5 Things I'm Loving..

Five things I'm totally in love with right now..

One.

These Fresh Picked fragrances from Bath & Body Works. I'm particularly fond of the Heirloom Cranberry. Aka, I'm obsessed with it and I wash my hands way more than necessary right now just to smell it.

They are on sale right now, 4 for $15 or 6 for $20. Snatch some up!

Two.

Southern Charm Apparel. In. Love. I really want a new phone case and they have awesome, awesome choices. Also the scarfs! Ah, I die! I already own this one and got my sister this one for her birthday.

Also the jewelry, I just need it all. I'm really in love with these Tiffany bow earrings right now. Need.

Three.

The Indie Chicks. I honestly don't know what else to say about them other than you need to be reading this site. They have an entire tab called "How To Be A Badass" No, I'm not kidding. And they have some contributors you might know! Jen and Miranda contribute to the site!

Four.

Fifth & Mae. I just love, love, love all of the dainty necklaces and rings and things! And she is constantly getting new products! I have about 10 things in my shopping cart. It's unreal. I just love them so much!

Five.

I need this bag from Kate Spade. I will absolutely be accepting early Christmas/Birthday presents, in case you guys were thinking of getting me something. I'm really digging the purple or plum bags for fall. Digging them a lot. And bows. I'm really in love with bows right now.

So that's what I'm loving. Anything else I need to know about so I can obsess over more things? Who's buying me a Kate Spade purse? Don't everyone jump at once..

September Goals

Uh oh.. Guess what day it is! MikeMikeMikeMikeMike..

Let's cut to the chase, it's September. Already. Holy bananas.

As usual, it's time to make my Monthly Goal List.
August was good and bad for my goals. Some of them went great, some of them not so great.
So okay, August goals recap, ready go!

• #payitforward Done!
• Do something spontaneous Oh, I so wasn't spontaneous at all this past month.
• Hang something on my bedroom walls Done! So excited to share it with you! Just a little bit more to go!
• Organize a new daily planner for myself Not done, but only because after a week of debating on what I should do, I ended up ordering an Erin Condren planner (Wednesday August 7th).. and I still don't have it. It didn't even ship until Thursday August 29th and according to my package tracker it's currently in Kentucky. Ask me if I'm annoyed.
• Don't use the snooze button on my alarm clock for the whole month! Epic fail. I was really good about it for the first week and then just.. No..
• Get completely caught up and up to date at the CPA office HAHAHAH good joke.
• Create a weekly tradition to do with my best friend. Oh we created the tradition we want to do.. We just could never make it happen every week.
• Take the time and effort to really "nurture" my friendships. This. I definitely feel like I did this.
• Limit fast food to once a week, for real, this month! Bam, done, easy!
• Really work on simplifying things in my life. (sometimes i can make things a much bigger ordeal than they really are) This gets a half a point. I'm not going to say I'm "done" with this because it's going to be a work in progress for many months to come. Life changes here people.
• Do things the minute I say I am going to do them or I would like to do them. No procrastinating. Fail. But I was a little better than usual.

So do we even need to do a final tally? Let's just say I sucked it up big time and leave it at that.

These life changes are hard work, guys.

Okay, September, here we go. Also yes, the picture below is my hometown. Try to hold back the jealousy.

• #payitforward
• Do something spontaneous.
• Sweatember (here for details)
• Finish bedroom wall decor.
• Living room wall decor.
• Meet with an adviser. (What? Yea, I went there)
• Schedule the appointment my mom has been nagging me about. (Hi mom!)
• Organize my new planner.
• Don't use my dang Snooze Button!
• Get caught up and completely up to date at the CPA office.
• Be a better best friend.
• Be a better blogger.
• Set weekly goals to help myself accomplish my monthly goals.
• Simplify my life.
• Purge the extra "stuff" in my apartment. 
• Organize my DIY/craft supplies. (They are taking over my apartment)

So okay, there's my list. The biggest, biggest thing I want to accomplish is setting weekly goals as well as these monthly goals. So here's hoping that works out!

These Are My People - Blogtember

Good Morning!

If you're here to read about my weekend, well I posted about it last night. Clicky here. Lots of pictures. You'll love it.
Moving right along..

A week-ish ago Jenni from Story of My Life created a little blog challenge. You can read more about it here. Basically it's just a list of dates and blogging prompts. Some of the prompts are just so, so good and I'm so excited to start those posts!

However, I don't plan on doing Blogtember every day. I've read this list and there are a few that I definitely do plan on doing, so it'll be kind of hit and miss for me when I do Blogtember. Buckle up.


Tuesday, September 3rd: Describe where or what you come from. The people, the places, and/or the factors that make up who you are.

Well, if we're being technical I come from Indiana. Small Town, Indiana meshed beautifully with College Town, Indiana. I love it and most days I'm incredibly happy here. I get the "I need out of here, I need something different" bug occasionally, but it usually passes. This is home.

But it might not always be home. I can never say that for certain. I think "home" is a relative term anyway. For me, home begins and ends with my people. So "describe where or what you come from"? Well how about who?

These are my people. This is where I come from.

So there you have it. Where do I come from? These people. My family. My friends. Love them dearly, through the good times and the not so good times. Always.

 

BONUS:

While I was searching for the above pictures I came across these gems and I've decided they need to be shared..

I apparently put that cute little collage together back in 2008. Totes adorbs.

Oh and this..

Picture of my Senior Prom.. That's my date and I.. in the big white circle.. in case you missed that. I had the best senior prom date, ever, hands down.

Labor Day Weekend

Quickie Monday night post. My Labor Day weekend in pictures.