Goodnight bitches :)

Not gonna lie - I am a BUM! & when it comes to going to sleep, nothing makes me happier. After a long day of working, going out, hell - doing nothing - I never fail to enjoy going to sleep. I'm a night owl for sure but there's nothing like going to sleep... can't explain it very well lol.  

But sleep is a process for me. I am a very particular sleeper & I annoy the HELL out of Jose because when it come's to going to sleep - we are polar opposites in what we need. He is always hot, I'm always freezing... he likes the TV off, I need it on until I go to sleep [thank god for sleep timers on TV's!] So naturally I've become attached to these "sleeping habits" I've developed over the years b/c it's the only way I go to sleep with him in bed with me... and it's what I'm used to :) 

Pajama Pants - I'm a pajama pants & t-shirt girl. Always wore sleep pants to bed instead of a nightie or just undies. These pants look nice and comfy :) 

Sleeping Mask - this has become a MUST for me. I started using a sleeping mask about 8 years ago and have never looked back. I am completely addicted to them as well. If it falls off my head in the middle of the night - I wake up in a panic and look for it! If we stay at a hotel and I forget my mask? boy am I fucked! I suggest to everyone to use a sleeping mask! It's made my nights so much better to sleep through :)

Pond's Facial Wipes - These are must-haves for me. Before washing my face at night, I ALWAYS make sure I get every last ounce of makeup off my face. And it just feels so nice afterwards!

Bliss Body Butter - my skin is incredibly dry all year long and since getting a sample of this a few weeks ago, I'm now obsessed. It's perfect for my dry skin & I always like to put lotion on before bed. 

Sara Happ lip scrub - Oh I love these lip scrubs. This is just a nightly obsession for some reason. I love the feeling of scrubbing my lips than putting a small layer of lip balm on before bed... so nice :) 

J. Crew Socks - socks are a MUST because, like I said, I'm always cold! And the worst thing EVER is going to bed with cold feet. It hurts me to do that, I hate that feeling. So I sleep in socks to avoid it completely and go to bed quicker :) 

Restoration Hardware Luxe Throw - this is not essential for my sleep - but for naps? it's the greatest!! Ok.. i'm gonna sound weird i know but I like to take naps on our bed when it's all ready made than sleep on top of our comforter with this throw. Trust me, it's the shit. My mom gifted us this throw last Christmas and I swear I'm gonna ask for another one this year cos it's the BEST!! I love this throw - its the WARMEST thing in the world! & when we watch TV & Jose puts the Air Conditioner on full blast I'm totally ok b/c this throw keeps me warm!!

FRIENDS!! - We do not go to sleep without watching the 2 hours Nick at Nite plays of FRIENDS. It's a MUST do for us, we just naturally press channel 752 and watch it until we sleep :) and for the past year - it's become apart of not just mine but Jose's nightly routine as well 

Isn't it interesting to hear how people sleep? It's amazing how different we all are when it comes to bedtime routines - so let me know how YOU go to sleep! :) 

The good life

Right now in this moment, life is good.

I have photo shoots happening almost every weekend from now until June. 

We are finding out our "style" when it comes to us and our branding.

Our Anniversary is in 2 weeks!! Can not believe we will be married for a year all ready!

The future is big & scary... but I am so excited for it all!

I usually don't do posts like this but just wanted to keep things simple and to the point :) I am enjoying every moment of my life... with friends & family, in the beginning stages of our business. Everything is just good! 

I am enjoying a 3 day weekend starting today, with a FUN FUN FUN! engagement shoot on Sunday ending it. Can not wait to share what I've been up to!! :D 

Happy Weekend!! :D

Whats been up with me

all pictures via instagram. might look familiar if you follow me. and if you dont... wtf!? find me! button is over there fool ------>

my sequined R. my new last name starts with an R  

me last night wearing my favorite piece of new clothing. old navy vest.

light beer from biergarten in hoboken

my search for the best mac n cheese continues. this time, black bear in hoboken. 

my closet

some new additions to the collection. fall essie colors.

Have a great weekend ladies!! 

Bits of my week [& a blog change!!]

Just throwing in the fact that I changed my blog! Whoo!! I was waiting on another blogger to install one I paid for [2 MONTHS AGO!!!] but than I said fuck it and learned how to change it myself. I'm still working on it. But this is the new name!! Sequins, Plaids and Paws!! 

Don't lose me! Don't forget about me now that I'm FINALLY not a brown eyed bride to be anymore!!! :) And expect a couple more changes when you come back to blogger on Monday!

Soooo my week...

had several fabulous hair days. those are rare when its humid and rainy everyday. 

just doing a bit of experimenting... 

been hunting these anthro bowls for MONTHS. and FINALLY found them. now I just have to go back and get more :) 

doing some research... 

found out kelly green and black go really excellent together lol i'm a bit slow...

Ahhh here it goes!

I've totally been avoiding blogging because I have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to write about. It rained all weekend, I worked all weekend. It was completely uneventful. But what has been the highlight of my life? Teen Nick playing the 90s Nickelodeon shows. For real! These shows need to be on DVD as it is cos I can't get enough! 

And not gonna lie... I totally remember stick stickly's address. I sing it to myself all the time. lol 

Today I am off and hope to do SOMETHING worth blogging about! Don't hate me :) instead just comment telling me what 90s nickelodeon show you're DYING to watch again. Me? I'm waiting for 2 very special shows... 

Tweet tweet!

Yup! I joined twitter nation! You can find me [actually FOLLOW me] at tinalovesequins. But be kind, I only joined like a week ago or something so I'm still getting this thing down. But here's some of the pretty things your missing out on if you're not following me :) 

Totally kidding... but for real, come at me!

Just Watch

This is one of my absolute favorite songs ever. And now even more. I am totally making Jose do this with our daughters. 

And yes, we are having daughters.

My grandma had two daughters...

My mom had two daughters...

I will have two  daughters... I just can feel it lol

I have 2 favorite Wedding Gifts all ready [and a secret!]

And they are hanging on my fridge ;)

Disneyland's pretty awesome. First to respond before Disneyworld and they gave us a PIN! To add to my Disney Pin Collection!

And I have a HUGE secret that I can't tell ANYONE but you guys! lol I had a spy from work look out for my suprise bridal shower invitation and she told me when my bridal shower is going to be. :D You don't get it... I HATE suprises and I told them I DONT WANNA BE SUPRISED! But Nooooo.. of course they wanna suprise me. Well fuck that! Now Ima be prepared! lol I'll still walk in prepared... but at least I can look good doing it! At least have my hair and makeup done lol since my own bridesmaid is making me pick outfits so she can hold them for me to change into. Which is nice and thoughtful... but still. I'd much rather be knowing the date :)

Ssshhh. I can't even tell Jose cos he would tell them! lol so you guys are the only ones I can trust with my secret :)

And thank you so much to you ladies who responded yesterday to my rambling. I love my Jose and I may just have to end up showing him how fabulous I really am with that dress!:)

Not Fabulous...

*This post is very not me. It's a venting post*

The other night Jose & I were at the mall heading to dinner. We walked by Bebe and I noticed this dress in the window. I liked it! It was different and I instantly thought I could wear that in Mexico maybe!

I said to Jose, "Ooh! I like that dress!"

He said, "No! That's not you!"

I said, "What do you mean that's not me?"

"You're not Fabulous"

A bomb was dropped on me. I am not fabulous. 

What the FUCK did that mean?? So I asked him. He said, "What are you Carrie Bradshaw? You're alot more casual than that, even when you wear dresses." We then walked past Banana Republic and he pointed to the model wearing the cuffed jeans, cute ruffled top with a blazer over it and scarf and said "See, THAT is you! And I love the way you dress. But you're not fabulous"

Ah! Stop SAYING that! I know he meant good and didn't mean it as an insult, only as a definition to what the dress stood for... But I can't get it out of my head. How was this dress TOO fabulous for me?? I look at the picture on the fabulous thinking What the FUCK!? I CAN TOTALLY ROCK THIS SHIT. Maybe not to dinner friday night but definately on my honeymoon when I'll be feeling my MOST FABULOUS ever!

Should I shut his ass up, buy the dress and show him?

Or am I not fabulous?

Bring It!

I've been absent from my blog for the past couple days because since Monday... I've been torturing myself. Yes ladies, I am full on doing one hour workouts a day. Oh no but not just any workouts. I have to bring it.

Ever hear of it?

If not.. if you're looking to lose weight, get on it! It's an entire program about watching what you eat but MOSTLY its making sure you get six full days of working out in a 90 day period. And they guarentee results. Our wedding falls smack in the middle around the 60 day period so... after being away for a week in our honeymoon... 60 days will have to do!

Jose & I have been on it since Monday... and um, I think its working lol Why?? Oh cos I've lost 4 lbs SINCE monday! What the FUCK is that?? I have been "dieting", watching what I eat and doing these workouts. And let me tell you... the same body parts have been sore since Monday too. Well, except my legs. My legs just joined the party this morning.

I'm feeling good! This might be the bridal bootcamp I need... so, I'm now off to work on my arms and shoulders! PEACE!



Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

Sorry for the lack of posts. I know... I've dissapeared. But I'm pretty sure I'm back now. Instead I'll just give you a quick run down of things that have been making my days fuckin awesome.

Discovering awesome restaurants with amazing nachos and desserts with my girl

 Having my sparkly shoes finally arive

 And respond cards all ready coming in! Holla!

 Staring at the reason why we named him Riddle [see the question mark shaped coloring?]

 Reading Jose's Valentines Day card to me.



Valentines blew. We both worked from 2 to 10. I had to get up early the next morning [very early] so there was no Valentines to celebrate. It sucked... but I'm not too upset cos we can make any day Valentines Day.

C is for Cookies!!

Jose & I are kinda obsessed with cookies. Any cookies. So when I saw this image on Style Me Pretty along with a ton of other inspirational images.. I had a thought. A thought that didn't fit in our "budget" before but I am dying to squeeze it in!

I mean... how expensive would it be to buy oreos, wrap em up in cellophane, buy some straws and milk!? Is this something you'd die for if you came to my wedding and saw it!? HELP ME OUT HERE!

Somebody Loves My New Rug...

He was rollin' around on the new rug the minute it hit the floor - for 15 minutes. Enough time for me to take plenty o pictures. What a cutie.

Can I get a HOO HOO!

Yess!! It's FRIDAY!!! I only work 6 hours today!! And I have the entire weekend off! AND so does Jose!! However - we are BROKE so we won't be doing much! :( God we suck! lol I'm still souped to be able to chill with him all weekend [except Sunday when my girls are coming over and my main girl is coming to do my hair up for a wedding trial. sweet!]

Lately I've been crazy into owls. I don't know why. I find myself wanting to buy anything with an owl on it. ANYTHING. So I put together some of my favorites - not just for you but for me to remember so I dont lose track!

Tell me how I went to buy that little Owl Bank from Urban Outfitters in white and they cancelled my order. Boo! I knew I shoulda stuck with the turquoise.. way cuter! Meanwhile, guess what!? MORE SNOW TODAY!! It wasn't as bad so I don't really mind it but still! I'm counting down the days til spring! [And 98 days til I'm hitched! We in double digits now bitch!!]

Have a good weekend ladies!!

You're my Obsession!

When I first met Jose at work 5 years ago - I asked him where he worked before CVS and he simply said "Starbucks" and I had stars in my eyes. Shut. Up. I fucking love starbucks.

I have no idea why I do because I do not drink coffee lol at ALL! But I will drink Starbucks! And the idea of Starbucks is what I love more [and did anyone hear how in Seattle they are experimenting selling wine and beer at Starbucks?? Hope it makes its way here!] So... when Jose & I moved in with eachother 2 years ago, he brought along with him a couple things he had from his old job at Starbucks and I love it all! And I noticed I kinda have an obsession with all the Starbucks memorabilia in our house.

Like these ornaments, which might be my 2 favorites on our tree!

The first ornament Jose bought me a couple weeks ago and the second ornament, Jose has had for years! I looooove them both! And everyone always comments on those ornaments! Than I've got my memorabilia that I proudly display!

And this is nothing! We have a starbucks apron, a starbucks milk warmer, starbucks snowglobes [interesting huh!?]... everything Starbucks! lol I'm weird aren't I??

How I ALMOST was on E!

By now, any of us that watch E! have seen the disgusting commercials for their disgusting new show called BridalPlasty. About Brides competing in challenges to earn plastic-surgery procedures in a quest to win their ultimate dream wedding. Uhm... excuse me?? I thought the point was to look like ourselves!? Well... I was ALMOST on this show! lol

Back in March Jose & I went to a Bridal Show to check out vendors and we went with our other "engaged" couple friends - Liz & Dave. We went, we walked around, we tasted yummy red velvet cake and watched some DJ companies put on a show. And while we sat there watching the DJs a woman came up to me and Liz and said "Hey! You girls wanna enter your names in a chance to be on E!?" We looked at eachother than were like "Oooook?" lol She handed us forms and we started filling them out... and the questions were STRANGE. If you could have your dream wedding, where would it be? How much would you ideally spend? If you could get any cosmetic procedures done, what would they be? I started laughing reading all these questions. What the HELL is this?? lol

But she wouldn't get off our asses so we filled it out, they took our pictures and we sat down to watch the DJs again. Than a week later, they contact us! They want us to come in to New York City for an audition that week. An Audition?? To be on a reality show?? The whole thing was sketchy to me. But Liz INSISTED we go cos "it'll be fun!!" Sooo we went! lol and it was WEIRD! We had to sit in front of 4 people and they explained to us what the show was - you live in a house with other brides, competing in challenges week by week and EVERY WEEK you win adds another cosmetic procedure to your list! Whatt!!??? lol

Half way through [when they started asking me about ME and what i want] I started giving them fake answers I knew they wouldn't like. I was like uhm.. i'd do my calves over lol. They were like "Thats it??" And i was like "Yup. I hate my calves!" lol It was hard not to laugh! I just could NOT let myself do that - even if I would be on E! How can these girls go on that show?? They KNOW they will be looked at like WHAT THE FUCK GIRLS!??

Ay! All I know is this is one E! show I DEFINATELY will not be watching!

Sweet November :)

It's November!!! November is my favvvooorite month, you have no idea! Why?? Uhm... cos some good shit happens in November! First off, it's my birthday month!! And I'm excited cos I'm gonna be 25! AND I'm celebrating in Atlantic City in 2 weeks!! Whoo!!

 Not only that but 2 days after my birthday is my fabulous cousin, Henry's, birthday. He is a character. Wanna know how much of a character?? Check out this photo he took this summer for my Aunt.

 The kid is flaming lol but I loooove him! And THEN the epic finale begins!! Me and a HUGE group of geeks [including Jose!] are going to see HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1! We over here are some GEEKS for Harry Potter. We watched alllll the movies last year leading up to Half Blood Prince! We painted lightning bolts on our foreheads, I wore my MUGGLE shirt. lol this is some seriousness! This is going to be EPIC!!

 And finally... the greatest day ever. Waaayy better than Christmas in my opinion. I mean the Christmas season is the best. But Thanksgiving day HANDS DOWN is the shit! Eating nothing but GOOD SHIT allll day! Uhm... my mouth is salivating just looking at this plate.

here

Soooo I'm pretty souped about November! lol Anyone else??

This made me laugh for real

"this movie is going to be a lot more funnier than people think it is" - Jose, after watching this commercial and after me losing it see her sing to her dog on the bed lol

Weird Total Random Crap...

I have been working like crazy! My head is everywhere... so this post will be everywhere too.

Like... am I crazy Im dying for Jose and I both to wear converses on our wedding day? [since he's like 1 ft taller than me and we'd look ridiculous with me in heels] I mean, if Im gonna wear flats who gives a shit!

from here

I am DYING for a striped blazer, much like this one below from FabSugar. Bitch got her shit together! She's rocking it.. and i wanna too!

And fiiiiinally I got Jose to watch GLEE with me! And like I totally told him he would, he liked it!! I love musicals, no LOVE musicals, and since meeting Jose I have really gotten him into them too. In fact he doesn't know which is his favorite - Rent or Sweeney Todd? So I know my man okay. I KNOW when he's gonna like something. And I knew he'd like Glee. And within 5 minutes of the episode starting, he was laughing. And I knew he was hooked :) [In fact, he was googling LEA MICHELE on his blackberry while we were watching it lol]

Yes!! Now we can both watch the season premiere next tuesday!!! WHOO!! But anywhoo... gonna go take my dogs out than take a shower and chiiill :) Peace!

Pimping Out My Car!

Look what I just bought for my car!

Isn't it the cutest!? Of course I won't be Mrs. Smith... but I fell in love with it I had to have it! I bought it from The Preppy Polka Dot on Etsy and her shop is FULL of a ton of cute stuff! She even can make customized Easter Pails! Go check her out I recommend it :)

Meanwhile I will be checking my mail obsessively waiting for my decal :)