Target Socks

Happiness #4: Target Socks
I love socks from Target. From the knee highs to the ankle socks. I think they are really cute and fun.

Girl Scout Cookies

Happiness #3: Girl Scout Cookies
I was a girl scout when I was little and I actually loved selling cookies. It was really fun to hang out in front of the grocery store and hassle people to buy our cookies. But the cookies are so good that they really sell themselves. Now that I am older I still love to support the girl scouts...who am I kidding. I love the cookies. Thin Mints are my favorite and I think it is really dumb that they changed the names of the cookies after so many years. I understand making them more expensive but why change the names? Oh well. I love this time of year and always wish I had bought more because I go through them so fast. I am not sure who decided that the serving size for Thin Mints is 4 cookies but I could eat half a box. They brighten my day because I can't get them all year so it makes me happy when the time comes.

Pole Dancing?

OC Pole Fitness
My best friend told me that she was going to take a class at OC Pole Fitness because she wanted to work on her upper body strength. She thought this would be a very fun thing to do. So I said I would go with her. We went tonight to the 7:15pm class. This place is in Aliso Viejo and you would never know it is there because it is upstairs of a Karate and Gymnastic Studio. The class started with us doing a lot of stretching. Once we stretched we worked on some floor work. Just trying to be sexy and silly and have fun. Then we started working with the poles.
There are 7 poles in the room and the class was the perfect size to have two people on a pole. My friend and I were on the same pole. We stretched a little more using the pole as support. After that the instructor taught how to walk around the pole. She showed us a fun sexy walk. Then she showed us a how to spin on the pole. She taught us a very "simple" spin. This spin was not simple. We had a hard time trying to get it right. It is really all about where your body is at the right time. We worked on that for a while and then we got to learn another spin. This next spin was a little more advanced but after the first spin we could handle it. This spin was my favorite but I know I will have bruises from it. After that she taught us a little routine that added the first turn with some other moves that every girl knows how to do. Once we did that for a little bit we had some time to "free dance". She played a song and you had the entire length of the song to do whatever you wanted to work on. At the end of the song she said switch groups and she played another song so that everybody got a chance to free dance. I was in the second free dance group and toward the end she came over o teach me a new spin. I think I will have some bruises on my shins thanks to this spin.
Then she asked if we were all ready for the workout. My friend and I looked at each other and said "what did she just say?" Oh my did she mean workout. She kicked our butts. We worked out muscles I wasn't aware I had. And she didn't let you give up. She was so nice and encouraging.
After the workout it was time to go home but because it was a few of our first day she told us to hang out and she would show us some things that we could learn in a few months. She totally did a sexy pole dance for us. It was very impressive since we were looking at it from a muscle standpoint. I am sure any guy would have thought it was really hot.
The class was $40 but for the workout I got I think it was worth every penny. I hope that I can go back...they have different plans that you can do so you can pay for what you think you will attend and I sure hope that I can do a party or something for all my girlfriends at some point.
Thanks Erika we had a blast. But i don't think I will be able to move for like 3 days haha!

http://www.ocpolefitness.com/home.php

Cupcakes!!!

Happiness #2: Cupcake Stuff
I love cupcake stuff! Anything from the cupcake ornament hanging from the rear view mirror of my car to pajamas with cupcakes on them to cupcakes themselves. If it has a cupcake on it or anything to do with cupcakes I need it. Haha. That is why I have so many cupcake books. Owning all things cupcake has become my new obsession and it makes me happy.

Changes

I am beginning this blog for a few reasons. I have been going to college for almost 6 years and have been working toward my someday getting my teaching credentials. In the past two or three weeks I have decided to change my world completely and I applied to culinary school. I found out last week that I was accepted to The Art Institutes Of California and I am so excited and scared at the same time. Not really knowing what I am getting myself into is a little scary but it is so exciting that I could have possibly found the thing I was meant to do. Also, in the past year I have met one of the most inspirational women I have ever met. Her family is battling something very dangerous and serious and she still has the time to smile and take care of her 3 children. I find her a great role model and I hope one day to be as strong and open as she is. she has started this thing about what makes her happy. She has tried everyday or every couple days to post something that makes her happy and makes her day a little better. I find this amazing. If everyone thought more about what made their day better than what ruined it, I think this would be a better world. So I have decided to do the same thing. Hopefully this will begin a chain of people who think about what makes their day and life great!

So my first happiness is here:

1. Puppy Love
I have two dogs who give out the most unconditional love. I come to Kirby and Bailey everyday knowing I will smile, be greeted with happiness and wagging tails. And then I get to snuggle and hug them while watching t.v. You can't beat it!

This was the other day, Kirby put his head on top of Bailey's while they were laying with me on my couch! So sweet!