See you next year.

Today is my favorite day of the year.

It's one of those days where I wish I still worked in customer service.

I loved handing people their order out the drive through and saying, "See you next year!"

The look on their face was priceless when they made the realization.

2012 was amazing.

Going to Europe.

Paris, France- Eiffel Tower

Rome, Italy- Trevi Fountain

Paris, France- Eiffel Tower

A roadtrip up to Alaska.

San Francisco, California- Chinatown (If I remember correctly)

Oregon- Crater Lake

Seattle, Washington- Space Needle

Yukon, Canada

Checking off the biggest thing on my bucket list:

Kissing Oscar Wilde's grave.

Paris, France- Pere Lachaise Cemetery

A fantastic year!  

Coming up for 2013?

- Finding a great job (Hopefully sooner rather than later!)

- Moving out?
- A trip to Iceland

I hope you all have a safe and fun New Years!

I should be a road trip expert.

I think most road trips start out:

 Woo Hoo! Road trip!

Then an hour into it, it's like:

Woo hoo.  Road trip.

There are times when I'm like:

Waaah my back hurts.

...excuse me speed racer, you need to slow down!

...gaaah I have to pee so bad!

...I hate this song...and this song...and this song

why do I keep songs on my ipod that I don't like?

This was taken over the summer. 

This weekend I am going up to Northern California again.  This time to visit my aunt and cousins that live in Modesto. (not the most ideal location, but it will be good to hang out with some fam!).  I'll make sure to do my ritual before heading out, but also I wanted to make a playlist of the songs I like to listen to on the way. So I don't have to hit skip again and again...and again.

Angus & Julia Stone: "Private Lawns"

Band of Horses: "The Great Salt Lake"

The Black Keys: "Just a Little Heat"

or actually all of The Black Keys albums!

Cathy Davey: "Little Red"

Cold War Kids: "Hang Me Up to Dry"

Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Down on the Corner"

Death Cab for Cutie: "Cath"

or actually all of Death Cab's albums!

Kings of Leon: "Knocked Up"

or actually all of KOLs albums (except for the most recent one lol)

Lykke Li: "I Follow Rivers"

Portugal. The Man: "The Sun"

...and a lot more.  Obviously since it is about a 6-7 hour drive one way!
What are your go to bands or songs you listen to on road trips?

Don't forget to check out my giveaway! 

An extra day away.

What a great weekend up in San Jose, California.  It was an easy drive up, and great to see my friend.  She was a bit sick so we didn't do anything crazy, but it was still awesome to see her!  Enjoy some photos!

Tunes and munchies- basics for a roadtrip

Rock Bottom Brewery- White Ale

Vanilla- Honey Tea

Have you ever had an It's It?  Oh my yummy goodness!  Coffee Icecream with oat meal cookie on top (no raisins!) dipped in chocolate!  My new favorite I think!  Sorry about the blurry photo I was trying to get a pic as quick as possible to get back to devouring it!

We also did a bit of baking on this cold weekend!

A bit of crafting too!  We made these mugs based on the people we met on our Alaska Road Trip!

Oh!  And I think my interview went well.  I have a second interview in two weeks!  *fingers crossed*!