Halloween Decorations

Decorating space is limited at our household-- so I just decorate one of our tables in the living room. Since we are just starting out we do not have too many decorations so it works out perfectly! I glittered my own pumpkins over the month-- a combination of Krylon Glitter Spraypaint (we have a love/hate relationship- thankfully Krylon has excellent customer service) & glitter acrylic paint. I saw a ton of tutorials on using Martha Stewart Glitter but that is a bit pricy for me. Tyler and I went to town on glittering those pumpkins. I have a few more to glitter for next Halloween! The skull was from the $1 bin at Target!

Cheesecake Factory Date

My BFF Elaine and I have had a tradition since our Freshmen year of college to go and eat at the Cheesecake Factory during breaks that coincide with one another. Why cheesecake factory? It sounds grown-up, and while there are many other real grown up restaruants, we like the semi-grown-up prices. We get real drinks, appetizers, and sometimes dessert. I try to be money smart when I am at college! We always get the same thing- except this time, and of course it was a dissappointment. Not a huge dissappointment- just not the bomb.com I know there is a catchy phrase for when people do that- but I am bound to mix my metaphors so I will just leave it at that! Only four days into the semester and I am already struggling!

Pictures from our last Cheesecake Factory will not upload! This is vintage Cheesecake Factory date- around 2006!

Blonde REALLY is the new smart!

I am blonde. Okay, my natural hair color is blonde, right this second I am blonde/brunette. I have learned that no matter what my color I will always be "blonde". I am smart, but I have been known to have my moments. I know, I know, brunette people have their moments too, but have you ever heard of anyone ever having a "brunette moment"? I didn't think so. Which is why Legally Blonde is like, soooooo ME. I just connect. Need evidence? See below.

Elle Woods/ Me

Delta Nu /Alpha Phi

Fashion Merchandising Major /Once was a FM Major

Blonde/ Blonde

Dumped because she was not smart enough by someone going to an Ivy League school AND I have my theories about why I was dumped by someone going to a barely Ivy League school. J/K (but yes, sadly, I really was dumped.)

Well, she gets into law school at Harvard (like its hard?) and I went to Southern Utah- so that is basically where the similarities end.

My wonderful parents got the girls in the family tickets to see Legally Blonde The Muscial for Christmas! (Strangly my dad did passed on seeing the show. Weird.)

Before the Show

Mom and me!

Thanks for the tickets Mom & Dad! It was fabulous.

OH!!! and she loves pink and I love pink.

Home!

I love my family. I love coming back home to Maryland. I look forward to coming home to visit (I have a countdown), and I always dread going back to school. Not because I don't love school- but because I love my family so much and don't want to leave them! I know- I'm weird!

Sisters!

There's No Place Like Home... There's No Place Like Home...

My take on Dorothy's Ruby Red Slippers...

I think if I click my heels long enough and wish hard enough I will make it home to Maryland!

Just a few more things to do...

• Go to finance
• Turn in homework for the class I am going to miss
• Meet with professor to work on very last budget assignment
• gym (?)
• Clean my room
• Clean out car
• Wave good-bye

Also- this is the lightest I have ever packed. Dad, even you will be impressed!

See you in less than 24 hours.

Count down till...

I come home in 7 days. 168 hours. 10,080 minutes. That is only 336 sing-a-longs/Barneys/etc. (Do you remember measuring road trips in that measurement mom?!)

I am excited for Thanksgiving... which is more than just Thanksgiving...

it's...

Seeing my mom, dad, and sisters, the McNeils, sleeping in my own bed, eating out at places that are not Chiles/Applebees, not having to bring my purse because everything is comped (ha ha), laughing until I can't breathe anymore, NERTZ, seeing my bff Elaine, and getting a pedicure (hint hint)!

Also...

Angelos/nertz/sbtb/lebanesetaverna/maggianos/leshalles/ janesmcneilfun.com/html- Thank you El!

And we can't forget...

Office Season 4/Ping Pong/Various Zola appearances/Tons of movies/General gloating about Obama- Thank you Rhett!

The kids have been counting down and chatting on facebook!

Quick trip home!

Here are two of my favorite pictures from my trip home at the beginning of June!

Yes- I am the shortest one in my family!

I love this picture-- I think that it captures each of our personalities!

Spring Break second 1/2

I do not know what is wrong with me- I hardly take pictures anymore! I have no pictures documenting spring break after my friends left- sorry family!

I am really short!

I had a great second half of spring break with my family! I got some necessary things out of the way- renewed my drivers license, sent a few packages, got a pedicure, slept in, read and almost finished Scarlett, and got to see Elaine for a quick visit over Easter!

Happy New Year!

These are a few pictures from New Years Even and also New Years Day! I hung out with my Best Friend on New Years Eve and also went to her family's New Years Day Open House on New Years Day!

Some highlights of Winter Break!

A fun family tradition- bowling! We went duck pin bowling this year- I am not any better at duck pin bowling than I am at regular bowling!
My family went out to sushi with my best friend and her family! This is a picture of a few of us at dinner!
We got Taboo for Christmas which was a lot of fun to play! Cara and I make quite a team!

Merry Christmas!

I know it is way past Christmas but I decided to give a quick Christmas up-date! The first picture is kind of crazy so do not look at it very closely! I am wearing my new pj pants, ugg boots and hat! The second picture is of us cooking on Christmas Eve! Christmas was a lot of fun- unfortunately I did not finish my A-Z scrapbook for my family- I will definately blog it once it is completed (in May)!

Pictures from the best weekend ever!

I absolutely love this picture of Cara, my mom and I!

The happy couple to be- Eliot and Tracey

This is team TOG, aka "The Old(er) Guys"

These are just a few of the tangelos we ate over the past five days! My mom absolutely loved them too! (NOT)

This is a picture of me and my very best friend at CiCi's Pizza

There's No Place LIke Home!

I am so excited to be going home for Thanksgiving! Do not get me wrong- I absolutely love it out here in Utah but I am ready to see my parents, sisters and friends for a few days! I have one more day of school and then Tuesday morning I am out of here! There are a bunch of things I still need to do between now and then but... Maryland here I come!