I didn’t think I could love Bumble & Bumble any more than I already
did, but they made my hair look like this.
I roughly blowdry it just to get the water out, no products and no
straightening!
And when it rains my hair looks exactly the same, no frizz!
I LOVE IT.
Ps: still no Internet at the house, so it’ll be a while before i’m
back for real.
We went to the Bronx zoo!
I LOVE zoo’s. So far this summer we’ve been to the National Zoo in DC and Pittsburgh Zoo, we would have made Dallas Zoo if it wasn’t for the rain 
The Bronx zoo is one of my favorite zoo’s so far, it’s huge! And the rainforest section made me feel like I was at home – because I am a little homesick.
I brought my camera with me, but being the very clever girl that I am, it wasn’t charged. I had it plugged in overnight before but the plug must not have been put into the wall socket properly, because the camera was dead.
So I tried to use NYBoy’s phone to take pictures, which worked fine for things that were relatively close to us, but for things like the lions that were all the way on the other side of the enclosure, they look like brown dots in my photos.
We spent like four hours at the zoo, and then I got my “treat” – a Starbucks protein plate and shaken iced tea lemonade for the drive home.
When I got home there was a big candy basket waiting for me, from an unknown sender – which I later found out was NYBoy. He knows I love my candy!!!!
We went to dinner with his mom and stepdad at a French restaurant where I had escargot (mmmm), hazelnut encrusted salmon and creme brulee for dessert! The waiter’s sang happy birthday and put a candle in my creme brulee, which made me feel very loved!
More presents waiting when we got home! Apparently Magic (the dog) prepared them while we were at dinner – a Hannah Montana star-shaped cushion, a September beanie baby and a pop-up card with cats on it, because cats are my favorite.
And last but not least, I had ICE CREAM CAKE!!!! A birthday isn’t a birthday without cake 
I’m so tired, but overall it’s been an AMAZING day, and I could not love NYBoy any more than I do right now for making my birthday great even though I was so bummed out about being so far from home in the beginning!
Summer’s pretty much over, I’m heading back to Scotland for my final year of university in under a week, the weather’s getting colder and fall/winter fashion collection’s are out.
This summer flew by – two months in Italy and two months here with NYBoy’s family (with short trips to Pittsburgh, Washington DC and Dallas and daily weekday commutes into the city!).
Here are the ten songs that were played and replayed the most on my iPod this summer while we roadtripped, sat on planes and trains and chilled at home:
Jason DeRulo feat. Imogen Heap – Watcha Say
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Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
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Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
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Mario feat. Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett – Break Up
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Cascada – Evacuate The Dancefloor
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LMFAO – I’m In Miami, B*tch!
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Kid Cudi feat. Kanye, Common & A-Trak – Make Her Say
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Drake – Best I Ever Had
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Miley Cyrus – Party In The USA
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Cobra Starship feat. Leighton Meester – Good Girls Go Bad
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NOTE: I meant to post this before I flew out to Dallas but fell asleep and forgot about it, I didn’t end up shopping much during Fashion’s Night Out, but I’m feeling much better now because I got to do some sponsored birthday shopping in Dallas and got way too happy in Anthropologie.
Read below if you still want to know what I did on Fashion’s Night Out….
Streets were PACKED.
I planned so many store visits but seriously underestimated how long I would spend in each store haha, so we never made it downtown.
I saw crowds around so many people, and I’m short so I couldn’t see who/what they were, but I DID see Gwen Stefani, Anna Wintour, Howie Day (performing at Bloomingdale’s), Daria Strokous + some other models I didn’t recognize.
Was at Saks when Justin Timberlake was, but couldn’t be bothered to weave through the crowd, and saw the line outside Versace where Taylor Momsen was… but couldn’t be bothered to do that either.
I got sick of the crowds very early on and decided to quit looking for the attractions and just to shop as normally as I could… which I can tell you was near impossible on Fashion’s Night Out.
Came home by midnight to get some z’s in before our early morning flight to Dallas!
Overall the highlight of my night was – attending Ferragamo’s very exclusive store party/art exhibition.
The not-so-great part was trying to buy anything because it was so packed.
End of the night I ended up getting the official FNO tee and Anne Klein booties.
THAT WAS ALL.
It was a good effort to boost retail activity etc etc, but I think in the end there were too many people there for the freebies/parties/celebrity-spotting rather than actual shopping.
I think I’m going to go on my big shopping spree another day.
Last week we spent some time in Washington DC, because NYBoy had a meeting with someone at the National Postal Museum.
While we were there, we check out a couple of the other Smithsonian museums – the American History Museum and the National History Museum… and as is compulsory in any town which permits it… the ZOO!
Museum is such a funny word, everytime I type it, I get the feeling I’m misspelling it – just because it looks so weird.
I have lots of pictures, and they will be up sometime but I can’t promise when! I still need to find some way of moving them off my camera without the cables!!!
I dyed my hair back to its original color too.
Summer sun was lightening the brown too much and some strands were almost blonde. It didn’t look very healthy.
So, I dyed it as close to my natural color as possible and am trying to cut down on my appliance-aided drying and styling.
My hair has so much natural volume (i.e. POUF), my head looks small and I feel like a kid again.
Hopefully this week I’ll get to fit in a hair appointment at Bumble & Bumble’s uptown salon in NYC, I loved it the last time I got my hair cut there and the lady who did it gave me a card after, so I can come back whenever I’m in New York.
I know it has no effect on how I shop (I go crazy shopping no matter what my hair looks like) but I want nice hair for FNO.
I have an invite from Ferragamo to go to their in-store party and meet the people who work at their office here, so I am definitely going to try to look my best.
Work tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday.
FNO on Thursday night.
Dallas, TX on Friday.
So you know where I’ve disappeared to.
