No Worries Wednesday-Birthday edition!

This week!

I am thankful for family and friends from afar sending me fabulous birthday wishes, gifts and love!

Chocolate covered strawberries and apples delivered to work from my wonderful bestie in NY!

I am looking forward to the long weekend and celebrating with my hubby in SA!

I am grateful for my friends I've made here in Texas for remembering my birthday and taking the time out of their day to send me a thoughtful message or take me to dinner:)

Kindle books gift card from work friends and Itunes gift card from Texas bestie!













Chubby bird charm from my handsome nephew and fabulous bangles from my Texas friend!



I am not worrying about turning 27 (yikes) and getting older, instead thinking positive about the adventures to the come this year!

Hubby's first air show!

Today my husband flew to his first air show as a pilot! I drove to meet him and it was fun! There were alot of older planes flown in WW2 era! It was a beautiful Texas day out on the runway! So proud of my hubby and all he's accomplished so far in his career!

The plane he flies and will be teaching student pilots on!

My handsome hubby!

The cockpit seat

All of this he has control over!

Fun Weekend with the hubby!

This weekend was such a fun weekend with my husband! Friday night we had a nice dinner at lovely Applebees (remember the town I live in has slim pickings for food) then to the movies to see the Lucky One which was very romantic!

Then Saturday I changed out our current desk of about 6 years and put in our newer desk! A good friend is moving and they gave us their old desk and dresser set. We left the dresser in our guest room and brought the desk in here!

Then we went and got some new cushions for my patio table! Our old ones had been eaten by animals of some sort!

Then we got new phones! Well newer for me! I had the iphone 3gs and I upgraded to hubby's phone the iphone 4 and he got the iphone 4s! Isn't my cover super cute with the birds on it!

Then Sunday we went golfing which was nice and a great way to get some sun! Then rested for the rest of the afternoon and a little fro yo as well:)

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

I got the job!

Today was my first day of work as a Human Resources Assistant at a local bank!

I got a call on friday offering me the position and was so excited! I have been wanting to work in this field for almost two years and now that I am I can't wait to learn more and gain experience in human resources!! Working full time will be a big change from the past two years but Im sure I will get back into the groove of things rather quickly!

For your entertainment..

Here are some fun photos from last weekend's Texas Style Council...

TXSC Weekend! Day 3

The final day of the weekend was held at the Blanton Museum of Art! I would love to go back to Austin while we are living in Texas and check out the art museum as well as the Texas History Museum across the street and the Texas Capitol down the street! The hubby and I enjoy checking out fun historical museums (we went to Washington DC for 4 days after our wedding for a mini honeymoon!).

-What I learned from the four panels as well as the keynote and capstone speakers-
*Think local, go national-contribute to blogs, showcase artists, move from a blog focused on curating media to a blog of original content where you the blogger are the source.
*Amped up writing-Blogging is storytelling with a purpose. Have a reporter's mindset when creating and developing a post. Don't forget to structure every post.
*Blogging Lessons Learned-Time and schedule posts, switch to a .com url to appear more professional
*Keynote-Do not compare myself to others, stay true to my voice and don't let other blogs intimidate my voice or take away my joy!
*Capstone- Dream big, set goals for yourself and work hard to achieve them no matter the obstacle!

I am so happy that I decided to attend the Texas Style Council this year and had the opportunity to meet bloggers whose blogs I have been reading for a couple years as well as new bloggers whose blogs I get to discover and learn from and enjoy!

    Some of the amazing business cards I got from fellow bloggers!

 Fabulous business cards I got from business/shop owners:)

TXSC Weekend! Day 2

Saturday started with a photography class that sadly wasn't too applicable to me because I don't have a DSLR camera but it was interesting to listed to Kev, from JenlovesKev, share his advice and experience working with photos on the blog!

After the photography session, the mentoring session started. I learned some advice about growing my blog with guest posts, free advertising to increase blog traffic and working with affiliate programs like Mod Cloth.

The thrifting session was next which was fabulous! We went to a store called Savers, which I had never been to, and I found two cute dresses and a red and white stripe shirt. I could have spent hours in Savers searching through the racks and looking for cute outfits for my handsome nephew! Thanks to Dr Scholls and the TXSC, we received fabulous on the go flats!

After the thrifting adventure, we headed to the 2nd street district to shop around the boutiques. In Plain Ivey Jane, I bought a cute mini wallet that was sewed and created right in front of me! The blue and red polka dot fabric is fabulous!

After grabbing a delicious sandwich from Which Which, we changed for the Posh Party and headed to the party! At the party, there were many sponsors set up with fun giveaways and contests as well as a showcase of their products!

*I won the beautiful Amethyst earrings in a scavenger hunt from Wild Gems!

*When I stopped at the Stella & Dot booth, I got a free gift, a super cute silver and black bracelet!

*When looking at the Blowfish shoes, I was given a cute mirror compact as a gift and a chance to win a pair of shoes if I tweeted a picture of sparkles, color blocking, nail art and tribal print.

*On Friday night I met a fabulous lady, Jen from Purseandclutch, who sells amazing purses and clutches in beautiful colors and patterns! I couldn't resist the navy chevron print of this clutch so I bought it! And it ended up matching the complimentary coasters Jen gave out:)

*Deanne from Buyosphere gave out some amazing chapstick for stopping by her table to say hello!

~After a long day on my feet, I had on cute nude heels but decided to change into my fit flats to enjoy the night better!~

TXSC Weekend! Day 1

Last night, I got back from a wonderful whirlwind weekend in Austin for the Texas Style Council!! I had an amazing experience, met some amazing women (both blogger and shop owners alike) and learned so much from the symposium that I look forward to incorporating on the blog!

















Day 1-Friday!

The clothing swap on Friday was so fun! I snagged two fabulous skirts plus a grey/white stripe jacket from Lulus for free!













My friend Elyse and I had fun in the photo session as well, hopefully those pics will be up on the Texas style council website soon! I also snagged a Lands End Canvas $15 gift card I am excited to use! I love Lands End Canvas simple and classic clothing!



Tomorrow I will recap Day 2's busyness!

Lions and Tigers and Bears...OH MY! Zoo filled weekend!

To start off our zoo filled weekend, Friday we saw the movie We bought a zoo!

 It was really good! A great family film but I thought it was super sweet and heart felt story about a father and his two children starting over with a new adventure. I also usually enjoy movies based on a true story! To quote the movie "I would like to declare us all modern day adventurers. And sponsors of animal greatness!" 


On Sunday the hubby and I decided to go to the San Antonio Zoo! We had alot of fun seeing all the animals and riding the little train around the area surrounding the zoo!
Here are some fun pictures I took at the zoo:

Saturday Bus Trip

This past Saturday the husband and I decided to take a free bus trip, offered on base, to San Antonio for the day! We walked around the river center mall window shopping, had some delicious Ben and Jerry's, went on a boat tour around the river walk and walked by the Alamo! Here are some fun pictures I took!