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Date Outfit

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:24:05 -0700

Nick and I went out for dinner (wow! #1) and had a marathon 3 hour date (wow! #2) with the best conversation, food and drink.
Personally, I think it had to do with the fact that I had a good outfit on ;) as I've been having a HELL of a few days.

Call me whatever you will, but putting on a good pair of heels, jeans, earrings and couple that with my new Burberry clutch, and I was a new woman from the depressed and stressed out girl I was for the past 2 days.

Hope you all had a wonderful and meaningful Friday night.

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Femme Athletic

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:06:46 -0700

Femme Athletic Show - 05.03.08

Because I LOVE Brian, his line and the amazing show he put on.. here's the video from the Femme Athletic show atr Axis-Radius, May3 08

Franci and I are sitting on the right hand side, you'll see me pointing obnoxiously at the AMAZING detailing on the clothes.. triple stitched trousers & bras, fabric crosses in the back for support, the cutest tees ever, and def one of the best tennis dresses I've seen in a long time. Check out the full line at FemmeAthletic.com - he also has an amazing line called iFemme.. made to hold your ipod when you're working out. Genius!

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A week in the life of... *(Results Not Typical)

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:29:14 -0700

Monday:
8am-12: work in office
12-1: lunch
1-2: personal trainer
2-6: work in office

Tuesday:
7am - 1 hour workout
8am - design newsletter
930am - website/email marketing consult with hip little hair salon
1200-130 - brainstorm in-house email marketing
130-230 - lunch
230 - 5pm - email campaign design for awesome bartending company
5pm-6pm - meeting/follow up with lovely financial advisor
6-645 - dinner
645-11pm - in house marketing campaign design

Wednesday:
8am - website design for client
930 - drive to north end of town
10am - website/directmail/email consult
12 - LUNCH
1 - 3: Brainstorming for client
330-6pm - Feel overwhelemed and as if sleep hasn't happened in years. Remedies this by manicure & massage. Ahh, much better.

Thursday:
630-945 - Meeting with local Chamber of Commerce
10-11 - Personal trainer
1115-1230 - Consult with prospect
1230-130 - Lunch
130-430 - Consult with client who has NINE LOCATIONS (WOOHOO!)
430-6pm - Visit with Kade
6-8 - Wrap up emails, designs, cook dinner
8-10 - Pretend the world doesnt exist and watch GREYs & LOST. Turn off phone. Bless.

Friday:
730am - Conference Call
830 - wrap up blog
830-9 - shower/dress
9-12 - work with client at client location
1230 - HAIR!
130 - Lunch meeting
230 - work on laptop at some coffee shop in Scottsdale with wifi.
345 - FACIAL!
5pm - Home & possible date night. AMEN!

Saturday:
630pm - Networking/Pre-party
830 - Fashion Show at Axis/Radius to support new awesome client
930-?? : PARTAY! :D

LA VIE EST BELLE, YO!

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Life, in a list.

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:22:06 -0700

This weekend I...
1. Drank a ton of cosmopolitans
2. Went bar hopping (Hello, haven't done that in YEARS)
3. Was told "Honey, do you know where you are?" by a bartender after ordering a cosmo in an Irish pub.
4. Got hit on by white boys (!!!)
5. Watched all 3 Back to the Futures
6. May or may NOT have sang the Enchanted theme song out loud
7. Played Bennie and the Jets in an Irish Pub and danced&sang like a chubby Katherine Heigl
8. Wore something relatively conservative out partying! (wtf!me!)
9. Had an amazing time with some amazing girls.
10. Was totally the Charlotte.

Today I...
1. Was on the radio in Montreal
2. Listened to the Habs kick ass and wrap up the series
3. Had a Manicure
4. Really, really missed living in Montreal
5. Received a gift from Favourite Client from Italy
6. Wore a dress
7. Met with my personal trainer
8. Felt really, really good about my design skills.
9. Designed some new business cards for Franci and I
10. Loved life, OTC, friends et al.

Fin.

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Things I Love

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:38:48 -0700

1. Spending the evening talking work with amazing women in amazing fields. My dear friend Erica invited me to a "Women in Design" networking group tonight and I met women from all different aspect of business, and the common thread was design and a desire to move forward. How refreshing!

2. My business cards. They were a great conversation starter. Remind me to post a picture of them, they are such a cute way to break the ice!

3. Going to a new restaurant. There are so many here in the Valley, it's lovely!

4. Chai. It's freezing out, and nothing warms you up like a steaming cup of Starbuck's Chai tea.

5. Busy days. I can't believe it's 20 to 9 already. I have been up/out since 8am and I didn't even feel the time go by!

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Web Design

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:09:17 -0700

Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.

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Pic Post: Flagstaff & Lowell Observatory.

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:55:51 -0700

Pics from our day in Flag.. stories to go with the pictures are in the gallery, so go grab some tea and read through them! :)

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Weekend Recap.

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:00:11 -0700

I love when the boss is gone. I get to catch up on some emails, talk to the girls, shop online.. sigh, it's just so nice. So, this weekend was a great, typical Phoenix weekend. It consisted of video games and bbq with the boy on Saturday, a badass "get my hotness on" workout Sunday morning, a swim in the pool, a historical museum and a nice lunch with a good friend.
God, when life is good... it's really good.
So this week is looking to be pretty tame. Going to spend a good amount of time at the gym, have some drinks Friday night. I picked some new skirts at ON, let me know what you think! I'll post pics me in them when I get them in :)

Not too much else going on. Sedona was nice, the weather was awesome, the company was cool. We pretty much just hung out around town, talking, laughing, taking in the atmosphere. My birthday is in about two weeks, and I'm planning a killer party... so if you're in PHX, let me know, I'll shoot you an invite.
Okay, off to work.. a little bit ;)

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My sights are set, my goals in place

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:26:53 -0700

TO. DIE. FOR.

Need $2000, right now, kthx!

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Changes.

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:15:02 -0700

The past few days have given me nothing less than a full schedule, packed with training, marketing, planning for ads, painfully attempting to schedule a meeting with my programmer/analyst, planning, and stressing. My Montreal trip had to be moved around and moved up so many times, it's ridiculous. I just can't wait to go and be away from the office for a bit (and, of course, what I mean by "away and out of the office" is, naturally, working on my laptop on the table of my mother's kitchen so that the day I come back there isn't a meltdown.

On that note, I am getting a new laptop. I'm going for a smaller than 14.1' screen, small and light as possible. I have no options for financing, so I'm selling my current notebook to put money towards my next one. I leave for Montreal on Friday, July 20th, so that means, essentially in the next 21 days, there will be a MAJOR crackdown on spending. The only items I plan to acquire are my laptop and sleeve for it. I have an order in for clothes (on the CC, get now, deal with payments later - BAD NEWS, as always) for Nick and I, so we're good on that front, thankfully.
I have a bunch of emails sitting in my inbox to answer, and I will try to get to them as quickly as I can. I just thought a quick update of what's been going on might satisfy the curiosity as to my lack of communication recently.

This week ends on a sad note here in the office, the departure of 2 of my co-workers, one off to travel the world, and one off to start a family. My world traveler isn't going to be returning, and she is such a source of positive energy, losing her will be a loss to the whole office. On the other note, her going out and doing everything she's ever dreamed of makes me happy. The other is due for her first baby -a boy - on the second of July. She's my partner in crime. 40 business days without her will be horrible, but I can't wait for her to come back. By the end of the summer, the office will look so different, but in a good way - fresh blood, fresh outtakes on life, and me in a new position, with someone else manning the front desk.

Ch-ch-changes!

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