I can't believe it's November!

Happy November everyone and happy birthday month to me! I cannot believe a whole year has passed and I am just a mere 16 days away from my special day. It boggles my mind that I am going to be 31 this year! Yes, you heard that right. 31!!! I have to say that I'm not ashamed to say that. Mostly because people still think that I'm 25 and that is OK with me.

Here is a little flashback to this time last year...

Southern Ground Music & Food Festival (Zac Brown Band)

 Carolina/ Citadel Game

 Vickery's Oyster Roast (which is coming up again THIS Sunday!!)

 Pretty self-explanatory.

I had an absolute blast celebrating last year, it pretty much lasted a whole week. We started off with the Vickery's Oyster Roast the weekend before, dinner at Blossom with S on the actual day, dinner with all my friends at Social and out to Mad River for dancing all night on Friday, then ended the week with the Carolina v. Citadel game in Columbia. I don't think I'll be able to top it all this year.

This year is different. We have a wedding reception the weekend before, a wedding on my actual birthday (which we will be out-of-state for in Tennessee for the whole weekend), Thanksgiving is the weekend after and S's birthday is the weekend after that! S has already reminded me not to worry because no matter where we are, he will make my birthday special. He is the sweetest<3 I know that even if I don't have a big celebration, it will still be special as long as I'm with him.

Speaking of weddings, I put in my order for the dress that I'm going to rent for S's brother's wedding (on my bday). I couldn't decide on just one and you all gave such great feedback, that I ordered one dress PLUS a backup (and also because they threw in a little deal for that.) In case you forgot, here they are -

 {via} by Trina Turk

{via} by Shoshanna

I guess I will just wait to see which one fits me better and that will be the overall winner :)

Next order of business - I decided that since I don't do any advertising or sell space on my blog, I am going to start featuring 5 blogs each week, from Thursday to Thursday. No fees, no obligations, just me wanting to spread the word about some of my favorite blogs. I get disappointed sometimes after I've read through all the new posts on Google Reader that there aren't anymore to read! Maybe I need some new ones to follow :) I would love to hear some suggestions for blogs that y'all love to read!

My top 5 for today are the following -

Lindsey @ Lounging with Lindsey

Megan @ Fried Green Pickles

Amanda @ Marshalls Abroad

Janna @ Perception is Everything

Jamie @ Handling with Grace

If you have a button, I will also snag that and put it up on my blog for all to see :)

PS - Tomorrow is FRIDAY!