Wakanda Forever!

Over the weekend, I finally got a chance to watch Black Panther with Sean. Wow, wow, WOW!
The visuals were impeccable and the movie was done exceptionally well.

Growing up, it was not often that I saw black women represented by society in such empowering roles; which is why I'm a strong supporter of the representation matters movement. Usually movies portrayed black women as the angry black woman. God forbid, that a black woman be strong and have an opinion without being called angry. This was not the case with Black Panther as every woman in this movie was strong, intelligent and not afraid to share her valuable opinion. I left the theatre feeling empowered and so proud.

If you haven’t seen it, run to your nearest theatre! As for me, I intend to watch it again and again.
Take all my money, Black Panther, take all my money.

Sean is not into Marvel movies at all but he said that he wanted to watch history be made. And history was made because this is the first movie in eleven years that Sean did not fall asleep to while watching. That’s a huge deal! I mean, have I ever shared that our first date was to a movie and Sean slept through it? It’s a bit of a surprise that I agreed to a second date with him, haha.

Anyway, all of that to say, Wakanda Forever! ♥

I'm all about the movies right now ...

I have been going to the movies a lot lately. Although, the price of a movie ticket gets to me each time, it is a lot cheaper than going for dinner and drinks for date night. If you bring your own nachos, even cheaper. And yes, I bring my own nachos. I smuggle them in from Taco Bell.

Here are my reviews:

The Three Stooges - C- {I just didn't find it funny or interesting. But if you have seen episodes of the show and you enjoy them then you might enjoy the movie. But I didn't and felt like I wasted $11.00}


The 5 Year Engagement - A+ {So funny! So, so funny and sweet at the same time. Go see it! That is an order!}


The Avengers - B- {This might be an unfair grade as I have not seen the movies of each superhero but we just weren't into it. I even fell asleep for a few minutes. That's a first! I will say that many that did see it, gave it great grades, so if this is a movie that you normally enjoy, go see it!}


The Lucky One - A- {My sister and I both loved it! It was a sweet movie. I'm not going to lie I wanted to see Zac Efron break out in song and dance, hehe. But at least now I feel OK saying that he is hot because I won't get arrested or anything. Go see it!}


And that concludes my movie reviews for today.

{All pictures courtesy of Google Images}

...My Weekend...

On Friday,

we started the weekend right with shopping for new running shoes. We ended up with the same sneakers, just different colors. We tend to do this often.


Then I got rear-ended. Not fun. But no one was hurt and our car is fine too. Just a little touch-up is needed. All I was thinking was, I hope I make it in time to the theatre to get good seats for Hunger Games. We did.

Since I am trying color on my lips, I tried this red and really liked it. I bought another color and boy was it ever horrible. She said she was red {and by she, I mean the label} but looked orange on me, not a good look at.all. I should have taken pictures that way you could laugh.

{What do you think?}

I wore the dress I bought online at Forever 21 a few weeks ago. It is a perfect Summer dress. Very light. But I must tell you that it is a bit see-through so I wore booty shorts underneath and it was fine.

But do know that when the wind blows so does the dress. You either can look like Marilyn Monroe or just a tacky woman who is showing her underwear to everyone. I am still going to be wearing this dress all summer. Sean has been telling me lately that I have been shopping for clothes that resemble a grandmother's wardrobe. He is the King of exaggeration. But he thought I looked hot so I'll wear this dress until it gives up.


The rest of my weekend has been spent making dinners, baking brownie cookies that were delish, doing laundry and dishes and playing with the furbabies. The weather is now deciding that it wants to be March so no playing in the sun today. I should probably clean the kitchen but I've gotten myself into enjoying Burn Notice and now it just doesn't seem that important. There's always tomorrow.

Oh and you are probably wondering what I thought about Hunger Games. I loved it! I am a tough critic and I loved it. Yes, there were a few things different from the book and some characters eliminated but I expected that. I mean, how can you not expect that when the movie is trying to get it all in with just two hours? Sean did not read the books {and tells me he won't} but he enjoyed it too.

That Katniss {what is her name in real life? yeah, I could google but I want to do this quickly since Burn Notice is waiting} is one hell of an actress. LOVE her! And to be honest, I think all of the characters were casted perfectly. And I cried during the Rue part. Sean laughed and no one shushed him.

They should have. He was such a jerk to laugh. I am sure it was at me and not about what was happening on the screen, but still.

Now I am just impatiently waiting for the 2nd one. Please hurry up!

Hope you all had lovely weekends.

XOXOXO

I'm So Excited Right Now!

It's for a very strange reason too.

Well, I'm watching "Newsies" on Showtime. It is one of my absolute, most favorite movies. I watched it so much when I was younger, that I literally wore the video out.

Wanna know a secret? I wanted to be a boy when I watched this movie because I wanted to be in it sooooo badly, haha.

Strange gal I was!

But I kid you not, I have the biggest smile on my face and I even remember some of the dance moves. I may or may not be doing the dances and singing the songs in my living room.

{The Tourist Review}

I took the hubs out to a movie a few weekends ago. Surprisingly, he chose to watch "The Tourist".

I really liked it.

A lot, a lot.

I will own it. I might even spend more than $5 on it. That's huge.

You can say whatever you want about Angelina Jolie but she was smoking in this movie.

In a classy, regal sort of way.

And of course Johnny Depp was Johnny Depp. After 21 Jump Street, I am a faithful fanatic.

The critics weren't kind. They aren't kind to many movies I like so I say screw 'em! It was good {to me}!

"My Sister's Keeper & Hoarders"

You will soon learn that I enjoying watching movies and reality television; if you didn't already know. Everytime I watch a good movie or show, I have to share. It is just more fun to have a friend to discuss a movie or reality show with.

Last night, I watched "My Sister's Keeper". It was really, really, really good. I was super impressed with Cameron Diaz too! I don't even think I need to share that I bawled my eyes out but I will. I BAWLED MY EYES OUT. Sean decided not to watch this with me and I am glad that I didn't make him watch it with me. It just isn't fun to have someone watch you sob with an amused grin.

After the movie, Sean decided that it was his turn to dominate the television. He chose "Horders". I've never wanted to puke as much as I did last night. Soooo gross. I am aware that these individuals have mental issues but I just can't understand. How in the world do you allow things to get that bad in your home? How? I will never watch the show again but I couldn't turn away from the episodes I watched last night. It was some strange force that kept me glued to the couch, because if I had any control I really wouldn't have continued to watch.

Sean has this thing with throwing everything away. Even if it hasn't expired, I sometimes see it in the garbage. I've yelled explained to him that he must check the expiration date before he throws anything away. He would say, "We aren't going to use it anyway". And I will say, "Check the damn expiration date". I have now come to the conclusion that he was on to something. Now, I will gladly watch him throw things away with a smile on my face because I now feel that normal people throw things away.

**This post is not intended to offend anyone and if it has, you probably have to throw a few things away**

"Unfaithful"

I saw this movie before I was married to Sean. Actually before I was even dating Sean. I think at the time I actually thought it was a pretty good movie.

Tonight, it was on Cinemax on Demand so I decided to watch it again, since there was nothing else that caught my attention.

I watched it for the first time as a married woman in love with her husband and the movie made me so sick. Literally. My belly was all tied in knots and I felt nauseated and as though I wanted to vomit at any given moment. It is horrible what lies and an affair can do to your marriage and your family.

I hate this movie. Absolutely hate it.

I'm in tears ...

Yeah, yeah, we all know that it doesn't take much for me to cry but I am 95% positive that you would be in tears too! I cried about every 15 minutes of the movie. I'm serious. Ask the hubby. He thinks it is ridiculous and had the nerve to laugh at me.



Goodness, I adore Sandra Bullock!

I am hoping that just by the pictures alone you know what the movie is but if not ... it's The Blind Side! Absolutely amazing and the best part is that it is a true story! Go order it! I promise you will cry and love every moment!

.Weekend Recap.

Once a month the hubs and I try to have no plans for the weekend. It doesn't happen too often but when it does I am stoked.

On Saturday, the hubs and I went shopping. I was so excited to buy him a new pair of sneakers. I felt super rich with my new and bigger paycheck. He was excited to have a suga-mama. I was excited to buy two new pair of shoes, hehe.

Whenever we have a no plan weekend the hubs and I like to buy movies. We either go to Target or Walmart and check out the $5 movies and pick something that we want to add to our movie collection and want to own. We never saw Shawshank Redeption so we decided to purchase it. The BEST $5 I have ever spent. WHAT A GREAT MOVIE!!! After seeing how amazing it was I was surprised that I never watched it before, shame on me. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend this movie.

On Sunday, we went to church, then the pool, ate Chinese food at the lake and then went home and watched the Breakfast Club. Obviously, my choice but I believe you can't go wrong with an 80s movie.

It was a nice relaxing weekend. My favorite.

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that's the hubs ready to dive into the pool. it was hot on Sunday!


some divers showing up the hubs. i still think he is the best! but i admit, they were a little bit impressive.




that's my baby! ;)


our view as we ate some yummy Chinese food



Hope you all had lovely weekends.

She's Out Of My League

I pride myself in having somewhat decent taste in movies. I do not like gory movies because I hate to see anyone die a gruesome death. I do not enjoy scary movies because I do not like the way my heart beats and the fact that I have to watch the movie behind my fingers. It's a waste of money, I tell you.

I enjoy thrillers/action packed movies. Those keep me on my toes. I like to be kept on my toes.

I enjoy chick movies because, well, I'm a chick. I am sure that explains it all.

I love comedies because I enjoy a good laugh. I am that annoying person that when I find something funny I can laugh for hours. It could have been a scene that happened two hours ago. It pops in my head and I am dying with laughter all over again.

I really, really like romantic comedies. I am a huge sap & also a crier. I always thought I would make an amazing actress because a sad thought makes me cry. Trust me, I am not proud of this. I've been made fun of, plenty of times.

So on Saturday evening when the hubby and I decided to go to the Redbox to get a movie, I was super excited by what movie I would get to watch, that I missed in the theatre.

Sean & I didn't exactly find any movie that we could both agree on so when we saw "She's Out of My League" we hesitantly put it in our cart. I remember thinking, Hollywood is running out of good ideas. But the worst that could happen was that we would be out $1.00. No big deal.

Imagine my surprise when I couldn't stop laughing. I had that annoying moment I mentioned above. I don't think hubby thought it was that funny, hehe. I thought it was hilarious. I don't know if it was because I had a great day on Saturday or something. Maybe my taste in movies is no longer decent & maybe a bit questionable but I think I will get it when it comes out on DVD.

Don't judge me.

1 More Day!

I cannot wait! On Friday, some girlfriends and I are going to see it. We already purchased our tickets because I didn't want to be the person who walks from the ticket counter in uncontrollable tears because the seats are all sold out. I am even thinking of getting all dolled up with some 5 inch stilettos to make it legit.

Are you as excited as I am?!