Speeding ticket.
The equivalent of five sashimi dinners.
We’re innocent!
So, we went to Traffic Court!
“This blows.”
“I could be shopping.”
A quick nap before seeing the Judge and Accusing Officer.
Smiling after our pretty negotiation.
Happy with the outcome. :)
What are your naughty driving habits?
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Gwendolyn’s “This blows” picture is hysterical. Glad you were happy with the outcome!
Lol!!!
So happy that you laughed!!!
Haha. Omg, this just made me laugh out loud in public like a crazy person :)
Hahaha! Your comment just made me LOL like a crazy person:)
20 mph over the speed limit is a HUGE discrepancy… so large a difference that I sincerely doubt you could’ve been innocent of speeding…
You’re going to doubt Gwendolyn? That sucks! ;)
This is hilarious…I adore Gwendolyn…if I ever have to attend court, I am taking Heathcliffe with me, no doubt! Glad it worked out xo
I definitely believe that my witness grandly affected the outcome.
My attorney counseled before the meeting, “Don’t condescend the officer. Call the judge ‘your honour’, and be nice.”
So I let Gwendolyn do the negotiating. ;)
Gwendolyn is rocking that sweater. I drive as little as possible and ride my bicycle as much as possible.
Last night, whilst stuck in bumper-to-bumper snow-covered traffic, I craved nothing else but my bicycle.
Hey! What are you doing in May? Want to do the NicoleAndGwendolyn.339 with us? My sister’s backed out, and we seek a man for her replacement!
Haha! Hilarious! So glad the outcome was favorable for you! :)
So glad that I made you laugh! :D
Ok Nicole, you’ve simply got to spill the details here….
Was accusing officer unable to show and you got it dismissed?
that’s not him with dear Gwendolyn is it? Cause if it is, looks like you’ve now got a special friend in blue;)
or since it was ‘clocked’ were you able to ply a reasonable doubt re: vehicle and possible mistaken blame??
How pray tell, do you get a courtroom with Gwendolyn??
Inquiring minds!!!
That is, indeed, the accusing officer. ;)
Am mobile all day so shall answer your questions later!!! :D
Hi! The accusing officer was, indeed, able to show… and the pictured man was, indeed, the accusing officer. I absolutely was speeding. The ticket was administered at 1:30am on Thanksgiving; and he was riding my tail for one mile before turning on his lights. I thought it was a bad man. SO I darted. The area in which he supposedly clocked me? I was most definitely driving five miles over the limit; but asap upon entering the next speed zone (which happens directly after that 40mph zone), I floored it. So he and I discussed the situation and his side / my side before the hearing. He counseled me to accept 5 MPH over the speed limit, reducing the fine to $128 + removing the 5 points from my license (if I were to be found guilty). I happily accepted that bullshit negotiation because frankly, I would be losing money to contest it any greater (in fact, I already had lost a bit, but it was then due to principle / fighting the points to avoid insurance rate escalation) – time away from my business / fees to my attorney (bc I can’t shut the fuck up and need him to defend me, ha ha)… and I negotiated a picture for my blog. That was SO worth it. :D
PS: I must add that the original reason for him pulling me over was that I drove into a Seatbelt Safety Check Point.
PPS: He is married. Sucks! :D
Omggg Nicole I love youuu!! I can’t believe you got a picture with the officer!! THAT made my day!! UGH I just got an effing ticket in November for $175!! I payed it…and was mad for like a week. I was going 20 over..so I guess I deserved it. I had placed to be mothafuckaas!
Getting a picture with the officer was worth the $128 and more!!! :D
When I was your age, I had my license suspended and insurance cancelled due to so many citations and accidents. Had to attend driving school to earn it back. It was horrible!!!!!!!!!
Gwendolyn looks adorable in all those pictures, but I love the photo with the officer most! What a princess!
:) thank you.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!
I am so lazy I don’t even bother going to court to contest any of my tickets! I used to get lots of driving tickets, but I have become smarter. I still drive fast, but I am a better observer hehe. My last 2 tickets were for not having a license plate on the front of my car. I just don’t like having a license plate in the front. My car looks cooler without it. :) If you looked cute like on that photo when you went to court to contest the ticket, I am not surprised they eliminated the charge. ;)
LOL!!!!!!!!!
I am laughing so hard that you drive without a state required front license plate because your car looks prettier without it.
Do we have twin brains? :D
PS very pleased at how thin my fingers look in the photograph. Fingers are always the first to be thin. ;)
We have INCREDIBLY similar driving/road rage habits haha I LOVE your road age posts on FB… usually I am in a very similar situation while reading them! My car got towed a few weeks ago outside Boston Sports Club. I Parked my car at a meter that I assumed went into effect at 9. I decided to park at the meter instead of the lot to save a measly 7 bucks. And the funny thing is my office and my parking space was like less than a ten minute walk from the gym. I was just being lazy. ANYWAY, I’m running on the treadmill on the 4th floor of BSC, with a view of the street…. WATCHING my car getting ticketed. F! I decided to complete the run because there wasn’t anything I could do about the ticket. I figured I would just finish the run, get ready, deal with the ticket then, and head into work. So I finish the run, get ready at a leisurely pace, head out to my car… and it is F*cking GONE! Towed. Apparently I parked at a ‘no stopping’ meter that went into effect at 8. Okay fine. I made a mistake. But I was ricked at 7:48! I Understand the two because that area because a driving lane during rush hour but a $75 ticket written before the meter came into effect! no f’ing way! I still need to appeal it. The tow was ridiculously expensive too lol All to save a walk in the cold a paltry $7 haha I learned my lesson for sure.
I am SO glad to hear your ticket appeal ended up so great! I mean how could it not have with two gorgeous gals appealing such a ridiculous fine ;)
OMG. You just reminded me. I couldn’t get into the garage last night, so I’m parked in a handicap spot. It’s 8:13am. I better get the fuck outside and move it! Luckily trading hours at TJ’s start in 47 minutes, so I can just dart for my ensalada!!! :D I might buy two because I’m extra hungry right now. nom nom nom! ;)
I didn’t even know Gwendolyn drives!
She sure does know how to honk the horn!
It’s hilarious!!!!!!!!!
LOL
This has nothing to do with your recent post but after reading several recent articles including the panel one’s, it really hit me that I need to just shove my excuses and get back to working out and eating like I used to. When I was at my thinnest and fittest I walked an hour (very briskly) six days a week and followed old WW point system to a T. I was (the crazy one) that got up at 4:30 am to get my walking in on busy days. I smiled (in that shy smug fashion) when people asked if I had an eating disorder. And then I slowly let myself go. I relaxed. There were several deeply personal issues that I realized I couldn’t control no matter what my weight was. As a result I gave up and ended up this fat, bloated version of myself. When I see myself in the pictures I want to cry. I avoid pictures like hell that they are now. How did I let myself get this huge?
So, it is time to get ‘old me’ back again. It is time to love myself again. I might be broken in ways that are invisible to others, but my ‘brokenness’ will no longer be an excuse.
Vera, Your comment has inspired meee tremendously!!! Just this morning, I looked at my abs, and said, “How the fuck did you let yourself go?!” But nonetheless, my ass will be at yoga class all week. I will get my body back, and you shall, too. Can’t wait to see your before and after photographs. And the associated story! You are very welcome to write about it here, in a blog post, when you are ready. Just be certain to include a photograph or two of Zeus. ;) Have a gorgeous day. xoxoxo
Hi Nicole. That is actually a serious amount to have been over the speed limit, and very unlikely to have been a mistake! Especially with your quite public posts about your road rage, your drink driving, your intimidating little old ladies crossing the road! I can’t see Gwendolyn approving. Is she not scared? It seems the arresting officer is charmed by her, how could he help but be :)
Seriously though, do you know that you are potentially a murderer if you don’t take due care on the road? You can also be charged for all the use of your phone. You might not be driving when you are stopped at a traffic light, but examine those laws closely. Stopped means, pulled over off the road, brakes engaged, engine off… even using your phone while stopped a light is dangerous. It takes a split second distraction to cause a fatality.
Please wise up. You might feel entitled to everything you can suck from the world, but you aren’t entitled to endanger the lives of others.
PS I am not Scarlett, Missy, EDmund, Fiona, or anyone else you might think to accuse me of being. I’m another person making use of a well known (except maybe to you) free internet proxy site. My IP for this comment, if you really did look them all up, puts me in the middle of the ocean somewhere.
My drink driving?
And intimidating old ladies?
Oh! You must have misread my facebook posts! Understandably, though!
Better apply to the government for more financial aid to get those spectacles fixed. ;)
xo
Gwendolyn’s red shoes! :D
My naughty driving habits include sometimes ignoring the traffic lights! Eeps. I know, dangerous right? But sometimes I follow a car in front of me, and I fail to notice that between that car and mine, the light has turned yellow/red. :O