Getting FIT

Ok peeps, many of my close friends and family have recently told me that I've lost a lot of weight.  A few years ago, this is exactly what I would have loved to hear.  But now, not so much.  Skinny is not attractive anymore and although I am not necessarily "skinny", I'm not exactly the fittest either.  Since I moved back home to Little Rock, I've kinda let go.  Working 40+ hours at Abercrombie & Fitch has made it so hard to put on a few extra pounds.  I don't have a gym membership and I barely make time to work out. So I've decided to get FIT.  I want a bigger butt, thicker legs, and a flatter tummy. Today was DAY 1 of Getting FIT and well...let's just say my butt suffered a little and not only because of the squats.  I think the 60g of protein went right through me.  My sister Elsie is doing this with me so I have a little bit of support! I will let you know how this works.  My goal is to be 110.  I am 107 right now.  I wanna gain three pounds, haha.

I heard somewhere that if I should take this right after I work out.  All I'm doing for my workouts is either an hour of zumba or 30 minutes of cardio (running).  I know it's not much, but with my schedule it's all I can afford to do.

My 2012 Xmas Wish List

Not that anyone I know reads my blog, but I decided I'd jot down a few things I'd like to receive for Xmas this year.   I'll probably end up getting these items for myself.

1. Urban Decay Naked Palette 2

2. MAC lipsticks in "Myth" and "Diva"

3. CHI hair dryer

4. Any of these gift sets from Bath and Body Works

Boy Meets Girl.

I want all of you to know that I am completely off the market!  The man of my dreams, Richard G. Lobo has found his princess in me :-)

 

Our Love Story

Richard and I met on Memorial Day (May 31, 2011) at On The Border, my workplace at the time.  I had just graduated from college and turned 22 exactly 15 days before I met him.  I was extremely single--aka, not exclusive with anyone ;-) I, unlike most of my friends, did not land a job right away nor did I continue to grad school.  I was waiting tables.  I decided to cover someone's shift that night.  A stupid Monday night..I had nothing better to do.  It was approximately 9:45 pm (closing time was 10pm) and IN walks a horde of 55 good-looking, attractive young men wearing horrendously bright orange shirts, some accompanied by their wives.  Yes, I was a little pissed that my off time would be delayed for just a little while longer, but secretly I didn't really mind waiting on this group--did I mention I was single? Just so you get an idea of the type of bros I was dealing with...watch this....My Richard is the sexy tan one.

I vividly remember going back into the kitchen  and boasting to my co-workers about how I was going to get somebody's digits that night. Cocky, I know. Well, I didn't.  They came, they ordered, checked out, tipped us fairly well, got to-go boxes, and were ready to leave in less than 35 minutes.  Realizing that no one seemed interested me (shocked, actually) I began to clean off tables and began to get excited about getting home to my nightly trash TV while eating lots and lots of candy.  Well, as I was delivering one last to-go lemonade when I hear  "Where's my lemonade?"  

Not even paying attention to whose rude request that was, I said,

 "Oh...who's your waitress? I'll grab you a lemonade".

The rude request came from Richard, who not only was wearing an orange shirt, but as if that wasn't enough to advertise Vivint, but also an orange hat too big for his head.  It covered almost half his face! All I remember seeing was that big-o- bright smile of his.  It was nice.  :-)

Turns out he didn't really want lemonade...that was his pick-up line.  How classy.  He started off by telling me how they were new around town and asking me if I knew anything fun to do in Little Rock. 

"What are you guys doing here anyway?" I asked, curiously.  

"Oh we are just doing some modeling for an agency" 

" Must be a low class modeling agency" I rebutted.

  BAM. Got him.  That line was all I needed to really get him hooked.  "Busting balls" I call it.  Guys love it.  Clearly.  His friends all recoiled in playful "oooo's" and "ouches" while I giggled at my own witty comeback.  

It was all down hill from there.  He asked for my number.  He was cute.  I had nothing to lose.  He called, yes CALLED, a couple of days after and we hung out almost every day during his remaining stay in Little Rock (4 months).  We both knew, or at least I thought, that this was just a fling and the day would come when he would go back to Utah.  I don't quite remember how we decided we were going to give long-distance a shot, but it eventually turned into that and that turned into this and now we are engaged to be married.  

The Proposal
Richard surprised me with a visit and proposal on November 9th, 2012.  I was under the impression that I was accompanying my best friend Sinehan to her mom's picnic at the Old Mill.  The rest you can watch for yourself :-)

Facials!

I am ashamed to say that I am 23 years old and I just got my first facial ever.  I don't know why I was so scared!! It turned out to be a very relaxing and gratifying experience for my face.  I've always had pretty good skin and so I always thought that the idea of getting a facial was just "looking for trouble".  What if the facial triggered something that had been dormant for over 23 years?! Anyway, I put my fears aside when I purchased a groupon for a facial with AB Mackey.  It was kinda hard to get an appointment with my work schedule, but it was well worth the wait.  She even gave me a free facial for next time just because she was running behind schedule that day :-)  Anyway, I am not even sure of what all she did to my face but it started with steam being blown my way.  I'm guessing that was to open up all my dirty pores. I lost tract of what she did after that, but it included some scrubbing, massaging, and lots of rubbing.  She did warn me when she was about to dig for blackheads, just one in my case! YAY FOR ME! She topped the whole thing with a very thick lip balm/gloss that I wore for a few hours after the facial.  My face felt like new! I just wanted to show it off to people so I did not wear make-up for the rest of the day...or week.  I am definitely going to make facials part of my regular routine...maybe not as often as I'd like because they're not the cheapest thing.

A new beginning

I've always wanted to start my own blog but I've always been too lazy to sit down and write my thoughts into a computer.  I think people (girls) who blog are cool, especially if they blog about fashion, hair, or makeup or ALL of those.  I like to think I am just as fabulous as all the celebrities, or at least I like to act like it.  Some of my favorite celebrities are Kim Kardashian, Lily Ghalichi, Eva Mendez, Shakira, and any other hot middle eastern bombshell.

Do not let my affinity with middle eastern women fool you.  I am by no means anywhere from the middle east, although I am often mistaken for it.  I like to play that up a lot and if you find me on the right day, I'll lie to you and say I'm Persian/Armanian/Indian.  I am a 23 year-old Salvadorean girl ('woman' makes me feel old) living in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Me on the Red Carpet. 

 I graduated from Hendrix College in 2011 and it was the best time of my life! I can honestly say I lived the "college life".  Partied so hard like you wouldn't believe.  Did things I still can't believe.   *Clears throat* Not proud.  But c'est la vie and you live and learn. I made some great friends along the way (will make a post about each one of them soon) and learned that making girlfriends is so hard, so I keep mine on my good side

Anyway, I'm not a boring person...usually when people have to say that they're not boring, they usually are but I really am the exception.  I hope you find my blog fun, funny, and glamorous!

LOVE

Roxy!