Sweet Mother of Pearl

I passed my final section of the CPA exams, Financial Reporting and Accounting!

Unfortunately, I am not allowed to tack on the CPA designation after my name quite yet. First, I need to pass the Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants exam (PASSED as of 3/29/2011!!!) and then I need to submit all of my paperwork and fees to the state of California for processing. The application review process takes approximately 3 months, so hopefully everything will be completed before the end of July. What a wonderful birthday present to myself this year!

Postcard Presents!

I wasn't prepared for the amount of joy I would feel from receiving our first wedding invitation return cards. Shout out to RM & ET for sending in your RSVPs first! You made my day.

My Fleeting Days As A Bachelorette

Last weekend, my girl friends and I rendezvoused in Sin City aka Las Vegas to celebrate my fleeting days as a bachelorette. I'm lucky to have such an amazing group of friends. You girls truly made it a weekend that I won't forget. I hope you all had fun and for those of you who couldn't make it, we missed you. If I don't see you sooner, I look forward to partying with you again in May.

Shout out to Ickity and LQ for planning such a wonderful weekend and to KR for the spectacular cake! There are no words that can truly describe what your friendship means to me. Thank you.

The Garden State & The Big Apple

This week I had my first New Jersey experience! Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to visit the Jersey Shore, but seeing is as how there was a high of 45 degrees while I was there, it was probably a trip best saved for another time.

However, I did take an adventurous trip and drove to New York to visit Big Jules. Getting through the Lincoln tunnel was quite an experience and then driving up Madison Avenue and down 5th Avenue was something else! I saw practically every store imaginable while I was driving up Madison Avenue and then quickly passed the Guggenheim, Madison Square Garden, and Carnegie Hall. Jules showed me the ropes of taking the New York subway, we took a quick stroll through Central Park, and visited Times Square.

A Chilly Afternoon In Central Park

Unfortunately, the rest of my trip wasn't as exciting since I was there for work, but Summit and Basking Ridge, New Jersey are both very cute towns. I look forward to seeing what all New Jersey has to offer with the hope that MTV's Jersey Shore series isn't capturing it's only highlights. I hope to make it to Carlo's Bakery to taste what the Cake Boss has to offer. I wonder if their cakes live up to all of the hype.