we need to talk.

(me and you.  you=reader.  me=writer.  and sorry to the real person in this picture...)

you:  oh hey paige.  i like those animal print shoes that you have worn everyday this week.
me:  hey fella, i like these a lot alright.
you:  anyways...
me:  anyways isn't a word.  it's anyway.
you:  (eye roll) anyway...what should i do this weekend?
me:  (eyes widen) the real question is when will i ever find time to rest my poor feet because i will be spending so much time on them this weekend with all of the fun that i will be having?!  unless you are me. because of my animal print sandals, my feet are never tired.
you:  you lost me there in the middle for a minute but i found my way back.  so anyways..
me:  anyway
you:  anyway what's going on this weekend?
me:  well first you could go to the farmer's market that just started a few weeks ago.
you:  what?  i hate fresh grown vegetables and delicious honey that comes in plastic tubes!
me:  well you are lame but whatever.  okay i know!  taylorsville dayzz!!  it's my favorite holiday and easily the most exciting event on this side of 4700 south!
you:  taylorsville.  no way.  that city is full of gangsters and vacant buildings.
me: (this is where i beat you up because, like you said, my city is full of gangsters and they have taught me a few things over the years.)
you:  ouch.
me:  you have a point about the vacant buildings.  but don't worry.  imma fix that.  (true story.  more on that later).  but if you hate the ville than i don't want you ruining my favorite holiday with your foolishness.
you:  so that's it.  fresh food and celebrating vacancy?
me:  um hello?  have you not seen those awesome signs hanging all around slc?
you:  shame on you crown burger?
me:  what?  no.  the arts festival!  funnest festival in utah.  no question.
you:  oh you mean the festival with love music, sweet local art, delish food and a bike valet?  so there.
me:  ...did you just get that excited about bikes?  we need to talk seriously about bikes sometime...

to be continued.

math with special guest: tbf.

now i am no math genius.  and i make that clear year after year after year.  but let me show you how much i grew mathematically this weekend.

paige+cassie+hannah=t.b.f. {three best friends, i know my life is full of abbreviations, but try to keep up.}

t.b.f.-pirate island=food court dinner. {because we can.}

t.b.f.+3 hours of traffic-boredom+special playlist=freakin weekend's official start.

giant bed+t.b.f.=odd conversations and sleep.

t.b.f. raised to the second power+one=temple square with the male version of t.b.f. aka t.b.f.'s latest friends.

see ms. jameson from eighth grade algebra...

i can do math. 

tune in next week for

grammar according to

t.b.f.

you are invited to celebrate.

{me.  eating.  big surprise.  this has nothing to do with the post, i just want to make it clear how much i love to eat.}

tomorrow is the one year anniversary that i discovered the greatest thing that i have ever done.  my sister sat me down, intervention style, and made me a blog.  i had no idea how much i would love it.  i had no idea that i would think about it all the time and always say "imma blog about that when i get home."  i never thought that i would rather blog than {insert basically any activity here}.  basically i am a blog-aholic.  so celebrate with me tomorrow.
i personally am not doing anything exciting for the birthday of my baby but feel free to use this as an excuse to party....not. if you know me, which you must by now since alls i do anymore is write about myself and force you people to read about it, then you know i will take any opportunity to a) eat cupcakes. b) celebrate. c) dress up for a reason. 

...

time for one last journey down the

year one

adventure.

this was a terrible, wonderful, no good, very proud day.

one that i never ever ever want to do

ever ever again

unless i am the one with the luggage.

so even though

i semi-hate this post

but this whole blog thing started because

of that whole "i'm abandoning you for 18 months" thing.

and i dream about the day

that me and my best friend/best sister/only sister

sit down and read about my

adventures when she left me to better the world.

and i can't wait when she reads this and sees how obsessed with her i am.

p.s. my parents are currently in nyc

on their way to prague. 

are you as jealous as i am?

staycation, all i ever wanted.

i like the idea

of being a visitor

in my hometown.

i like that idea so much

that i did so this weekend.

so me mom and dad

packed up the explorer and headed north.

ten minutes later

we unloaded the explorer

and checked into the

salt lake city marriott.

and the STAYcation began.

{with this as our view.}

next we dined

at a local fav

(aka my favorite restaurant)

  {red rock.}

we did a little swimming

watched a little golden globes (yay GLEE!}

ordered a little room service dessert

rented a little movie

and slept on the world's most comfortable beds

with the light of the 

walker center sign

flashing outside our 9th floor window.

{i didn't mind since she's a beautiful sight, right?}

the next morning

  {after breakfast}

 we explored the city.

{i heart graffitied walls}

 

  {i heart utah.}

{confession:  i used to be afraid of antique shops, now i want an all antique lifestyle.

including my wedding ring from an antique jewelers, remember that future mr. paige.}

{still wish i would've stolen these lovlies.}

{new favorite store.}

{another staycation anyone?}

{cool.}

so it's final.

i am head over heels

in love

with

salt lake city.

oh joy.

have you seen this?  well i basically lived it this weekend.  okay.  actually.  i just think i went somewhere so great it belongs in that movie.  In The Venue:  where dreams come alive.

when?  friday night @ 7 pm.

where?  In The Venue.

who?  dashboard confessional.

what?  concert from heaven.

why?  because i am in love.

i wish i could describe how beautiful this concert was.  but i can't.  words haven't been invented to describe it yet.  pictures are worth a thousand words, no?  so here you are...

chris carrabba

is so

fantastic.

the end.

p.s.  yes.  dashboard DID sing ingrid's "breakable" at the concert.  thanks for asking.  i love you dashboard.

good news.

remember this?

well forget about it.  because they're baaaaaack!  dashboard will be in my hometown.  tonight.  at 7 pm.  and guess who's going.

me.
and bfsp.

and i cannot wait.

now alls i have to do if find that outfit i was going to wear...

thank you dashboard.     
        see you tonight.

all hallow's eve.

confession.  i would give anything to be a small child again.  mainly because i wish it was still socially acceptable to knock on doors, beg for candy, and actually receive it.  tell me it wasn't fantastic, back in the day, to dress up and go out for the night only to come back with a orange bag filled with delicious-ness.  halloween was a dream come true back then.  then again, i am legally an adult and still i spent my night wearing a costume and slowly killing myself with butterfingers.  so maybe adulthood isn't that bad after all.

{me in a little $6 di find and lib looking as fabulous as always.}

like the wise sister wightman says "you won't always be young, but you can be immature forever." 

i love that.

oh!  me and papa wightman carved pumpkins this weekend.  and oh it was so good!

{i love this man right here}

it kills me a little when my dad says,

"i am so happy that our tradition continued even though my girls are gone."

or

"i can't wait to carve pumpkins with your babies."

don't worry dad,

me and sister wightman are firm believers in

being immature forever.

(and we can't wait for bringing the nuggets

over to carve pumpkins with papa wightman...

someday.)

let the traditions live forever.

happy november.

p.s.  watch this.

the one and only.

i live for road trips. even the ones that last about 48 hours. also, i can't get enough of st. george utah. so i think it goes without saying that my quick little trip down south this weekend was the tops. here is what went down...

first stop: domination station. BYU vs. Utah State. yes BYU won and yes i am heartbroken that the love of my life is out for four to six weeks due to a pulled hamstring.

get better love.

next, bfsp, Colton and I drove straight to heaven on earth, st. george utah.  no, we didn't even have to stop once!  mom and dad took their time getting there so bfsp and i went on a spare key hunt.  no luck.  thankfully {well, i think this was a blessing} the back door was unlocked so we shimmied ourselves in and prepared to fight off any robbers who might've been inside.  thankfully {i know this was a blessing} no one had broken in and the condo looked and smelled just like it always does.

saturday morning arrived quickly so mom made the traditional conference cinnamon rolls, dad completed his daily crossword puzzle as bfsp and i enjoyed conference session.

next stop--the one and only snow canyon.  bfsp has never been {sinner} so as you can see we went a bit wild with the camera...

we are have a future in modeling and/or photography, right?

anyways, after getting that beautiful red dirt all over our clothes, we went out in public as if we were squeaky clean.  we swung by my favorite pizza joint, {well right up there with big nick's in the fabulous nyc} the pizza factory.

yeah.  yum!

and what meal is complete without a cupcake?

                                                  thank you twenty five main.  you made my life worth living.  if you are ever in st. george definitely check it out.  i recommend the chai latte cupcake.  you'll die!

sunday we were happy to watch the final day of conference.  in between the sessions we got to go to my favorite place of all time [and the future setting of my wedding day] the st. george temple.  isn't it beautiful?

now don't judge me, but we did swing by in-n-out before driving home, even though it was still sunday.  i was doing service to my fellow men who have never been exposed to the beauty of the classic (yeah you read it right, bfsp had never been to in-n-out).

we love it!

then the worst part of the trip arrived...the end.

a little ray of sunshine.

 {i'm going there someday}

my weekend was complete.

i absolutely loved hearing the words of

the leaders of

my church

for general conference.

i learned exactly what i needed.

i heard exactly what i wanted.

i felt exactly how i like to.

and i love that.

and i especially loved

this:

"what we love determines what we seek.

what we seek leads us to what we think.

what we think determines who we are

and what we will become. "
.president dieter f. uchtdorf.

isn't that perfect 

for miss "you are what you love"

i cannot wait for next conference!

i'm off.

off to the happiest place in the world...

and mickey mouse ain't a resident there.
!

enjoy conference and the byu game!

i know i will.