Taylor Swift is ringing in Ashley Avignone’s new period.
In a candy snap shared through Avignone’s Instagram on Sunday, December 29, the buddies embraced whereas sitting facet by facet. Swift, 35, closed her eyes as she wrapped her arms round Avignone, who appeared immediately on the digital camera with a tender smile.
“Glad birthday to me, emphasis on the *joyful* 😆,” Avignone captioned the put up.
Avignone appeared to make a want in entrance of her sprinkle-covered birthday cake in one other snap, whereas a 3rd confirmed off the dessert’s festive message, which learn “Ash Is 25 (once more).” Avignone reposted the shut up of her cake through her Instagram Story and quipped, “Who’s counting?”
Swift and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, had been spotted arriving at dinner in New York Metropolis on Saturday, December 28. The couple, who started relationship in summer season 2023, held palms as they walked collectively for his or her second night in a row within the Large Apple.
Swift and Avignone’s friendship dates again a number of years. Whereas celebrating Swift’s birthday in 2019, Avignone revealed that the pair had been friends for over a decade.
“30 years of life for you, 11 years of friendship for us,” Avignone wrote through Instagram on the time, alongside a sequence of snaps of the twosome by means of the years. “Thanks for being the bestest pal, listener, dance party-starter, story teller, haircut fanatic, with the most important, warmest, and most beneficiant coronary heart. Glad Birthday Tay!! Love you to items ❤️.”
For Swift’s birthday this yr, Avignone shared a number of behind-the-scenes photographs from the milestone — which got here days after wrapping the Eras Tour.
“When she thought she was going to a small, quiet dinner however it was truly an enormous shock get together together with her family and friends, props included 🥳,” Avignone wrote through Instagram earlier this month.
In a single snap, Kelce, 35, appeared to recreate Swift’s Purple set from her record-breaking tour by giving her a fedora-style hat like “22.” Avignone reposted the second to her Instagram Story, writing, “And the final 22 hat goes to…”
Avignone has additionally been by the pop star’s facet at a number of of Kelce’s NFL video games. Whereas watching the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tackle the San Francisco 49ers at Tremendous Bowl LVIII in February, Avignone cheered from Swift’s star-studded suite.
Avignone took to Instagram after the sport to share a carousel of snaps and movies, together with a clip of her and Swift chugging their drinks when the jumbotron panned to the twosome. Avignone captioned the put up, “Viva Las Vegas.”