In case you’re taking a survey, let me be the first one to tell you that spending an entire weekend laying on your living room floor, watching Dawson’s Creek on Netflix Instant, and eating peanut but...
The first time I got spray tanned was at one of those Mystic Tan places where you stand inside the tanning booth and hope for the best. The girl who was explaining everything assured me that it was e...
About a month ago I made two new friends while running around in my underwear through a warehouse filled with vintage dresses. I’d tell you that it’s not what it sounds like, but really? It’s exactly...
Do you ever look at the calendar and think about the unbelievably fast passage of time and wonder, “Whaaaat? How?” Yeah, I’ve been having that reaction all week, because somehow an entire year has go...
Can you believe I’ve gone almost 27 years without reading erotica? Oh well, don’t worry, that shit has been more than remedied because I just took down all 1500+ pages of the Fifty Shades of Grey tri...
When I went home for her birthday earlier this month, my mother’s only request was that I spend a few hours teaching her how to use Facebook.“I need help,” she said. “I think cousin Scott is spying o...
Well, let’s see. I haven’t blogged about my vagina in a while, so I figure that now is as good a time as any to get back to that for a second.(HI MOM! HOW WAS CHURCH YESTERDAY??)So, here’s the deal. ...
“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan BelfortIn May of 2011, I decided I wanted to be an e...
So, yeah, I basically spent the entire weekend recovering from Bad Mood Friday. It all started first thing that morning, when I got up so far on the wrong side of the bed that you’d think the b...
The other day I realized that, come July, I will have been blogging for 5 years. FIVE YEARS. You guys, that’s the age of a kindergarten child. Can you believe that? MY BLOG IS ABOUT TO HAVE ITS FIRST...
When I first tried to explain Paper’d to my mother, a woman who doesn’t have an iPhone and doesn’t even know that iTunes exists in the first place, I was like, “I don’t know how to be more clear than...
Two years ago, Jamie and I set out to create an iPhone wallpaper app for people with great taste. People who are clever, funny, outspoken, and creative. People who thrive on expressing who they are a...
It’s been a little over a month now since I decided to give up sugar and started working to build a sugar-free life. I know I made the right choice (in a lot of ways, I actually think I made the only...
I’d like to tell you that I don’t make big decisions based entirely around pulled pork sandwiches, but this morning I ran the Austin Half Marathon for the sole purpose of going from the finish line t...
I’ve always been fascinated with the fine line between “just enough” and “woah, too much.” It’s one of the main reasons I used to drink so often, actually. Alcohol is one of the easiest ways to push ...
Sometimes, you just have to give in to temptation. You have to look your better judgement in the eye and say, “Catch ya later, man, I’m headed in the other direction on this one.” And sometimes, when...
One of the biggest challenges with blogging and social media is that once you create a public identity, it’s that much more difficult to make personal changes.Take drinking, for example. Anyone who’s...
Now that I’m home from Alt Design Summit, I can safely say two things. One, if you ever have a chance to cheat on your bathtub with the deep & gorgeous bathtubs at The Grand America Hotel, TAKE I...
It was March of 2009 and I had been blogging for about a year and a half. I was completely blown away by my fun and supportive new community, but our online connection wasn’t enough, and I wanted mor...
The week before Christmas, I did a three-day juice cleanse. At the end of this post, you can enter to win your very own three-day juice cleanse. Happy New Year, digestive systems of the NicoleisBette...
This past weekend, James Bond and I celebrated our two year anniversary by driving down to San Diego, getting up at 5:45am, and running a 15K race. Well, actually, our real anniversary is on Tuesday ...
Sometimes, when a bad thing happens, it’s actually the best thing that can happen because it keeps shit in perspective. Now, I’m not talking about catastrophic tragedy-esque things (although I’m sure...
If the thought of having an uber detailed plan of goals and action steps for the year ahead makes you twitchy with over-structure, you should just quietly back away from this post. No, seriously, off...
Let’s clear up a few things before we get started, shall we? First of all, no, I’m not actually suggesting that Jesus is edible. But I mean, I didn’t create communion so this really seems like someon...
I was originally supposed to be writing this post from a beach in Costa Rica. Instead, I’m writing it from my living room couch. But wait, let’s start at the beginning. Depression is a funny thing. I...
If you’re traveling to Paris anytime soon and are hoping to eat some delicious French pastries, I’m sorry, but you can’t. BECAUSE I MOTHER EFFING ATE THEM ALL. Same goes for the butter. And the fresh...
The best thing about working from home is the part where you get to, you know, work from home. The worst thing about working from home is the part where all of the sudden you realize that spending so...
First thing’s first: I RAN THIRTEEN POINT ONE MILES YESTERDAY AND AM STILL ALIVE AND IN POSSESSION OF BOTH OF MY LEGS. Unfortunately, I’m also in possession of a blister on my big toe that makes it l...
If you think something enough, and if you say something enough, it’s going to wind up coming true. I’m not talking about winning the lottery or getting free food from In-N-Out for the rest of your li...
Are you ready for lots of yelling? I mean, it’s the good kind of yelling that’s filled with glitter and sunshine and eleventy thousand chocolate ponies, but still, YELLING. DON’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YO...
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