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1.

8900 Curve                                          Touch 32GB


2.
iPhone 8GB                                 Touch 32GB

                                  Nikon s60


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Touch 32GB                                         Storm

this is not a disclaimer






I am not ungrateful...
I am grateful for everything or the lack of
  1. Do not wrap my gift like crap! This is an insult to my craft. Don't ask me to wrap it. Don't give it to me in a shopping bag. Only wrap it if you mean well... then I am assured to appreciate it no matter what the outcome was! When all else fails Don't wrap it at all!
  2. Do not wait until a "Holiday" to appreciate me! I love you all year... can I get some love back?
  3. Do not invite me only because you want me to work for free! This is my gift. I am apt to give quite freely. Don't try to "steal" it from me & when I share it with you don't abuse it... I am not on contract... please believe you don't want to try to figure out my vision on your own!

my PLAY list

I barely saw dos shows in 08 :(


I'm being lazy. I need to order these before gp ... I missed it the first time around :(

me & my Poppins bag headed to the Chi!

I've been trying to see this since it's been out- 
I LOVE the Beats!


I gave away the tickets that were given to me the first time around.... stupid stupid stupid

every year I promise

to get better... watch out here comes the worst :)
My everyear inspirations:

"They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies."- William Penn

"...because my inner beauty is going to surpass any chick in the game. Anybody who knows me knows that I don’t have a qualm about how I look because I’m so proud of who I am on the inside. When you have a heart like mine, I’ll go up against the baddest one and it won’t matter." - Angie Stone

" I can do anything... I'm not like you regular people... It's a hard lesson to learn" - Shaz

"I've learned that if something is yours, it's yours; there's no need to run to it or push people out of the way for it. I call it divine timing."- M

"Life (as you call it) is an opportunity for you to know experientially what you already know conceptually." - Neale Donald Walsch

WITHOUT VISION THE PEOPLE PERISH
-Proverbs 29:18

"And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap; if we faint not"-Gal 6:9

"Success as we know it means nothing…but the lessons that I learn on the way to the common perception of success means everything to me. " - Javier Laval

"Don’t just be a fashion connoisseur, be a connoisseur of everything in life." - Ibn Jasper

anything but A nut

I can see the hoards of folks headed to the market this weekend... picking over the lettuce and squeezing my tomatoes... ughhh... it's ok I buy the babies anyway...


Here's a sneak at what's in my snack basket... please don't deprive yourself in 09!


Planters - Daybreak Blend 
Berry Almond is my fav... my co-worker  is hooked !




Crunch PakSweet Apple Slices
I prefer the Sweet but they come in Tart also... 
I can eat a whole bag of these things!



Flat Earth- Tangy Tomato Ranch Baked Veggie Crisps
So I try not to eat chips anymore... but these are high on my list when I do!



I use to live by this stuff and before the re-design they had these really cool glass bottles!




Robert's American Gourmet Pirates Booty
To be honest I hadn't had this in a loooooong while 
but I picked some up this past weekend took me back !


I should go home more often...


KOHLER Contemporary Rain Shower Head

em.in.i = really?

This is really random but... I had to work today... I am hoarding vacation time... so I spent a lot of time reading blogs... 1) It really puts into perspective that you aren't as clever/ original/ creative/ innovative as you may think you are lol! 2) I was reading older post of a blog that i frequent... ( She is, it's in the list on the right... check it out) and the blogger and I have similar names... like wow... random but like one in a million seeing as though my name is laquin... (sort of ...lol) sEasons grEEtings folks!

If I could be anywhere...

Hilton Head in the spring ... 

mommy I want...

24hrs 
30.00 -600 film
20.00 -Polaroid OneStep
Preserving History = One Snap Happy Girl!

sHAKE it...

I'm hunting! Stay tuned!

AyE shAWTAE...

The WRONG questions!
1) So how many boyfriends you got?
2) Why don't you have a man?
3) Where yo man at?

& because I am not biased :) 

The WRONG answers 
1) I don't have time for a man...
2) I don't have a man!
3) I just don't!

Those answers will probably get you the stupid follow ups
1) Why don't you have time?
2) Man you lying...

There are a couple of things wrong with me looking for "Prince Charming" let's start with he belongs to Madame d' Aulnoy's imagination and if you want to get modern with it, he's Cinderella's man. LOL! Let me put it out there ...I am not interested in someone else's man. Before you jump the gun ... I am a romantic. I do see the charm in fairy-tales. Please believe I have nothing against meeting a gentleman and like many others when Orlando hit that " I want to be your night and shining armor" line in Diary of a Mad Black Woman... I felt hope... yeah... yeah... yeah... 


The Procrastinators Gift Guide


No - named Chick:  the chick in the cubicle, student teacher, library aid etc.
Susy Jack* 2009 Wall Calendar: Twelve tall, thick cover-weight pages with new, abstract illustrations, organic patterns and bright, gorgeous colors... on 100% recycled paper.


The dude : boyfriend, cousin in undergrad, good male friend  if you know what I mean etc.

Create Your Own Ralph Lauren Polo: Choose your Monogram and Pony on the hem or  pick your Pony and Vintage year for the hem. The Hoodie and  Oxford are nice picks too. 

The future Queen: girlfriend, boo, shortie, sentimental female friend etc... 

 Ok here is the set up: 1) purchase a replica work of art from the gift shop at the local art museum  2) purchase either a museum membership or make a donation large enough to garner recognition in the recipients name 3) present # 1  with a script ( I couldn't get u the original.... yadda yadda yadda) 4)  present #2 and hit her with the sappy script ( So I got you the museum)

* Disclaimer: Look I'm a sentimentalist and I SUPPORT THE ARTS!

The diva in training: little sister, cousin, female friend undergrad etc...
Travel  jewelry case  in pink. Comes in brown, red, white and the traditional Tiffany blue!



The Official Guide to the Black American Princess- Kalyn Johnson, Tracey Lewis, Karla Lightfoot, & Ginger Wilson

"Our bond in the bon vivant revolution that we are waging at hair salons, spas, makeup counters, and major department stores around the world unites us in a lifetime of the "Best and Nothing Less."

swAGGER jACK-et

Magaschoni - Neptune Green Double Face Wool Jacket

Ever made a purchase and you just knew the kinda face time it was going to get when you wore it? That's how I felt the first time I saw this jacket! However I couldn't justify dropping the kinda dough they wanted for it... but thanks to this little thing called a "RECESSion" ... I wore it last weekend to look at paint samples for my mothers "closet project" and i caught a few faces ... but it was a hardware store... so dudes gone look anyway lol!... I wore it to work today and out to lunch ... maaaaaaane... lol... I bought the piece for all the right reasons ( fabric, cut, COLOR etc.) but if I was shallow I would have bought it just for the extra swagga lol!

He Match My Fly!


 I need a little less testosterone so I rock the Charcoal, Hi, Canvas - Chuck Taylor All Stars. I would love to see a "him" in the Light!

* Keep an eye out for a new post called "He Aigght"... I had to recruit a guest writer cause I'm no good at straight out glorifying men lol!   

gLoss on my liPs...



"Also referred to as "standing akimbo," hands on hips is a way of expanding your physical presence, another broadside gesture. If you put your hands on your hips, keep your shoulders square, and plant your  legs firmly, you're making it possible to take up much more than your typical allotment of space."

I kept catching myself squeezing my mid section... thought I had seen to much top model... or maybe subconsciously showing off my  progressing new mid section ( thnx ms.peggy)...  now I think I got narcissism issues lol!

"I Ain't Never Been Nothing but a Winner"

"I Ain't Never Been Nothing but a Winner" - Paul Bear Bryant 

Sometimes I get so caught up in being infatuated with things ... especially with men... i have to win... I am still strategizing on a game from some 5 odd years ago... I think I'm a realist so I know what I can't have... especially when it comes to a person... don't misinterpret that it's because i think someone is out of my league ...lol... more so cause it's like rational sense... it's pretty sad... cause people aren't games... they aren't characters in your minds screen plays... I'm hurtful... there are like so many years before I am thirty... crazy huh... banking on being thirty to change the dynamics of your life/personality/emotions/thoughts... how come I got a thing for old dudes?.... that's another blog

em . in . i


Painted this on my 25th birthday at this cool place called

The day started off with a pregnancy call... no ... not me... fast forward ... the door opens... in walks a guy I haven't seen in like eight years ... didn't even know he was in the city!!!... less than an hour later... I am wracking my brain trying to remember my inventory so I can help a decent guy come up with a picnic for a girl a state away... whom though I don't really know ... need to get to know cause girl got mad game... can u say 4 diamond hotel stay, dinner, and front row concert tickets! ... let's not talk about the other gifts she has racked up in the last eight odd months... onward... I luv how New Yorkers say the word "hawtdawg"... accents are attractive period... Why do musicians overextend themselves... like I got a couple of people on my list that I would luv to hear "LIVE" albums from... just a band and a mic... oh and please don't dance... please don't... thank you!... I love mastermind movies... Inside Man... Oceans... Italian Job... "Feel you when you comb your hair"- M ... lucky you it's double quote day... "Yo! I'm looking for a girl that's strong where I am weak & weak where I am strong!"- Keith my cabbie by way of NY

PB&j... you wouldn't believe

There are some things I am kinda particular about. 

Bento- noun, plural -tos; Japanese. - to. Japanese Cookery.  a meal, usually served in a 
lacquered or elaborate box that is divided 
into sections for holding individual portions of food.
Check out this award winning Bento here.


My lunch pail... 
Yes, it did garner a couple of looks at the office!

Baptist Red


Most likely on my toes... if it's on the fingers... watch out;)

Please don't play... I can translate!

I like it when people use words I don't know. 
I just head tilt & nod until I can get to Dictionary.com


Brown paper packages ...

I have never really received a gift that I just loved... 

Luxury:




Recession:





Personal Training ( It's time for me to re-sign)


Sentimental:


Biscuit + Coffee= BISCOFF

I fell for these in the Delta Crown Room
Seeing as though I don't live in the airport (yet) 
 I was happy when I ran across these.

Chef Boy -aR- dee

Neiman Marcus = Holiday Entertaining
BONE-IN PRIME RIB (12)
244.00

STUFFED CHICKEN LEGS (4)
$120.00

GREEN BEAN & ASPARAGUS BUNDLES  (16)
$68.00

BAKED SWEET POTATOES (8)
$52.00

                   
FEARING'S MACARONI & CHEESE(10/12)
$70.00

We can talk about DESSERT later!