is anybody still out there?

hi luvrs!

it's been a horrifyingly long time since i've blogged...

there's not enough time in the world to update everything that's happened...

so.. highlights?

-as most of you knew, i had moved to California to live with my boyfriend, Travis (aka "Bazinga Baby").
-couldn't stand my roommate
-lost my car :(
-got a job as a Leasing Consultant at the Community i lived at, Parkwood, in Irvine, CA. The job only lasted a few months because it was a summer position... but i liked it, leased a lot of apartments, made some good money, met some good people, bought some wicked cute work clothes, made some friends...
-made some HUGE strides with my etsy shop, which i changed the name of, from Twitterpated Pretty to Sara McCobb Hubbell Designs

www.SMcCobbHubbellDesigns.etsy.com

-developed a beloved character, lil miss, whom i've taken through some pretty rough times, & have been really luving drawing her, painting her & sharing her woes with the world.

-went back to CT in August for Trav's cousins wedding (which was actually in Boston). The wedding was BEAUTIFUL & we had a great time!
-turned 25.... ::indifferent::
-got a Red Bull fridge, & a beautiful patio set from a friend, who, sadly, moved to NorCal soon after we started hanging out more :(

the biggest change of all...

*we got on the road again, yesterday, Thursday, December 15th, with all of our shit (well, most of it... 675lbs worth, to be exact, was on a pallet, shipped) on our way moving BACK to CT*

::indifferent::

So, now i'm in a really crappy motel room in Santa Rosa, NM, about to have a "house salad" from a rando pizza place, the only one that would deliver, which "doesn't have menus"... -umm?-... & watch Anchorman for the millionth time, while Trav eats the most amazing looking pizza that i can't have bc it'll gimme a tummy ache all day tomorrow.

::dammit trav, please stop making those fucking "yummy noises"!::

the biggest, most important thing, at the moment, is that i'm on InstaGram (same name, Spankyluvsit) updating BEAUTIFUL photos & i'm also TWEETING the WHOLE trip (@Spankyluvsit).

Follow @Spankyluvsit & #STUSA for updates!!!

PLEASE tweet me, add the hash tag, ReTweet, tell your friends, comment on the blog, keep me in the loop, DON'T FORGET ME!!!! :)

i'll be back. i'm going to try to make a point to come back. i hope there's someone for me to write to. 

tell me that you're there!

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introducing: "How Do I Get Him To..."

A while back, i had this idea for something called the "Duck Pond"... but, like 80-90% of my schemes/plots/ideas... it was a F-L-O-P!
so, i'm starting the same TYPE of idea, but with a different basic perspective...

introducing...

i want the "theme" to focus on answering one specific question at a time, with input from readers, experts (if i can find them), friends (both chickies & duckies) &, MAYBE even Boyf Bazinga! (although, most of the questions will most likely be posed by me, so i'm not sure he'll have much to say on the topics!!!)

So...

where do i find my "experts"? I already have my luv guru, Miss Mercedes of "How to REALLY Hold On to the Man of Your Dreams", but i haven't... really... asked her yet..... but, hopefully i can at least GUILT her into it ("But Miss M, i already posted about you on the blog!!! you can't let me & my readers down!!!!" wink wink!)

If you know of any bloggers who focus on relationship advice, please, let me know so i can contact them!!!

MORE IMPORTANTLY:
if YOU want to comment or input your advice to any posed question, PUH-lease keep your eyes out for the questions to be posted & e-mail me your advice. I'll post what i get & make sure to give you a link back! :)

The first question is a BIT shallow, but, hey, you gotta play in the kiddie pool before you dive into the deep end, right?

how do i get him to....

know what kind of jewelry i like?

I've been with Bazinga Boyf for about 7 months now, & Christmas is around the corner. I'm not the typical "BUY ME SHIT" type of girl, but i wouldn't mind something glitzy to admire over Christmas dinner. BUT, how do i let him know what type of bling i like, without being TOO in your face about it?
Do i just say "hey, so you know, i like this, i don't like that.", do i take a catalog & circle/cross off the things i luv/hate? do i give up & just hope that he gets it right & then say i luv whatever he gets me (aka just be happy that he got me anything?).

e-mail me your advice or a link to any experts to Spankyluvsit@gmail.com, tweet me @Spankyluvsit, & keep an eye out for the answers!


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a few things...

Obvi I haven't been posting much. I hate that i haven't, but i've been doing so much other stuff, trying to make some money & trying to stay sane...

you all know about my etsy shop, Twitterpated Pretty that i've been working my bum off trying to keep up with...

i've also, thankfully, been painting. All my paintings are available online as prints, postcards, etc. on my RedBubble page!

If anyone knows of any boutiques or shops local to you that is at all like this kinda of a place (this is in my boo Kaylee's hometown) that may want to pick up any of my art, please let me know the name & location, so i can contact them! Anyone that helps me gets a postcard thank you sent to them! :)

Has anyone been following the twitter account @ShitMyDadSays or seen the books or TV Show staring William Shatner? Well, i follow the twitter & i've LOLed at the book at Borders (i haven't watched the show..) & it made me think, there should be one of these for the silly things that my boyf, Bazinga, says. So... tada!

@HeSaidWhaat was born the other day! It's fresh, i'm just starting, but i'm hoping that it picks up! haha. You can also see videos like this one by searching He Said Whaat on YouTube!

What an attractive photo of my sexy boyf...

ahhhhh hahahaha. that's the profile photo for the twitter... but i like these ones better...

damn, he's hot... :)

So, other than those projects, i've been searching for [legit] work, being dragged through interview processes for bullshit "sales" positions (aka 100% commission jobs where they want me to go door to door selling... i dunno... vacuums?), TRYING to keep this DAMN apartment clean, which is beyond frustrating given the fact that i have a SLOB for a roomie who i don't think has ever once cleaned anything in our apartment, like at all.
She can be entertaining, but the novelty is rapidly wearing off...

When i'm not doing any of that, i'm trying to be a good girlfriend, learning the finer details of Football from Professor/Coach Bazinga, watching more football in past 2 months that i think i ever have in my life (even though i've always been a football fan, i've never watched EVERY GAME EVERY WEEK! PRO & COLLEGE) - but i don't mind.

I've been cooking every night, baking often, trying not to gain all the weight back & juggling bills bills bills!!!

i wonder how Bazinga would feel about me getting a sugar daddy...?

I've also been reading. I was supposed to be posting every time i finished a book......... but i've been reading & not posting! gar!!! So.. here's the list of what i've read since i last posted:

1-6 were already posted

7. Harry Potter 7 by J.K. Rowling [can't fuck'n wait for the movie Nov. 19th!]
8. You're an Animal, Viskovitz by Alessandro Boffa [illustrated by my sisters BFFs Momma, Roz Chast!]
9. Easy by Kerry Cohen Hoffman
10. The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper [sooo good, i recommend, highly!]
11. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
12. Purge by Sarah Littman
13. The Naked Truthby Danielle Staub [yes, the trashy book by the trashy Nj Housewife... i couldn't help myself. i'd promised, NAY, sworn that i wouldn't give her any $$$, so i bought it used! HA, THWARTED!!! - it's terribly written & i feel horrible for her poor children... seriously... it's a load of highly entertaining bullshit...]
14. Pretty Deadby Francesca Lia Block [my fav author, not my fav book of hers.]

now i'm reading Fat Free and Fatal by G.A. McKevett, a fun Private Eye book!
I feel like i'm forgetting one, but, regardless, i've MET MY GOAL of 12 books for the year & i'm one away from my "expert goal" of 15.

[I read Diary by Chuck Palahniuk. I thought it was this year, but i can't find it in my archives... hmm.. maybe i have reached my goal. Oh well, lets see how many i can do!!!]

To celebrate, i'd like to launch a Book Exchange. If you're interested, e-mail me at Spankyluvsit@gmail.com. Tell me your fav book & let me know you're down & i think i'll start up the exchange via ELFSTER.COM shortly!

Well... that's basically it for me for now.. i will tell you that i've been watching The Women of SNL while writing this & was so stoked to see one of my all time FAV clips was on!

Here it is...

[sorry, i couldn't find it on YouTube to embed... :(]

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BOO! - mini halloween giveaway.

In my continued efforts to get my readers back, i'm hosting another giveaway.
This is also due to the fact that i'm still hording away a butt-load of things i collected over the past (year?) to give away, but hadn't done it yet. As i said on my last giveaway, i toted all these treasures from my old home in CT to my first apartment in CA to my now second apartment in CA.
These treasures went with me to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma (shout out to Kaylee face!), New Mexico, Arizona & finally, California.

Please enter the giveaway, please tell your friends, please post about it on your blog, please please please help me to not be such a bloggie loser! haha

on the giftie train we have:

- a very fancy halloweenie green rubber duckie with a feather boa (Pier One)

- Essie nail polish in Midnight Blue (oooo!)

- a [not-so] Spooky Black Kitty Pez dispencer (who doesn't like Halloween Candy!?)

- an adorably p0racticle hand mirror with a fabulous Sugar Skull on it from one of my FAV etsy shops, Little Pink Plum (i bought one for me & one to giveaway bc i luvs it so!)

As an added incentive, i'd like to ask that everyone that enters, take a gander at my Etsy Shop, Twitterpated Pretty, & tell me what your fav thing is.
If i SOMEHOW get over 20 entries on this giveaway, i'll "throw in" a giftie from my personal shop, Twitterpated Pretty!

PLEASE ENTER!!!

I will pull a winner on October 25th, in hopes that it will get to you by Halloween.

TO ENTER:

a) Comment [1 entry]

b) Tweet about & tweet me @Spankyluvsit [+1 entry]

c) BLOG about me & this giveaway! [+2 entries]

d) BLOG about my ETSY SHOP! [+4 entries!]

e) FAN Spankyluvsit on F.book [+1 entry]

f) BUY something on my etsy shop - haha, seriously.. [+7 entries]

ya, the last one is a lot of entries, but, if you were to actually support my shop, i'd be awfully happy, i might just have to give away more things, more often! [yes, i'm a blog whore...]

thanks all, i hope that you feel like this is a good enough giveaway to enter!

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end of summer cleanout *GIVEAWAY*

i bought sooo many things for giveaways before my life took a turn for the cra-cra & after falling in luv with it all, packing it all up, driving it across the states with me & storing it in not one, but TWO apartments, i think that it's time to buckle down & do a massive giveaway, in hopes that it will also drive my readers back to the blog & rejoin me in my blogisphere!

so... here it is...

SUMMER BLOWOUT GIVEAWAY NUMBER ONE!

prize description:

1. Pink Metallic Duckie Bank - Pier 1
2. GaGa glasses -BleuDame.com
3. Essie Polish in "Material Girl" - Essie.com
4. Rhinestone purse hanger - Amazon.com
5. Duckie Pez dispenser - PEZ brand
6. Diamond bath salt - Pier 1
7. Spanky luvs it* M&Ms - personalized via mms.com
8. Orange scented bath soap flowers [grapefruit scent] - Pier 1
9. Blue scented bath soap flowers ["water mist" scent] - Pier 1
10. Pendant - donated by the luvly Lynne from Lynne's This and That on etsy
11. LOVE LOVE pink glitter nail file - Pier 1
12. Classic mini duck - Oriental Trading Co.

woohoo! So many fun thingies!

How to enter:

well, bare with me, because, honestly, i'm reallllly trying to get my readers back & to make sure that i haven't lost everyone in the past cray months.
Ok, ok, so i am shallow & desperate & insecure & in a great need to know that there are people out there! So, ya, i'm gunna make you jump through a few little hoops to get these awesome giveaways!

a) um, duh, COMMENT ON THIS POST! (one entry point)
b) TWEET ME! (@spankyluvsit) & tell me that you LUVS the giveaway gifties &, if you're so inclined, that you luvs me too! teehee (1 additional entry point)
c) re-blog! if you reblog with a link to my giveaway, bringing more readers & especially new readers to my blog, i might as well just be your personal bitch for ever! haha but, i can't, so... i'll give you extra props! If you re-blog, comment again to let me know! (additional 3 entry points!)
d) blog about my etsy shop *Twitterpated Pretty*. The reopening of my shop has become my newest pet project. (additional 5 entry points)

I'm going old school on pulling a winner this time. I'll literally write your name on scraps of paper, one scrap for every point you earn & i'll pull a winner. I'll be pulling the winner on September 15th, so GET TO IT!

i LUVS you alllllll!!!

  

 [gee, i sure hope that this works!]

ps: if i get over 50 comments, i'll throw in an extra special prize, made my Spanky, out of the Twitterpated Pretty shop!!!

 

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challenge: help Spanky make some serious ca$h... [giveaway?]

hi!

i miss u... :o(

but, look! i'm alive & well! Here i am!!! [just took this pic! haha, don't mind our messy room!]

seriously folks... i'm sorry that i haven't updated in a while, but to be honest, i'm bug'n a lil bit... we're seriously scrapped for cash & i haven't been able to snag a jobbie yet.

What have i been doing with myself you ask?

well... i've been keeping busy making some luvly art.

I've been cranking out some wonderful [i mean... i think...] painted bottles.
i think that i can really make some money by selling them, along with my handmade dream catchers & my new luvlies, my paper lanterns.

So, i need to ask you all a HUGE... no, MASSSSSIVE favour...

i'm going to reopen my etsy shop,

*Twitterpated Pretty*

... would any of of you be willing to post a link on your blog OR buy a Spanky handmade luvly, or promotoe on your blog or anything of the like?
i'm reallly trying to make a go at being a paid artist, just for the time being.
I'd be MORE than happy to return the promo favour to anyone that has a shop & i'll also make a list of everyone who lets me know about the promotions that they've done, & be sure to return the wonderful favour with a goodie.

in fact, FUCK IT, let's make it a driving force... for the next month, i'll promise to do the very best i can to keep up with thr blog as well as all of ur bliggities & take a serious note of who are my loyal luvies. Everyone that promos me, please e-mail a link to

Spankyluvsit@gmail.com

so i can check it out, link it back & we can [fingers crossed] make a little web from all the attraction.
IF you promo or maybe the word is CONVINCE any one of your readers to buy something from my treasure trove, tell the buyer to add the message

"Spanky luvs [your blog name]" 

with a link to YOUR blog & i'll keep count.

the person who gets the most referrals by November 1st will get a package from me with a CUSTOM dreamcatcher, bottle & a lantern ON THE HOUSE.

yes, that's right people, we are taking "giveaway" to a while other, self promoting level.

hey, i'm not ashamed, i'm in SERIOUS need of the cash!!!

I REALLLLLY hope that you all are up for the challange.

i know i haven't been the best host lately... i feel awful about that...
seriously, i feel like i've been letting you all down for quite a while...

i miss you all so much....

i'm trying, so desperately, to get my shit together so i can be the *Spanky* you all know & luv.

help me with this & you will be rewarded.

comment on this post 1 time to be added to my "THANK YOU LIST", tweet about it [do people still tweet? or is twitter dying down?] for a check mark next to your name on my list, re-blog to get a star, link to www.etsy.com/twitterpatedpretty for an underline, get readers to "convo" me on etsy for a cute pink highlight on your name, etc., etc.,....

Seriously, if i can make some money off of selling my beauties, i would have NO problem devoting a few hours to make some thank you gifts for my luvlies.

i luv you all sooooo much, it's literally INSANE!

again, e-mail

Spankyluvsit@gmail.com

if you want a button for your blog, if you've added a link or a post, or if you can think of any other venues or ways that i should be promoting my "grand re-opening", OR if you'd like to work out a give-away on your blog with something from my shop [obvi we'll have to come up with how to do that in a way that i can make some dough, so i can buy some groceries...] PLEASE feel free.

make the subject line

"Twitterpated Pretty" 

so i know to look out for it.

hugs & kisses.

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to the person

massive... MASSIVE... giveaway!

Your best friend Spanky has something fuck'n FABULOUS in store for one of my lucky luvies!
a maaaaaaaaaaaassive holiday/new year *give away* including a bunch of things that i absolutely luvs*

(sorry boys, i don't think that you'll find too much here you'll be interested in... it's a bit girly...)

all of these items have something relevent the blog, or are special little extras that i felt like giving.
i hope that everyone has a blast fighting to the death politely competing for this UH-mazing giveaway (if i do say so myself)

SpankyLuvsIt giveaway by SpankyLuvsIt on Polyvore.com

these are just a few tidbits of all the fun items for this giveaway.

explanation of goodies:

Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block: Read this book & you'll understand how i became me. I swear to you luvies, this book is responsible for 98% of my vocabulary (ok, maybe not 98, i guess i have to give the public school system SOME credit), but it is literally the book that opened my eyes to how words can really depict a beautiful, spontaneous, wonderful fantasy world. I've read it too many time to count (i've never been great at math though, so...)

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk: This book was my introduction to the written word of Chuck Palahniuk. of course, i knew OF him because i was already way obsessed with the movie of Fight Club before i read this one. I ended up trading books with a Summer Duck & this was the book i gave him. Weetzie showed me literary luv & Monsters showed me belletristic beauty in fucked up tradgedy. It's a blow-your-mind kinda book that you cannot put down until your brains are all over the pages & you have nothing but a goofy, dumbfounded, shocked grin on your face. Oh Chuck, I can't wait to hear what my luvies think of this one...

Factory Girl starring Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce: Edie Sedgwick is, without a doubt, one of my absolute favourite icons EVER and Andy Warhol is just such an artistic genius with a sick mind of almost sociopathic quantities... but i'd hang out with him in a heart beat. fo' sho. This movie is gorg, sad and sure to make you fall in luv with poor little rich girl, edie.

"luvs it*" tee by one-word-tees.com: Oh yes, that's right! One-Word-Tees.com is making a two word tee bc they luv me & all of you SO much. O-W-T will be making "luvs it*" tees so you can all spread the luv all over the damn place! (more info on that available once we get the kinky's worked out)
-giveaway winner will receive a voucher for a free "luvs it*" tee. voucher will be a one time use, coupon code to be entered at one-word-tees.com to receive a SpankyLuvsIt.com special tee. (this way you can pick your size & colour options!)

-the others are either suprises, or self explained. We got some Essie nail polish in there (Material Girl and either Midnight Cami or Sexy Divide), some treats, a duck (bc every girl needs a duck like quack*), the soundtrack to the Beatles Cirque du Soleil "LOVE" show (that i saw in Vegas & gushed over) & maybe a few more mysterious extras!

what!? i have to have SOME secrets!

trust me, you want this shiz... i promise.

now the hard part... this is the mother of all give aways that i've even THOUGHT of doing, so you're going to have to worrrrrk for it. 

what you gotta do:

(*'s = required, **'s = required IF you are able, ~'s = optional for extra credit!)

1. Follow this blog (duh) *
   
2. Comment on this post (duh squared!) *
   
3. Tweet this post with a link & my twitter name - @SpankyLuvsIt **
4. Follow me on Twitter so i can see your post :o) **
   
5. Write a bitty post on your blog with a link to this post ~
6. Shout out on your blog/tumblr/facebook (whatever) with a link to this post *
7. Become a fan of SpankyLuvsIt on Facebook & post me a little "hey!" or something to let me know you're a reader! **
8. Wish at 11:11 that you'll win this give away *
9. Climb on your roof (CAREFULLY) & scream, as loud as you can that you "LUVS EVERYONE" ~

That outta do it.

this is a holiday/new years give away with wonderful things to start the new year, so i'll be pulling a winner right before the new year. winner will receive prize in early January, 2010!

ps: if you have a shop, or anything that you'd like to offer for future give aways, Puh-Lease let me know. i'm hoping to start semi-regular give aways & i'm aiming to really spread some luv for smaller etsy shops, inde sellers, etc. Anyone who donates will obviously get a spot on the wall that links to their www!

Ok, get to work! i hope to see a lot of activity for this one. (otherwise, i'll totes cry).

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did someone say GIVEAWAY?!?!

yes... & it was ME!

a few posts ago i wrote the following message:

Comment on this post with your favourite word (& why). Extra points for anyone who submits a fun picture that shows your love for this word. If it's a weirdo word, include a definition, so I can at least not be the only dummy who doesn't know it! Be creative! It can be whatever you want! I'll pick a winner and that lucky little blogger or bloggette will get their ONE WORD on a tee!!!

So, there ya go, hit me with 'em! What's your word gunna be? Diddlysquat? Blasphemy? Triskaidekaphobia? Make 'em good!

For those of your that follow me on Twitter, you've seen me *tweet* about this too. I'm excited to learn some new words & I'm even going to start a big list of all the great ones!

& see my shout outs on www.One-Word-Tees.com on their Contest page!

- this giveaway will go on until (about) November 8th, 2009 so get those submissions in!!!

Amazeballs...

Ok. not to overdo it (3 posts in one lunch break) but... i just gotta say...

i luv this new Perez Hilton-ism

"Amazeballs"

it's just straight fun to say!

follow @PerezHilton on twitter for Amazeballs & other witty comments.


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