Shana's Maid of Honor

In case any of you were wondering, Tinder town works! How do I know this you ask, well because my bestie Shana met her future husband Jeremy on there. They both committed to swiping right and now they are happy, in love, and engaged to be married this October! 

I. Could. Not. Be. Happier. Well, I take that back, I was slightly happier when Shana asked me to be her Maid of Honor. This is one of the greatest privileges in a friendship and I am completely and utterly honored. 

Shana, being the sneaky squirrel that she is, asked me to come over and hang out. I walked in the house and started chatting it up when she asked me to come into the kitchen. "Would you like something to drink?", She says. I replied, "Yeah, whatever you have open..." and kept talking. That's when I noticed she was pointing to a bottle of Prosecco. I finally slowed down to read the label...

UM WHAT? (this is about the time I started crying and hugging her). Shana, then asked if my answer was Yes? HELL YES it's a YES!

A week or so after Shana asked me she also asked our mutual best friend Kristin. The plan was to go to this awesome restaurant for dinner, but unfortunately it didn't work out. We ended up at the Houghbrough House, where they have a live polka band! The place is crazy loud, so unfortunately there wasn't a nice quiet opportunity for Shana to ask Kiki. Shana decided there was no time like the present; she gave Kiki a box with a balloon inside a pin that said pop me. Once she did Kristin found a ribbon that said, "Will you be my bridesmaid?" Aww... <3

Of course she said yes!

I can't even put into words how much I love them. I'm excited that we're able to share these momentous experiences in our lives together. I look forward to so many more life celebrations with these two!

31st Bday

31 Was. Epic. 

I can't even begin to tell you how much fun it was. Of course I was running late (as usual) to my own party, but eventually I got to 9 Muses in Greek Town, where I found countless friends ready to party the night away. The evening starting out pretty calm and quickly became a shit show (it may have been the 31 shots I had consumed!) 

As you can see I started to get carried away and throw every napkin with in a 3 mile radius into the air, which quickly ended up in a mess on the floor. At some point we must have ran out of napkins, because I have a fuzzy video of me throwing 4,000 straws at Peter LOL.

After Muses we decided to go to Underground, but the problem was we had wayyy too many guys with us, so I knew we were never going to get in. That's when the brilliant idea of heading to Boss Bar came to me. (Now I don't know if you've ever gone to Boss Bar, but it is the hole in the wall of River North and open till 4 AM.) 

Of course we started drinking more and taking more shots... everyone was a mess (I was so hammered I even forgot to take pictures!). At one point I was sitting on a bar stool giggling, when Gina walked over. Her coat was on the back of my chair. Instead of asking me to move she started to pull at the coat. That's when I looked over and saw Gina go down like a ton of bricks. It was amazing and I could not stop laughing. Suddenly there were 15 guys trying to help her up, but for some reason shit was getting tricky. 

After that Priya, Gina, and I realized we were done for the night and that it was time to go home... thank God!

Love them for making life so special...

Bye Bye Stratus, Hello Benzo

After my car accident, my Uncle Tony gave me a Dodge Stratus. It's been a bit of a love hate relationship... as in we both hated each other ;) 3 weeks ago, The Strati, finally decided to kill itself (busted transmission).

In the meantime, I was taking public transportation, but on Monday I finally decided to bite the bullet and buy a car. I went to the dealership to look at CTS, but ended up settling on an E350. First I had to see how I looked in the car... HaHa

After much debate I decided I was ready to start the car buying process. I told my salesman Anthony to move over so I could input all my information into the computer.

And eventually I decided to sign my life away...

 ... and it was official, I bought my first car!

HELLO GORGEOUS! 

PS I named her Benny... Bah bah bah Benny and the Jets!

My New Vintage Kitchen Table from the 60's!

I've been living in my apartment since May with no table. That's right NO TABLE. It's been a pain in my ass. I have to sit eating on my bed or on the floor at the coffee table (which is actually my grandfathers old cedar chest).

Earlier this summer my friend moved into this awesome bungalow in North Riverside (a suburb of Chicago). It is beautiful. I love everything about it. Hopefully one day I can have a place like theirs! Anyway... She offered to give me her old pink and gray 60's table that the previous owner left in the basement. Of course I jumped at the chance as I love everything vintage. The only problem was getting it to my apartment. For months we tried to plan and coordinate, but nothing ever worked out. Then Sunday morning I got a call at 8 am, "I have my parents van, want me to go pick up that table for you?" UM DUH!!

And now my little studio is complete. The best part is that it has an adorable Pink and Gray table! YAY

I'm seriously in love!! Every time I look over at my table I smile.

Chicago's Red Line Holiday Train!!

If you've ever been to Chicago you've probably seen the El Trains. The El, standing for elevated, is one of the most popular forms of transportation in the city. Every year, during the holidays, the city runs the Holiday Train. The holiday train is sure to turn the grumpiest scrooges into happy, holiday fun loving people. The interior of the trains are decked out with lights, bows, and garland. The cars are pumped with the scent of cinnamon and gum drops. The hand poles are transformed into candy canes and Santa Clause even rides on an open-air flatcar, waving to passerby-ers. Everyone who rides the Holiday Train has a smile on their face, it's inevitable!

Me and Santa

There he goes, off to the next stop!

That's not Starbucks in that cup!

Outside of the holiday train 

My best bud, Veronica's the one who took me for a Holiday Train/Birthday ride!

We're so happy!

What we saw when the train pulled up

Even the seats are cute!

I don't know who wouldn't love the holiday train! <3 <3 <3