Today is my 29th birthday…I’m more aware of this birthday than others because of my30 before 30 list(which I’ve barely made a dent on) and because it’s the last year in my 20s!! Gahh! I thought it would be fun to share 29 things about me…some are quirky, some are truths I’ve learned & some are get to know me!! This may also count as my first confessions post!
1// I have this weird ability to memorize songs. I can also guess most songs from the first note I hear. Can’t play an instrument to save my life
2// I’m a huge fan of Jeopardy. I watched it growing up and nothing brings me greater pleasure than getting an answer right that the three contestants didn’t get
3// I am incredibly close to my parents – I talk to them on the way to work every single day and then again on the way from work
4// I always feel the need to buy more pens, stationary and purses…I feel like I can never have enough. Gary disagrees 🙂
5// I can read people’s lips – really comes in handy when we’re in a crowded and loud bar and you can’t hear a thing…or if you want to be sneaky with people haha
6// The question I get asked most frequently is what my nationality is and when I was in college I loved to play around and say I was Greek, Portuguese or even Persian…now I just stick to Russian!
7// In college when we went out, sometimes we didn’t want to say our real names, we’d give out fake ones…mine was Penelope! For some reason guys used to think my real name was actually a fake name
8// My sister is often times my sounding board for business ideas – she just gets it
9// I make a to-do list for myself every day, except for Saturday…that’s my day to just enjoy
10// I will justify a gel manicure or lip stick purchase
11// I have a sweet tooth…I basically need something sweet every single day – see photo above as exhibit A
12// I’m actually not a big drinker – I like one glass of wine or prosecco, any more and I get sleepy!
13// No surprise to many of you, but sushi is my food of choice and it’s a safe assumption to make that I have it every Friday if we’re in town!
14// There needs to be some sort of back ground noise like a fan or a/c on in order for me to fall asleep
15// I get this super high pitched cutesy voice when I see a baby or cute puppy! Gary does the best impression of me!
16// I sometimes forget that I’m an actual adult with a husband…like how did time fly by so fast?!
17// I am a goody-goody! Always have been, always will be. Something about getting in trouble still terrifies me!
18// When I get dressed for a night out – my mind immediately goes to when I will come home and get into my comfy clothes…literally can’t get into my PJ’s fast enough
19// I honestly had no idea that I would still be blogging two years after starting
20// For 26 years of my life my initials were BS…thankfully I got married and now they are BSP! You now know why I didn’t have anything monogrammed until then!
21// I cry at the drop of a hat…reading or writing something sentimental or watching a commercial!
22// I love not having to drive a car every day, but I miss owning one
23// I didn’t start drinking coffee until after college, now I have one cup a day and it can barely constitute as coffee as it’s mostly milk (creamer) and a hint of sugar!
24// I own more pink/nude lipsticks that one person should have
25// I’ve realized that the arm pop I do in almost every single picture might need to stop
26// I’m a creature of habit & love routine…give me my normal wake-ups, walk to work, dinner and nightly shows and I’m a happy girl
27// Speaking of shows – I may or may not have an obsession with The Voice & the banter that goes on between Adam & Blake
28// I’ve never met a lobster I didn’t like (seafood obsessed)
29// I’m so incredibly thankful for all the friendships in my life! There are people I’ve known for 20 years and those that have only been in my life for 2 years, but the impact that they have had on my life has been amazing!
Phew, coming up with 29 things about myself is hard!! Do we have any similarities?!
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Happy Birthday!! I loved learning a little more about you.. I can also justify any lipstick purchase. My collection is out of control!
Christina :: Simple and Delish
Happy birthday love!! Yay! I'm not going to lie, reading this list made me realize why we are such great friends, we are so much alike! Minus the seafood thing haha! <3, Pamela Sequins & Sea Breezes
Happy birthday my birthday twin!!!! Hope you have a wonderful day celebrating!! Sending lots of love your way!!!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of the most sincere, precious, beautiful people I know. I had to laugh: my college name was Mercedes, lol. I loved reading this list so much and love you more! You radiate warmth and sunshine and may this day be filled with everything that makes you smile, you deserve happiness in spades!! Cheers to 29! xo
Happy, happy, happy birthday sweet beautiful friend! I hope you have a fabulous day full of sparkles and love and joy. Oh and of course, champs! xoxo
Happy Birthday beautiful!!!❤
Your post is so cute and funny! Reading this made me realize that we have so much in common haha
xx
Selina | Selinas Inspiration
Happy birthday, Biana! Love your list, and we have so many things in common. I have to have the fan on to fall asleep (can't fall asleep in silence ha) and I still can't believe I'm an adult too at times! I hope you have a great birthday!
Sarah at MeetTheShaneyfelts
Happy birthday!!! I turn 29 next Tuesday and was thinking of doing something similar but I don't know that I can think of 29 things… I am such a creature of habit and so is Travis, I tease him that if I just pick a random day of the week and time I can tell you exactly what we would be doing.
Ha–After reading your 29 things, it's no wonder you're my bestie! And oh my word… Penelope. We were so committed to our story! I hope you have an AMAZING birthday, doll. Wish I could be there to celebrate with you!! xoxoxox, Rachel -CubicleCouture
Happy, happy birthday!!! My 29th is on Sunday so I may be stealing this idea for next week. LOVED getting to know more about you – we have lots of similarities. I too am a goody-goody, I get anxious about anything that may get me in trouble. While I don't talk to my parents everyday, my mom and I email every morning. I need something sweet, too. The list could go on. I hope you have just the best day!!!
Happy Birthday Biana!!!! Wow we are similar!!! I have a sweet tooth, buy at least one new pen, notebook, coin purse a week; I watch Jeopardy everyday with my husband, and I used to not get things monogrammed either because my initials were MAH, now their MAC. lol =P
I hope you have a great birthday and it was awesome reading about you!!! =)
Happy happy birthday, lady! I love this list- you are so cute! Hope you have an amazing day + birthday weekend!
-Ashley
Le Stylo Rouge
Happy Birthday, Biana. I really enjoy posts like this. We have much in common. I am also a creature of habit, and I also talk with my parents just about every day. I am also a PJs girl with a wicked sweet tooth. Enjoy your very special day, B. 🙂 Cheers to you!
Happy birthday friend!! I hope you have a wonderful day! Mike and I never miss an episode of Jeopardy and Mike even tried out a couple times! And I'm the exact same with coffee! Xo, Evelina @ Fortunate House
Agree with no sleeping in silence… We have a sound machine and I cannot fall asleep without it. Agree with you on sushi and pjs haha! HAPPY BIRTHDAY beautiful girl! I hope you feel extra loved today! Xoxoxo
Happy birthday, Biana!!! Yay for 29! Your list is so great! My coffee is the same, mostly creamer! Ha! Have a wonderful day! And don't stress about your list, you'll get it done, you have a year!
Xoxo,
Whitney & Blaire
Peaches In A Pod
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Yay for year #29 🙂 Ditto to most of the things on this list, but especially 26 & 27. Anyone who doesn't love the banter between Blake & Adam is crazy!
Happy Birthday!!!! You are a beautiful person inside and out and I totally consider you to be a friend even though we've never met haha. Love this list and we definitely have a lot things in common! 🙂 I hope that you have a fabulous day too filled with lots of love and happiness. xo
Happy Birthday, Biana! I hope you have the best day and continue celebrating through the whole weekend! Loved reading this and getting to know you better- I feel like we could be such great friends in real life (of course I mean that in the least creepy way possible 🙂 ha ha!)
#17- ME TOO!
Also, you should be proud! I just purchased my first nude lipstick. That would be my 3rd lipstick, HA! I'm slowly treading the waters of colored lips!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I loved learning these fun things about you! I'm a total rule-follower too and always have been. Same thing with my routines! I thrive on them. I love to know what is coming and what to expect!! Hope you have a great day!
Happy Birthday Beautiful Biana! I loved getting to know more about you. I am so close with my gram and talk to her every day on my way home from work..I love it. Also, my fake name in college was Veronica..I'm glad we weren't the only group of friends that did that, hahahaha. Have a wonderful day gorgeous!
I have several of the same things on my list. Especially number 3 and the fact I am not a rule breaker. It was fun learning this facts about you. Happy Birthday!
Loved this post! Happy birthday to you!!!
happy birthday my sweet friend!! i love this list – i even learned a few things! i can always justify good lipstick and well, treating myself haha. i think it'd be so good to live in a city where i didnt have to drive all the time but i'd def miss my car! i think we need to make this year the one we finally meet! time to start looking at flights hehe
xoxo cheshire kat
Yay, birthday twins!!! Hope you have the happiest of days!!! xoxo
Annie Reeves
happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!! xo
lOVE this post! Wishing you one of the happiest of birthdays!
xoxo,Victoria
coffeeandablonde.blogspot.com
I can totally relate to 1, 14 & 18! Happy Birthday!
xo, Traci
waltzmetoheaven.com
Ok, well now I'm convinced that we would be BFFs in real life! So many of these things are true for me too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Hope you have a great day and get spoiled!
Happy Birthday Biana!! Hope you have a wonderful day filled with much love and joy. Wishing you much happiness today and always.
I just love this… & reinforces that I know if we lived near each other, we'd be great friends 🙂
I totally cry for every emotion at the drop of a hat too 🙂 … & I always try to read lips. I feel like I'm good at it, but yeah… probably not so much. Do you watch those Jimmy Fallon games where they lip read? haha… I love Jeopardy too & love when a category comes up that I know & I can nail all of the questions. I feel like a boss.
I hope you are blessed with the most amazing year yet!!!! Happy Birthday to you lady!
Happy Birthday, Biana!! I had to laugh while reading your list, we have way too many things in common haha! You can never have enough pens, stationery and purses, I totally agree and my husband also totally disagrees! Hope you have a wonderful day celebrating and a fabulous weekend!
xo, Rachel
A Blonde's Moment
Happy Birthday "Penelope"! Hope you have an amazing day filled with champs and all things fabulousness! And keep up the arm pop, I'm definitely guilty of it too lol <3
Green Fashionista
Happy 29th! This is a great list and I can totally relate to the adult thing…I seriously still have trouble as I see myself as 28 in my mind and now that my daughter is 25 I'm like WTH. Totally have to have some sort of noise to sleep and get way too excited if I check into a hotel with a fan or a noise machine available to check out.
Hope you have the most amazing day!
Shelly at The Queen in Between
Happy Happy Birthday, girl!!! Hope you have the most fabulous day and that Gary spoils you properly 😉 So glad to have gotten to know you through blogland!
Happiest of birthdays to you, gorgeous! I hope you have the best day and I hope you get showered with love and gifts, you deserve it!
Actually, we have A LOT of similarities! I too am super close to my parents and talk to them every single day, I love me a good pen, I can also read people's lips, not a big drinker either and my coffees are really weak! LOL! High pitched voice…yep, I think most girls do that with puppies and babies. 🙂 Hope you have an amazing day!
xo, Lily
Beauty With Lily
What a complete and utter JOY you are and your parents must be bursting with pride! I LOVE that you talk to them twice a day! I am old enough to be your Mom (omg or Grandmother!! I am 60!!! But I am a SUPER YOUNG 60 and have friends in their 20s and all ages!)………you are sooo level-headed, wish I had had even half of your talent in my 20s…hell, I wish I had it now! I am like you with knowing/memorizing songs…it's unreal. Doesn't matter the genre, I am into ALL types of music and I have that same skill! I also LOVE buying lipstick, always have. PJs, yes! LOVE LOBSTER!!! You are just such a joy, I am so glad I came upon your blog last summer. Wishing you the HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS!!!!!!!!! Oh and I am the same with sleeping with a fan and background noise too! xoxo
Happy birthday pretty girl!!!!! How exciting!! We would definitely get a long great!! I swear I could live on a seafood and sushi only diet! I hope your day is as fabulous as you!
<3 Shannon
Upbeat Soles
OK we seriously have so many things in common but #1, yes! The hubs always says I need to go on that music show where you know all the words to songs. Love these types of posts. Happy birthday my dear!
Happy Birthday!!! I, too, am obsessed with "Jeopardy" and it brings me great joy when I get an answer correct that the contestants didn't! I'm also a creature of habit and LOVE making to-do lists; I love the satisfaction of crossing it of every day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope you have a wonderful day! Love your list…I laughed about the "goody-goody" part! I'm also still afraid of getting into trouble and I'm 40 lol!
xo
Kate
Taffeta & Tulips
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day! 🙂
Amy @ befilledwithj0y.blogspot.com/
Happy 29th beautiful girl. This is a very special year as it is the last in your 20s so I hope you enjoy it and do all those 30 things you want to do before turning 30. I loved reading this list and getting to know you better.
Happy birthday, girlfriend!! I am cracking up at the fake names — Penelope is a good one!! I also talk to my parents every day! I love having such wonderful relationships with my family 🙂 Hope you have the most wonderful day, friend! xo
Happy birthday gorgeous!!!! 29 will be an amazing year for you, I just know it! I'm totally with you on so many of these! My "coffee" is basically all cream and sugar, I have a huge sweet tooth, an I memorize nearly every song I hear!! Can't help it! 🙂
Biana, to say I love this post is an understatement! You and I have so much in common and it was great to realize that with this post! You look very Portuguese (I'm part) as well as Greek, are you all that you listed or just Russian?! I'm also part Irish and Lithuanian and no one ever believes me, until they see my mom an her red hair and freckles! You don' look like a Penelope at all, lol, so that's why the guys thought you were faking it, hahaha…omg, you're too funny! Ok, so before I got married, my last name was….Salmon! Haha! Yup, so I would just say here as soon as the teachers called Jalisa, so they wouldn't say my last name! I am the WORST when it comes to reading lips, I can't do it and hate when people try with me because I'm always, like huh? And I get frustrated! I too can't believe I'm in my late 20s and married, like seriously, I feel like I was in high school the other day, what the heck happened?! I talk to my mom every day and we have such a great relationship, I always joke around with her and call her hot stuff or hot mama and she love it, haha! I think it's awesome that you talk with your parents twice a day! Anyway, I loved the post and you are such a cool person, it was so great getting to know you more! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, gorgeous! Cheers to many more filled with joy, health and wealth!
XO,
Jalisa
thestylecontour.com
Happy birthday girl, I hope your day is FABULOUS! Loved reading these 🙂 #11, 12 & 14 are totally me too haha, I have a sweet daily for sure. I always crave it after lunch. I also had a 30 before 30 list. I'm 2.5 months from turning 30 and I don't even know where that list is LOL.
I have always been a goody goody despie my foul language, I am not a huge drinker and usually only have a glass of wine or maybe two beers and I am done. I love sushi!!!! Chris and I take a box fan on vacation with us because we both need the noise as well!
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!! I hope you have an amazing day!!!!
Happy Birthday! Make this year your best yet! I love that you talk to your parents everyday, such a good habit!
Happy Birthday!! Wow we have sooo much in common! I hope you have an amazing day, and an even better year!
Happiest Birthday!! 🙂 I'm with you on instant PJs after a night out!!
Happy Birthday! Nude lipstick, sushi, purses and sweets are very much my jam too. I hope you have a great day Biana.
Happy birthday, sweet friend! I love that you used to give out a fake name in college – that made me crack up!
Very Happy Birthday to you!!! Hope you have a wonderful day!!! I'll join you in that sushi dinner every day… I could get on board with that for sure!!! xoxo
Happy Birthday beautiful lady! I hope you have a fabulous day, and I love that list!!
Elizabeth xo | Elizabeth-Daisy.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BIANA!!!! And oh my goodness, I feel like I was reading about myself! Goody goody? Check! Memorizing songs easily? Check. Stationary hoarder? Check. Close with parents, Jeopardy lover, to-do list every day, sweet tooth, creature of habit, forgetting I'm an actual adult with a husband AND kids? Check check check check check check! Lol.
Oh, and also, when I used to go out with my girlfriends I always used a fake name as well. I always used Olivia because I loved it so much and now I have a daughter named Olivia. So crazy!
Happy Birthday pretty lady! I can definitely relate to the crying…it's pathetic, the things that can make me cry. And the sweet tooth. It's torture. This was such a fun post. I hope you have a wonderful day!
Shannon
Clothes & Quotes
Happy happy birthday pretty lady!!! I hope all your wishes comes true and that Gary spoils you all month long. Cracking up at BS!! Poor you. lol My hubs is the same when it comes to jeopardy. He loves all those old school game shows still so guess who has to watch them.
Happy Birthday Biana! I love this type of post and reading really random facts. I'm just like you, I can't go an entire day without eating something sweet!
Hollie | Hollieshighlights.blogspot.co.uk
ha, loved reading these! The fake names are very standard! I think mine used to be like "Brooke" or something. Love that you talk to your parents that much! My sister is my sounding board too. And I MUST sleep with a fan. Without one is nearly impossible.
I'm extremely close to my mom too – we speak several times a day. I also talk to my MIL daily. And I often wonder how I am an adult and have kids – crazy, haha. I loved learning more about you. Enjoy the last year of your 20's!! xoxo
Happy Birthday dear 😀
What a great post. It looks and sound like you are going to have a wonderful year 😀
Xx Blue Ducklings
blueducklings.wordpress.com
Happy Birthday! I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that is a huge creature of habit! It throws me off when I don't do my normal routine throughout the day! We have plans to eat sushi with some friends on Friday, and I immediately thought of you! I hope that your day is extra special!
You can read lips? How cool.
Happy Birthday Biana! So glad to hear you are having a fabulous day and lip reading is definitely a fabulous skill to have 😉
Happy Birthday Biana!
Happy Birthday! Tomorrow is my birthday! Haha March birthday are the bestt!! Hope you have a great day!!
Have a fabulous birthday my friend!! I love reading posts like these.
I'm impressed by your lip reading ability!
I function best in a routine, make a to do list every day (sometimes I skip a day on the weekend, it depends on what has to get done that week!), and own too many pairs of flip flops.
Happy birthday Biana! I've enjoyed seeing your snaps today! You seem to have so many wonderful and positive people in your life and it really shines through your personality! <3 Have the best day!
Happy Birthday Biana!! Loved reading this post!!
Paula
Thirteen Thoughts
Happy Birthday girl!! Hope you have an amazing weekend kicking off the last year in your 20s!
Happy birthday, lovely lady!! Hope you have a great one filled with purses, pens, puppies and lobster!
Awwww! Happy Birthday!!!!!!!! I'm such a goody goody as well!!!!! Haha
Happy birthday pretty girl!!
Happy 29! I met Kyle when he was 29, so when he turned 30 he felt kind of old….but now that he's in his 30's, he loves it.
Kyle always does the best impressions of me, it's hilarious I have more fun laughing at him mocking me than him making jokes.
I wish I could read people's lips I'm usually just guessing.
But wait, what nationality are you??? I get that too. I usually just make up stuff as I go just because I kind of find it inappropriate to say anything about it.
liz @ j for joiner
Happy 29th Birthday Biana! Hope your 29th year is everything you want and more! Lives reading your 29 facts of you!
Kate :: A Little NW Charm
You are so young! Happy birthday girl! Hope it's a great year!
Lovely post, dear! .x
fayeisabella.co.uk
Happy Birthday!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Hope you have the best 29th birthday 🙂
Happy birthday!! I love those balloons!
-Olivia
Miss Olivia Says
Happy happy birthday lady! I hope you're having the best time celebrating! Glad I'm not the only one that talks to my parents all the time – it's the best! To do lists – yes! I still do have some for the weekends but they are always very short! And I am such a goody goody – the thought of getting in trouble makes me so nervous and if people even talk to mean with a mean/yelling voice I get so upset – too sensitive, haha!
Happy, Happy Birthday! We have a lot of similarities. I'm an easy crier! I love the Voice because of Blake & Adam, too! You know I feel you on the stationary, pens, and notebooks. Oh, and I am not always great with songs, but I'm so good with names & remembering how I met people. Hope you have the best day! Love you! xo
Happy Birthday!! When I turned 30, I made a 30 in the next 30 list. Check one thing off a year. Also, I love Jeopardy too!
~Ashley @ A Cute Angle
acutelifestyle.blogspot.com
Happy birthday Biana! I love all of your "29" things!!
-Lauren
prettypiecesblog.com
My fake name was Taylor, and who even knows where I came up with that one!! Oh, and I'm the SAME way with songs/music…I'm so glad to hear that there is someone else out there like me! Hope you have a wonderful birthday, and cheers to a fabulous year! XO
Shauna
lipglossandlace.net
Happy birthday, girlfriend!! As always, I love learning more about you and I'm the same way about memorizing lyrics… I'm especially good with rap songs 🙂 And I'm the opposite when it comes to sleeping- I love a dark, quiet room but Ryan insists on having the TV on (on low most days!). Hope you had a fabulous night out with Gary!
xo, Kristina
Happy Birthday!! Wishing you the best year yet!
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I loved your list – we are so much alike! I am such a goody-goody too and it used to drive my friends crazy and I get super emotional way too easy! Happy (late) birthday girl! Hope it was a great one!
-Leah
Chasing Texas
Happy Birthday! Going to check out your 30 before 30 list now for some inspiration for my own 🙂
xoxo, Jenna
Boston Chic Party
Happy birthday, girl!! 29 is a fab number!! And I'm a total goodie good too. My hubby makes fun of me for it but I don't even care! Have a great week celebrating!!
Xox Dana Ivy // iadorewhatilove.com
Happy birthday!!! I love watching Jeopardy and I can memorize songs really quick too! #twinning 😉
Blessings,
Edye // Gracefulcoffee.wordpress.com
i loved learning more about you, B! happy belated birthday and hope this is the best year yet 🙂 so cool that you can read lips.. very sneaky! and give me a sweet thing every day as well. yum!
This was such a fun post and I feel like I'm so much like you on a lot of these things! We watch (and keep a tally score) of jeopardy every night we're home, so I totally feel you on being excited when you get an answer that the contestants didn't get! 17, 17, 21, and 23 are totally me too- though I'm starting to like my coffee less sweet somehow! haha. Going to read your weekend birthday recap next 🙂
looks like so much fun, love the looks and that brunch look delicious!
xoxo
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looks like so much fun, love the looks and that brunch look delicious!
xoxo
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I'm behind but I hope you had the best birthday! Loved reading these things about you and totally jealous you can read lips. I'm awful at it!
What a fun post, Happy (belated) Birthday!! I turn 29 on April 8th – might have to do a post like this! Here's to the last year of our 20s, eek!!
Kacie
RegallySoled.com
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