NYE Party Ideas by Love Always, Nancy J

I have the lovely Jordan entertaining for me today while I'm in Trinidad & Tobago for the holidays. Jordan recently got married and I've loved following her journey from wedding planning into the newlywed life.
 I'll let her take it from here...
---------------------------------------

Hey y'all! My name is Jordon and I am the lady spilling out my guts over at Love Always, Nancy J.
I am so excited to be guest posting for Emily while she is away!
Isn't she a doll?

We are hosting our annual NYE party this year and while I am excited, this party also skyrockets my anxiety.

 Two years ago someone dumped a bottle of champagne on my kitchen floor and last year someone tackled my mini Christmas tree.Needless to say, I have really great friends.

Every year I find all these fascinating ideas on Pinterest and I never bring them to life.

This year will likely end with the same sad story, but a girl can dream, right?

Here are some of my favorites!

Is it obvious I love all things gold and black?

Those may or may not have been our wedding colors ;)..

I hope everyone has the best of New Year's and Make sure to stop by and say hello!!

The Birthday That Keeps Giving

I just have to say, I have some amazing friends! After celebrating my 30th with K in Savannah last week, my girls wouldn't let me get away without celebrating with them...Kate and friends planned a birthday party at a Greek restaurant, which was SO much fun!

This isn't just any restaurant, they make you dance on the tables, learn belly dancing, throw napkins in the air and do shots like your 21 again...We had a BLAST!

And to top it off, the girls all got together and bought me this beauty for my birthday. Way to make a girl feel special!

Joining Bella and Lisa for their weekend Linkup.

What a great weekend spent with friends :-)

2 more days 'til Christmas everyone!

Halloween Party Food Ideas

I just ran across this linkup and decided I had to join. I love looking at all the festive Halloween party ideas on Pinterest and wish I could be that creative. Here's a few food ideas that I'd love to recreate someday.

Spooky Pigs in Blanket

Spiders on stuffed eggs

Eeyeball dip

Vampire Cookies

Bloody Shots

Joining Helene and Sarah for their Halloween Linkup.

What's your favorite Halloween appetizer or dessert?

Girls Reunion Weekend

What an amazing weekend spent with my college besties! We certainly can still party like we're 21.... Lots of stories, laughing, drinking and eating was had on Sat and Sun.

On Friday, K and I ordered dinner and stayed in to watch a movie. We got Spring Breakers from RedBox and it turned out to be a lot crazier than we expected. I don't recommend it :-P

Saturday:

~ On Sunday, I made breakfast for K and I and then headed out to a hair appointment.

 ~ I got my highlights touched up and added in some burgundy foils, which I love!

~ Met up with two of my college besties to start our reunion weekend to celebrate the life of our friend that passed away last year.

~ After lunch we hopped around downtown Orlando to some of our favorite spots.

~ Several fireball shots were had.

~ Later that night we went back to my friend's house and told stories around the fire.

~ We walked to a late night bar for one last fireball shot to end our Saturday night.

Sunday:

~ On Sunday I met back up with the girls for Brunch at this cute local spot downtown Orlando.

~ I got to try chicken and waffles for the first time and it was AMAZING! We also had the largest pineapple mimosas. Ever.

~ Afer brunch we went to a sports bar to play some skee ball and test out a few different beers. 

- My friend bought a Pizza flavored beer and I tried out a Bannana Bread flavlored beer along with several pumpkin beers and other seasonals. 

~ We had some photobooth fun and did some catching up over beers and finally called it a night since Monday tends to come way too quickly.

I was an awesome sunday funday and reunion weekend with my college girls!

Joining Sami for Weekend Shenanigans.

Hope you had a great weekend too :-)

4th July Celebrations

Genius me should have requested the day off work today. At least the traffic was a breeze this morning because apparently the rest of the city took the day off. 

Yesterday was one for the books. We had a great day celebrating Independence day at a friends house.

What better way to spend the 4th of July with:
~ Fireworks
~Delicious food
~Good friends
~Red, White & Blue party favors
~Cold drinks

Linking up with Lauren from High Five For Friday.

Happy Friday!