February 2013 – Page 2 – awkward vodka

A Girlfriend’s Guide to Valentine’s Day

If you’re in a relationship, there are a lot of things to keep in mind about a Valentine’s Day. So here are my 10 rules for a successful Valentine’s Day for the girl in a relationship.

1. You will post photos of flowers on Instagram, and people will hate you. If you want to avoid being judged, don’t post a photo of flowers. People will just assume you got flowers like they did for the hundreds of years before Instagram and Facebook existed.

2. DO NOT set up your girlfriends on dates for Valentine’s Day! Are you serious? Talk about pressure.

3. Shave your legs, girlfriend. I know it’s the winter, but c’mon.

4. Send cards to your friends! Remember when you did that in elementary school? Everyone loved it then. They’ll love it now.

5. Wear a cute, Valentine’s Day-themed outfit covered in hearts because – let’s be honest – what girl doesn’t love pink and sparkly?

6. Cheesecake. Make something for your fave guy that you know he loves. Guys love sweets, too!

7. Buy a new dress. Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to buy a new dress. Want to be a great girlfriend and best friend? Take your best friend with you and both buy a new, fun dress.

8. Make reservations early.

9. Ignore Rom-Coms. It’ll only get you in a fight with your boyfriend.

10. Don’t stay up to late. Let’s be honest. It’s only a Thursday…

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

The Single Girl’s Guide to Valentine’s Day

I will never understand why single girls dread Valentine’s Day. I love it. Pink and sparkly are two of the best things in life, and that’s what this day is basically all about. You have an excuse to dress girly, eat candy and drink a lot of booze – boyfriend or not. How can you hate that? So here’s my single girl’s guide to enjoying Valentine’s Day, Ray Ray style.

Wear a cute (or cheesy) outfit. Today you can girl-it-up and no one can make fun of you for it. Seriously, go all out. Wear pink, red, sequins, hearts…all of the above… Really, anything your girly heart desires is fair game on this holiday.

Own the fact you’re single. A shirt like this says it all:

Two words – Nail Polish. Take the time to do your nails special for the day. It’s a surefire way to wake up happy when your hands look like this:

Eat an obscene amount of Conversation Hearts. This is the only time of year you can buy the best candy ever made. So enjoy it and have two boxes. Or give them to me. Either way.

Accessorize. What better day than Valentine’s Day to carry this around with you everywhere you go?

Drink pink champagne. You never need an excuse to pop bottles and for Valentine’s Day you are kind of obligated to do so – so this one is obvious. Grab a fancy glass and let loose.

Make heart-shaped food. Valentine’s Day is a perfect reason to make yourself themed food, which will in turn make you happy. Put together a special lunch, breakfast or dinner (or go crazy and do all three) with heart-shaped and red/pink-colored foods. How can you not have fun with a lunch that looks like this!

So if you are one of those single girls still sippin on a big glass of Valentine’s Day haterade, trust me – the holiday doesn’t have to be miserable. Take some of these notes and you will spend the day looking through rose-tinted glasses. Literally. See what I did there? Hahaha…

Happy Happy Hour!

It’s Monday! …during Valentine’s Day week.

Anyone else need happy hour?

Mixology Test #2: Skinny Margs

Yes. This post is about tequila and not vodka, but every liquor-drinking lady loves herself some tequila on a crazy Friday night – or low-key Saturday afternoon…

Like we’ve said before, when you drink as much as we do, you have to be careful about your calorie intake. Unfortunately for us, margaritas are one of the worst drinks for you. There are a variety of different types of low-cal margs out there, but who wants to pay $20 for a tiny bottle of low-cal margs when you could just make them yourself? (Not to mention, you’ll have tequila left over for shots!)

We made our skinny margs with tequila, club soda and lime juice…

1 part tequila
2 parts club soda
1/3 part lime juice

This tastes just like a margarita! I was pleasantly surprised, mostly because I know tequila tastes disgusting with my old stand-by Diet Coke – yup, I’ve tried it.

Note: Turns out a whole shot of lime juice is disgusting. Don’t put a whole shot in your drink because you’ll definitely be wasting tequila.

“I LOVE TEQUILA” – Ray Ray

Fashion Confusion: Denim on Denim

It’s back…

Not Britney & Justin, just the newest fashion trend I can’t pull off: denim on denim. This trend seems to be as controversial as leggings as pants and puffy vests – two more trends I’ve tried and failed.

Walking into Old Navy this weekend – yes, I love Old Navy – there was a whole wall of denim, button down tops. I immediately knew I had to have one…

I’m panicking because there are so many ways I can dress up my denim:

Tall boots and skinny jeans?
Ankle boots and straight leg jeans?
Add a necklace?
Add a scarf?
Belt it?
Statement earrings?

When I wore my D.O.D., I chose to wear skinny jeans, grey boots and a pink scarf. Still not sure how I feel about it. I definitely didn’t look like one of these fabulous ladies…

So what do you think? Love or hate the look?

Help.

Mixology Test #1: Little Black Dress

What girl could say “no” to a Vodka called Little Back Dress? Well, not us.

Since we had no plans this Saturday, we ventured out to the liquor store, bought some new types of vodka and decided to start a vodka review series (a.k.a. get drunk by ourselves at 5 p.m.).

Any good vodka connoisseur knows that the hardest part of trying all of the delicious, new vodkas out there is finding something equally delicious to mix with it – mixer should be low in calories because you’ll eat those later.

So we mixed the Black Cherry Vanilla Flavored Vodka with Tonic Water, and these were the notes we took on Saturday night:

“NO TONIC WATER – GROSS.
CLUB SODA – BETTER.
DIET COKE – BEST!”

Winning Mixology Combination:

1 part black cherry vanilla vodka
2 parts club soda or diet coke (stay away from Tonic Water, you guys)

*When drinking with club soda, add a frozen cherry or three if you’re feeling fancy – dual purpose: looks fancy, keeps drink cool.

After branching out and trying tonic water and club soda, we had to go back to our old favorite – Diet Coke – because the other ones were pretty bad. Go figure, it ended up being our favorite because, let’s be honest, we’ll never change.

Note: Be sure tonic water & club soda are not shaken up – will spray entire kitchen and you with water/soda if it’s shaken up.

10 Reasons Why Everyone Should Love LeBron

If you have ever met me, you know my obsession with LeBron James is just part of who I am. Yes, I went to his movie “More Than A Game” on opening night. Yes, I have jerseys and t-shirts I wear in his honor. And I may or may not have notebooks and pictures in my office at work showing my undying support for the athlete…So it’s only normal I want to share his amazingness with the world. Here are the top 10 reasons (as of 2/4/13) why you should also love Lebron.

1. This happened last week:

2. He is awful at karaoke, but still enjoys singing

3. He gets hungover like the best of us

4. His bromance with D-Wade is to die for, and probably Hollywood’s best love story yet

5. He has the coolest friends

6. His style, duh #grownandsexy

7. He is a great dad

8. He’s a great player

9. He’s got jokes

10. Last but definitely not least, he’s got great moves

And if you don’t agree with this post – as cousin Dave would say, haters gonna hate

xoxo R

Strugglefest Sunday

Here we are again, Sunday morning. I have a love/hate relationship with you. All I want to do is keep drinking but the thought of alcohol makes me want to vomit. Anyone else feel the same way?

Because my life is such joke here’s what I’ve been up to this morning: Watched Say Yes To The Dress Bridesmaids, ate a bag of popcorn, almost threw up, woke up at S’s place (not shocking), watched the Nick and Jess kiss three times, researched hot guys on the internet, drunk dialed my friends and talked to the only one that answered, watched Sarah clean the kitchen, made a business plan to open a cat cafe in the states, made Sarah do my laundry and the best part – opened another beer.

Sunday funday, long hair don’t care, SUPER BOWL BEYONCE, livin’ the dream.Waking up still drunk is a curse and a blessing.

BTW did you notice there are two posts today? That is a productive Sunday. Everything is downhill from here.

Super Bowl: Our Picks

As we’ve told you a few times, we’re Packer fans. Due to some very upsetting circumstances, the Packers aren’t in the Super Bowl. Therefore, we have to pick a team to cheer for…

And there’s no better way to decide your fave team than by checking out the rosters and cheering for the hotties!

The Baltimore Ravens have Joe Flacco and Ray Rice – both look great on the field and naked – or so we assume…

But the 49ers have Alex Smith, Patrick Willis and Colin Kaepernick (this is purely a Rachel pick…). These guys look hot on and off the field.

Sorry Baltimore – I think the choice is pretty obvious. The girls over at Awkward Vodka will be rooting for the 49ers tonight!

Game Day Recipes

The biggest game day of the year is coming up tomorrow: The Super Bowl. Although our beloved Packers are not playing, we’ll still be celebrating by eating delicious food, drinking too much, heckling Vikings fans, laughing at commercials and counting down until the real action happens: The Beyonce Half-Time Show.

Here are some of our favorite, game-day recipes:

Vodka Diet Coke
1 part Vodka
2 parts Diet Coke
Add a slice of lime if you’re feeling fancy
Good old vodka diet will make you the life of any Super Bowl Party.

Vodka Cranberry
2 oz. Vodka
Diet Cranberry Juice
Again, add a slice of lime if you’re feeling fancy
This low-cal, fruity drink is yummy and the perfect color if you’re supporting the San Fran 49ers.

Grape Apes
1 part UV Grape
1 part lemon-lime soda
*Add a splash of sweet and sour mix
A Grape Ape is a sweet drink, sure to give you gut rot in the morning, but great for showing your purple pride for the Ravens.

If the party you’re attending requires you to bring food, try making Taco Dip.

Not into cooking? Just pick up a bag of chips and salsa from the store on your way over…

Happy Super Bowl Weekend!