Surprises! Celebrating! Treats!

by | Jul 30, 2014 | Throwback | 11 comments

It’s not out of the ordinary to treat yourself when you accomplish something you’ve been working really hard for.  The thing is, most people go with shoes or bags…or jewelry.  Me?  Nail polish.  Duh.  The second I hit publish for Yeah, maybe I finally let myself pull the trigger on Color Club’s Harp On It.  It’s not a particularly expensive polish, but I tend to stick with the brands that are in the $4 and under range.

I’ve been lusting after that polish for years.  Years!  It’s all I hoped it would be.  Here I partnered it with W&W Wild Shine in Blazed.  That one I picked up on Tuesday as a treat.  What for?  Oh, no big deal. I just drove the stick shift all the way out to Walmart and no one died.  And I didn’t stall once.  Progress, people.

Can summer always be like this?  Please and thank you.

There was a lot of surprise celebrating over the weekend!  Saturday, the hubs and I ventured into Raleigh so we could finally try Chuys.  I even had to text one of my resident Texans to verify which dipping sauce we were supposed to try.  That evening we went to visit my lifelong bff and see her new house!  When we walked in, she had champagne set out to toast the book!

On Sunday, I went in to Raleigh to hang with the parentals and see some family that had just gotten into town.  After dinner, we were all just sitting around and boom!  My mom comes around the corner with that awesome cake accompanied with another champagne toast (it’s just lucky that champagne is my favorite)!  I won’t lie.  It pained me to cut into that sucker.

xoxo

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11 Comments

  1. Kathy @ Vodka and Soda on July 30, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    omg, i LOVE that irridescent polish! does it only look like that in the sun/under light or always?

    also, congrats x10000 on your publication. so proud of you 🙂

    -kathy
    Vodka and Soda

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  2. Him & Me (But Mostly Me) on July 30, 2014 at 1:52 pm

    Your nails area always sooooo pretty! Congrats again on your book. I do the same thing sometimes… reward myself!!!

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  3. MakeMeUpMia on July 30, 2014 at 2:25 pm

    I've seen that polish, AMAZING! Ahhh how fun to celebrate in so many awesome ways, that cake is so cute and I wouldn't want to cut into it either 🙂 Ha we got a Chuy's in Tulsa recently, definitely had to try the infamous jalapeno ranch sauce!

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  4. Ryan on July 30, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    Ahhh! Love all these things. Did you just LOVE the creamy jalapeno sauce from Chuy's???

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  5. Nadine Lynn on July 30, 2014 at 4:41 pm

    That polish!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love love love!

    That cake is amazing!!! So sweet to have so many supporters 🙂

    What did you think of Chuy's?

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  6. Ashley on July 30, 2014 at 5:52 pm

    Gorgeous nail polish! Congrats again on your book! So exciting!

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  8. Kristin on July 31, 2014 at 1:54 am

    I googled the nail polish because I don't know what "splurge" means when it comes to polish. Fun fact: I own 6 Essie polishes. All 6 were from blog swaps ha ha.

    So glad you got to go to Raleigh and see family!

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  9. aka Bailey on July 31, 2014 at 2:37 am

    Whoooo girl, that polish!! Stunning! Congrats on the stick shift improvement – practice makes perfect! And how nice to have so many people celebrating you!! So proud of you 🙂

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  10. Carly Blogs Here on July 31, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    Oh my gosh, that cake looks amazing!!! I love your haircut too! I'm obsessed with that nail polish- I can't believe how amazingly it applied on your nails!

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  11. Kim @ Kimberleys Quests on August 5, 2014 at 11:55 pm

    That polish is so fabulous- I also googled it for the price, if I found the right one then it really wasn't so bad (I was expecting $$$$) and you totally deserved a treat!
    That cake looks amazing!

    Reply

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