GRADUATION CRUISE 2017 || A Trip in Review

Hello All,

Happy Thursday! In January I went on a Disney Cruise with Mama Judy to celebrate my college graduation! I know i've been kind of cruddy at keeping up with my blog post but I have so many pictures to share so I'm going to attempted to share them here. If you guys have been around for a while you know that I often will start vacation wrap ups with a trip in review post (Disney Cruise 2014, Disney at Christmas 2014 & Disney 2015). These are some of my favorite post to do because it gives you a clue about what's coming and it gets me excited. Also I plan to use this post as a home base and link all other post here once they've been written. 

Thursday, January 5, 2017

This was the day our trip started. I spent the morning running last minute errands. Our flight was later in the evening so we didn't land in Orlando until 9:30 PM. We went and checked in a Port Orleans French Quarter and relaxed. 

Friday, January 6, 2017

The first full day of our vacation we spent at the Magic Kingdom. Mama Judy had been to Disney World since they opened New Fantasyland and she wanted to see the new area. We explored the park as well as having lunch at Be Our Guest.

Me at Be Our Guest

Saturday, January 7, 2017

We boarded the Disney Fantasy for our cruise. We were excited to start a new trip as well as explore any changes that were made to the ship. We had dinner at Animator's Palate and went to an event at the Tube.

Our first towel animal (Swan) thanks to our awesome State Room Host, Michael!

Sunday, January 8, 2017

This was our first day at sea. Mama Judy and I enjoyed the Rainforest (one of the treatments at the spa) as well as exploring. We both took naps and enjoyed the day.

Monday, January 9, 2017
On Monday the port of call was Mexico, we got off the boat and saw the Mexican Ruins!

Tuesday, January 10, 2017
On Tuesday the boat stopped at Grand Cayman. Mama Judy had a spa appointment and we were both tired so we stuck around the boat.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017
This was probably my favorite day of the cruise! On this day we got off the boat in Jamaica and experience probably the best excursion I have ever experienced.

Thursday, January 12, 2017
This was our final day at sea the first Star Wars Day at Sea aboard the Disney Fantasy. Since I didn't really know anything about Star Wars I hung out in the adult section and finished the book I brought with me (You can read the review here).

Friday, January 13, 2017
The last day! The last of the cruise is always the worst and the saddest. But on this day we stopped at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. This was cold and windy but we tired to make the best out of it.

Saturday, January 14, 2017

We finished our trip and headed home...already dreaming of the next cruise! ;) 

And that was a quick review of our cruise. Over the next few weeks I will attempt to get as many post out as possible about our cruise. Thanks for reading! 

Tori Came to Visit {April 2015}

Hello All,

Wow the last few week have been super busy and they are just going to continue to be busy. I probably should do a life update in the next weeks to catch you guys up. A few weekend ago Tori came to visit me at school again! Do you guys remember when she came last year? No well you can read about that visit here. But this time Tori came for 2 nights instead of 1!

Friday:

During the day Megan (my roommate) and I had a school event we had to attend and then we watched Ask Me Anything which was really weird and left us with our minds blown but not in a good way. Then we meet Tori half way between mine and Tori's hometown and school. We met her at a Five Guys and had some dinner then. After dinner we went back to school and watch The First Time which is one of our favorite movies. 

Saturday:

We got up some what early and got ready to head out. Our first stop was the grocery store to pick up some props. Then we head to the state park Sliver Sands State Park in Milford, CT and did a mini photo shoot for my blog's 2nd anniversary. While we were there we took some other pictures as well.

All the way in the background is Tori and the closer up is Megan

Take 1

Take 2

The cute one

The even cuter one

After beach we went to visit our friend Emili at her work and then headed over to the mall. Our first stop was Buffalo Wild Wings because we were starving! And then we explored the mall and the different stores. I bought two pairs of shoes and new necklace. 

After the mall we came back to school and watch a movie and had dinner at the dinning hall. For dessert we order Insomina cookies and played heads up and Foosball. And just had a blast being silly. It was so much fun and I was beyond tired by the end of the night.

Sunday:

On Sunday Megan got to sleep in while I drove Tori back to our meeting spot and met Mama J to see Cinderella (Read the review). I also did a little bit of window shopping with Mama J and then went back to school and hung out with Megan again. 

It was such fun weekend and I can't wait to see Tori more over the summer when we're both home from school as well as go on some pretty fun adventures with Megan! 

Currently I Am....Plus Some Pretty Pictures

Hello All,

Since I've been kind of MIA on the bloggy recently I figured I'd do one of those kind of popular among blogger post where we share what's currently going on in our lives. So, let's begin.

Currently I am...

...working really hard in school

...spending a lot of quality time with my roommate Megan and Grace

...planning two super awesome and exciting trips to Disney (More details to come soon)

...getting excited to see Wicked again

...constantly tweeting (if you want update updates on me you follow me here)

...missing having the time to blog a lot

...having a much better year then last year

...craving buffalo wings

...thinking I want to work in social media when I grow up

...obsessed with the apps snapchat, timehop and yik yak

...I'm getting more excited for the Christmas season (I've never really been a Halloween person)

...getting a burst of inspriation for blog post, hopefully I can get some great post up soon

...thinking more about my future career and getting an internship

...really happy with where I am in life and super excited to see what else happens this school year!

On another note, I went home this past weekend and spent some quality time with Mama J. On Sunday we went with one of her friends to look at a location for a crafting retreat they are hosting. It was right by the beach and absolutely beautiful. I took some pictures and I wanted to share them with you guys!

Summer 2014 Goals Recap!

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Happy Wednesday, today I am moving into school for my junior year! Seriously where has time gone?

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Since I'm moving into I figured that its the perfect time to tell you guys how I did on my summer goals this year. Remember those goals I made back in May? No? Well you can check them out here. Now that that shameless plug is over let's start the actual post.

Not Even Attempted

In Progress

Completed

1. Redecorating and Reorganizing my Room

I did really well with this during the beginning of the summer but then the days got away from and I was too tired at night so this will have to wait until Winter Break.

2. Read and Review 3 Different Books on the Bloggy

I did that and then some! If you weren't able to check out the reviews you can read them by clicking on the links (The Fault in Our Stars, The Maze Runner, To All the Boys I've Loved Before and If I Stay/Where She Went and I think I read another book that didn't review) My favorite? A tie between If I Stay and To All the Boys I've Loved Before!

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3. Try New Foods Each Week

I don't think I tried anything! Ooops!

4. Go on 4 Awesome Adventures

This summer I went to the Beach with Tori, Boston with Amelia, my mom and Amelia's mom, went to Mystic/ Providence with my mom and went to New Hampshire with my fam jam!

5. Get Back into Shape

I did a little bit of walking but not a whole lot of it!

6. Visit some of my friend's from school

Yeah, I failed at that one but its okay I'll see a lot of them in the next few days.

7. Relax Renew and prepare for Junior Year!

I am beyond determined to make this the best year of my life! I'm ready to be organized, outgoing, go on adventures and meet new people! To some people this summer may seem boring but for me it was exactly what I needed!

I hope everyone has had a fantastic summer! Those of you guys who are starting school in the next few days or for those who have already started I hope you all have a fantastic semester!

Newport RI ~ August 2014

Hello All,

Yesterday I told you about how Mama J and I went to Mystic Pizza as part of our mini vacation. The next day we went to downtown Newport. I hadn't been to Newport in years and years, probably since I was like 3 or 4 years old. 

When we got to Newport right around lunch time so we stopped at the Brick Alley Pub & Restaurant. It was super busy and crowded. We had to wait about 5 to 10 minutes for our table but they took our drink orders while we waited. When we got to our table our waitress came over quickly and  we ordered out food. I got a lobster Mac&Cheese. It was okay but not the hands down best I had ever had. 

The only ify think that happened was they asked us to move to accommodate and larger group but neither of us had any problem. They were very sweet and I appreciated that the hostess remembered us and thanked us again as we were leaving.  

After that we walked around the town and went into all the little shops. We went into the Alex and Ani Store and the Tervis Tumbler Store. As well as many locally owned stores. I ended up getting one of those female football jersery sweatshirts that say the location across the back. You know those things that are all the rage. If you don't I have picture coming up of it.

While we exploring we found a cute little cupcake place that had DELICIOUS cupcake. If you ever see a Cupcake Charlies promise me that you will go because they were that delicious. 

We were about ready to head back to the car when we happened upon a camera store that had memory sticks! So, we stopped in and we bought one for the rest of our mini vacation and here's a little spoiler I got great pictures that coming up soon.

On our way back to our car Mama J wanted to stop in a Yankee Candles store and waited for her outside and snapped this picture.

We decided we wanted to drive around the non downtown areas of Newport and we happened upon a little beach and we got out to put our feet and the water and of course the blogger in me had to take some pictures.

I think this is one of my favorites

I was trying to be a little bit artsy

Then I try to directed Mama J in taking a picture I had in mind for me and it took a couple of takes.

Take One; too centered

Take two; too much on the left

Take three; the final product and what I had envision Thanks Mama J for being patient 

Finally Mama J told me she wanted to take a selife and it took quite a few takes to get the right one and these are just a few of them.

After the beach we headed back to our hotel and relaxed by watching some Criminals Minds. Our last day of our Mini Vacation was by doing some outlet shopping and then heading back to reality. It was a great little break and at the time I didn't know about the one I would be going on the next week. But more on that on Friday. Tomorrow I'm linking up with Natalie for Blogging For Cause where bloggers are writing about the causes that mean the most to them, so if your looking for a topic on Thursday or Friday think about the link up.

Mid-Summer Goals Check-in

Hello All,

Are you guys enjoying your summer? I got an email from my school that we back in like 5 or 6 weeks until I move back into the dorms! Can you believe it? Summer is half over! I have a bunch of fun things planned the next couple of weeks but I do want to check in with how my summer goals are going!

Totally Completed

In Progress

Not Even Attempted

1. Redecorate and reorganize my home bedroom

Although all my big furniture has been moved its still very clutter and I haven't even begun decorating but hopefully I will before I move back.

2. Read and Review 3 Books on the Bloggy

Actually I have read 5! And the next review is actually tomorrow. I am so proud of the progress, and am currently looking for book recommendations!

3. Try New Food Each Week

I don't think I tried any new food this summer.

4. Go on 4 Day Trips/Adventures!

Tori and I went to the beach and even meet some new friends. I have a couple of adventures coming up in the next two weeks!

5. Get Back Into Shape

I have gone to the track at my old high school a couple of times but my work hours make it hard to get there. Although I have re-downloaded MyFitnessPal on my phone and have been using it daily to keep track of what I eat. 

6. Visit my Different College Friends

Unfortnately I haven't seen any of them. I've been working a lot (which I'm happy about) but that hasn't given me much time to go see my friends.

7. Relax, Renew and Prepare for Junior Year

I've actually been doing great on that! I work about 5 days a week and on my days off I actually have been doing a lot relaxing. Although my summer hasn't been overly exciting it has been just what I need!

How has your summer been? Let me know in the comments below!

Instagram Monthly Top 5! June 2014 Edition

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Happy July folks! I'm so excited for this post because this is the one year anniversary of this feature. I know this isn't as exciting as a blogiversary but I was thinking about ending this feature because I didn't feel like it was a popular one. But then one of my best friends told me that this post is one that she reads every month because its her favorite. And that was enough motivation to do this feature for a little bit while. So, let's begin this month's....

Fifth Place (Tied):

"I found this at the gas station the other day, it was such a blast from the past. I use to be obsessed with them #juice #koolaid #yum #childhood #blastfromthepast" 

"Bored so obiviously I devide to take a selfie! #selfie #bored #yaknow"

Fourth Place

"Could my little cousin be more of a ladie's man? #family #love #cousins #adorable #toomuchcuteness #younglove"

Third Place

"Can't decide if I like the way aviators look on my face but oh well because these are my new daily sunglasses because all of my others broke. #summer #selfie #sunglasses #summer2014 #summerselfie"

Second Place (Tied)

"Totally forgot that screen shotted this and randomly found it. Can you tell I'm obessesd with bulldog? #bulldog #love #puppylove #iwantapuppy #canihaveoneplease" 

"Post Beach selfie because my hair is looking good. #beachday #summerselfie #summer2014 #hair #brunette #longhairdontcare"
Beach Day Post

First Place!

"In love with my new nine west tote! #purse #tote #fashion #dresstoimpress"

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