"Owl" Tell You About My Birthday

After weighing the pros and cons of the Nada Barn Sale trip, I decided that I would rather enjoy a free weekend visiting my favorite shops around here. Though I didn't find any new clothes- despite searching two of my favorite stores, H&M and Forever21, I did get some awesome new owls!

I don't know when this love for owls came about, but it is in full swing. You may have seen my cute salt and pepper shakers in an earlier post, but up until my birthday those were the only owl decor/household items I owned. Not anymore!!!

Mom gave me these as a gift- all Goodwill finds! And all for amazing prices!



This bird-bath converted sice table was too cute to pass up- I may paint it white, but I kinda like the original colors.

This adorable cookie jar was listed at $22, but after noticing a crack, the seller dropped it to $5! He looks a bit like Snoopy :)

All in all, I had a wonderful birthday. One of my favorite parts was going into jcp to shop and having every associate tell me "Happy Birthday!" I work with amazing people for sure!

When I was little, I was certain that Christ would rapture His bride before I was all "grown up". I still have much growing up to do, but God has greatly grown and blessed me these 19 years. I am excited and eagerly awaiting the years to come!

The Next Step

*Sigh*
It seems like I have been learning things the hard way the last two weeks. I was quite frustrated with life (eventually asking my mom if she would drive out west with me, live out of my car, and just go antique shopping: she didn't like my idea very much!), and just wanted to get away. But my 13 credit hours at Ivy and 20-ish hours of work at jcp have not made escaping possible. I love the text my mom sent me (though I was somewhat angry with her when she sent it): "Yeah that's life, kid. Focus on Jesus".

Hmmm. Maybe I haven't been doing much of that lately.

This should change. Starting today.