BIRTHDAY AFTERMATH

Happy Monday everyone!

Hope all of you are staying warm- looks like most of the country has been cold or snowy lately... yuck. If you're in a place that's currently warm and sunny- send some our way, okay?

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Here's what's good lately:

Oooooh birthday flowers. Honestly, getting flowers at work is my FAVORITE.

Michael and his parents BOTH sent me bouquets this year- and they brightened up my desk all week.

Can't someone just send me fresh flowers all year 'round??

Speaking of brightening up my desk- my coworkers threw me a rainbow themed birthday party! They got wind of my #everythinginrainboworder posts...and outdid themselves with decorations and food. The star of the show? 

This INSANE rainbow fruit pizza. Unreal, right?

THIS. IS . THE STORY. OF. MY LIFE:

All I have to say is MARTHA STEWART GLITTER. 

Later this week I have one ballin' recipe for you. Be prepared to make 'em and eat them alllll.

What's new & good with you lately, friends?

If you'd like to sign up to send me flowers- just email me and we can work it out ;-)

xo, lp

PSST: Let's be Instagram friiiiends, shall we?

You can find me here ---> @lpodlich

so THIS is 27!

I won't even be bashful about it - IT'S MAH BIRTHDAY!

I've always loved my birthday, and I have no problem being THAT girl sharing that fact.In addition to it being my birthday today- it's Michael's birthday tomorrow!

This of course means we'll be celebrating... so this is the last post you'll get from me this week. 

Here's what's been good lately:

A couple weeks ago Michael & I went to a Frozen themed event for the Clean Lakes Alliance- everyone was told to wear silver, white, or blue... and I ended up finding this AWESOME silver dress with some killer beaded sleeves:

Obviously I had to make Valentine's cookies...aaaaaaaaaand put them in rainbow order. Like usual.

Onto more Valentine's cheesiness... I had to bust out my heart sweater too. :)

 In other Valentine's Day news- this marked 6 years of my favorite tradition. Want to hear about it? Read more HERE!

Okay. Saving the best for last, everyone.

So on Valentine's Day, Michael and I had a great dinner at home, and were just relaxing with some drinks and Scrabble (yes we're nerds). We're sitting on the couch when Michael insists he really wants some good beer for the night - and since it was 8:45, we had to rush to the grocery store across the street to grab some. After complaining like crazy about having to go out- I went along with it and went with him. He went to go "grab beer" and I went to the candy aisle, obviously. I turned around and realized he was...watching me instead of getting beer. I yelled at him to go grab it before 9pm  came around ... and then... my sister walked out of an aisle a little ways down. I was completely shocked. There she was...in all of her cute, short, puffy black coat glory. Naturally I squealed and we hugged and hugged and hugged. 

She drove all the way to Wisconsin to spend less than 24 hours with me for an early birthday gift. Oy it was good. We watched Pitch Perfect and went out to get food and gossiped and hugged. Besides giving me the gift of her presence- she also gave me this adorable penguin she made (she sells ceramic spirit animals in her shop!) which is lovingly named Gladys. 

Whew. Talk about emotional. THANK YOU LOU! 

Okay.

Enough blabbering. I'm gonna go enjoy my day at work now & my night in with a bunch of girlfriends!

If anyone feels like sending me belated birthday presents, you just let me know ;-)

xo, lp

PSST! follow along with birthday festivities on instagram!

Find me here ---> @lpodlich

FEBRUARY BIRTHSTONE: AMETHYST

Each month I'm going to start rounding up some favorite items that tie back to the month's birthstone.

Wouldn't it have been lovely if I had gotten my act together and started this in January?

Sure it would've. 

Oops.

Hindsight is always 20/20, ya know?

Instead, I'll start with MY birthstone: Amethyst. 

Here's the deal with me & amethyst: as a kid, I haaaaaaaaaaaated the color purple. I blame it on being a Packers fan in a Vikings state...

As I've gotten older, I've learned to love all of the gorgeous shades that this stone comes in- and am pulling my old amethyst jewelry, dusting it off, and getting it some use finally!

Here are 9 gorgeous items that are in the perfect shades of purple:

THE DARKS

NIXON WATCH // MICHAEL KORS TOTE // OVAL PAVE EARRINGS

THE MEDIUMS

PASSPORT HOLDER //  FERRAGAMO RILVA BAG // FERRAGAMO BOW BRACELET

THE LIGHTS

KATE SPADE SQUARE STUDS // REBECCA MINKOFF MINI MAC // FERRAGAMO WALLET

Any fellow February birthday girls out there?

Anyone else grow up not loving their purple birthstone?

xo, lp