To my husband,

Happy Birthday to the love of my life and my best friend in the entire universe. You push me to be a better me every single day, and I am so grateful for all the wonderful memories we have shared over the past seven years. You make my bad days better, and my good days fantastic. You give the best hugs. You give the best kisses. We pick on each other constantly, but it makes me laugh so much. I am so happy to be able to wake up next to you every single morning, even if it means I have to work way too hard to actually make you get out of bed. I love you with all of my heart, with all of my being, and I have no idea where on earth I would be if you weren't here next to me. I hope your 24th year of life is the best one yet because we get to share it together in a way we never have before. It's pretty crazy to think we've been celebrating birthdays together since you turned 17! I love you, Curtis. Happy, happy Birthday.

Day 13: Saturdays are for Sleeping In

Can I get an amen? I slept til 12, and I don't even regret it like I normally would. Yesterday evening was lots of fun; I went for my second wedding dress fitting, it was perfect. The bodice doesn't even need any alterations..which is a good thing because I'm pretty short and there was a ton of hemming involved, aka, it got expensive, and I had to stand in my heels for an hour straight - not fun. This time I was prepared though, I had inserts to make them much more comfortable, even if I only stood in them for 15 minutes for this go-around. I love the dress, y'all. It's all I could ever dream of! Then, my mom and I went on a couple of errands to Target (I shouldn't have gone in there, I want everything) and Plato's Closet..where I may or may not have broken my no spending rule. Oops. I'll show you guys what I got soon! Then, I went over to Curtis's parents' house for a little belated birthday celebration. It was splendid! We had an amazing dinner, which included dressing (or stuffing), something I don't believe I've ever had any other time than Thanksgiving and Christmas, apparently I'm kind of special, tehe. Then, Curt and I went to Wallie World to pick up Skyfall so we could all watch sleep through it later. I opened all of my amazing presents, and then we had some fantastic layered chocolate cake. Curtis's mum knows the ways of the kitchen, it's awesome, I need her skills.

All-in-all, Friday made up for my entire awful week. Saturday has even more fun in store. I'm going to a wedding with my mom in a little while, and I'm going to my best friend's school talent show (it's a college, so this should be better than your average talent show, lol). I'm excited! 

Here's what I'm wearing to all of my special events today: 

I still look a little sleepy in some of the pictures, whoopsie. I would've never paired these wedges with this skirt before, but I kind of like the mix of colors. Enjoy your Saturday, ladies! Here are some pics from last night. If you follow me on instagram, you'd know there was lots of beagle snuggling on the couch.

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Top: Target

Maxi Skirt: Old Navy

Belt: Gap

Wedges: Target

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Not with Haste

So yesterday was cray cray. I had all the intentions of just posting a outfit of the day post..I even made up a completely new outfit for it. I was pretty proud of myself. It was hippy-esque and awesome. But I was so exhausted yesterday, sleep literally took over my body, and told me, "no, you aren't doing anything today." I took a four hour nap from 12:30-4:30, and then went to bed at 10:30. I'm a night owl, so that's super duper early for me. Anyway, I did get some homework done in the six hours I was actually awake, so the day wasn't a complete waste!

Anyway, my birthday was a good one. I didn't do anything too spectacular, it being a Tuesday night and all, but I had fun with Curtis, his sister, and her husband. They all sang Happy Birthday to me and joined me in eating magnificent cookie cake (def one of my favs!) after Curtis and I went on an adventure to get some yummy pizza. There's a place in Downtown Bryan (sister city to the one I live in) called Mr. G's Pizza, it's pretty awesome..minus the service. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's awful and you'll never get your food, but both times I've been, awkward things have happened. Maybe I just attract awkwardness..yeah, most definitely do. We walked into the restaurant at 8:05ish, the sign on the door said they didn't close 'til 9, so we figured we were good, but no! The moment we walked in everyone, and I mean everyone, looked at us like we were crazy people. I thought to myself, uhhh, do I look that ridiculous that everyone has to stare at me? The waitress then walked up to us and this is literally what she said, "you guys can either eat really fast, or get the pizza to-go, we're about to leave." Okay, I understand you don't want people sitting around after you close, believe me, I've worked at places before where this has happened and it is one of the most obnoxious things on earth, but really, 55 minutes early?! 

Needless to say, we got the pizza to-go because we didn't want everyone in the room to hate us. We probably should've just ate there and taken our sweet time..but whatever. I was kind of upset by all of this, I mean, what kind of customer service is that?..ehh, I don't think we'll be going back for a while, even though the pizza was absolutely delicious. Next, in our adventures to eat my birthday dinner, we had to figure out a place to actually eat the pizza. I came up with the brilliant idea of eating it behind North Gate, a bar/dancing area of our town, it's very Texan..as in the stereotype, I've never been there at night..except one time when I went to a local restaurant on a late night escapade with my friends our sophomore year. I honestly didn't think there would be that many people there since it was a Tuesday night (I obviously know nothing about alcoholics), and they have covered picnic tables! But, I was wrong..there were awkward drunk people wandering around..yelling, "alcoholics!!" at us when we drove by, lots of loud music coming from the bars, and just random awkward things abound!  

The most ironic part of my birthday: the fact that I went to the place where most 21 year olds go on their birthday to buy their first "legal drink" and get suuuuuper drunk. Only, I went there so I could eat my pizza and drink a Sonic Route 44 Coke Zero. I am awesome. 

Oh, and Curtis and I met a stoner at Sonic whilst picking up our drink. It was hilarious. He asked us all about our pizza and told us about his stoner munchies. Twas lovely ;) 

But all in all, I had a great birthday. 

Here's a few snapshots from it! 

 Mkay, outfit of the day! Sorry for the weird quality, it's really sunny today, and my camera did not know how to handle the massive shadow that the fence was creating.

P.S. - If you hadn't already deciphered this about me, I love mint. Way too much. 

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Cream Cardigan: Old Navy (Similar)

Pink Blouse: JC Penney 

Skinnies: Gap

Belt: Gap (Similar)

Scarf: Forever 21 (Similar)

Socks: Target (in store)

Booties: Gianni Bini (Save)

Bangles: Dillard's 

Ring: James Avery (gift from my grandpa)

Einundzwanzig

For those of you that don't speak German, or just think the title of this post looks like complete gibberish, I'm twenty-one today! I actually didn't realize it was my birthday when I woke up this morning at the crack of dawn for my 8AM, and then people started texting me..I was like oh yeah, it's my birthday! Anyway, to celebrate this wonderful day, I'm gonna tell you twenty-one things I want to accomplish in this twenty first year of my life.

1. Get married...obviously. I can't describe how excited I am to start this journey with Curtis! <3
2. But, not only do I want to get married, I want to learn to be a Godly wife, a wife that is there for her husband to support him and even to push him when he needs it.
3. I really want to get out of Texas. I feel a bit trapped here right now, and I want to explore new places! We're going on a cruise for our honeymoon to Jamaica, the Grand Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, I am sooo stoked! But we're also planning on trying to make it to an away game for football, so we'll probably end up going to Oxford, Mississippi or Baton Rogue, Louisiana; I'll be perfectly content with either!
4. Get a 4.0 GPA..I haven't had one in so long. Darn you B's!
5. Dive into my Bible more, and truly learn the meaning of God's word.
6. Start learning German again. I miss it so much.
7. Be a better servant of God, as referenced in this post.
8. Get an internship. One of the most stressful things I will have to do this year, and the career fair is coming up quick! (Like next week..eeek). I'm slightly not ready to be a grown up.
9. Embroider more. It's one of my absolute favorite hobbies, and I have so many ideas..gotta implement them!
10. Speaking of crafty hobbies, I really want to learn to sew. So, I plan on teaching myself to sew; I've got my mom's old sewing machine (1970's, what up?!), so might as well use it!
11. Be more patient with those around me.
12. Chill out with the road rage...seeeee, I need some patience.
13. Pray more often.
14. Become closer to my new family! Even though Curtis and I have been dating for almost seven years, I really want to become closer to his whole family. They love me so much, and I'm so thankful for them!
15. Make more bold fashion choices, but also remember who I am, and not try to be someone else.
16. Along the lines of number 15, I want to stop caring so much about what others around me think. I can already feel this one starting to happen. It's awesome. (Others being random people I don't even really know; I actually really do care about what my friends and family think, as I should.)
17. See a new historical land mark in Texas. I love history so much, and Texas is full of history! Can you say, San Jacinto Monument?
18. Get into a better workout routine; stop starting and stopping so much.
19. Learn some new hair tricks! I'm in need of them. I may just dye my hair and cut it a bit after the wedding.
20. Become more involved in volunteer work; I love helping others so much, I'm not sure why I'm not more involved.
21. And finally, learn to cook! I'm not awful, but I want to learn new things. Good thing I have the perfect future mother-in-law for that!

There you have it. Here's to becoming a better me! :)

Alrighty, here's my outfit of the day. My hair absolutely did not want to cooperate today. It was curly this morning, then I walked outside to the awful humidity, and what do you know..awkward flat hair. Not to mention the wind, of course I decide to wear a skirt on the windiest day we've had in a while! Oh, well, I made the best of this humid, dreary day by wearing this bright yellow blouse! I've actually had that thing for forever, and I've almost gotten rid of it more than a few times, but I think I've found new life in it. Can I get a woot for shopping your closet? :)

And here's how I plan on wearing it to my date with my fabulous fiance tonight! Subtract the tights and boots, add some swanky nude heels! Double yay for converting a day look into an evening look. I'm getting the hang of this.

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Tan Cardigan: Similar

Yellow Blouse: Similar

Navy Skirt with Lace Detail: Similar 

Tights: Similar

Gianni Bini Booties: Same // Save

Watch: Christmas present from Curtis last year

Sidebag: Similar (I actually like this one more, ha)

Forever 21 Nude Heels: Similar

I'm ready to go eat some delicious authentic Italian pizza for my birthday dinner! Yummmm.