Antique Malls, New Dog Friend, and Tornados.

Today has been a whirlwind of emotions. I got to see Elizabeth for the first time in FOREVER today! I was so excited. Lots of hugs were given and good conversations were had. We joked and laughed as we wondered around the Montgomery Street Antique Mall. On our adventure we found a lot of wonderful things, here are a few pictures Liz snapped of me:

Me with a Mannequin head

Discovering a GIANT wardrobe that may or may not have Narnia in it. I was so excited to see it.

And lastly we discovered some metal lobsters that I snuggled with.

NOTE: Many other treasures were found but not photographed which included:Old Kodak Cameras, Stuffed Owls, and many adorable bird cages.

I walked away from the antique mall with these two items:

Old Fashion picnic basket!

my basket

old suitcase:)

After I got home from a lovely afternoon with Sister, I waited a few hours and then met this beautiful princess:

Her name is Taffy

I call her Princess Laffy Taffy

I love her

and she loves me.

Then it started to rain...and rain...and rain. Thunder, lightening, hail, funnel clouds, and tornados. YAY Texas! In fact its still raining a little now. So this is how I spent about 20 mins of my evening:

In a bathroom with my 6 dogs. Scared for my life.

Also, the blond dog on the far left is Penny, or as I like to call her, the Miranda Lambert of dogs. I love Miranda as much as the next southern chick. But heck, you have to admit, the lady has some anger issues. Liz and I call her a "bitter southern girl". Penny is the crazy ex-girlfriend of dogs. She decided to get mad and jump the white and tan dog, Katie, who now has a new ear piercing, but she's fine, really, she's okay. Just a scratch on her ear :)

Today has been so fun! Tomorrow I'm heading to the movies to see Pirates 4 with a cool friend of mine, then shopping with Mom and Grandma and then hopefully church in the evening!! Friday I leave for my favorite place, Mississippi and get to see my cousins, aunts and uncles! I can't WAIT! 

Pet Peeve

Okay so we all have them well here is mine: cleavage. yup cleavage, its a problem all of us girls have but some girls choose to flaunt it. That bugs me! Yes, I know it is their choice to let there stuff hang out, but for real, WHY? whats attractive about that? Nothing. Romans 8:9 says "Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak."  How do you think that affects your brothers in Christ to see that? Where does that take their minds? Are you lifting your brothers up or ultimately tearing them down. I don't want to sound like a sunday school lesson, but honestly, true beauty isn't flaunting what cha' got. Its a woman who LOVES THE LORD. Psalm 31:30 "Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised" flaunt THAT, thats what is important. It may not get you guys galore, but shoot it will get you one fine Prince Charming in the end, the one He has planned for you. 

Summer Vacation!

I have to celebrate the start of summer with a late night blog post! Its been a while once again, but its been busy with school, doctors appt. , and stuff along those lines. For those of you who don't know, for about two years I've thought that I had a hip injury, turns out its damage in my spine. I'm working on finding a new doctor to help correct this. I finished finals on Thursday, yay!!  I've been spending my time reading a fantastic book by Jenna Lucado Bishop, Max Lucado's beautiful daughter, I've heard her speak three times at the Revolve Tour and I just ADORE this woman! We've corresponded through facebook before, she's so genuine and kind. Anyways, her book is called Redefining Beautiful (again with my theme of beauty ;] ) Its fantastic! If any of you want to borrow it let me know, I already have two people in line though, also I would suggest your own copy, there are questions and stuff to answer in it, and I've written, underlined, and scribbled all over this precious book. I'm actually quite sad that I finished it in three days. I'm going to two summer camps this summer, I'm going to kids camp with my old church (that I'm actually going to again) and youth camp with my youth group at BBC.

My mentor is home from college!! I can't wait to see Elizabeth soon! I'm so excited that she is back in Texas! <3 I'm also very excited that all of my college girls are back in town! I can't wait to see all of them! I'm just a little summer happy right now, I have a feeling I'll be bored and ready for school by next tuesday! That is, until I leave for mississippi at the end of may for my family reunion! Can't wait to see my darling aunts, uncles, and cousins!!! I'll cut this short since I don't really know what else to write! Love you all! <3
-Brittany Lauren