Christina Perri + Pure Happiness

What do you do when you've cried off all your makeup? If you're at a Christina Perri concert...you sing on! :)

I'd been counting down the days to Christina's Atlanta show, and finally, with my serious butterflies, we made our way through the completely awful weather, stood outside waiting on the slowest line in the world...only to get inside and realize that The Loft is not Center Stage...oops. That meant that, since I'm not 6'2", I was never going to see Christina. HAHA! The good part of that??? I got to dance, sing, cry, and smile my way through her whole set without ever bothering a soul. I live for nights like these.

I was all smiling and singing through "Black + Blue" and "Bang Bang Bang" (thinking of all the reasons I have to smile to those songs), but when she sang "The Lonely"...I lost it. I have not cried like that in public since I watched "City of Angels" at the movie theater. I felt the tears coming, and it was one of those times where you hope no one notices, and you REALLY hope that wasn't the last song. That way they don't turn on the lights. haha! I have never heard anything more beautiful than all of those notes dancing around her incredible voice. There just are no words.

For the record, I did catch glimpses of her (even though she was practically right in front of us, there were A LOT of tall people in front of me...sad). I honestly think that girl smiled her way through that entire show. She seemed so grateful to be up there, and talked about how thankful she was to be living her dream. Just amazing.

Another amazing part of the night...the opening band: Honey Honey. Okay, we've all had to sit through three HORRIBLE bands to finally get to the one we went to see, right? Well, when this girl opened her mouth, I was floored! Amazing music, amazing voice, she played the banjo (and I mean TRULY played it-not just holding it to look cute), she played the violin...and to top it all off, she was NICE! I absolutely had to go meet her after their set. She probably thinks I'm crazy, but seriously, she was awesome!

I didn't stick around to meet Christina because I know at that point, I would have just cried and made an idiot out of myself. haha!

So, there's another indescribably wonderful concert to place in my memories. :)

Here are a few of my super less than mediocre photos, taken with my old, trusty Rebel...above my head. Enjoy.

Please, don't judge Suzanne Santo by my awful photo. She's gorgeous.