sorry to bore you guys out of your minds with nothing but selfie sunday posts the last two weeks. i had big plans of posting like 5 times while i was gone – i had drafted all these posts and uploaded the pics already so that all i had to do was arrange them, caption them, and post, but you can see how successful that was!
june got off to a great start with my farthest-residing college BFF laura [she lives in connecticut] coming to dallas for a job interview. i was overjoyed to see her and meet some of her dallas friends as well as get together with our other college friend courtney, who also lives here. we spent the evening drinking margs, eating mexican food and popsicles, and sneaking over to sean lowe’s house to take a picture in front of it. good times, to say the least! the best part of all was a few weeks later, when i found out that indeed, laura will be moving to dallas over labor day weekend! best news EVER. i’m so glad this girl is going to be close by again – she’s a whole lotta fun and i’m already planning out lots of adventures for us!
{my first time at steel city pops – you can see my yummy pineapple jalapeño popsicle in the foreground! and being creepers at sean lowe’s! luckily [or unluckily?] he wasn’t home!}
there were three big events in june, besides laura’s visit + her good news: 1. angelica’s bachelorette party, which i hosted with noelle and ashley. it was my first time planning one [and only second one to attend!], so there were lots of learnings that came from it, but overall, it went really well and i think everyone, including the bride-to-be, had a wonderful time. 2. “lucky does dallas” – i watched the pup for a long weekend while mom and dad went to san francisco and believe it or not, i probably saw more of dallas than i have since i moved here! we spent the weekend playing tourists and exploring dallas by foot, all the while taking TONS of pictures – so many, in fact, that this venture will require a separate post. ridiculous, i know. those of you who follow me on instagram are definitely aware. 3. EUROPE, duh! paris + amsterdam = jessica never wanting to leave. but here i am.
and pretty much anything else i did in june was in preparation for these three events. not a bad month, i’d say! in fact, i think it probably takes the cake for best month of 2014 thus far. can we go back and do it all again?
{bachelorette party planning}
{buying bridal lingerie is fun!}
{angelica’s bachelorette party – we had a little champagne-and-lingerie party at my house first, and then we had a fun and fancy night at winston’s. we got bottle service and everything! angelica looked beautiful and i think everyone had a grand time.}
{even though i’m saving the “lucky does dallas” post[s] for another time, i just had to post some selfies with my favorite fella.}
{mom and dad sent mike and me these photos from san francisco}
{…and THIS is why parents should never go off to california for a weekend unsupervised. next time i will gladly be their chaperone!} ;)
{new sale purchases from anthropologie… that latte bowl was $2.95 and will be the start of a colorful collection of anthro latte bowls. and that texas sky gets me.}
{mike and i went to the horse races with mom and dad one saturday evening in june. it was my first time at the races and i quite enjoyed it, especially since it was $1 night!}
{playing birthday fairies for one of our co-workers!}
{my serious face?}
{a quiet breakfast at home before work + a lively weekend brunch at maggiano’s to celebrate father’s day}
{my trip to europe was here before i knew it! both of these things that are pictured were somewhat of a countdown before the trip… the eiffel tower keychain was a gift from a friend a year ago, and it was so exciting to me that i’d finally get to see the tower in person. the stroopwafels are from the netherlands but they came from a supplier at work just before i left for my trip, so i considered them my first taste of holland.}
{this little one stayed with his nama while we were gone since dad was in and out.}
{the night before we left – dinner on the porch.}
{our little porch babies.}
be on the lookout for photos of lucky and me “doing dallas” and pretty much a year’s worth of photos from europe! hehe
xoxo