It's my birthday!

So today I become another year older, another year wiser and another year closer to 30! Yikes! I never thought I would be the type to be affected by a number but as it creeps up on me, I have to admit I am totally affected!!!

Interesting fact about my birthday...my brother and I are the same age for 8 days every year, confused yet? His birthday is Aug 21 (he turned 27) and mine is Aug 29 (I turned 28). So every year if you ask us between Aug 21 and Aug 29 how old we are, we are the same age but are not twins!

My sweetie took me to the lovely Ironwood Cafe in Southern Pines Sat night for my birthday and of course it was amazing. They give you the most delicious birthday treat... ice cream cupcake!

me and sweetie leaving for dinner

On other news, we are pretty much moved in. the only things left are hanging curtains and the office. Thank the lord! More to come later. Happy monday all! I think I'll hit the pool today and relax before heading back to work tomorrow!

Moving week is upon me!

we are doing our final walk through on Tuesday and closing/moving in on Friday and i am way too excited for words! of course this all means that the hubs and i have been packing away our clothes/shoes/pictures/etc. and he actually counted my shoes-i have 66 pair which i don't think is too bad but he sees it differently.

we have also patched and painted all the holes in the walls and put together a nice little box to take to goodwill.

fyi-if you have decals on your walls like i did, they come off easily but you can still see what was there afterwards, so you will need to paint over it! bummer, i know!

here are the final pics i have before we get all moved in--it has been raining here so i don't have any pics from this week =(

disregard my husband in the pic, hehe

Happy week all!

HDC

thursday already?

like every other girl out there in blogger world, i am obsessed with pinterest and shoes! so today i thought i would post some of my favorite new shoes for fall. esp since we all know the hubs and i move in to our new home next friday-yay-and i don't have any pics to post of that.

love this color, great for fall and suede...shut the front door!

blue suede with peacock clip

these are a must have for every girl!

perfect for a night out

taupe-i think i will wear these year round

last but not least, my fav and a timeless look...drool

i of course love my boots but this post is all about heels! what shoes are looking forward to sporting this fall? is everyone else ready for fall like i am?

HCD

no words can express

fair warning--this post might not make sense but i just need to get my thoughts out there.

not to be debbie downer, but life has been rough and i am more than ready for it to start getting better! one of my best friend's brother died on saturday (he was only 38 y/o) and the funeral was today. i have been to quite a few funerals in my day but this was rough! it was not expected, he was not sick, there was no accident or suicide, hopefully the autopsy will reveal something. i couldn't help but think how horrified i would be if it were my brother or sister as we are all very close. not to mention, the last funeral i went to was my step-dad's in 2005 and of course it brought back all the emotions of that. i tried my best to be strong for my friend "C" but really there is nothing anyone can do to make the pain go away.

on another note, my husband is deploying to the middle east shortly after we move into our new house and that totally has me freaked out! i know i should be used to this by now as he has been in the air force for 8 years now but since the announcement of the navy seals being killed last week i am terrified and don't know who to tell. it's not a normal occurrence for seals or for my husband's unit to be in "harms way" over there--by this i mean people usually don't know they are there. (hence why we don't state when/where they go and when they return.)

prayers are welcome and needed in nc!

now that i have all of that off my chest, here is what else has been going on with me since i neglected the blog world last week-my bad-

we do our final walk through on the house next tuesday (aug 16) and close that friday (aug 19), so excited for this! my sister and bro-in-law will be in monday the 20th to help us get settled in. i am scheduled to be off work from the 19th-29th which happens to be my 28th birthday! and my hubby surprised me with a new turquoise jpk purse that i love!