Black Friday Recap

Happy Saturday Loves!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are having an amazing weekend so far!

I went shopping on Black Friday, which is something I've never done before and really never had an interest in doing. But, I had an assignment for a marketing class that required it. So, I convinced my superfantastic momma to get up ridiculously early with me and head to the mall. All the stores (with the exception of the department stores) were supposed to open at 5:00 AM. So, we arrived at 4:15 ready to stand in long lines. Turns out, the mall had emailed all the stores and told them they could open whenever they wanted as long as they were open by five. So, long story short, we missed about 90% of the openings and 100% of the crazy shoppers that I needed pictures of for my assignment. 

I was kind of pissed that the mall told me that the stores would be opening their doors at 5:00, but this did not stop me from spending way too much. Mostly at Loft, who actually did open at 5:00.

So, it is officially the third day of the holiday season and I have already spent way too much money. Here's a little round up of my Black Friday purchases:

Loft: (Everything 50% off)

Scoopneck Pullover Sweater

Animal Print Henley Blouse

Stripe Button Down Back Sweater

Side Zip Hem Dolman Sleeve Sweater

Striped Long Sleeve Scoopneck Tee

Talbots: (Everything 30% off)

Sparkle Stripe Sweater

J. Crew: (25% off purchase of $150+)

City Mini

I also got the most comfortable crew neck sweatshirt 

ever, but I couldn't find it online anywhere.

Ulta:

Laura Geller Spackle Primer

(In Bronze)

Ulta Polish

(In Concrete Evidence and Taupe on a Rope)

Essie Polish

(In Too Too Hot)

Essie Super Duper Top Coat

Lake Forest Bootery: (Buy 1, get 30% off 2nd item)

(Links to Zappos)

Big Buddha Casi

Minnetonka Side Zip Boot

Yankee Candle: (Buy 2, get 1 free)

White Chocolate Mint

Do any of you go Black Friday shopping every year? 

If you went this year, did you find any great deals?

I'd love to hear your Black Friday tips/stories in case I go again in the future.

xoxo

Father's Day

June 2011

October 2010

I'm a little bummed that I can't spend Father's Day with my pops this year, but I'm thankful that I got to spend the last few weeks with him. And, when I called him earlier to wish him a happy father's day he was at Lowe's, and I had just gotten back from Home Depot, so it's almost like we spent the day together (kind of, not really). 

Thanks for everything you've done for me, especially the things that I know you really didn't want to do:

Prom dress shopping (several years in a row)

All the times you've gone shopping with me, even though you know it is going to take a million hours

Putting up with my insane friends that never seemed to leave our house for more than five minutes at  time

Being nice to boyfriends brought home during high school

College Tours

Sorority Parent's Day

Driving to and from campus to help me move because I had too much stuff for my car to handle

Helping my move all my junk to MI (again, two vehicles)

Being open minded to trying the vegetarian meals I make so that we didn't have to eat different meals every night

Supporting me in the decision to move to a state where I knew no one, at only 18 years old

And so much more...

So, thanks again! I can't tell you how much I appreciate everything you've done for me!

Love you Dad!

And happy Father's Day to all the other dads out there as well!

xoxo

I'll never learn...

I hope you all had a great Memorial Day yesterday! I had a great time at the lake with friends. My shoulders are a little, okay a lot, sunburnt. That's what I get for staying in the water in direct sun for almost four hours on a 95 degree day. You would think that after growing up in South Florida and South Carolina that I would have learned to constantly reapply sunscreen to my extremely fair skin, but apparently that lesson hasn't sunk in yet. 

 So peaceful. I feel so lucky to have lived this close to such a beautiful lake all throughout high school.

Apparently the sun gives me a lazy eye? Nice.

My dad lives right across the street from the lake, so we had planned on just going to one of the local docks. But everything was packed. There is a lake access right by our house, but honestly, I hadn't been there for more than five minutes since the day we looked at the house when we first decided we were moving in 2006. So, we headed out there, knowing that it would be empty. Then the sweetest little old lady, who lives next door to the spot where we were setting up our towels, came out and offered to let us use her dock and pier since no one else ever uses it. I love the people in this little neighborhood, they are some of the sweetest people I have ever met.

A Day at the Lake

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day! I'll be spending the day at the local lake enjoying the sunshine and spending time with some old friends.

Second picture from here.

Stay safe this holiday weekend!

xoxo

Mother's Day Festivities

Sweater: Target; Cami: Old Navy; Skirt: Ross;

Earrings: Forever21; Shoes: Ross

I hope everyone had a great mother's day yesterday! My Mom and I spent the morning gardening and enjoying the sunshine. We planted some new flowers in the back garden and about a million different types of herbs. Once we were finished with that we headed out to an amazing lunch and then came home and watched The King's Speech (which was amazing by the way) and ate some fro-yo. Overall, I'd say it was a pretty good day.

On another note, I'm sorry that I have only posted once in the past two weeks. I wish I could say that I've been busy or use some other excuse for my absence. But, that's not the case here, sorry. Most days I was doing work around the house and didn't feel like getting dressed, so I spent my days in yoga pants or running shorts. And, I'm pretty sure that you didn't want me to waste your time with that, right? Yea, I didn't think so. But, I'm back now, and I'm planning on getting dressed 99% of the time for at least the next month. So, I shouldn't be taking any more two-week breaks any time soon.

Mother's Day Activities:

Watching the dogs run and play in the sunshine; Some of the new herbs we planted

Gorgeous tulip; Mother's Day flowers

 Hope everyone had a good time while I was away, and that you all had a marvelous weekend!