This is what life is all about...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending the day with 4 of my best friends and our "Neice"! I couldn't be more thankful for my friends and am truly blessed to be surrounded by such amazing women! We love spending time with our favorite 6 month old, Grier, who already has the most precious personality! My parents also got to babysit Grier while we went to dinner and they loved having their "adopted grandbaby" around! One day Mom and Dad I promise you'll have legit grandbabies.. one day :)

Can't wait to see my girls again and to have our missing 2 college girls Linday and Allison come for visits!! XO

Going to the Chapel..

2011 weddings have begun! This weekend I had the pleasure of seeing one of my sorority sisters tie the knot! Miss Erica Poole officially became Mrs Erica Priddy! It was a beautiful ceremony and a very fun reception with many good friends! Erica and Jeremy make a beautiful couple and I am so happy for them & wish them all the happiness in the world!
P.S. No luck with the bouquet catch this time around... good thing I have at least 4 more weddings this year :)

"If they passed up your diamond for cubic zirconia, don't follow 'em to the dollar store. You're worth MORE!"

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Male #1: "HEY! I just found the tallest girl in the bar! I don't know why I didn't come talk to you earlier" = Bad Idea. Now that you just made me feel like a freak and every one is staring at me I am DEFINITELY not going to talk to you.

Male #2: After introducing himself briefly as I receive my food order at a bar "It's nice to meet you, I'm leaving and I can see your busy... Here's my card."= Bad Idea. I am not a potential employer, I am a lady.

Holiday Hangover

Well the holidays are finally over and everyone can take a sigh of relief.  We have been back into the swing of things for a month now and have recovered from the exhaustion of the end of the year Holiday Marathon.  The question I have is who gets more stressed out during the holidays- singles or those in a relationship?  Well I’ve been on both sides of the field in the past 2 years and would say they both have their ups and downs.  For singles the stress comes from things like not having dates to your holiday parties, no exchange of gifts, not having anyone to take home for family functions and the constant family questions when you show up date-less.  For couples the stress comes more from finding the perfect gifts, figuring out how to split time between two families, and for dating couples, the inevitable family question “When are yall going to get married??”. Being single during the holidays definitely wasn’t that bad for me this year, but I think next time around I’ll just find a handsome tall gentleman to escort me to my parties so I am not the only single in the crowd, maybe take me to go see some Christmas lights, and then I’ll just buy myself something pretty and call it a success!

After the holidays, right when we get back into the swing of our everyday lives what happens.. we get smacked in the face with Valentine’s Day- the day all singles dread.   So what do we do now? Dress in all black, spit at couples holding hands on the streets, and feel bad for ourselves?  Well I guess that’s one way to go about it… but I say embrace it! Get together with all your single girl friends, talk shit about every guy that’s ever done you wrong, bake cookies until you run out of sugar, and watch a good love story- the Notebook is perfect.  Instead of feeling bad for yourself think of it as an opportunity to be the best you you can be, have hope for the future, and know that we all have a Noah, just like Allie in the Notebook.  Mine just happens to be lost on an ark somewhere… but when he finds me at least I will be ready- with plenty of cookies J