2018 in a Nutshell

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap

Happy New Year's Eve! 2018 came and went in a flash. For the last seven years I've written a year in review post......it is almost a requirement at this point! My first ever blog post was a New Year's one, believe it or not. I always love looking back and reflecting on what my years held, both as I write and as I look back years down the road. It is so fun to see how I've changed and grown with each passing year.

2018 can be called the year of travel - we went on [almost] one trip per month and I will cherish those memories forever. As all years do, it had some lows (i.e. surgery and home repairs) but plenty of highs, as well! Let's choose to remember the good!

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Birthday Brunch

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Galentine

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | LA

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | LA

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | LA

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Colorado

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Colorado

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Colorado

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Group Fitness Instructor

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | New Orleans

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | New Orleans

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | New Orleans

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | New Orleans

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Hiking in Oklahoma

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | OKC Thunder

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | OKC Marathon

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Santa Fe

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Santa Fe

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Nashville

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Nashville

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Nashville

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | New Car

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Bridal Shoot

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Blogger Friends

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Sunroom Reno

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | NSale

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Hopdoddy

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | OKC Bike & Brews Tour

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Kendra Scott Candle Launch

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | NYFW

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | NYFW

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | BC Clark Magazine

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Oregon

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Oregon

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Oregon

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Vermont

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Vermont

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Vermont

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Vermont

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Vermont

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Halloween

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | NYC at Christmas

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | NYC at Christmas

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | NYC at Christmas

Amanda's OK 2018 Recap | Christmas

My 2018 in a nutshell.....

I turned 28 (yes that means I'm about to enter my last year in my twenties....yikes). I went to physical therapy (a lot) and recovered from a shoulder surgery. I served as a board member on my neighborhood's historical preservation board. Kids ate Tide pods. I went to LA. I strutted my stuff on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I shopped on Rodeo Drive. I tried poke bowls and loved them. I walked down the boardwalk at Venice Beach and watched the sunset in Santa Monica. Plastic straws got the boot. I hiked Mount Sanitas in Boulder, Colorado, and devoured Little Man Ice Cream as my reward. I climbed the stairs at Red Rocks Amphitheater and sipped tons of local brews all over Denver. I cheered Cole on as he played in a basketball league. I became a fitness instructor and started teaching a PHIT class at Beyond Studios. I upped my level of coffee snobbery. I spent a weekend eating my way through New Orleans. I had fried alligator, turtle soup, beignets, a hurricane, a grenade, gumbo, po boys and more. I toured an old plantation and visited haunted homes in the French Quarter. I had a gallbladder attack in the middle of NOLA. I rode a bike bar for a friend's bachelorette party. I visited Texas wine country. I started doing pilates. I hiked in the Wichita mountains of Oklahoma. I went to a Thunder playoff game. Two of my favorite people got married (hi Ryan and Megan)! I went to a Kentucky Derby watch party and lost a $1 bet. I tried to start running (it didn't last). I drank mimosas while other people ran the OKC Marathon. I watched the Royal Wedding. My blog/Instagram started snowballing and I got the opportunity to work with some really great brands. C and I took a quick "anniversary" trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. I ate some of the best pancakes I've ever had (and I've had a lot of pancakes). I hiked Tent Rocks and felt like a character in a Star Wars movie. I modeled as a bride for a photoshoot. I said goodbye to my first car and hello to a 4 Runner! I became an aunt for the first time. Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade passed sadly and suddenly. I tagged along to Nashville when C went to a work conference. I shopped at Draper James and had the best cocktails of my life in a legit speakeasy. We redid our sunroom with help from my dad. I got promoted and got a new office with a window! I had my gallbladder surgically removed. Hopdoddy opened an OKC location and invited me to the soft opening - YUM. I road tripped to Dallas with my best blogger babes to shop the N-Sale. I tried a barre class. I took an OKC bike and brewery tour. I hosted a shopping night + candle launch party at Kendra Scott. I started using essential oils! I upgraded to an iPhone X. I started getting lash extensions. I lost some old friendships but gained some new ones I am more thankful for with each passing day. I went to New York Fashion Week as an influencer! I met the top ladies at Kate Spade. I had a Serena Van Der Woodsen moment when I saw a real life fashion show. I hit 10,000 followers on Instagram. I was featured in a magazine for BC Clark. I headed west to Oregon to spend a week with family. I saw Multnomah Falls, drank all the good beers, drove around Crater Lake, hiked Misery Ridge at Smith Rock and walked through a mile long lava tube. Oklahoma started selling wine in grocery stores! I got invited to the suites for several OSU football games. I got several laser treatments on my face to help with dark spots. I worked with my first hotel on a blog post and got to visit Vermont in the fall. I saw the house my granddad built my hand with stones from a creek nearby and visited the town my mom grew up in. I devoured a maple creamee and finally got to taste a real apple cider donut! I finally started back at crossfit, post surgery(-ies) and am feeling really good about it. I dressed up as Regina George for Halloween. I was awarded the Credit Union Rising Star award at a regional work conference. I hit Starbucks Gold level for the second year in a row and became a Sephora VIB member. I spent Thanksgiving in Arkansas with my family. We said goodbye to George H.W. Bush. I went to New York City at Christmas and checked a bunch of things off my bucket list! Ice skating in the Wollman Rink, seeing the 5th Avenue lights and the Rockefeller tree, watching the Rockette's Christmas Spectacular, drinking a Christmas cocktail at Rolf's.....check! I got my first spray tan (and I'm addicted). I got a new mattress courtesy of Happsy...how adult of me. A Christmas PJ photo of me went viral (even though they didn't have my permission to use it). I spent my first Christmas away from my parents, but luckily my in-laws are the best ever and made it wonderful. Instagram gave everyone a mini-heart attack. My New Years Eve will be spent with a second year tradition of pizza with friends and wine on the couch. Here's to 2019 and whatever it may hold!

A few intentions for 2019..... I'm currently laughing at last year's because I didn't work very hard on some of them hahaha. That post-lunch caffeine addiction is still going strroonnnngggg and don't even get me started on the amount of outfits in my closet that have not been repurposed.
  • Finish the remaining items on my 30 Before 30 list
  • Get my crossfit body back, STAT. 
  • Take a routine break from different beauty expenses (i.e. let my nails "breath" and get healthy for a few months before getting dip polish again and other similar things throughout the year)
  • Learn to say "no" when I'm feeling overwhelmed 
  • Stay organized for sponsored posts, collabs, work, etc. 
  • Spend five minutes + a day with DuoLingo in preparation for some upcoming trips across the pond! 

What are your goals/intentions/resolutions? I'd love to hear and help cheer you on throughout they year! As always, thanks so much for reading and for supporting me and this blog. It is such a dream to have a little corner of the internet to myself and have people care about my life, my journey and my opinions along the way. I cherish each and every one of you guys! Cheers to the new year, ya'll!



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