Happy New Year's Eve!
Yesterday, I recapped the first half of 2015 and today I'm going to finish out the second half of what was surely an amazing year.
July was
a super busy month with lots of traveling. I kicked off the month with a long holiday weekend celebrating the 4th of July in
Key West.
Then it was time to hop on a plane for a
whirlwind trip to CT for my cousin's wedding which also included a train ride to the city for a
Yankees game and a day trip up to
Boston where I got to meet the fabulous
Biana.
*Awesome time with all my cousins as we live spread out throughout the country*
August brought my first Orlando City game....
A birthday brunch celebration...
Then my birthday celebrations began with hibachi and another birthday brunch with unlimited bubbles because champagne. I also shared all the free goodies I take advantage of during my birthday month
here.
I also enjoyed floating around on my beautiful new flamingo floatie that
Emily gave me for my birthday and appropriately named her Rose like the champs.
September was another busy month full of lots of fun. I kicked off
Labor Day Weekend with one of my work favs to meet 50 Cent at a bottle signing.
That weekend also brought a behind the scenes tour at a local bowling alley with
Pamela where we got to see how everything works and take home our own bowling pins.
Went to
Wekiva Island for the first time with
Emily and K....
Then it was time for our friend's bachelor/bachelorette
weekend at the JW Marriott lazy river.
October brought fall fun Florida style and wine tasting at a new local vineyard.
Then it was time for the
Zedd concert in Tampa which was incredible! I'm still on a music high from that show!
Happy hour complete with champagne flights to celebrate
Kerri's birthday. Always a good idea...
The end of October/beginning of
November brought our friend's destination wedding in
Punta Cana.
The following weekend, I flew up to
Connecticut for my sister in-law's baby shower. (My little nephew is due any day now!) I got to spend the day with my bff, lots of extra time with my mom, see my brother for a bit, go to dinner with my aunt and cousins, and shower my sis and nephew before flying back home.
The celebrations continued back at home with a friend's b-day festivities...
And a kick off to the holidays party...
And I got to meet the fabulous
Kristen and her husband KC over a yummy dinner at Yard House with beautiful views of the Orlando Eye.
December kicked off one of the busiest months of the year. I shared my Christmas
wish list, and got ready for our annual Christmas party at the house. This year was the first year we had a photo booth which will definitely be happening again next year.
I was Emily's date for her work Christmas party at Loews Royal Pacific at Universal where we enjoyed lots of champs.
Then it was time to celebrate the birthday girl with a yummy girls brunch and unlimited bubbles at our favorite brunch spot downtown.
The last weekend before Christmas I took my first ever ride on the new SunRail with Pamela and the boys for a fun night out.
The next evening was Part II of celebrating Emily's birthday with our first ride on the new Orlando Eye observation wheel.
Christmas was amazing with lots of yummy food and thoughtful gifts. Now I'm looking forward to ringing in the New Year this evening.
*Cheers to an amazing and safe 2016*
On Friday after work, I went out to celebrate a friend's birthday. It was nice to see a lot of people I haven't seen since the craziness of the holiday season, and of course champagne.
On Saturday, Pamela, Emily, Kerri, and I met up with Ashley for dinner at City Walk while she was in town visiting Universal Studios and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Ashley was super sweet! And I love how she and her husband truly are the wandering weekenders, they go on the best whirldwind weekend trips.
We went to a sushi-burger fusion place called Cowfish which was great for us non-seafood eaters, I loved getting to enjoy a "sushi" roll which replaced the fish with meat all while trying to smooth out my chopstick skills.
After dinner, we headed over to the Red Coconut Club for another drink and live music. Of course we stopped for a fun photo opp first.
Sunday was a cozy day filled with doggy snuggles and a House of Cards re-watch marathon. Now that Netflix has announced the release date of season 4, I'm enjoying the first few seasons again and am being reminded of how amazingly well the detail and the writing is for this show. As a Political Science major and an intern at the legislature in college, I'm Kate and I approve of this brilliant show.
