Birthday Weekend - Finally 21!

I'm back! 

My little break turned into nearly a month long break, unintentionally. I went to Indiana to visit my boyfriend's family and then I moved back into college, and have been super busy with work, class, and meetings.

In order to keep up with this blog, I have decided to *try* and upload every Sunday! I hope anyone who reads will be there to support me :)

Last Sunday (February 4th) was my 21st birthday. My birthday weekend started on Thursday after my 4pm class, when I went to one of my closest friend's house for a sleepover! She brought me to a bakery where we got some sweets:

Running on fear and strawberry refreshers, we stayed up until 5am playing Resident Evil 7. It was a much needed hang out sessions between us, and we have another one planned this week!

On Friday, my mom and I got mani-pedis:

(And I think for the majority of the weekend I worked on my novel, which I have been making great progress on). Until Sunday, when I went out to eat with my family, and ordered my first legal drink. 

We went to my favorite restaurant near my old house where I ordered a red sangria and then an Orchard Sunrise. Featuring a red velvet cake.

My mom is amazing and she let me pick out these boots as my birthday present:

(The coloring seems a little off, but they are a dark purple/maroon, and of course are vegan leather). 

And she also surprised me with this notebook (that I currently do not have a picture of so here it is from google images) and this cute cup...(and a bottle of peach wine):

My boyfriend got me these books:

I love fantasy books and the bottom three were my most anticipated releases of 2018. I'm so excited to dive into the different worlds!

Aside from the thoughtful gifts, my closest friends sent me the nicest messages, and shared memories of us on Instagram and Facebook!