Most original costume EVER

Presenting....

Miss Ivy 

as

A Candy Magnet

Who doesn't already love a two year old in a costume? 

Who doesn't love a two year old who can

 introduce herself,

say 

please

thank you

 trick or treat

 and Happy Halloween?

I know I do.

Which is why I came up with the idea of a candy magnet for my little Ivy. I figured why not come up with an idea that might make people susceptible to giving her MORE than the usual portion.

In conclusion, the most common response we received was....

"oh you have so much candy already...."

which was followed by (about 80%)

"here have as much as you'd like"

and

"you are SOOO cute"

Success

Actually during one situation a lady said she was going to go cry after our daughter said 

"My name is Ivy" 

and we told the lady this was the first time she'd said this sentence. 

Marketing can manipulate your mind to get you to buy stuff.

And get my girl more candy  

The Green Sleeve TBA

The Green Sleeve will be revealed 

Saturday, November 12th

at 7pm (pacific time)

Stay tuned!

I apologize for the delay, there's been some difficulties finding my battery charger for my camera...but I just found it so next weekend promise! 

The Green Sleeve

What is the green sleeve you may ask?
Is it a piece of clothing?yes
Is it a piece of a piece of clothing?yes
Does it relate to clothes at all?yes
Fortunately, no. I'm not into clothes all that much. Personally, I'd rather run around naked if I had the self-esteem for it (and the body ha!).

But I will tell you this: It has to do with coffee sleeves; different kinds of coffee sleeves that is.


I'm sure you've seen some of these before...

The Slip On

The Standard Cardboard

The sewn 

The creative cloth

The styrofoam

The Wood

These are some creative sleeves. Except they've all been duplicated and done. It's the green sleeve you should be interested in. It's the only one of it's kind.
I did come across an actual "green" sleeve. But it wasn't a green sleeve.
It's only available at Petaluma Coffee Company, in Petaluma, California.
It was created by an employee there. And it became an instant hit. Would you like to know more?
OK!

Here's the catch ...
Before I publish this story I need to make sure enough people want to know what I'm talking about. 
Send me a comment telling me you want to know, and I will answer.

:)

Moving into a new place is stressful

My life seems to have been lethargic lately. It has been constantly going, but I feel like I have gotten nothing done. Although that is 100% false. I'm in the state of I have done nothing because everything is still uncompleted. Started, but not quite yet finished....
We moved from our first apartment back to renting a room. It was great having our first apartment. Although it came with lots of baggage. Having your own place is great until you realize that you're having to buy all kinds of utensils and gadgets you didn't realize you needed.

As she reaches for the can of corn...she realizes that their is NO CAN OPENER.

 Having your own place is tough if  you don't come prepared.We moved in with the notion that every thing was going to be great. Then after 6 month it seemed as if 40% of the items in our new apartment were useful while the rest sorta just took up room.

We had way too much stuff in our apartment. At least too much stuff if it meant moving an entire apartment into a 10by10 room. We had to get a storage. It was expensive to get a storage shed. I did some research and if you're looking for a cheap storage place in Rohnert Park choose Self Storage. 

Pros: Affordable, buy one get 2months free, simple storage facility

Cons:They close at 6pm! Other than that unless you want some fancy airconditioned place try this place out :)

By the way if you do let me know because I could use the referrals! You get a bonus by referring someone!

Yeah great storage place to put some extra baggage away.

Speaking of baggage, I have my own that I'd like to get rid of. Mentally, that is. Moving into our room vs our old apartments has its perks. 

1. Start Over

2. Less Rent

3. Close bus-stop (here anyways)

4. Bigger Kitchen (love that)

5. Yard

6. etc, etc

Robotchick Rant

But their is the one issue of: privacy. Not that privacy is some huge concept I should be looking forward to since I've moved twenty times throughout my childhood. It's the opposite for me. Generally I am not a "private" person. I've forced myself to just stay quiet and keep to myself much more than before. It's very frustrating. I'm holding things in because, although bad at it, I do try to stay astray from situations that will cause problems. Living with a new family is still so new to me. New smells, new habits, new food, new structure, and new lifestyles...well it's trickier than I thought. 

Not bad, just tricky.

Speaking of baggage, I have my own that I'd like to get rid of. Mentally, that is. Moving into our room vs our old apartments has its perks. 

1. Start Over

2. Less Rent

3. Close bus-stop (here anyways)

4. Bigger Kitchen (love that)

5. Yard

6. etc, etc

I've changed though and I'm not sure I like it. I am more to myself because I'm scared of saying the wrong thing or being involved in what shouldn't be my issue. I just don't feel normal. Maybe it's the whole mom thing or being stressed out. But why? Why am I stressed out? Yeah, yeah you could try and comfort me, but I already realize that comfort isn't what I need. 

I need to be satisfied with myself, and I am not.

 We are all different and all have different goals. 

Do not read this and compare yourself to me though, just because I'm not in your situation doesn't mean that my troubles don't matter : to me that is. Writing about them makes me feel better in a way. It makes me touch and sense my issues without having to speak them and start breaking down crying not realizing why I'm upset. I'm female and we do that. Guys: it's better to just say "you're right and I'm sorry" in a sincere way (even fake if it has to be). If you don't we will get more upset and just make the entire environment unpleasant for everyone.  
         Anyways, I just finished organizing our room. It really needs a dresser (that deserves a rant, but I'll spare you). We seem to manage fitting everything nicely. That made me happy this week :) 
I wonder what the day will bring tomorrow? We will find out later. For now I'll go back to reading Breaking Dawn.