Be A Better Friend

I recently threw a surprise Alice and Wonderland themed birthday party for my roommate/best friend. It was the most fun and stressful thing I’ve done in a while, and that’s saying something. Personally, I’m a control freak. I admit it. I even assigned everyone who was invited a costume so we would have all of the characters. Obviously the birthday girl was Alice and I was the Queen of Hearts, duh. I have always thought that birthdays are really important and tend to feel really strongly about making my friends birthdays special and this one I went all out. Another friend and I had been planning this party for months. The party had its own Pinterest board… it was real.

But planning this party has really made me think, why don’t we do things like this for our friends more often. I’m not talking about throwing a big party, although that’s nice too. But just doing something nice that is a little extra. How easy is it to just assume that our friends know how much they mean to us? I mean, you see them all the time they must know right? Maybe not. Yeah, they know that you like to hang out with them, but I also like to hang out with Netflix. And no matter how much I love Netflix, I love my friends more.

So buy your friend a coffee just for the hell of it. Or if you really love them, buy them Tiffs Treats (if you’re from Austin you will know what I mean). Or buy them a sassy cat card, that’s my favorite thing to do. Just let them know that they are better than Netflix. And who knows, maybe you’ll get something in return.

Stay beautiful,

Toto