A town-Down.

And we're back! Birthday weekend, was a blast!!! It went so well, and we all scored such great new things! I've said it a million times, but i really do have such great friends! I am so excited and blessed to have a good group of girl friends, i don't want to ever take it for granted.

We woke up super early Saturday am and headed to Atlanta, ( a 4 hour drive) Our first stop was a large antique mall right outside of Atl. that is open only one weekend a month, and just happened to be open this weekend! It was fun to walk around and get inspired. I only took home a pretty vintage book, but they had such reasonably priced furniture and large pieces that i would definitely go back with a Uhaul someday!

After antiquing, we hit up the h&m and the mall. Shopping spree began. We literally shopped til we dropped, before we knew it, it was after 9 and we hadn't even checked into our hotel! Once we did, we all freshened up, had a photo op and then got a ride to our restaurant..

We ate at Pure(taqueria) and i found my new favorite margarita spot.

really glad to know they just opened one of these outside of charlotte! We stayed til they closed, it was so fun! Once we got back to the hotel, there was a "pool side party" happening on the 16th floor, and because we were living it up in the city this weekend, we said "why not?" It happened to be a latino party, but that was the best part! after a few dances we ended the night.

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Sunday morning we headed to Ria's Bluebird for Brunch, this was fun side of town, it was a gem of a restaurant and their latte was amazing. After brunch we walked around little 5 points, and Highland areas of town. Lots of fun vintage shops, and boutiques. It was the most beautiful day, the weather was PERFECT!

All in all this trip was awesome, I'm already scheming my next trip. I believe the next one will include more sand and sun!!! Next weekend im going to DC to see Luke, cant wait!!

Hope your weekend + monday treated you right.

have a great week!!

love

C

birthday week :)

Birthday week rolled through... And, I sure had a good time, and it is only just beginning! I truly have some of the best(est) friends in the whole world! Really. i do. I don't know what i would've done without them, (since my husband is away) flowers, Dinner, so many cute presents and cupcakes on my birthday night! Then last night at "Wives Club" There were even more, presents, cupcakes and good times! And then the mot amazing surprise ever... a ticket to see Luke next weekend in DC for easter!!! Best surprise everrrr!!! i can not even wait! We were unsure we would even get to see each other at all for the whole 7 week tour so a weekend together, even if it is in between practices and sound checks, is to me, perfect! i just cant wait to see his face! yay

Tomorrow is my original bday present. A shopping trip to Atlanta with 4 of my friends! We are staying in a snazzy hotel downtown, and shopping, relaxing, eating good food, and being "girls" for the next 48 hours! This really feels like a month long birthday celebration! So so fun! feeling so so blessed. Can't wait to update you after our fun weekend!

Lots of Love

C

A cookout.

So, after a day filled with hang time with Luke, the only logical way to end the day was to spend some time with our friends, outside (since the weather was a dream) and eat food. duh.

So the amazing Arnold's offered up their sweet back porch, and awesome new grill to have a cookout!

Mary Ellen's house is always super cute, (that's a whole 'nother post!) with lots of cute details, and always fresh flowers. And now that its warmer, and they've fixed up their back porch its so fun just to hangout and be outside!

There are way more pics of us, and the Arnolds, only because i forgot to get my camera out when more people arrived (i was probably stuffing my face with chips and dip) And also, it eventually got dark, and i hate the flash, so i just actually dont take pictures when its dark. So there you have it. Here are some fun shots of the ones who showed up while the sun was still up. :)

Are you the type that throws party's, or do you just attend them? We are definitely both, i love having people over, and entertaining. But sometimes its just great to just show up!

Happy week to you!

love,

Sea

Brighter Days.

Mondays.

Mondays are my saturdays. They are usually amazing, and beautiful. But on the slight chance they are yucky and rainy Luke stays home from work and i get to spend the day with him! Which makes a cloudy day so much better. But for a change this monday i got both sunshines.

Luke is leaving for a tour and will be gone for 7 weeks. So since he was leaving on tuesday (today) We spent all day monday hanging out and spendin' time together. It was great, and such a gorgeous day!

We ate lunch and walked around uptown.

Went to the park to see an Art Exhibit outside...

There are massive sculptures like this fellow:

It was cool, we acted like tourists and took tons of pics. (obviously)

Later that day we had a cookout with a ton of friends!

a blog on that later!!

I miss him already. And he's only been gone a few hours. But i am super excited for him, and he's livin' a dream so it's not so bad.

And, well its my birthday month. so, i can cry if i wanna.

jk.

Having a spouse that travels can be hard, and well even though this will be the longest stretch we've had so far.. there are still things that i've learned to do to keep me happy while he's away. Do you have any bribes for yourself when your other half is gone?

tell me about them!

also: Check back later on images from the cookout!

Sea

Insipire: Hair! (Sunday)

Ombre, color melting, laziness, low maintenance, change without commitment.... Hair.

It's that time of year when my body longs for change. For my mind to feel just a little bit different in my skin. When my wardrobe and lifestyle start to feel a little more freeing and exciting.

So all this leads to me wanting to do something different with my hair.

It never fails.

This year i was really inspired by the 'care free' look of color melting.

My hair is so dark (well.. because i make it that way) That i cant really do much with lightening my color... and if i do, i'll regret it in a month and go back to black.

so i feel like for my change of heart type of attitude, this color is perfect, non committal and not to harsh or drastic.

and here's mine: a less dramatic version. :)

Hope you liked the inspiration.

more on that later :)

Sea