Friday, April 20, 2012

Long Beach Livin'

A peek into my week via smart phone photos.








1. Bentley bike rides! 2. Hangman on the beach
3. Arizona Tea should sponsor us 4. Debbie tries Bull Bar
5. Got a tad bit of a tan 6. Our patio table
7. My favorite owl potholder 8. Flour/Sugar Jars
9. Most handsome 10. Cozy porch seating
11. Golden love birds! 12. We went to Eat Chow...mmm!
13. Sleepy boy 14. Lots of house shopping lately

Ciao,
Drey $ Nicole

P.S. - Deal of the week: Those Arizona Teas were 3 twelve packs for 10 dollars! That's 36 teas for TEN DOLLARS! They're normally 99c a pop, granite these cans are a little smaller... but still! We got our favs: Green Tea with Ginseng & Honey and Arnold Palmer.


Monday, April 16, 2012

Six Miracle Dry Hair Repair Products

In my year as a receptionist at a high end hair salon, I got a lot of useful knowledge from the stylists. Beach living has got me busting out those tips once again because sun, sand, and salty water = super dry hair. I'm having to spend extra time and attention to my ends lately, cause lets face it, I don't want to look like an electrocuted animal while walking down the aisle! Here are some of my all time favorite miracle dry hair repair products. Let me know if you recommend anything amazing not listed below!

1. It's called "It's a 10" for a reason. Packed with 10 amazing nutrients in every bottle, this stuff is like fruit and veggies to your hair. Sunflower seeds, ginger extract, pomegranate, vitamin c, and noni oil are just some of natures goodness you'll find in these products.


2. Wait until you take a whiff of this stuff! All organic ingredients and "made with love" by an independent company called Carol's Daughter.


3. This ones found in the "ethnic" section, so you know it's good!


4. People used to come from out of town and stock up on this when I worked at the hair salon. It's the best of the best. The shampoo contains keratin, too!


5. Sexy Hair's Soy Milk Shampoo is one of the best for dry hair because it has no alcohols or fragrances. This Colour Goddess leave-in conditioner smells like the yummiest birthday cake!

6. The shampoo's good and all, but the real magic's in the refining sea polish. Pumice, aloe vera, and soy protein rub all the dry frizzies and split ends right out of your hair, while polishing it for shine. It's kind of like using an aloofa to rub off dead skin cells, or a facial scrub exfoliating your pours, only on your hair! It will feel so clean and silky afterwards. Probably my favorite product!

Have a good hair day,
Drey $ Nicole

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Repeat Button

While getting all caught up in Gotye's video that I shared with you here last week, I noticed the featured girl in the song. Apparently Kimbra has been featured in quite a few songs come to find out, and she's now on tour with Gotye. I hope the hit "somebody that I used to know" and this tour with them gets her name known, she deserves it. I think she's just adorable! ....but she needs to fork over this dress!




Enjoy,
Drey $ Nicole

Friday, April 13, 2012

Long Beach Livin'

A recap of this week via smartphone photos:




1. First time kite flying! 2. A laundry basket mishap
3. Abs that justify the slight cockiness 4. A bike ride a day
5. That handsome bearded love bug 6. Red lip day
7. My laundry day look 8. Wedding planning is falling into place nicely!
9. Clean dishes 10. New suspender arrived in the mail
11. Happy faces 12. Debbie does Long Beach!

Happy Friday the 13th!
Drey $ Nicole

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Baseball on the Beach

A spontaneous bike ride to the beach for a picnic quickly turned into an afternoon of unexpected adventures! When Gian and I reached the shore we saw that the sailboat races were going on, perfect timing! It was the cutest live show to watch while enjoying our lunch, and it wasn't even planned! Afterwards, we strolled along the beach and found a rubber bouncy type baseball, a large stick, and drew some bases in the sand! We did a full three innings, one on one, but doing a whole teams worth of actions. I was exhausted, and I lost. But I'm not a sore loser, I'm glad to have a mister that will do fun and active things with me!









Sincerely,
Drey $ Nicole


Monday, April 9, 2012

Repeat Button

I know you guys have heard this song over and over on the radio, buttttttt it's just soooo good! I loved it right off the first time I heard it because of the way it starts low, with a story and draws you in, and then the chorus, ohhh the chorus. Just listen. It's so raw and powerful. Once I got passed the vocal quality of the chorus, a few certain words caught my ears and made me say, wow, this is my song. I'm sure we all have someone in our past that we can dedicate this song to, yeah? Love it!


Somebody that you used to know,
Drey $ Nicole

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Lakers Game

Friday night my best girl SieraJ calls and says she's on her way to get me so we can go to the Lakers game. Now while I've been to thousands of baseball and several hockey games, I have never been to a professional basketball game. So when she told me we had vip, floor seats, valet parking list, you bet your bottom dollar I was freaking out. Although the Laker's lost by six points, it was the best time ever. I saw Kobe of course, Jack Nicholson, Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak from The Office! It was my first time and I don't know if I'll ever be able to top it.





Still a Mavs fan,
Drey $ Nicole

P.S.- Big thanks to Siera's bossman for the amazing seats and more!