Downton Abby anyone?!

Check out my new shoes! I'm in love with them...favorite shoe cut I have ever seen but mostly because I can pretend I am in Downton Abby and have no cares in the world other than what's going on with my giant house full of servants.  (Season two just ended but I am dying for season three to start!)

I'm seeing these shoes worn with bright colored slacks.

These shoes are Rock & Republic, which is now selling a line at Kohls. Dear designers who think it is trendy to make a less expensive lines and sell them in stores for the common folk, THANK YOU- there is now hope for our credit card debt.

Rock & Republic is only exciting to me because they once had a line of Victoria Beckham jeans so I automatically like them. Their cloths at Kohls are a little too Kim Kardashian for me with the exception of these shoes and their incredibly comfortable/cute jeans.

5-minute chocolate cake

Yep this is ridiculous...now I can eat cake 20 times a day. 

*Nancy gave this one to me and I don't know where she got it. Images and recipe are not my own

THE 5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR ONE PERSON!       5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

"4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe)

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.  Add the egg and mix thoroughly.

Pour in the milk and oil and mix well..

Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.

The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!

Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired."

To the job search

This is what I think about employers...because working and finding jobs is hard enough. This should have been posted a while ago

1.  All employers should create dog friendly environments! Go Google...because you allow your employees to bring dogs, I love to use your stuff.  You should see how many dog-friendly employers there are in California.
2.  Please let people know one way or another if they got the job. Especially when you say "I will let you know one way or another by the end of the week." 

Weekly Playlist - at the office

Yay! I might actually remember to do this weekly.

So last week was long... here are the highlights of my playlist.

Collect Call-Metric

Lights- Ellie Goulding. This has pretty much been on my playlist for about 4 months

Lose It- Austra.  This makes me feel whimsy...makes me think of Jane Austin for some reason.

Foster the People- Helena Beat.  If you haven't heard them your behind.

Alchemy- Above and Beyond.  The whole Group Therapy album is stunning

In a dance mood...

Cinema- Benny Benassi.  True to style...really great song and then comes the part that makes my brain want to explode- not as bad as some of his others.

Titanium- David Guetta and Sia.  WHAT!  Why did it take me 9 days to discover this existed!

Raining- Kaskade.  How can I not love him when his album is called "dance.love"

Weekly Playlist

I am going to aim for creating a post weekly that includes the music I can't stop listening to.

8/9/11

Wolf and I by Oh Land
Don't Care About Anything by Alex Winston
Happy Dre by Sky Ferreira - I love this girl, great mix!
Vegas by Vandalism - NYC better be ready
Be Okay- Ingrid Michaelson
Little Bit by Lykke Li
Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z - Oldie but I could use a little inspiration

My future plans

* Thanks to Dan and Andy for this magnet so I don't forget my goals

" immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs" --Andrew Carnegie

Mockingjay

 Well I am unable to find the book that I wanted to read next so I am going on a blogging frenzy tonight.

Last night I sat on my porch all and finished the final book in the Hunger Games series.  I have to say it was probably my favorite.   Even the sappy epilouge with the cliche 20 years later thing wasn't terrible...not as bad as the one in Harry Potter.

Best part was the ending -I cried! I could feel the heartache Katniss had...not because I have experienced that but probably because the author did a great job creating the characters throughout the series.

Books seem fitting at the moment considering the world appears to be in complete chaos.  I heard on the news that the famine in Somalia will nearly wipe out an entire generation of children...London's burning...job recession/ market crash...what else?