From the past week...

Yo yo! Where have I been? I dont really know. Somewhere without interwebs? Definitely not. But, my logging in just hasn't happened much in the past few days. First, I want to thank ya'll for the kudos on my hair! You make this girl in Tulsa feel really good. :)

Anyhoodle, some schtuff to get my bootie back in blogging gear from the past week:

Last Thurs was a friend, Beth's, birthday shindig at a local Mexican restuarant, El Guapo. 

All the girlies :)

A few of us chipped in and got her a necklace she'd loved at the recent Stella & Dot party we'd attended! :) I think she likes it!

Guess what else I did last week! Went to lunch with a blog friend, Katie, and had a great time officially meeting in person! Blogs connected us, mutual friends further connected us, and then we kept running into each other! As we joked, our friendship was destined- haha! :) I absolutely love the friends my blog has brought into my life-from right here in Tulsa to across the country and even across the ocean for a couple of ya'll! :)

Last weekend, Audra, a good college friend of mine, came to town! She's from here, but lives in Little Rock like some other fabulous friends, Kat and Stacia. :) My camera did really weird things to my eyes where I look like a cat with one different color eye. Eh, well.. at least I have on my trusty Forever21 fedora. Great brunch at Dilly Deli with a friend I haven't seen in way too long. Note the carafe of mimosas we quickly downed enjoyed.

Also last weekend, I went to a couples baby shower for Eric's friend's wife, Nadine! :) Well, they're my friends too.. but I'm just trying to give you some identifiers/context. Plus, Eric is allowed to have friends before he met me. I guess. ;) Please note that I was a little tipsy after the morning mimosas and therefore convinced myself that washing my hair was overrated and I should just keep rocking the fedora all day. *shaking head at self* Whatever. 

Ashley, Nadine, and me. :)

We played the "What the crap" game. I call it the diaper game. But, whatever. Same thing. Chocolate melted in diapers, passed around to sniff, taste, etc, and guess what kind of chocolate it is. Winner get a diaper with the real deal it in. I kid I kid. Sick. *shudder* Eric thought I made up the diaper game when I'd talked about it before. Oh no, my friend. Someone somewhere thought that making chocolate look like poo and forcing people to taste it in diapers was a good idea. I don't know whether that person is my hero or my nemesis, b/c I have to admit, it's kinda hilarious to watch people gingerly sniffing and taste testing diapers.

Sunday, my roomie was off work so we crashed her old apartment pool laid out at a nearby pool. We actually laid out with her friend that lives there, but still. We felt pretty covert. Good stuff. 

Then, Sunday funday was over and the week started. Went to an awards dinner on Tuesday night with my team from work and other friends in the same industry. Opted to go to a fun 80s pub, The Max Retropub, afterward. Cheesy poses, video game playing, and a lot of fun ensued. :) 

This was our tube tv/Saved by the Bell pose (Seriously, Saved by the Bell is what's on the screen. Awesome).

The Max plays the Jessie caffeine pill episode on it's tvs a lot. I like that. *affirmative nod* Say it with me, friends "I'm so excited... I'm so... I'm so... scared." bahahahahahaha!

 Last night, Beth (from the above bday pics) and my roomie wanted to get together to "discuss my bday party." I was confused b/c well... (1) the party is a week away so what's there to discuss and (2) I don't know much about it since Eric and Timberly are party planners extrordinaire. Anyhoo, I got there and they'd developed that "let's get together" plan to give me my birthday present from them early! I didn't even expect or need any sort of gift at all, so I was immediately girly emotional about it all. I'm sure I annoyed the people around me with the "I can't believe you guys did this" becaaaaaaaaaaaaaaause.... somehow they tracked down the Banana Rep maxi dress I'd been LUSTING over! You see, I was trying to order it the night we had a big tornado scare here and well, Gracie dog and my lives were more important, so I missed their online sale on it. Upon getting online later, it was SOLD OUT. I'd really wanted to get it for my bday party and was a little bummed out.  

I don't know how they found it, but I was SO surprised and can't wait to wear it! They wanted to meet to give it to me early b/c they were stressing out every time I said I was going to have to find a dress to wear to my party and were afraid I'd get something else this weekend. My roomie kept saying "You shouldn't buy a dress for your birthday. I mean.. why spend money, ya know?" I'd just furrow my brows and shift my eyes like "Okay, weirdo." hahaha...

Living with another girl is bound to have its stressful moments sometimes, but I also know I am really blessed to have so many fabulous and thoughtful friends in my life, definitely including my roomie and Beth. And I love the dress, but it's not even about that ya know... Lately, I've really done an about-face about the great people I have in my life. And I am blessed to say there are many. Not a bad reflection as my 30th approaches, me thinks. :)

Anyway, sorry this was long and thanks for sticking with it til the end if ya did. Sending love from Tulsa!