because it's mine.

is anyone else obsessed with this photo? i am. no shame. 

i just feel like this is me and my best friend in 40 (gulp) years. 

and i kind of love us.

oh hey thanks girls....

{you can find my besties here}

thanks for sending me this pic of the view from your suite in your fabulous hotel in ft lauderdale, while you lounge poolside and soak in the sun while having hours of girl talk and more martinis than i can dream about. 

i'll just keep sitting here on my couch, eating a jar of cookie butter, changing diapers, having a keeping up with the kardashians marathon and wishing i could do it all.

here comes the bride...

this past weekend we traveled to hilton head to help throw one of my best friends, caitlin a bridal shower. it was a beautiful day and so much fun to celebrate such a wonderful couple. 

here are a couple of little snapshots...

lace wrapped mason jars, stripey straws (my favorite at any party)

the bride to be's dog lola. total cutie. she was in charge of the favors which were 

succulents wrapped with moss in egg crates.

of course there was a game involved 

burlap and mercury glass accents

the bride to be and her mom...aren't they beauties!

xx

its sunday.

apple cider + campfire + s'mores + great friends + dogs galore + ugg boots = perfect weekend.

summer in review.

{may}

the beginning of summer. i am turning 31 here.

churros are the best, aren't they!

i spent my birthday weekend in hilton head. husband had to work which was sad but my friends and family made up for it and i had such a memorable weekend. and it only took my three weeks to recover.

{june}

june was largely work filled for both of us. however, i did find time to sneak off to charleston and throw my friend tiffany a bachelorette party. we feasted...because as everyone should know, charleston has THE BEST food. we also had dance parties. lots of dance parties. our poor neighbors.

{july}

holy. july. this month was insane and worth every exhausted moment.

we started off with a weekend tour of north carolina including stops in charlotte, raleigh and chapel hill to catch up with friends and say goodbye to one in particular who is being sent back overseas this fall. we followed it up with me quitting my job and leaving for pensacola beach for ten days of complete happiness, sunshine and a much needed break from life.

july ended with a cabin full of my best friends in west by god and a gorgeous wedding too.

all-in-all an amazing month.

{august}

in august i started my new job at the w hotel, which i love.

other than that we were just catching our breath and giving our livers a break until some of our favorites swung by to "shoot the hooch" aka. float down the chattahoochee river.

we had such a great time with our friends last weekend and it all ended with a sing-a-long to "hey jude" at a local taco joint. the perfect ending...to the perfect summer.

hello weekend.

{audrey hepburn and her pet deer, pippin}

i am having another domestic weekend.

cooking, cleaning and grocery shopping with my pet deer.

because next weekend...

some of our favorites will be arriving.

to celebrate the end of summer with us.

and we need to prepare. no really, we do.

if i could have one superpower....

i would be able to teleport myself

anywhere i wanted.

this morning, i would have gone to my friend caitlin's house in des moines.

i wouldn't even have bothered with brushing my teeth or changing out of my pajamas.

i would just pop over for coffee talk.

and maybe some breakfast if she

felt like making me something.

i'm sure her boyfriend jake wouldn't mind.

i guess until then our saturday morning coffee talks via phone will have to do. but i sure wish iowa didn't have to be so far.

p.s. how cute are these state prints by onecanoetwo. perfect gifts for your long lost friends.

west virginia is for lovers.

we are back from our road trip to west virginia. we went for the wedding of my sweet and beautiful Tiffany and her Chris. (who is equally as sweet and handsome too btw). we had 6 couples comprised of my closest girlfriends and their husbands in a log cabin in lansing, west virginia which is home of the new river gorge, the third largest man made bridge in the world. west virginia is so so pretty and has amazing views every where you look. we certainly took advantage of our location...playing games, having great talks (in our perfect wva accents), dancing, drinking and just making memories that i will never forget. xx.

bitchface.

my friends say i have it. i believe them.
sometimes i catch myself doing bitchface.
sometimes they catch me and make fun of me.
bitchface sometimes just can't be helped.

hence, i love this blog post.
she gets it.

this week...

{tavis and michael aka. white lightning}

friendship, basketball, two urban licks, a leopard print belt, honest conversations blamed on vodka, sing-a-longs, work, work, work, bee, pink donuts, coffee talk, yoga, john mayer's storytellers, the end of friday night lights, happy happy memories.

plus...spring is just around the corner. i think. i hope. i beg.

the perfect sunday.

{stone mountain climb with em and tav}

nothing to get you out of a funk

like a perfect sunday

with beautiful weather and your favorite pals.

(the frozen yogurt, french fries, and new grill didn't hurt either)

here's to a new week. xo.

i love my friends.

{tiff and avery frolicking on lake norman}

i love that they go boating together...

and know i will be very jealous that i am not there...

so they send me a picture of themselves using our wedding coozies...

because they know i will feel instantly better.

it works too.

i wish i could see you tomorrow, even for a second...

and tell you to have the

happiest birthday ever.

because you totally deserve it.

love you caits.

images from the weekend...

i clearly love my hipstamatic. oh, and the lake house. and birthdays too i guess.

playing in the park

{rebecca and me}

{mikie, my dad and me}

{rebecca..i love this picture of her}

thank you to my friend etienne for taking such precious pics.

this is what going home looks like...

what a perfect weekend at home.

i ate dinner at my favorite restaurants.

had great talks about nothing and everything.

celebrated one of my favorite ladies birthdays.

dranks lots and lots of prosecco.

got a most welcome sunburn.

and was sorrounded by people i love.

thank you spring.

in the meantime...

{caitlin aka caitskis, me and danielle aka dee}

i get to see my old roomies this weekend

i love being reunited with these girls

i miss them every. single. day.

friday...are you there?

p.s just noticed and hilarious. if you look closely enough at the straw you will note that this pic was indeed taken at my bachelorette party.

thank god for those friends that...

... don't send you wedding gifts until way after your wedding

and then you come home from a really challenging day

and there is a williams sonoma box on your doorstep

and you remember that all that silly stuff didn't matter today

because...

you have a new pizza stone

and amazing friends

and a super hot husband

(who gets excited over kitchen supplies)

life is good

dear summer,

{summertime toes}

if you wanted to start a little early this year i could be okay with that

dedicated to my friend, bee

my friend brooke, aka, bee always has the best natural "bump"

she doesn't have to use a "bump it"

like i had to on my wedding day

and i am very jealous

on the way to work today i heard this quote

said by snookie on jersey shore to jay leno

"i don't use a bump it...i tease"

and i thought of bee and i kind of think it should be her new motto

{this is bee and her perfect bump at my wedding... she's pretty}