Meow.

Today

Can't decide which I love more... giant glow-in-the-dark cat face or dancing glitter cat in red high heels

A week and a half later, my birthday flowers still look so pretty and bright! Happy kitchen

Burthday

We gon' party like it's my birthday

My birthday this year was very festive. Last year I didn't really do anything at all because I didn't know anyone, it was very depressing. This year I felt an abundance of birthday love, and I'm so glad I got to spend time with the people I dearly love (minus my family and BFFs who were geographically unable to attend). On my actual birthday, JS took me to breakfast and then I had class virtually all day. After that I just had a quiet night in with my homework so that I could go out Friday night.

Birthday flowers

On Friday, a total of 13 of my work and school chums joined me for dinner at my favorite Thai restaurant, Brown Sugar Cafe. Besides the delicious cuisine (their pad se-iew is to die for...) Brown Sugar does the best birthday shout-outs. Case in point: disco ball, spotlight, Asian techno birthday song when they brought  my birthday cupcakes out with candles. Awesooome. Then we headed to my favorite bar (sadly, the dance floor was closed because of a private party... boo) and after most people headed out and I was winding down, my other work friends who had just gotten off of work came over and the party started all over again! In case you were wondering, no, I don't have any pictures. And yes, I am super depressed about this fact. I looked really, really cute though, and am planning on wearing the outfit again and will definitely post pictures next time. Part of my birthday also included tickets to the Red Sox game! Which was the only game they haven't lost in the last few weeks. Apparently I am their lucky charm, which is bad because I simply cannot attend every game until the playoffs. So far 23 has started off with a bang, and I am loving it thus far.

**An addendum: I also went to Atlantic City with Courtney a few weeks before my birthday! We partied it up on the boardwalk, perused casinos, experienced some excellent shopping ($18 designer jeans!!), and had a romantic night at the beach. We were confused by the adult strollers in AC (see photo below).... but we decided to try and go back for a day every year if we can :)

 

Mountains and Sea

What I am to you is not real
What I am to you you do not need
What I am to you is not what you mean to me
You give me miles and miles of mountains
And I'll ask for the sea

-Damien Rice, "Volcano"

DIY

 

After a little quality time at Home Depot, I was able to finish my bookshelf! I picked this up for free on move-out day, and it was in pretty bad shape. I sanded it down, fixed the shelf, and painted it up. I used a basic white paint for most of it, and a matte nickel color for the inside back and shelves. I can't wait to use it for all my dvds and school books, which currently reside all over my room. Not a bad little project for $10! Now if only I could get the paint out of my hair...

Thrifting!

Every now and then I have really good luck at the thrift store that's on the way home from the gym -- like the time I got never-used-still-in-the-box pots and pans for under $10 -- and today was another one of those days.
Ta-da! A little wall bling to make my apartment feel homey and decorated.

Life imitates art

I've always liked pretending I'm an artist, and though I was never good enough to pursue it, I find drawing or doing a little project a good way to relieve stress (oh hey giant test on Tuesday that determines if I get a masters degree) and have fun. I'm usually an oil pastels kinda girl, but I was inspired to pull out watercolors. Also, Urban Outfitters catalogs and Vogue are my favorite muses for making pictures. So dramatic and art nouveau!

I like cats, okay?

Even if you don't drink/don't party... please just check out this link. It totally made my day.

Oh snap