Quarter Century Celebration

I spent the last week feeling kind of down that I am not where I wanted to be in this weight loss journey.  When I started, I had this unrealistic idea that I would be at my goal weight by my birthday.  I now realize that would probably be unhealthy and I'm okay with where I am, but I was just feeling weird about getting older I guess.

Regardless of the fact that I have 65ish pounds left to go, I still think I looked fabulous!

Thank you all for helping me choose the gold dress!  My friends really wanted me to wear the white/black dress but I just felt so much more comfortable in this one.

Here I am standing in front of my decorated hotel door.  The staff at the Glenwood Raleigh Hampton Inn is awesome!

Me, Patrice, and Becca

Arran, Me, Patrice, and Kira

 Patrice, Becca, Me, Arran, Kira, Kaleigh, Jessica, Alexis, and Jenni

Becca and Me- we have been best friends since the 6th grade

I went swimming at the end of the night..........IN MY GOLD DRESS LOL


Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 6, 2013 at 5:18 AM

    Happy belated Birthday! You look fabulous! :)

    New Follower..
    Christina

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  2. UnknownMay 6, 2013 at 5:39 AM

    It looks like you had a blast! and you look awesome in the gold dress girl!

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  3. SheilaMay 6, 2013 at 6:20 AM

    Happy Birthday, LOVE the gold dress!

    P.S. - I'm your newest follower ... you can find me at
    http://www.thisonebody.blogspot.com/

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  4. jennxazMay 6, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    happy birthday! love the dress and pics with your friends what a great group of girls!

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  5. UnknownMay 6, 2013 at 9:23 AM

    So glad you had a good birthday!

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  6. RachelMay 6, 2013 at 9:34 AM

    Looks like you had a great birthday!

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  7. MonMay 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM

    Yayyyy you look awesome and like you had a lot of fun! How did that dress handle the swim? lol

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  8. Christina VineyardMay 6, 2013 at 1:25 PM

    Happy Birthday! Dress looks great!!!

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  9. Banded In TexasMay 7, 2013 at 7:29 PM

    OMG that dress is the bomb dot com!!! You look stunning. Happy belated birthday to my banded sister!

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  10. Tina@The BanditGirlMay 8, 2013 at 5:24 AM

    any night that ends in the pool IN your dress had to be a good one! HAHA! I am so glad your birthday was rockin'!

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