Shooting with John Mayer a week from Today in New York. 5 hour shoot for wee pay.Weeeee.

And I leave for Germany in two weeks!

It’s that time of the year again.

You come home early from college to see some great friends from high school on Thanksgiving eve, EmDon is on the lookout for celebrities that come out and feed the hungry (even though I never see anyone ever eating, I only see pics of celebs holding paper plates of food), and after the Turkey induced coma, you wake up and “Horray! it’s Black Friday!” (ok, kind of, but not really.)

The one day of the year I praise not working in the retail business anymore.

Last year I tackled the Woodbury Commons and the Wonderful Lisa Blogged about my adventure coverage on BrookeAnthonyBlog on the Woodbury Commons blog. While this year I stayed local (but did think about going back to Woodbury) I found that sales really sucked, which was interesting considering the status of the e-con. 20% off? 15% off? blah. The only people that got serious deals where the ones who waited outside for 2 days and had their Aunti Agness deliver them their turkey dinner to a tent set up outside of best buy. After all, They did have dirt cheap computers.

Another note: I saw an overwhelming amount of children buried in toys in shopping carts today. Whatever happened to Santa? has the economy and America together combined forces to put a stop to the one and only Santa? “Santa wouldn’t buy that unless it was at Black Friday prices, so i’m going to buy it now because Santa can’t be here and he can just cut me a check later” Cats out of the bag and there are no more surprises for children, I assume.

I think the best deals are the ones online via coupon codes. We have a whole kitten kaboodle listed at TheLuxurySpot.com. You can see those by clicking here.

What do I want for Christmas? I want the rest of the freakin’ screws to my Ikea bed, that’s what I want.

p.s. like my super special hat?

Not only is the pick and pull area chaos at times, but the staff that runs that place is like the blind leading the blind. I’m even starting to question why they have staff working the back- they might as well just let their own customers screw up things on their own without the help of a staff member wearing a big bird colored polo tee.

So, I get the bed frame. I have a full size bed. “MAKE SURE YOU DON’T FORGET THE MID BEAM!” Okay, I grab the mid beam because the sign clearly says to do so. Great sign by the way. So I’m going to check out and I specifically ask if I have everything. The guy tells me I’ve got everything for the bed and I’m good to go. Great. Grand. Good. Excellent. I’m on my way home. Get home and Steven and I are ready to put it together. Oh, great. Sidebeams. Yeah, we don’t have those.

2 days later, I go BACK to IKEA to get the side beams. I’m told to purchase queen size sidebeams for my full size bed. Queen=Full? okay. So, I check out and as I’m walking out the door, I just want a second opinion on my side beams, even though the guy who helped me swore up and down that was the right size I needed for my full size bed. Come to find out sure enough, I needed the full side beams- which were located in a DIFFERENT isle. Makes sense? yeah, IDK.So about 30 minutes later i’m finally out of the customer service line with my exchange (even though it was an even swap because the items were the same price)

So, I get home and i’m ready to put it together. Go grab my bag of screws and Ikea didn’t pack half the screws necessary to put the bed together. I have no choice, I have to call and ruin someones day.

I call, speak my mind, and demand I’m sent more screws and tell them there is no way in hell I’m driving back to Paramus to get them.

4 days later I get a call from Ikea telling me to call them back in regards to my “claim”. I’m on hold for 30 minutes. I hang up, call back the next day. Then, I speak with some woman asking me what screws I needed. WHAT?!

Today, I come home and there is a yellow puffy envelope outside of my house. I open it up, and this is inside:

Is this some kind of a sick joke?

Thanks for the one screw, boneheads. Must be the screw that is missing from your freakin’ brain.

A stupendous Happy Birfday goes out to Emily Donahue, everyone’s #1 fluffernutter connoisseur extraordinaire (who celebrated yesterday) and also to the love of my life- Signasty. (He celebrates tomorrow!)

Brooke Anthony & Brooklyn’s favorite Donny Papermaker interview hittin’ the innanetz soon.

This week on TheLuxurySpot.com we have up for grabs a custom (designed by YOU!) Laudi Vidni valued at $500.00! Click here to enter!

So…is there anything bad about seltzer?

Since I ALWAYS Love me some Zazz, I decided to figure out. Does this delicious, calorie-free”naturally flavored with other natural flavors” drink have a dark side?

….not that I could find! horray!

but if you would like to read up on seltz- there is a freakin’ blog. I swear, People blog about the weirdest things.

*thanks EmDon!

Why Me?!

Tonight I made a stop at my Grandmothers house, just to catch up and talk. With all good news comes bad news, I also had to tell her about me leaving the U.S. for a month, and not being home for Christmas. I come from a small family, so things like this really tend to be hard to deal with especially during the holidays. But surprisingly, I got a dose of reality after I told her. No tears- just reality.

“Well, I understand. You have your own life now”. What?! seriously?! I have my own life now? Amazing. I’ve only had to wait almost 24 years for this own life. “It’s going to be a great experience for you” did you seriously just say that!? Just when I was starting to feel as though anything I did in life was not a good choice- I get thrown this. I’m thrilled that finally my wings are no longer clipped and I’m being taken for the person I really am.

I love to travel, and I love my boyfriend. So going to Germany is just the right thing to do at this stage in the game. The industry is just so unpredictible, and it seems as though nothing is ever guaranteed- at least things i’m involved with. I’m motivated, but the work out there is always changing. That’s very unsettling to me, and while I deal with all of that unpredictability and put things in my life on hold- my life is flashing by me and one day i’m going to reach a point of no return.

I’m thrilled that for the first time in a few years, I’m actually living- and living with no regrets. I’m with someone who makes me regret nothing- and that’s an amazing feeling. I feel full, and I feel like I have everything I need in life. With that said, I’m going to gauge my life on my past experiences- and I have to say- I couldn’t be any better. I was in a prior shitty relationship with a guy who was all talk, and when it came to drinking got out of control and abusive- and also cried like a 4 year old child the next morning because he had no idea of the things he had done. I can now go out and enjoy myself- have a glass of wine with dinner, even go out to a bar and drink all night if I wanted to- and don’t have to live in the fear of who I’m with snapping and going after me at any given moment.

I often find myself comparing my life to a year ago and my life now, and it’s taken a drastic- amazing turn for the better. I’m doing things I’ve always wanted to do but couldn’t. And better yet, I’m able to experience these things with someone I really care about and truly love.

Life is amazing.

This weekend was Sarah and Johns Wedding. Awesome time and I was honored to be part of the wedding party. I wish the two the best of luck!