Christmas has come and gone yet again

It boggles my mind how fast the holidays go by. One day, you're picking out your Halloween costume, next thing you know you're ringing in a new year. Gosh! I sound like an old person. Speaking of old, I am officially closer to thirty than twenty now. I turned the big 2-6 last Thursday. It was probably one of the best birthdays I've had. Bryan came up and made me a giant cupcake! It was vanilla with vanilla frosting and sprinkles. Unless you're completely oblivious, I kinda have a thing for cupcakes. It was so thoughtful. We went and had dinner and then went to my friend Brett's house where a bunch of us gathered and ate the cupcake and then went to Sassy Ann's a fun bar in a victorian house. It was 80's night. What a great night!




Bryan and me on my birthday



Bryan opening his Christmas present (we couldn't wait any longer!)
Me reacting at the autographed Springsteen LP Bryan got me


Blowing out all 26 candles on my giant cupcake (yes, I got 'em all in one shot)

Hats off to hats!

Okay, so I love hats! I have a dressmaker's form in my room covered in them and hatboxes full of them as well. So, here's my question: Why don't more people wear hats? I don't mean baseball caps or taboggens. I'm talking Kentucky Derby widebrims, Jackie O pillboxes, buckets hats, berets, fedoras, I can go on and on. So I am single-handedly going to try to bring back the hat. I got this hat from Banana Republic in black. Opinions??

Crazy little thing called LIFE

DZ Alumnae chapter (Hester Freeman on the far right has been a member for 75 years and is 101 years young!)

At the "Big House"

Me, Iris and Larae and our pumpkins

Okay, I've gotten wrapped up in this crazy thing we call life. However, now I am sick (gotta go to the doctor and figure out with what) and I have time to catch up on my blogging...

I got to visit my good friend Shannon and her girls (who are the cutest in the world, and yes I am biased) for fall break. It was so much fun, I got to go to a game in the "Big House." So, now I get to mark something off my bucket list! I want to see a game in every major college football stadium, and now I can mark off the biggest one! I love the fall and I think it is absolutely gorgeous right now. The drive through eastern Kentucky on the way to Michigan was something straight out of a Thomas Kinkade painting. Since then, I've stayed busy with school. I've also become involved with the Delta Zeta alumnae chapter here. Quick side note: alumni is for a mixed group of men and women, alumna is a single woman and alumnae is a group of just women. This is one of my pet peeves. I've continued to knit even though I don't have as much time for it now. I'm making a baby blanket with a really cool checkered pattern (no, this is not for me).

I'm ready for colder weather. I like scarves and hats. I also really want to wear my leather jacket I got in Italy. I think when I wear it with my big sunglasses and given my dark hair, I could pass for an Italian. There's a reason my blog says "and random thoughts!"