Chocolate Gala

Every year Villa Christina hosts a decadent Chocolate Gala to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. Restaurants from around Atlanta come and bring chocolate desserts for the masses. A silent auction is held, chocolate martini's are mixed and there is always a lot of music and dancing. This year was a huge turnout, we had over 800 attendees. Here are some pictures from the event of me and my assistant Britten and our table of desserts.




Hope to see you all there next year.

me, lately?

Someone sent me this a little while ago : So here is
Me, Lately!

listening to: Abba in my car to and from working while wishing I was cast in the movie Mamma Mia

feeling: worried all the time

wishing: that I didn't have to do everything for or by myself all the time

excited: about going to Pittsburgh on Saturday

loving: the scent of my new shower gel: its coconut lime

planning: to write a book and become famous

daydreaming: about marrying Sidney Crosby and living next door to Mario Lemieux

discovering: that even though life is difficult; that its SUPPOSED to be

knowing: that have a wonderful family that will always be there with whatever I need

fearing: that my life will not turn out how I want it to, but hoping that I will be happy

fighting: the urge to stay in bed all day

Longing: for the day when I can look back on my life and realize that all my dreams have come true

So...

you, lately???

A Birthday For Chris

Last weekend we celebrated my friend Chris' Birthday. We had planned on going to Fork and Screen for dinner and a movie, but unfortunately we underestimated how many other people would be doing that as well, and it sold out. :( So instead we all went to Mellow Mushroom for some delicious pizza, and then back to the White's house for gifts, dessert and a rousing game of Uno Attack.


Happy Birthday Chris. I had a lovely time celebrating with you.

The Time Traveler's Wife

Check out this trailer for The Time Traveler's Wife ... Starring my favorite Aussie Eric Bana.

um....hello!

With all the vampire mania surrounding the Twilight Saga, it was only a matter of time before the CW would start a new teen drama about vampires. So here is a clip from the new show The Vampire Diaries. Based on the teen novels by LJ Smith, the story is centered around a young girl who is torn between two vampire brothers.

A Poodle in Paris

Bonne Anniversaire! My birthday this year seriously drug out for four days and it was fantastic. On Wednesday my coworkers got me a little present, balloons and a card, Thursday (my actual bday) I went home to celebrate with the family, Friday all the sales women at work got me a card and we all ate pie and ice cream (they know my dislike for cake),and then yesterday I celebrated with my WONDERFUL friends. I told you this was a birthday bonanza.

So last night before we all dined at Pappadeaux, Lauren came over to decorate my condo. She got these really cute "poodle in Paris decorations (in case you are unaware I have a bit of a love affair with Paris). Then on to dinner,we sipped on awesome frozen drinks while we waited to be seated. I had the bisque (yadda yadda yadda), and other delicious foods. Then it was back to my house for sundaes, gifts and PICTIONARY!


I got lovely gifts from every one, really cool picture frames, candles, seasons 2 & 3 of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, A steelers shirt, these really cool earrings that look like little fruit tarts, bath accessories (someone knew my love of taking baths), books and a really cute headband.



Then we made ice cream sundaes (that's right folks...no cakes in this house..lol) Seriously there were toppings I had never seen before, Peanut butter sauce, oreo pieces, Nestle Crunch sprinkles, Butterfly Sprinkles, Chocolate Shell (which apparently as soon as it touches ice cream forms a hard shell around the outside...AMAZING). Me being the purist that I am I had a hot fudge sundae with whipped cream, nuts, Nestle Crunch and Butterfly Sprinkles. DELICIOUS!
We then played a rousing game of PICTIONARY, complete with easel and huge ass paper, and a solid 5 minutes spent on my friends trying to figure out that the animal I was trying to draw was a hippo.




So thank you all so very much for making my 25th Birthday so lovely, I couldn't have asked for better friends.

Stay turned friends cause next week we celebrate Chris' Birthday, and there will be plenty of pictures taken.

XOXO

1/4 of a century

Today I turn 25 years old, and I must say I can hardly believe it. So I started out the day by sleeping in a little before driving to Snellville to get my hair colored. I hit a few stores up at the Avenue Shops and treated myself to a new shirt and a pair of earrings. Missy and Beckham drove out to have dinner with us. We dined at Provino's for my free birthday meal, followed by presents at my parents house. A lovely low-key birthday.
25 isn't what I thought it would be. Honestly I thought I would be married by now with two kids. Needless to say that isn't where I am at in my life, and that's probably a good thing. I continue to work at a job I love (most of the time), I own my own home, I have a great group of friends, and a really cool family. Life is good. So if the first 25 years of my life are any indication of the next 25 years, then I know that it will be just lovely. Twenty-five years. Don't they go by in a blink?





So thank you to everyone for making my day so special. xoxo