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 :) 

A Very Downton Day

        My entire family is hooked on PBS's Downton Abbey! If you have not watched it I highly suggest you start. As an Amazon Prime member you can watch now the first two season. I began watching it between the first and second seasons. Even the preview gives me the chills! 

      Being home on spring break now and my birthday in April, my Aunts, sister and mom come up with a wonderful idea of a surprise downton abbey tea party to celebrate. I was told we were going boutique'ing in their town and we were stopping by my aunts house to condense cars. My only tip off was how slow my mom was driving and her texting and driving (both are something she hardly does). Anyway we arrived and all four of them plus my grandma were all dressed up ready to greet us. After piecing it all together I was led into the house to change into the outfit they bought for me- of course it included a crown. We than condensed cars and were off to a tea room. We had a three course low tea which included a chi tea, african tea and finally my favorite a strawberry kiwi tea.

Lady Van Thompson and the Dowager 

(mom and grandma) 

                                  

Picking our tea cups. My aunt to the left was coming straight from the hunt! 

 

The aunts and me after tea. 

my birthday tea cake! 

Lady Van Thompson and her daughters 

(my mom,me and my sister)

      The owner of the tea room came to our table to briefly give us some history of tea. It is so interesting how different countries serve tea and what they serve with tea. (The more I learn about the European culture the more I wish to travel abroad.) It was only fitting the I received the first pieces of a tea set for my birthday! The design is Prince Albert Country Roses and I love it! Hopefully I will slowly develop it to become a full set and pass it down to a child of mine in the far future. 

Lady of Glass and myself 

(my aunt who gave me a tea set and myself) 

All in all it was such a downton day!

Study Break

Pandora's Glee radio and venti coffee is getting me through the morning. 

I have two a&p chapters done one to go! 

This isn't my first time studying I have been reviewing for awhile. 

(The test is one friday)

Recruitment begins at 2:30 

Pray for me! 

Random Thoughts...

How true is that?! 

There is just something magical about wearing Lilly,

 I just feel like nothing can go wrong. 

My Jack Rogers completed my summer look. 

I love them because of how simple they are yet so dressy at the same time. 

(My personal favorite are the all white ones) 

They aren't the most comfortable but they go great with any sundress. 

Lately I have been looking for any reason to wear a big floppy hat.

 Perhaps I will get one to wear in the Groove this fall 

or on the beach. Thoughts? 

Sidenote- I miss my Isla puppy! 

I'm a lady and don't you forget it! 

This was my favorite movie growing up and she was my favorite

I just love her sassy ways. 

I am not a princess, I am a lady

but the same rule still applies.

Just because I wear pearls and Lilly 

doesn't mean I am afraid of you.  

I absolutely adore Eleanor Roosevelt

Her words are so true

Not matter what happens

Not everyone is going to be happy

The best you can do is do what makes

you happy. 

That is all that matters in the end. 

Georgetown Cupcake

 The title says it all! After watching so many episodes of D.C. Cupcake it was finally time to pay a visit. It only took a metro ride and Lauren, a childhood friend to complete the trip. We did do a little shopping, naturally although I am doing really well with saving money so I didn't buy anything. We wandered through a store and discovered a mall! It was so cute, all hidden and had amazing AC. After lunch we headed to get cupcakes! I got myself a strawberry one and amazing didn't even begin to describe. I had to bring my mom back one and the Susan G Komen one seemed fitting since we do the walk together. Lauren and I devoured our cupcakes in the park before beginning our journey back! 

The people in line thought I was throwing up a gang sign... but 

I <3 my Thetas! 

So many cupcakes!! 

Lauren enjoying her cupcake in the Frances Scott Key Memorial Park! 

   

Fresh and Clean

I absolutely love facials. With a college budget and crazy schedule is was nearly impossible to fit in an appointment. So with a little bit of research I found some homemade facials that work just as well. My personal favorite is Cinnamon and honey or Salt Water. The Cinnamon Honey is sweet and sticky while the Salt Water brings me back to the weeks spent at the beach. 

• Lemons – Cut a lemon and rub it over your face. It works as an astringent. Be careful around the eyes! 
• Oatmeal – Make a paste of oatmeal and water. Apply it on your face for 20 minutes. This is the best for oily skin. Instead of water, you can also mix juices of orange or lemon. Use this mixture twice a day for 15 days for achieving max results.
• Fruits – Strawberry juice, pulp of watermelon, or papaya are wonderful facial washes.
• Honey and apple – Grate an apple and mix a few drops of honey. Apply it on the face for 10 minutes for a supple feel.
• Cinnamon and honey – Mix honey and cinnamon and apply the mixture on your face overnight. Honey traps the dirt and removes it when you wash off the mask in the morning, leaving you feeling fresh and beautiful. Make sure all hair is pulled back and away from mixture, honey is a pain to get out of the small hairs. 
• Milk and nutmeg – Mix milk and ground nutmeg. Apply it on your face every night and leave it for 60 minutes. This homemade face cleanser opens pores and deep cleanses the face and smells really good!
• Salt and water – Dissolve some salt in warm water. Dip a washcloth into it. Dab it over your face. DO NOT rinse. Leave it overnight and wash your face in the morning. Salt has drying properties, so use this treatment at night.
• Alcohol – Soak a cotton ball in rubbing alcohol. Drain excess alcohol from the cotton ball and dab it on your face in problem areas. Alcohol extracts oil from the surface of the skin and kills bacteria.  Use sparingly as this can lead to drying, if need be dilute in water. 
• Ice – Rub an ice cube over your face. It also helps in subsiding pimples and leaves skin feeling fresh.

I am Sorry!

       Its been forever since I really wrote, and I am forever sorry. Life is pretty crazy while at home. Visiting friends from high school and catching up, it is so awesome to catch up with people again. It is rare that I am home for such a long period of time so I have seem almost everyone. In the middle of my two week summer, the girls (Kelly, Mom & Me) went to the beach house. We worked on the house in the morning, caught some rays during the days & had happy hour on the beach. It was just what the doctor had ordered. Everything is just so much better at the beach! I have three more days until I depart for Oxford  for two months!
    Putt Putt with Derek, my cousins t-ball game with the Leib Five & my Grammy tomorrow, Sleepover with my bestie &  a Nationals Game with the girls+ dad are going to fill my last days at home. It's amazing how time flies when you are having fun! 
    I will return to Oxford with two days to move into my new apartment and get ready for the June semester. It feels like I am moving in fastfoward yet I don't want to stop! 

Double Decker

        

         It has been one long week! Tornados and tests are enough to send someone over the edge. So to celebrate the survival it's a girls night. It has been way to long since I have last kicked it with the girls! This weekend is also Double Decker weekend so the square is going to be crazy with all of the live music and art. One last fun weekend before I begin to study for my dreaded finals. I encourage you to go out have some fun before the mass chaos of summer hits!!

I am alive!

      I survived! It was a weekend full of fun which was just what the doctor ordered. Nobody was arrested or sent to the ER so it was very much successful.  Driving down we were rear-ended and drove through an awful rain storm (I couldn't see the car in front of me) Needless to stay we started the party right away. The girls (Alexandra, Katelyn, Renae & I) stayed with one of Alexandra's family friends house whose son also goes to Ole Miss. He brought home two of his close friends and along with his older brother Chris... an LSU grad student (one of few awesome LSU fans) we hit the night life. 
     Because of Chris' experience of Mardi Gras, I feel like we did it the right way. We hit Bourbon Street saturday afternoon, after light shopping at the French Quarter and Cannel Place. Of course we had Cafe du monde for Beignets, words cannot describe how amazing they tasted. Saturday night we had Crawfish Fettuccine, my first time trying crawfish and I really liked it! Of course went out in downtown, New Orleans which was said to be less crowded and safer. We hit a bar/dance club? called F&M which was a blast and another place called Bruno's which was apparently where a lot of the Loyola students go. We ran into more people from Ole Miss and just had a great time. Such a good time that we over slept out alarm set for ten on Sunday and didn't leave for Oxford until two... whoops! The drive back was uneventful and I loved our trip to New Orleans (it's one of my new favorite cities). The weekend over all was one for the books! Our little group is beginning to plan an April get away to LSU to visit Chris... he offered to host us multiple times.

The original group from Ole Miss 

 Bourbon Street at Noon

Throw Me Some Beads!

    In less then 24 hours I will be at Mardi Gras! I cannot express how much this weekend is needed, it has been a long week. The girls and I head out at one tomorrow. My mom called to let me know she has family down their who are just a phone call away if need be and Matt told me not to call him if I need bail... clearly I am not the only person who thinks I need to just go out and have a good time. Watch out Bourbon Street here I come!! 

Hey girls, you're beautiful. Don't look at those stupid magazines with stick like models. Eat healthy and exercise. That's all. Don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough. You are good enough; you are too good. Loveyour family with all your heart and listen to it. You are gorgeous, whether you're a size 3 or a size 14. It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, as long as you're a good person; as long as you respect others. I know it's been told hundreds of times before, but it's true."

--Gerard Way