birthday

since my last post, i have turned a quarter of a century old. let me tell you how that feels...actually, first i'll tell you how i thought it would feel. i thought i would get wrinkles overnight, that i would maybe receive my first gray hair, and possibly have saggy boobs (even though i haven't had children yet). and when you don't know what to expect, everything i mentioned are perfectly logical pre-25-yr-old fears. also, what do you even get a 25 year old? people kept asking me what i wanted, and all i could think about was how old i was gonna be. luckily my friends know me better than i do and knew just what i wanted. anyway, needless to say, i was terrified of turning 25 because i honestly thought my world was gonna end. (now imagine how i'm gonna feel when i turn 30!? *gasp*)

so...now. being 25 is not so bad. my world is still going; i still have fun and am seriously immature; i still have a bright future. so yeah. obviously it's not that bad. plus, i have a pretty amazing boyfriend to keep me sane in my times of despair and embarrassment of old age. and he seriously outdid himself on my birthday. observe below:

look at this huge breakfast i woke up to! he woke up early just to surprise me with it :)
(in case you're wondering, i drank half the juice before this was taken)

yummm... he's the best breakfast maker :)
don't mind my hair, btw

i'm so cute in the mornings, lol.

this is one of the best gifts ever. i was so surprised!

so as you can see, i was off to a great start... not to mention the fact that there was a SOLAR ECLIPSE! oh.em.gee. probably one of the most amazing things i have ever witnessed. i bought really awesome solar eclipse viewing glasses specifically for it too. they worked really well. only in the sun though. otherwise, we couldn't see anything.

obviously you don't have the full effect here, but it's a taste...

so excited for the eclipsseee!

xoxo

towards the end of the astronomical phenomenon

after that fulfilling amazement, we were famished and went to wingstop for some hella good wings. when we got there, we discovered some nylon stockings i had in the car... as you can see, words cannot describe how weird this was ha.

i can honestly say this was the perfect birthday. it could not have gone any better. :)

reno

6 months since my last post! ah! sorry folks. all 8 readers i have. hope you haven't been too disappointed! i'll see what i can do about updating you on my life since september. it probably will be in segments. we'll see.

anyway, i moved to reno about 2 months ago. pretty crazy, right? yeah sometimes i think that, too. but so far it's been a real adventure. annnd everyone always asks why i moved here so before you even start, i moved here for a guy. the same guy you can read about in my post on 11/16/2010. i'm a pretty lucky gal to have such a great guy worth moving for. i guess i'm also lucky i don't get attached to places i live. something i probably picked up in college? since i moved around so much during that time.

so back to reno. i couldn't find a job for what seemed like forever. and not having friends? oh. my. hell. probably the hardest part about moving here. forget not having a job. not having friends is the worst. luckily i finally started working. part time at sports authority, and full time at the atlantis hotel casino. i recently quit sports authority though because the people there (minus a small handful) were absolutely horrible. they were condescending, rude, ridiculing, complaining jerks. i hated every moment i was at that place. so needless to say, i'm done with that company forever. i work in the spa at the atlantis though, and i really enjoy it. mostly because i feel like i've finally made friends. not to mention it's a freaking spa!

so now that i got those two problems out of the way, i feel like i'm getting to a really happy place now. whereas before, it was honestly really questionable. it's a true testament of how stability and friendship can really affect how you feel day to day. and moving to a strange city is just an added bonus to that ha!

well, i think that's it for now because i'm getting really distracted and this post has already taken long enough to type.

happy friday the 13th!

barter systems

so I found out recently that my cousins (Saylor and Makena) and I can share clothes and shoes. and mostly whatever else. which says a lot for the 3 of us. I think it's saying that we're all 3 skinny, stylish girls. am I right? it pretty much triples my wardrobe, too. I mean obviously I can't wear a 10 year old's jeans, but shirts and elastic skirts? definitely. (I only say those things because I have wide birthing hips, and she doesn't)

anyway, pretty awesome.

also, I've been thinking a lot about school. I know. I just got done with school, so why would I think of such absurd things? and how does that tie in with barter systems? (the above paragraph should answer that question, fyi.) well, continuing education is definitely in my future. I've always wanted that. but some decisions and thought-processes lately have kind of put it farther up on my priority list, I guess. but I haven't gotten very far, because...well...I don't know what to study. kind of a problem, right?

so here I am. again. thinking about school, and typing out these thoughts about school, but getting nowhere. it's a little bit frustrating, as you can probably imagine.

anyway, my friend Spencer showed me this photography website of just B&W shots. they're incredible. seriously. I got goosebumps.

boredom advice?

hello.

I have some important information for you:

if you are at work, have access to the internet, and don't have much to do, DON'T SHOP.


because before you know it, you're entire paycheck is half gone, and you don't even have that much to show for it.

(okay, this didn't really happen to me, but still... I was almost to that point.)

so, if this applies to you, find a free game and get addicted to that. or blog? pinterest, even? ...whichever is most appealing.

they even say planning a vacation is good (even a fake vacation). and good for you. in the sense that it stimulates happy chemicals in your body. and who doesn't want that? I'll tell you something--spending money, even when you get cute fun things, does not always stimulate happy chemicals. remember that.

also, will someone explain to me what the hell this is???:

sorry, I wish it could be smaller. but seriously? what is the point of wearing this? I found it on forever21. yeah. I know. what in the world... 

real life adult.

what does that even mean? being a real life adult... I feel like it's loaded with a bunch of stereotypical adjectives and expectations. but then again, I'm not really even sure what all those expectations are. I guess I know what other people expect of me, but what do I expect of myself? I've been a college graduate for over a month now, and I still haven't even figured out all that I want to do next. not that I'm in any sort of hurry, I have my whole life ahead of me, but still. it's nice to have some sort of plan, right? I got a job (yay!), so I can cross that off my list. but really, that's all I have figured out. I at least have some ideas (some of which I'm not fully comfortable posting yet) that I'm pretty excited about. most of which involve pinterest. I've been "repinning" craft ideas all freakin summer long, and now that I have time to spare that I don't have to fill with schoolwork, I can finally start working on some of those. at the same time, I'm thinking to myself, "when in the hell am I gonna have time for all of this stuff?". I'm sure I will though. I get bored a lot these days. I also created a movie list (which is sort of MIA at the moment, otherwise I'd share it) of movies I've been wanting to watch for a lonnng time now. off the top of my head I can think of Casablanca but that's a no-brainer... OH. also... I've been toying with the idea of writing a book, and I really think I'm gonna do it. seriously. I dunno what all it's going to be about, and I haven't decided if I will tell you all when I figure it all out, but just cross your fingers and hope that it goes well for me. I'm excited though! it should be interesting, that's for sure... anyway. I guess I'll be busy for a while. I start my new job tomorrow! wish me luck!

How often do you wear your "Graduation gift"

All the time... but I usually change my mind and wear something because it's a bit ostentatious. I don't like to show off.

Ask me anything

haircuts.

So. I got a haircut yesterday. just a trim though, so no one freak out. however, I think it looks funny. not to discredit my mom on doing a fantastic job at helping me keep my hair healthy, I just think it's a little weird right now. my hair is in wicked bad shape right now, health-wise, so I really needed the trim regardless. I think I look like Christina Ricci when she played Kat Harvey in Casper.

I'm not kidding. it really looks like this. it's kind of weird. luckily I don't have a middle part or funky eyebrows. OR a ghost following me around. that I know of...

Anyway, today my dad and I groomed our dog, Dixie. when I first got here (here meaning Tennessee), I thought she was fat. nope. just a TON of matted, nasty fur. like seriously, if the ASPCA found out, they probably would have come and taken our dog away. it was kind of a nightmare. but she's all skinny and furless now! it's cute. she looks like a mini wolf. and she's such a sweetheart, too. I love her to pieces. I wish I had a picture to show you, but I don't. maybe later.