hello Friday! so good to see you!

oh, i just don't know a better day than Friday. i looove Fridays. this Friday is exceptionally exciting because it marks the first day of birthday celebrating! although my birthday isn't until Tuesday, Tuesday is a work night. I'm old & could not imagine making plans that went past 8pm. so yay for the freakin' weekend, baby! (song lyric reference, anyone? anyone?)

its not that i don't have five things I'm loving this week, but...I'm lazy. its almost time to skip over to happy hour, so i wanted to do a quick post on my birthday dinner invitations & how i plan to celebrate:

as much as id love to send invitations and cards via snail mail, invitations and cards are pricey. {note: i do send thank you cards the old fashion way} enter: Cocodot.com

for this weekend's dinner, i chose the invite below

Cocodot make sending invites and cards so easy. The only difficult part is deciding which amazing design works for the occasion {they also do special collaborations, this month they have LuLu Powers...they are pure perfection!}. there are so many great options. after you've decided, you just customize the greeting and information. Next you upload your contacts from your existing email's contact list { you can even send via facebook message!}

this was a card i debated sending out for the holiday season. i ended up not sending out personalized cards due to budget issues + talulah & i were not camera ready in time...#badmama

this was a card i sent to a dear friend when i forgot it was her birthday! {worst. friend. ever}, but this serves as a perfect example of using Cocodot to send something so beautiful, so quickly. technology is amazing! oh, did i mention? its FREE to send online.

ways that i plan to celebrate this weekend:

• drink a few lots of white grape martinis
• stay out past 10pm {be home by 11pm instead. nothing good happens after 12am. talkin' from experience}
• take talulah grace on a long walks & out for ice cream
• get my hair cut {i did this earlier this morning. best feeling ever! I'm excited to have layers to hopefully help with volume. bigger the hair, closer to God.}
• finally breaking out my hot pink Gap blazer that I've been saving for a special occasion
• not feeling guilty about having zaxbys for lunch today {its the little things, folks!}
• donate $25 to Planned Parenthood

i hope ya'll have a great weekend

xo raa