store at this point which means that it they have all of their most recent fall looks for sale...but to be honest, I think it was about 1/10th of the usual merchandise H&M carries. This store will close in April and then the real deal will open in November 2011.

But none the less, I decided to wait 20 minutes for a dressing room and then 15 minutes in the checkout line and I was outta there in about an hour. I bought one cute top/dress, all black with some rhinestone detial around the neck, one multi-colored cuff bracelet, a black clutch purse with some chunky rhinestone detailing, and then a couple cute headbands ($4 each) for Christmas presents! You will have to forgive me, but H&M is not the best about letting me find the images on their website so you will have to live with a pic of my cuff bracelet I'm wearing today to work.

On a final note, here is what I am LOVING this month:

-Reality TV: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills...Lisa is my new favorite housewife

-MAC Lipstick in Angel

-How much Lexie (my parents' dog) is starting to look like Lady (my dog)

-103.7 The Christmas Station

-Gap Glitter ballet flat

-Maybelline "Falsies" mascara

-Wine: Riesling & Cabernet Sauvignon

-Eating @ The Grape with friends!

I hope you like the new look! Until next time...

xoxo
Court

ICE!!!

2 posts in 2 days...EXCELLENT!!

This past weekend, we checked out ICE! at the Gaylor Texan. This year's theme, A Charlie Brown Christmas! It was also my friend Laurin's birthday which gave everyone a great excuse to all get together to celebrate her birthday and go to ICE! together! We had a blast running around and taking pics and trying to stay warm in the 7-degree temps. Enjoy!

SNOOPY!

Love this one!

Need I say more... ;)

xoxo

Court

New Jersey & New York!

For the week of Thanksgiving, my family traveled to New Milford, New Jersey to celebrate the holiday and to see my cousin, Scott, and his now wife, Camille, get married the day before Thanksgiving. After several months of saving up, we all jumped on a plane at 7am Tuesday morning and were on our way to New Jersey...

Here are some of the cousins our first night in Jersey before Pizza night at Nellie's. Best Pizza EVER!!!
The day of the wedding (Wednesday) my family went to White Manna Hamburgers and they are the greasiest things ever, but oh so good!

Scott & Camille entering the receptions @ Season's (EPIC reception venue). They need to have this place in Dallas!

Nick and I at the reception (Let's pretend I was drinking water all night ;)

You will notice I took no pics on Thanksgiving (day after the wedding) because of the amount of "water" I was drinking at the wedding! I think my liver is still shot...

On Friday, we had to go into The City. We did not do a lot of shopping because 1)the guys were with us 2)I had bought a couple new items before we went 3)I would rather take cute pics! So, we explored Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Radio City, and a new lunch must: John's Pizzeria. It was awesome!

Success!!

xoxo

Court

Top Two Events of the Week!

This week has been amazing in the world of all things Celebrity! First, my favorite fashionista, Rachel Zoe, officially tweeted that she is preggers! I can't wait for her show on Bravo to come back. This news is going to make it oh so much more fun to watch!!!

Second, Prince William and Kate Middleton are ENGAGED! How dreamy!! A royal wedding will take place in the spring or summer of 2011. Diana and Charles were married in 1981 and I was not around yet to witness that one. I cannot wait for William and Kate's wedding, and more importantly to see what Kate is wearing and how extravagant everything will be! I love a royal wedding and all things fairy tale!

xoxo
Court

TWWofHP!!

Yes, I got to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter last week at Universal Studios!! My Dad and I had a work conference in Orlando and took a little time to enjoy some fun! I have not read every Harry Potter book, but I thoroughly enjoyed the theme park!!


The Butterbeer was pretty good...kinda sweet, but yummy!

It really was AMAZING!

My Dad and I @ Universal!

Up next week: New Jersey and New York for my cousin's wedding!

xoxo

Court

New Ideas, New Vision!

This past weekend I was at a Halloween party and having a couple cocktails (Don't judge because some of my best ideas come to me when I am drinking a cocktail, as most of you know)....

and the hosts of the party and I were talking all about reality TV, fashion, and more reality TV when the host said that he thought it would be a good idea for me to blog about these outlets rather than my usual day-to-day activities like work, being tired, etc., etc.... BORING!

********LIGHT BULB!!!!!!!!******

So, that is exactly what I'm going to do. Let's talk fashion, drama, reality tv, the fabulous life, movies, cocktails, restaurants, lifestyles and DIVAS.

After I hadn't blogged for about 5 months, I knew I needed something to get excited to talk about and blog about. So...I'll test it out and see where it takes us.

xoxo

Court

P.S. Look at my new beanie from Anthropologie....It's BEYOND (& it'll keep me warm in New Jersey over Thanksgiving)!!!

Out of Control!!!

Ok....so this no blogging since the summer has gotten way out of control. I plan to revamp my blog and have a new focus within the next week or two! In the meantime...here is who I ran into last night at Game 5 of the World Series....Yes, fellow Techster PAT GREEN! *Notice he has a beer can in his hand outside of the Ballpark in Arlington....what?!?!!!!

xoxo

Court

Summer so far...

I can't believe we are almost to July!!! This summer has been sooo much fun so far. Here is a quick update and some highlights of what we've been up to:

Every weekend has been spent at the pool. Lady loves going to the pool as well and her new trick is hopping on the floats while I push her around and then she gets back off!

Lady and I at my parent's pool....


Nick and I have gone out a couple of nights and this was a great pic from going out to Lemmon Bar in the West Village. Scott Mankoff took the pic and he was awesome taking lots of pics for us that night!!!
Nick and I have also been playing softball with some fellow Berkner grads and here are two of my favorite girls from our team, Laurin (who I went to junior high and high school with) and Kim who is such a joy and a new friend! We are not playing softball in this pic but rather having some cocktails at Fox and Hound!

Our summer has been quite simple as we have gone to the pool every weekend, been playing softball every Friday night (we made it to playoffs and almost beat the 1st place team), and watching some (well maybe a lot) of reality TV!

We are taking out annual trip to Lake Murray in a couple of weeks which I can't wait for!

Finally, last Saturday was Lady's 1st Birthday, so I will leave you with a couple pics of her enjoying her new toys. Back to work and ttys!

xoxo

Court

Southbound 35

"Southbound 35, We were headed down the road" (thanks Pat Green)...

This past weekend, Nick and I traveled to Austin to see my beautiful little sissy and her boyfriend. We did tons of fun "ACTIVITIES" (Thank you Step Brothers) and here are some pics of our fun filled afternoon and evening:

@Herbert's Taco Hut in San Marcos. Best Mexican food EVERRRR!!!!
Went out on Dirty 6th to the Aquarium (Our favorite bar ever!)

K&B

Nick and I on 6th!

We always have the best times together!!!

Lacey & Clint showed up!!!

Dance Partayyy!!!

Chatty and us at the AQ!!

We had a wonderful time, as always, and got back in time on Sunday for Mother's Day festivities. We'll see you soon ATX!

xoxo

Court

Update!!

How has it been 20 days since I last blogged?!?! I have been extremely busy with work and fixing things at our house because something breaks every single day! I'm worn out, but that's ok! I just started my swimsuit diet yesterday and so far so good. I managed to control myself while out to eat last night at Kelly's Eastside in downtown Plano which was a fun new spot to discover. I figure if I have a small breakfast, a Lean Cuisine for lunch, and then a "healthier" dinner with less alcohol, then I will be in good shape come June. This is the first year that I have not gotten a new swimsuit by this point, but I am in no mood (yet)!!

I am also very excited because I got tickets to Carrie Underwood. They are front row (for once Ticketmaster did not disappoint) and I have to wait until October for the show to roll into town. Last time Carrie came to DFW, I missed the show and heard how amazing it was and told myself that I had to catch her the next time she came. I'm so excited.

A couple weeks ago, Nick and I had the pleasure of taking my grandparents to a Mavericks regular season game for their 68th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!! Mimi knows all of the Mavs by name and Dirk is her favorite player. It was so much fun to go with them and I think they had a blast! Dustin even managed to announce their anniversary on the jumbo tron below.

Finally, on a sad note, I wanted to send special prayers to The Fenner Family for the loss of Lindsay's mom this past week. It is always sad to lose a loved one having just lost my uncle a couple weeks back. We are all praying for you.

xoxo

Court