Chelsea Bird

As mentioned before, tomorrow (Sunday the 2nd) is my 22nd birthday. On Wednesday I had a small dinner with Scott and a few lovely friends to celebrate it.

Before dinner Scott wanted to give me a early birthday present. After a few minutes of saying no, I should wait, I caved and opened the lovely package.

Inside was the most amazing Fuji Instax camera (that I’ve been wanting FOREVER).

We even took a few pictures that night before the rest of the group got to the restaurant:

So I decided to have my dinner at this cute little Italian (veggie friendly) restaurant in downtown Phoenix call Cibo. Scott and I have drove by this cute little house restuarant numerous times over the years, but just never given it a try. For my dinner I wanted to try somewhere new, since my regular birthday dinner restaurant has changed owners and is not the same, so Cibo seemed like a perfect place.

We started dinner with two lovely house salads (you can kind of see it behind my water, oh and Gina telling me no pictures haha).

Four our main course we shared two super yummy pizza (both veggie of some sorts). Each pizza was made with fresh ingredients, and wasn’t doused with sauce or a ton of cheese. It was love.

Did I mention that I also had THE best dinner guests?

Nikki and baby Diella (sorry I didn’t get you in there too Raf).

Nikki and I have been friends since junior high, and I am so happy that she and her family came.

Gina and I have been friends since our freshman year in college. I seriously treasure my friendship with this girl so much. Even though our busy schedules keep us a part at times, I’m always super happy to see her and chat about our lives, boyfriends (one day fiances), and knitting.<3

I was also so happy that Nikki and Raf brought along baby Diella. She’s just the sweetest little girl, and Scott and I love playing with her so much (she was trying real hard to opened this locked door behind Scott’ seat).

Did I mention that I had the best date that night?

Overall, I had such a lovely birthday dinner and I want to thank everyone that came. I love you guys so much, and it means a lot to me that you would want to share in the celebration.

Ok, be back later today with a few odds and ends.

-Chels xoxo

So far today I have:

got up super early

eating breakfast, and made a cute package at home

drove to downtown Phoenix

got two dollar medium non-fat latte with my student discount at Lola Coffee

did an over-the-phone interview with a fire chief for an article I’m writing

took silly pictures with Photobooth

Ok, time to be more productive!

Have a lovely day blog friends<3

-Chels xoxo

Recap:

Friday I attended an interview day at school, from which I’m hoping to get an internship out of for the fall semester. I met with five different people in two hours, and at the end I felt calmed and excited for what will come out of it.

After my meetings Scott and I had lunch, then went to the ASU surplus store where they sell various tables, desks, chairs, etc. Scott was looking for some legs for a table that he’s in the process of building.

He actually ended up find these really neat adjustable legs on a 1970’s table. Since he didn’t want the whole table he used a screwdriver to take off the legs (thank goodness, that table would not have fit in my car).

Once we were done at the surplus store we headed down to Scottsdale so that I could see about getting my dad’s Sony computer fixed, and also to pick up some Sprinkles cupcakes. Scott and I actually got really lucky and received free vanilla with sprinkles cupcakes because we knew the secret whisper word of the day!

Saturday was super eventful, as Scott had off work (first Saturday off in awhile). We went to Liberty Market for breakfast, then to the craft fair at Bragg’s Pie Factory where we ended up meeting a lovely lady by the name of Rikki that came up to us and said she read my blog. Rikki had made the most amazing vegan cupcakes for the craft fair, and Scott and I seriously wanted to try each and every one.

Cortaditos at Liberty Market.

Crazy big marble ball outside of Liberty Market. Scott was trying to spin it the fastest he could.

Scott admiring the coffee, oh and the giant paper mache camel.

Adorable mini vegan cupcake that Rikki made. It was lemon, and it was amazing!

The rest of the afternoon was spent looking through vintage shops, drinking tea at Copper Star Coffee, and bike riding around the Willow neighborhood in Phoenix.

We ended our super busy day with a trip to the roller derby at The Coliseum in Phoenix. Neither Scott nor I had ever been to a roller derby so it was a lot of fun to watch the girls kick butt. We even realized that we knew someone on one of the playing teams (Bombshells).

What did you guys do this weekend?

-Chels xoxo

Last week Scott came down to Phoenix on my lunch break and brought our bikes so that we could go on a little stroll around the neighborhood, pick up some coffee, and get lunch.

We started off by biking to Lola Coffee:

and I had a latte. We shared some amazing rosemary shortbread as well.

Pretty flower display on one of their giant tables.

Love the latte art in my drink!

After coffee we biked to Athenian Express and had super yummy greek food. From the outside this restaurant looks like a tiny hole in the wall, but once you get inside it’s way bigger than you think it would be. The place was super busy, but it really didn’t take long at all to get our food. It was our first time going there, but it definitely won’t be our last.

After lunch we took a little stroll around the area, and admired all the beautiful houses in the area (hopefully one of them will be ours someday).

Ok, be back later!

-Chels xoxo