Things To Be Happy About

Everyone knows its easier to pick out the negatives in life over the positives, I 100% agree. However, life is all about accepting challenges. I personally feel that instead of sitting down pondering about the negatives, you should rejoice and discuss the things that make you happy!

Below I've posted a short list of just 8 minor events that make my life super happy, enjoy!

• The first warm day of the year. There is nothing more exciting than the feeling of throwing your uggs into the back of you closet and being able to permanently (for 4 months) be able to take out your cute dresses and sandals. (Unless you live in New England where you never know whats going on with the weather am I right???)
• Eating cookie dough.  Don't get me wrong, I love nice, warm, fresh baked cookies as much as the next person, but if eating cookie dough is wrong, the I absolutly don't want to be right.
• Eating birthday cake. Now I know you can't sit here and honestly tell me you have never gone out and bought birthday cake to eat. Oh you have???  But wait, here is the catch, was it actually your birthday??? I'll be completely honest, I just bought a cake yesterday and it was not my birthday! But shhh dont tell my mom! She would tell me "too many calories"
• Breakfast food. Breakfast for breakfast, breakfast for lunch, breakfast for dinner, breakfast for a snack! You can never go wrong with some waffles and bacon no matter what time of the day!
• Cute elderly couples. Nothing makes my heart warmer than seeing elderly couples still together after so long and still so in love! Sometimes I just want ot run up and hug them and congratulate them on all they have accomplished TOGETHER. It gives me reason to believe true love is still alive.
• When a stranger compliments you. There is nothing I love more than someone complimenting my hair/makeup/outfit/etc. I feel like screaming "YES THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU HAVE NO IDEA I SPENT 27 MINUTES OF AGGRAVATION THROWING CLOTHES AROUND MY ROOM TO MAKE THIS OUTFIT HAPPEN GOD BLESS YOU" but then I remember I wouldn't want them to take back the complement and replace it with saying I'm weird or anything. So I just say "Thank you so much" and walk away while internally screaming (and of course tweet about it)
• Waking up in the middle of the night and realizing you have more time to sleep. I dont care how much time I have. If I have to be up at 7am and I wake up at 6:56am, you can bet your bottom dollar my butt is going back to sleep for those 4 minutes.
• The sound of the icecream truck. No lie, as i sit here typing this, I'm also currently humming the tune of the icecream truck.

Its the little things in life that matter

Xo~Mandy 

A Letter To My Future Self

 "Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90...time is a concept that humans created"

Reminding my older self the importance of maintaining your youth.

Dear Future Mander, (if people still call you that)

First off, I wanted to congratulate you on not dying. Wikipedia tells us that in the United States a person faces 22 “micromorts,” or units of risk that measure a one-in-a-million probability of death, per day. I’m not completely sure what that means, but I do know that it’s pretty impressive. Life is kind of dangerous, and sadly you always have been accident prone.

Are you still a picky eater? You know what its like being a server and no one wants to serve a middle aged woman chicken fingers at a restaurant so please tell me you have broadened your horizons a little bit.

So what color is your hair now? Still experimenting with the funky colors that require you to use very expansive color vibrancy shampoo? Or did you finally go back to a natural color? Remember the time you thought you were dying your hair purple and it came out fire red? I hope you're still internally screaming about that one.

How many pets do you have now? Come on, you knew that one was coming.

Please tell me you've finally been on vacation by now. Paris? Mexico? Florida? If not then I'm strongly considering saying that your weekend trip to Six Flags when you puked all over the parking lot at six years old lot finally counts. But at least tell people you went the the Six Flags in New Jersey so no one will know you've never traveled farther than Rhode Island. Treat yo' self and go on vaca please, tysm.

And, for the love of God, I really hope you learned how to loosen up a bit. If you die from a stress-related illness, I'll be so mad at you.

The picture on the left was taken on March 20, 2016. Twenty year old you. The picture on the right represents the future you, because you never know what the future holds. I hope you never settle for anything less than what you deserve. I hope you always strive to be the best you can be. And I hope forty year old you can still take pics worth 103 likes on Insta like twenty year old you could.

I'm rooting for you, I always will be.

P..S. Stop eating so many chicken nuggets.

ily mucho,

Xo~ Mandy