so long, farewell

remember this post?

well the time for the civic and i to go our separate ways has come. i took my car in a couple weeks ago and found out that it has some issues that i felt like were more expensive than i wanted to deal with, so the car shopping commenced. i found a car that i really like and ended up purchasing. here are some not very good pictures of my last day with my best friend:

i wanted to take a picture hugging my car before i left it at the dealership, but i thought the salesman would feel a little awkward being the photographer for that. i had to sit in stand still traffic for 45 minutes (for no good reason - thank you, utah) on the way to pick up the new car. while i was sitting there i was thinking about leaving the civic at the dealership and never seeing it again. i literally started to tear up. we have spent 7 years together and it has been so great to me, gotten me through some of the most important years of my life. it was definitely hard to leave the civic.

but...

I GOT TO DRIVE AWAY IN THIS!

i know what you're thinking, "how can paige afford a bmw?!" well people, it's used and i got a crazy good deal on it. i am seriously in love with this car! working was so hard today because i just wanted to drive and sit in it all day. i am very happy with my decision.

in other pudge news, i got a new job. i am still with the same company, just a different department. i am now a marketing assistant and i really like it so far. the people in my former department got me a cake and a card to send me off to my new position. it is bittersweet, i'm really going to miss working with everyone.

big changes!!!

drastic, i tell you!

if this weekend doesn't happen exactly like this photo and i am going to do something drastic out of my anger and frustration. unless the difference is that there are no clouds and it is warmer on saturday. in that case i'll do something crazy exciting, like buy a new car!

but seriously, utah weather. don't you fail me.

our relationship is already on the rocks.

unsolicited product endorsement

have you tried this peach propel?

it is seriously like drinking a peach, it is so delicious. i'm not even exaggerating! it literally tastes like a fresh peach!!! can you tell how excited i am about this???

and no, i'm not getting paid to say this. though i wish i was!

i know you've just been waiting to hear about this.

i turned twenty-four on saturday.

it was just a wonderful, low key day. filled with breakfast at kneaders, my babies' (we've established that this refers to my nieces and nephews, right?) soccer game, a 20 minute laying out attempt before the sky (literally) rained on my parade, lunch, target, a precious little wedding reception and fast 5. you may have noticed that i am pretty much obsessed with my birthday. i just think that it is really cool that we celebrate the days that we come into the world. it doesn't have to be a big, grandiose celebration. just the acknowledgement and going out of your way to make someone feel special on their day is what matters to me. and i certainly felt special on my day. so thank you to everyone that contributed!

now let me tell you about my life as a 24 year old. i had my health screening at work today for my insurance premium discount and i learned that i am shorter (wha???) and fatter than i was at 23. one inch shorter and 6 pounds heavier to be exact. really? isn't it a little early for that. i certainly hope this doesn't mean that i need to start working out because let's just be honest. i get winded walking up the stairs... but at least i have the face and acne of a 17 year old, right? right???

but seriously. other than this health screening - which i think was bogus because i have been 5'5" for a while now and i weighed myself this morning at home and it was the same as what i weighed this time last year - i have high hopes for my 24th year of life. seems to be going pretty well so far.

and let's just talk about fast 5 for a quick second. it was definitely enjoyable and probably the best one they've made so far, but i could have used a little less vin and a lot more paul. good thing they're working on a 6th movie!

sisters, sisters

all of my sisters were in town last weekend (by "in town" i mean utah, brooke and i both live here) and we had a grand old time. eryn flew out from new york for her friend, alexis' wedding on saturday and shea decided to fly out from colorado to make it an official sisters weekend.

one of the benefits of the incredibly slow shutter speed on my iphone camera is that when a person moves their arm in front of another person it makes it look like the stationary person is wearing a half shirt.

twins. grandpa glade is seriously the cutest.

i love my family.

post script: i do have a brother, he is just serving a mission for our church. otherwise we would have had invited him to our sister (sibling) weekend.

post post script: i know that this was probably an overload of iphone app edited photos, but trust me. my iphone doesn't take the best pictures and the apps definitely make the pictures look better. AND MY 24TH BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW!!! is that enough reminders?

today is may 10th

which means...

my birthday is in 4 days!!!

don't mind if i do

this is what my apartment complex looked like at 6 am saturday morning. so i decided to just take a little weekend trip to vegas to visit the dodsons and some sunshine.

gross, right? bleh.

this is what i like to call sweet perfection.

the dodsons. i like to take credit for their love.

it was so fun to catch up and spend some time in the sun. i just wish that my nemesis, the wind, would have subsided so i could have gotten a tan and that i could have stayed longer, 2 days just isn't very mich time for a vacation.

my first trip to vegas was when we took a little jaunt down our junior year (3 1/2 years ago... yikes) for the byu vs. unlv football game. such a precious little time in our lives.

heaven sent

i never won anything in my life until i started working at opal orthodontics and now i just can't stop. my most recent win is a picture frame from our product focus meeting today.
i am surprised by the amount of people that don't know who paul walker is and have asked me if he is my boyfriend. "yeah, i just keep a topless photo of my boyfriend by my desk and he just happens to be the most attractive man to have ever walked on this planet." no big deal.

in other news, martha found a website to see what your babies will look like with other people. she experimented with the love of her life (her fiance seth) and i did with mine. i think he's kind of creepily pretty but cute. maybe this is a sign...

my baby with jake gyllenhaal... not so much.
baaaaaah!!! terrifying.

so it's monday.

and my flowers are feeling it.

if you would like a song to pick you up from your monday blues, i would recommend searching for the band "the asteroids galaxy tour" on grooveshark and listening to the following songs: the golden age, around the bend, and the sun ain't shining no more. brooke showed them to me last night and seriously...precious.

ALSO

for work we are reading books about sales and mine is called "how to be a giant dbag." oh, i mean "how to say it to sell it." here are some inspiring quotes for your monday:

i found these gems just 2 pages into the book. i wish i could say that i exaggerated how ridiculous these are, but no. they are real. and yes, i did print them out and post them in my cubicle and am pretending i think they are cool. i also wish i could say that was my genius idea, but alas it was not. thanks for the idea drewgle! but i am still going to take credit for it.

done it again

this picture from awkward family photos today is terrifying.

it is hilarious and gives me the jeebies all at the same time.