Happy Thursday, friends! My birthday is at the beginning of next month, so I decided to put together a fun little roundup of a few items that I've had my eye on lately. AKA my 2023 birthday wish list. I'm a big Pinterest girlie, so I typically add any products I'm interested in purchasing or receiving to this board. I look at that Pinterest board as more of a vision board vs. an "I want this right now" situation. However, it also ends up functioning as a shopping/inspo list for myself if I'm …
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My 2021 Birthday Wish List & Items I’ve Got My Eye On
Happy Wednesday, friends! My birthday is later this week, so I thought I'd put together a roundup of items that I'm loving right now and have on my 2021 birthday wish list. I usually add current items that I'm crushing on to my Pinterest board and keep that relatively updated. However, it's always fun for me to look back at old blog posts to see what my interests and trending items were in years past. …
This is 25 – Celebrating a Quarter Century, Quarantined
This is 25. Quarantine style! On Friday, April 3rd, 2020 I celebrated my 25th birthday! Needless to say, with everything that's been going on recently, my birthday didn't really look anything like I'd planned. Originally, for my 25th birthday I was hoping to go to a nice dinner on Friday, have a night out with a larger group of friends on Saturday and then get brunch with some close friends on Sunday. Yep... Obviously, none of that was able to happen. …
2020 Bowtiful Birthday Wish List
Well... It has been quite the week!!! With everything that's been going on recently with COVID-19, it's pretty crazy to think that my 25th birthday is less than a month away. In times like these, it feels weird to think about upcoming birthdays, holidays, etc in general. HOWEVER, with all that's going on and all of the negativity and scary updates on the news, I've decided to keep things going as usual here on the blog. Bowtiful Life is one of the very few aspects of normalcy I have right now in …
My Bowtiful Birthday Wish List 2019
Happy Wednesday, friends! Fun fact: my birthday is next week! I thought that it would be fun to put together a roundup of a few items that I'm loving and/or have on my wish list at the moment. This list is a mixture of things that I actually have on my birthday wish list this year + some things that I'm just loving in general! When it comes to putting together a birthday wish list or gift guide, I tend to have recurring items that pop up from my long term wish list. I think that I've put a …
What I Wore For My Birthday Dinner
My birthday was earlier this week and as a part of this year's bday celebrations I got to go to BLVD in the West Loop (shown below) for dinner! BLVD has this swanky "Old Hollywood" vibe to it, so I knew that I wanted to wear a fun dress for dinner! I fell in love with this Show Me Your Mumu dress and I knew that I'd found my birthday outfit. I paired it with this denim jacket from Madewell when I actually went out to dinner and the look resulted the perfect mix of soft and structured. …
My Birthday Wish List
My birthday is less than two weeks away and I am SUPER excited for it! I've always loved celebrating my birthday around this time of year because it's finally warming up and the days start to get longer. PLUS flowers start blooming and there's nothing prettier than a fresh patch of brightly colored flowers against a bright blue sky! This year's birthday isn't really anything special number-wise. Last year I got to celebrate by blasting 22 by Taylor Swift and the year before I was able to have …
Feeling 22 – Bowtiful Bday Brunch
Yesterday I turned 22! (And yes, I blasted Taylor Swift.) So, this past weekend was filled with plenty of celebrating! Sunday was an especially special day because I was able to go on a champagne brunch cruise at Navy Pier with Odyssey Cruises Chicago on the Odyssey II with some of my nearest and dearest friends. …
Three Years Later
On January 20th, 2012 I put up my first blog post here on Bowtiful Life. Since then, what started out as a fun side project during a rough patch of my junior year in high school has turned into one of my greatest passions and accomplishments. It's crazy when I stop and think about how long I've been blogging for and how much my life has changed in these past three years. When I started this blog, I would never have been able to imagine myself where I am now. I've been incredibly lucky to meet …
Brunching with the Best
Last weekend was ridiculously packed, but it was a total blast! It was my birthday on Thursday the 3rd, Friday I had my formal, Saturday I went to my friend Connor's formal, and then on Sunday I went out to brunch with some of my friends to celebrate the end my birthday weekend. I can honestly say that it was one of the most wonderful birthdays I have ever had and I am so lucky that I got to spend my weekend surrounded so many amazing friends. I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who …