Weekly Wrap Up

Wow! What a week! There has been so much happening.

I got the keys to my first EVER apartment and I bought a car (guess that makes me an adult?)

It's pretty insane. I had the week off of wok so there were lots of work out pants and tank tops. There was a lot of eating, lounging, packing and MOVING!

It was insane!



I love that food trucks are blowing up in Denver! I got this delicious pizza at a food truck party, it was so delicious! And there was so much else going on, so fun!



Living in Colorado, there is so much great beer! I decided that this summer I'm going to embrace it, so me and a friend headed down to the Breckenridge Brewery and enjoyed a few drinks.



I wasn't always lazy, I did get dressed once or twice.



My friend is a bartender at Chili's, he makes me yummy drinks.  I went and hung out there for a while to read my book (I still have another 350ish pages to pound through by Thursday...sigh).



Here's the EMPTY apartment!  I just went over and hung out for a bit while it was empty, because it's mine and I could.  It was pretty fun :)



Here's my car!  A 1999 Subaru, so excited about it!

 



I have some idea of what the organization of my kitchen will be, so I put my dishes away.  This is my favorite cabinet :)



Brunch!  I love chocolate chip pancakes and I love good time with friends.



So if you ever come to Denver, it's a requirement to go to Casa Bonita, and it's not because of the food (beware of the food).  The experience is ridiculous!  Especially if you go with my friend Dan, he makes this experience so amazing (margaritas are also helpful :))



Look, I got dressed again!



Thrift find!  I kind of love this thing.  I want to put glasses and bottles on the bottom and then have the top be a "mail station" since it's right by the front door.  We'll see how it works.



I bought this jar at IKEA and am using it to store my many cupcake liners (idea from Pinterest).



I have a friend who is opening a small, consignment boutique and I went over to help her out.  I got to use a price gun, it was great!



Does your city have something like this?  It's called Canvas and Cocktails and you go to this place and they teach you how to paint, and you get to drink wine!  We were doing a take on a "Denver Starry Night."  Great fun.

So there we have it.  My week has been filled with fun, stress, craziness and a potential lack of hygiene (TMI?  Sorry about that, my bathroom is a little unorganized, I fully intend on shower tonight!).

Love,

Keely

Weekly wrap up

Hi friends!

To be honest, this week was not quite as lovely as others have been.  There has been a lot happening and I haven't really felt "pretty" all week, I've just been off!

So I got in a car accident on Friday (I really don't recommend it!)  So I've been car shopping all week long which is just exhausting really.  There have been tears, and laughter and a 14 hour work day (with lots of jokes and slap happy laughing).

Overall, the laughter is more powerful than the tears and joy prevails (as long as you let it).



Thrifty, thrifty, thrifty!  I was so excited about this dress!  I bought it at my local thrift store and knew I had the perfect accessories for it at home!  I had a party to go to Friday night and I wanted to look awesome! (Dress from Savers, Belt from Goodwill, Leggings from Kohls, Boots from Savers...I love thrifting!) Part of the Working Closet's 30 days of getting dressed challenge.



Last Friday the Colorado governor came to my office to sign the Film Incentive Bill which will hopefully creative more jobs in television and film in Colorado. *fingers crossed*  It was so cool to see history happening in my own backyard.



Speaking of that party, it was at a Mexican restaurant, doesn't this just make you hungry?  SO yummy!



Before going out, however, I hung out with the coolest 11 year old ever (the girl I mentor) she and I played Uno while drinking coffee and smoothies.



At my birthday party (that was shared with two other birthdays) we played croquet!  I wanted to play badminton or volleyball but I couldn't find a net, croquet ended up being awesome anyway :)



Two occasions meant two outfits.  The one on the left for my outdoor party, the one of the right for a night a of swing dancing!



Oh fun!  I love swing dancing!  It's my favorite thing, we had such a great time!



A casual outfit for a casual day of training for a week at Royal Family Kids Camp.



My friend took me out for frozen yogurt (a week after my birthday).  The tables were white board tables and I had to write something, so since it was technically a birthday treat I figured I would just go with it. :)



Another getting dressed photo, just another day.



I had to run an errand for my sister and it sent to one of the most gorgeous parts of Denver.  I love all the big, old houses, they are so pretty!



My 14 hour work day was fun!  I got to do some food staging.  Doesn't this watermelon look delicious?



Before the day on set we had a meeting at the Denver Film Center.  I love my job!  It's so fun to have staff meetings in a movie theater!  (Free popcorn is pretty great too :))

So there you have it.  As I've said the best part about Instagram is allowing me to see the beauty if the world around me, even when my week isn't so amazing, and looking through everything it reminds me that my life is amazing even when I forget!

Love,

Keely

Weekly wrap up

So we're back and I'm sure you're sick of me saying this but this was a wonderful, beautiful week!  Nothing helps to teach you how loved you are better than a birthday!  People band together to celebrate with you and love on you.

I had a great week of outings, great food and drink and fabulous community!

I am so blessed!



Check out the beautiful flowers for sale at Whole Foods.  I didn't buy anything, but like any devoted Instagramer I did stop for a photo :)



After work on Friday I went out for a coffee, I loved the flower on the table :)



Birthday party prep (I'm the nerd who bakes my own cupcakes).  That right there my friends is a lot of cream cheese, butter and sour cream, I'm making about 60 cupcakes for the weekend!



My niece and nephew stayed at my parents house on Saturday night, what a cute moment they had on Sunday morning.  They're kind of my favorite.



I love when I get to snuggle a bit with my niece.  She's such a sweetie!



I did some gluten free baking and what a smashing success!  They actually rose!  (Recipe coming in June :))



Here are those same gluten free cupcakes nice and frosted.



Working Closet challenged us to a 30 day "get dressed" challenge.  This was day one (conveniently my birthday, so I totally wanted to look adorable anyway!  Can you believe that dress is from a thrift store, love!)



My sister took me out to lunch and grabbed me this finger tattoos from a vending machine.  So much fun to be had!



Look at how crafty my co-worker is!  She made this bouquet for me out of duct tape for my birthday!



All the wonderful treats I got on my birthday :)



The wonderful people who went out for birthday drinks with me.



Get dressed day 2



Get dressed day 3 (playing with stripes, I think it works).



I got to do some shopping!  I'm moving out, hooray!  Check out all those towels (I bought everything for my bathroom this week at Ross and TJ Maxx, score!)



A delicious birthday treat with my wonderful friend.  Thank you Keegan Gerhard!



Get dressed day 4



My sister and I out at my birthday dinner, I posted this picture a bit late.

Ah what a week!  It's been so busy but so wonderful, I wouldn't trade it for the world.  There is so much more to come!

I hope you had a beautiful week as well, and if not then I hope that next week you can find joy even in just the small things. Enjoy!

Love,

Keely