What to ask for…

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Erica Gammon

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As for today’s post…do you ever have those moments when you don’t know what to ask for for your birthday? Well, Emily did the other day. Her 21st is coming up and she has no idea what she wants to ask for…girlfriend needed some help!  I love my friends. But I especially love when my friends ask me to do blog posts for them about fashion choices and things like that 🙂

As for me, I usually always ask for practical things. Home decor, home appliances, gas gift cards, the things I don’t necessarily want to spend my own money on. For example, Christmas 2013 was the month before I moved into my own apartment at OU and I knew I would need some appliances and dishes. And that’s all I got, it was great!

Today i’m bringing you: 21 things to ask for for your 21st birthday. 21 things is a lot so i’m going to break it up into 2 posts. Hopefully I can give someone ideas!

1. Jewelry

If you would have asked me this list a couple years ago, jewelry would never have made the cut. I was never into jewelry. In fact, I didn’t get my ears pierced until I was a junior in high school. But now this is going to be a lot of my list. I love bracelets. I love necklaces. And I love earrings. It adds an instant “pop” to any ol’ outfit.

Pink crystal – Indian Turquoise – Pink tassel

2. Rainboots

I love rainboots. Love ’em. You really only need one pair, but you want to make sure they are a good pair. Did you know you’re technically suppose to wear rain boots with shoes? But who does that? So I always want to make sure that the pair of rain boots I have are comfortable because I usually have them for a long time. This particular pair I got for Christmas from Santa, but i’ve found you a super close second. They are stripes and I have a feeling you’re going to be seeing a lot of stripes on me in the near future. It’s becoming my thang.

3. Coffee Giftcards

Most people don’t like giving gift cards. My aunt hates it, she just thinks it’s thoughtless. I understand that, but I LOVE GIFTCARDS. I like not having to spend money on the little things like groceries or coffee or food, you know. I’d rather use that money to splurge on something else every once in a while.

4. Work Clothes

For those of you working in corporate America where you’ve got to dress business casual on a day to day basis, this is ALWAYS something to ask for. Sometimes a good pair of pants can end up costing quite a bit.

5. Books

Emily is going to be upset when she sees this on my list haha she does not read. But it’s such a good gift in my opinion, especially when there’s something you want to read and you don’t have anything else to ask for. These are currently on my list to read.

6. Purses

This tote I think is super practical and super cute. Turn it one way for Spring and the other way for Winter. Some people aren’t all for yellow…but that is my color. There’s purple also.

7. Stella and Dot Bracelets

Stella and Dot has always been on my radar. The girls in my sorority would buy their arrow necklaces (Pi Phi) but when i’ve looked through the different products they had I saw this new one. If you’re more into bracelets this is a good option. I just really like the personalization option a lot. It makes it seem a lot more thoughtful.

 

This is a new part of Stella and Dot’s spring collection. I love, love this string on the bangle. Plus, I love bangles and layering bracelets. They have this bracelet in another color as well.

8. Stella and Dot Necklaces

Honestly, i’ve been dying to have this necklace for months now. I’m not quite sure why I haven’t just bought it yet…

I thought this would be a cute idea too. I definitely was skeptical about this idea at first of having your name on a necklace, but I see so many of these necklaces on people and decided I liked them. I think your anniversary date or just about anything else would be cute too. That’s the best part is you can personalize it however you want. With the matching bracelet from above! 😉

9. Stella and Dot Earrings

Sometimes I don’t feel like wearing dangle earrings, but I still want some color. And I thought these studs would be the perfect solution to that problem….like Candace Cameron Bure. Girl, rock that Stella and Dot!!

This pair of earrings is fab.u.lous. i’ve been dying to get these too, wow. I need to pick up my stella and dot shopping. These come in a espresso, turquoise, and aqua as well and I think any of the colors look amazing on.

10. Anything organization…

If you’re like me anything organization is the best thing to ask for. This Erin Condren notebook has not left my side all semester. I’m thinking of getting myself her planner next year.

11. Samoas

On a little bit more of the silly side…if I allowed myself, I could eat an entire box in one sitting. This is the best thing you will ever eat. And probably the best thing you could ever ask for 😉

I should have the other 10 up here tomorrow. So if you didn’t like today’s, hopefully I can do something for ya tomorrow 😉 Happy Wednesday!

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