Hello, hello love bugs! So my birthday week (yep I insisted on a week this yr!) came and went... and Ive been doing a lot of soul searching, figuring out ways to be a wiser and a better self... with another year comes new responsibilities right? Been laying low and planning things out for myself... life, career, goals, running/fitness, etc... but I'm back and extra eager to share my birthday festivities!!! For those of you that don't know, I am a designer and obsessed with buttons!!! I made this really cool corset for my senior collection that was sheer and was completely covered in hand sewn buttons, covering the ta-tas and then trickling down... a time consuming and heavy masterpiece if I say so myself! Another fun fact about me... I like the idea of discreet, slightly hidden tattoos for me. For my 24th birthday I got a tiny dress form behind my left ear. And so after years of yearning and trying to convince hubs (he's not too keen on tats), the sweetheart surprised me with my button tattoos as my gift... best gift ever by the way!!!
I had it
all planned out... I knew exactly the
style and where I wanted them... it had just been a matter of
doing it! We headed to
Prick, where the
lovely Adam and I exchanged
ideas and thoughts. To anyone looking to get some
tattoos done in London, I would
highly recommend this place! A
lovely hidden shop with some of the
best artists Ive seen and
great customer service. Adam and I
struggled on placement a bit and played around with a lot of options
(thanks for being so patient!) but I figured if there was
ever a time to be picky,
now was it! Once that was figured out,
the pain began... and I mean
pain like Ive never felt before! I had heard
the foot was a painful spot because of all the bony areas but omgoodness... by far
the most painful out of my other two. There were
two levels of pain... just about
bearable... and then as soon as I was
getting used to it, he would start a different area and
the pain level was kicked up a few notches! I remember
silently thinking to myself
"you can handle the pain, you ran a half marathon when you couldn't even do a mile in the past... and you want to run a marathon in the future so suck it up!" Just gotta be
a little hard on myself sometimes ;)
After all that was done, I
hobbled out of there with hubs and
continued celebrating. We met up with
friends in
Camden that had thrown together a
surprise little shing ding for me!!! In hind sight,
maybe tattooing my foot on the same day that we had planned to salsa dance into the wee hours wasn't the best of ideas, but that
didn't stop me! At
The Cuban, we
drank some delicious cocktails and I
danced to the music of my Abuelo's roots. It was perfect! Everyone was
really impressed with hub's dance moves too, and by the way he was
teaching the other guys, you would have thought
he was a pro! True, he did
pick up some Latin dance moves back home this past xmas, and the boy has got some
serious rhythm for a white boy! I remember my mom saying
"he can roll his r's and move to a beat, he could have been Hispanic in another life". And if all this wasn't enough, I got some
pretty amazing gifts,
cards,
emails,
calls,
tweets, and
facebook messages... definitely felt the
love from all over the world!!! So here's to another year...
I am feeling unusually optimistic about the future (truth be told, I had
originally planned to turn 25 for the rest of my life)
and have realized I need to take control and make things happen for myself!!!
***Today I am thankful for such a great hubs, family, and friends that truly made my birthday feel special... I felt the love from near and far!!!***
