my 21st birthday was definitely one of my favorite birthdays of all time! i know most people think of 21 as a big deal but so many great things happened that i didn't even expect and i can say i remember them all (unlike other people).
#1 unexpected event my friend are so good to me that they surprised me with a beer and a candle at midnight! definitely a good time after not eating since 6 and i was the only one drinking haha but it was so sweet of them to show up to celebrate!
#2 unexpected event...I SOLD A PHOTO! so now the story behind it all. i love photography and traveling so i decided to hang up some photos at a local coffee shop for the months of may and june. it was kind of a hassle to get everything up and situated but it finally worked out. then i was at work the other night and someone told me a photo was missing but i hadn't heard anything about it so i assumed the worse that someone may have stolen it. come to find out ON MY BIRTHDAY that the missing photo was actually sold to a girl from South Africa! I was STOKED and nothing less. A photo taken in Peru, sold in the United States, is now hanging up somewhere in South Africa - how flippin sweet! #3 great thing - lunch with a sweet friend. it may not seem that out of the ordinary but i loved hanging out and getting to catch up one on one.
#4 exciting event - i got to continue planning my trip to EUROPE with another sweet friend.
#5 greatness - i got to talk to everyone in my family (immediate anyway) and that hardly ever happens in one day so i loved that! and i got to talk to great friends from home that i hadn't gotten to catch up with lately.
#6 amazingness - SALSA and SANGRIA! i got a huge group of people that i love together to go salsa dancing! it was half off paella (a spanish dish of deliciousness) and half off sangria. one great thing about it being my birthday is that i didn't have to pay a penny and i got everything i wanted and more. dancing was so much fun too! the hispanic men were so willing to teach me and my friends how to dance and make up twirl! that is my favorite part, twirling, so of course i wore the perfect dress - red and sassy!
#7 sweetness - my mom sent me my favorite flowers - star gazer lilies - and caroline got me my other favorite - sun flowers - with a balloon! danielle made me a fun fetti cake so that's how we finished the night, with a slice of cake and a glass of water.

so i dont really know what else you could ask for on a birthday.