Happy Friday my precious friends! What a week it has been. I have had one of the best birthday weeks in a long time and I can think many of you for that! I had to laugh however because I felt like most of my birthday during the day was spent on Instagram because of all your sweet interaction but I loved every second of it! One bittersweet note it is my poor mom is still very sore from the accident so continue to keep her in your thoughts and pray she improves with each day! Let’s get to some favorites at the busy week.
1. Birthday Dinner
As you may know, I was super excited to go to dinner at one of the best restaurants in the state! Mr. Nine had been there once and he wasn’t really sure what I would think. We sure are lucky to have it be only 10 minutes from our house and probably a bad thing for us is that I absolutely loved it! Now hubby is worried I want to go there all the time and I just might after that delicious meal! The best thing about the entire experience is the service, we’ve eaten in many restaurants and I don’t ever think we’ve had as good a service as we had that night! And another really cool thing is that my sweet friend and neighbor, Sam, was there and treated me to a video of me being sung Happy Birthday to! Such a fun night!
Top right: Most unique and tasty creme brûlée ever!
2. The Love of my Friends and Family
My sweet friends and family, you have made my heart so extra full with all your love and precious gifts you picked out just for little old me! I could literally write entire blog posts gushing on my love for EACH ONE OF YOU but I will try not to make this one too long and just give you a sentence about each of you, my sweet sweet people in my life! If you're not already following the ones who are bloggers, DO IT!!! THE BEST LADIES in Blog and Instagram land!!
From My Precious Mama....my FAVORITE woman on the planet!
The roses made it through the accident too!
From my amazing, compassionate and sweet friend Laura from The Horton Family who knows me so very well and gets pure joy from giving just the perfect and heartfelt gifts. Sweeeeet.
And those candle holders she got have a story add look AMAZING in my glam space! This angel even did a post this week in my honor (here) bless her heart!
From my dear beloved Friends, Lisa from Coast to Coast and Kellyann from This Blonde's Shopping Bag.
Lisa and I share such parallel lives and her fierce loyalty, along with her beauty and talents, inspire me and will you too.
Kellyann is the most compassionate caring light. She radiates beauty and warmth and has the BEST laugh.
From the gorgeous Shelly from The Queen In Between. This amazing woman will inspire you. She gives so freely and sweetly and loves you fiercely!
My first two gifts to arrive were these sweet necklaces from Emelia from Dream Big and Buy the Shoes and Brenda from Chatting Over Chocolate. These ladies have ginormous hearts and would do anything for you!
Emelia is writing her best blog posts yet, so relatable and from the heart. Make sure to read an extra special one Today!
Brenda's zest for life, the Hallmark Channel and Disney is contagious and pure magic!
From the darling Sierra from Beautifully Candid. This girl is a light and a wonder. She is amazing at all she does including renovating a house!!
From the beautiful and fun Emily from Martinis and Bikinis! Look at that pretty swimsuit. Not only does Emily have an awesome blog, but she is so talented, making beautiful wine charms. Make sure to check out her site Lola Wine Designs named so lovingly after her fur baby!
From my sweet friend Jenn, who I got to share mimosas, brunch and shopping with on Wednesday!
From my amazing sister-in-law Beth and family. Another great gift giver in the family.
AND Sweet and Encouraging Lisa from Life Away from The Office Chair, who is so good at creating the coolest stuff sent me a Starbucks card. Precious Gina from On The Daily Express sent me the coolest Donny Osmond Personalized ecard! Shopping Mula from my sweet Dad. And what did Mr. Nine get me you ask? Well, besides our upcoming trip...TB Miller sandals and arriving on Monday…a new MAC computer, which I desperately needed. So excited!
3. Week's Attire
Buy Earrings HERE
4. "The" Jumpsuit Winner
Here it is, the outfit that won the polls for the birthday dinner! It may look red in some pictures but it is literally the most gorgeous tangerine color! It fits great had the sexy open slits in the front and the snakeskin sandals were great as well! Thanks to many of you for your help on selecting this awesome outfit and best thing, with the coupon it was under $40 which I literally cannot believe. It’s from JCPenney but at somewhere like Nordstrom this would be $150 jumpsuit!
BUY JUMPSUIT HERE // Similar Shoes HERE and HERE // Earrings HERE // Buffalo Checked Doormat HERE // Home Sweet Home Doormat HERE
More Inspo
5. Misc. Fun
Post of the Week:
Literally one of my favorite weeks of posts as I also really loved the red jumpsuit.
Wednesday~ Ravishing Red Jumpsuit
Kathie Lee & Hoda
Kathie Lee's Last Day
There will probably be a few tears when I watch the Kathie Lee and Hoda hour of the Today Show this morning! Who am I kidding, I’ve already cried bucket loads of tears just watching the tribute to KLG this week. It’s Kathie Lee’s last day. These two ladies have been a huge part of my life and huge inspiration to watch their chemistry together! They are both the most amazing ladies and it will be sad not to see them co-host together anymore.
You know, I did talk a lot on here about the sweet gifts from my friends and family but especially after hearing the things Katie Lee had to say this week, I just want you to know that it’s your heart and it’s your friendship that mean the most to me, gifts are icing on the cake but the things that you bring to my life; the inspiration, the enrichment, the compassion, the style, the talent, it makes my life a more beautiful ride to know and treasure each and every one of you! BIG HUGS!!!
We are finally going to get a streak of warm sunshiny luck here in Indiana with temperatures from 65 to 70. Our plan is to go to some friend’s house on the lake and have a wonderful grilled meal after our husbands have their first golf outing of the year!
I hope you have the most awesome weekend possible!
xoxo
