24

Well kids, I'm growing up. Wednesday marked my 24th birthday and thanks to some wonderful and crafty friends, it was perfect. I've been lucky enough to go to a different  birthday celebration pretty much everyday this week, beginning on Monday with a trip to The Raleigh Times for dinner. And props to Kelly for making the most delicious caramel cake ever!

Luckily I decided not to give up desserts for Lent or else the past couple of days would've held a lot of temptations. After deliberating for the past couple of weeks, I've decided to give up listening to music in the car in the mornings and forgoing my afternoon cup of caffeine.  Lent is relatively new to me- I'd never really understood it until college and even then I often resolved to give up caffeine. Giving up the snooze alarm last year was probably the least successful of all my Lent attempts but I'm hoping my grownup willpower kicks in this year!

Hope you have a lovely weekend and thanks to those of you who Facebooked, Twittered, called, texted, instagrammed, emailed, and even Pinterested me  on my birthday!