Do not upload or tag me in those pics

Do you ever go out with your friends and after a photo is taken, you look at it and say "OMG...I will murder you if you put that on Facebook or tag me in that."

Though I know we all do it, I think there is something amazingly awesome about those "hideous, gross, what the fuck was I thinking making that face" photos. They make me so happy for some reason! I think it's because the pics are taken without fake poses or perfect hair....but with REALNESS!

Now let's be clear, none of these pics are tagged on Facebook and you all should be happy to see these. They just make me happy and give me so many memories! I'm just glad I have them all saved on my computer.

Woops...can't let any future employers 

see these college shenanigans on Facebook

Kurt, stop. And Erica...brush your hair you nasty skank

 

Just a funny pic of one of my friend/roommate

in college..She'd kill me if she knew this was here WOOPS!

I just love the happiness in this pic!

This pic never made it to online due to the 

fact I was worried everyone would make fun 

of our matchy matchy

Erica....

WHY in God's name did my friends and I 

have this MacBook photo shoot? 

Looking back, I love it! haha

And I think it's only right to end with my boyfriend. Everytime we take a pic together, I have to look at it to see if I like it #GirlProblems. 

Kurt gets SO MAD and says that every pic looks fine. 

Really Kurt?

this pic is so old haha

Haha I love him!

Seriously though, look through some of the reject, de-tagged, never made it onto Facebook pics. I just looked through about 1000 and I am laughing so hard and remembering so much stuff! 

While I know it's horrible to think of your Facebook friends seeing you look like shit-hole with no makeup, or seeing you wear that ratty sweatshirt you only wear under the covers, or seeing you making the UGLIEST face known to man, I like to save them. They're fun and make me laugh!

You're 23? I'm 39...it could work for a few years

Sometimes I wish I was a guy in a bar so I could see how I would act. If I was a guy, would I really walk up to a random girl and say "damn look at that body on you," or "your drink is empty..do you need some of my juices?"

I went out Friday night with my girl friends for some birthday celebrations!

We hit up a few clubs in Boston and drank and danced the night away! I ordered a drink at the bar and noticed this guy standing next to me was side-eying me.

Well, 20 minutes later, Mr. Side-Eye comes and sits next to me and introduces himself as Paul. He chats with my friends and I for a few minutes, and says he likes my shirt. Then he gets up and goes back to his friends. I give the "what the fuck was that about" look to my friends and we continued our shenanigans.

 See my friend on the right? her hair is naturally tight curls. Took me an hour to straighten that mop!

45 minutes later, Paul returned, with a bit more alcohol in his system. He asked what a girl like me was doing at a bar alone. First off, Paul, do you not see my friends sitting next to me? But knowing he was referring to being alone without a guy, I quickly told him that I had a boyfriend. I'm too nice to get all ghetto on his ass and be like "DUDE, I got a mann...piss off."

Paul then started talking about his job, and told me he was a laborer, working with sewage pipes and sewage systems. Then he told me how earlier in the day, a pipe burst by a beach he was working at and it smelled like shit. Wow, Paul...if I was single, this conversation would TOTALLY make me want to pounce on you right then and there.

Then, he asked how old I was so I told him 23. He put his head in his hands and said "OHHH JEEEZ"

I asked if I looked older or younger than that. "OHH no...you look great...I'm just...a lot older," he said. Paul shared he was 39. But to be honest, he LOOKED about 25, no joke. My friend Sarah and I were trying to be nice, saying he didn't look that old, yada yada. Then, he said something to me that inspired this blog post to be shared with you all.

"Well, you're 23 and I'm 39...it could work for a few years, then it would get weird."

Oh Paul. Remember I told you I had a boyfriend? Or are you too busy calculating how our age difference could work out with my fertility clock or something? 

And somehow during this night, I texted Shalyn this video. Oyy.

Ever meet a weirdo in a bar?!

SHINE bright, SHINE far, Be a star....GIVEAWAY!

PEOPLE! I am so excited to be hosting a giveaway here on my blog from Ashley at The Shine Project! You're in for a treat!

Ashley's blog is one of my daily reads and I am constantly motivated by what she writes. She has taken the word SHINE and transformed it into something so inspiring! By doing little things around your town or community, it's true you can really make a difference, and that's what Ashley works towards through her blog. So today, Ashley will be giving away TWO items from her blog!

First, she is giving away one of her SHINE necklaces.

When you purchase one of these necklaces, the money goes into a scholarship fund called Shine Project Scholarship for inner city highschoolers. How awesome is that?! Read more about the necklaces here!

Ashley is also giving away one of her SHINE t-shirts.

This giveaway isn't just something materialistic, but something that will really MAKE A DIFFERENCE in someone's life and that's why it's so awesome!

So do you want to win this? Of COURSE you do!

To enter (leave a separate comment for each)

Follow my blog, Young and Fabulous

Follow Ashley's blog, The Shine Project

Tweet about the giveaway!

Good luck everyone! And if you haven't already, check out Ashley's blog. You will NOT be disappointed!

The winner will be picked this Friday!