What I Learned: From My Best Friend

My best friend is awesome. 

           I've known her for 11 years and I think of her as cooler and cooler all the time. We've been through a lot together - everything from ironing on pictures of our movie star crushes on to the backs of our denim jackets, to stealing an older kid's cigarette and smoking it in my back yard (a failed pathetic experiment, by the by), to moving to LA to become movie stars and instead drinking our own body weight in margaritas and going to the beach... We've done it all. 

           I'm always learning cool stuff from her. She keeps me updated on tons of my need-to-know film, Broadway and pop-culture news, she finds a way to make every cool hair accessory known to man, she even taught me how to distill my own jalapeno vodka. 

In an homage to her amazingness, I thought I would share with you some of the many things I have learned from her. 

You're welcome.

• Take the extra time to make your hair and makeup look exactly how you want it to - it's so worth it
• Take fashion risks
• Baz Luhrman is a God
• The relentless running inside joke is THE funniest thing in the entire world
• When it comes to underpants, thongs are the way to go
• READ
• Floral head garlands should be every-day wear
• If you have a crush on a specific movie star, watching all of their wretched before-they-were-famous movies is a necessary step
• Tacky Glue & Jewels make everything a.mazing.
• How to make a giant heart-shaped cake
• How to make a 6 layered rainbow cake
• How to make a Barbie-doll dress cake
• Don't Settle
• When in doubt, Vodka
• Buy the more expensive jeans and get them tailored to fit you
• Peter Piper Pizza = Heaven
• There's no such thing as too much:

- Glitter
- Disneyland
- Chips and Salsa

• Homemade Presents are the best kind
• There is a perfect balance between guilty pleasures and high-brow
• Leave a little mystery
• Best friends are the BEST thing EVER