snow shots

Snow my gosh. Snow fell like I've never seen in Kansas City this past week. It is seriously gorgeous, and has made the desire to squeeze in some skiing this year even stronger than before. 

Also, it was this handsome guy's 30th birthday yesterday. We threw a big party a few Saturdays ago to celebrate, so last night we enjoyed a low-key dinner and present opening.

trip highlights: nashville

Or NashVegas, as some like to call it.

Stick 12 sorority sisters in any city and it's going to be a good time. But put all of us in Music City, and times aren't only good, they're downright rowdy.

This is not even close to a comprehensive city guide of Nashville, because we almost never left Broadway street. For a really amazing (although slightly dated now) post on all things Nashville, head on over here. For a few pictures of the fun the city has to offer on a girl's trip, keep on scrolling.

Now I know back here I said our only set plan was to go to Bluebird Cafe. I was so excited to tell all you Nashville show lovers about it. Turns out, our reservations were for Friday night instead of Saturday night. So we missed the Bluebird, but to be honest, it was probably for the best. When 9:30pm rolls around and you're with 11 of your best friends from 6 different states and just finished bar hopping along the main strip, it is highly likely you'd be asked to leave the famous listening bar due to volume control issues.

So instead, you could find us every night in the back of Tootsie's, usually on stage helping the bass player with his chords. We dined at some pretty delish spots, my favorites being Merchants for lunch and M for brunch. May I suggest the mimosas....

The rest of the trip was spent walking up and down Broadway, running in and out of live music bars as we pleased. I definitely did some damage in accomplishing resolution #4 that weekend. Thank you Nashville - for being so fun, so country, and so inviting to us all. We'll be back.

month in photos: january

Better late than never, right?

January 2013 was one for the books. 

It included trips to the Fiesta Bowl and Mexico.

My 27th birthday and a celebration at KC's urban winery.

A major investment purchase.

And my first experience at being unemployed.

Gotta love life's timing.

Friends for 13 years at Amigoni Urban Winery.

College girlfriends. It was gameday, can you tell by all the purple?

The look of a successful wine tasting.

Burning the midnight oil branches on the beach of San Pancho.

Taking a break from cover letter writing to enjoy the new Kate Spade book.

typical me

Yesterday's post may have been a bit of foreshadowing on my part.

Remember when I mentioned I took a crazy small amount of pictures in December?

That's all about to change in 2013.

I made a pretty major move in checking off new year's resolution number six this past week. 

yayyyyyyyy.

Typical me, start with the most expensive and exciting of resolutions and work my way up (or down?) from there.

Now I just need to learn how to use this thing.

PS: I haven't forgotten about my bedroom reno, although I'm sure 95% of you guys have. That pretty white duvet the camera is on is a big part of it, but I need to set up a lamp, and have my suitcase unpacked for two weeks straight before sharing any more deets. So that should be... let's see... in March.