Oh, How Pinteresting! Birthday parties and Bridal Showers

Whoa, sorry to bombard with 2 back to back posts but I just realized I have NOT done my pinteresting wednesday post with The Vintage Apple today!

Todays edition is featuring Birthday Parties and Bridal Showers :)

Source: sweetapolita.com via Lindsey on Pinterest

I would love this as a birthday cake! Sooo cute.

Source: images.search.yahoo.com via Lindsey on Pinterest

The cutest bridal shower, ever. I really want this when I get hitched *hint hint to my sista*

Source: socuteparties.blogspot.com via Lindsey on Pinterest

Super cute table decor for a child's birthday party. Nothing says birthday party like balloons!

Source: blog.birdsparty.com via Lindsey on Pinterest

Precious Princess birthday party. Here I go again, planning future childrens birthdays.

Ok, that's a wrap for today!

Happy Pinning :)

Adding color to my wardrobe

I have decided that I want to add some color to my fall wardrobe. No mas black, brown, navy and repeat. I really want some colored jeans. More specifically red jeans!

How cute are these red jeans? I want some like yesterday preferably. To wear with some black boots in the winter time.... To wear to an Alabama game.... Needz.

I would actually love any of these colors. Red, purple, pink and green! Am I the only one who is falling for the colored jeans? Of course after yesterday's "im broker than a joker" post I don't think that I need to be dropping any dimes on a red pair of britches. So my next question: where have you seen any cute colored jeans at good prices?

Ramblings of a poor post grad

I thought money problems were suppose to go away the moment you received your diploma accepted your first job. None the less, here I am a little over one year after I accepted my first full time job.... still having an internship/volunteer position to build my resume, still living paycheck to paycheck and STILL babysitting and house sitting for a little extra cash. Three words come to mind: WHAT THE HELL?

I look at my bank account... barely hanging in there. Constantly drained of funds.

I look at my bills... constantly growing- small student loan, phone, car insurance, credit card.

I look at the bills I don't yet have - mortgage, car payment, power, etc (I live with my aunt)

I can't help but wonder if I will ever feel comfortable?

I know that I have some fellow twenty-somethings out there potentially going through the same... please tell me I am not the only one who feels like the money is out the door as soon as it walks in? I know honestly in LIFE it will never change. There will be more this and more that to pay but still... I am feeling drained - literally and figuratively.

Maybe I should attend some financial freedom classes or go see Dave Ramsey, buy one of his books, listen to him on the radio - SOMETHING!

Okay, I will go ahead and admit this one thing. I really love to shop. I have an addiction {except not really because I do not believe in addiction}  to things. Beautiful things, fun things, little things, big things. I love shopping and it makes me happy. There is nothing more fulfilling in my eyes than a day full of shopping and coming home and throwing all my bags on my bed and just looking at the bags. THEN taking everything out and laying it on my bed. Sick, no? I call them sacks of happiness. The second most fulfilling thing is when I go to the post office and fetch packages from online shopping, coming home and opening them. I then admire them in the same way I do in-real-life shopping.

But here's the thing. There are a lot of really useful things that would be a great investment for me and my career {in design} that I want to put my money towards. I am taking A STEP here... a very teeny tiny eensy bitsy step and going to *try* to save money to buy some of these things. I also want to save more money in general which I made a "plan" to do back in like June and have not gone through with it. I am dissapointed in myself - seriously.

So here we go. My journey to savings. First thing is first - Out with all the fluff. Good Bye Birchbox membership. That is $10 a month I can save or put towards a bill.

Heart of forgiveness

The Our Father sums up God's word on forgiveness best, "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."

Forgiveness is a funny thing. Everyone wants God to forgive their sins but aren't full of forgiveness themselves. It's hard to forgive those who have wronged you but it's what God wants. You see, I am an expert on this because I have a particularly hard time handing out forgiveness. I never understand how people can just give forgiveness like it's a piece of Halloween candy. Yet, I encourage others {i.e. my mom and sister} to always be willing to forgive. Why can I not take my own advice?

I have been holding forgiveness hostage against my "stepsisters" for the past 6 years. It's a long story as to why but trust that it was a big deal and not something petty. {I had the whole story typed out, published it and then went back and edited because it was unneccessary and water under the bridge}

Yesterday I took the plunge. I was scared at first... I asked myself if I could really do this over and over again. I made the decision to go and visit  during my lunch hour. Forgiveness granted. It was so crazy... how a little bitty human being can change my entire perspective. I sat there and visited and held a precious child.

Meet my nephew {feels weird saying that} Landon Jayce!

My life lesson here was HOW EASILY it is to forgive. If you just open up your heart to it, God will do the rest!

“Then said Peter unto him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, until seven times: but, until seventy times seven.” Matthew 18:21-22

“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” Hebrews 8:12

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy." Matthew 5:7

Why being a "grown up" sucks

The numero uno reason on my list of why being a grow up sucks is having to wake up early every single weekday. I use to be a late sleeper but not so much anymore. Late to me would now be 9:30 as opposed to when it use to be like Noon to 1:00 in the afternoon {circa high school and college}.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to sleep the day away but I need my sleep. Especially if I stay out late the night before. Which brings me to the #2 reason why being a grown up sucks: Not being able to go out and do fun things on "work nights". Yes, I said it. I refuse to go out and do something on a work night because I know I will be utterly exhausted and unproductive the next day and probably look like hell ran over. And because I do not want to be "that girl" who comes into the office with bud light hair, last nights makeup, smelling like cigarettes with bar funk on  her feet. No, no... not I.

The case here is that I keep seeing all these friends on facebook and twitter posting about going to see The Pretty Lights tonight in Tuscaloosa. So much fun. I remember when I first started liking electronica music The Pretty Lights were the first that I really got into. I am not a huge electronica fan but I really do like it.  Not trying to get nostalgic here but isn't it funny when certain songs take you back to certain places in your life... remind you of certain people... certain memories... how you were feeling. Okay moving forward.

Let me make this clear, I love my job and the fact that I have a job in general but I would love love to go see Pretty Lights tonight. But I do not have the will power to stay out late and still get up and be bright eyed and busy tailed and if I did have this will power it would require not drinking and I certainly do not have that will power either.

Oh, How Pinteresting: Let's Get Organized!

It's Wednesday again!! I secretly look forward to this day every week so I can link up with The Vintage Apple for Oh, How Pinteresting because let's face it... I need to go to Pinterest rehab.


So it's no secret that I secrely wish to be a super organized person. I TRY! I really try.... but it always ends up in failure. I buy containers, folders, storage bins, etc! Everything always ends up in a mess. I know where everything is but it's messy.


I have pinned some great ways for me to attempt to beat this disorganized battle.

Holy Ish. Crafters paradise. I die.

Oh, Hi there perfectly organized desk drawer... I long to meet you!

I really x 10 want this. Perfection.

I have been meaning to do these for awhile. No time better than the present, ehh?

Using a pegboard for organization and putting cups on there for pens, pencils, markets, etc

and last but not least... perfection in the closet form. SIGH* I want this closet

The Coolest Cooler/Coozie

I am a beer drinking girl {and diet coke} and I like to keep my cans cold. I always have a coozie, or two, in my purse for the occasion that I need one. The main point of them are to keep drinks cold, right? Well sometimes when I am out and about, epecially during football season I throw a few beers in my purse... what keeps them cold in there? nothing! Well, I found the most fabulous creation known to man-kind by Marley Lilly last week!

Okay, aside from the fact that it's so cute and monogrammable how AWESOME is that? It's a tubey cooler/giant coozie that holds 6, yes SIX beers/canned beverages. This is perfect for a day of tailgate hopping! Just think... fill it with you cold cans before you head out to visit that way you don't have to lug a cooler around with you or deal with hot beer in your purse and you aren't imposing {not that most friends care} and drinking other peoples beer.

 It has a strap so you can just throw it over your shoulder. This is literally genius.

 I mean you could also fit a couple of cans of diet coke and a 1/5 of Jack in here... or even some Red Bull and 1/5 of Vodka if those are the drinks you fancy {RBV is my 2nd choice after beer}.
 
I have to get me one of these, STAT! Am I the only one who thinks this is a fabulous creation?