High Five for Friday

{My Birthday}

I  could not have asked for a better day.

I have the greatest friends, family, boyfriend, and coworkers a girl could ask for...



My coworkers hooked me up at work...crown and all.  The students called me Ms. Princess all day.
I got sweet cards from my students, a sweet gift from my coworkers, and we had a little party with lots of yummy snacks.



The boyfriend sent me an edible arrangement to work.  Such a sweet surprise.



Justin took me to dinner for my birthday.  Yummy dessert.



Kind of blurry, but it will do.

{BFF birthday package}

Shelbs hooked me up with a new coffee mug, a cookbook, and some fingernail polish.
Shelby, you are the best!

{New neckalce}

I love my new necklace and earrings.  And I love getting packages.



{Comedy Club}

I got free tickets to the comedy club for my birthday.

I always have so much fun at the comedy club...can't complain about free tickets either.

{Step towards grad school}

I took the MAT yesterday.  I'm not sure what I needed to get into grad school, but hopefully I'll find out soon.  Pray for me!

{And 6 just because}

I love my new polish from Shelbs..

Happy Friday lovelies!! I am so looking forward to the weekend.

Wednesday Loves

Happppppppyyyy  Wednesday lovelies!!!

I'm so glad you are here for the most anticipated day of my whole year so far.

Not only is it my last day of school before Spring Break, but it's also the day that I am leaving for Chicago.

And....I'm linking up with two of my favorite girls!

{I'm loving my new neon yellow shoe laces...as if these shoes weren't bright enough.}

Just looking at this pic, makes me want to go work out.  That is the point, right?

{I'm loving my presh Coral baby.  I just love when she is snuggled in my bed.}

{I'm loving what's waiting for me in Chicago...my bff Shelbs &mots of friend time in one of my fave cities}

Here are some of my favorite pins from this week!

Ahhh I'm so excited for Hunger Games

Words to live by!

I NEED this....

Miranda Kerr....she is too pretty for her own good!

I so badly wish I could pull this off...

Def doing this to my hair this summer!!!

All of these colors are on my wish list.

Am I the only one??

Love this fabric!!!

No EXCUSES!

I'm counting down the hours until 8...I should be landing in CHI-town around this time!!

Holy moly!

Have a lovely day friends!!

XoXo

High Five for Friday

I really never thought Friday would get here.  Has anyone else had a crazy long week?Thankfully, Friday is finally here and I'm ready to link up with a couple of my fave girls."High Five for Friday is a weekly post about your five favorite things recently. it's a chance to stop and reflect on the things that you've enjoyed over the past week, which is something we should all do." {ONE}I used my first Pass It Forward card.

If you haven't already, go to The Shine Project and read more about this great project! I didn't do anything incredibly creative with my first card.  It was actually a last minute decision to use it on Monday morning...I was in the line at Chick Fil A when I thought about it and immediately broke out the handy dandy iphone to register my pass it forward card on the website...this is just a fun way to keep track of everyone who passes it forward.  :)When I pulled up to the window, I told the worker that I would like to pay for the car behind me as well as my own...he smiled and I handed him the pass it forward card.  I literally felt so gitty when I pulled out of Chick Fil A.  I'm super excited to use the rest of my cards. {TWO}We are participating in Boosterthon at school.  The big kickoff was Tuesday and I'm having so much fun experiencing at all for the first time. 

 “The mission of the Boosterthon Fun Run is to Change the World by strengthening schools and impacting the next generation through Fitness, Leadership, and Character.”

{THREE}
I mentioned on Wednesday that I had received a special gift from one of my favorite gals.
Jessica sent me this...

I adore my new polish and it literally made my week.  :)

Thanks again Jess!!

{FOUR}

I wrote my second ever IEP since being in the real world.  Some of you may not know what that means, but my job revolves around IEPS.  As a special education teacher, my job is to write and implement IEP's and they are kind of a big deal...actually a really big deal.  That was what the whole deadline was about today.  I finished it around 1:30 and I literally felt like breaking out in song when I finished...I was so super duper excited.  Not only did I finish it with minimal help, but I also feel pretty good about it.  We will see after the meeting next week, huh?

{FIVE}

Has anyone heard of HauteLook?

It's a wonderful website that has different daily deals...I literally check out the deals every single day and probably purchase something at least once a week.

So a few weeks ago, I was using my iphone app to check out the deals.

In my defense, there are tons of deals not just like 5 or 6 each day.

I found a very cute pair of gladiator sandals, bought them, and then got my confirmation email.

I must have been having a long day because somehow I purchased a pair of children's sandals.

I thought, ok no big deal, I have lots of nieces.  I can gift them.

Unfortunately, I asked around and no one I know is a children's size 7.

So today, I get an email that says that they unfortunately sold too many pairs and didn't have enough to fulfill my order.  Not only did HauteLook refund my $22, but they also credited me $20 more for the inconvenience.  Um OK...I was going to return them anyways.

Go ME!

OK so moving on.

Time for link up #2.

I sported 2 different mani's this week.

Happy Friday lovelies!
XoXo

Friday Faves

Hi lovelies...I'm so glad you stopped by!

{Favorite Polish}

Yes, I realize it is pretty spring-ish but the 60ish weather lately is making me crave spring.This color is play date...what a fun name!I thought it would be perfect for my birthday weekend/girls' trip to Nash-Vegas!Today is the day!  Wish you could come Shelbs! {Favorite blog}Sweetness in Starlight  

{Favorite trend}

COLOR

BLOCKING

I'm obsessed, but haven't worked up the courage to break out with this trend yet.

{Source} {Favorite DIY}

{Source}{Favorite color combo}Pink and Red

This cold have a tiny bit to do with my love for Valentines Day!  :)

Join some of my fave girls in this fun linkies.

Happy happy early birthday to me...I mean Friday.Tomorrow I will be 26...eeekkkkk!I'll also be in Nashville will 3 of my favorite girls!XoXo PS I think its a sign that I'm getting older when I first typed 27, then changed it to 26, then still second guessed myself.  Ahh...with age comes insanity.By favorite blog, I mean favorite real-life friend blogger.

What I'm Loving Wednesday

A little late, but I am linking up with Jamie for WILW.

{New Orleans}

I'm loving my vacation!!

I'm loving waking up whenever I want.

I'm also loving doing whatever my little heart desires.

I'm loving that today I took Kent to work so that I would have his car.

I feel like such a rockstar in this baby!!! 

 I'm loving that I got an early start this morning.

And I'm loving that I marked some places off of my list that I wanted to see.

Wedding Cake House

 and Blue Frog Chocolates.

I'm loving that I still have 5 more days here!!There are a lot of things that I still want to see!

Ok moving on.

I'm also linking  up with Michelle for Oh How Pinteresting.

Pinterest:  New Years Eve Edition

I'm still clueless as to what I am wearing on NYE.

I would love either of these...k, thanks!

 I do know, however, that my nails will look like this!!

And I'm pretty sure I will have a special kiss at midnight!

Happy Wednesday lovelies.

I now must go get ready for dinner.

XoXo

Friday Faves

Thanks for stopping by for my Five Friday Favorites today!

Favorite holiday mani

Favorite way to spend a rainy day

Favorite holiday accessory

Favorite holiday drink

Favorite holiday eyes

I hope you lovelies have a terrific Friday! XoXo