50 Random Facts About Me...

1. Because I tried to dye my hair from red to silver (Which was a huge mistake) I destroyed my hair way more than it already was and had to cut it off a few months back. And now I am totally missing my long hair and am contemplating getting hair extensions.
2. There are always two types of peanut butter and jam in the apartment because I like smooth peanut butter and strawberry jam, while Justin likes chunky peanut butter and raspberry jam.
3. I am obsessed with getting Sephora points and will not buy beauty products from other stores if I can get them at Sephora.
4. I have a little notebook where I write all the dumb funny shit Justin says to me.
5. My right pinkie is larger than my left pinkie and because of that my nailbeds are different on both of those fingers, so I have to use significantly different fakes nails on my pinkies. Which looks funny if you put my pinkies next to each other.
6. I eat French fries with BBQ sauce.
7. The last handful of books I've read for pleasure have been nonfiction and I don't remember the last fiction book I read.
8. I speak to my sister almost everyday, unless we are fighting. 
9. Driving in the Five Boroughs makes me want to cry and sometimes I do.
10. I am Page Supervisor at my library.
11. My college friends once thought that I was given a membership card to the liquor store that we used to frequent (Or I used to frequent because they were all underage) because of the amount of booze I was walking out of the store with one day. I had a lottery scratch off game in my hand. It's still a running joke 10 years later.
12. Gluten free pretzels are my crack. 
13. I magnets from every place I've visited next to my desk at work.
14. I wear my wedding band in front of my engagement ring because my engagement ring is too big and it cannot be resized. But because of that people never notice my wedding band and people are constantly congratulating me on my engagement.
15. Meta Knight is my go to Super Smash Bros. character.
16. I have Donald & Daisy Duck Tsum Tsums in my car. 
17. I love drawing with felt tip markers.
18. I've known Phil, Erin, Day, Toni, etc. for almost twenty years.
19. The only melon I like is watermelon.
20. My friends and I try to go to brunch in New York City once a month.
21. The background on my iMac at work consists of various Hamilton lyrics.
22. In terms of my sister and I, people don't know which one of us is the older one or the younger one. 
23. I love cheap sweet champagne.
24. Justin and I have a bunch of the Starbucks $2.00 reusable cups because they are the best cups ever to hide booze in. Especially when on the beach or in the parking lot tailgating at a baseball game.
25. Mysteries At The Museum (2010 - Present) is my go to show if it's on.
26. I hate people who think they're special because they are getting married.
27. Because I love rice there is always a twenty pound bag in my apartment.
28. My last name is hyphenated but no one calls me by my hyphenated name, they call me by Justin's last name. Which really pisses me off because if I would have known I wouldn't have hyphenated my damn last name.
29. I have a collection of Instagram photos on my phone that I want to recreate with my friends.
30. I buy all of my headscarves from the thrift store.
31. I've dropped out of a bridal party before.
32. Toni's son says I have claws because my nails are a cross between almond & stiletto shaped. 
33. I am the only person at my job that actually knows how to use our 3D Printer.
34. The only foods Justin and I have delivered to our apartment are Turkish and Japanese food.
35. My all time favorite sunscreen is Neutrogena Beach Defense SPF 30.
36. I have a birthmark on my neck that looks like a little hickey.
37. It says my name is Missy on my e-mail for the blog. 
38. Listening to kiddie iPad games makes me want to jam pens in my ears.
39. I don't really like chocolate. 
40. On my old car I had window stickers of a TARDIS and a Dalek.
41. If Justin and I ever get a house with a yard I am going to get a bat house.
42. I pick caraway seeds off everything bagels because I love everything bagels but hate caraway seeds.
43. Justin says I'm an 'A' cook but a 'C' housekeeper and I agree.
44. One of my dream trips is to visit Antarctica via Argentina.
45. I'm on Team Valor in Pokemon Go. 
46. I like to go to sleep with ghost shows on in the background.
47. My sister has paid for both of my tattoos as birthday presents to me. 
48. I am the only person in my apartment who drinks orange juice, so I drink it out of the container.
49. I only buy pasta in bags. I don't like pasta in boxes.
50. I have a collection of LEGO people on my desk at work.

Month In Review: November 2015...

♥ Fat Kid Dinner at Toni & Tom's house.
♥ Hanging out with my college friends and day drinking in New York City.

♥ Friday the 13th dinner and horror movies with Justin, Phil, Rob, Alana, Erin and Nick.

♥ Finally playing Quiplash with my friends.
♥ Bi-monthly dinner with Nicole, Eileen, my sister, Erin and the kids.
♥ Having a sleepover party with my college friends while Justin was away.

♥ Wine night with Day & Toni with a little Facetime action from Chas.

♥ Not fighting with my family on Thanksgiving.

♥ Sisters In The City | Movie Tours, Musicals & Cuban Food

♥ Halloween 2015

♥ Sephora Wishlist | VIB 20% Sale
♥ Drinks With Friends | Street Art
♥ Sephora VIB 20% Sale Haul

♥ Target x BaubleBar | Launch Fail

♥ My Name Is Yeh ♥

Heads Up!

♥ Patricia Heaton Parties (2015 - Present) ♥

♥ Valerie's Home Cooking (2015 - Present)♥
♥ Killer Mermaid (2014) ♥

♥ Zombie Hunter (2013) ♥

♥ All-Star Gingerbread Build (2015) ♥

♥ "Yes, My Accent Is Real: And Some Other Things I Haven't Told You" by Kunal Nayyar ♥

Drinks With Friends | Street Art...

This past weekend Justin and I went into New York City to go day drinking with a bunch of my college friends that we haven't seen in way too long. And because of the nature of the outing (Getting shitfaced in the early afternoon) I didn't end up with many pictures of my friends and I once the festivities began because I was busy partaking (Getting white girl wasted and taking ridiculous Snapchats walking through a park with my friends, which I wish I would have saved because it was pretty funny).

Since you all basically get the gist of how my Saturday went, I thought that I'd share some of the pictures I took of street art before I got to my friends at Croxley's Ales and started drinking Half & Halfs. Which are made as follows...

Half & Half
• Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey Whiskey
• Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka
• Lemonade
• Mint
• Lemon Slices

Pour Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey Whiskey, Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka & lemonade over ice. Garnish with mint and lemon slices. Drink way faster than you should because you can't taste the booze.

Yeah, so here are those pictures...

I don't know about you guys but I absolutely love street art. I especially love the first picture with the sticker art mixed with the graffiti and the red door, there is just something visually pleasing about it all to me.

What about you guys? What are your thoughts on strert art, graffiti or whatever? Do you find it beautiful like me or an eyesore? Lemme know!

NOTE: All of this art was found wandering down 3rd Avenue on our way to Alphabet City.

The Brooklyn Flea, Cat Sitting In Hell's Kitchen, Surprise Parties & Not So Boozy Brunch...

I know you're all probably like "Holy long blog post title Batman!" but I didn't know what else to call this post because I went from having nothing to do last weekend to being totally busy and doing a crap ton of things in a twenty-four hour span -- Which includes all of the things mentioned in the title plus some more. So lets start from the beginning of last Saturday...

Since I really didn't have anything planned for my thirtieth I had mentioned to my sister and Phil that I would like to head into Brooklyn and spend the afternoon wandering around the indoor Brooklyn Flea Market. Seeing as it wasn't a crazy request they obliged. So my sister and her boyfriend stopped by my apartment, jumped into my new used car and we drove out to where Phil lives to pick him up.

On the drive there my sister and I were singing, car dancing and kinda being made fun of by her boyfriend. And in the middle of rapping "Shoop" by Salt 'n' Pepa a rock hits the windshield of my new used car and cracks it. We all bug out for a second and got over it because it could have happened to any of us. Then we picked Phil up and drove into Brooklyn.


Once we got there we wandered around the shopping part of the flea for a bit before we all realized we were hungry and really needed to eat something. So we walked over to the part of the building where the food is, checked out all of the options and decided that we (We being my sister and I) wanted to split grilled cheeses from the Milk Truck -- Which FYI were awesome and I highly recommend.

After chowing down we went back to looking around and I picked up a few things, which included a safety pin keychain (My Tia has one and it reminded me of her), a 1970's globe and an old illustrated French children's cookbook. Then we decided to head back.

I had my sister's boyfriend drive my car back to Long Island and had him drop me off at the train station by Phil's apartment because Day invited me to apartment and cat sit with her in Hell's Kitchen (She was watching her coworker & his boyfriend's apartment while they were off at a film festival. She did the same for them in January while they were at the Sundance Film Festival because the boyfriend of her coworker had a short film called "One Year Lease" being shown, which I recommend watching and you can watch it here). So I hopped on the LIRR and headed into New York City to meet up with Day and Erin at the apartment.

They were kinda sleepy when I got in but I got them to rally because my friend Paul had decided on Friday that he and I were having a joint 60th (Because we both turned 30... Get it?) birthday party at Jimmy's No. 43, but what Paul didn't know was that his friend had planned him a surprise party at the same bar. It was craziness.

So we headed over to Jimmy's had some drinks, they decided they were super tired after a few hours and they left me at the bar with my college friends. I hung out with them until like 1:00am when they decided that they were all going to home and I caught a cab back up to Hell's Kitchen where Erin was waiting to let me back into the apartment.

On Sunday we all woke up relatively early and started to look for a spot to have boozy brunch. We ended up picking HK's Hells Kitchen and made our way over. Once we were seated we were disappointed to find out that despite what their menu said, boozy brunch didn't start until after 12:00pm. We stayed because we were already there and the food ended up being very good.

After stuffing our faces  we checked out a little street flea market and headed back to the apartment  to grab our bags, say goodbye to Casper (The cat) and catch a cab to Penn Station to go back to Long Island.

When we got back we decided to go get pedicures and crepes -- Which were both great decisions. Then Day's husband drove me to my parents' house where I hung out with my parents and Nella until Justin came to get me.

Overall it was a very full, very awesome weekend.

Reflecting On My Twenties | My 25th-29th Birthdays...

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And that's it... Tomorrow starts a new chapter, my dirty thirties!

Reflecting On My Twenties | My 22nd Birthday...

And on to the next...

50 Random Facts About Me...

1. I kept the parking receipt from the day Justin proposed to me
2. I have mini internal panic attacks when other people try to bag my groceries for me.
3. I know more about baseball than I would like to admit (Damn Justin forcing me to watch the Mets).
4. After having LASIK I now have "bad" 20/20 vision.
5. I don't have my own computer at home but I have a 27" iMac on my desk at work.
6. I suffer from "Low Battery Anxiety Disorder" and thus I carry a wall charger, as well as two external battery chargers (One is solar powered), with me at all times.
7. I love sitting in bed with a cup of tea watching ghost shows (ex. Ghost Adventures & Dead Files).
8. My nose is pierced & it has been for almost nine years.
9. I hate eBooks and refuse to help patrons with their eReaders.
10. I have accidentally worn black pajama pants to work.
11. I love anything that tastes like black truffles.
12. Because I take so many pictures of things on my desk at work and post them here or on Instagram, I don't have any pictures of Justin anywhere you'd be able to see.
13. I basically use my iPad for playing Candy Crush & going on Pinterest, that's it.
14. There is always unsweetened cold brew tea in my fridge.
15. Justin and I have been together longer than one of his sisters has been alive.
16. I like to take a "mental health" day or two on the beach during the summer in lieu of going to work.
17. I cook dinner four days a week.
18. Before Nella I hated dogs. 
19. I own more than five Scrabble boards.
20. I crack my knuckles. 
21. Victorian death photos fascinate me but Justin won't let me have any.
22. I love raw tuna but hate it fully cooked.
23. If you want me to do something, you can bribe me with fancy cheese.
24. There are 45+ photo apps on my iPhone, no I don't use them all.
25. I don't eat chicken but I will cook it for Justin.
26. When I'm really bored at work and no one is around I make Snapchat videos of puppets singing random song and send them to all of my friends (We have a lot of puppets). 
27. I have almost forty 1st cousins on my mother's side of the family & I am one of the "younger" ones. 
28. I drink at least two cups of tea a day.
29. My friends in college once thought that the local liquor store gave me a membership card because of all of the alcohol that I bought* -- It was actually a scratch off I got myself.
30. According to my sister I am my parents' favorite child.
31. I have a mini Madeline doll on my desk.
32. My favorite mixed drink is an amaretto sour but they give me heartburn if i have too many.
33. I have four name tags at work that all say different names & titles on them, that I refuse to wear.
34. I only have 1.4 GB left on my 32 GB iPhone 5 and because of that I can't wait for the iPhone 6 (Or whatever the hell they are going to call it) to come out so I can upgrade to a 64 GB phone.
35. I have a scar in my belly button from when I had my gallbladder removed.
36. I would one day like to own a replica Weeping Angel statue from Doctor Who.
37. Mozzarella sticks are my favorite fried food.
38. I collect old buttons.
39. MAC Kanga Rouge is my favorite lipstick of all time.
40. I never look at my work schedule and come in when I think I should.
41. Since having LASIK I've gone sunglasses crazy and own over twenty pairs.
42. I only recently discovered how amazing dishwashers are.
43. Justin and I have a closet full of bottles and cans we need to recycle.
44. When I'm bored during my lunch break I go to the local drugstore and buy makeup I don't need.
45. I have a Hello Kitty dress up magnet on my desk and I change her outfits depending on the season.
46. I had to change my travel plans for 2014 because Justin proposed to me. I was planning on going to Spain and Portugal with Erin and Day but that's not happening now.
47. Thirty-four is my favorite number.
48. I don't have any pictures later than 1984 framed around my apartment.
49. I want to try my hand at vlogging and am going to attempt to vlog an upcoming trip.
50. I love lamp... Just kidding.

* I bought a lot of alcohol in college but it wasn't all for me

Sunday Social...

1. What Was Your Favorite Halloween Costume As A Kid? 
As a kid-kid none of my costumes stick out, but as a teenager I had this sweet sorceress costume.
 
2. If You Could Go Back To Your Childhood & Dress Up As Something, What Would It Be? 
I remember wanting a Southern belle costume as a child that my mother wouldn't buy for me because she refused to pay whatever the cost of it was. So I'd probably be that.

3. What Was Your Favorite Halloween Costume As An Adult?
Honestly I can't just pick one. I've loved them all.

4. What Is Your Favorite Halloween Candy?
Tootsie Caramel Apple Orchard Pops

5. What Is Your Favorite Halloween Memory?
Spending Halloween in the bars when I was in college, and now...

6. What Is Your Favorite Scary Movie? 
Halloween (1978)

M & W's Wedding In Instagram...