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As stated in my last post, I recently turned I celebrated my 30th birthday with my childhood friends in Chicago. We did a lot in 48 hours so I thought I would share what we did! FRIDAY I flew out of Atlanta around 3:30pm. Got to Chicago around 4pm CST. We dropped my bags off at my friend's apartment. She has a beautiful rooftop view, so we checked it out. We changed and got ready for dinner. We went to the  Chinatown   Square .  It's a two-story outdoor mall with an endless amount of stores and restaurants. I could have spent all day here just window shopping! We explored a little bit before our dinner reservation. We got dinner at Minghin Cuisine and had the most yummy dim sum and drinks. I had sake for the second time in my life (my first time was the night before back home lol) . We decided that we were going to get Labubus (this generation's beanie babies...sort of) . Unfortunately, we weren't going to be able to get them that day, so we decided to go shopping for ...

I just turned 30!! A blessing to have made it this far in life. And a lot happened-- I graduated from college, I moved out of Alabama, I lived by myself for the first time, I started and ended jobs, I faced heartbreak, I lost friends, I lived through a global pandemic, I traveled, I met my future husband, and I got married. Crazy how much happened in the last decade but also cannot believe 10 years just flew by like that?! I'm excited to start this new decade and I thought I would share 30 lessons I have learned in my 30 years around the sun. If you know about my annual "what I learned in 20--" posts, this will have some influence from those posts, but these are lessons that have truly impacted me over the years, even if some seem silly and light hearted. 1. Always personally invite someone to an event that you are hosting. Do not tell someone else to invite them. 2. If you do not want to do something and it’s up to you to decide whether or not to do it, do NOT feel peer ...

If you know me personally, you know I love a mural. I try to find murals in cities I visit. I recently visited Austin, Texas for a wedding and added a bunch of murals on my list to visit. Austin has some of the best murals in my opinion, so I thought I would share the ones I visited below if you guys were interested in exploring as well! FYI these are NOT all the murals in Austin, just a few that I visited or stumbled upon. "Big Chiller Blues"  601 E 5th St. Austin, TX 78701 "You're My Butter Half" 2000 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Austin, TX 78702 The next 4 murals below were all next to each other. 809 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701 "Willie for President" 100-130 E Elizabeth St,  Austin, TX 78704 "I love you so much" 1300 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704 Hoe Hoe Hoe (idk if that's what this mural is called) 1313 S Congress Ave,  Austin, TX 78704 (outside the tattoo shop) Dripping heart (idk if that's what this mural is called) 130...