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You Just Keep Me Hanging On

Ohh Oh Oh Oh You don't really need me, but you keep me hanging on. Are your clothes in your closet and drawer screaming please get me out of here? Well maybe it's time you do some, what some call, spring cleaning. I don't do just spring cleaning. I do monthly cleaning. I cannot stand clothing staring at me everyday that I know I will never wear again. So let's start cleaning!

1. If you haven't wore it in over a year and a half....peace out. The likely hood of you bringing back that piece into your everyday wardrobe is very very rare. In the bag it goes.

2. So you have this amazing Alice + Olivia dress. Just for example we'll use the A+O dress I wore birthday party circa '07 or '08. It was thew perfect b-day dress and every celeb was wearing it. BUT it had a HUGEEEEE flaw. It was a trendy piece. (which I try to never buy anything trendy but that's a whole other blog and believe me I cheat all the time. I'm trying to stop I swear.) I don't know what happened but I think I had quit my cube job and needed some extra cash. It took about a month for me to be able to let it go but it was still VERY popular and sold in a day after putting it up on ebay for $250. I knew in my heart I would never have worn it again and I am happy it is with someone else now.

3. Jeans. Jeans, jeans, jeans. Please go through your jeans regularly and believe me you will find a lot of jeans that can peace out of your closet and into your donation bag. A lot of girl tend to keep jeans for years that they do not fit into. Stop and let the dream go away. I last year at this time went through mine. I had two pairs of my fav skinnies, Tsubi's, paige, and hudsons that all no longer went over my thighs. Although it was highly painful to give them up(basically due to all the money that goes into one pair of jeans), it was for the best. And hopefully someone fabulous is wearing them that shops at Mt. Lebo's Avalon consignment shop.

4. Why the hell do you still have your coat from your college days still hanging up in your closet??? Peace out.

5. If your favorite tops have horrid clothing balls all over, or the white has turned into a lovely yellow shade(ehh!), or they are your pimp or skank shirts from your college days or your early twenties.......PEACE OUT! No explanation needed.

So in conclusion I'll just say that; If you don't wear it, it doesn't fit, doesn't flatter, is sooo not your style anymore, you rocked it out at your early twenties nightclub, and just random things that you are sooo over. It's time to get rid of them! And this is the best part......your trash is someone elses's treasure. It's true. What I do 1st is look at the piece, what I had paid, what year it is, and if it's more of a classic piece over trendy. With those pieces, I take to the consignment shop in Mt. Lebanon, PA. You can find your local consignment shops very easily by just doing some googling. You won't get paid too well but if you are not worrying about the cash then they can also give you a credit to the store. I this particular shop so sometimes I'll just grab something that makes me feel better about losing my clothes. Try to find one like we have in Pittsburgh. You can just brag a pair of Jimmy Choos, Juicy Sweats, or awesome Fendi bags(I can still never afford those.)

If you have something that is in a high price range take it to the best consignment shop you have in your town. We have one here in Shadyside that I use. What they do is keep the dress and when it is sold, you receive half of what it was marked. You get much more doing this but the other way is more simple and instant gratification. But always go and check out your consignment shops cause like I said you can get amazing things from them. Used Chanel bag for $600 anyone?

And the best and most popular way to clean out your things is simply after you have gone through all of your things, grab a few garbage bags and go donate. There are soooooo many people that need out help. Clothes, Food Banks, and Shelters can't help everyone who is in need. We need to do much much more. But this is a great start for you if you are just beginning to help out your community.

Hope everyone cleans out their closets and does a good deed this week!

Peace & Love

S

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Recently I have added a few links to the right of the page for my favorite foundations and associations. These causes to me are ones that have affected my life and those around me. I have also noticed that many are not fully educated on the disorders, what you can do to help, warning signs, and most importantly to create the courage, if you are suffering, to be strong and go get help. And I am ALWAYS here if anyone needs to speak with me on these issues. I feel like a doctor sometimes I've been through so much and know everything about the diseases I live with.

Getting started I have two amazing sites dealing with depression, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and To Write Love on Her Arms. Beginning with AFSP you will learn about suicide, why it occurs, how to recover from a loved one lost to suicide, and how to donate and help. This is a very sketchy subject. If you haven't been there or you don't have a loved one that's been there then it is sometimes VERY hard to understand. But it's real and the feelings of wanting nothing more than to not live anymore, are no joke. When I go through suicidal states(lets hope I don't ever again), it's a feeling and condition your are in that you cannot get out of.

To Write Love on Her Arms is my absolute favorite organization. They have a huge fan base on facebook and ALWAYS have people to talk to that you can speak with if you are having a tough time. It's also amazing because TWLOHA doesn't focus on one disorder alone. If you notice, say by just knowing someone or watching celebrity rehab or intervention, you will see that one disorder starts the whole chain that links your depression(schizophrenia, bi-polar disease, eating disorder, etc. with your self injury(such as cutting), to your substance abuse, to your thoughts of suicide, to ect. It's to give you hope and connect with others. TWLOHA tours year round to speak in many different cities about their mission and let you know you are not alone!

Human Rights Campaign really needs no introduction. This is highly important to me and I hope to you too. We are all different, we are all beautiful, and we all love. HRC is a huge organization that concentrates on having a nation where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are ensured equality and embraced as full members of the American family at home, at work and in every community. This slowly beginning to change in some areas but there is still soo much knowledge we need to bring to people. This is one of the reason I loved Cali. Everyone was free out there. Free of judgement, free of hurt.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is a great organization for educating yourself whether you need help, someone you know, or you would like just to deepen your education on the subject. Substance abuse is fucked up. Really fucked up. And the worst part is sometimes you just can't quit. You won't even be getting high anymore but you are in a out of your min train of thought. A lot of research has been done on this topic. You can actually have substance abuse just on it's own but it most of the time comes with a mental disorder. Ex: A high percentage of people suffering from Bi-polar Disorder have the addictive gene. If they are on a manic phase they are often overtly sexual and are taking many drugs. Gosh....umm let me think of someone with substance abuse. When I think addiction, I often think of people with a lot of creative input, so let's just say Johnny Depp. Depp is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. He also has gone through bouts of depression and liked cutting. As you see now, Depp has completely removed himself from where he could enter back into that atmosphere where he knows he could relapse. It's not easy though. You can go through 5 rehab stints until you finally give in to the treatment. Most don't make it on their 1st shot. It is a horrible disease and I hope everyone educates themselves on this topic. Detox sucks, living without the love of your life(your drug) sucks, and trying to stay clean sucks.

If everyone could please go over the links and read and educate yourself on these particular matters, I would be highly grateful. Also, like always, if you want to message me about one of these matters please do. Like I said, I've lived through it all. Here's to everyone getting through whatever you all may be going through right now and going to get help.

Peace&Love
S

When You See My Face Hope It Gives You Hell

I'm taking a small break here from my very busy day of singing. After a while I just get frustrated and before I know it I'm lip-syncing and dancing like a porn star to Britney. It just happens. So as that stared to occur I decided I should do something constructive like update my iTunes. So while that does it's thing I thought we should probably discuss an issue I have with facebook.

Do you happen to have a lot of friends? Have you not talked to some of them in quite a while? When is the right time to delete people from your past without being rude. I had a horrible case of the insomnia's last night which left me up till 5am. After wanted to pull my hair out because I have this stupid AA voucher towards my next flight but the flights that I need seem to be a fortume on American right now. Now they do have this "lowest price guarentee" thing but to do it your flight that you find MUCH cheaper on airtran or jetblue has to be basically the SAME EXACT time and transfers that AA would offer. Then on top of it you pay AA all this money and you have to take photographs of the site and screen from the site that offers it lower before you can get your refund. Thing sounds like a pain in my ass to me. I wish I could sell this $200 voucher but it doesn't transfer. Okay now what was I talking about???

Ohh yes......the FB Friends Spring cleaning. Okay so I deleted about 15 people. I was actually trying to go for more like 200 but I feel sooooo bad doing it that I know I'll never get that far. I think all I got rid of were pittsburgh bar scene peeps and promoters. I don't do Pgh nightlife anymore so I have no need for that nonsense and especially all the messages about what's going down this weekend. Then I'll go to delete someone that I didn't even think I knew just to find I have like 134 friends in common. Can't delete them then man! But aside from that there is one great thing about facebook. I have all these AWESOME fans from all around the world!!! And tennis freaks like myself that adore Rafael Nadal to talk to(even though my spanish isn't to great, and my awesome friend Elaine from London who we met over a huge Courtney Love drama and we would both write her. BTW if you've never messaged Courtney on Twitter or Facebook and you are a FAN, please do. She is so sweet and cool. She's very misread. And, I hate to say it, but it is a great way to stay in touch. I'm going to give it another go with the cleaning out this weekend. Maybe even do a little updating......I have been in the Brown Eyed Bombshell group for WVU girls since 2004. I clean out my closet about every 2 months(which is a GREAT other blog I'll write up later) but for some reason I can't let go from my old school style facebook. Do any of you all do regular deletions?

Have a wonderful and beautiful weekend. God Bless!

Peace & Love
S

Oops I Did It Again

So remember how I always remind you that I have a sorta kinda shopping addiction for the finer things in life, well I totally fell off track in LA. Not bad or anything because believe me I could have gone nuts but I just should have been able to control myself and gotten out of the Beverly Center empty handed. That didn't happen though.

My friend dropped me off and told me I had 1 hour. He was no fun when it came to going shopping and getting lots of beautiful clothing and accessories so he refused to participate. Too bad though because I sure did see some darling hi top sneaks at Diesel that were just screaming his name. But anyways, let's move on. I lasted a whole 20 minutes until my 1st purchase. For me that's pretty good. Nothing bad happened with this purchase either. I got a new Lauren Moshi tank with cascading ruffles down the ass and sides. I used my own card and blah blah blah. I'm skipping throughout the mall just trying on really cool jeans, sexy bikinis, and the best part is is that I didn't even allow myself into several stores. Good example being D&G. I know for a fact I don't have any self control with it comes to those skin tight silk dresses with underwire cups. They just look way too damn good on to pass up!!!

Then something bad happened. I got to Henri Bendel. And like happy music started playing and I couldn't stop smiling. Ohh it was bad. I only made it a whole 5 feet into the store before I knew what I wanted. It was love at 1st site. The Debutante Asymmetrical Clutch in a black patent leather with gold detailing and lining of a deep purple silk. I have been looking for a clutch just like this. It was the perfect size!!! Compare it to the size of the Balenciaga Envelope Clutch. Then the salesgirl and I totally hit it off and she was telling me how LA is getting a Bergdorfs and how she has a shopping problem too and so on. Just adored her. Gave her the bag and said I would be back in 10. My friend had been calling on repeat and I felt really bad but I was in agony you know.

So just as I am walking out I stop in my tracks only 2 stores down, absolutely no where near the Blommie's entrance I was supposed to be at by now. I turn around and run back to Bendel's and get my bag. And believe me it was at a very good price point. It was only about $50 more than my Lauren Moshi. But the way I paid for it was the wrong about way.

You see before I left my mother gave me the "emergency credit card" for groceries and a nice dinner for my friend and I. And like everytime she gives me this she preaches "no clothes!" I think since I did such a good job by only putting Sabarros on it when I was in NYC a couple months ago, that she really started to trust me. I hope in the car and say to my friend, btw I spent the dinner money and if anyone asks we at at Bendel's. The Bendel's in LA doesn't even have a restaurant! Well at some point today my mother received the credit card bill. I got a horrific call screaming about the disappointment I had brought her....blah blah blah the usual. See now here's where I just don't happen to see the problem. I buy my mother expensive bags and jewelry all the time. I didn't see her complaining when she opened the like 8 caret topaz I bought her for no reason at all, or the Burberry bag and Umbrella she received last Christmas. And same with my father. He's sure not complaining about the $325 Burberry wallet he carries around now or the cashmere scarf! If I see something I know someone will love I get it. And my mom is the same way no matter what she says.

Back to the point. Of course she accuses me of getting a new cocktail dress. "This is the exact usual amount you spend on a dress. So where is it!" Which she is pretty right on point but thanks to my cocktail dress addiction she never once guessed I bought a bag. Then she goes into on how she went onto the Henri Bendel site and it stated that it was "A Girls Playground for Trendsetting Young Women". I totally played this off by giggling and say well that is true mom but I swear it really is where we ate dinner. And then she goes on and on with crap like "I just don't understand how a dinner can come to almost $300!" So then I threw in that we had a bottle of champagne as well. Whatever. See heres the thing she just totally doesn't get what the dining prices are in LA and NYC. She tried to compare them to the prices at the Monteray Bay in Pittsburgh. Umm yeah, no! So as the story goes we ordered really good food and got a bottle of champagne. She's onto me though. Totally onto me!

For your shopping pleasure here is the link to Bendel's and treat yourself to something nice! Everyone deserves it.

http://www.henribendel.com/

Peace&Shopping

S

Just Like a Prayer, I'll Take You There

It's been about or over 2 weeks and I am soo soo sorry for my absence. As you all prob know I traveled to Los Angeles for a while to see if I would enjoy living there and truthfully I lovedddd it. Now it's not like NYC love. That's too much. It was the perfect amount. Everything was so calm and freeing. I got good vibes from everything I touched or entered. It's just insane how different it is out west from the east coast. I think if the east coast learned how to live like the west coast does there wouldn't be as much stress places upon things of such nonsense. So as the end result.....I cannot wait to move to Cali(I'm in between w. hollywood and santa monica right now) after Whit's wedding in August of this summer.

Moving along......alright I KNOW I've written about a zillion blogs about Glee since I started this in Sept. but I am overjoyed that the show is back on in all of it's fabulousness! You all know my thoughts on Glee and how I adore it so I doubt you need to hear it again at the moment. (Full new Glee blog coming up in a couple weeks :)

Now to the point. I won't bore you with every move I made it LA(and 1 day in Vegas) but I would rather treat you to my final day in LA and all it's beauty. Lot's and lot's of beauty! .......Let's begin around 4am the morning of. We had just gotten home from the bars. Chris was next door making out with a cute little mexicana and James and I were in the living room watching and singing to Taylor Swift videos on youtube(my usual after hours activity). Chris comes home and says he has to go to bed. 20 minutes later I go check on Chris and he's sitting upright with his head hanging down saying he is going to throw up but he doesn't want to. Soo dramatic. I go get him water. James passed out so I sit there with Chris to make sure he doesn't choke up his throw up in his sleep. Ok this is getting disgusting! No puking occurred to my knowledge! SKIP......to the morning please.

I hurry up and throw the things I wore out the night before into my suitcase, brush my teeth, put on my comfy flying sweats and we are all on our way. I was sitting in the passenger side back seat and Chris was driving with James upfront. We were gonna drop off James, go to In and Out Burger and then to LAX. Everything was fine and grand while laughing, and having a good last hour in LA until something not so cool happened. You know how the freeway goes from fast to slow, etc., etc. Well we had actually finally started moving and before we knew it the car in front of us was at a standstill. We did not have time to stop and hit them from behind at a pretty high speed. We all sustained a lot of minor injuries but all in all we were ok. There were a lot of guardian angels watching over us that morning and I can't express how blessed I feel. Most importantly WE ALL HAD ON OUR SEAT BELTS. Just that saved us from a number of horrific conditions we could be in right now.

With all of us very flustered and my Chanel glasses smashed into my face, Christopher pushed the car 4 lanes over to the side of the freeway. God bless all of you who have been in and survived car accidents. I, by no way, have the best driving record. I have a lot of accidents from my past. Thankfully though they were just due to my dumb wit and include the following violations; Wrecking into curbs(I can't count how much money I have wasted on new tires due to this), Side swiping walls, boothes, etc(just today I nicked my right side view mirror while driving through to make a deposit at the bank), wrecking into cars that are parked in parking lots(yep you heard me right. I hit a whole lot of parked cars.) So with this in mind I will once again remind you how I totaled my car last summer. I hit a median in the middle of the road so hard that the car went flying, the whole windshield broke, and the airbags popped out to suffocate me with their 1996 Honda dust. Soo glad that cars gone. But yeah that's what happened. So as you see I really don't have too much interaction with other moving vehicles besides the LA accident. And I really hope a car accident isn't in anyones future.

I missed my flight, which was totally cool due to the circumstances until they told me they couldn't get me on another flight until 12am. I was alone, hysterical, and not getting home anytime soon. So I did what anyone would do to kill time; I went to the hospital.

......please see next blog!!!!
Peace & Love,
S

I Don't Wanna Be a Tease...But Would You Undo My Zipper Please

Hey guys don't forget to vote for Britney in the FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World. I'm pretty sure she's won this many years and last year she came in a decent 12th.......but let's make Britters #1!

http://http//www.fhmonline.com/site/100sexiest/default.aspx?countryid=23

Just click on B and you'll find her.

Peace & Love,

S

Breathe On Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0nWRUlBmjA

Let's Talk About Sex, Baby

I REALLY do wish this were going to be a sex blog but unfortunately it's not but to most of you guys this will come very close to sex for you sports freak-a-lics........were gonna talk Final Four baby!

This is in dedication to my alma matter West Virginia University. WVU is a very special kind of school. It's like the school for the extremists. Everything is done in a crazy fashion and ya know that's just what makes us special. Truly "special". See now I was there to witness the actually FIRST night of the burning of the couches. They hadn't let us have a night game during football season in years due to poor behavior on the students part, but after a long while they-unfortunately-gave us another chance. Shit was burned, goal posts were climbed on and torn down, lines of coke were snorted on the 50 yard line, and people were passed out in stands(not me I swear). And ewww the amount of Nauti Light that wads drank could have flooded the little town. But those were my days so let's talk about the present!

I heard the school got completely lame but every alumni is going to say that because things change and you don't wanna accept it. I always say it's lame now too. It just comes out. Ok ok were not talking club scene/drinking/drugs/fist pumping though, we're here to discuss Basketball. Uhh well I was on the dance team for the basket ball team in my day and my team always sucked. Which was fine with me because all those basketball games were totally interrupting with my social scene anyways.........and soooo. And now, March Madness 2010, here we are in the Final Four!!!

That's all I know. I don't watch this stuff. I watched it once to win a bet against my friend who was a Pitt fan and I won. But you know basketball just really isn't my thing. I did like how the fans were on the news for a couple weeks for "acting too rowdy and crazy at games". Umm hello people......that's why people go there. It's known as a crazy school so you just have to deal and let the crazy shit go down!

Soooo Let's Goooooooooooo.................MOUTAINEERS!!!!! Best of luck on my behalf and I'll also speak on the behalf of Pittsburgh. While all of the Steelers sports players heading to jail soon, it's just soo refreshing to see these young ones who you can see will have a great criminal future and b-ball career ahead of them. By the way......guys if you win you're getting laid by like at least 15 different girls a week. Now that's awesome. Kick some ass!!!!

Peace & Love

S

And I'm Like, Baby Baby Baby, Ohh

It's finally April, which means, it's finally going to get warm, which means it's time to throw on those sundresses, jam out with your windows down, and start moving on forward! Yes! But before that, you just must know..........THE APRIL MUST HAVES!!!

10. Justin Beiber. No explanation needed except he is just the cutest thing since cherry pie! Now I don't know what he sings or stuff like that but I do know he is a girl crazy little 16 year old who loves his fans. Nothings better then that! QT PIE!

9. Short Short Jean Shorts. The shorter the better and the more ripped the better. So start cutting up your fav old jeans or stop by any of your local jean boutiques to find the hippest shorts you can. They are my #1 choice of summer clothing. So believe me, give it a go! Your boyfriend will love you for it!

8. Eyelash Extensions. Who doesn't love an extra long thicker lash??? Well now instead of trying to add false eyelashes on your own or just piling on a ton of mascara until you look scary; you can now just get individual lashes applied(check with your local fabulous salons) by a professional and these should last you up to about 2 weeks. It's genius if you ask me!

7. iPad. Debuts April 3rd and is the newest product out by Apple this Spring. I, from what I get from it, guess it's kind of like a combo of a mac/iTouch??? As you see I will not be purchasing one of these so for all of you out there that do, I would LOVEEE your reviews!

6. Little White Dress. Just as we wear the little black dress as a staple we can now also add this in for a hot switch up in the spring/summer of 2010. It's going to be all about the "little white dress" this summer so when going to pick one out make sure the fit is perfected, accents your best features, and is appropriate for all occasions. Have fun shopping!

5. Glee. After a long four month wait, we can finally rejoice in my guilty little pleasure......glee!!! I, for one, cannot wait to see what songs will be sung, whats going to happen between Mr. Shuster and Ms. Pillsbury, will Quinn finally have her baby, has Puck gotten any hotter, and most importantly who are all the wonderful guest stars!!!! April 13th! Watch it.....you'll love it. I promise!

4. Winter Kate Cardi's. These fabulous sheer throw on's are a major must have. Straight from Nicole Richie's Winter Kate line, you can go check out the whole collection at your fav upscale department store or boutique(Sak's, Norstrom, Bloomies, Intermix, ShopIntuition, etc.)

We all know my horrible addiction for fabulous cardigans so I guarantee this will end up in my own closet quite soon.

3. Vaca's. Thank goodness the months of never spending more than 1 week in Pittsburgh are here! It's nice out and the roadtrips are calling. 1st stop Los Angeles for a couple weeks then off to South Carolina. And that's just April! Ohh just can't wait to lay on the beach! Treat yourself and get the hell out of town for a little. You would be surprised on what a 4 day NYC getaway can do for the soul!

2. Spring Cleaning. And no not actually clean. Yuck to that but I am talking about in with the new and out with the old! Get rid of half your wardrobe, get rid of that boyfriend or girlfriend you've been thinking about breaking up with forever, in with new habits and out with the old(whether they be good or bad....we all have them. But switch it up ya know?!), and just have fun! 1st step: Margs and Apps with old friends!

1. Best Friends. Obvi!!!

Have a fantastic start to the new season! Dream big, wish on stars, and fall deeply in love!

Peace & Love

S