"We got a lot of nerf guns for Christmas this year."-Kyle, on his mom shooting him with a nerf gun while we were on the phone.

Happy Christmas everyone! It was a good one. I got loads of awesome goodies and watched Elf with my mom and dad. And my dad made me a yummy breakfast too! I got to hear from some of my NY girrrrrrls and it sounds like we all did pretty darn good this year. Fab got lots of Juicy, Kayla got an iPod and Susan got the Bebe dress that Miley wore at the Hannah concert! But enough about what everyone else got...here's what I got!

The soundtrack to Spring Awakening

The Juicy Couture perfume!

A Caribou card!!!!!!!!!

HK candy

HK cookies

Clinique lipgloss in Air Kiss

A maroon sweater

HK Luggage tag

HSM2 game!

The Simple Life on DVD

Victoria Beckham's book

Aquamarine, Just My Luck, Bend It Like Beckham and Because I Said So

The OC season 3&4 on dvd

HK puzzle

Cute plaid shoes

Blue suede boots

Black and white cardigan from Delias

Banana tank top

Grey fleece striped hoodie


HK SHIRT!

New Uggs

iPod speakers [I named him Rufus]

iPod case

iPod headphones!

So then I hung around the house all day watching my DVRed episodes of As Told By Ginger and talking to Kaity about what we got for Christmas and then around 7:00 my Aunt Jan and my Aunt Joan and their families came over. They're always a riot. Seriously. The total antithesis of my mom's family and I love it. How many family Christmas party's do you know of that include having your cousin teach your family the Solider Boy dance and listening to Bob Marley? And then we put in White Christmas and EVERYONE knew like every single line to the movie [and recited/sang them]. It was hilarious. And Aunt Jan made me a beautiful scarf and Aunt Joan got me a SUPES cute HK blanket and a Starbucks gift card!

After they left, I went upstairs and talked to Kyle for a little while and then I started sorting all my magazine cutouts since I have like 80 million of them! It took a long time! But I've got them all sorted and such so now I just have to glue them all. Missing my girrrrrrls in New York, but hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I'm off to bed.

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"Kaity. I'm wearing Dad's tighty whiteys because I didn't have clean boxers for 3 days...but day 4 was crossing the line."-Kevin, on...well yeah.

Riley Family Christmas '07

Okay I'm officially on blog hiatus as of yesterday but I had to blog what Kyle and Kaity got me for Christmas. But anyway. Today I ran errands with my mom and we went to Starbucks. It was fun to spend the day with her. And then I went over to Kyle's and he gave me my present!

That's right. It's a life size Zac Efron. He's the best [Kyle, not SexyZac]. And he got me the score to The Holiday which I've been wanting for like...a year. He knows me so well! And it just so happened that me and SexyZac BOTH wore red v-necked sweaters todays. TWINS!


Then I came back home and had dinner with the fam and then went over to Kaity's to exchange gifts! So got me Life Story:The Jonas Brothers, a red plaid headband AND a gold heart locket with a picture of Nick Jonas inside it! She's the BEST bff ever. She knows me so well! And now I can show the world my love for Nick! OH OH OH! And she gave me my Jonas Brothers concert T-shirt. SO CUTE! But I had to go home early since Tim was ushering at church and the Jerolamons were running mega late.



So I came home and my grandparents were over and we all talked and such and my grandpa and dad watched some football. My grandma is so funny. Gotta love her. So then I got my new Christmas PJs and now I'm off to watch a Muppet Christmas Carol with my mom and open up my stocking! Merry Christmas all! And there will totes be a blog with all my awesome presents tomorrow.

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"Weren't you on TRL? You sat behind that one guy that talked. With Aly & AJ. And you sat in the middle row."-Tyler, on recalling my TRL experience.

Perfect Saturday ever. I slept until 10:00 and then watched Disney Channel with my mom. And she made me coffee. Mmm! Then I went over to Kyle's and made Christmas cookies with him and his little brothers. Oh my goodness. They're SO cute. Tyler is adorable. They were the sweetest. Even though they were mega hyper. It was adorable. And duh. Kyle's mom is SO nice and so is his dad. We all had a really good time. I was sad to leave.

On to the bad stuff. My phone is being RETARDED. So if you need to talk to me, call the house. Also. I haven't eaten ANYTHING all day. Except a cup of coffee and ONE oreo sized cookie. BOO. I think that's why I'm so cranky now. Then I thought I was seeing a movie with my parents which is why I left Kyle's so early and then...nope. We didn't see it. I was PISSED. I guarantee we'll never end up going. And I'm phone-less. UGH. Pretty much still hating being home. Except for seeing Kaity and Kyle. And Sam's last night. That was super fun.



So yeah. I'm off to go sulk and be all teen angst-y. Tomorrow WON'T be better. Stupid family Christmas party. UGH. I MISS NEW YORK. And my girrrrrls.

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"That was like...the most awkward moment of my life."-Me, on seeing/speaking to Kristin Boozer for the first time since my OPEN HOUSE.

Today was fab but this will a short one. They all will be from here on out since I'm in Michigan...which is like the whole point of the blog. But I insist on blogging daily so here it goes.

I slept until NOON! And then I watched As Told By Ginger for like an hour and unpacked. After school got out THE BESTEST came to pick me up and we stopped by the school supes quick and then went to...CARIBOU! UGH! It was so good to be reunited with Metch the Betch! Then we saw KB and Fatty! It was good to see them both [though totally awkward]. Fatty said he loved my hair and he showed me his new tattoo and said I should come visit him at Eastern after he gets back from New Orleans. Yeah. He's going to New Orleans to help with the Hurricane Katrina relief. I think that's amazing.

So me and Kaity chatted and she dropped me off at Kyle's for a short time while she went to get some groceries and it was SO GOOD to see him. And his dog. Because she's super cute! So then Kaity came back and we made plans for tomorrow for me to come over for a little while since it's her dad's birthday and Fluffy's birthday too and then I'm going to go over to Kyle's house to make Christmas cookies with his mom and brothers.

Anyway. So I got home and watched the last half of Gilmore Girls with my mom and then Sam called and was like "It's Pizza Friday and Mom got a cheese one just for you!" So of course I rushed over there and had pizza with Sam and Mom and we all caught up and Mom gave me my Christmas present. LOVES IT! It's a Caribou Mug [that's pink!] and some Caribou dish towels and mints. Ugh! So perfect! Then me and Sam played TV Scene it with Mom for a while and then we played Mystery Date. Which is a classic Sam/Jewlie game. We love it. I won once and she won once. Then Then King and Big Mike came over as did Pookie's friends Joe and Johann! I was so happy to see those too, they're cute as ever. Johann was asking me about college and Joe was telling me he'd been trying to text me and telling me all about the Yankees. It was so great.

OH! And Tom came home and it was so great to see him too. I really missed him a lot. So yeah. After we all hung out for a while me and Sam decided to watch our Christmas Classic. The Christmas Toy. Best Christmas movie ever. Made in 1993. So old. But so good. [And so cheesy]. Anyway. We sang all the songs and it was a lot of fun. But then I had to go since it was really late and I had to drive.



So yeah. It's really late. Haha. So I'm off to bed. But I'll try and update daily. It's good to be back Clarkston.

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"-Me, on leaving my loves in New York.

Today's going to be a quickie because...I'M HOME!

So I woke up, had breakfast with Susan at Palladium [because Third North is a bobobebe and decided to close for the break] and then I helped her take all her stuff down to the car when her dad came to pick her up. I WILL MISS HER SO MUCH! She's my bestie.



Then I lazed around, packed all my stuff up and talked to Kyle. OH! And Juliana brought me a creme filled donut and some hot chocolate. Love her! And I said goodbye to my lovely NYU bed.



Then it was off to the airport at 4:00 with Brandon. We had pizza and chatted and my flight was ON TIME! When I got to the airport in Michigan I got my bag and then me and mom took the scenic route [aka we got lost] on the way home but it was so good to see her and my kitties and my daddy!

So now I'm home and off to go to bed because I'm SO tired!

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"So Lil J. Let's see your ensemble!"-Keith, on my PJ's!

Today was a long long long long day! I got up, didn't get dressed and went to work! Yeah. It was Go To Work In Your PJ's day...which only me and Jen really celebrated. But whatev! We looked cute AND we were comfy! I wasn't feeling to well at work the first half. My stomach was kind of upset but I made it through the day all smiles! [Thank you Red Bull.] So we had all the orders packed by like 12:15! Yeah. It was a pretty slow day. But nice for me and Coors Light! We made boxes and cleaned the warehouse all day. And of course danced to Gimme More while sweeping. And we took the dumpster out [her name is Tara Reid. Haha!].



Big Sis Jen and I in our PJ's!

OH! And one of the Tator Pots got busted today so Jen did her up right for me and then Chris and Jen gave it to me! Even though I'm totes buying one when I get back here in January. I want all three! But yeah. This Tator Pot's like "Hey Gurrrrrl!"Love her! So yeah. Nothing TOO exciting at work. Just cleaning and getting ready for the Holidays to be over. Diane is really excited. She kept be like "Last day! Last day!" I think the Holidays wear her out.




After work I came home and no one was here. Empty house=sad Jewlie. But I went and sold my books. And Sarah's. Hah. But they wouldn't take her Italian text book. Which is fine by me because I"m going to keep it and teach me and Kyle some Italian. Especially since I might study abroad there next year! After I sold the books I got the suitcase from Lisa. It's so big that now I only have to bring that one home which is nice. I won't have to worry about a carry-on. So me and Lisa said our goodbyes and such and then I headed over to Ricky's to get the stuff for Tina to touch up my hair. And on the way home I got a new magazine. Aka...NEW JO BRO'S POSTERS FOR THE WALL! EEP! And I got a wrap at Rockett Wrap's since for some unknown reason the dining hall closed at 4:00 today. BOO! My wrap was alright. I wanted pizza though.


And I talked to mom for a long time too until Susan and Fabi got home. Then we went through my magazine and chatted about how we're all done with school! After that Susan helped me hang my posters and I painted my nails since I don't have to be a packinator or inboxciated for a whole month! But I'll miss Fred Flare. And big sis Jen. http://www1.fredflare.com/blog/?p=1722 She posted that blog! CHECK IT OUT! It's totes adorable!



Now we're all off to spend our last night together watching Gossip Girls and dishing on Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant. Poor Lynn Spears. She must think she's a horrible mother. First Britterz...now Jamie Lynn. SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW!

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"OMG! You went to Marc?! What'd you get?"-The guy behind the counter at Plaza Too.

So first of all let me say this is day two of BEST DAY EVER! Anyway. Last night around 9:00 I went over to Lisa [Wisconsin Caribou Girl]'s room for some freshly brewed C-bou coffee and a chat. It was lovely. We had an awesome time chatting about crazy roommates, Caribou and the Midwest anddd FRED FLARE! She'd never seen the site before but she's in love now. And she's going to apply for a modeling gig there.Supes exciting! We were on the site forever. And I met her cute roommate Sophie who is from London! So cool! Anyway. I had a fabulous time. And she's going to lend me a suitcase to take home because I started packing and....yeah. Not enough room. Almost. But not quite.

In all that excitement...I FORGOT TO SET MY ALARM CLOCK!!!!! Yeah. And I had an 8AM final this morning. EEP! But God was looking out for me today because I woke up at 7:10, only 7 minutes after when my alarm would have gone off. I GOT SO FLIPPING LUCKY! I would have died if I'd missed my final! But I made it on time and I think I did great and can't wait to see Professor Diyanni next semester. Best professor ever. Then I went to Starbucks and dropped off my library books. When I got back I talked to Susan and then her, Fabi and I went down to lunch.

After lunch me and Fabi went on our journey to the final Juicy destination! Well we got a little lost on the way there but it was TOTES worth it! OMG. The Juicy on Bleecker is even better than the one on Madison! It was heaven on earth. I refrained from buying the flats I really wanted. In fact me and Fab both refrained from buying ANYTHING. Yay us! Everyone in Juicy was lovely. And it was cool because it was in the Village. And I hadn't been that far west yet. Then we went to Marc by Marc...all 4 of them in the Village. Haha. Fabi got two wallets for her cousins and some cute little lipstick pens and I got a REALLY comfy t-shirt and an AMAZINGLY CUTE NECKLACE! It's my new favorite thing ever. And while we were in Marc by Marc there was this lady checking out at the same time as me and she was buying gifts for her employees and she asked the guy for another shopping bag and he was like "We can't give out other shopping bags. Sorry." And she was like "I'll pay for one. Please. I just really want it for the presents." And for some reason he just COULDN'T give her one so I was just like "Miss...you can have mine if you want it." And she was like "REALLY?! OMG thank you SO much. This is so like the holiday spirit. Thank you so much. Have an amazing holiday...just thank you so much!" She was like flipping out over it. And then the guy behind the counter started in "Wow. That's so nice of you. I'm getting all teary eyed, SO holiday spirit." And I was just like...wtf. It's a SHOPPING BAG! Who cares?! But I'm glad I made this lady's day. I love random acts of kindness.






Marc By Marc purchases!

So then me and Fabi ventured to this cute store called Plaza Too. The people were SO friendly. Loves it! And they sold mostly cute shoes by like Burberry, Coach, Juicy and Kate Spade. But everyone was really nice to us. And we saw a cute dog. We walked around the Village a little more [and passed Magnolia!] and then I realized we were REALLY close to the Hudson River. Since I hadn't seen the water since I moved here Fabi said we should walk down to it. It was beautiful. It was just a really nice day too. And we saw Coney Island and Miss Liberty! I loved it.









Then we decided we could just walk to Tiffany's on Wall Street. Yeah. It was a LONG walk. That's like half of Manhatten we walked today. CRAZY! But it was a nice walk along the Hudson. And we saw Ground Zero too. It was my first trip to the Financial District and to Wall Street! We got a little lost but eventually found our way to the place that never fails to put you in a good mood...Tiffany's! We had to go to get Fabi's Mom's Christmas present. We looked around and it was just magical. We ended up getting her a cute pair of earrings. We took the Metro back home and stopped at Dunkin Donuts for some hot chocolate. Mmm!




WALL STREET!

I put some laundry on and then we had dinner with Susan [who cut me out a new Jonas Brother's picture!] and it was nice. One of our last meals together I think. OH! And I got a Christmas card from The Kungfu Girls. Love Mia and Ava! And I got some lunch for my 7 hour marathon at work tomorrow. Now I'm just relaxing and such. I might watch a movie since I'M ALL DONE WITH SCHOOL FOR 4 WHOLE WEEKS! But I'll go to bed early so I can be all rested for Wear Your PJ's To Work Day! So yeah. See you all SUPER SOON!

Much Love.
Jewlie.