Birthday Wishlist!

disclaimer: in no way do i actually expect any of this stuff, let alone all of it. i am very very fortunate to receive any gifts for my birthday and am really just happy if i get a message from someone hoping i have a good day. these are only examples of things i mention when asked about gift ideas and hopefully will help other people get ideas for things they want to ask for on their birthdays as well. cheers!

The nice thing about birthdays is that they're an excuse to ask for things you'd feel bad asking for normally. 

Don't get me wrong - I always feel bad asking for extravagant things, but with birthdays it feels a little less extravagant and a little more reasonable than usual. I'm turning 22 in two weeks (turning 22 on 9/2 is exciting to me???) and people have already been asking me what I want so! This is a little post of some of the things I've come up with - with the exclusion of two items, both of which I know I'm getting so I felt a little silly putting them on here. For reference, they are this gorgeous Steve Madden handbag and for my girlfriend to come up and stay with me for my birthday (aka the best possible gift I could've gotten, I promise)!!! I'm very excited for both. Anyway, on to the actual list!

The first two things I want to talk about are the fragrances, philosophy's field of flowers orange blossom and Wonderstruck by Taylor Swift. At work I spend a lot of time at the philosophy counter. It's part of the five I tend to pick up the most shifts for, and because of that, a good portion of my day is spent smelling all the wonderful goodies philosophy has to offer. My very first day of work, the philosophy counter manager at the time had me smell this fragrance and I fell in love. It's citrusy but not overwhelmingly so; my friend at Laura Mercier hates citrus fragrances but she actually likes this. I put it on whenever I go into work and I would love a bottle for when I'm not working. Wonderstruck is an old favorite that I have an itty bitty bottle of and would absolutely treasure the full size. I have very distinct memories of a times I wore it to my World History class last fall and everyone said the room smelled nice because of it. I obviously don't need both and if I had to choose the philosophy perfume would be it, but I thought I'd give people the option! I don't normally wear perfumes, just body sprays, so I thought these would be a nice gift.

The butter London Tops and Tails set has been on my radar for awhile. I'm in love with butter London polishes (most of the polishes I own are butter London) and really feel like they're worth the splurge, so the base and top coats are probably worth the splurge too. I'm not a huge fan of the OPI top and base coats I'm using right now, so it would be a good time to try something new! 

The clothes I've included are really just a general clothing request. I can be a little picky about what I wear but I do like seeing what people think I'll like. Lately I've been loving pretty much everything by Victoria's Secret Pink line, especially their essentials and their sports lines! I'm wearing a pair of their MLB leggings right now actually (go Mets!). I'm a fan of quite a bit of their Giants gear so hopefully I can pick up some of it and wear it around school and work as a reminder to all of the Patriots fans I work with that the Giants are a better team. :)

I have two pretty far-fetched and unlikely gifts, but I always like to throw stuff like that on a list. I don't know why, but it always happens. For this birthday it's a Michael Kors rose gold watch - I'm not sure what the model I have pictured above is, but I'm a huge fan of the Runway style - and a pair of tortoise-shell Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses. I have a working watch that I love and was considerably cheaper so that's hardly necessary, but I've been looking at Michael Kors watches for awhile and I think they're so incredibly lovely that it never hurts to just throw it out there. The sunglasses are probably more likely than the watch to ever actually come to fruition, even not as a birthday present. I currently wear Ray-Ban Wayfarer prescription glasses and I love the way they fit and feel on my face-head-area. They're really comfortable and I take good care of them, so I feel like I would actually do the same with my sunglasses if I had the same kind. I picked the tortoise shell frames just because they're a bit different? I have the black in my regular glasses and it never hurts to change them up. Of course, I really expect neither of these (I say that but I honestly don't expect any of it), but it's still fun to think about!!!

The California Republic snapback has been on my Amazon wishlist for awhile simply because of the pink brim. As a lot of people know, I'm a big lover of the snapback trend as I'm a big lover of hats in general, and these fit over my massive hair a bit better than the fitted hats do. I already have a few and though I love them very much, I don't think it hurts to have more - especially when one has a pink brim, which is my absolute favorite color. I could absolutely see myself wearing this hat on many an occasion.

The last thing is kind of odd but it's more of a birthday treat to myself. As I talked about in my last post, I'm super bored with the current state of my hair, so I thought why not treat myself to a salon day and get it done for my birthday? I'm thinking that if I go through with it, I'll get my ends evened out and an ombre and splurge a little because you only turn 22 once! And then I will go back to my responsible saving that I've been doing for the past few weeks (I'm very proud of myself).

That about wraps it up! I'm so thankful for the fact that people might even care what I want, it absolutely astounds me. I hope you all have a wonderful day and, as always, thanks for reading! 

x Kristin