vacation

Paul and I celebrated our birthdays and anniversary at the Gaylord Texan a couple of weekends ago!  I had the best weekend and the best birthday ever!  Go there.  Now!  I love that Paulie doesn't mind doing the lame couple stuff with me-he has such a kind, sweet, and romantic heart.  I sure do love him. ;)  In addition to a million special birthday wishes from everyone I know, (and don't know at the hotel), we got so many great gifts!  Mom and Dad got us a new camera so we can document all the exciting events coming up in our lives and also took us out for a family dinner!  My work family got me cards, decorated my desk, bought me tacos for lunch, made me cupcakes, and got me a gift card to Target!  They know me so well. :) Paul won me an iPad Mini from the arcade room at the hotel- which turned out to be an amazing, (and cheap) birthday gift and a great end to our dream weekend!  Thank you to Papa, Grandma and Grandpa, and to Paul's parents, Ray and Frances, for your gifts as well!  Our celebrations last for the whole two weeks that span between our birthdays and its wonderful!  Happy early birthday Paulie!  More pictures will be coming with the new camera!

It has been too long since I posted jewelry pictures!  My jewelry pick a couple of weeks ago is actually a piece I wear often but have never been able to get a good picture of.  I still didn't succeed with the yellow glow of the bathroom lighting...but I wanted to show this beautiful purple bead/stone necklace!  It goes with so many things and is the perfect length.  The dark shade of purple becomes almost a neutral and I have worn it with just about every color and it always looks good.  The necklace I wore  the previous week at the hotel is a new favorite!  I have been dying to wear it and have never found the right outfit to pair it with!  As soon as I saw this black and white top, I knew it would look lovely with the green.  I imagine the green will be a good fall/winter necklace and I can hardly wait! Saturday I wore this lovely bead necklace as a double strand. So fun!  Staishy picked some really fun pieces these past few weeks!  The first one looks like another long strand that she made a triple strand.  I love how versatile the long necklaces are.  What pretty colors too!  It seems like it would surprisingly go with a lot of things, and certainly looks beautiful with blue!  Her pick from a couple of weeks ago is a black and gold beaded necklace. Nanny seemed to love the black and navy blue beaded necklaces.  So classic!  The earrings she chose last week are just lovely! I am impressed with her ability to wear clip-ons!  I have a few I will be breaking out soon.  Many of them will be perfect for Christmas!  I can't decide what I will be debuting this week and of course can't wait to see what Staishy picks! :)