Bitter is the New Black {or blog}

Oh bloggy blog, my apologies for neglecting you!

Not trying to make excuses or anything, but last week I was simply swamped with a couple of design projects. Then, when I had huge plans for blogging and some blog redecorating over the weekend, I screwed that all up by spending my saturday shopping. Ok, the shopping part wouldn’t have been so bad since I usually blog late at night… and herein lies the problem.

I bought a new book.

You see, I’m a reader. I mean, an obsessive reader. I absolutely adore books, chick lit and memoirs being my favorite. I haven’t read a book so far this year, which is odd for me, and I was honestly craving something to read. A friend of mine, Joanna, and I often discuss books and she was telling me about her most recent read. She said it was hilarious and a “must”, so I picked it up while at the mall Friday.

OMG. Can I just say that someone stole my life? This book is a memoir of Jen Lancaster and it’s earily similar to MY life. I kept reading excerpts from the book to designer husband and he would say “Shut up, it does not say that!” – but oh yes, it did. She even had a dog that she had to leave at her parents for a weekend that never came back home with her because it fell in love with her dad. Um, hello, do you recall Daphne?? Daphne is my pom that lived with me for 2 years before I was forced to move back in with my parents for a short amount of time when my mother was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. When I finally moved out, Daphne refused to follow me because of her fondness for my dad and sleeping beside him in bed. Three years later, she’s sitting pretty at my parents house just loving life and is completely happy seeing me only twice a month and during video chats on Skype. I have joint custody of my dog. Lovely.

So anyway, I started the book Saturday night and just finished it up last night. It was amazing and is quite possibly my favorite book of all time. She even passed up Sophie Kinsella!! I swear, it’s love. True love.

She has two other books out which I plan on reading soon. I’ll forewarn you on my blog before I start them. Basically, when I go MIA for 3 days, know that I’m just reading a book.

Despite the actual lake of blogging, I do have a ton of pics and random video from the last few days to compile in to one or two posts, which I’ll work on shortly. First, I have to get this snowflake background off of here and do some spring redecorating. I know, i know… it’s not exactly spring yet, but I’m trying to rush it along.