VALENTINE'S DAY

Hi lovelies! Hope everyone had a beautiful day full of love! I have a confession to make: loving myself has rarely come easily to me. So I made a list of reasons why I should love myself. I wanted to share it because I think you should too: 

1. Love yourself because there's no one else who has your smile. 

2. Love yourself because there's no one else who has your laugh. 

3. Love yourself because wishing to be someone else is a sentence of misery and exhaustion. Regardless of where you may go or what you do, you will be who you are for the rest of your life. 

4. Love yourself because it isn't up to others to love you; it's a blessing when they do love you. When you love yourself, you allow yourself to let go of the expectation of others to do so. 

5. Love yourself because you've been blessed with the skin you're in, so wear it comfortably. 

6. Love yourself because while people come in and out of your life, you will always remain. 

7. Love yourself because life becomes easier when you work with what you have. 

8. Love yourself because when you are loving toward yourself, you attract people who love you too. 

9. Love yourself because your weaknesses are disguised as a journey, ready for you to explore. 

10. Love yourself because once you accept who you are; you can focus your energy on other matters and people in your life. 

This Valentine's Day I spent it with my amazing roommate Hales! Let me tell you this girl is the greatest best friend + little sister in the WHOLE world! I'm lucky to have her in my life <3 Tomorrow we're headed out to have a late GALentine's Day brunch! (It's supposed to be the day before V-Day.)

Last week volunteering some kiddos + I made V-day treats for ourselves as a reward for all the hard work they did during the week! ;) It was a great time decorating pretzels and such with some of my favorite little monkeys in the world! The whole craft itself was under $15! I invite you to try it sometime :)

By far this has been the best Valentine's Day ever! I love my family + friends so much. I'm the luckiest girl with the best support system! I hope after reading this blog on "Happily Amanda" that you are able to LOVE YOURSELF the way you are. You're beautiful inside + out! Don't listen to what the world says you should look! :) I hope you'll stop by for my next post soon. Thanks for joining along in the HAPPINESS!