PROMalamaa

My senior prom was this past weekend! It was quite fantastic. I loved my makeup by MAC, and my hairdresser did a really cute french twist with my hair with my little peacock headband! We took pictures at my friend Dani's beautiful house... the weather was perfect, the sun was shining, everyone was looking fabulous, and the background was gorgeous! Don't you think? The actual Prom was at the Crown Plaza, so after dinner, and after the dance we had an amazing time partying the night away at a friend's house. Quite a classy night ;]
Here's a few pictures!

Let me tell you about my best friend...

I love the faces on this picture!!

These fabulous chicas.

all of the ladies!

This girl! Love her. We're going to do it BIG in NYC next year! P.S. We're dress twinsies!

Shoes!!!

Like I said, it was a very classy night ;]
And despite being sick (and still being sick for that matter), I had an amazing time! I concluded my fantastic weekend with an annual Mother Daughter Brunch that my school hosts. Love quality time with my mommy!

And how was your weekend??

stay classy,
madeleine

how to prevent dress stealing/childish antics.

First of all, I apologize in advanced for the couple of posts to come in the future about prom. This year for prom, one of my classmates came up with an ingenious idea to start a facebook group to ensure that no one at our all girls school, would wear the same dress. I happen to think it's an amazing idea! As soon as a girl has bought the dress / is strongly considering buying it then they post a picture on the groups wall to officially "claim" the dress. I love the idea, because in all honesty, who wants to spend such a special night, comparing yourself to a girl who has the exact same dress as you. Trust me, if that happened to me, I would spend the night making absolute sure I was at opposite ends of the room from the other girl. Oh boy. While I think this is a fabulous idea, lately it's been having many adverse consequences. Lots of drama, but then again, what else is new at an all girls school, right? Save the drama for your mama ladies! But however, I also love seeing everyone's dresses too, beforehand!! It seems the trend this year is long, bright prints. When I went shopping at this Ambiance store on Haight, notorious for their evening dress selection, they told me the contrary, the trend this year was short, dresses. Hmmm, since when have short prom dresses been the trend? What do you think??

Besides the fact, it's starting to hit me that April is going to be a crazy fun month. Spring break/my New York trip is next week, I have to be in a fashion show, mid April, where I'll be in two segments, the prom segment (I will definitely be getting my money's worth from my prom dress, and I'm hoping I can milk free tailoring?? I think yes.), and a party clothes segment. It should be quite exciting.

Hmmm, and to conclude my completely random post about essentially nothing important, I would like to add a final thought on the recent healthcare reform. Let's be honest here, of course this is going to be a HUGE burden to many Americans, in the form of taxes, but I personally think that extending healthcare to millions, is the responsible, and the right thing to do. I must add that I am completely entertained by the GOP's childish antics in the House lately. It's fantastic right? Even if you are a Republican, you have to find some humor in the immaturity of your party. Why can't we all just get along? Thoughts? Perspectives? Ideas? Opinions? Please do share if you feel so inclined to!

Stay classy Mr. Bill. Someone needs to teach the two Houses how to have some class.

stay classy,
madeleine

sunshine award!

Okay. It's only Tuesday, and things are already hectic! I bought yet, another prom dress, however this one... my friends... is the winner.
I absolutely love it! I found myself utterly overjoyed as soon as I put this on... the fit is perfect, my unsightly parts that don't need to be seen by the world are slimmed down, and I love the feel and fabric of the dress! I'm in love... Just ignore that gaudy headband in the picture. So thus far, prom dress can be checked off, after party can be checked off... but date? not so much... it's a work in progress. While on the subject of prom, today I went to a taste testing at the Crowne Plaza to choose and pick the foods we wanted. Best part? The delicious desserts. Definitely. Yummm.
Aside from figuring out the details of prom, I have been soaking up this beautiful California weather!! It's just too fabulous and the sun is AMAZING!!

Speaking of sunshine, today I was awarded with my first blogger award!! I'm quite excited, and quite honored, thanks to the classy and fabulous, Miss Erin of My Wildflower Wardrobe. Quite simply, she is the cutest thing ever. And has the cutest outfits! :D Thanks Erin!

Just as Erin passed the award on to me and other bloggers, I would like to pass it along to these 12 classy bloggers....

1 Miss Erika of Cafe Fashionista
2 Miss Heriad of Poorly Fashioned
3 Miss Julia of The Thank You Project
4 Miss Mayra of Life is Bananas
5 Miss Jaime of La vie J'aime
6 Miss Caitlin! of Candyfloss & Persie
7 Miss Sandhya of Livin' Wide
8 Miss Alanna of (always)alanna
9 Miss Mimi of Class and Fab
10 Miss Angel of Angel's Little Secret
11 Miss Dhu of the crazy fire...
12 Miss Nicola of Inside the Cabinet of Wonder

Put the award on your blog.
Pass the award to 12 bloggers.Link the chosen ones within your post.
Inform the chosen ones by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and the link to the person who gave it to you!

These are just a few classy bloggers! Cheers to all! You all are fabulous and wonderful individuals! ;D

stay classy,
madeleine

its madness!

I am so glad I did not personally enter my March Madness bracket into a pool competition. Although I did believe St. Mary's would upset Villanova... yay! Gotta root for the local underdog. Tomorrow I'll be rooting for Cal in their game against Duke, yeah, I'm not sure how good that'll turn out. Anyways, today was quite a crappy day, heard some not good news, had a 2 hour session with my trainer, but after dinner I had a Kara's Velvet Chocolate Cupcake, so my day got like 100% better! The amazing things cupcakes can do (there goes the burnt calories I thought I lost at the gym this morning). Today I also bought two potential prom dresses. They were from Bloomingdales, and I figure I can return them if I ever find something else, so I stress the word, potential.

potential dress option 1, minus the accessories, the dress consists of the beaded neckline.

potential dress option 2, except I bought in in royal blue.

Both dresses, with the empire waistline, risk making me look big, but then again hide parts that don't need emphasizing. I tried the second dress on, and it fit beautifully, so it's definitely a contender. I have yet to try on the black one, as I'm getting it shipped in. Hmmm, this shall be interesting. Any thoughts on these two dresses? Let me hear it! Tomorrow, I think, I am going to shop at Ambiance, on Haight I haven't shopped there before, but a friend suggested I check it out, as they're notorious for their selection of dresses. But as a boutique in the Haight-Ashbury district, this can either be a super cheap dress place, or extremely, over the top, high end boutique. We will see! Either way, it looks super cute!

Last night I had the privilege (?) to explore the perverted, hilarious, creepy, crazy world of Chatroulette. There is no way I would do such a thing alone, so I embarked on this adventure with a couple of friends... and what an adventure it was!After seeing crazy funny screen shots like these, we decided we would wear masks/costumes. So I pulled out my Mexican wrestling mask with attached cape and transformed into a Luchador, while my friends consisted of a Shamrock mask, and a crazy Persian kid with hat. So imagine the reactions of people when they encountered us. I've decided most people on Chatroulette either 1) are aimlessly masturbating, 2) drunk and bored with nothing else to do, 3) are part of the like 1% that actually are looking for meaningful conversation with random strangers. Weird huh? Luckily we didn't encounter TOO many aimless wankers, but did come across old men, 12 year olds (okay, those two listed consecutively like that is a key point as to why chatroulette can be a scary place), stuffed animals, dance parties, parties, a brother and sister, and lots and lots and lots of creeps who only had boobs on their minds. Freaks. The "normal" people we did come across loved our costumes... can I tell you how rewarding it was to put smiles on strangers faces? Very rewarding. It's a funny place, this Chatroulette... and until we meet again, I will be looking for a catsuit (like the one pictured above), or any other cool masks.

stay classy,
madeleine

classy vs. unclassy

-The new commercial for Old Spice. Hilariously funny. classy.
-Commercials with either Verizon Wireless slamming AT&T, or visa versa. unclassy. Find some other advertising strategy you two, PLEASE! Their commercials somewhat resemble siblings bickering. Let's not involve mom and dad in this now. Grow up.

-Johnny Depp's quirkiness in Alice in Wonderland. classy. 
-Obnoxiously ROTFL/LMFAO and doing other obnoxious things in the movie theater when the smoking caterpillar appeared because of the lack of maturity and because you're ridiculously high. Annoying. And so entirely, unclassy.  

-Treating yourself and indulging in a cupcake every so often! classy.
-OVERindulging in cupcakes too often as to cause yourself to turn those cute little cupcakes into a muffin top. unclassy. 
Of course we all have those days where our jeans seem to fit a bit too tight, however, it's very unappealing to share those days with the rest of the world by wearing a shirt that does not seem to cover your bare middriff. Throw on a sweatshirt, a longer top, a sweater.... or perhaps, here's a concept, wear pants your size? Oh I'm a bit harsh, but I have those days every so often!

-Anonymously posting your secrets on a postcard at Post Secret to find others who have the same secrets. classy.
-Posting your sister's secrets on Facebook for all to see. SO unclassy... (see below) 
A girl called Katie told her parents that she found a dozen beers in her kid brother’s room which gets him grounded for 3 months. Harsh. Chris now has plenty of time on his hands so he rummages through her room and finds this little list of pure goodness which he promptly posts on Facebook and tags all the guys

 So unclassy on both counts: of the brother who posted this, of the girl (ANY GIRL in this case) who keeps a hookup list! 


-Cutout dresses the show just enough to keep people guessing. classy.
-Cutout dresses that leave nothing to the imagination, and perhaps belong, not on the red carpet or in public, but in the bedroom. unclassy. 

-Going outside to catch some rays for a toned tan. classy. (just remember to sunscreen up!)
-Going to the tanning beds regularly as to look like a Jersey Shore princess doped up on carrots and addicted to bronzer, therefore resembling an Oompa-Loompa/Anne Hathaway in BrideWars. unclassy. 
^ Prom season is coming around, so unfortunately this one will be showing up like crazy around my school. Oh joy. "What's that smell?!" "Oh... it's just my self tanner... sorry." Gross. I don't care if you use self-tanning lotion, just as long as I don't have to sit through class and smell it all day.

stay classy,

madeleine