Weekly Recap

Hey yall! Hope you have had a good week. We actually got snow here in SC, well more like a dusting, but that didn't prevent my early morning class from getting cancelled! So with Monday off for Martin Luther King day it felt like a pretty short week. And the forecast for early next week is calling for snow again!!!

Photo courtesty of my friend B :)

I'm also 3 weeks into my Firm bootcamp and lemme tell ya its kicking my butt! It also came with a meal plan, but I realized early on that I was just to tired/impatient everynight to cook a meal at 8:30 at night that I decided to buy some lean cuisine meals and steamer veggie packs and try to eat some of the snacks that they have suggested. My favorite is a chocolate rice cake with a little bit of peanut butter on top YUM! :)

I also did a little bit of shopping!! Whats a week with a trip to the mall right? I ended up finding a super elegant black winter coat from Express. It was missing two buttons so it was DEEPLY discounted! It was originally $298 and with an extra 40% off clearance it ended up being $30!!!

So my mom and I are busy looking for some buttons that she can sew on and then I'll be set!

This week my sorority held its informal spring rush. I wasn't able to go either Tuesday or Wednesday because of my bootcamp classes, but we got 9 new girls and I can't wait to meet them :)

It doesn't look like it on here but I feel like I've been running around these past 2 weeks and I am exhausted!! I'm looking forward to tomorrow at 11am when my weekend starts! My cousin's engagement party is Saturday night and getting together with my family is always a good time!

I don't know if yall are tired of these giveaway posts but the stuff you can win is just too cute not to tell yall about! This one is from Misadventures of a Newlywed and she is giving away a set of Lilly Pulitzer's new stationary!! I actually *mistakenly* got a wholesale kit from their stationary company a couple weeks ago and all of the stuff on there is amazing!! My mom and I are thinking about selling some of it, depending on how much interest we get from our friends. So if yall are interested let me know!

Hope yall are doing well. I've seen a couple bloggers do this so I thought why not! I'm opening up the floor...yall can ask me any question that you want and I will answer them in a future post!

Yet ANOTHER Giveaway!!

I know this is the 3rd giveaway I've posted about this week but Whitney Caroline Designs contacted me about her giveaway I couldn't NOT post about this one! She is giving away one of these SCOUT Deano Tote bags. And not only can you enter once, you have the change to enter the drawing TEN times!! So run over to her blog and enter now! Hope everyone has had a great weekend!!

Another Fabulous Giveaway!!

It's time for another wonderful giveaway. Monogram Chick  is debuting her new aqua polka dots pattern for her travel mugs and to celebrate is giving one away! Let her know I sent you so if you're the lucky win, I'll get one too! Good luck :)

My First Awards!!

I've been so blessed to have such a great response as I returning to the blogging world! Both of these awards were given to me by the my fellow Carolina Girl Adelaide over at Sweet, Sassy and Always Classy. 

Put the logo on your blog or post. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show GREAT ATTITUDE and/or GRATITUDE! Be sure to link  to your nominees within your post. Let them know what they have received this award by commenting on their blog. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received  your award. 

"This blog invests and believes in proximity - nearness in space, time, and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly written text into the body of their award. 

I was also given the Honest Scrap award by Sara Beth over at Montana Musings of a Southern Girl

The rules are as follows:

1) Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design.

2)Show the 7 winners names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with "Honest Scrap." Well, there's no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon.

3) List at least 10 honest things about yourself.

ONE: I am NOT a morning person! I hate getting up and getting ready...especially for class. But I love staying up till 3 or 4 am watching mindless television or surfing the net.

TWO: My school stuff MUST be organized, but my room always seems to be a mess! Yet I always know where everything is!

THREE: I didn't get my driver's license till I was 17. 

FOUR: My favorite family vacation is going to Disney World with  my family. I've been 5 times, yet every-time my family is talking about where to go for vacation, my first response is ALWAYS Disney World. I swear I was born there.

FIVE: I'm a reality TV junkie. Real Housewives of OC and ATL, Jon and Kate +8, Biggest Loser, The Hills, Top Chef. You name it I watch it.

SIX: I don't eat hamburgers or steak. I spit it out as a baby and have never eaten it since.

SEVEN: I can't cook. Slowly I've been trying some new things since I've been out on my own, but I have yet to cook something that didn't come out of a box mix. 

EIGHT: I have never dyed my hair. I will always and forever be a brunette :)

NINE: I obsessively check my facebook and school email about 50 times a day.

TEN: I will always and forever be a Carolina Gamecock fan till the day I die!!

I pass these awards onto:

Pink Cupcake

Monograms and Manicures

This English Girl's Life

The Bona Fide Preppy Bride

Pink Preppy Party Girl

Preppy Little Dress

A Belle and her Beau

Adventures of a Southern Newlywed

Houndstooth and Nail

My Life in Pink and Green

English Tea Giveaway!

Hey Ladies! Gracie Beth over at Preppy Southern Princess is hosting a fabulous giveaway in honor of her 100th post. Make sure you check it out. 

Please Pray

Hey Ladies. Baby Harper at Kelly's Korner Blog was born earlier today and is very critical condition. If yall would please pray for both momma and Harper Brown Stamps I know they would so appreciate it!

The Bachelor

Did anyone else watch the Bachelor last night? Jason was by far my favorite guy from last season and I was so sad when Deann didn't pick him in the end! Well at least thats what we thought! I couldn't BELIEVE that in the season preview they show Deann coming back and telling him she wants another chance! Supposedly, in November Deann told her then fiance Jesse that she "loved him but wasn't 'in love' with him"...pretty much the same thing she told Jason. I'm *hoping* she's only back for one episode because I don't wanna see Jason get his heart broken again! What were your thoughts? Would you want Jason and Deann back together?

Happy New Year!

Happy 2009! I hope everyone had a good end to 2008. Mine was slightly stressful with school, sorority, living away from home, work, etc. I am excited though to see what 2009 has to offer!! One of my resolutions this year is to update the blog more often! I thought by giving it a little makeover I would be motivated to keep her looking fresh and new! Thought I would start off with a little Favorite Things tag. I've saw this one a while back on a couple blogs and thought it would be fun. Here it goes....

Clothes

I love Lilly for their bright colors, fun prints, and uniqueness. No matter what kinda of day I'm having, putting on some Lilly makes it better.

City

Atlanta is my absolute favorite city! Everytime I visit I like it even more and can possibly see myself living there after I graduate. Its the perfect combination because it's big city living but still in the good ole South!

Sweets

I could eat cheesecake 24/7. I also love all things peanut butter, so this reese's cheesecake seemed perfect!

Drink

My #1 Addiction! seriously if I don't have my Diet Coke in the morning I am not a happy girl. And chilled in the can is always best. I will gladly take DC over any kinda of coffee any day.

Music

I love so many different types of music I can't pick just one, so these 2 are some of my current faves. Britney's new cd is filled with awesome tracks to blast in the car with the windows down. And bless her heart I'm glad to see her finally get her act together. And Mamma Mia's soundtrack is fabulous! Who knew Meryl Streep could sing as well as she acts?!?

TV Show

Days of our Lives is my TV guilty obsession. If anyone else out there watches soap operas, you know how frustrating they can be, but no matter what you always sit down and watch them! Although I don't know how much longer that'll be the case since my absolute favorite couple is leaving!! :(

I discovered J&K+8 a lil over a year ago but quickly developed an obsession for this adorable family! Aedan is by far my favorite kid, but all of them are just too precious and adorable you can't help but love them all. And there's a rumor going around that the family may be moving to SC!

Film

I couldn't have picked 2 more different movies, but I can't imagine never seeing either one again. Even though I love all Disney movies, Little Mermaid is by far my fave. I can't explain it, but since I was 3 years old I was obsessed with this movie. My parents bought it for me on DVD last Christmas so I could watch it at my apartment since I don't have a VCR!

The Sex and the City movie is just a perfect movie to watch with the girlfriends. It makes me realize that even though me and the girls are all different and have unique interests, we just seem to fit perfectly together. The movie I feel also gave storylines to each character that really showed their strengths and weaknesses and was true to the ladies that we fell in love with on the show.

Workout

I'm lucky enough that we have a Firm gym here in town and therefore I'm forced to go! I joined back in July and it has been the only workout program I can stick to! Next week me and my dad are starting their 12 week bootcamp program to start the new year off right!

Pastry

I can do without all the glazy fruit filled pastries, but give me a bagel and some cream cheese and I'm a happy girl. USC has an einstein bagels in our student union and many mornings after 8am statistics my friend B and I would run down there and grab a bagel with a HUGE amount of cream cheese. I'm not gonna lie it sometimes was the only motivation to go to that class!

Coffee

If I do drink coffee, it has to be something sugary that doesn't really taste like coffee. Starbucks' nonfat caramel macchiato does the trick, especially on those class days when I have to wait an hour for my next class since my 1st one let out 45 minutes early!