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So I'm pretty sure that every one dreams of their 21st birthdays, the way little girls dream of their sweet sixteen's and weddings. Well my 21st birthday was nothing short of special and I owe it all to my Howard friends and my loving family.
I woke up slightly woozy from the night before that I had spent with my sister and her friends.
Y'all should be old enough to know what that means by now. On November 10th at around 11:00 pm I was on cloud nine having the time of my life. I was finally about to be legal, because lets face it at 18 you still can't do much of anything. Twenty one is supposed to be a whole different experience and I couldn't wait!! By 12:00 I was slumped but it was okay because I woke up with stank breath and smeared makeup but I didn't care because it was MY BIRTHDAY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I was finally 21, grownt hunty grownt! God blessed me with another year and the celebration was nothing short of amazing. My roommate took me out to brunch before the celebration, which really ended up being first dinner because we didn't eat until like 4:30 and then we went back to my dorm to get dolled up for my fancy night of shenanigans.
Now anyone that knows me, is aware of the fact that I'm not really the partying type, but dress me up and feed me at an upscale restaurant and I'm yours. I love getting fancy and going out, its much more my speed. So after my roommate and I went out for first dinner and came back, Tera (my roommate from freshman year) came over and beat my face to the gods and we got ready for second dinner.
Second dinner was held at Maggiano's which is one of my favorites because pasta is the way to my heart and soul. The dress I picked felt like the perfect style and color for the big 21.
Red has always been a bold statement color and I usually steer clear of it but dammit I was turning 21 and everyone was going to notice if I had anything to do with it! For one day I had stopped crying, dusted myself off, lifted my head high and I truly felt like a princess. To make things even better, all of my friends, even the ones that can't stand to look at each other anymore. They all came together for me and it was just too cute.
Anyway, my ensemble was a step up from your basic fit. I wore a red bodycon dress that had a giant ruffle/pleat going across the top, all the way around to the back. The zipper stretched all the way from the top of the dress to the bottom which added something special to it. I wore lace-up black heels borrowed from my sister, and vintage leather jacket with a very nice fur collar from my momma. My friends even bought me a crown to wear all night because I'm just that extra of a person.
If you know me, you know that birthdays mean everything to me, from who says is first to who says it last to who I get to celebrate it with. My birthday was one of the best days of 2017 that I had. At the restaurant we laughed, at good food and I ordered my first drink
which was absolutely terrible. It tasted like unhappiness with a little sugar around the rim. It was a calm no from me, I'd rather have a Shirley Temple with a jar of cherries piled in... Another nice part of the night was the amount of free stuff I managed to collect by the end. A nice older man gave me $10 to pay for my first drink which was just adorable, and our waiter gave me cheesecake I didn't order in addition to my birthday cookies. The night was a success and I loved all my friends for it!
I bet y'all thought the night was over after that, nope nope nope. We stood outside while I took pictures in my fabulous fit, freezing to death of course my friends are some real ones for that. Then we all headed back to campus to go our separate ways, or so I thought! Instead when I walked in my room I was greeted with the same smiling faces I had just seen along with a gigantic cookie cake masterpiece made by my friend Sireice, two pretty bottles of wine and a bouquet of roses. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER! I've never been the girl who gets surprised by anyone so I was ecstatic that my friends went to all the trouble to make me happy on my special day. So my 21st birthday will always be one of my best memories, not because I got deathly drunk but because my friends celebrated with me "Chelsi style" and it was perfect.
