Happy Recruitment Week Rebels!

Happy Recruitment Week

 To the Ole Miss Ladies! 

I cannot believe it's my senior year! My sorority house has been my home for the past three years! I cannot wait to see who will call it home for the years to come. It is a stress week but watching the girls run down the hill in a week will be so worth it! 

The video reminds me just how blessed I am to find where I belong! 

Steals and Deals!

      So recently I have began to save for grad school. This means my shopping budget now is cute in half. Recently a good friend and I went to Memphis to escape the small town friday night. To have a little extra spending money I cleaned out my closet to bring to Plato's Closet- they give you cash on the spot for slightly used clothes. After leaving there with $90 dollars cash we ventured to Home Goods! Which is a dangerous move for me being on a budget and with the new hobby of cooking. I walked away from the store only spending $15... impressive for me! 

Seriously Sticky Fingers Mix makes the best scones! 

Found some at Home Goods! 

That left me with $85 left to spend... still a nice chunk of change considering I started with a bag full of sweater I wasn't going to wear again. Next we ventured to Stein Mart, where they were having a red dot sale. Of course it was all of their summer clothes, but any decent shopper knows the best deals are when you shop off season! I walked away with an adorable navy and white poka doted dress! (Picture to come I promise) With the sale and a coupon I walked away paying $11. Talk about a steal, two stores and I have only spent $36... new record for me. It wouldn't be a trip to Memphis without stopping at target. This is where things get cray cray! 

I just downloaded the Target Cartwheel application so I had some coupons! Who doesn't love virtual coupons?!? I walked away with two pairs of flats, a sweater, yoga pants, school supplies, toys for isla and a box of pumpkin cream cheese cookies for $68! My coupons where 20% off the shoes, 10% off the sweater, yoga pants and the dog toys. The school supplies was all on clearance... 4 cents a folder don't mind if I do! The only thing I paid full price for with the pumpkin cream cheese cookies and boy are those delicious!!! All in all I ended up only spending $14 out of my shopping budget, which in my book is a win! 

Seriously these cookies are amazing! 

For a limited time only so stock up!

Swipe Right?

         Recently I have gone through a break up. My ex boyfriend of nearly three years and I decided that it was not meant to be. We could go way in to details about all of that but instead I am through the sad and shopping stages and now on to single and ready for adventure stages. While my nanny kid was taking a nap, I came across the application Tinder. Skeptical of what it was all about, I downloaded it... why not? I am single and this is a new adventure? 
        Anyway you link it to facebook and select your sexual orientation before the application begins to show you other peoples "profiles." The profile include four pictures, a few sentences in their about me and their age. You either swipe left if you aren't interested or swipe right if you are. Kind of a cool concept if you ask me but can be very nerve racking. If you swipe right and they swipe right than you can message them. There is the option to block members as well. 
       My roommates and I have all download this app. Two thirds of us have been on dates with it already! Using our best judgement this as been a very comforting way to go on a "blind" date. I have even reconnected with an friend from freshmen year! All in all the three of us have had some fun connecting with new friends from tinder. When in doubt... swipe right! You never know what will come of it :) 

Some Mod Podge and the Fleur de Lis

Like I said before I have been on a HUGE craft kick! 

I decided to add a little something to my nightstand. I bought it at a flea market somebody painted right over the laminate which eventually lead to it peeling right off!

 I ended up peeling it all off, sanding, priming and repainting the entire piece. Well I could not decide on a color so I picked white... silly me nothing in my room is JUST white. 

So it just looked off. After consulting with my wonderful roommate I decide to mod podge scrap book paper to the top and under the drawer! 

The edges are a little rough but I really love how it turned out! 

   

From White to Red

Lately I have been on an up-cycle kick. This white J Crew dress was hanging in my closet for 3 years! I wore it last to a football game my freshmen year. Clearly since summer is coming to a close I have no reason to wear a white sundress so I decided to dye it red! Ole Miss' first home game is red so I am very excited to sport it in the grove. I used Rit liquid dye and let it soak in a bucket for over 2 hours! The color is absolutely amazing, I read many blogs and everyone said to not get your hopes up about the color because it is so hit and miss. Lucky mine turned out great!