Ready to join the circus!

About a month ago I came across flying trapeze lessons and thought it would be fun to try.... I bought the lessons and just told Stefan I had something planned for an upcoming Saturday. I knew if I asked him if he wanted to go he would say NO.

We pulled up to the place, I see all the trapeze equipment, I'm grinning like crazy, just anxiously awaiting his reaction....

The conversation went something like this:

Stefan: "What the hell is this?"

Me: "FLYING TRAPEZE LESSONS!!!"

Stefan: "You come up with some crazy s*@# sometimes, Julie!"

As crazy as it was, it was SO much fun!!! The first couple times we got on the trapeze, it was a little weird and Stefan was frustrated because he wasn't instantly good at it. After the second time of not doing so well, Stefan was ready to leave and he even said "I don't want to do this anymore." I told him to try one more time and I'm sure he would get it.... and of course he did. After that, he was anxiously waiting his turn after each pass... The two hour class went by quickly, but we both got certificates giving us all the "rights and privileges of a flying trapeze artist." Whatever that means....

I'm ready to go again next weekend... but I will say I was VERY sore on Sunday morning! I never realized it was such a good ab workout! My arms and shoulders are pretty sore still too.... but it was totally worth it! The worst part was climbing the ladder to the platform, but once we were up there, it was a blast!

If anyone in the Gilbert area wants to check it out, www.trapezeu.com - SO much fun!!!

Here's a video of one of my first takes on the trapeze....

Good luck charms...

So I didn't wear a lot of green yesterday for St. Patrick's Day, but I definitely made sure to wear some purple today in hopes that it would be good luck for my Washington Huskies' first game in the NCAA tournament!

I wore one of my favorite necklaces.... purple of course....

...and then some purple shoes.....

....and what did it result in?

WASHINGTON: 80

MARQUETTE: 78

Congrats Huskies!!!! And as my boyfriend, Jay-Z would say.... "on to the next one!"

I wanna be GREEN!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

That's not really where I was headed with this "green" post...

Over the past several months, I've really been thinking about trading in my car for a hybrid. I bought my car before I moved to Arizona and figured it would be the perfect car for me....I've realized after being here for a couple years that it doesn't really make sense with the 70-ish miles I drive every day to and from work, especially since I made the genius decision to get the car with all-wheel drive, knowing I was moving to AZ and would never need it...

It'll be a sad day to say goodbye to my cute little "Ivory" (Stefan and I had black and white cars and I named them Ebony and Ivory)... but I've realized it's just a freaking car.

So I'm ready to say goodbye to my Infiniti... (and the 3 speeding tickets she helped me get)

...and say HELLO to an environmentally-friendly..... HYBRID!

I used to buy jewelry to match my clothes.....

... but now I buy clothes to match my jewelry.

I'm not sure which is better for my wallet--- but I've become obsessed with Dirty Pretty Things jewelry and I cannot get enough.

When I first went to the website I knew I would instantly be hooked. The pieces are so unique and the first line, the Marie Neville Collection has such a relatable story. Since I was a kid, I've always done my own thing when it comes to fashion and I absolutely love finding things that are different and stand out. This jewelry is just that.... I never thought that wearing a rosary with a bullet on the end combined with a St. Christopher medallion necklace would feel so empowering.... and I LOVE it.

Since I have nearly every necklace in the first collection, I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the second line, the Medea Maple Collection. If there's a web site counter for the number of times people visit the site, I would most likely win the award for most visits. I decided right away that I would have my stuff shipped to work for a couple of reasons:

1) I get them earlier in the day... I would rather get it at noon then have to wait until I get home at night... I'm an instant gratification type of person.

2) Who doesn't like getting fun packages at work?

3) My husband doesn't notice the frequency of my purchases.

It's become a joke at work too--- whenever I'm back at my desk and I have a package delivered the immediate reaction from my co-workers is "more jewelry, Julie??"

I guess it could be worse.... right?

Much love to the DPT girls for creating this stuff.....

Check it out--- http://www.dptjewelry.com/