Weekend Update

This weekend was nothing short of fabulous.  I got to see some of my absolutely wonderful girlfriends.  While we didn't organize a synchronized dance to show off at the bar we went to, because yes, these are the sort of things we hope to do one day, it was still quite special, along with some of our dance moves.  And while some of those moves were documented, I didn't want to post them in case any of you got jealous, because you would.  Happy Tuesday weekend update!

Time to Celebrate, Brittany!

Happy Birthday to a wonderful and fabulous friend!!!

A year in the life of Miss Brittany, remember when...

We counted our blessings and hosted "friends" Thanksgiving.

We surprised your socks off with an amazing surprise party.

Our car rides to Gil's.

We got silly at beerfest.

We drank Skinny Girl and relived prom.

We were the only ones who got the senior shirt memo.

We made Lilly proud.

We celebrated in the Berkshires.

We pretended we were still in college and attended our first alumni weekend.

We celebrated one of my absolute favorite people's birthdays, you!

 

'Tis the Season...

...for seeing old friends, celebrating martial unions, and ringing in the new year.  While most of free time in the past few weeks has been spent reading this gem of a series, (click here and succumb to addiction), I have managed to do some extracurriculars outside of The Hunger Games.   I was able to see my dear friend, Kerry, who you may remember from here.  She was home for the holidays and it was more than wonderful getting the chance to spend time with her.  I attended a wedding for a family friend, so amazing and all my congratulations to the newlyweds, and spend New Year's eve with some of pretty wonderful people.  

Home.

Wedded Bliss.

NYE.

Weekend Update

I am officially an alum of Roger Williams University and while this statement was true as of 5 months ago, I feel even more official as I attended my first alumni weekend this past Saturday.  It was so wonderful to visit the adorable little town I called home for the past 4 years and to see the friends who I shared it all with. We danced at our favorite bar, ate a yummy dinner at our favorite pub, and had a delicious breakfast at our favorite diner on main street. 

Weekend Update

Yes, believe it or not I actually ate/tried more food from this fabulous fair they call the Big E.  I'm starting to think the E in Big E stands for eating extremely eloquently.  Just a guess.  

It was such a great day not only because I ate my way through it, but because I got to spend it with some of my very best friends!  And yes, that it a burger with a donut bun.  

Unexpectedness

This weekend was filled with a smorgasbord of activites.  I went home Sunday afternoon only to find out that one of my very best friends from college was in my neck of the woods.  The BF(who'll I'll call Joel since that's his name) and I met up with my friend at a local fair.  It was as fun and frightening as I remembered them to be.  I love fair food and fair sounds, but hate fair crowds and this fair was no exception to the masses of people, 50% of whom were under the age of 15(I know, I'm about at cool as Amy Poehler in Mean Girls, so pretty awesome if you know what I'm sayin').  Despite the clusters of people covering most of the fair grounds it was still a fun time and I love any opportunity to see a great friend!

Epilogue: Farewells For Now

In light of Kerry's departure tomorrow, her family hosted a lovely little farewell gathering.  With summer's end steadily approaching it was a delightful way to celebrate our last few days all together.  Eat your heart out Martha Stewart Living, this party was fitted with all the bells and whistles.  I loved this summer so much and will miss all the nights we spent watching episodes of Glee(Project),  the lazy pool days, and all the nights filled with uncontrollable laughter.  I know, our lives are fascinating, but give us a break, our town's population is under 10,000.

Prologue: A Decade of Friendship

This is my friend Kerry.  

We've been friends since the 3rd grade.  Yes Kerry, you're allowed to applaud my math skills because I am aware that we have actually been friends for 14 years.  Lucky for you I like to title my posts euphemistically, therefore sacrificing some exact facts.  

Kerry is moving to a land far away, well still the U.S., but she will be a plane ride away as of tomorrow.  I think for all of us who know and therefore love Kerry this is a happy and sad move for us and her.  While I know she'll be an amazing asset to her new company, that doesn't mean that I want her leave.  

When I first met Kerry in the 3rd grade I remember thinking how lucky I was to be assigned to a table alongside her.  Not only because her genius expanded well beyond math(don't worry my eyes never wandered to your spelling tests, well, at least not often), but because I could tell from our first few encounters that she truly was one of the nicest, brightest, and most sincere people I had met until that point and the same holds true to this day.  I've always felt so lucky to have her as such a dear friend.  And while she's leaving good ole' New England for a new adventure in a far off land, I know that we'll be life long friends.  And for that I thank you, Kerry.  Thank you for being the best friend to myself and to all of our friends.  Safe travels, and please, come home soon!

And now I will take you on a walk back in time.  Buckle up because my god we were good looking.  

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Still wondering why we never had those middle school BF's.

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Cheers to middle school dances.  Thank you for making me still consider outrageously curly updo's to be synonymous with school dances.

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Clearly we hadn't made many friends yet seeing as I am doubling as center piece and photographer.

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Yet again left to wonder why we never landed us some fella's.  

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Hip-hip-hooray.  I will now introduce my lovely little group of friends, you probably recognize some of them from here or possibly here: (left-right) Sarah P, Emily, KERRY, Ally, Jessica, and well, hopefully you know her.

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Prom.  Lucky for us as soon as we all got our hair did and fresh duds on it began to rain.  Thank you, Mother Nature.  I will never forget.  Oh and let's not forget to introduce my lovely friend, Erin.  Remember her?

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A trip to our Huskies!  At least for us non-huskies, Em, Myself, and Sarah Peezee.  Please note the frame hanging on the wall behind us.  We're not narcissists, I swear.  Well, maybe a little.

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A trip to WNEC.  We're quite good at trips in case you can't tell.  Must be our undying love for one another or the fact that we're allowed to act like this together.  

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Ahh, and yet another school year visit.  And yes, we do look this good all of the time.  

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Jessica's 21st.  Clearly a candid, but seriously.  We must've been so overwhelmed with our love for one another or perhaps it was the grown-up apple juice.  Nothing but the best for these classy gals. 

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Seeing as we obviously do not photo document enough of our lives, we decided to have a photo shoot, highlighting not only how adorable we look in coordinating outfits, but to celebrate what will probably be our last summer together in our little town we call home.  

Happy Travels, to my sweet friend, Kerry.