Happy Birthday to Me

It's my birthday today. Happy Birthday to me!

My 28th birthday is far different from my 27th birthday.

For example this time last year, I had accepted my dad's dare to try online dating. Today, I'm engaged and planning a wedding. And last year, I was watching some dumb movie about the apocalypse starring Nicholas Cage. This year, I'm LA bound. Weird.

All in all it's been a great year. And, I've received some kick ass birthday gifts.

Like these from my fianceAnd this from my parents.
And something from my sister to put it all it.
So now I'm off to celebrate. Hopefully a fun dinner in LA will be in my future.

100th Post!

I cannot believe that this is my 100th post! When I started this blog back in July, I did not think it would last more than a week or two. But, hitting this milestone is kind of cool.

In honor of it, I am sending myself virtual flowers.


And chocolates.And champagne.


Of course, feel free to send me real items in celebration. I won't turn them down. :)

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

This weekend was one of the best ever.

It started on Friday, when we went out to celebrate. We went into DC and had dinner at the The Palm (yummy) followed by a showing of Jersey Boys at the National Theater.

Then we wandered around downtown and looked at some of the pretty Christmas decorations. We wandered around the lobby of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel. It's right next to the White House and just looked beautiful.

Next, we walked over to the National Christmas Tree. I was only able to quickly snap the photo above. We planned to take more but the lights went out at 11PM (unbeknownst to us). Mike promised that we will go back so hopefully I'll have better pictures to post soon.

After that, we just wandered around some of the monuments. I did not take any more pictures - I'm terrible I know - but that's ok. I remember it all in detail. And it was perfect.

The city looked really really pretty. I love this time of year when everything is decorated for the holidays. There is just something magical about it.

Plus, we did not look so bad ourselves. Mike looked extremely handsome - as always. And, I was able to wear my new dress. Ok, ok I say "able" like I did not intentionally buy this dress to wear for this evening but whatever. You get the point. It looks like the one to the side. I really like it so if you see me at any fancy event - you'll be sure to see this dress too. :)

On Saturday, we put up the Christmas tree at Mike's house (we did mine last weekend). That was a lot of fun. After a quick trip to the store to buy more lights, ornaments, and garland (plus a star - I still cannot believe he owned a tree but no topper), the tree looked amazing.

To top it all off, it SNOWED on Saturday. I could not imagine better weather for trimming a tree than a snowy afternoon. It was just all so perfect.

On Sunday, I finished up my Christmas shopping. I think that I had an angel looking out for me this weekend because I really did not hit any crowds and I met the most wonderful salespeople. I ended up getting some great gifts so it was worth the trek to the mall.

All in all, it was a fantastic weekend. It's definitely one I'll remember - the perfect kickoff to the Christmas season.

Day for Celebrations!

October 10th is a big day for celebrations - especially this year!


Happy 10th anniversary April and Rob! I'm so happy for the both of you.

Happy 62nd birthday to my favorite uncle. Yes, Uncle James is also my only uncle but whatever, he's still cool.

Today is my mom's half birthday. Only 6 more months before the BIG 60!! :-O