The lovely Yvonne posted this earlier. And she invited the rest of us to join in. Well since I love talking about BlogHer I’ve decided to follow suit.

Here they are in no particular order.

1. Meeting Isabel. I love joking with her that she had me at hola. This woman is amazing and incredible and generous and well… I just can’t say enough good things about her. Sometimes the good Lord just puts people in your life that you need. She is one of them.

2. Seeing Ree aka The Pioneer Woman. I may have accosted her and forced her to pose for this photo. And she totally lives in her in Oklahoma. And I’ll get to see her again on my birthday this year when I go and buy her cookbook and have her sign it. (Hey, Ree… as a birthday present you should totally invite me and my sister out to your ranch. Let me cook for you while she gives you a pedicure)

3. Swag. The swag is off the hook at these places. Just look at this loot.

Those AOL bags they gave out in Chicago? Best bags ever. They are sturdy. They hold my laptop and my school books. They also cart around my scrap booking supplies. Seriously, if I had gotten no other swag but those bags I would have been totally content.

4. Incognito glasses. For those who read Isabel’s site, you know how she loves to black out the eyes of just about everyone in her photos. Well I thought it would be funny to make some glasses that would do it for her. I’ve since seen them in the store for like $20. Dude, I made like 10 pairs for $10.

5. Meeting Rhiannon. Oh if ever I was separated at birth from someone, it was her. She took the good looks with her of course, but the sense of humor was split straight down the middle. She’s snarky and sassy and every bit as awesome as I am. She makes the best damn roommate too.

6. Brian Papa. He is living proof that you can just meet someone random at BlogHer and hit it off. We were practically inseparable from the moment we shook hands. It’s a damn shame he won’t be there again this year. He was a mighty fine drinking buddy.

7. Crazy awesome amazing friends. I love love love this photo of the four of us. Sizzle and Kerri are the perfect addition to the crazy awesomeness that is Rhi and I. I get all giddy just thinking about us hanging out again and boozing it up.

8. When Loralee walked face first into the revolving door of the Westin hotel last year. I’m ashamed to admit this, but seeing people fall down and/or injure themselves is just comedy gold to me people. Thankfully she wasn’t hurt. And we went on to have a lovely brunch. (Sorry I don’t have an actual photo of her walking into the door. You’ll have to trust me that it was funny.)

9. Spending the day enjoying San Francisco. Rhi and I stayed an extra day last year to enjoy the wonderful city. My legs would regret this two days later when I could barely move. It was worth it though. Such a gorgeous city. And to go from 100 degrees in Tulsa to 60. It made my heart sing.

10. Overall, the best damn thing about BlogHer each year is that you finally get to meet and/or hang out with the people you spend all day emailing, chatting, and twittering with. These people become such a huge part of our daily lives. Those non bloggers just don’t get it. These are my friends. My confidants. My support system. My joys. And I wouldn’t trade them for anything.

Hugs and kisses! I’ll see you guys soon.

****SPOILER ALERT. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BACHELORETTE LAST NIGHT STOP READING NOW****

I was so shocked and upset at some of the choices she made last night, I seriously contemplated cancelling cable. Because when one starts to care that much about a show like this? It might be time to walk away. And maybe take up knitting.

Well the Downtown Living tour was just as I expected… AWESOME. My husband and I have very different ideas of what would be cool living though.

I fell in love with the apartments in the Mayo hotel.

He fell in love with the place inside the Wright Building. This guy has been living there for 7 years. He’s the only person who lives in the building.

We both fell in love with this place.

Just look at that rooftop view! This place was awesome. The $850k price tag was not.

Of course that buys you this whole building, which includes retail space below. But still. EXPENSIVE.

At the end of the day, we agreed that we all had a good time. I’m still in love with the Mayo hotel apartments, but at $1.50/sq foot we are not in love with what it would cost us in rent each month. Twice the price & half the space of what we have now. (however, should my husband suddenly be hit by a bus or something I know exactly what I’m doing with the life insurance check)

Tomorrow I’m going on a tour. This tour to be exact. It’s the Third Annual Downtown Living tour. Me, my husband, and my sister will be checking out all of the amazingly cool places to live in downtown Tulsa. Here’s a great article about it in Urban Tulsa Weekly.

Places that have Loft and Hotel in the title. Places that look like this on the inside.

(image courtesy of Urban Tulsa Weekly)

Places that my heart will long to be. Places where I will be able to see myself living a long and happy life. Places where I will learn how to use things like public transporatation. Places where I will, no doubt, have to ignore a hobo or two. Places that will be within walking distance of my favorite restaurants.

So basically what this means is that I’m going to look at awesome places to live that I probably can’t afford. Only I will forget that little detail. And instead I will pester my husband non stop to figure out how we can sell our  house and dogs and move there.

Pray for me ya’ll, I’m about to test the strength of our marriage.

My wardrobe for BlogHer has been purchased. Although it also doubles as my summer wardrobe because holy joe it is freaking hot here in Tulsa.

Do you see what I have to live with? All I can say is THANK GOD I work somewhere with A/C and that my car also has it.

Of course I’m really wishing I had a remote starter for my car so that it would be nice and cool when I get in it.

So to try and keep me somewhat cool, I went on a search for summer dresses. And I seem to have hit the mother load. The first dress I purchased from Old Navy. It’s a lovely shade of purple and I’ve worn it twice already.

$24.99
See how it hits her at the bottom of her knees? Yeah it comes nearly to my ankles. Being short, it ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. I’m seriously considering altering the length. Although I have no clue how to go about doing that. My sewing machine? It hates me.

So then I went to browsing on Target’s website and found this little gem.

$19.99

It’s always a gamble ordering clothes online, but this one totally paid off. I have yet to see this one in the stores, but it could just be that they all got bought up already. This dress is wonderful. It’s thin and light and it has pockets people. POCKETS! Of course I have ugly flabby arms so I have to wear some type of cardigan over it so that I don’t scare the children. And while the cardigan is great inside where there is a/c, it’s not that great when you’re out in the heat. So I just try to not be out in the heat as much as I can. It’s very hard to find plus sized 1/2-3/4 sleeve length lightweight cardigans. As in, practically impossible. I’m making do though.

Anyways, I loved the dress so much that I went back to their site to order another one. In the same color. Because I know how I am with clothes and I would probably tear or spill bleach on this one within the month. And that would be tragic.

So then I see that they offer it in yellow! And brown! Oh and here’s another dress that looks to be as lovely and comfy. So yeah…. I just bought 4 more dresses on their site today.

$19.99

$19.99

So it looks like I’ll be stuffing 6 dresses and 5 cardigans in a suitcase and calling it good. (not including pj’s and appropriate underwears)

I’m not even going to worry about shoes. I’m bringing one pair of flip flops, one pair of sandals, and one pair of white keds. I already own them all and I don’t care if they are too casual. I’ve done spent $125 in dresses and I think that’s enough money spent. (take that you J. Crew loving women who can only maybe get one dress for that price) (just kidding you know I love you girls)

So there. Now you have all seen what I’ll be wearing next month in the hot Chicago heat. I apologize to anyone who was hoping to be surprised.