Monthly Updates :: 5 Months & the Mister's Birthdy Weekend

This weekend we celebrated the Mister's thirtieth birthday (& the little Man's 5 month birthday) with brunch at the Trencherman before he headed out to Lolla.  The Mother's Milk at Trencherman is my new favorite summer cocktail, who knew you could carbonate vodka, it was refreshingly delicious.  Speaking of delicious, I made the mister a yummy birthday cake in the shape of a 3 and a 0, hopefully I'll get a tutorial up here soon.  And in other exciting baby news, my cousin had her little Man last week, welcome to the world baby Max, I can't wait to spoil you.  Hope you lovelies had a wonderful weekend!

Champagne & PJ 30th Birthday Bash

I spent my 30th with the Mister and the next day with my girlfriends.  Being preggers I wanted to do something fun and different this year, thus I decided on a champagne (or in my case sparkling grape juice) and pj slumber party.  We ordered in delicious Thai food, watched Pitch Perfect, drank champagne, pigged out on chocolate cake & junk food, and had plenty of girl time.  In other words it was perfection.

Friday Favs

Happy Friday lovelies!  It's the last Friday of 2012!  Hope everyone is having another wonderfully festive weekend ahead, and amazing things planned for NYE.  I turned the big 3-0 yesterday, not as scary as I had anticipated, and was thoroughly spoiled by the mister.  I love not working on my birthday and spending a day just celebrating with the Mister.  And tonight I'll be celebrating with some lovely ladies with champagne, pjs, junk food, and a slumber party.  Have a great weekend!


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~ New favorite bakery, Floriole, where we went for lunch on my birthday.

~ DIY confetti flutes, would have been perfect for tonight's Champagne & PJ 30th birthday bash

~ Love these survival kits for NYE, perfect for when guests head home. 

~ Fun NYE hairstyle

30 Random Acts of Kindness

As you may remember last year, I attempted to complete 29 Random Act of Kindness.  I got close I think I ended up completing 23 acts.  So this year I'm going big or going broke, and attempting 30 Random Acts of Kindness (30 because I'm turning thirty at the end of December).  Why random acts of kindness, well why not, as the saying goes: no one has gone broke from giving.  And I am blessed beyond measure, so it's just a little something I can do to give back, and doing it during the holidays just makes it more fun.  It's also one of the items on my 30 by Thirty bucket list.    


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So here's my list of 30 random acts of kindness:

1. Donate to Movember, Men's health charity
2. Hand out blessing bags to the homeless
3. Drop off donuts to the local PD or FD
4. Pay for a stranger's coffee
5. Donate a gift card to Dunkin Donuts to the homeless
6. Donate a gift card to McDonalds to the homeless
7. Donate stuffed animals to a children's hospital or Salvation Army
8. Donate bags of clothes to Salvation Army
9. Donate Blood
10. Donate non-perishable food items to a food bank
11. Bring in a treat for my co-workers
12. Lave a generous tip for my server
13. Let someone go ahead of me in line at a grocery store
14. Pick up trash
15. Leave change in a vending machine
16. Purchase round trip tickets for the CTA and give to a stranger
17. Donate to the salvation army buckets
18. Hand out warm gloves and hand warmers to the homeless
19. Give a stranger a lotto ticket
20. Leave a treat for our mailman
21. Participate in Operation Beautiful
22. Tape candy canes to ATMs/Vending Machines
23. Buy a homeless person a meal
24. Donate items to Soilders' Angels
25. Spare change for a homeless person
26. Surprise the neighbors with holiday treats
27. Give someone a loan via Kiva
28. Participate in Operation Christmas Child
29. Return shopping carts to appropriate location
30. Do something special for the Mister just because




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