Sami's Shenanigans: January 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

A Makeover and a Giveaway!

Hi Lover Bears!

I'm so glad to be back from Texas finally. It was a great weekend and so much fun, but I'm happy to be back in Colorado and back to blogging! I'd love to tell you all about how I fell in love with Heleney, my first blog brunch, and seeing Lady Gaga crawl out of giant blow up lady parts.. but there are some other important things I must get to today. Dallas recaps will come soon, I promise. A quick thanks to my fabulous guest posters though, weren't they hilarious? I'm gonna have to step it up around here thanks to them. If you haven't, make sure you check them out. Brookie, Whitty, Ty Ty, and Alexa.. thanks again you princess faces!

Let's start with the good stuff, it looks a little different around here no? Well that is all thanks to my sparkly, bunny bear, Whitney! She knew I was ready to take my blog design in a totally new direction and she surprised me by designing and installing last night and I had no idea. My last blog design was so much fun, but it was time to change it up and Whitney and I decided mutually on a simple, sparkly, and clean new look. I'm in LOVE.

The next order of business is that number over there to the right. Yesterday night I reached 1000 followers. Oh. My. Gosh. I never even imagined that happening and I am just over the moon excited! I can't thank you all enough for coming here everyday and reading my stories and shenanigans. It means the world, it really does.

A new look was one way I wanted to celebrate 1000 followers, but I also want to do something for all of you. You're a huge part of why I love blogging so much. The support and love is more than I can put into words. So we are going to do a fun little flash giveaway (a la Miss Whitney, who I totally stole this idea from). All you have do is comment on this post and tell me why you like reading my blog. I'm not doing it because I want you all to compliment me and tell me how awesome I am. I mean you can if you want, those things are both always welcome ;) I really just genuinely want to know what makes people come here and decide to stick around. Call me Mrs. Curiosity!

So leave a comment and I'll keep it open for a few days, and then I'll pick a random winner and send you some of my favorite things.

Thanks again bunnies! I love you all more than you know..

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Life Lessons From Mean Girls

Hi Muffins!

I am ridiculously excited for today because my new found lover face Alexa is here to help me out on my last day of vacation. We initially bonded over the fact that she calls her husband by his name and not "Hubs" but once we discovered our mutual love for mean girls it was all downhill. I'm so happy to get to meet her today! Get it girl...

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Hi, y'all! Alexa here from Southern Living, Our Way ~ a blog filled with ridiculous how-to-date-your-husband advice, some blog takeover via mutt, and plenty of shenanigans {just not quite as many as Sami has, obvi.}

While Sami is down Souf living all of my dreams of meeting Gangsta Lene, she asked me to guest post about whatever the hell I wanted! Most bloggers might've said Shenanny Sami was stepping into dangerous territory asking loose-cannon Alexa to guest post about anything on her bloggy blog. But what they don't know is that Sami's and my friendship contains an unspoken clause that Mean Girls must be quoted at least three times per week. This clause provided me the perfect guest post topic! {Also in said clause: On Wednesdays, we wear PINK!}

Things Mean Girls taught me about life

Despite what my favorite semi-mullet-headed patriot, Toby Keith, says, red solo cups are not your friend. If you wanna vomit in front of your crush, just be a Southern girl and bring your new boyfriend to meet your dad. Your dad will clean his gun and you will be so upset you might vomit right into the lap of crushy's pressed Polo pants.

If your purse ever gets snatched, don't worry ~ a kind stranger will chase after the thief for you, so long as you give him a hint as to where the thief is headed. Head's up: the thief often goes to the projection room above the auditorium, or an equally awkward place where middle-aged, abstinence-preaching gym teachers are gettin' their shenanigans on. Who knew drawstring sweatpants were so popular in China.

If your flow is heavy and you use Super Jumbo tampons, the reputation of your virginity is at stake. Now, depending on what you want your Senior Superlative to be, you have one of two options:

* Throw away the SJ wrappers and put the humongo tamps in a "Regular" wrapper.
Superlative: Most likely to be the next Hilary Clinton

* Flaunt your SJs and complain constantly about how many pairs of underwear you've gone through that day, and thank Aunt Flo often.
Superlative: Most likely to be the next escort involved in a Capitol Hill scandal.

The political choices are yours to make, but choose wisely. Flo's woes will follow you forever.

If you're worried you've been knocked up my your sleezy boyfriend, DON'T GO TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD. If Regina is as good of an impersonator as I'm sure she is, PP calls your house and leaves a message with your mom, hinting at the vacancy {or lack thereof} status of her daughter's uterus. How mighty douchey of them.

Things Mean Girls didn't teach me:

I STILL don't know if butter is a freaking carb!

Ummm, no idea, because nobody will tell me which food group it's in.

I mean, LiLo said it was, but she also thinks the Courthouse is a coffee shop you're supposed to galavant into daily. Soooo, there's that.

Yeaaaah, except not.

Stay classy, Shenannies!

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Okay seriously I love her. Talk Mean Girls and you have my heart, throw in some Lilo in jail jokes and you're essentially my bloggy soul mate. Thanks ~~Cady Herron~~ Alexa!

Good news ya'll.. I'm back tomorrow. Can't wait to share all about my trip with you bunnies!

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Ty Ty and Pre-Rock of Love Bret Michaels.

Hi, little bunnies! I'm Tyler from Arkansassy. While my lil' Samikins is running around Dallas with Lady Gaga (jealous) and Helene (even jealous-er), I'm taking over her blog to tell y'all about the most amazing concert experience of my life.

drumroll......

Let's talk about the time I almost went to Tulsa with Bret Michaels.

you know, if I wasn't there, I don't know if I'd believe me, but swearsies, it's true.

Circa 2006, Bret Michaels came to the tiny town of Bentonville, Arkansas to play a show.

I don't know why.

My good friend Justin calls me up and says we just have to go see this glorious, aging rock star in his last hurrah. He's playing at a bar, so I said okay.

We drive the twenty minutes up the road and get to The Icehouse, the now-defunct establishment housing Bret Michaels and his ~~weave~~ band. He plays some random songs that he'd written in the last five years, which were fine, I'm sure ~~(couldn't really tell you, I had a lot of RBVs)~~, but everyone was screaming for Every Rose Has Its Thorn, even though it was a Bret Michaels show and not a Poison show, so he got all pissed off and regretfully played that stupid song to a bunch of screaming middle-aged women.

(And me.)

Whatever, got a thing for older men.

anywho.

The show was fun, all went well, Justin and I are leaving, and we pass Bret's bus to get to the car. Justin points to the slightly questionable-looking ~~working girls~~ women standing at the front of a loooong line outside of the bus, and with a slight shove, tells me to, "Go wait with the skanks and get on the bus."

Let me tell you now that I never in a million years thought this would actually happen.

I go up to the skanks, make nice, chit chat, talk, la la la ...

*doors open*

And everyone stops.

Four people got picked to climb aboard the bus.

The three skanks. And me.

waitwhat?

I spent three hours on a bus with a pre-Rock of Love Bret Michaels.

[don't worry, we got Justin on the bus, too!]

He doesn't drink, but he made sure everyone else did. We took eleventy billion Jager shots (I was 22, get off me), and Bret told us stories and showed us pictures of his kids. Very un-rock star. Loved him.

Then the bus was getting ready to leave. I asked where they were going next, and he said they were headed to Tulsa, which is a little over an hour and a half from where we were.

And then he said it.

You wanna come?

I'm stunned. I'm speechless.

Yes. I want to come.

And then ~~my common sense~~ Justin chimed in and said we had better be going. And then he grabbed my arm and all but dragged me off that bus.

After we got off, he asked me how I planned on getting home from Tulsa if I left with Bret Michaels.

I smiled as sweet as I could and said, "I was gonna call you."

I'm surprised he didn't leave me right there in the parking lot.

Because I suck at life, I didn't have a camera on me, and these were the days before iPhones, guys ... so I don't have any pictures of our romance.

I do, however, have this.

Yep.

"Tyler: You're bringing sexy back. Love, Bret"

Life = Won.

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I've told you my best story, so I don't know why you'd wanna come listen to my boring ones. Just in case, though, if you wanna come visit, come see me here!

Monday, January 28, 2013

Weekend Update with Whitty

Hey Samilicious lovers. I know you all are used to linking up with the queen of weekend linkups today but she's off gallivanting around Texas, probably in Lady Gaga's limo or something.

I'm Whitney, I blog over at I Wore Yoga Pants to Work, and I am taking over the Shenanigans today. I hope you all don't mind that I'm here but I really just had to share with you all what I personally think Sami is doing. A weekend update from my Miss Cleo magic ball, if you will.

So, from my magic ball, I'm seeing our little Samilicious doing the following:

One.

I just know she's out there in Texas partying with The Gaga Monster, no doubt in my mind.

Limos, unlimited booze, and even a hair cut. Damn that Gaga, how dare she touch Sami's perfect locks?

Her tan is looking bangin though, right?

Two.

My crystal ball shows Sami in a very strange outfit. I'm guessing Gaga is trying to transform our sweet princess into one of her monsters but I can't say I'm loving it. I just hope she isn't making our girl work the streets with a sign for free wieners.

I mean, I thought we retired the meat look?

At least her luscious locks are back in action.

Three.

I've heard from a pretty legit source that Sami was also invited on stage to perform with the Queen Monster. Who knew our girl had such skills?

She looks really happy, guys. I'm starting to fear she won't be coming back.

Four.

Unfortunately, I see Sami in my crystal ball and it's pretty bad. She's gone totally Hollywood on us.

Just look. She doesn't even seem to care. It's just so sad.

The paps got her with her BRITNEY peeping out! Thank goodness for Lily or that could have been a real disaster.

Five.

Lastly, I just don't see her ever coming back to blogging. It seems Lady Gaga worked her popstar magic and finally gave Sami and Gavin the proper introduction. From what I can tell, Colbie is completely out of the picture and Gavin is kissing the ground Sami and Lily walk on.

There it is guys.

I know it's been good knowing Samilicious. I sure am going to miss her.

I blame Dallas, Texas.

And Lady Gaga.

I just hope they invite me to the wedding.

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Something About a Brookie

You Guys.

It's your lucky day because another one of my BFF's is filling in! She's a big haired, hilarious, and so sweet Kentucky girl who I love to pieces and I know you will too. Take it away Brookie!

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Hi lovebugs! I'm Brooke and I blog over at Tales from my Fairytales. I'm filling in for Samilicious while she is getting ready to be off enjoying Dallas and Lady Gaga.

Country music is more my jam. But, I'm completely okay with any kind of live music. Even the kind of live music that happens in my car on my drive home every day.

I love a good concert - more than I probably should. I find myself at the local watering hole listening to live music, will shell out the big bucks for a concert, and even tweet at a country star to get tickets to a concert. You've got it - I have no shame.

Give yourself a minute to let that all soak in. I tweeted Jake Owen and you can read all about it here.

Do I sometimes check his Twitter to make sure he still follows me? Well, that's not something I'm at liberty to discuss at this very moment. AND....you can insert your judgments somewhere around here.

I like to consider myself a Concert-Going-Expert. Especially a country concert.

A dress, jean jacket, boots, and a little whiskey are things that are on my necessity list for any concert. Or any kind of drink, really, just as long as it's in an adorable flask.

A few tips for you:

1. Make sure your dress is cute. Especially if you are on the front row. I'm sure it could be really bad to be spotted by a cute country singer while looking frumpy, but I don't want to ever find out.

You never know when you might be invited back stage.

2. You have to stand up for most of the concert. Or at least to go with me you do, so make sure that your shoes are comfortable. I've gone out after a good concert with some heels on - and it's been the worst experience of my life.

3. Make sure that the venue sells beer. I don't care what kind they carry, but you need a cold beer to drink and spill while dancing your heart out. And your flask will most likely get empty once you share with everyone that you've made friends with on the front row.

4. Listen to the CD of that artist over and over before the concert. How would you feel if you were up there on stage singing your heart out, and God help us if I was, and you look into the crowd and no one is singing along? This is for the artist, guys.

5. Buy your tickets early, pay the money, get up close and personal with the artists. And if all else fails, tweet them that day and get tickets that way.

Print these off and save them for a rainy-concert-going day. You'll thank me later.

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Ya'll are going to want to trust her because I'll let you in on a little secret.. here and Jake Owen are having a secret relationship. They text all day long. Don't tell anyone I told you ;)

Thanks Brookie! Now go visit her right meow.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

I'd Totally Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

Hi Love Muffins!

You know what I'd like to do? Spend a day in someone else's shoes. Not just any old person, I'd like to trade places with some famous celebrities. I've always joked that I want to be famous so why not try out the milk before you buy the cow.. or something like that. You know the saying, don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes? Well this is more like.. don't attempt to have the same life as that person, until you've walked a mile in their shoes.

Jennifer Lawrence

Ideally I would have liked to trade places with her while she making out with Bradley Cooper, but we can still make this work. I think she's currently making out with Liam Hemsworth or something so that's a plus. No but seriously, she seems like such a cool person. Every time I see her do an interview she's always laughing and making jokes and still seems super down to earth. That's the kind of celebrity I want to be, an awesome one. JLaw will show me the way!

Honey Boo Boo

I mean we all know that if I ever became famous, it would more than likely be due to a reality tv show starring me and my bloggy BFFs right? Well, I would need to know how it feels to go from normal human being to national superstar in .25 seconds and that's where I go to good ole Honey Boobs. Of course this one might be more like 2 hours than a whole day because I happen to enjoy showering on a regular basis and not eating butter mixed with ketchup.. but sometimes you gotta take one for the team. Hey, maybe I could teach those crazies a thing or two?

Behati Prinsloo

I know what you're thinking.. who the eff is that chick? Oh I'll tell you who that chick is.. Behati is Adam Levine's current super model girlfriend. Oh now you get it don't you? I mean first of all she's gorgeous so I'd like to know what it's like to look like a supermodel. Then there's the minor tidbit that she gets to get down and dirty with Adam Levine so I don't have to think twice about that. I mean we all know that when I'm famous I'll be dating Gavin, so I need to get some practice in for dating a rock star. Duh.

There you have it, three people that I'd trade lives with for a day or two. Should I call up Lindsey Lohan and ask her how that Freaky Friday thing works? On second thought I don't want to risk switching lives with that train wreck.. I mean woof.

I'd totally walk a mile in their shoes, would you?

PS. I'm off to Texas tomorrow and I have some wonderful ladies filling in for me, so make sure you check back! See you next week!

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

All About Lily

Hi Dolls!

If you follow me on , then you know that Monday was a very important day.. it was the one year anniversary of Lily's adoption. I can't believe it's been a whole year, but I also can't imagine how I ever lived without her. I can tell you right now that living alone is 100 times better with my furry little friend around. Last week, my lover face Alexa posted an "All About Holly" about her adorable pup that had me laughing hysterically and I decided that it would be the perfect way to celebrate Miss Lily and of course she obliged.

Take it away Lillian..

The a to z of Lily Shenanigans.

a is for age. I'm 2 years, 3 months, and 3 days. Good thing you all have until October 20th to send me gifts. I like treats, fluffy toys, and blankets. No clothes please, I prefer being au natural!

b is for bed size. Mom bought me this thing she calls a bed, but I know it came from the cat section of Petco (seriously?!). I much prefer the comfort of her full size bed where I can lay as I please.

c is for chore you hate. You're joking right? I don't do chores. My Mom tries to tell me to clean up my own poop but ya right.. that ain't gonna fly!

d is for dogs. I love other dogs. I like to strut my stuff around the dog park and my doggy bff's are my cousins. Nemo is my favorite, but don't tell the other ones!

e is for essential start to the day. Sleeping In. Mom gets up at an ungodly hour of the morning so I snuggle further into the covers and rest for a few more hours.

f is for favorite color. I'm a ginger baby and the best looking one around! Red's my color and don't you forget it.

g is for gold or silver. I don't have a preference because I just realized I don't own an bling bling. You hear that Mom? You better step it up.

h is for height. I'm less than a foot tall but what I lack in height, I make up for in length. They tell me I am part Chihuahua and part Miniature Pinscher, but I think there has got to be some Wiener dog DNA too.

i is for instruments you play. I like to think of my mouth as an instrument that has many talents. Whining, barking, growling.. whatever it takes to get attention!

j is for job title. Ruler of the Shenanigans household sounds about accurate. Keep that one a secret from my Mom would ya?

k is for kids. No babies for this girl! From what I've heard they are alot of work.

l is for live. Denver, CO born and raised. When do we get vacations around here?

m is for married. Single lady over here!

n is for nicknames. So many you wouldn't believe it! Let's see.. Lillian, Lillith, Lillykins, Lily girl, Lily face. The more nicknames they more love right?

o is for overnight hospital stays. No ma'm! Healthy as a tiny little horse.

p is for pet peeve. When Mom is blogging and therefore not paying attention to me. Can you believe her?

q is for quote. "I'm sorry that people are jealous of me.. but I can't help it that I'm so popular!" That Gretchen Wieners she really knows whats up!

r is for righty or lefty. Silly humans. I think they meant "front paws or back paws". I prefer the use of my back ones so that I can jump up and scratch people's legs and force them to pick me up.

s is for siblings. Right now I'm an only child. I keep hearing my Mom say that she thinks I need someone to keep me company, but then I would have to share. I think I'll pass!

t is for time you wake up. I like to roll out of bed around 9 or 10am. Beauty sleep is a must!

u is for university attended. Haven't you heard of street smarts? I've got plenty of those.

v is for vegetables liked. When I go on vacation to my grandparent's house they always give me green beans and then I come home and get nothing. What's up with that?

w is for what makes you run late. My Mom.. figures. I'm always ready to go and she's running around picking up my stuff and staring at me like I should be helping her.

x is for xrays. I heard they are dangerous or something.

y is for yummy food. I only eat the good stuff so Mom buys me the kind with pieces of chicken in it. I've come up with a great technique of pushing the kernels out of the way and all over the floor so I can go straight for the chicken. Ya it leaves a mess but I don't clean it so who cares?

z is for zoo animal favorite. This used to be my favorite toy, a duck. I took it everywhere with me, even outside in the mud. Then one day it disappeared.. I have a sneaking suspicion that Mom had something to do with that.

It's finally over? Thank god. I've got sleeping and playing to attend to!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

The Facts of Sami

Hi Lovies!

I know I just did an "About Me" post last week, but you can never really know enough about the girl behind the blog right? Well today is your lucky day, because today I share all of my quirks and weird habits and hope that you still like me when all is said and done. Can we just pinky promise now that you won't think I'm weird? Okay great!

one. I hate bacon. I won't eat anything that contains it and the smell makes me sick. The whole idea of it grosses me out big time. If that makes me un-American than so be it!

two. My hair hasn't always been pretty. In fact, it has gone through several very awkward stages. One time I got my hair cut short, and when the hair dresser turned the chair around to the mirror I broke down and started sobbing because I looked like a boy. I can't believe I'm going to show you this.. thank god it's blurry!

three. I have a phobia of things going bad in the refrigerator. If something is even close to the expiration date I won't eat it, and if I see mold I will gag. It seriously grosses me out!

four. I pretty much have zero filter. Once you get to know me you'll quickly learn that I say what I think, when I think it and this gets me in to trouble on a regular basis. Hey, at least I'm honest!

five. I get weird anxiety when I can't scroll all the way down to the last thing I viewed on or . I feel like I'm missing out on something. I'm pretty sure that's called addiction..

six. If I'm eating something small like M&M's or almonds I have to eat them in twos and if I get to the bottom of the bag and there is only one left, I won't eat it! I like even numbers.

seven. When I go out to a bar, my drink of choice is almost always vodka tonic with two limes or a Blue Moon. I don't ever drink dark liquor or beer and I don't like red wine even though this picture would have you think otherwise!

eight. I come up with really good blog ideas when my eyes are closed and I'm trying to sleep.. and then I wake up and put them in the Notes app on my iPhone. Can't miss out on good blog ideas, le duh!

nine. My Christmas tree is still up and I couldn't tell you exactly when I'm going to take it down. Oh, and I never got around to putting ornaments on it so it's just a tree in my living room with nothing on it. Embarrassing.

ten. I am a planner. I have to know what's going on in advance or I freak out! I like to know what's happening, when it's happening, where it's happening. My good friends know this and make fun of me all the time!

eleven. I didn't have Facebook for over a year and now I have one but I don't really like it. I'm not even sure how it works most of the time. I only keep it so that I can keep up with my good friends who don't live near me!

twelve. I have rather large feet and I'm jealous of everyone that has cute, small feet!

thirteen. My road rage is slightly out of hand. Most people do not like to be in the car with me when I'm driving and I can't say that I blame them.

fourteen. I never ever have a naked cell phone. It HAS to have a case. Otherwise I'm convinced it's going to fall and die.. or something.

fifteen. I have had a major girl crush on Kristen Bell ever since I saw her do on the Ellen show. I like to think that her and I are kindred souls or something. Either way we could totally be friends!

At first I was a little stumped, so I took to asking my friends and family for suggestions, good thing I came up with my own..

From Dad- "You like pink and polka dots." His reasoning was that my room at home is pink and polka dots, but that room was decorated when I was in high school. Come on, Dad!

From my old roommate Lauren- "You go from sober to DRUNK with no in between transition period. That's a talent." You guys, this one is actually true. One second I'm happy, fun Sami and the next second I am wasted face, crying Sami. It's weird.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Weekend Update Blog Hop

Hello Lovers!

It's that time again..

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one. Just reminiscing with some Missy Elliott! two. Cuddles with my girl. three. My favorite Saturday morning activity.. coffee and nails! four. A long overdue car wash. five. Saturday night outfit. Purple, leather and gold! six. Essie "Leading Lady" seven. Going to see Silver Linings Playbook with Mom. LOVED IT! eight. Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the Ravens kick some Patriot butt! nine. Oh my gah. 900 little bunnies. I love you all! xoxo
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What did you do this weekend? Link-up and share!

Thursday, January 31, 2013

A Makeover and a Giveaway!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Life Lessons From Mean Girls

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Ty Ty and Pre-Rock of Love Bret Michaels.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Weekend Update with Whitty

Friday, January 25, 2013

Something About a Brookie

Thursday, January 24, 2013

I'd Totally Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

All About Lily

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

The Facts of Sami

Monday, January 21, 2013

Weekend Update Blog Hop

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