Thanks for the birthday wishes! I had full twenty four hours of birthday fun. On Wednesday night, Sara and I had a thanksgiving meal at Whole Foods before heading over to Vini. It was such an interesting experience. A lot of good jazz music, art, and wine. The self-serve wine system blew my mind. After that, we went to Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Bar and had some very interesting conversations with strangers.

My actual birthday day was simple and happy. I met my long lost friend Lauren at a cafe called Chocolat. Lauren and I were such great friends in high school, and we just discovered that we are living in the same town again! We have years and years to catch up on, and it has been so refreshing to hang out with her again :)

I took a long walk by myself, wandering in and out of different shops. Eventually, it got lonely, so I came home and painted a “Happy Birthday to Me” painting. Am I a Birthday Princess? Maybe…yeah… but it was fun!

I carried on my three year tradition of meeting with my family at my grandma’s house on my birthday night. My sisters are the best! They bring me so much happiness. We ate cake. Talked about Carly Rae Jepsen. Talked about politics. I love them so much.

Anyway, today is just an ordinary day. It is raining outside and I want to cozy up under blankets and take e-courses all day. Unfortunately, I am working today and I have so much to prepare for the craft fair tomorrow. If you are in the Sacramento area, check out this link for more details :)

Tomorrow is my birthday! I am so excited to celebrate a new year of new possibilities. This past year has been full of so many life changing things. I graduated college. Moved to a town where I knew three people (I’m workin’ on it). Got a new job. Quit that job. Got another job. I learned a lot about myself and what I want in life. I have also been given some pretty cool opportunities (like the craft fair I’m participating in this weekend!) #blessed. Haha, just kidding. Really though, I am very thankful for all of the good things that have happened this year. Even though winter is approaching, I have that light summery feeling again. I am happy.

Tonight, my roommates and I are going to a jazz-themed self serve wine bar downtown called Vini. Every year, I celebrate my birthday at midnight, dance around a little, and then go to sleep. Fun times :)

In the mean time, I thought I would make a little birthday wishlist:

1. I love these flowers so much! These are anemones, right? I have been buying a lot of flowers at Whole Foods lately and if these happened to show up in the store, that’d be pretty cool.
2. I’m in love with these shoes. In a dream world, they would be on my feet.
3. Okay here’s a realistic birthday present! I am making this lemon, smoked mozzarella & basil pizza for myself in the very near future. It’s been on my list of things to do :)
4. Switzerland. Yeah.
5. Mmm, cozy sweaters…
6. And lastly, I have been eyeing this phone case for quite some time :)

Well, I’m off to begin the festivities! Happy Wednesday.

I love writing lists. I love buying organizers and starting projects and setting goals. At the start of each new month, I say, “This is going to be my month.” For my blog, shop, regular old life…whatever. And then life happens and the month flies by. I never know what day it is. Nothing gets crossed off of my lists, my floor becomes covered in tangled yarn and scraps of paper, and I look forward to the next month. Maybe that one will be my month.

Normally, I would have planned a huge celebratory November blog post. It’s my favorite month ever. I accidentally took a blog hiatus though, so Happy November 5th everybody :)

This season has been nothing but rough. I woke up one day and realized it was fall, and November, and beautiful outside.

A few silver linings:

1. My mom brought over Molly the other night! I don’t think the house I live in allows pets, so it was nice to have a furry friend in there for a while.
2. I have been writing a lot of thankful lists. Gotta do whatcha gotta do. More to come on numbers 4 and 5 on that list.
3. I’ve been spending a lot of time at home. Not at my house, but my mom’s house. It’s what I need and it is peaceful :) I should probably stop making a habit of it and get to know people in this new town.
4. Halloween came and went. I was Ann Perkins and Sara was Leslie Knope. Any Parks and Rec fans out there? That show gives me so much joy.

Oh! And…..a Whole Foods opened down the street from me :)

(I tried to jump onto the brussel sprouts bandwagon, but they aren’t my favorite.)

The truth is, I am not really into Halloween. But I’m still excited about this this year! My plans are up in the air, but I do know that my roommate and I are dressing up as Leslie Knope and Ann Perkins from Parks and Rec. I’m going to be Ann Perkins. I happen to have just ombre’d my hair, so that is convenient. I’ll post about the ombre soon. :)