i had a birthday!

so i have lots of things to post and it is all out of order but hey. at least it is happening!

so anyway. like i said. i had a birthday! and it was nice.

ashlie and i decided to put cats on our way awesome and totally hip nokia phones

(you know, to make them even more awesome and totally hip)

the week of my birthday was also spent going on bike rides and creeping every historic home in provo to find good ones for my final photography project.

this one definitely made the cut!

morning of birthday was spent with suzanne.

birthday breakfast at magleby's!

afternoon was spent with nicole, kaycie, amelia, and ashley.

birthday lunch at zupas!

evening was spent with d.

birthday dinner at malawi's!

(i love eating so bad i guess!)

so much matching and happiness

and fire!

and (FREE) ice-cream

(for birthday, NOT for dantzel)

and here is an honorable mention.

a quick ride and a yee-haw on the texas roadhouse saddle.

i did it for the free ice cream.

oh and here is another one!

a birthday miracle!

went to olive garden with the roommates and i found some plastic in my food. i wasn't going to say anything because heck, i don't care, but our waitress saw it all happen so she grabbed it from me real quick and in a very stressed manner told me to pick a dessert and then said "my manager discounted your tab".

this, to me, meant maybe a few dollars? maybe charged for a lunch portion instead of a dinner portion?

but no! i got it all for FREE.

 sad for them because they were so stressed but so happy for me.

other things worth mentioning that made the birthday nice but are not pictured:

brynne's homemade postcard that let me know i was her cupcake!

going to class and turning in things!

so many nice fb messages, wall posts, texts, and phone calls!

speaking of, talking to sister tong from taiwan!

watching modern family with ryan and then receiving the pass of all passes!

watching him and nik play at lib square..so convenient. and classy!

youtube time with d!

and then having a sleep over and watching she's the man with

myself because dantzel fell asleep in two seconds dantz!

anyway. it was a really nice birthday!

thanks guys.

24 will be fine. probably.

Lucky

= these things.

1.b got married!!

 

2. i have written and sent half of my letters to taiwan friends. 

didn't actually realize what a task it would be..

2a. since serving in taiwan helped me like asians, i can now watch shows like this and be OBSESSED rather than wanting to scratch my eyes out!

3. same day as marriage fest ran into rachel, my efy tot. she is going on a mission! 

yesss.

4.ashlie (and david) moved back to utah

5. i get to wear my name tag again at church

(special thanks to girl who drew the baby wolf on it!)

6. just bought $650 worth of j.crew biz (including this great umbrella!) for $78. never super loved it like some people but i do love me a good deal!

(honestly. a jacket, a dress, a wool sweater, somepj bottoms, one "refined silk-cashmere wrap", an umbrella, two handkerchiefs, and two clutches. so cheap!)

7. i just thought of another one! seeing these pretty ladies (minus rach and ashley) last week. 

aaaand 

after hearing they are all old and have credit cards, i finally got one for myself

(which could be lucky thing #8. i'm growing up!)

yay for friends, deals, and adults!

hi pictures.

i took two finals today and also bought international stamps (who thought sending letters and pictures to new members would cost so much. $50 just for stamps. really?). so now i feel like blogging. don't really know how it correlates. 

this week..

macey's had a killer deal (maybe still does?) on chex cereal between. what i bought for me, my mom, and my sisters- it totalled 54 boxes haha. $1.09 a box cannot be beat.

wednesday night we went and saw the lights. i think i took this photo and not really any others but thank goodness nicole did, bless her heart.  

we threw an ugly sweater christmas fest this weekend. i'm glad my collection could clothe ryan, suzanne, and myself!

if you look closely my earrings are clay kittens with santa hats. 

ryan was such a good sport!

(ps I got these off my roommate ashley's facebook so they are possibly crappy quality. sweet thing has all her albums set to private so this was the only way for you to see them)

ryan! haha. the gettinginpeople'spictureswithoutthemknowing thing never gets old. 

i'm so glad she captured this lucky moment.

another lucky moment would be how we went with my mission president and his wife to the temple saturday night. oh those live sessions! it was nice to be there with all of them and ry guy. missions rock. 

(and if you want to know why the hoers are so cool, you can listen here.)

yesterday we finally got to give ryan's dog max this sweater. when i saw it in the store i was dying. i had to buy it for him. who would think up a knit turtleneck for small dogs! genius.

let's be honest, i don't even like dogs.

 but i like him.

wendy put up her tree!

 (i hope i can make a habit of highlighting her decorations in every post).

so much happening, so christmas fabulous. i could stare at it for days.

at my request my mom put up our front room tree too!

(hasn't happened since before my mission haha) 

which is more on the lovely side so i love it for different reasons. i think i could just sit in front of a lit tree for hours and never get sick of it. add some hot chocolate and christmas tunes and i'm entertained the whole break. 

seriously. 

after not having christmas for two years in a country where they only put up decorations at the mall or the mission home, you just can't get enough of it.

aaaand cue abrupt ending.