On Vacation!

I will be back in a few weeks with lots of pictures and stories!!

Tuesday Loves

Here are some things that I have been mentally drawing little hearts around and texting if they want to maybe hang out and get a coffee with me later.

(source) I don't know what I like more: her ears or the lighting.

(source) Of which to note: his black boots, ear tips, & snow-covered head.

(source) The pom poms! This is so cute, and the instructions make it seem very hard for a sewing-dummy like me. C'est la vie!

(source) If only I could look like this always.

(source) Well, dang! This is just genius.

(source) These amazing DS stickers by the internet's sweetheart, Mare Odomo, and my favorite VG blog, Tiny Cartridge. Spoooky, Pokemon Black. BUY THESE STICKERS. 

And because I wanna show off, here's a picture of me from July 2010 with my very own, 100% unique, AWESOME drawing of Slowpoke + strawberry drawn by Mare himself in the back of my Letters to an Absent Father comic. (I look so tan!)

Quiet Weekend Before the Storm

Well, the countdown is on. There is less a week until I will be out of the country! There is a lot to be done; Mark and I have started making lists tonight of all that we have to do before we leave. However, it was pretty nice to just take it somewhat easy this weekend. Saturday I had dance at night, but that was about it. Here are just a few pictures from our Sunday:

My smudgy nails -- whenever I do nails with tape involved, no matter how long I wait for the first coat to dry, it seems like the tape sticks & peels some off! Either way, this is pretty good for me.

So thoughtful.

Markie & I played some video games tonight up in his room! Adventure Island, or as I call it "skateboard kid."

Mmm, and I made panko-breaded mushrooms. So yummy! I was happy with how they turned out.

Hope you all had a relaxing weekend and that your Monday is treating you well!

Giveaway Winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered my giveaway! I was so happy to see the amount of people who were interested. I definitely will plan another one of these in the future. The time has come to select a winner...

There were 46 total comments! But the third one was:

MISS RISSE!

Congrats lovely! Shoot me an email at maddysaurusATgmailDOTcom with your address and I'll send out the box before I leave on my trip. ♥

What I Wore - Bellydancing Edition!

RakStar was invited to dance at a variety show at my favorite coffee shop in the entire world, the Coffee Hag! I was really excited for this performance for a lot of reasons; one, all ten of us would be there performing!, and two, I love the feeling I get dancing at the Hag. It's so fun and positive and exciting and I feel like our energy is always the best there. It's so silly because we dance in the tiniest space, so a lot of funny things happen. But, it helps us to have even more fun.

Here is what I wore! Unfortunately, this picture doesn't show the awesome harem pants that my friend Coley made me, but I was so happy to be wearing them. I got the skirt and coin belt this summer at the Renaissance. My poor coin bra has seen better days and I could really take some time to fix it. I want to make another bra with shells and tassels; that might be my March project.

At the Hag, after we performed. I love it in there; I used to go with my dad all the time when I was little. Such a yummy place!♥

Also, you may have noticed: I'm back in blonde! Yes, I miss the pink, but I'll always go back. Blonde is just where my heart is. I'm leaving on vacation in a week at my hair was at the point where I needed to redo the fuchsia or make a change. I made a change! What do you think? I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out, considering it was still fairly pink & I only used one box of bleach from Hot Topic + a box of blonde from Target.

I'm definitely tired after all the fun tonight, so I'll leave you with one of my favorite songs to bellydance to: Beauty Beats by Beats Antique. Enjoy!

Things I Love Thursday

♥ Things I Love Thursday ♥

♥ Sushi lunch with Mark on Valentine's ♥ Crochet dates with two of my best friends last Thursday and Monday ♥ Six Feet Under season one (two episodes left!) ♥ My crochet board on Pinterest ♥ Homemade chicken noodle soup ♥ Planning, planning, planning for Japan ♥ Painting my nails easter egg colors ♥ Extra-raspberry, white chocolate iced mocha on 2/14 for a super pink Starbucks ♥ Ira Glass on Savage Love podcast ♥ Huge, fluffy, blustery snowflakes ♥ New Sleigh Bells album! ♥ Drinking loose leaf tea on the daily ♥ Markie's new haircut ♥ Kitties that sleep next to me at night like a teddy bear ♥ The fact that I have two belly dance performances this week! ♥ One week left until vacation...

What are you loving this Thursday? The only thing that I'm not loving is this headache I woke up with, but that's nothing a big bottle of water, some coffee, and breakfast can't fix! I hope everyone's week is going wonderfully with lots of sweet items to fill their TiLT with.

& don't forget to check out my coffee clutch & tea giveaway! There are five separate ways to enter, so make sure to read the rules closely so you get the best chance you can get. There are three more days left in the contest.

GIVEAWAY: Me! MaDonna! Celebrates 100 Followers

Great news! I have finally broke the 100 follower barrier! I'm so happy -- thank you to everyone who is subscribed to my blog, whether on Google Reader or Bloglovin' or good old bookmark list, I really am happy with how this little website of mine has turned out. I'm happy that I've made so many new friends in just starting this in July, only a little more than half a year ago, and I'm excited to see what will come in the next half a year.

To celebrate: I'm holding a giveaway! 

I've wanted to hold a giveaway for a while, but was waiting until 100 followers to do so. I'm giving away TWO coffee clutches (handmade by me!), one white kitty & one pokeball, and two yummy tea bags! (NOTE: As much as I wish I could give you one, the tea mug shown is not included in the giveaway.)

To win the two crochet clutches and the two teas packs, leave a comment on this post!

Additional Entries:

(Leave a separate comment for each additional entry!)

• Follow my blog on Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin'
• Tweet this: "Enter to win a kitty and Pokeball coffee clutch at MeMaDonna.com! @maddysaurus http://tinyurl.com/7woetzw"
• Reblog this post on Tumblr
• Mention the giveaway on your blog

That's it! I will choose the winner at random next Sunday,  Feb 19th, at 8 PM CST. The contest is open to ANYONE, international and all. Good luck! (Don't forget to comment with your email, so I can contact you if you win!)