Summer, Summer, Summertime

I had a short two week vacation before coming back to school & work again for a month. =( lol I was supposed to have a REAL Summer this year, but things came up and I decided to take a class over the Summer last minute so I'm back in the desert again! I spent a week in Guam and a week in Hawaii and let me just say that I love being an island girl.

I'm not much of a swimmer, but me & the hubby took our babies to the beach! The little fat one is Paka and the big white one is Batu! It's so funny because Batu LOVES the beach but Paka, not so much (as you can tell!). Paka's my first baby, I think you can see him in some of my older posts. And yes, I'm one of those weirdos who call my dogs my babies! They really act like it!

view from our hotel room

The hubby and I stayed at the Outrigger on Guam for a night since he won a night for free at his Christmas party last year and it was kinda fun staying at a nice hotel. It was way nicer than I was expecting and the view was so pretty. I really wish that I could've stayed the whole Summer but it's just more beneficial for both of us if I came back.

no make up!

I'll be going back again to both islands in a month and I seriously can't wait! All this time apart has only made me anxious and made me realize how much I dislike it here! I have fun and most of the time I don't mind it, but you know what they say, "home is where the heart is." I've been meaning to post a lot more but I completely lost my camera charger so I had to wait until my new one came in the mail but I'm ready to start posting regularly again! Just thought I'd share a quick update while I had time! =)

Vegas Trip & Inglot Store

Between school and work and mostly school, I REALLY haven't had time to update my blog! But since I said I'd be more personal and my BFFs, Jer and Dez, said it was okay to post them on here I was just gonna share some pictures from my Vegas trip a couple weeks ago. My two best friends from Phoenix and I drove up to Vegas for a weekend to hang out with some of our other friends. We always have an epic weekend but I'm just sharing a little of it. ;]

driving up! painted my nails while in the back of my own car lol


I <3 LV!

I didn't drink that yard by myself! I shared with Dez! We would've finished it if it didn't melt by the end! It was sooo strong at the end we couldn't take it! There was a group of about 10 of us just hanging out so you know it was crazy! We hit up one of the malls (I forget which one) but imagine my surprise when I found an Inglot Store!!! I was in heaven! I originally wanted to buy a shadow, a lipstick, and a lipgloss but the saleswoman total sold me on getting a palette! Here's a few pictures from the Inglot Store.

foundations on one side & eyeshadows on the other


nail polish wall


make up bags and brushes


boo bad picture :(


picking colors for my palette


idk why I'm so in love with this color


picking colors


Jerika and I


my BFFs!


in the zone


picture on the wall in Inglot, looked kind of cool

The palette is so cool! I'll do a completely different post with swatches and everything but you basically pick 10 colors and stick it on the giant magnet and they get the colors for you and stick it in the palette for you or you can ask to do it yourself! I tried to check the Inglot website to see if I could order online but you can't. =( The sales lady told me they're trying to expand and make a store in Phoenix, but who knows when that'll be!

Desza's eye make up

One last thing, I don't really advertise my blog on facebook or to my friends but a few of my friends read my blog once in a while and when we went out one night she insisted that I take a picture of her make up and post it on my blog! She bought a palette from Inglot, too, and she's using it! Not sure which colors exactly, but I'm so amazed at how pigmented they are and for so cheap! (each pan was only $5). I'll try to post swatches of my palette tomorrow! =) BTW I'm so annoyed that uploading from blogger makes my pictures smaller! Does anyone know how to fix that?

Hafa Adai & Merry Christmas from Guam!

I've been in Guam for about a week now and so far I'm liking it. It's suuuuper hot and humid here, the weather kind of reminds me of Philippine's weather but I would rather be in this humidity than in the cold! I'm a total island girl, I'd trade the dry, cold for humid sunshine any day!

at Chamorro Village with a coconut crab

I've been a lot busier than I thought I would be - I thought I'd have sooo much time to post and do videos since Brian and his family are working, but they've been taking me around the whole past week. The picture of us is at Chamorro Village which, on Wednesdays, a bunch of vendors set up tables and they sell food, random stuff, and there's even a stage where performers are dancing and whatnot. The coconut crab was huuuge! I've never seen a crab so big. They even had this giant lizard thing idk what it was but I wasn't going near it! lol Guam is pretty small, but I like it. When you're driving on the main road you can almost always see the ocean! :) I'll post more pictures later, I just hate waiting for them to upload! lol

after midnight mass on Christmas

We went to midnight mass on Christmas, and the church was packed! We got there more than 30 minutes earlier and we had to stand the whole mass! I really liked it though because when we went to midnight mass in Arizona last year, barely anyone was there! It makes me really sad, because as they say "Jesus is the reason for the season." But I guess there just aren't as many Catholics in AZ as there is in Guam. I was kind of sad for a little because it made me nostalgic and miss my family in Hawaii because we always go to midnight mass and before mass starts they play like every Christmas carol and some of them even have lines in Hawaiian, Tagalog, Vietnamese, everything! lol But it was nice because they sang a few carols in Tagalog and Chamorro so it was kind of cool.

Tiffany's!

Brian TOTALLY spoiled me this Christmas! After mass he really wanted to open a gift so he let me open one and it was a Tiffany's heart toggle bracelet! :) I was cheesin like crazy I couldn't stop looking at it! I know a lot of people say Tiffany's is overrated but I can't help it, I love it! I've been wanting this forever - specifically the toggle, not the clip =P - and I thought it was my only gift so I was super happy. Then the next day when we opened secret santa gifts with our whole family, he handed me ANOTHER box, mind you they were sealed tight! I think he got his sister's BF to wrap my gifts [Brian is helllaa lazy] so he put both the tiffany's in a crapload of tissue paper in a shoe box taped on every opening so I dug like crazy to find it. In the second box was the matching necklace! I just remember seeing the blue boxes and thinking ^______^ Then after everyone opened everything he handed me the biggest box under the tree. I'm thinking 'OMG another one?!' It was a giant box under more tissue paper was a brown Louis Vuitton box! I swear I was going to tear up because Brian has never spoiled me so much before I just felt so loved! :) But in the box was a Neverfull! I can't believe he spent so much on me this Christmas but I'm really thankful. Guess I've been a really good girl! :)

my presents!

Overall it was a great Christmas with Brian's family and our first one on Guam. I LOOOOOOVE my presents I want to wear them ALL the time. I swear I wanted to sleep with my Tiffany's on. lol Hope you guys had a great Christmas! I'll try to post more this week :)

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

Better late than never! Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! I spend the weekend in Hawaii with my family and friends. I thought I took at least one family picture but I didn't! =( I guess I was too caught up being around family I forgot! But here's a pic of the view from the airplane - I never get tired of seeing Hawai'i like this:

arriving! there was a rainbow :)


leaving :( view of waikiki

It really depends on which side you sit on to get a good view. I recommend sitting on the right side [if you're coming from the mainland] when you're arriving and the left when you're leaving - otherwise you're just looking at ocean! I love going home and I'm really thankful that I can go home for the holidays. Normally, Brian and I don't go home every holiday but since we're apart my mom wanted my sister and I to come out, especially since I'll be going to Guam for Christmas. I LOVE island weather! I don't care for four seasons at all, I hate the cold! I will take humid island breeze all year long, thank you. =P

My trip was really short! And I got sick when I was there. =( I ended up wasting a Saturday night just because my body was so tired from being sick, but I did get some good QT with my mom and dad. Ever since I left home, I appreciate them so much more and they're so funny to be around. I managed to go to the beach once in Lanikai after I had brunch with some friends, call me biased but I have yet to see a beach that even compares to one of Hawai'i's! [Maybe Tahiti judging by pictures but I haven't been there yet!]

Lanikai's

I always get my hair and eyebrows done when I go home! I'm always skeptical to have someone else do my hair and I won't let anyone besides my regular eyebrow waxer touch my brows because the ones I've tried out here always make my brows super thin! I prefer a fuller brow and my waxer knows just how I like it. Plus she always trims and shapes my brows [they're suuper long and thick] whereas anyone I've tried out her just waxes it and I never like the way it comes out.

BEFORE: yucky brows & faded red/brown hair
(lol @ my sister in the back)


AFTER: clean brows! & dark brown hair

My friend does my hair EVERYtime I go home - I like to trim it often because I have a tendency to get split ends a lot. My head always feels lighter and healthier when I do trim it. I really need to stop dyeing my hair though! It was reddish brown and now it's dark mocha brown! My friend warned me against going back to black because she said if I wanted to change my hair color lighter again t wouldn't look as nice. I think after this dye I MIGHT dye it one more time if it ends up getting lighter from the sun and go super dark, dark brown and just let my natural hair grow out, but we'll see how it goes.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, I'll be back to the beauty posts soon! Don't forget to enter my giveaway!!

OOTD & Usher 'OMG' Concert

plaid button down shirt dress - Rue 21
spaghetti strap - Forever 21
black tights - Target
boots - Shoe Dazzle
necklace - Target
purse - Forever 21

I went to the Usher & Trey Songz concert for my friend's birthday and this is the outfit that I wore. I forgot where I got the belt from, I think it came with a shirt I bought before. I was thinking I might be a little overdressed but boy, was I wrong! There were a lot of girls wearing hella short dresses and heels! I'm sure they went out after. I recently got those tights from Target for only $5 and I'm so in love! They're so smooth and comfortable. They're pretty opaque too, I think I'm definitely going to go back for more colors. And LOL sorry about my messy bed I took this when I got home at like 4 AM!

I wasn't going to go to the concert but since it was my friend's birthday, I thought I might as well go. The ticket prices weren't that bad [ours were around $80?] and we had really good seats! If you use ticketmaster to get your tickets, I recommend calling to get better seats! They randomly give you a seat online, but if you call their customer service, you can move! Some guy named Miguel I guess was the first act but we completely missed him (I don't even know who that is?) Then Trey Songz came on after! I didn't realize how many sexin' songs he had. LOL He talked a lot, though and I wish he sang more because his voice is amaaazing. And boyyy he kept taking off his shirt and talking about bringing some girl back to his hotel. oh em geee... lol!

Usher was DEFINITELY worth it! He sang for a good 2 hours and the performance was really entertaining. I didn't realize until I was there how many great songs he's had - he's been around for 15+ Years! He sang everything from "You Remind Me" to "O.M.G."! He did a 5 min medley towards the end and it was amazing! I'm really happy I went! The only thing that sucks was having to drive back after the concert but it was so worth it!

Military Wife

This post is going to be cheesy and totally non-makeup/beauty related but it's just something I wanted to share with you guys since I never really get too personal. If you've been following my blog or twitter for a while you probably already know that I am a military wife. It's so weird to put down in writing considering I'm only 21 years old, but I have been married for 3 years and I don't regret a thing. We didn't get married because I got pregnant or any other situation where people rush to get married (not that there's anything wrong with that!) but simply because we were in love. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing and some people called us crazy, but we've had 3 happy years together and I wouldn't change a thing.


our little family <3 

The reason I mention that I'm a military wife is because only other "fellow military wifeys" know what it is to be one. We don't have kids, but I really look up to the ones that do. It takes an extremely strong woman to support her family and raise her children while her husband is out serving his country. I grew up with a lot of friends whose parents were in the military and I never really understood it but I always thought to myself that I would never want to be married to a military man. But you know what they say: never say never! I can't even begin to describe all the emotions that come with being married to one. My husband isn't just married to me, he's married to the military too and he has to put her first. I couldn't grasp that concept at first, but slowly but surely I've learned to. I don't know how it is for you other wifeys out there but some emotions never change for me. One is the feeling that I get when we're reunited after a few months - it's like butterflies & I swear I fall in love all over again. The other (and the worst) is the feeling I get every time he has to leave. This is what I mean when I say only other wives can understand. I hate it. I hate being separated from him. But I do it because I have to. I've learned to suck it up (a little) and accept that as long as I want to be with him and he's in the military, this is my life. Don't get me wrong, I love that he has job security, we have opportunities to travel, not to mention serving the country is so much more of a bigger thing than I am, but it's not an easy life. As much as I hate it, though, I wouldn't trade it for anything because that first feeling I mentioned is worth it all.

Anyway, I'm just rambling on and on but the reason I mention it is because the hubby was deployed for most of this year and in the past 10 months, I've only seen him for 2. He recently left for his next duty station and I decided to stay back because of school so I won't be seeing him until Christmas break. It was definitely a tough decision for me to make, but we both decided that it was best for our futures and just like the last 10 months flew by, I'm sure the time I have left in school will fly by too (at least I'm hoping!) But I just wanted to share some pictures from our little adventures we had the month that he did come back (Sept - Oct) since I went MIA from blogger then! We were seriously gone ALMOST every weekend! San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix - we were all over the place! lol It was so much fun but so exhausting at the same time.

**WARNING: this is picture heavy!


dinner with some friends


driving to San Diego


PIFA (Pacific Islander Festival) in San Diego, CA


ready to hit up Las Vegas


on the LV strip (he is so silly)


our first NFL game: Cardinals vs Saints


more silliness @ the Jack Johnson concert

Hope you guys enjoyed the post! Idk if you guys enjoy reading these personal ones along with the beauty related ones I'd love to hear some feedback =)

Where Have I Been?

I've really been itching to put out a good post but I got nothing! I have a couple things I've been wanting to post but I haven't taken pictures of them. I'll get on it one of these days. =P I've been on my no buy for more than a month now!! And I've been doing really good! It's going to end soon though because of MAC's Venomous Villains collection!



Seriously my wishlist is pretty long! =( I doubt I'll get everything but I'm going to be traveling for the next 3 weekends until Brian leaves and I really wanna hit up the CCO! This weekend we're going to San Diego for PIFA [Pacific Islander Festival Association], Vegas next week, & LA the week after! Then he's leaving me again =( I really wish I didn't have to be in school right now because I'd rather be hanging out than studying! But I'm just glad that I get some time with him. I swear I feel like time is going by so fast! Here's a pic of me & Brian this past weekend after we had dinner with some friends =]



I was thinking of getting my whole back tatted up what do you guys think? I know exactly what I want and I've been wanting it for a while and it really means something to me, but I'm so chicken shit! I only have a kanji on the back of my neck which barely hurt me at all but I know this one's gonna be killer! I'm scared I'm going to regret it but I thought the same thing about my kanji and I love it! I only have a week to decide since Brian's getting tatted in Vegas and he asked me if I wanted to do mine too! I'm so nervoussss! lol Ok well I really need to study for a lil I swear I'll get at least one good beauty post up before I leave for the weekend!

Wuzz's Love Pack

This is hella late, but I seriously haven't opened the little love pack Tracie aka Wuzz gave me when we had lunch in HI!!!! Mainly because I was TOO busy I only opened it when I unpacked everything from my IMATS haul and I wanted to take pics of it before I even used it! LOL Is that weird of me? But here's the little love pack!

She always gives me soo much stuff when I see her! I wanna give her more but then she always talks about getting rid of a lot of her make up so I feel bad giving her more stuff!!! LOL Don't worry Tracie, one of these days I'll figure out something you'll want to keep! haha


the goodies!!

When I opened it I was like OMG! I need all this stuff!! lol She gave me foot scrub and foot lotion and my heels are hella DRY! lmao I think it's because I wear slippers all the time! And I can't afford to get pedicures on the regular so I'm hoping these will help me out. =] ( I haven't used anything yet! ) She gave me a little candy shaped lip gloss, I remember she gave me one like it the last time but my mom totally stole it from me haha!! A Hello Kitty lip balm (so cute!) and chocolate chap stick thingy. I love love love lippies because my lips are ALWAYS dry idk what's wrong with it even if I use scrubs, vaseline, I always need somethin on my lips or it starts peeling. =( So yay for lippies! There's 2 little lip samples too and I think in the little pink pouch is an eyeshadow sample? Omg idk I haven't used any of it yet, I haven't even touched the stuff I hauled from IMATS except to do a video! LOL

But thank's again Tracie! She's always so generous! I can't wait til we meet up again! =]

In other news, I finished my first summer school class today!! Wooot! I took Chem in 5 weeks that shit was CRAZY but I managed to get a B! Hopefully he curves it so I get an A I swear condensed classes are insane but I'm glad I stuck through it. I start another class next Monday =[ Yeah I'm ALWAYS busy with school I always feel like I'm never gonna graduate! But I know I just gotta get through it. Anyway I completely FORGOT about my 2 year Blog-a-versary!! I did this last year too idk I'm just bad at this! But I'll be announcing a giveaway maybe contest? next entry. What do you guys think? I already have a few prizes in mind but I'm not sure yet! But check back tomorrow!!

No Place Like Home

So I've been on vacation for a week now and I've done something like EVERYDAY! I'm beginning to feel burnt out like I just wanna lie around and not do anything. Maybe even at the beach. LOL. But one of the things I did was have lunch with Tracie aka Wuzz! This is the second time we got to hang out and like she said, it really does feel like meeting up with an old friend! We ate lunch at CPK and caught up with each other. Stopped by MAC so she could get her B2Ms and I could check out the "To the Beach" collection. (I'll post my haul in the next post). Checked out Sephora, too. I asked for a sample of the MUFE HD foundation and OMG they are so stingy I swear it was like half a pump in my little sample thing! I was pumping like 5 more in there when the lady comes behind me. lolol!! Tracie was like "did she say anything?" me: no her: oh well then! LOL!!! We even got to check out the Sanrio Cafe! But poor Tracie got jipped! She ordered a Hello Kitty Sundae which was supposed to look like this :

But instead she got NO whip cream OR a hello kitty waffle! WTF! They were lucky she's nice because I know I would have brought it back! LOL. Here's the pic of me and her:


She makes me look HELLA dark! lol! But I love hanging out with her she's just so chill and down to earth! I hope I'll get to see her every time I come out. =]

But so far I've been having a lot of fun! I wish I had more time here. =[ I'm leavin Sunday afternoon and I feel like there's so much that I haven't done yet! There seriously is no place like home. Especially when home is Hawaii! But here's some pics that I took from my iphone. If you have me on facebook you've already seen these pictures.


me sitting on a bench over the water.


walking around China Walls


"logs" lol my friends made me jump off this thing! I can't even swim!

I love that there's places that mainly locals know about because there's never any tourists there and it just feels so much like home. Idk I just can't describe it. <3

Back in Full Force!

I'm baaaack! Hopefully for good this time! ;] I never realized how much I missed make up blogging until recently! A few things have changed - I'm no longer a blondie! My friend did my hair again when I went back to Hawaii for Thanksgiving so instead of the blonde peek-a-boo highlights, she died my head a dark brown and did red peek-a-boos. I love it! I think I match way better with darker hair and I've always wanted to be a brunette. Maybe next time I'll go lighter brown? Other than that I have just been super busy with school but this semester I'm slowing down a little so I think I'll be able to update once a week! Anyway, I am a total MAC girl through and through - though I do appreciate the other brands out there and I'm always willing to try new things, I always come back to MAC! I really wish I had more friends who shared this 'passion' because I don't know who else better to understand why Painterly is a must have, Shu Uemura is the BEST eyelash curler out there, and the 217 brush is total HG status! This sounds totally lame but there is something about seeing other people's hauls and swatches that gets me so excited about make up! I was so busy last semester I barely had anytime to blog but trust that from time to time I was checking out everyone's blogs! Sooo for my official come back blog I just wanted to do a quick survey of what you guys want to see - a FOTD, recent haul post, or anything at all just let me know and that'll be my next blog.

personal updates

IDK if you guys care at all (lol) but I just wanted to blog about non-make up related things. It takes alot of work to post pictures & ish! But it's so much easier to just blooog! Anyway I haven't been blogging much cause the new job has got me working a lot - it's only my first week! It's my first week but I basically know what I'm doing because I use to work at Forever back home. The only difference is the store is huuuuge! But I love dressing up and having an excuse to wear my make up! lol I've got finals coming up too and ugh sooo much happening!

I have a semi-formal thing to go to this Sunday and my hair is driving me crazy! My bangs are NOT CUTE at all. I accidentally cut them too short a couple weeks ago when I was trying to trim it and it grew out a little but it's not where I want them to be. =[ I was thinking about getting a hair cut but I really don't know cause my hair is already short the hubby says I should get highlights but idk?! What do you guys think? I need to decide like NOW cause I'll need to go tomorrow or suuper early on Sunday. I have the hubby's Christmas party to go to next Friday too, so I need to look cute for that!

Ugh I feel so busy lately but I swear I will blog 10X more when finals are over and I'm out on Christmas break!

PS I wanted to show you my babbbyyyy! He's so funny I forgot why he was looking at me like this




"what the hell mom!"

5 + 5 About Me!

I'm on a blog roll today be happy because I might not come back for another 3 weeks. LOL j/k I love surveys and I stole this from Jes!

5 Random Facts About Me
FACT 1
When I eat bread and butter, I have to put the butter on TOP of the bread. I hate cutting open the bread and spreading it inside! It's so much better on top anyway lol

FACT 2
I have a bag fetish. I bought 2 giant tupperwares from Wal-Mart I think they'r elike 13 gallon tubs? I filled them both up with bags and I still more lying around.

FACT 3
I also have a shoe fetish. I think I own 50+ pairs of heels/shoes/flats/etc. The hubby always scolds me because I always end up wearing slippers! (i.e. flip flops sorry island people call them slippers lol)

FACT 4
I've been mistaken for all of the following: Thai, Vietnamese, Hawaiian, Samoan, Black, Native Indian, Indian, Hispanic, & Cambodian. But I'm full Filipino. LOL

FACT 5
Fried chicken is my absolute favorite food. I could it eat everyday, or every other day. I prefer chicken over beef or pork.

now 5 Filipino Facts about me

1. When was the last time you were back at your homeland?
It's been so long! I think it was Summer of 2000? or 2001?

2. Name 1 food dish from your culture you enjoy the most and why?
I love all Filipino food! But I would say my top 3 is chicken adobo, pork guisantes, & laoya (I think I spelled it wrong)

3. Name 1 house hold item that best resembles your culture.
I don't really have anything =( My mom has a giant apo jus (sp? lol) in our living room though haha!

4. Do you know how to speak in your language (besides English)? If so say something
I can hold a conversation with my mom but it's broken. It's like half Ilocano half English. haha! I can say anya ti nagan mo? what is your name and of course cuss words. HAHAH

5. Which part of your country are you from?
I was born in Hawaii but both my parents are form Northern Luzon

Personal Update & Random Rants

I still can't get over that I didn't know I had comments! LOL I was always bummed when I check my blog and I'm like nobody visited me! =[ Not that I'm a comment whore or anything but it's just nice to see at least one comment on your blog you know? I feel like suuuch a retard! But I've just been overwhelmed with school, I'm taking math for my Summer Session II, Differential Equations at that. I spent like half the day doing homework or sleeping! They've been working me like a racehorse at work making me pull doubles all the time or giving me crappy schedules! I work at a gym, and I don't really work during the week but they run me hard on the weekends! One weekend I closed Friday night at 11, open Saturday morning at 7, open Sunday morning at 7, AND close Sunday night at 9. I was dead tired. The people who work out there were asking me if I live there! How embarasing! But now that I know you guys actually read my blog I am totally inspired! =] I can't do all my updates tonight so I'll just spread it out I'm off tomorrow too AND I got paid today so I'm gonna hit up the MAC store to buy me some palettes. Plus I've been totally checking out the 189 brush that comes with the New View collection. I always view shopping as, if it's there it's meant to be. Especially when it's the last one in your size! Of course, that's coming from me who is a poor college student, yet uncontrollable shopaholic.

I started this blog as a Make Up Blog - I had no idea there were so many people in the online blogger community! =] Plus my husband is deployed and I needed something to kill time with. But, I do have random thoughts on my mind so excuse me while I just rant for a few paragraphs.

Just random things about me you probably don't care to know, I graduated high school in June 2006 and 10 months later I married my first love. I know it sounds cheesy and I've got a lot of criticism for doing it, but so far it's been the best experience of my life. He's deployed now and I miss him a lot, but being apart really makes me realize how much I love him. But it really is true, that you don't know what things are like until you experience it. After high school I heard a lot about old friends or just people I knew who got married and a lot of the reason seemed like because the guy joined the military. People can totally put me in that category, but I honestly thing some people made a big mistake. The people I know have been getting married like teenagers hook up. They think that it's some kind of fairy tale and you live happily ever after, but truth is, it hasn't begun until you actually do get married. It just disgusts me that I go on my MySpace and their totally flaunting "I got married on July 23 2008 at 9:00 PM!" making a total big deal about it. Marriage isn't all rainbows and butterflies. The things that people do. They act like marriage is something to brag about, like it's another trophy on their shelf, it's so disgusting. And the whole "military wife" thing.. I just hate how people flaunt it. Yes, I am a military wife, but I have yet to experience half the things REAL military wives go through. Me running around bragging about it would be an insult to the women who have done it for over 20 years! Especially when half the people who get married this year are gonna be divorced in a couple years. I just don't think being married is something that you "show off." It's an intimate thing. I just know that I don't need to advertise to the whole world that I'm "such a good wife" when really the greatest feeling is knowing that what you feel for this person, that you love them with all your heart and soul, is mutual. It's like your own little secret. ;]