Who do you think you are to judge me?

Let me start out by saying that I'm not writing this post because I feel the need to explain myself.. I'm writing this post because I have a lot of things I need to get off my chest.

You guys know that I like to keep it light and sunshine-y here, but....

I am SO sick and tired of people questioning my relationship.

It's no one's business when we are going to move in together or get engaged.

What makes you think you can assume that we're not "going anywhere" or that we're afraid of commitment because we don't live together already?

And, for the record, there's nothing wrong with the fact that after almost 3 years together, we still don't live with one another.

We move at OUR pace, NOT yours, and if you don't like that, then that is your problem.

Our relationship is perfect, okay no one's relationship is perfect, but it is perfect for US, and that is all that matters.

Since day one we have done things on our time, not by the timing that society thinks we should do it.

We didn't say "I Love You" until we had been together for 10.5 months.

GASP!

We take our relationship seriously, and that's one of the main reasons we take things slow.

We want to appreciate everything and KNOW that it's what we want before we rush into anything and regret it.

Rushing into things may work for everyone else, but from past experience, it doesn't work well with us.

We may usually only see each other on the weekends, and MAYBE if we're lucky, once during the week.

This does not mean that I'm his weekend fling or that he is mine.

It means that we know how to have "me time" and "friend time", Not just "us time". Which are very important things in a relationship, in my opinion.

Plus, we have totally different work schedules.

In saying that, I get along with my boyfriend probably better than I do anyone else.

We don't fight all that often, and if we do it's not over stupid petty things that one of us picked a fight about because we were irritated for no reason at all.

I also look forward to seeing him. It's fun and I still get the butterflies driving to his place on Fridays after work from not seeing him all week.

That's because my head isn't stuck up his ASS, and ya know what? THAT'S OKAY!

So, the next person to say, "If y'all haven't committed yet, then it's never going to happen" is going to get a swift kick in the ass.

You've been warned.

Disclaimer: On Monday, I'll be back to my cheery self. ;)

Just so you know..

If you cut me off and then slam on your brakes, I will pass you and yell obscenities to you from the inside of my car.

If you're rude to me or make a smart ass comment the 1st time we meet, I'll forever have an impression that you're just a mean person that I'd rather not associate with.

If you have a really cool accent that I don't hear a lot, I'm going to continue making conversation with you just so I can hear you talk.

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If you forget about me on my birthday, but I'll never let you live it down.

If you make me laugh and are fun to be around, I'm going to always want to hang out with you.

If you judge people (I know everyone judges, I'm talking hardcore judging) before getting to know them, I'm going to wonder what you judged me about.

If you reply to the comments I leave on your blog posts, it'll make me wanna come back and visit more! :)

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If you follow me on Twitter, but never actually interact with me, you're basically like a boring fake celebrity account to me.

If you make me dinner and I don't like it, I'm probably not going to want to eat your cooking again.

If you're hateful and then laugh about it like it was a joke, I'm still going to think you're hateful.

If you like drinking wine, eating junk food, and watching TV shows online, then I will want you to come over and hang out with me!

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If you treat animals badly, I will wonder how you treat your significant other/child/friends.

If you ask me "what's wrong?" over and over, eventually I'm just going to make something up so that you'll leave me the hell alone.

If you don't use correct grammar, I will call you out on it.

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If you are in good shape and work out on a regular basis, I'm going to ask you to be my trainer.

If we click at all, I'm going to automatically assume that we're best friends. ;)

If I go to a coffee shop and they occasionally give me my drink "on the house", I'll most likely only go to that one from now on.

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If you can pull off a certain style that I can't, I'm going to be utterly jealous of you.

If you give me a book, I'm most likely going to give it away/sell it to Half Price Books after I read it.

If you ask me for my advice, and repeatedly do NOT take it, I'm going to stop offering my advice to you.

If you follow my blog, I LOVE YOU! ;)

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I'm LOVING.. that Nate got me the kindle I've been asking for since Christmas for my birthday! :)

It hadn't made it to his apartment by yesterday, so he printed off the order confirmation and put it in my card! :) I will hopefully have it by this weekend when I get to his place!

Now that I have a kindle, I'm LOVING.. the kindle cases for sale over at Gussy Sews. She makes the cutest stuff. I can't wait to add to my collection. Here's a few of my favorite kindle cases..

Tweet in b&w nook/kindle case

Nook/kindle case - orange polka dot

Round Damask nook/kindle case

I'm LOVING.. all the love that I got yesterday for my birthday. You guys rock and seriously make me so happy that I can call you all my friends!

I'm LOVING.. working on projects with Neely! Stay tuned!

I'm LOVING.. putting myself to sleep by drinking wine at night.

I'm LOVING.. the following giveaways hosted by my fab friends!

Jenn at Munchkin Land Designs (who just so happened to design my blog!) is having a 2 year giveaway! Go check it out for a chance to win many great prizes!

Kerbi at So Are You to Me is having a blogiversary giveaway of all of her favorite things!

Ashley at Ashley's Carnival Ride is having a giveaway of some super cute accessories for hitting 200 followers!

Now, go check these ladies out! :)

Target Tuesday - Animal Print

Tuesday is such a fun day because we get to link up with Tara for Target Tuesday!

Today, I'm featuring:
Animal Prints

I have a few pieces in my closet that are animal print, but normally I don't wear a whole lot of it. I do however, find these steals from Target extra cute!







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What do you guys think about animal prints?

I'm the birthday girl :)

Happiest of birthdays to ME! :)

Today is my 24th birthday (I know, I'm just a little baby!) so far, it's been a great birthday (we celebrated this weekend).

Saturday during the day, my friend B took me out to lunch and we went and had mani/pedi girl time and went shopping. I also cashed in my free Starbucks drink coupon. Score!

Nate napping while us girls got ready ;)

Saturday night, we went out to dinner with some friends at Buca di Beppo, which I've always wanted to try but never had until last night and oh.my.god. I'll definitely be back.

Casey and Tori

Brittley and Crystal

Me and my handsome man!

Me with the GIANT brownie they served us.

Trying to sing along with the staff when they sang "happy birthday"

Me and my super sweet friend Holly

After we were all full to the brim with Italian deliciousness, we headed out to a karaoke bar where Neely and Chad met up with us.

Me and my baby sistah being silly

The birthday girl herself ;)

Love my little sis!

Me and Neely! :)

I didn't wake up this morning with a hangover, so I'd call it a success. Or wait.. maybe I'm just getting old. ;)

It's okay!

I may have borrowed this idea from Neely.. I couldn't help myself. It's such a fun concept!

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IT'S OKAY..

..to not do your makeup for the day until you get in the car. The lighting is better out there!

..to wish your monthly visitor would hurry up and come so you'll be outta your bitchy funk sooner than later (TMI!) ;)

..to hate wearing socks but when you do wear them, they have colorful designs on them

..if you throw your hair in a ponytail more often than not because no one at work cares what you look like

..to crave Chipotle on a daily basis

..to pluck your own eyebrows more than you get them waxed because you're afraid the lady at the salon is gonna make them as thin as hers are

..to go out and buy new clothes even though you still have stuff with tags on them in your closet

..if you get a little stressed out when your google reader goes over 100

..to enjoy talking to your twitter/blog friends more than your IRL friends some days

..to check your mail everyday the week of your birthday in hopes for goodies!

..to make silly faces at yourself in the mirror in order to entertain yourself

..to get on Pinterest to look for one specific thing and end up staying on there for hours

..to wish the entire week away, but hope that time slows down on the weekends

Amber gets crafty

I collect corks from wine bottles.

It's just what I do. It's fun, and a way to keep track of all the neat bottles you've drank without saving the actual bottle.

My boyfriend's mom also collect corks, and had A LOT saved up. She had planned on making me a corkboard with them, but with moving and whatnot, she never got around to doing it.

Sooo, she gave me the stuff to do it! :)

Arrange the corks to fit..

I made sure the designs/words were showing on each cork..

I wish I had taken pics of everything step by step - but I didn't. :(

P.S. You can actually stick thumb tacks into the corks, so it really can be used as a corkboard.

Wanna make your own?

Here's what you'll need:
A coffee table tray (got mine at World Market)
Plenty of wine corks
Super glue gun w/ glue

It was a bit time consuming, (only an hour) but it was fun. I don't get crafty often, so it was enjoyable for me to see the finished product of something that I actually sat down and made.

I've already got a couple people in mind that I would like to make one for, so I guess I better get to drinking more wine! ;)

Oh, how pinteresting #3

This week I decided to feature pins that are birthday related, considering my birthday is in 5 days and all! :)

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