Ten on Tuesday

I learned about Ten on Tuesday from Lisa over at Knitting Yarns, and I think it's such a fun way to learn more about everyone in the blogging world! I thought this set of questions was particularly fun!

1. What was your high school superlative (if you didn’t have one- what would it have been)? Hmmm. We actually didn't have superlatives, but I was one of three nominees for Most Talented. There was a tie, and I wasn't one of the winners - OUCH! It turned out to be pretty funny as one of my friends made me a sash that said "Miss-ed Talent."

2. What sports did you play in high school? I played indoor ball, a form of fast pitch softball played in New Orleans, every summer. I wasn't athletic enough to play sports at the high school level which turns out to be a good thing because I'm highly competitive and a really terrible sport!

3. What was the best part about your wedding (if you’re not married yet, what are you looking forward to)? Oh gosh, I don't know how to narrow that night down to one thing! It was all so much more than I could have dreamed of! Today, one part that sticks out in my mind was leaving the reception escorted by the New Orleans motorcylce police. I had seen a million New Orleans brides being escorted to their wedding reception, but on that day it was me! I felt so lucky and special!

4. It’s your last meal– what Appetizer, Soup, Salad, Entree and Dessert would you choose? The crabmeat cheesecake from Palace Cafe, the Gumbo Yaya from Mr. B's, I'd hold out on salad for two desserts, my dad's veal picatta with fettucini alfredo, a Mille-feuille from Le Relais Plaza as talked about HERE, and my sister's strawberry shortcakes!


5. What song is your guilty pleasure? Candy by Mandy Moore. It was a really terrible song, but in college my friend Charli and I spent an entire evening driving around New Orleans with the top of her convertible down signing this song from the top of our lungs. It was one of my favorite college nights, and on the rare occassion that I hear that song, I think of how much fun we had!

6. What is your favorite professional sports team, and why do you like them? Really? Without a doubt, your 2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints! I have never NOT loved the Saints. Even when we had two quarterbacks named Billy Joe and neither could complete a pass. Just thinking of this year's magical season will make me tear up!

7. What is your favorite reality show and why do you like it? Project Runway for sure! I love seeing how different people are inspired in so many different ways by the same basic idea.

8. How would you classify your home decorating style (modern, classic, french country)? I love very streamlined and contemporary interiors. If I could move into Design Within Reach, I would.

9. Pizza- deep dish or thin crust? White sauce or red sauce? What toppings? I LOVE pizza! The best pizza in the world is in NYC! I once had a slice that knocked my socks off. It was a wide piece of cheese pizza that was so thin the cheese was melting through the bottom. It was a knife and fork required kind of slice! Just the best!

10. Favorite weekend getaway within a two hour driving radius? Hmmm, there's too many to choose one. Ours usually include a beach, a great restaurant, and cute boutiques!

XOXO,
Lola

Election Time!

The horse says it all...who can't support this guy?

Wanna Get Away?

Do you ever feel like packing your bags and getting out of town? I know I do. I don't know if it's the post-tax season letdown or the warmer sunny days but there's something about this time of year that has me ready for a vacation!

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Doc and I are headed to Paris in less than two weeks (you can read all about our Paris plans HERE!!), and I cannot wait. I'm more of a big city, lots to see and do, great food, and vibrant nightlife vacation kind of girl. But when you travel like me, sometimes you need a vacation from your vacation!

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Which begs the question, if you were able to pack your bags and go on a dream relaxation vacation, where would you go?

Enter my version of paradise - the Las Ventanas Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico

I'd spend my day lounging here on the Las Ventanas' infinity pool

Or maybe if I wanted a change of scenery I'd lounge here by our villa's private lounge pool

And if I felt like a facial or a message, I'd head here to the spa

And after such a hard day, I'd head here for an afternoon nap

And to celebrate the end to this dream vacation, Doc and I would have a candlelit picnic

So that's where I'd go, how about you??

XoXo,

LOLA

For real??

Y'all, this thing is for real--it's an actual product that somebody came up with and people can seriously purchase. You must watch this!!!! :)

Love, Muffie

Currently Loving...

Hi, it's Trixie!

Remember me?

No?

I know, I know...I haven't been here in quite a while. So, I thought I'd stop in to tell you about 2 quick things that I am currently loving...you know, so you don't totally forget me...

Anywho...

1. Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion:





I was complaining to Lola and Muffie the other day about the state of my eyelids. Every day I put on my eyeshadow and eyeliner, and everyday I end up with eyeliner making a sort-of circle on my eyelid. It just does not stay put. I have tried several things to keep the darn eyeliner in place to no avail. Lola suggested that I try eye primer, and she told me that MAC had a good version.

I set out to get the MAC primer, but before I did, I was on Sephora and found the Urban Decay one. Since I also like their eyeshadows (below) and the Eyeshadow Primer Potion got great reviews, I decided to give theirs a try.

I love it!

It makes a huge difference. I will still sometimes get a faint line from the eyeliner on my eyelid, but it is much more bearable than before. I highly recommend this product (and, no, no one paid me to say that...)!




2. Pandora

Maybe I am the last person on earth to learn about this, but I love Pandora! I don't have iTunes on my work computer, so when my sister isn't there to play her iTunes (or when I get tired of listening to her music selection...) I would get bored of listening to silence all day. I read about Pandora on another blog recently and decided to see what it is all about.

And it is great!

You just put in an artist that you really like -- for instance, my boyfriend, Michael Buble -- and it creates a station for you of that artist's music and other similar musicians. So, on my MB channel, not only do I get MB, but I also get Nora Jones, Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr, and John Mayer. And, if they ever play something I don't like, I can give the song or artist a thumbs down (like, for instance, John Mayer...ugh, that guy...), and they won't play it anymore.

I have also created a station around Taylor Swift and another around The David Crowder Band. All three stations are so, so good.

It is Trixie favorites all the time -- I can't get enough!

Okay, peace out...hopefully I won't stay gone so long this time!

It goes by in a blink

I realize this post may seem a little ridiculous coming from a thirty-something, but life truly goes by in a blink. This past weekend I took the duck to a daffodil farm with Trixie and her kids. We had a picnic and I took an obnoxious amount of pictures, but when I was looking back through them tonight I found this one:


I'm 99.9% sure that this will end up on her wedding slide show one day and it just struck me that these moments are fast. To me this moment was perfect. I want to catch every perfect one of them but like a crisp breeze in Spring it is simply here one minute and gone the next. Do you ever feel this way?

Sentimental Honeybun signing off...

A picture worth a thousand words

Here is "us" New Joisey style

We threw a Jersey Shore party for Muffie's birthday and it was an evening to remember: Pizza Hut lasagna, Jersey Mikes subs, Dairy Queen ice cream cake, wild hair, tons of crazy accessories and great friends...what more could a girl ask for on a Friday night? I hope other rights/left will weigh in with more details because it is 1 a.m. and this lady is tired. I just couldn't resist posting this pic immediately.

Happy birthday, Muffie! We love you. -HB

Oh, paper towels, you are a hard habit to break!

I have a confession. Actually, an addiction. To paper towels. I'm addicted to paper towels....I love them, I can't live without them, I get seriously stressed out when we are running low or heaven forbid...run out.

The thing is, I am a pretty "green" person. I recycle like it's nobody's business---I have even been known to take bottles and cans home from a party if I know the hosts don't recycle and always pick up recyclable trash when I'm out on walks. I use only non-toxic, dye and fragrance-free cleaners on our laundry, children, and around our home. I clean mostly with vinegar and water. I'm a stickler for turning lights off in rooms that aren't occupied. I buy organic whenever possible. I've made the transition to mostly high efficiency light bulbs. Etc, etc, etc....

I've considered switching to cloth towels, but I just cannot take the plunge! I use paper towels for everything---wiping down counters, tables, messy faces and hands, noses, floors, walls, windows. I know I could do all of those things with a cloth towel, but I love the fact that I can clean up a mess, throw it in the trash and never have to deal with it again. I hate, hate, hate doing laundry--and with five members of my family our laundry is never ending--so I know that switching to cloth towels would only increase that never-ending laundry.

I'm definitely interested in making the switch, as I love our Earth and want to do everything I can to preserve it....but I sure do love my paper towels, too. :) Have any of you stopped using paper towels? How did you do it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Love, Muffie :)

I heart it

One of my favorite bloggers, Julie from Brown Eyed Belle, always posts the most lovely pictures on her blog. She recently told me she finds them at www.weheartit.com. And I heart that! So I thought I'd share some things I heart.

I heart New Orleans, especially in the snow.

I heart imagining that I will one day own a bakery that little girls peak into.

I heart planning for our trip to Paris.

I heart cupcakes!!!!!

I heart anything with a nautical influence. It must be

the Delta Gamma in me!

I heart bows. Especially on pumps, but I'd put a bow on everything if I could.

I heart polka dots. They just make me smile!

What do you heart??

Lola

A little Tuesday dress

I almost forgot! I found the perfect Tuesday dress for Duck at momiBoutique:

A dress for Tuesday

HoneyBun here. Hello again! As a working mother I am never prepared for Tuesday. Everything basically falls apart so the last thing I want to think about is looking presentable. Typically I wear a "Tuesday dress."

Tuesday dresses must have all of these qualities:
1) No ironing. That's a layup. What we are looking for here is a silk jersey type fabric. Or, lets face it, poly/spandex will also do the trick. A dress that you could literally pull out of your closet, or off your chair, or out of your suitcase and wear.

2) Cute. When life is spinning wildly you at least want to look adorable, right?

3) Washable. If only the dry cleaner could come to my house! This would be where poly/spandex comes back into play.

Here are a few of my favorites:
This is Donna Karan: A little dressy but great if you had an evening function after work.

Diane von Furstenberg, we KNOW you can do a wrap dress...but how do you always do it so irritatingly well? I'm obsessed with this one.

Emilio...even at 60% off you are still too expensive for my closet. However, if I lose 20 pounds and win the lottery, I will be knocking on your door.


So, at the end of the day, or every Tuesday, you'll find me in a good old Target dress like this one above!

I Pray For You

This is a new favorite song of mine--so inspiring! Hee hee!! :)

Love, Muffie :)

Love it

The picture doesn't do it justice, but this John Wind charm bracelet is my current obsession. Honey Bun has one and I love, love, love it. I'm not a huge fan of a lot of his other jewelry, but this bracelet is too cute not to love. What's on your wish list right now?

Love, Muffie :)

Lazy girl pancakes

Has anybody else heard of this? A friend in my bible study was talking about Batter Blaster pancake mix and I happened to see it in Publix the other day and ended up buying a can. Let me tell you, if you like pancakes but don't like the hassle of making the batter, cleaning the bowls, etc, then this is for you! This morning I was craving pancakes and it literally took me THREE MINUTES to make two pancakes! You just heat up a pan and squirt the batter into the pan. So easy and cool! The pancakes really are good, and are organic, which makes them even better! I do think that this world keeps coming up with ideas that make us lazier and lazier, but this is one invention I'm happy about! :)

Love, Muffie

Help Wanted

Sorry for the long absence. It has been one crazy winter. First, the Saints won the Superbowl!!!!!!!!!!!! We travelled to the playoff games, and I can honestly say it was the most amazing experience to be in the Superdome to see the kick that sent us to the big game sail through the uprights! Then we headed home for Mardi Gras. The parade I rode in was delayed by one night due to weather, but it was an amazing success. Somewhere in between all of the madness, I managed to squeeze in our book club book, The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

Has anyone else read The Help? It is truly one of the most wonderful books I have ever read. I could not believe that Ms. Stockett was a first time writer. She developed characters so perfectly rich, inspiring, flawed, and lovable that I wanted them to be real. I find myself opening the book and re-reading its passages just to hear the voices of these characters again in my head. There were the women whose courage and spirit you admired and respected, and there were the women so unfortunately shaped by their surroundings in the 1960s South that you wanted to close the book and hide in shame. In the end Stockett makes you question the lines that existed in the 1960s, and she makes you question whether or not they are still present.

I have not looked forward to book club this much in a long time. I am wondering if anyone out there who has read the book has any suggestions for discussion points we could use tomorrow. I would love to hear them. Also, do any of you have a favorite book club suggestion that you think we should consider for our next selection?

Lola

Am I the only one...

who really wants a pair of these?? I am loving the Winter Olympics, and I so wish we lived in a climate where mittens were an accessory that could be worn more than a few times a year. I would totally buy the official Olympic mittens if I lived anywhere else! :)

Love, Muffie

Happy Birthday, HB!

Last Friday, the 3 Rs headed to Raleigh to meet up with a bunch of Honeybun's girlfriends to celebrate her 30th birthday! We had a fabulous girls' weekend of eating lots of yummy food, drinking lots of wine, visiting the spa, and chatting the night away. It was great for Muffie and me to get to meet all of HB's closest girlfriends from all of the phases of her life. They were all so sweet and fun, and we had a blast.

Lola couldn't make it for the girls' weekend, and she was definitely missed!

Lola, maybe you can give us an excuse for another girls' weekend soon!?!?!

Trix

Shout out to our latest follower

I love that we have 26 friends on this blog. I'm pretty sure in real life you would not follow me around but hey, online, I'll take it!

Today I was looking at our list of friends and I found one of our friends has an amazing jewelry/handbag line. This is the piece I like the best from shopbop.com, the Bronson Hammered Necklace:
I also thought our favorite Saints fan might need this for the game:
Thanks, Gorjana for following us!

HoneyBun

I want, I want, I want!!

Since somebody thinks this is the theme of our blog, I thought I'd use it as a topic for a post. There are lots of things I want right now---I'm human, and who doesn't want things? Here's a list of my top 5 "wants":

1. To lose the 10 pounds I put on after I lost my pregnancy weight and then some. This is purely my fault--I lost the pregnancy weight plus a few extra pounds fairly quickly after having my sweet boy six months ago, but then I decided I could continue to eat whatever I wanted like I did when I was pregnant....um, bad idea. Slowly but surely, the pounds crept back and here I am not fitting properly into my clothes and wanting to live in my stretchy black exercise pants. I joined My Food Diary and have lost 3 pounds so far....now I just want to keep it up so I can feel comfy in my body again!

2. To sleep all night in my own bed with only my husband. This doesn't sound like much to want, but when you have a 4 year old, a 2 year old, and a 6 month old, one of whom just recently started sleeping through the night and two of whom would rather get up in the middle of the night and either scream at the top of the stairs for their mommy or sneak into bed with their parents than sleep all night, it's a big deal. 2010 has yet to give us an entire night where both my hubby and I get to sleep in the same bed together for an entire night. I really, really, really want this to happen.

3. For two of my best friends not to move away. It's going to happen whether I want it to or not, but I'm not happy about it. :(

4. This dress from Lilly Pulitzer for my 2 year old. I want it so badly I can't even stand it, but I do not want to spend that much money on it, so I'm just going to keep drooling over it until it goes on sale or I figure out a way to come up with the money by selling old clothes on Ebay! :)

5. Finally, I want this amazing steam mop. I even went so far as to put it in my cart at Target and drive it around the store having an internal debate with myself about why I should/shouldn't buy it, but I ended up putting it back. We have a tile floor in our kitchen that gets so dirty every day, and I spend more time on my hands and knees scrubbing crap off the floor than I do anything else in that kitchen, and I know this would make my life SO much easier. However, I got the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser mop only a few months ago and thought the same thing about it. It is wonderful and it works great, I just think this steam mop would be even better. I'm sure something even better will come out in a few months....a self-cleaning kitchen floor would be nice! In the meantime, I want this mop. I really, really want it. Maybe an idea for my birthday gift, girlies? :)

Love,

Muffie :)

Couldn't put it down!

If you are looking for some new reading material, I highly recommend Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. I started reading it Saturday, and 500+ pages and less than 48 hours later I'm finished and wishing it wasn't over. It's a story that follows two best friends through more than three decades of their lives, and is definitely one of the best books I've read in awhile. Now go read it and let me know what you think! :)

Love, Muffie

Letter to God

I don't usually read forwards and I especially don't forward forwards, but I thought this story was just the sweetest and most wonderful thing I had read in a long time. I hope you find that it gets your week off on the right foot...

Here it begins...

Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey.. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words:

Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.
I hope you will play with her.. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her You will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it.. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies..' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey &Meredith and this note:

Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven.
Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away.
Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by..
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.
I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way, I'm easy to find, I am wherever there is love.

Love,
God

Is that not the sweetest and most thoughtful thing? What an amazing act of kindness! It inspires me to see these kinds of opportunities in my life.

LOLA

The race(s)

I'm kayaking tomorrow. Six miles. And before my kayaking excursion I'm running in a "fun run." How are "fun" and "run" ever in the same sentence? I used to know the answer to that question but now I am perplexed. Trixie is dieting, Lola has a personal trainer, Muffie was blessed with great genes and I know I should be doing something too...so biathalons are my choice. I got the short end of this stick I'm afraid.

Wish me luck!

HoneyBun

Happy Anniversary to Me!

I've posted it on every other blog I have and Facebook, so why not here, too, right?!?!

Today The Farmer and I are celebrating 8 years of marriage! Well, actually, he is sleeping and I am blogging so we aren't doing much celebrating, but today is our anniversary. We are going to celebrate this weekend with a lovely dinner date. The Farmer did bring me home some beautiful flowers tonight, though.

Here are some pictures from our day (they are scanned, so they aren't of the highest quality...my apologies for not getting married when everything was digital...):

Oh to be young, cute, and skinny again...

Trixie

When it's cold, I like...

To cuddle up on the couch with a cozy blanket. Doesn't this cable knit throw from Pottery Barn look perfect for a cold day?

To drink hot cocoa out of a big mug. May I suggest the best hot cocoa I have ever tasted from Mariebelle in NYC. The choices of cocoas include chocolate and bananas, spicy chocolate, and milk chocolate, and each is so rich that a regular size cocoa is about the size of a shot glass.

To watch NFL playoff football. We are currently watching the Arizona Cardinals battle it out with the Green Bay Packers. We (the Saints) will play the winner of this game next Saturday at 3:30 in the Superdome. I will be in that number and cannot wait until the game. I hope it warms up so that I don't freeze my bottom off tailgating.

To cook a warm and hearty meal. Tonight we're having chicken curry which I am adapting from a cooking light recipe for turkey curry. I thought the nice spicy curry would warm us up tonight. Mmmm...

To daydream about a beach vacation (we're hoping to be taki

ng one in a few weeks to Miami to see the Saints play in the Superbowl). Fingers crossed!!!!

LOLA

Style Inquiry: Duck boots

Are duck boots cool? My cousin who is in college wanted some for Christmas and she is adorable. I started thinking to myself that unlike skinny jeans I may be able to pull off this trend.

Duck boots really aren't a trend. They are more of a classic as they have been around forever. However, I don't have a pair so I started doing some research.

In my queries I found mostly ugly ducklings.


But then I found that Tory BURCH has a pair of duck boots out right now. Amazing!



The pair I like the best is this pair by Sperry's.


What do you think? Tory, Sperry, or none?

Honey Bun

Bring it 2010

This is Honey Bun. Can I start out by saying that I am THRILLED it is 2010 for so many reasons.

1) I'm turning 30! Age is just a number...an AWESOME number. For those of you who don't know me...my voice sounds like I am an eight year old. I convinced myself at 25 (my last benchmark age) that 30 is when my voice would change for good. 30 is when people start taking you seriously. 30 is when you have enough life experience to have an opinion or be an expert on something. Sure, it comes with a few challenges (aka wrinkles and pounds), but overall it is arguably the perfect age.

2) 2010: 20+10=30. Get it?

3) This year I have not one but TWO trips planned. One international (the Holy Land) and a lazy domestic beach vaca.

4) 2008 was terrible. 2009 was a mixture of great things and terrible things. Great things of 2009 are Lily and my job. Terrible things of 2009 are my grandmother dying and being 29. Oh age 29, you carry all the responsibilities of a "real" adult but none of the respect.

5) Alabama is winning the national championship game. My grandfather is very sick with Leukemia. I've never seen anyone as passionate about a sports team as my grandfather is about the Crimson Tide. Lola might argue that she is the most passionate fan...I will grant Lola the most competitive and well versed sports (specifically SAINTS) fan in the nation but my grandfather has been a fan for many more years...a passion that can only come with time. This is clearly an early call with 1 minute left in the third quarter and a Texas TD, but Alabama is well positioned for the win.

6) Surprises. I typically hate surprises but there is something so exciting about the wonder of a new year. What will happen? What does the future hold? I hope for all great things for you and your families.

Global Warming

I don't know about y'all, but I am really enjoying this global warming.

I mean, here we are on January 7th, and there are record high temperatures. I mean, I have spent a lot of my time lately laying out and getting a suntan! It is just beautiful and so warm!

Oh, wait...that's not quite right...

No, instead there are record low temperatures everywhere. I saw a weather map this morning, and it was showing temperatures in the low 50s in Miami. The poor farmers in Florida have ice on their strawberries, oranges, and tomatoes. We are supposed to have that dreaded "wintry mix" of rain, sleet, and snow tonight and into the morning. Our high tomorrow is 40 degrees.

40 degrees!

My poor children aren't going to know what hit them!

I know that there are plenty of places where that is just another winter day, but not here in the South. I, for one, hate cold weather. In fact, as soon as Christmas is over I am ready for the temperatures to spring back up to at least 70. I keep thinking that I would love to be in the Keys to escape this mess, but even that isn't far enough south!

I don't know about you, but I sure could use some global warming right about now...

Trixie

Tex Mex burgers--YUM!!

I read about these in Real Simple and adapted the recipe a bit more to my liking. Made them tonight and they were fabulous (and super-easy to make)!

Tex Mex Hamburgers

Ingredients:

ground beef

sour cream

bread crumbs

sliced avocado

salsa

shredded Monterrey Jack or 4 cheese Mexican blend (I used the 4 cheese Mexican)

Mix ground beef, some sour cream, and some bread crumbs together and form patties. I don't like to use measurements when I cook, so just use enough that your hamburgers don't crumble when you grill them. Grill burgers (I grilled them inside on the stove but I also like to use the grill outside). Broil/grill buns to your liking. Put hamburger on bottom bun and immediately top with cheese so it melts. Top with two or three spoonfuls of salsa, and then top with sliced avocado. Put top bun on, take a huge bite and enjoy! Delish!!!

Love, Muffie :)

It's the most wonderful time of the year

No, silly, not Christmas - Mardi Gras! For most people, the end of December brings a sadness that comes with the close of another holiday season. But for those of us from New Orleans, the grandest season of them all is set to begin this Wednesday, January 6th on the Feast of the Epiphany. It is the official start to the 2010 carnival season, and it means that the parade I ride in is only five weeks away!!! This will be my fifth ride in the Krewe of Muses, and it will be the tenth anniversary of our amazing Krewe of more than 1,500 dedicated women, with more than 750 of them riding in this year's parade. The theme of our parade, which changes annually, will remain a secret until the day of our ride. It is kept closely guarded by all of us in the krewe because mystery is a part of what makes Mardi Gras so special. Each float will bare a politically and socially relevant and satirical title that will relate to the theme of the parade, and each rider on the float will wear a headdress that represents her float's title. The headdress (which is designed and put together by the members of each float) is of utmost importance because the winner of the headdress contest gets to ride in the "Title Float" (the first float of the parade) in the next year's parade - a HUGE honor. Fingers crossed it will be the women of Float 18 taking home this prize!! We have come so close in the past, and I just have a feeling this is OUR YEAR! I am so excited that the season is almost here, that I just had to share this little look into the life of a Muse. Here's some pictures from the parade last year...

Here is a picture of our headdress from last year. You can't see it here, but the whole thing lit up! It was beautiful.

This is my riding buddy, Sarah, and me at our float's luncheon at Galatoire's Restaurant on Bourbon St. Lunch at Galatoire's is a true Mardi Gras tradition.

This is Sarah and me at our parade's pre-party right before we heard the sirens of the motorcycle unit of NOPD announcing that it was time to board the floats and head down Tchoupitoulas St. for our big ride!

This is a picture of Float 13 and all of the wonderful women I ride with.

LOLA