BUT I'M FEELING TWENTY THREE

Finally a post about the best weekend ever.

So on the morning of the 6th, I woke up really late. My family was really busy so I mostly lounged around refusing to get dressed. When I finally had the motivation to put a robe on, I opened the door and there was a balloon tied to a shoe in the hallway right outside my room.

I laughed and entered the bathroom where there were two more balloons, one tied to the toilet and the other tied to a makeup case by the door. After showering, I went downstairs, where balloons were tied to the railing on the staircase. At the kitchen table was another balloon with cards and candy in front of it and I was really happy. My brother got me a pile of Reese's peanut butter cups and my parents got me Kit Kat's to be ironic.

We all went out to sushi too for lunch because Louis had claimed me for dinner. Unfortunately I didn't get pictures although I wish I had but the dragon rolls looked incredible. I also played animal crossing and was surprised by Drago who said "come with me and don't ask questions" and took me to his house where there was a surprise birthday. I love this game so much I was so happy.

So after sushi my family rushed off for business-y things and Louis came and picked me up. Again I wish I had pictures of my bday outfit, which was high waisted black shorts and my boy london shirt with a cute cardigan etc and my jeffrey campbells.

I had toned a lot of my midsection over the summer and was pleased with the results. I posted a picture on tumblr and fb so whoever is reading this blog has probably seen it already because those places are the only links here LOL.

Louis, before we went anywhere, would not move from my porch until I opened his presents. I did so excitedly and was really so happy with everything he bought for me. I'm so appreciative. I'll cover everything later but all presents were really thoughtful and I was so happy with all of them. 

We headed straight to the restaurant which was a surprise. We passed by Louis's old house and it was pretty neat to see where he had been. Anyway, we arrived at a restaurant called La Laterie at Farmstead and it was so nice inside. Louis's roommate Alex ("Ugly") had scored an internship there and we got to see him working in full uniform and everything. 

I was so happy to be someplace so nice. It was such a nice atmosphere and the interior was gorgeous. I got a corner seat in the reservation section so I could see the whole place and had a nice view of Loubear too. 

Here were the starters, the restaurant was so dark I had to use a brightening filter ugh. But it was absolutely the best tasting food I've ever had. The cheese was amazing and the meats were on point. There was a little cup of honey I destroyed too. I absolutely loved it and I have Louis to thank for such a wonderful meal.

Leaving the restaurant we decided to get cheesecake because in my 23 years of living I had never tasted it. So we ended up driving to Cheesecake Factory and Louis got me 2 pieces, a tiramasu and oreo chocolate. I was so excited, and we drove home. Upon arrival I devoured part of the cheesecake and Louis got up and left the room for a minute. He told me he was getting milk and I bought into that excuse.

He then returned with an ice cream cake with the number twenty three on it and I almost cried I was so happy. My family didn't have time to celebrate my birthday really and there was no cake but Louis surprised me with my favorite: ice cream cake. I was ecstatic. I immediately ran over and kissed him a million times and made a wish and blew out the candles. 

The cake was actually really tough and the knife stopped halfway through because the ice cream was so cold. We then paused and took a bunch of "What is it, Eren?" faces which turned out hilariously.

All his roommates wished me a happy birthday and then we watched some movies together and made some delicious tea. It was a very low key night but it was so intimate and it was literally the perfect ending to a perfect day.

Saturday

So I had returned home to get some things from my house and get ready for the night. I wore my Guess dress which fit fantastically and proceeded to pack up an overnight bag. Here's what I wore out!!

I think it looks really nice for my body type!! I wish my hair was better for the picture and my face wasn't in shadow but whatever. Anyway, I retrieved my blender too and when Lou drove me back we stopped and got margarita mix and I brought my mega bottle of Malibu with pineapple. Once there we made some pretty tasty frozen drinks and added most of my rum to the first batch. After each of us drank 2-3 of those, Louis and I made strawberry daiquiris. We used his bottle of overproof rum this time, which I believe is 151 proof as opposed to the 20-30 proof that most liquors are sold at, or the 6-15 proof in beer.

Needless to say we both felt pretty good. All of his roommates were out now and Courtney had joined us for the weekend. We decided to go to a small bar first and Lou and I got Grateful Deads, as always which I had introduced to the whole house. Literally one of the best drinks to get shitfaced from. We all decided to go to someplace more hip and happenin' lol and ended up at an excellent corner bar/club in downtown providence. At this point Louis was definitely feeling the effects of alcohol and wasn't slurring but definitely stating repeatedly that he was drunk. It was really cute. "You guys, you guys.....-5 minute pause-.....I'm really drunk." He wasn't slurring but he became so much more open and almost emotional (in a happy sense). I was too, because drunk Kat = happy Kat. I tend to follow the "drunk words are sober thoughts" philosophy, so I think I may have said a lot of things I normally think when I'm sober and came off a bit creepy, but under that philosophy, everything everyone drunk said to me that night was incredibly thoughtful!!

Blurry shitfaced picture is blurry. But Lou always looks good in photos

The music was pretty good and after a Sex on the Beach with Louis (who also got another drink and  was having an incredible time and wing manning hardcore for Travis), I danced with him for the majority of the time spent there. I have to say it was this part of the night that was my favorite. I don't think I had seen Louis that drunk before (drunk, not wasted. I had definitely seen him wasted lmao). But he pulled me really close to him and everyone around us probably hated us but we danced and made out and danced and kissed and danced and looked at each other and said kind things in each others ears. My favorite part out of everything he said was that he kept telling me over and over again "I fucking love you Kat, I fucking love you." and "You're the most beautiful girl I've ever met." and at one point he looked me square in the eyes and I almost thought he was sober at that point and he said "Kat, I'm going to fucking marry you." and I swear to god it was the greatest feeling in the world, even if he was drunk, and even if it's empty words, and even if it never comes true, my heart right then and there was 100% his. I thought it was 100% before, I really did, but I can't even begin to describe the feeling of complete and utter love I had for him and he had for me in that moment. It has been such a short while, but I can tell you that out of every relationship I've ever had, I have never felt this way about anyone in my entire life. Not my ex-fiance, not my first boyfriend, not the relationships that were 3 years long, no one. I'll never admit it to him vocally. I'm sure he'll read this because he knows about my blog but there it is. Everything I can't say in words because I'm too shy. We danced more and more and at the end of the night I drove home and helped him into bed after we cleaned up and brushed our teeth and got out of our club clothes. After a while we went to sleep and cuddled and woke up at 5am briefly, but didn't feel it necessary to get out of bed until 1pm. LOL

Sunday

Sunday we woke up and showered (which I must mention, Louis's hair is getting pretty long, and when it's matted down by water it looks as if it's getting to shoulder length...good for you Loubear! Almost ponytail level!). Once we were dressed we scoped out Thayer St, and got East Side Pockets which were delicious!!! I made Louis try stuffed grape leaves (Dolmades) which are the greatest greek appetizers ever. He loved them to my surprise and now I'm determined to get them with him often.

We also went to the mall because one of Lou's presents had a crack in it so we went to Teavana and exchanged it. Not only that but we stopped by and purchased another gift in Victoria's secret, the gift of boob attire. I got remeasured and my measurements changed so unfortunately I have to replace all my bras AGAIN ugh.

After VS we went to purchase some earrings and I got the gift of second piercings lmao. I was happy that I didn't get the stainless steel piercings this time and stuck with the white gold pearls. This is the third attempt at piercing and so far so good, the new metal has done wonders. I also got a cute phone strap!

Returning home, we cuddled for days and watched a shit ton of Trigun. I'm so obsessed with all the old anime I used to watch and love and I'm so happy to rewatch them after all of these years. So much nostalgia. We haven't reached the part with Millions Knives or Legato but they are both some of my favorite characters in anime so I'm excited when we do hit the Rem Saverem episode. Hopefully Outlaw Star or Sailor Moon or Big O or even Yu Yu Hakusho next??? ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)
Either way it was really fun and I was sad to have it all end with work the next day.

Gift Time!!

So in total I received a lot of meaningful gifts. While the quantity was low compared to my friends (a friend of mine mentioned that I seemed to not recieve much) I feel that it's the opposite. I recieved many things and not only did I get a lot, but they were all thoughtful and wonderful things.

First I would like to mention that I got a portrait of myself with mint hair and a flower crown by a tumblr follower who I've never met in real life named Nora. The fact that she took the time to make it for me made me so happy. I was so surprised!! What a sweetheart, I fucking love that site.

As for the rest, and thank you Louis in advance because you know I already freaked out when I unwrapped all of these and I want to say thank you for everything else you got me as the weekend progressed, including the meals and coffees and drinks and everything. You're the greatest.

I received a Coach bag!! Not only was I shocked, but my whole family was too. It's matte black and perfect and I needed a replacement to put my smaller things instead of lugging around my ratchet ass gold KVZ purse from like...2006. I also received the mint bow on Sunday as well as my second piercings. The earrings I received from my past self. I had purchased them on my birthday in 2008 and I must have lost the bag because my mother found it and the receipt and gave it to me. What a weird coincidence!! 

Lou also bought me this Teavana cherry blossom set. This was incredibly thoughtful because I had mentioned only a few times about wanting an infuser for my loose leaf teas. We ended up using it sunday night and it was absolutely perfect. I love it so much!! I've used it everyday since I've had it. I also recieved a bra (again on sunday) at VS along with the measurements and here was the result:

FUCKING 32DDD (aka 32E)

I was ridiculously shocked because I didn't think my ribcage was smaller than 34, but the new bra the associate retrieved fit me wonderfully and looked excellent. I thought I'd look ridiculous with huge boobs but I'm very blessed not to have stretch marks or disproportion to my hips or saggy breasts (my biggest fear, but I've been stretching avidly so they're still hella perky thank jesus, I don't care if I have to get surgery, they're staying this fabulous even when I'm 80 years old). I'm happy they don't look ridiculous on me and moreso proportionate to my body. But we got the bra set Louis liked, white lace demicup with lace panty (I normally disprove of thongs and find them obnoxious but this one had enough fabric to not look stupid and feel comfortable, more like boyshort thong? idk) but we're matching them up with the white garter and stockings. It was all lacey and sparkles and rainbows and unicorns so I love it. Now I have a black and a white set to choose from. In process of getting the red one for valentines. I really fucking love lingerie, my guilty pleasure.

This present made me die. Rilakkuma is my favorite character and the cutest lil bear ever. Meaning "relaxbear" he's definitely my spirit animal (literally lol). But it was stationary. I was looking for stationary everywhere and wanted to write letters to my friends and family and even just random online pals so I could have a pen pal. I had no idea he found a rilakkuma one, I had been searching everywhere. I'm so happy. I'll be writing letters all day!!

This next gift almost made me cry. It was one of the smaller gifts but it was one of the most thoughtful I had ever received. Since Lou and I had started dating I was always whining about how I needed a slowpoke plushie because I thought Slowpoke (and Wabuffet and Badoof) were the cutest Pokemon because they were both so derpy. I love these Pokemon with their spirally ears and they're cuddly stupid faces. Anyway, I really wanted a big slowpoke one but he couldn't find it so he got me every version of the slowpoke Pokemon card. I teared up a bit, even now just thinking about it because even though it seems like a small and insignificant and joke-y present, it means so much to me that he took the time to get them all. Even though he couldn't get the plush, he did the best alternative for sure. I'm so happy. It was really unexpected and I had no idea he even was listening whenever I talked about Pokemon lol.

I also recieved a lot of little trinkets like a little pokeball with a small figurine inside and stickers with Tarokuma and chapstick. Not pictured are the adorable lucky cat socks he got me that I already wore to death.

Overall, this weekend was wonderful. I was sad a lot of my friends weren't available because of college or grad school or med school, but I got to spend it with amazing people who were fun and of course, Louis. I was so happy the entire weekend, from clubbing to dinners to shopping to sleepovers and cuddles, to anime and tea, I absolutely would not change anything about this weekend. It was absolutely perfect, and even if it doesn't seem as grandiose as others would like it, I thought it was the most incredible birthday experience I've ever had. Since the majority of the weekend was with Louis I need to thank him so much for this. It was incredible and I can't stop smiling. Thank you so much to everyone who participated and thank you so much for any kind gestures, presents or birthday wishes given to me. I loved this weekend, I love my family, I love my man and I love my friends. Thank you so much.