Let the Bday Festivities Begin....

As you probably all know (since you are family and friends who read this) mine and Ashley's birthday was this past Sunday (Father's Day)! Celebrating my birthday in L.A was absolutely fabulous...but there was only one thing that could have made it better...Ash's presence! It just wasn't the same celebrating without my other half. This is the second year in a row Ash and I have celebrated our birthday apart. We have decided we will officially never do it again! hah. My roomies and I officially started celebrating my birthday when I got home from work on Saturday afternoon. They surprised me with a mini party including a cookie dough cake which was amazingly great--we soon demolished the entire thing. Saturday night we all got dressed up and went to eat for my bday at Cravings Restaurant on Sunset. I ordered the Lobster Ravioli (which I later found out from our waitress was Britney Spears favorite.) After dinner, we ended up going to a club to dance called My House, which actually looks like a real house including a bed and hot tub. haha. The entire day was wonderful-my roomies did a fabulous job of making my bday great- the only thing that would have made it better would have been of course to celebrate with Ash, Daniel, and the fam. I sure did miss all of yall! Sunday, for my actual birthday, we ended up going to Manhattan Beach for the entire day. I couldn't had asked for a prettier day. We met up with Liz, one of our Alabama friends out here, and laid out on the beach with her and the family she is staying with all day. I ended up crashing around 10ish later after we got home from the beach. You know you are getting old when you don't even stay up until twelve on your bday! Thank you everyone for the sweet cards, gifts, phone calls, and texts you sent me on my birthday. That meant so much to me! Of course you all will be receiving a thank you note in the mail very shortly. The two highlight gifts I do have to say were Ash's dozen Sprinkles cupcakes and Daniel's "London variety pack." Everyone-- thank you so much for your thoughtfulness and I miss you all very very much:)

The Working World...

This past Sunday was my very first day at BCBG Maz Azria! All in all it went great...except for the massive blisters on my feet from my heels! I've decided my first pay check is going towards comfy shoes (which are a must in the retail industry when you have to stand on your feet for 6 hrs. straight...) My first day at work was an extremely busy day. The BCBG boutique that I work at is in an excellent location and so crowds and crowds of people come shop there.. especially on the weekends! I am the front sales associate--so basically my job is to welcome the customers as they enter the store, start them dressing rooms, run and grab their size, etc. etc. It is quite a workout in itself! My boss let me know right from the start that it is imperative to greet the customer within 10 sec. of them entering the store. Supposedly all of Max Azria's family as well as himself shop at our store and it is my job to make sure the visuals and atmosphere of the store are in excellent condition! I'm really excited because I found out that I get an employee discount of 50% and there are so many outfits I have my eyes on in the store! If you want to check out their website it is : http://www.bcbg.com/. I like working as a sales associate, but i think I've come to the conclusion that I want to be my own boss one day! ( I love the idea of kicking off my heels when my feet hurt and no one thinking twice about it!

The Roosevelt

Yesterday-- Lindsey and I were tired of laying out at our own pool so we decided to head up to the Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. to get some much needed sun! Yesterday, the weather was absolutely perfect, not a cloud in the sky! We were really excited! "June Gloom" as the locals call it has officially set in. June Gloom refers to the weather in L.A. around this time of year: chilly and cloudy. All day, every day. No fun. I mean who knew Hollywood would be cloudy for a whole month?? Many celebrities frequent the hotel, but not one was spotted at the pool yesterday. To say the least we were disappointed; but we did enjoy the relaxing day and the amazing chicken fingers we ate for lunch. While we were laying out, many different things were taking place around us. A Dove launch party for its new product was taking place on the pool deck that night and many people were working hard to set up for the event. It was interesting and entertaining to see how much time and effort goes into executing such an event! Today. we had high hopes of venturing to Malibu for a fun day at the beach, but the cloudy weather when we woke up at 10 wasn't exactly promising. Hopefully, our Malibu trip can be rescheduled for next week...I really want to go and search for Matthew Mcconaughey!!!!