You could already be a winner...

Sorry it took me a while to pick a winner for the giveaway!
Life... ya know?
It gets busy!

Anyway, GET PUMPED...

Because you, my friend, are a big ol' winner!

Yay!
Email me! [laceyinloveblog@yahoo(dot)com]

Thanks to everyone who entered!
Better luck next time :)
(Of course there will be a next time!)

& If you're still itching for one of those notepads, you can find them right here :)

It's been quite a day

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Today:

My front tire blew out. It scared the bajeezus out of me! Thankfully, I was going 5mph when it happened and not hauling booty on the interstate.

I watched some workers demolish the City Auditorium. My Senior prom & Graduation party were in that building... along with a million dance recitals, pageants and miscellaneous town events.
It's been there my whole life. It was a little bitter sweet to watch it go.
It was laundry day. I was rocking an old tee and jean shorts(not the cute way), lookin' like a true bumpkin.(No offense, my little bumpkin on a swing! You know i love you.) I also forwent makeup and didn't do my hair. I'm lookin' like a realllll hottie today, folks.

I cleaned out my stash of fabrics(These are some of the keepers). I guess I'll try to sell some of the worthy ones & I don't know... donate the others? Any ideas on where I could donate them?


Tonight:
I will wash this nappy hair of mine.
I will paint my nails.
I will watch that hot mess The Jersey Shore.
I will try my best to now organize my fabric.
I will smooch my boyfriend.

ALLLLSO, you may have noticed a few changes around here. I'm just tampering with a few things... nothing huge. One change? I now have a page for all of your buttons! If you have a button you want me to grab and add to my page, please leave a comment letting me know!

An Open Letter to December

Dear December,
I miss you a lot. I feel like we haven't seen one another in forever.
You've been on my mind & I feel you in my bones already.

Don't you miss me too, December?
Only 4 short months until we are reunited.
Hurry up!
I. Can't. Wait.

Your biggest fan,
Lacey

It was all yellow

My eyeballs have been gravitating towards anything that is yellow recently.

I tend to do this. I get hooked on colors... or sometimes a combo of colors.

I went through my yellow and blue phase in Junior High, navy and lavendar in high school, red and teal just a few years ago & now here I am staring at a bunch of dreamy pictures of all things yellow. I'm not sure yellow even needs a companion. It's independent... but perfectly lovely with my favorite anti-colors, black & white. :)

As Brooke would say... "Oofa"!

[I'm pretty sure I should add some yellow chucks to my amazon list asap, right?]

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I wish, I wish, I wish...

Here are some of the items from my Amazon list you guys were asking to peek at :)
[clicking the pics will magically transport you to the shops they come from]
Such a happy little list, no?

A Question. An Answer.

Answer:
Chop your nails off. Paint them blue.

Eat cookies.

Give yourself a facial.

Whiten your teeth.

Hop in bed. Turn on Gilmore Girls.

Stretch out. Take up the whole bed.
Decide it's overrated.
Scoot to your side. Fill his side up with pillows.
Hug pillows.
Miss him.

Question:
What do you do when you spend the night, sans boyfriend?

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The countdown is ON

There is exactly one month until my 26th birthday.
26... how did that happen?
I JUST turned 25, right?
You guys remember, dontcha?

25 really flew by. I intend to suck the life out of this next month and really get all I can out of the big 2-5!

What's that? You want to know what to get me? Well, aren't you the sweetest? I started an Amazon list for my family(I knew not of creating an Amazon list until the MR. introduced me and now it's kind of an addiction. I just add whatever I very well please, ridiculous or not, to it!), but how about your gift to me be that you continue to come on back here and be my pal? Yes... that sounds perfect ;) Oh also, i accept gifts in the form of cash. Just sayin'.

Last day for the giveaway!

Enter now,
or forever hold your peace.

It's who I am...

My name is Lacey...

I like to sew...
I call it "work"...

I hope you'll call it lovely & "like" it :)



This counts as an extra entry for the giveaway!
Just comment OVER HERE saying, "I like you!" and leave your name as it shows on facebook!

Versatile and such

Sweet Julie has bestowed a little award upon me &
along with it comes a little survey!

Favorite color?
Since about 4th grade, it's been purple :)

Favorite restaurant/food?

Favorite hobby?


Being crafty.
If you could have dinner with two people, who would they be?

My Granddaddy & My Mr. They never got to meet, but I think they really would have hit it off.
They are the two funniest people I know :)
What is your next big splurge?


I don't really splurge very often. My "splurges" are always under $100. I guess my camera was a "splurge"? Splurge is a funny word.
Favorite quote or saying?

What inspires you?

Almost anything. I always try to see the beauty in things... even things that are painful.
Right now I'm feeling super inspired by my childhood. Memories and photos are fluttering around me these days.

I'm passing this award on to:
My Leigh Ashley
A Diary of Lovely
B is for Brown
KLaw Inspired
M Loves M
Insomniac Lolita
While We're Waiting
Lacey in the City

You can use the same questions I did or make up your own! I actually pulled these from another award Julie had on her blog :)
& pass it on to as few or as many people as you want!

Thanks for the award Jules :)

You are loved, pretty lady!