it's friday night here in Auckland and i'm headed out early tomorrow am for a tour of the south island. beyond excited! check out more on my nz blog: http://awhitenz.blogspot.co.nz/

anyway this weekend (tomorrow here!) two of my very best friends in the entire world are getting MARRIED!!!! (cue tears because i'm missing it...) wanted to take the chance to publicly congratulate these two wonderful people. i love you both so dearly and my heart is breaking that i am not with you this weekend, but bursting with joy at the same time because you are about to have the best day and you are about to spend the rest of your lives together. for those of you who don't know laura and graham you are missing out. really though. what a beautiful couple! i feel so blessed to call you my friends and have had the most fun living with you laura (and graham). you have made my years at georgia so much more memorable. could not be more excited for the joining of an amazing couple! have fun you guys!!

 just one of all of us. i'll miss you klug and T this weekend too!

 couples that eat together stay together....

 you make a great team ; ) --> winky face?

sorry for the million pics (stalker?) but they make me so happy!! 

CONGRATULATIONS you two love birds!!

right now i am thankful for bathtubs haha strange yes, but being sick in another country isn't exactly ideal and getting into a warm bath has helped calm me and soothe my pains. 

posting this here and on my NZ blog because it think its just such an important concept. travel will teach you so much about yourself that you could never discover sitting on your couch at home. i am thankful for the opportunity to learn from everyone around me as i am here.

just because... things that make me happy. (clearing out pics?)

1. outdoor showers. 

 2. windows down, music up.

 3. these shoes (not summery i know, but obsessed)

 4. this meal. drooling.

 5. mandarins, flowers, herbs. duh.