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March 8, 2010

Caricature and Photo Save the Date Magnets

Ok, one thing I completely love with wedding planning is how personal and how much personality you can show for yourself, your wedding and how your personalities blend and mesh together to bring out the best in both you and your partner, but also the new personality that comes out with you both being married and together forever. Your save the date magnets should also help to represent that and although many people go with a standard word only save the date magnet, I love to recommend trying something a bit different.

“Caricature “”Save The Date”" Magnets “ – $ 1.80
“These save-the-dates are simply magnetic – literally! Use them as a funky save-the-date magnet, fun wedding favor or a new way to say thanks, these caricature magnets are a great way to keep your special day on your guests’ minds.”

I was looking through one of my very favorite wedding supply stores and favor vendors, beau-coup.com, when I saw that they have caricature save the date magnets for weddings.

Now when you hear caricatures you normally think funny pictures and photos or drawings that are completely exaggerated or where you are drawn pretty funny, but they actually don’t have to be.  Some caricatures actually come out where they just turn you into a cartoon that actually does look like you and your partner.  That is what I love about the caricature save the date magnets from Beau-coup.  The caricature save the date magnets not only look great and can show off your personality, but they sort of become fridge artwork as well and actually are fun for your friends and family to have on their fridges instead of the photo holiday magnets they get every year.  The caricature save the date magnets really stand out and what I love even more than just the couple in the caricature is when the couple includes their pets like if each had a dog or one person had a dog, one person had a cat, etc…  Adding in your pets or something fun to the caricature save the date magnets really helps you to be able to make your caricature save the date magnet stand out and helps to make your family, especially your mom and your new Mother in Law want to show off your save the date magnets even more to their friends.  Not to mention that their friends and your Aunts and Uncles are going to end up calling your mom and your partner’s parents to comment on how much they love the save the date magnets and how create you and your partner are.  Not to mention that if you do them really creative and cool looking there is a better chance people will hang them up and remember to actually save the date which is the purpose of the save the date magnets.

Save the Date Photo Magnets – $ 1.80
“Our exclusive photo save the date magnets are helpful way to remind your friends of your upcoming event. Personalize these magnets to create a great save the date or favor for a birthday party, baptism party, baby shower, anniversary party, or other special event.”

Now if you aren’t the traditional type but caricatures aren’t really your thing either because they aren’t personal enough for you, you don’t have to go with the caricatures to have your picture be on your save the date magnets, you can always go with the traditional holiday photo idea and do a photo save the date magnets which Beau-Coup.com also sells.

What I love about the photo save the date magnets from Beau-Coup is that they are classy, modern, traditional and colorful, but not childish or cheesy greeting card styled either.  The photo save the date magnets from Beau-coup.com are definitely some of my favorite save the date magnets and because of the fabulous designs that they feature you don’t have to have a boring and plain like a holiday card with everyone dressed up and some boring holiday styled lettering, but you can have a romantic, or a classy looking design that is is custom designed (not for you) but for the wedding season you are getting married in like Winter or Spring weddings and you can have it be more like a piece of art as well so people are more likely to actually hang them on their fridge instead of just throwing your photo save the date magnets into their junk drawer in the kitchen or in the trash.  I love the photo save the date magnets from Beau-coup and if you need to order your own photo or caricature save the date magnets, you should seriously click on the links next to the photos in this post to find the perfect caricature and photo save the date magnets to not only match your personalities and to match your wedding.

I love the designs from Beau-Coup and highly recommend shopping with them. Although I haven’t bought anything myself through them, I have sent lots of people to their stores and never had a complaint come back. I have also met some people from their store and they are not only gay friendly, but they are also a perfect company to help you find the perfect wedding favors and wedding supplies as well for your gay or straight wedding.  When I saw they also carried save the date magnets, I had to recommend them.

If you decide to buy your save the date magnets from Beau-Coup, don’t forget to come back here and tell us which ones you ordered, not to mention how they turned out for your wedding announcement.

March 7, 2010

Doing the ring thing in DC

Filed under: Gay Marriage — Tags: , , — rollerbladerdc @ 12:08 am

So it was no surprise when we reported that gay Marriage and Gay Weddings were made legal here in the District of Columbia. Washington DC has almost always been a pretty liberal and progressive region of the United States. You get a ton of people moving here because of beliefs or ideas and those are usually pretty emotional and strong willed people and most of the time are opposed to something like fur, war, oppression, etc… so when you get a huge group of them together and they are mostly liberal. Then they all decide to actually move here and stay here, well not all but some of them are able to make it here, it isn’t actually a wonder that Gay Marriage was passed here in Washington, DC, it is more shocking that it took that long to pass gay marriage.

So anyways, even though I am not going to go on and on about gay Marriage being legal now in DC, mainly because I don’t think it is anything that is newsworthy since it was completely expected, I did want to congratulate all of the couples that were able to get their marriage licenses from the court house in downtown DC this past week and wish them all a fruitful and happy life.

For those of you wondering, Gay Marriage isn’t about being called marriage or married or even god or ruining religion for you, it is actually about protection and equal rights to health insurance, life insurance, death rights, parenting rights, social benefits, tax benefits, being recognized as a couple, hospital visitation rights, etc… Sure there is a ton of discrimination left in this world, but getting the right to marry and having the licenses actually handed out is a huge step forward.

March 6, 2010

Alice in Wonderland Lady Gaga Poker Face Shoes

Filed under: Uncategorized, clothing and Lingerie — Tags: , , — rollerbladerdc @ 11:22 pm
Queen of Hearts Platform Shoes Queen of Hearts Adult Shoes

Includes one pair of black with red accents high heel platform style shoes.

Diva gone to the next level.  Not only can these shoes work perfect for the Queen of Hearts and perfectly compliment your Queen of Hearts Alice in Wonderland Costume, but they are also the perfect pair of platform shoes to go with any Lady Gaga outfit, especially if the outfit is for the song Poker Face.

They are seriously cute, fashionable, stylish and a complete must have pair of black platform shoes.  You can use them for Halloween, for parties, poker nights, in the bedroom for a role play or with a costume to spice it up a bit and about a million other ways.  I love the black platform Queen of Hearts Costume shoes and you will too.  They are an absolute must have for this Halloween and pretty much any other costume party you are going to this year.


Ok, I was updating, well actually just creating an Alice in Wonderland Costumes page here in the Gay Wedding Gear Costume Shop when I found these fabulous Spice Girl Styled platform Queen of Hearts Shoes.  I love these shoes and think they are absolutely perfect for soo many things.

1.  You can use them if you are going out as Lady Gaga and want to look hot and keep a Poker Face while everyone else stares and glares with envy over your brand new fabulous Lady Gaga Pokerface Black Platform Shoes.

2.  You can wear these for how they were intended to be worn, as part of the Queen of Hearts Costume from the brand new Alice in Wonderland Movie.

3.  As a sexy dealer in Vegas for your boyfriend or girlfriend as a way to really heat up the night,,,,and get to use a ton of cheesy lines on your partner since you now have the shoes to match them.

I love these shoes, then again I am a complete sucker for anything platform and overly designed.  These shoes are gorgeous and if I was a girl this would be the deciding factor on what I would going to go as for Halloween.  The Queen of Hearts may be an evil b*tch Diva, but at the same time, isn’t that what the gay community worships?  The Divas?  Cher, Madonna, Bette, etc…?  So what is the difference, ohh ya, she is actually evil.  But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun and dress up like her for Halloween this year, especially with the new movie that came out yesterday.

If you’re wondering why I am going on about this or why I created a page of only Alice in Wonderland Costumes I am completely excited to go see this movie and cannot wait until my laundry finishes and my friends are ready so we can all go see it together tonight.

Anyways, I saw these shoes and had to create a blog post specifically for them because I completely love them and am even more excited to see the brand new Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland Movie in 3D.  If you went to see this movie already, I’d love to hear about it.  Share what you thought here by leaving a comment.

March 5, 2010

Cookie of the Month Club. Cookie Bouquets Cookie Gifts

Filed under: food — Tags: , , , , , — rollerbladerdc @ 11:43 pm

Ok, this is completely one of those posts that is all about getting revenge or a passive agreesive gift that you give to that person that you really don’t like that much but also have to be civil with.  You know, one of those people that you see and you give back handed compliment too like “Ohh honey, how are you?  You look fabulous and I love those new pants, they really cover up some of the weight you gained” or “Wow, hunny what makeup are you wearing, I can barely see your acne scars anymore”.

Anyways, a little less viscous and much more mature way to accomplish the back handed compliment is to completely screw over someone’s diet, especially if they lack willpower.  Can you tell a theme with all this dieting and dieting posts and my need for some serious junk food and soon.  LOL, I have become seriously catty lately lol and need some junk food or drinks.  Maybe that is why these posts have been even more rambling than normal.  Anyways, onto the post, if you need a gift to give someone and you want to do it with a back handed compliment, why not go after the person’s figure?

When you’re a kid, food and candy or cookie gifts are a great thing.  You can burn off the calories fast and at that point you still have a metabolism so there is no worry about gaining weight, for the most part at least.  When you’re an adult, you still want to eat the same things, but unfortunately your body cannot handle it or process it as well as when you were a kid so if the goal is to get the person fat and still not look like a jerk when giving the gift, the perfect thing to do is a cookie bouquet or cookie gift basket.

Now if you really want to have an impact and make sure the gift lasts and lasts, then you need to go one step further with the gift.  Why tempt the person once when you can get them and their waistline every single month.  Go for the whole waistline and replace buttons with elastic.  Give them a cookie bouquet cookie of the month club membership from CookieSurprises.com.

Not only are the Cookie of the Month Club Cookie Bouquet Gifts completely irresistible, but they are seriously cute and instead of everyone thinking how rude it was of you to destroy the person’s waistline, they’ll be thinking of how thoughtful and cool the unique Cookie Bouquet Gifts and Cookie of the Month Club Gift you gave is.  Not only is it the perfect passive agressive gift that keeps the person eating bad food month after month, but you can rest assured that no one will be any wiser to the true intentions behind the gift.  And just so you’re not wondering where this came from, I got a gift like this recently and am livid…see I don’t normally think about being passive aggressive with gift giving.  The intent from the person who gave it to me wasn’t like this post, but that is the way I see it as I’m trying to diet right now so even though they didn’t mean to do something wrong, hey I need to learn some self control lol.

Cookie of the Month Club Gifts are an awesome gift idea and I completely love the idea of giving them for a birthday present, an anniversary or to help keep that special someone off his or her diet.  CookieSurprises.com offers Cookie of the Month Cookie Bouquet gifts in 3, 6, 9 month and 1 year increments, so pick how much you want to screw with your “friend” and go for it.

March 4, 2010

Personalizes Cocktail Glasses and Shakers Gifts


Personalized Drinking Glasses

Price: 36.00Show your appreciation for your wedding party with bridesmaid and groomsmen gifts. These engraved tumblers will make a stylish thank you gift. Glasses are sold in sets of 4 and etched with a single block letter initial or a curved 3-letter monogram.

Ok so these are technically normal personalized drinking glasses, but lowballs are perfect for scotch on the rocks and those butch drinks that you always see old straight guys drinking.


Personalized Martini Glasses

Price: 58.00″A sophisticated wedding gift or a classy conversation starter, these stylish martini glasses are perfect for either and will be the toast of the party. Sold in sets of 4, have them engraved with a single script initial or a monogram at no extra charge.”

Hello, a complete classic martini glass with a fabulous curved and fashionable stem.  I love these customized martini glasses.


Personalized Wine Glasses

Price: 3.70″Create a wine tasting event for a bachelorette party, coupleÆs shower, engagement party or wedding. For any occasion, your guests will love these custom printed wine glasses. Choose from many elegant designs and ink colors to match your special event.”

Ok, these are fabulous customized wine glasses.  Not only are the fashionable and completely chic, but who doesn’t love some really cool wine glasses?  These are the perfect summer wine gift.


Champagne Flutes & Cake Server Set

Price: 78.00Remember your wedding day with these classy keepsakes. The contemporary glass champagne flute set features crystal-adorned stems and the cake knife and server have coordinating bands of crystals. Engrave flutes and server for lasting memories.

Can you say fabulous, I am about to shatter and break my current champagne flutes so that I have a reason to go and buy new ones.  To be honest, I won’t actually bust mine but maybe I need to host a champagne party for the second part of the first season of Glee so I can order these Personalized Champagne Flutes.


Mini Stainless Cocktail Shaker

Price: 7.25″The martini is one of the most popular cocktails in the world. Indulge yourself with this stainless steel mini cocktail shaker. Great for corporate gifts, wedding favors, bachelorette party favors or groomsmen gifts.”

You cannot go wrong with a classic.  The classic cocktail shaker is a perfect gift if you don’t want to spend a lot and want to give you something completely useful or a party.


Margarita Glass Gel Candle In Tiki Hut (Set Of 4)

Price: 17.40″You can be sure these margarita gel candle party favors will take your south of the border wedding, engagement party or birthday celebration to the next level. ItÆs the perfect wedding favor for your Mexican fiesta, sure to be a hit!”

Ok this is seriously cute.  I love these martini glasses in a tiki hut.  How much cooler could this actually get?  I love these customized martini glasses and if you are heading to a Hawaiian themed party this summer or fall.


Personalized Pilsner with Pewter Medallion

Price: 26.00These grand pilsner glasses are perfect as groomsmenÆs gifts or bachelor party favors. They feature a personalized pewter medallion and you may choose from five different designs. Customize each with the groomsmanÆs name or a special message.

Can you say lesbian, butch queer or father in law will fall in love with these?


Personalized Cocktail Shaker

Price: 26.00″This personalized cocktail shaker is perfect for those with exceptional taste. Perfect as best man gifts, groomsmen gifts and corporate gifts. Your friends will love their very own drink maker!”

Personalized Red Wine Glasses

Price: 44.00Give the gift of sophistication with these personalized wine glasses gift sets. Choose from red or white wine glass styles.

Perfect for Winter, these customized red wine glasses are absolutely the perfect gift for anyone…btw I prefer red wine for the Winter which is why i call them the perfect Winter gift, they are actually good for just about any season.


Kiddie Fortune Shaker

Price: 25.00Our Kiddie Fortune Shakers are perfect for baby showers or as holiday gifts for kids.

How the heck did this get in here….


Love Fortune Shaker

Price: 36.00″Everyone loves to hear their fortune, especially when love matters are involved. This shaker makes the perfect bridal party gift or birthday party favor inspired by an ancient Chinese method of fortune telling. Complete in red gift box.”

Mini Martini Glasses (Set of 6)

Price: 24.00″The Martini is synonymous with sophistication, These mini martini glasses are a great substitute for old-fashioned candy dishes or for serving appetizers. Great for bridal showers, cocktail parties or great table decorations for your wedding.”

Cordial Glasses (set of 6)

Price: 12.00Our flared cordial glass tealight holders make unique wedding favors and are great for decorating your special occasion.

Personalized Votive Holders

Price: 2.25″Make your event truly memorable with personalized votive holders. Sure to dress up any votive we offer numerous designs to choose from. Use as favors or simply as table decorations as well. Votives stand 2.5″” inches tall.”

Acrylic Cocktail Shaker Favors (Set of 12)

Price: 36.00″Serve up your favorite cocktail mix or bar snack in these mini acrylic cocktail shakers to complete the perfect cocktail themed party favor for your wedding, bridal shower, or corporate party.”

Personalized Pilsner Glasses (Set Of 4)

Price: 48.00″These personalized pilsner glasses will be a hit as groomsmen gifts, bridesmaid gifts or birthday gifts. Sold in sets of 4 glasses.”

Mini Stainless Cocktail Shaker

Price: 7.25″The martini is one of the most popular cocktails in the world. Indulge yourself with this stainless steel mini cocktail shaker. Great for corporate gifts, wedding favors, bachelorette party favors or groomsmen gifts.”

Ok, so before I start this post, I need to say ouch.  I have been busting my butt at the gym 3 to 5 days a week and trying to diet, mostly failing, to get my fat booty back in shape.  In the spirit of pain, celebration and success of actually starting to loose weight, I could use a drink, unfortunately for me, drinks are not diet friendly, especially the good ones like cosmos, and unfortunately I haven’t read Bethany from the Real Housewives of NYC on Bravo TV’s book about skinny girl cocktails to see if she has a recipe for skinny girl cosmos so I am stuck dreaming about drinking.  So instead of diving into a fabulous bottle of chardonnay or having a cosmo before bed, I’m going to post about the next best thing.  Personalized cocktail glasses and shakers.

There is a store online that I am pretty obsessed with called Beau-Coup.com (This is a completely random link to a completely random cocktail product they sale).    I was looking through their online shop and came across some fabulous custom engraved and personalized cocktail glasses and had to share them with you.  A long time ago I remember I posted their personalized wine glasses, a post about the red and I think the white in there and a couple of you had bought the personalized wine glasses.  In this post, I wanted to show you all a few more of the customized and personalized cocktail glasses including engaved beer steins and other glasses as well as engraved cocktail shakers, and other fabulous personalized cocktail gifts that I love for everything from birthday gifts to wedding gifts and pretty much everything else in between.  Anyways, if you need a great gift idea, personalized white wine glasses, margarita glasses and martini glasses are perfect for spring and summer, personalized red wine glasses are perfect for winter and of course beer steins for fall and octoberfest.  Click any of the images or links above in this post to go to Beau-Coup and you’ll be able to buy personalized cocktail glasses and cocktail gifts for birthdays, weddings and other parties and events.

March 3, 2010

Calvin Klein Underwear Sale – Calvin Klein Underwear Review

Buy Calvin Klein Underwear Here!

I cannot believe it is time for everyone to start booking and fighting over their beach houses (for those of us who don’t own or commit to a timeshare) on Fire Island, NY, Rehoboth Beach, DE, ProvinceTown Mass/RI, Key West, FL, etc…  With that, it is also time for all of us to find our best new underwear and swimwear looks for Summer.

Now, normally I avoid the beach at all costs and make my way out when the sun goes down and the happy hours and dinners are starting…but this year I have been working out and am actually in really hot underwear or board short and tshirt shape.  I couldn’t believe it but I went to the department stores today and I not only shrunk a couple of pants sizes but honey, I looked pretty damn fabulous trying this stuff on.  I haven’t seen my butt this tight since college!  Thank god for bootcamp, Tylenol and somewhat sticking to my diet.  Anyways, this year, although I am normally a complete label whore with my shoes and underwear, hey I protect whats important, my package and my feet, without those I’m not going anywhere and without the goods looking good, I’m not getting anywhere (Ok I love that new saying and I am sooooooo going to use it again lol), but since times are tough and in reality, I don’t need D&G shoes and underwear each year, I’m going to change it up and go back to the gay classics.  Calvin Klein Underwear.  However I will not sacrifice on my shoes.  Although Calvin Klein does make fabulous and amazing shoes, Dolce and Gabbanna is the only designer that feels perfect for my feet, holds my arch and supports my foot perfectly, not to mention lasts longer than any other shoe I have ever owned or worn in my life.  D&G shoes are 100% worth every penny you spend on them for fashion, durability and being comfortable.

So anyways, this year I think Calvin Klein Underwear are going to be the hot underwear to wear at the beach and today I was looking at their new lines in the department stores and then went to their website to not only check out the pictures of the hot guys, but also pull some favorite classics and new styles they are releasing for Summer.

Sooo, anyways here is my review of Calvin Klein Underwear and what Calvin Klein Underwear is going to be the hottest Calvin Klein Underwear for the Beaches and Beach Season, not to mention to turn some heads at the gym, in the bedroom and just about anywhere else where people would see you in them.  There is a reason that Gay Men and Metrosexual or well dressed Straight Men love Calvin Klein Underwear, they are affordable and they make everyone look and feel seriously hot…Diesel does too but you have to have the right body so this Summer is all about Calvin Klein Underwear since everyone can wear it and look fabulous in all shapes, colors and sizes of people.  BTW, I kept full sized pictures so we don’t loose anything with all of the eye candy that Calvin Klein shoots for their ads and images.

Traditional Black Calvin Klein Boxer Briefs

Traditional Black Calvin Klein Boxer Briefs. So these briefs look and remind me almost exactly of the ones that Calvin Klein designed that brought and carried gay men and metro sexual men through the 90's and into the 2000's. The difference between these and the blue and white Calvin Klein Boxer Briefs is that these have a much more modern look, feel cut and they are also black and a silverish greyish color. They are perfect for daily wear and will look especially great on low hanging beach shorts because they show off a sexy line, a label and scream fashionable but not too serious. I love these classic and modern Calvin Klein Boxer Briefs for everyday wear and day time to happy hour beach underwear.

Calvin Klein Blue and White Briefs

Calvin Klein Blue and White Briefs. OMG look at the guy in this pic. I wish I would find him at the beach because hunny, that would keep me on the sand and staring all day long. CPR anyone? Ok, now seriously....sorry had to look one more time....god I love beach season lol....These aren't really my styles when it comes to Calvin Klein Briefs. These blue and white Calvin Klein briefs are more for a younger crowd and if your in the 20 somethings or twink range, these are a sure fire hottie underwear style for you to wear to not only pick up another twink, but turn on the bears, leathermen, daddies and anyone else you want to get an eye from. The white square in front is intriguing and screams designer and the overall look is young, sexy and fun. I highly recommend these for those twinks and younger guys with the hot bodies and thin bodies.

calvin klein underwear for dark skin

calvin klein underwear for dark skin. There is nothing that compliments dark skin, black skin and dark latino skin better than these deep rich reds. Combine them with some amazingly nice looking and cut underwear from Calvin Klein and you have an almost guaranteed win at the beaches this Summer. These Calvin Klein Underwear are perfect for day wear, night wear and even hottub after the bar closes wear. I love these to death and if you have dark skin, you seriously need these underwear for the beach this year. Trust me, they are sexy as hell.

calvin klein underwear and swimsuit

calvin klein underwear and swimsuit. Ok, one thing that every gay man needs before he heads to the bar is to think about what the goal of the night is. Is it to hookup, to go to a party or to go to the hottub or pool party after the bar closes. One thing to also think about is the perfect pair of underwear to have on in case when you go to hookup or end up at the pool and hot tub party you realze it is underwear or clothing optional. You have to be fashionable for both so that is why I love these patterns. They are perfect for all ages from 20's twinks to 50's Daddies and everything in between. They look cute for swimming and cute for stripping if you meet that special guy, for the night lol. I love these patterned Calvin Klein Underwear for Summer nighttime beach wear and party wear.

retro calvin klein underwear

retro calvin klein underwear. Ok, these aren't really my style either. They are for the older guy who wants to look and feel younger, the artist or artsy type of guy or even the fun loving bar hoping twink. They are fun, youthful and completely fun and fashionable with spring and summer colors. These retro styled and colored Calvin Klein underwear are perfect for the younger twinky beach people this year.

March 2, 2010

St. Patricks Day Cookies Leprechaun Cookies

Filed under: food — Tags: , , , , , — rollerbladerdc @ 4:22 am
Holiday Cookies – St. Patrick’s Day – $ 4.95
Beautifully hand decorated St. Patrick’s Day cookie! Please note that the colors of our organza bags, tissue papers, and ribbons will vary from gift to gift since each is uniquely hand packaged! Also, since the surprise is a surprise… it will always remain a secret until your gift is opened! The sizes of our cookies are generous, measuring between 3.2”w x 3.4”h minimum, and 5”w x 5”h maximum, with a thickness of 0.3”. Each cookie has a net weight around 2 oz. If you are interested in ordering cookies in bulk Click HERE!

Ok, I have been going to the gym and completely working my ass off at loosing weight.  The issue is that even though I have been putting in a ton of work, I am still craving all this horrible for you junk food.

I’ll admit it, by gay standards I’m a fat girl, by straight standards I’m average or in shape.  I do have to say, my instructor at the gym is an amazing inspiration.  He always finds a way to let me know I am completely not in gay shape and make me feel guilty, even if I didn’t eat that day.  Sounds horrible but to be honest, it is helping motivate me and for some reason the way he does it I am actually not offended and it actually keeps my diet somewhat on track.

The thing is though with my diet sticking on track, I end up craving and wanting junk food even more.

Yesterday I went on a date with this really hot guy, the issue is that he wanted to meet me at ACKC which is a designer and gourmet chocolate shop and wine bar in Logan Circle and to my surprise, I was actually able to avoid eating there, convince him to go somewhere else and attempt to eat healthy.  The thing is that we ended up going to Proto (I think that is what it was called) and I ended up eating a pretty fabulous fettuccine with black truffles and raschera cheese.  It was actually not bad and I am completely excited to go back, unfortunately my waist line is not excited and I should have gone straight back to gym after eating, but I was on a date and couldn’t look like a gym and calorie anorexic freak on a first date so I ate and enjoyed my dinner and basically all that is bullsh*t.  I completely loved the meal and there was no way in heck I was actually heading back to the gym, instead I said lets get a large pizza to go and watch desperate housewives….the story was all true, except for the feeling bad about eating and I actually for the first time in my life I think avoided chocolate so hey, baby steps forward to a thiner and hotter me.  Not that I am not seriously cute anyways lol.

So anyways, back to the purpose of this post.

I am seriously craving bad food and junk food and looking for reasons to break my diet left and right.  If you remember a couple months ago, back towards Hanukah and Christmas, I posted about this fabulous woman I met that started a cookie company and cookie gifts company called Cookie Surprises. When thinking of a way to break my diet and actually have a solid excuse for it, I though wait, St. Patrick’s Day is almost here and Cookie Gifts are always fabulous so why not see if Cookie Surprises has St. Patrick’s Day Cookies and St. Patrick’s Day Cookie Gifts and sure enough, that had an absolutely fabulous and amazin Leprechaun Cookie which is only $4.95 I think and makes the perfect gift for St. Patrick’s Day.

Not only is it the perfect gift to give out and dirt cheap to buy, but you can easily and accidently over order one or two for yourself so you also get to have a really nice treat for yourself for St. Patrick’s Day with these fun Leprechaun Cookies and St. Patrick’s Day Cookies Gifts.

To find out more information about the St. Patrick’s Day Cookies Gifts and order the Leprechaun Cookie Gifts from Cookie Surprises, click on either the image or the link in the image and ad for Cookie surprises below.

Holiday Cookies – St. Patrick’s Day – $ 4.95
Beautifully hand decorated St. Patrick’s Day cookie! Please note that the colors of our organza bags, tissue papers, and ribbons will vary from gift to gift since each is uniquely hand packaged! Also, since the surprise is a surprise… it will always remain a secret until your gift is opened! The sizes of our cookies are generous, measuring between 3.2”w x 3.4”h minimum, and 5”w x 5”h maximum, with a thickness of 0.3”. Each cookie has a net weight around 2 oz. If you are interested in ordering cookies in bulk Click HERE!

March 1, 2010

Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream and Face Cream

Filed under: Skin Care, make up, mario badescu — Tags: , , — rollerbladerdc @ 3:46 am

Ok, I take it back 100%. I have completely fallen in love with the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream. Not only is not not as greasy or oily as I thought, but since I have started using it before I use my spf-17 oil free face cream from Mario Badescu, my skin is looking amazing.

It feels smoother, looks more lifelike and the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream combined with my other face cream from Mario Badescu feels and looks like it is working absolute miracles on my skin and on my face.

The Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream is a soothing and fine line wrinkle reducing cream, or at least it is supposed to help reduce them.  It also contains anti oxidants and all this good stuff for your skin that I am completely falling in love with.  I thought it was greasy at first, but when I compared it to my kiehls and my lancom eye cream and wrinkle reducers, it really wasn’t any different and the wet oily look fades seriously fast.  By the time my MoroccanOil Oil Treatment had dried in my hair and it was time for styling, the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream had already dried and you couldn’t even tell I used an eye cream.

I’m not sure if you are actually supposed to use these two products together, but I know that I am absolutely loving them together and I also, if I have time, use my cucumber and tonic mask once or twice a week before applying either.

Mario Badescu has never let me down and these new products I am using, well only the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream is actually a new product for me, are following the other products I love.  I am quickly becoming addicted to using the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream and am falling in love with it even quicker.  If you are thinking about changing out your eye creams, this is a definite must try from Mario Badescu.

Here is some more information and if you click the links, you can buy direct from Mario Badescu.

Chamomile Eye Cream (0.5 oz.) – $ 18.00
Sensitive and dry eyes will be soothed and intensely moisturized with this thick and antioxidant rich eye cream. Contains a blend of several oils and Vitamins A & E to help reduce the look of dry, dehydrated skin, along with fine lines and wrinkles.
Oil Free Moisturizer (SPF-17) (2 oz.) – $ 22.00
Like the Oil-Free Moisturizer, this lotion has the same benefits for oily and problem skin with added daily sun protection to keep scarring and discoloration to a minimum.

February 25, 2010

Spring, Summer & Fall Gay Wedding Invitations.


Natural Wildflower – Wedding Invitations

Price: 1.49A delicate wildflower adds uncomplicated beauty to this simple wedding suite in ecru. Classic and unique, this is perfect for the modern couple.

Talk about a perfect gay wedding invitation for summer weddings.  It is rich in colors, has flowers on it and really shows off some amazing summer themes.


Branch of Flowers – Wedding Invitations

Price: 1.44Delicate with a subtle organic beauty, this wedding invitation has a lighthearted floral elegance that is perfect for couples seeking graceful simplicity. Matching shower invitations, save the date, response, reception, and thank you cards complete this wedding ensemble.

These light and bright colors are perfect for spring.  They are bright, colorful and completely new and fresh looking.  These are amazing spring gay wedding invitations.


Branch of Flowers – Wedding Reception Cards

Price: 0.92Quietly sophisticated, with a simple, delicate floral accent, this thank you card is sure to become a classic. May be used on its own or with the matching wedding invitation ensemble and bridal shower invitations.

This is another perfect gay spring wedding invitation.  I love the colors and the simple design.


Natural Wildflower – Wedding Reception Cards

Price: 0.92A delicate wildflower adds uncomplicated beauty to this simple wedding suite in ecru. Classic and unique, this is perfect for the modern couple.

This is perfect for Traditional Summer weddings as well.  I love it especially for a traditional and Lesbian Wedding.


Wildflower Branch – Wedding Invitations

Price: 1.37Rustic and elegant, this romantic wedding invitation from Picturebook offers a unique way to celebrate your love. This exclusive Wedding Paper Divas design is printed using the fine thermography of William Arthur.

Wildflower Branch – Wedding Reception Cards

Price: 0.82Rustic and elegant, this romantic reception card from Picturebook offers a unique way to celebrate your love. This exclusive Wedding Paper Divas design is printed using the fine thermography of William Arthur.

Flowery Lace – Wedding Invitations

Price: 1.49A bouquet of lacy blooms provides a sweet accent to the clean and modern design of these elegant wedding invitations from Cat Seto. Customize this design with your wedding colors for a chic special touch.

Flowery Lace – Wedding Reception Cards

Price: 0.92A bouquet of lacy blooms provides a sweet accent to the clean and modern design of these elegant reception cards from Cat Seto. Customize this design with your wedding colors for a chic special touch.

Natural Wildflower – Wedding Programs

Price: 1.64A delicate wildflower adds uncomplicated beauty to this simple wedding program designed by Feather. Classic and unique, this design is the perfect stationery accessory for the modern couple.

Rustic Flowers – Wedding Invitations

Price: 1.44Set against a rich background, the sophisticated flowers that lace these vintage wedding invitations from Lady Jae provide the perfect update to this classic floral design.

Rustic Flowers – Wedding Reception Cards

Price: 0.92Set against a rich background, the sophisticated flowers that lace these vintage reception cards from Lady Jae provide the perfect update to this classic floral design.

So these really aren’t specifically gay wedding invitations, but really they are just really nice looking, classy wedding invitations that I love for spring, summer and fall weddings.  The truth is that unless you are using the six colored rainbow on your wedding invitatin, a pink triangle or a pride flag somehow, you really don’t have an actual gay wedding invitation.  The truth is that there is no difference between straight wedding invitations and gay wedding invitations.  So what can you do to make your wedding invitation different than all of your straight friends who had weddings, simple, keep it classy and to you.

Sure, if you are a lesbian and want lesbian wedding invitations, you could always use ones with tulips on them or pussy willows, but in reality, that isn’t keeping your gay wedding invitations classy.  Instead it is kind of making a joke out of your big day.   Same thing for gay guys who use chickens or use soem sort of joke for their invitations, your wedding day should be serious, unless you are going to theme the whole thing funny and in that case, go completely overboard.  (I just saw an episode of Ace of Cakes on the food network where Duff created a wedding cake with a dragon torching it and the bride and groom being eaten, but the whole theme was fun) and if there is one thing the gays can do it is decorate and theme a party.  If you theme your wedding and want to make it a gay wedding, then you completely have to just take the theme and go overboard with it.  If it is madonna, get your favorite hag in a gown with huge cones and hand out black gellie bracelets to everyone.  Make the invitations album covers and the returns and other inserts shaped like tapes, cds, etc… and have different albums on each.  You can also use songs or similar sounding words for the replies.

Anyways, to take a straight wedding invitation and make it a gay wedding invitation, just either make it even classier or keep it tied to your theme and then go completely overboard with it.

Now that I have completely gotten off track with my gay wedding invitations for spring, summer and fall, time to get back on track and explain why these are the perfect gay wedding invitations for spring, summer and fall weddings.

Spring weddings should be about color and flowers and your spring wedding invitations should represent the freshness of the spring.  Flowers budding, leaves growing on trees and that amazing and fresh scent of the new spring air.  Choose something that is light colored and fun.  You can go with lighter shades and also budding branches to show a new life.  Just remember to also keep it matching to your wedding or your wedding colors if you can.

Summer wedding invitations are where the traditional white wedding invitation come in.  They can be beaded, embossed, on heavy card stock and you can also use solid rich colors to represent the gorgeous roses, vegetables, summer colors and other summer seasonal shades.  Summer is about rich weather, heat and gorgeous outdoor weddings.  Your wedding invitations should also repesent this so you can choose deep dark colors and also choose invitations that are more traditional, white and completely overdone.

Fall wedding invitations are usually all about prepping for winter.  Reds, Browns and tree branches are perfect for fall wedding invitations.  I like to think of walking through forests in autumn and fall with my lover.  You can smell the crisp air, see each other wearing some gorgeous hats and fall jackets and also see all of the gorgeous leaves changing colors.  Think of autumn colors, maple leafs and the air turning cold.  If your wedding invitations make you think of these things, then they are probably perfect for fall weddings.  If it is a late fall wedding, you may also want to think of cinnamon and Thanksgiving as well.

February 22, 2010

Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream

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Chamomile Eye Cream (0.5 oz.) – $ 18.00
Sensitive and dry eyes will start to be soothed and intensely moisturized with this amazing and fabulously thick, antioxidant rich eye cream. The Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream Contains a fabulous blend of several oils and Vitamins A & E which help to reduce the look of dry, dehydrated skin, along with fine lines and wrinkles.

Ok, so I recently went shopping and I am sooo tired of the kiehls eye cream and wrinkle cream (I use it for preventative purposes only thank you very much) so I decided to give a brand new product a try.  Well it isn’t a brand new product, but it is one I hadn’t tried before so I figured why not try the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream Fine Line and Wrinkle Reducer a try, especially since I love the Mario Badescu Cucumber and Tonic Mask soo much…btw that is a must have and must try for everyone.  The Cucumber and Tonic Mask is always my first secret weapon when I need amazing skin and not only I swear by it, but everyone that has tried it with me falls in love with it too.  Anyways, I figured since I wanted to try a new preventative treatment for wrinkles and aging so I can delay crows feet as long as possible if not forever, why not try a product from my favorite skin care manufacturer as well.

So instead of using the Lancom Wrinkle Reducer that my friend gave me which I actually kind of like but not really, I went and bought the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream and now have started using it.

So here is the deal, why I bought it, why I liked the way it sounded, what my recommendation is on it and if you want to buy it, a link to buy Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream.

I bought the cream because I love their other products, except for their shaving creams and after shaves (but I am biased on those since I hate all shaving creams and after shaves lol) (You can read my full Mario Badescu Reviews here).  I like the fact that it is seriously loaded with everything I like to use on my skin like antioxidants found in Vitamins A and Vitamin E, I was kind of hoping it would also have Vitamin C in it since I consider that the queen of the Vitamins,  as well as a few oils and chamomile which I just love in general…except in tea oddly enough.  Tea has to be green or mint or really fruity if I drink it,,,like a black currant tea with vanilly and honey….yum. Anyways, the ingredients plus the fact that I love Mario Badescu products convinced me to buy Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream.

When I opened up the container when I got home, I was kind of shocked that it wasn’t as nice feeling as the kiehls that I used or the Lancom that I tried from my friend, and when I applied the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream, it was really greasy and oily.  More so than any other eye cream or fine line wrinkle reducer I had ever used.

Although it was greasy and shiney, I did like that it was very light.  It didn’t feel caked on and the shiney greasy feeling was gone almost instantly making me think that my skin really liked this product as well.

I finished the rest of my skin care routine and when I finished, I have to agree, I am completely impartial on the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream.  I don’t love it and I won’t go crazy over it, but I didn’t hate it.  To be honest, for just $18, I don’t think you could go wrong with the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream and I think that I will continue to use it.  Especially since Keihls is way more expensive.  Overall I do recommend the Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream and if you are looking for a new wrinkle reducer and eye cream, I recommend you give this one a try.

You can buy Mario Badescu Chamomile Eye Cream by clicking here to go to the Mario Badescu Website where you can also buy my very favorite skin care product, the Mario Badescy Cucumber and Tonic Mask.

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