Friday's Letters!

Linking up with Ashley today for one of my favorite link-ups, Friday's Letters! 

dear blog:

I'm sorry if you're feeling neglected; my new job is a lot more demanding and I just don't have as much spare time on my hands.  It's not you, it's me...

dear rodger's and hammerstein's cinderella:

Can I just say that I am super excited to be playing Cinderella again! Being a princess is a legit, life goal...right?  Right???

dear friday: 

I am so glad to see you; you come and go far too quickly.  Hang around for a little while today! 

dear saturday:

I am extremely excited for your arrival; I am going shopping, shopping, shopping with my best friend Bekah Talley.  After shopping, we are seeing the Great Gatsby (which is another letter all in itself) and then pigging out at Mama G's for my birfday (which is Monday).  

dear future dresses i will be purchasing:  

You dresses will look great for all of the fun weddings this season! 

dear life: 

You're good right now...really good, and I'm grateful, so very grateful.  

dear great gatsby movie: 

asdfliisdflkjasdfjadsdffda!!! That is me being super excited about seeing you and deciphering all of your symbolism and ties with today's American society.  It's going to be amazing...and Leo of course...always a plus! ;)

and lastly

dear 23rd birthday:

What the heck?! I'm turning 23 on the 20th...that's scary and exciting...just hoping that my 23rd year of living is better than my 22nd (not that 22 was all bad...just a whole lot of difficult).  And 23 will be better I think!  

That's all for today! 

xoxo,

Abigail

Throw Back Thursday...the 90s, people, were the greatest!

So I didn't really have time to write anything too creative today, but I did find this little gem.  

33 Pictures That Should Be Left in the 90s.  I happen to disagree with the title of this posting, because I think these pictures should be shared with y'all and everybody else too!  

Click HERE to get a little boost of nostalgic happiness!  

Hope you enjoyed!

-Abigail

Finally...Friday!

It is finally Friday! I am so happy to see this day! It has been a ridiculously long and busy week!

I have a new responsibility added onto my job; I'm now doing a lot of the bookings/group sales for the Boiler Room! This got popped on me a couple of weeks ago, and with a lot of help, I am staying above water and actually doing a good job! It's tough, but it's fun and I get to work with people.  However, I don't have a lot of downtime at work anymore, so I don't have as much time to blog! Hopefully, though, once I get in the swing of things, I'll be a little more efficient and have a little more time!

I'm also two weeks single and loving every minute of it...It's a little hard to adjust, but I'm almost used to it (and I get a whole lot more sleep)!

Last night was opening night of Annie Get Your Gun, and it went great! Three more chances to see Samuel throw knives at me...don't worry, he's been practicing since March! ;)  And here are a few pictures; such a fun show!

There's No Business Like Show Business

Me as Winnie Tate

Lindsay at Lindsay's List being fabulous as Dolly Tate

I'll Share it All with You!

"Butler and Oakley...has to be in alphabetical order; an old show business rule!"

So that is what's going on in the life of me! Come see Annie Get Your Gun! You'll love it!

Oh How Pinteresting...on a theme of Vintage Dresses

I love vintage dresses...and I have found some gorgeous ones that I would love to have in my closet...and wear on a regular basis, regardless of the funny looks I might get!

This weekend...

This weekend I really didn't do a ton and I was completely okay with that! 

Friday I bought a new pair of sunglasses...for $4.  I can't buy expensive sunglasses because I lose them too quickly.  

Then I went to Sylva with Rachel! 

We ate pizza at Speedy's which I feel like I haven't had since before graduation.  

The veggie pizza is so good!

(And I introduced Rachel to the Add-a-Kitty app on my phone)

After dinner we went to go see The Host; it wasn't a cinematic epic, but it was good...weird, but good! 

Saturday I had a wedding shower to attend.  It was a breakfast shower and all of the food was delicious.  Fooooood.  Breakfast...love!

Sunday after church, I hung out with my Bekah...we just had fun, single girl time! And of course, 

Sweet Brown was involved!

Overall, it was a great weekend full of fun little moments!  

Love, Abigail

Friday Letters

dear kurt & max schneider, lindsey stirling, and aimee proal:

I love your covers and mash-ups better than the original songs most of the time! 

dear Easter egg hunt:  

Helping the Easter Bunny hide 18000+ eggs this morning in 23 degree weather was totally worth it when I saw how much fun the kids were having! 

dear new dresses:

I wish I could pick between the two of you for this Sunday! Ivory lace vs. blush chiffon...they're both so Easter-y!  

dear saturday:

I'm sleeping through party of you, most likely.  Just sayin...

dear JESUS:

Thank you for your death years ago, so that I could live with you for eternity! That's what this weekend is all about!  So thankful! 

-Abigail

Throwback Thursday: College Friends

Today I'm joining my lovely friends Jennifer and Julia for Throwback Thursday!!!

Now that I have a little bit of time to write *YAY* I'm going to talk about my wonderful years at WCU with  my little group of best friends.  I miss them more than anything and we all live miles away from each other!

App-WCU game 2012

El Pac after the App WCU game this year

Pre-App Western Game at Julie's House

Me, Brooke, and Carmen all met in piano studio (because we're all super awesome classical pianists) and our piano teacher gave our little threesome several nicknames because we were always together! Andrew's Angels, ABC's, you get the picture...ABC's stuck, by the way. When Julie joined our crew it was ABC + J. Haha...But anyway...The following are snapshots from our wonderful times we had together!

Fall Semester, Senior Year--Football Game
(Brooke, Carmen, and Me)

One of many piano recitals; ignore the weird glowy eyes.
(Brooke, Dr. Adams, Me, Carmen and Julie)

Every week we would have what we called "Piano Coffee" time; we would always find time for this, regardless of our busy schedules.  This was usually at Starbucks and we would just sit and talk about everything.  I probably miss this more than anything! 

Piano Coffee time outside (2010, I think)

Julie always had the most fun themed parties at her house...this was probably my absolute favorite:  

Tacky Christmas Sweater Party 2011...Need I say more?!

If I look at anymore pictures, I'm going to start crying, so I'm just going to say that Brooke and Carmen are getting married within the next year (Carmen in October of this year and Brookie in March of next year), and I get to be in both of their weddings; I am SO excited for that (Bachelorette fun abounds)! They'll obviously be in mine, if I EVER decide to get married, but who knows when that will be!

If you girls read this, I love and miss ya'll and I can't wait to see you sometime this summer!  

And okay...one more picture and maybe a cheesy friendship quote...

"I couldn't tell you why we're best friends, because you wouldn't understand. The 
explanation is full of too many inside jokes and made up words. It's full of 
too much care and too many tears, too many laughs, and too many blonde moments. 
I don't think I will ever be able to give you a better reason, except they've
always been there." ~Unknown

-Abigail