one year older.

A guilt-free birthday cupcake

Today is the day when I get to eat a cupcake. I get cards. I get phone calls from siblings singing me "Happy Birthday". I get Facebook messages filled with well-wishes and XOXO's. I get to buy my father-in-law a gift. I get to go to the local thrift shop and find my birthday present to myself: the perfect glass pitcher.

Today is the first birthday I have a husband for...I wonder what he'll do??

Here's the list. The birthday list of things I what to get done before the next 8/4.

22 things to accomplish when I'm 22.

01. mail out all the wedding thank-you notes.
02. create and send out Christmas cards for our first Christmas.
03. do a giveaway on this blog.
04. go on a random, surprising, unplanned road trip with hubs.
05. make a homemade pizza.
06. paint something with chalkboard paint. perhaps a gift for uj's 2nd birthday.
07. purchase a new TV with the mr. Man, have we been doing research.
08. fill my cupboards with more fiestaware.
09. buy a new camera. ever since i saw marta's review I've wanted a new one.
10. get my haircut again. short this time.
11. finish my first year in my new school.
12. host a family dinner at my house. parents and then one for the in-laws.
13. buy more prints via etsy.
14. find my perfect purse. must meet my specific super-anal criteria.
15. fill my closet with the wardrobe essentials that fit my body type.
16. do more thrift store shopping and garage sale-ing to find perfect items for c/a's house.
17. buck up and find my perfect lipstick shade.
18. learn my true bra-size. {males: it's true..I don't know of any woman that knows their size}
19. develop the habit of bringing my reusable canvas bags to the grocery store.
20. force my dad  ask dad sweetly to teach me how to crochet. use knowledge to make a scarf.
21. find the perfect blazer. one that will carry through every season.
22. become a frequent farmer's market goer.

P.S. Happy Birthday, Barack. I feel like our birthday date is now famous.  :)