Happy Birthday to me!

 last thursday was my 18th birthday! and it was sooo much fun. i got my first tattoo, and i couldn't be happier with it! it was a day of fun and time with family! surprisingly, the tattoo didn't hurt as much as i thought it would, which i was quite relieved by! my tattoo is part of my favorite verse 1 cor 13:13, and it says "the greatest of these is love." it reminds me that i need to always love, even if it's hard to, because love is the most powerful thing on earth, because its what saves me every day. 

 my birthday outfit! and the first time that i have worn jeans and felt good for a long time! shirt, target (it's missoni! xmas gift!). cardigan & jeans, gap. 

i've decided to take a picture a day this year, and do something creative with them, and commemorate the year. for my first picture, i took a picture of my newly completed case for my kindle fire. i crocheted this new year's eve and new years day, and i had a lot of fun taking the time to do it. 

i have fallen behind on being creative, and i've decided to change that this year! i will share some more of my goals later this week!

happy new year! 

xoxo, abbey 

Adventures of A+E // Daily Outfit

Yesterday Emma and I went on a little adventure around Tulsa. We started out our day at Qdoba, where we ate lunch, and the best fast food restaurant ever. Then we headed over to the Philbrook Museum, where we acted kinda silly.. but what else are best friends supposed to do? We giggled at the awkward staff following us silly teenagers around, and marveled at the amazing paintings and sculptures and lithographs that were hung in the museum, and then stood out in the garden under the "wedding dome" and looked over the gorgeous garden. Then after walking around for a few hours and then going out into the heat, we went to Cherry Berry for some much needed froyo.

 Emma got a small portion of chocolately and peanut butter wonderfulness(it was the first ice-cream treat that she's ever finished eating!), and I got white chocolate and red velvet froyo (I finally got to have the red velvet!) with cheesecake, cookie dough, brownie, streuesel topping, and rice mochi, and we enjoyed them and talked for a while.
THEN, we went back to Emma's house and started watching the Lion King, so that we could see this certain scene that has this certain thing in it, similar to the castle in The Little Mermaid.. if you know what I'm talking about. And we ALMOST finished it, but Emma had to go to church, and my lactose intolerantness was acting up (which isn't fun, just saying), so we had to leave the movie.
The End.

And this is the outfit I wore yesterday, which is a combination of things I wear ALL the time, and something I don't think I have ever worn! Shirt: Old Navy (this is what I've never worn). Dress: Francesca's Collection. Belt: thrifted. Leggings: Target. Shoes: Toms (which I love, and will totally do a post on them. cause they're amazing)
I hope that your week has been amazing so far!

Getting back into a system

 Hello world! Today I actually got up at a decent time, showered, and got ready for the day BEFORE noon! (that is quite a feat for a teenager during the summer, just saying. AND I even did yoga.. yeah, be proud)
Anyways, I am currently in the works of growing my hair out, and I think that I might be able to rock the middle part.. What do you guys think? I get like super fed up with bangs, like ALL the time. Cause, my hair is curly, and that means that my bangs will sometimes decide to curl... and their not supposed to. They are so stubborn. Here are some pictures to help you guys decide on the middle part idea.. plus I did get a little carried away with taking pics of myself. Guilty as charged (:

 Well, middle part? Yes? I like it.

 Even though I didn't go anywhere today, I did actually put on a publicly-acceptable outfit (meaning that I didn't just wear pj's and a bra all day.. cause thats what normal happens), and this is what I wore. I actually kinda made over the romper.. as you can probably see, it used to be a drop waist, which happens to look absolutely awful on me, so I took off the piece of fabric that made it a drop waist... Et voila! A romper that can easily cater to my hourglass figure, which I love. Romper and leggings are from Target (as most of my clothing is..). Shirt from Delia's. Cardi from Old Navy. And belt is thrifted.
On that thought.. I recently thrifted a couple of dresses, that I will soon be making over. And I'm kinda excited. Cause I have never bought real clothing at a thrift store. And it's just cool. Yes, I am a nerd.

And finally.. one of the best desserts ever: nutella and bananas. I also had cashews, but I hadn't put them in the bowl yet. It's really good.
Go home, and try it. Right now. You must. But only if you want to.
Well... I'm off to bed!