Celebrate Good Times

This past week was spring break and my birthday/St. Patrick's day. I felt so celebrated and blessed by my husband, family, and friends! The celebration started the Tuesday of Spring Break with a couple's dinner with Luke and Leah. Leah's birthday was this week so we decided to celebrate early before her and Luke headed back to Austin for the weekend. We went to Tillman's in the Bishop Arts District. I love that area of Dallas because you forget where you are...it reminds me of the Meat Packing District in NYC. Everyone needs to try Tillman's as well as Bolsa for dinner, and Oddfellows for brunch. so good. Hatties is also on my list of must try places as well. Anyways, Lucas and I love hanging out with Luke and Leah. When Leah and I lived together in Austin, the boys would come visit for the weekend and we would have the best time together...eating, going out, telling people Leah is Persian. the usual. So when we get the opportunity to hang out together we do. Dinner was a blast and we ordered alot of food including s'mores for dessert...so campy. By the end of the night we had planned a trip to Napa, and made friends with a homeless man who talked to us about how rich people wear loafers and Michael Jackson wore white socks in the Billy Jean music video. Success.

The celebration continued when we went to Sushi Axiom for my birthday dinner last Friday night...delish. Hands down my favorite sushi in the Big D. Lucas got me a scrumptious cake from La Duni and number 2 & number 4 sparklers to put on the cake. I was sooooo happy. I really wanted sparklers for my 21st birthday cake. It didnt work out so my long lost dream of having sparklers on my birthday cake was finally fulfilled. When we walked into the restaurant we gave the cake to the hostess and told her about the sparklers, she then proceeds to ask which number goes first. really? Lady do I look like I'm turning 42? absolutely not...way to freak me out into thinking I might need Botox before I am 30. Dinner was great except for the part where we were getting rushed at the end for reaching our 2 hour time limit...not cool Sushi Axiom, but that didn't stop us from going out and having a good time. A REALLY good time. I do this to myself every year. I go out the night before my birthday, have too much fun, and then feel miserable the next day on my actual birthday. I have vowed that next year I will not do it again...it stinks to feel under the weather on your bday.

The next day on my birthday we made our way to the block party/parade on Greenville. It was my first St. Patrick's day in Dallas and I was so excited to experience the trashiness of the whole event. Thank you Marc Cuban for saving the holiday....Dallas loves you! Well we missed the parade but we were determined to make it to the block party....it took us a little longer than we thought because A. it was like a one hour walk from our apartment which Lucas said would only take us like 20 minutes B. we were not on our "A" game physically. We finally made it and everyone was ready to have a good time...again. blah. The best way to detox is retox right? no. I was out for the count but loving life observing all the crazy people celebrating...especially some of the chicks' outfits...scandalous. We ended up being at the block party for an hour, getting a cab to Jake's to eat, and then heading home to nap and watch the Baylor game. Overall it was blast minus feeling slow on Saturday.

Paige was unable to make it to dinner with us last weekend because she was in Austin with her family for a baby shower and her sister Holly's wedding shower. No worries though this darling doll doesn't miss a party without making it up later so last night we had dinner at Toulouse. Perfect. Lucas isn't a huge fan of Toulouse so he never wants to go...they have this amazing Lobster salad that I have been craving since the last time I was there so when Paige suggested it I was ecstatic. I was running late (what is new), and when I walked in Paige was at our table taking a large gulp from her glass of wine...that a girl. I would not expect less. Then we both realized we were rocking bright pink. It wasn't planned but we weren't shocked. We obvi ordered a bottle of wine and started off our conversation right where we let off last time we saw eachother like a month ago.

Lucas got me a certificate to get my eye lashes done for my birthday...love. Once you get lashed you wont go back. Its addicting because when you don't have them you feel so bare. Lucas thinks its ridic but since it was my bday he caved. What a wonderful hubby. Just make sure if you get them done, you go somewhere that uses Xtreme Lashes products! So as soon as I sat down at our table for dinner Paige immediately said "I love your lashes." That is why we are friends....she is just as over the top as I am and doesn't think I am crazy for it. Love her. We ended up ordering a chocolate souffle for dessert. yum. The waiter brought it out, made a small hole at the top, and poured a little bit of the side of fudge inside. As soon as he put it down and walked off, we poured the rest of the fudge in. We are ladies but we like to eat. fatties at heart for sure.

Our night ended in typical fashion by digging in the trash in the bathroom. normal for us. We were in the bathroom washing our hands when Paige's ring went flying into the bottom of the large trash can. We wrapped our hands in paper towels and started digging past lots of papertowels and a few feminine products. Gross but fall on the floor laughing hilarious. Overall I felt like I got so much love on my birthday and I am so grateful to have surrounded myself with the people I have. I can't wait to make all my friends feel just as loved on their special days!

Key Players:
Luke and Leah- I believe it was Leah's sister Bri who said at their rehearsal dinner that Luke has never had a bad day in his life. I believe it is true. Luke is one of the happiest and easy going people I know...its so refreshing and admirable. He didn't even get frustrated when moving a mattress out of our apartment with Leah. what a saint. Leah and I lived together in Austin and I am so happy we did. I feel like I got cheated in college because I didn't know Leah as well as I do now and can definitely say I missed out. I am so grateful to have built a better friendship with her while being roommates and can now call her a close friend. I dont think I will ever find someone who loves Brie as much as I do like Leah. we love the Laniers.