party like it's my birthday

I'm one year older! Today I turn 24, and I couldn't be more excited to celebrate tonight with the boy and then again this weekend with some amazing friends. As I was searching for birthday-ish images on Pinterest, I got inspired by all the cool things I saw on the site for only $24! The rest of this post will show these super cool, super inexpensive things. If you click on the links below the pictures, it'll take you to the original sites where you could potentially purchase the birthday girl a gift or two or three (joke!). Hope you enjoy your day as much as I plan on enjoying mine!

cross-body bag from Nordstrom, $24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

salt & pepper squeezers from flip & tumble, $24

quilted crossbody bag from Ruche, $24

sparkly studs, Anthropologie, $24

scratch-off world map, Uncommon Goods, $24

jingle all the way

so i'm feeling pretty festive as the weekend before Christmas comes to a close. I spent my Saturday at an event called Snow Day DC, accompanied by my friends, the Christmas trees:

We had a fabulous time, but I woke up this morning slightly panicked that ONE WEEK from today is Christmas! Can you believe it? In addition to moving, packing, and traveling within the next two weeks, I've still got to wrap all my gifts, and this brings me to some great ideas via Pinterest (follow me!):

monogrammed wrapping via marthastewart.com

add a snowflake! via howaboutorange.blogspot.com

via 33shadesofgreen.blogspot.com

via bugsandfishes.blogspot.com (also includes a great tutorial!)

Can you tell I'm digging the brown background with monogrammed letters and festive colors? And let's be honest, I'll probably end up running to CVS on Christmas Eve and getting some generic Santa paper, but there's always next year (or even a birthday...)