HELLO NIKKI STORE

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The holidays are here and Black Friday is right around the corner!

It's time to shop for a cause at www.HELLO NIKKI STORE.com for outfits straight from this blog!

100% of the final sale price will be donated to

This San Francisco Area based non-profit, provides a supportive family living atmosphere for pregnant women age 18 and over who are homeless, in crisis or are experiencing family violence that jeopardizes their well-being and the unborn child. This halfway house allows women to not need to choose abortion and helps its residents progress toward the goal of independent living.

I have been fortunate to have great friends, an amazing family, and a promising future. My life has been extremely blessed and I thank God every chance that I get.

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halloween in vega$

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i've been a bear in hibernation from my blog but now it's time to finish the year strong! i don't even know how 2010 is already closing in but as always, I wanted to do something different each day/month/year/occasion than before.. so what better way to spend my favorite holiday- Halloween, than anywhere else in the world- VEGAS!

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I've always wanted to be an Indian but thought it was so typical.. but since Joanna was going to be a Cowboy.. I figured it would look cute since we always go as a pair each year. Unfortunately her outfit didn't go as planned so her maverick and i all became one tribe.

We made our costumes from scratch in a day and it was the best $25 spent on feathers, material, and fur.

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I'll admit I can get pretty creative when it comes to costumes, although for once, I really just wanted to be something simple. Not a cartoon character, not something animated again.. and in deciding to go down this route I knew I definitely needed to turn it up a notch.. more so for vegas- you can pretty much get away with anything out here.

I'm the kind that likes to be different and like most people, my biggest nightmare would be to run into someone who had the same exact costume on. I'm also the kind that loves animal print, particularly leopard so I thought it would be neat to simply body paint that as my costume all over... and oh money.

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Just like in the movie Mean Girls, my $5 cat ears and $8 tail aren't the only things to give away my costume.
So if someone asks me what I'm dressed up as, I think I'm entitled to say ---
"i'm a leopard, duh!" :)



humm-baby!

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And just when you think San Francisco couldn't get any better this month.. the hype of the playoffs happens and then the cherry on top ----> the Giants make it to the World Series!!!

World Series Game 1
Momo's SF

Tickets were SUPER expensive but I knew I wanted to be in all the action during this time so we made reservations early in advance and watched the game at Momo's- located right across the AT&T Park. There are no words to describe how exciting it was to be in this area and feel the energy all around. Adding another cherry, some guys next to our table were so kind to pay for our extremely high bill just because we won! Such a sweet unexpected gesture to celebrate the first win! Go us and go GIANTS!! :)

World Series Game 2
BJ's San Bruno

I haven't seen my best friend Tomiko in ages since she just gave birth a few months ago. Her request to stay close enough to home so she can get back to her newborn allowed us to simply watch the game at BJ's. A couple of us started the happy hour early to lock down a good seat and even though we weren't in SF, the vibe was as if we were inside the game! And now the real maraschino cherry? The mall was still open so a drunken walk to Forever 21 was in a radius too close to miss! Let's just say while Rachael shopped.. Tomiko, Maria and I had a hay-day messing with the $5 bin and a mirror. Oh what good times.. High fives all day!





withdrawals

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apparently, almost everyone i know has returned from vegas and i have yet to come back to another favorite destination of mine this year. if i could make the time i'd solely go for the pool parties- gotta love em. here's some old photos i reminisce of the good ol' days when i first fell in love with the daytime events in sin city.

this was the perfect swimsuit to wear 2.5 months after Maverick was born. It definitely stood out since most people at the time wore 2 pieces where mine and Tomiko's monokini's were rare amongst the crowd. :)

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rehab 2008

this was another favorite bikini I scored in Hawaii and wore my very first time I went to rehab.

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rehab 2007

i could live in a bikini but my favorite so far was the one I wore last year... (click for more photos)

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rehab 2009

hope everyone is enjoying the summertime :)