barbie lip colors + abs inspiration

yesterday was such an exciting day! we were so lucky to have the Baltimore Ravens Cheerleaders fly out and do a performance for us

and yes, they really do look like that in person...definitely totally toned and super slender and tan...they were incredibly sweet but they also made me say, 'hey! if these girls can have full time jobs or go to school full time and maintain those figures, then i'm only cheating myself by not trying to do it to!' ...so0o0o, maybe jillian michaels' 30 day shred will make it back out of the DVD case. probably not.  but maybe.  haha i'll probably start with denise richards hit the spot pilates, do three of the segments, get exhausted, and swear off exercising altogether.  i think maybe i'll wait until my board is over (it's on the fourth of february - it's like a promotion board). 

and, i was digging up some photos for my mom of me in uniform, so i thought i'd share with you guys our different types of uniforms (i only have two shared here, there are LOTS more):

The dark blue one piece is a pair of coveralls - it's like wearing pajamas every day!  for clarification, my hair is out of regulations because it's showing from underneath the brim of my ballcap...oops!  hahaha i have a very firm stance against hairsprays and gels in uniform - until someone else is going to pay to get my hair fixed after it's all dried out from being pasted to my head every day, i am going to just rely on the help of bobby pins, and Lord knows bobby pins are useless on naturally big hair.  c'est la vie.  the second picture is me and my daddy! at my commissioning ceremony (that's when i officially became an officer).  SO exciting!

AND!! Remember how I said my goal was to get a boyfriend when I got back for the summer?  Well, here is my legwork in advance:

From: "S****, Alanna ENS USN LSD47"
To: Rebecca P*****; christina o***
Sent: Tue, January 26, 2010 10:58:25 PM
Subject: my bridal shower
Since you know it will happen (although it may not be for another 10-20 years), here is what I’d like my bridal shower to look like:

(#1, ohmyg, RIGHT?!)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca P***** 

Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:08 PM

To: S****, Alanna ENS USN LSD47
Subject: Re: my bridal shower

noted. i suppose we'll cross that bridge when we come to it? :) i hear that the groom is sounding a lot like [mutual guy friend]?? hehehe

yes!  This means my plans are working!! i am manifesting a boyfriend without even being home!!  there is seriously no justification for why he is still holding a candle for me, but good for him...i can totally get used to the sweet drunken facebook messages i get from him every weekend :) oh, early 20s romance...

until then, i have the BEST find to share!! i just discovered the most beautiful, work appropriate Barbie pink lipcolor!  I am obssessed with MAC Dazzle Glass in Extra Amps, but it's a bit much in uniform (even for me, haha), so I was SO happy to discover Estee Lauder Pure Color lipstick (i KNOW, lipstick...not even exaggerating, it's a pleasure to put on - great scent, so smooth and, obviously, the best color known to man...BARBIE PINK!!) in Pink Light...it looks lighter in the picture than the actual stick does - the stick looks like cotton candy.  On your lips, though? PERFECTION!!!
I'm on the right, wearing my MAC Dazzleglass in our first port visit - Guam!

and that is an AWFUL picture of the pink light lipstick - if you try googling the gloss, you'll see what shade it is, but i didn't want to post a pic since i haven't tried the gloss, and it's the stick that i'm seriously psyched about :)

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