TGIF! My moving day!

I just got back from getting the keys to my new apartment on my lunch break! I'm so excited to move in when I get off at 5.

I ended up taking a ton of stuff to donate to the thrift store and plan on taking more when I start unpacking. My new bathroom will be sans leopard print and will be neutral colors w/ some beach inspired accents. Not the most original I know, but I figure I can get away w/ it since I live in SC.

An example from Pinterest of some beach inspired accents, although I don't plan on having tables w/ stuff sitting on it at all. I'm sick of clutter, too many picture frames, etc.

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As if I wasn't already happy because I'm looking forward to my move, today I got an email from my bf and it was a flight itinerary for our trip to the Virgin Islands! After talking about it for months, the trip is finally booked. I'm already spending time day dreaming about what to pack and it's not until April! We applied for our passports last Friday so we can go to the British Virgin Islands if we want. Anything you just have to do/see in the Virgin Islands? We are flying into St. Thomas and staying on St. John.

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That def makes a good day even sweeter! I know that I am very lucky to have such a good bf.

I hope you all have a sweet weekend! I'm NOT as excited about the actual moving and unpacking.

Countdown to Moving!!

I'm in a super happy and excited mood today because:

1. The sun is out for the first time in dayyyys. It's been so gray and nasty here for about a week and the sun finally decided to come out of hiding. To my thinking if the weather is cloudy and gross it may as well have low temps bringing SNOW (one of my favorite things), otherwise I'm ready for spring weather after the holidays are over.

2. Friday is the day of my move! I'm looking forward to getting rid of "my old headache" and moving into a fancy new place. It will be so nice to live in a peaceful environment!!

That brings me to a question for you readers, what stuff do you get rid of? Clothes that you haven't worn in how long?

I'm using this move as an opportunity to revamp (example I'm sick of looking at my leopard print bathroom and am getting rid of all of that stuff in favor of neutrals). This pic is just an example of a neutral color scheme and I plan on posting actual pics once I get moved in.

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I still have like every purse I've ever owned and last night I decided to donate all of my purses that I haven't used in a while and keep only the expensive ones (Coach, Prada). Not that I have a ton of expensive bags, but I've received several as gifts. I donated one Coach to a thrift store here in town b/c I haven't touched it in probably 4 years and I'm not going to carry it b/c it's from an ex-bf. It made me feel really good and I know it's going to make someone's day to find a Coach bag in a second hand store! I hope the purse has a happy new life w/ a new owner :).

Any tips on what stuff/clothes to get rid of and how to decide what goes or organizing a move would be greatly appreciated!

Okay, Later Gators!

Any Advice from Pizza Makers?

Hi Bloggie Friends! If I even have bloggie friends anymore. Work has been non-stop since I got back from our holiday break. We've had someone retire in my office so we are short staffed. Blogging has fallen by the wayside.

When I was little there was a place in my home town where you could buy pizza ingredients. That's all they sold. For some reason I LOVED going there when I was a kid. It was called Pizza Plenty. I loved going home and building my own pizza. (I stole this pic of kids making pizza off the internet.)

Lately I've been thinking I would like to do that at home. I was even thinking ahead and I think it would be fun to do for Valentine's Day for me and the bf!

Do any of you make your own pizza? I wish there was a place like Pizza Plenty where I could go pick out all my ingredients. I've even looked online for a place I can order them from with no success. Do you get all the stuff at the grocery store? Obvs I have no idea what I'm doing.

Is it just me or is this week going by super slow? I'm moving into a nice new apartment (minus a headache/bad living situation) alone and the time cannot pass by soon enough until my move-in date! (Jan. 27th and 28th.) I'm getting tray ceilings and a gas fireplace and I'll post pics! I've got some new decorations and kitchen stuff I'm excited to put to use.

I'm also SUPER excited because I'm seeing Jason Aldean Friday with my Love!!

Happy Hump Day and hurry up Friday!!

Happy New Year!! (just a few days late)

Happy New Year Bloggies!! I'm only a few days late. I'll jump in with updating about NYE this year and I also have a sweet Christmas story to share.

For NYE this year I did something totally different from what I normally do and it was absolutely fantastic! Normally I go out and I'll be honest-that's gotten old (or maybe I'm getting old? lol). This year I participated in a pot luck with friends. We each made a dish (I made my crock pot macaroni and cheese *recipe here*) and Wassail (I'd never heard of it either, but will share the recipe soon, it's Apple Cider) and rang in the New Year in our pjs! This is all the girls. It was 4 couples and a blast.

Not sure why I'm posed in the "sorority squat" but whatevs!

For the sweet Christmas story-remember when I posted this vest? While I was out Black Friday shopping I found one very similar. I wanted to get it and they had one in my size, but I felt I should be buying for others and not for myself. I was shopping for family members and also for the toy drive we do at work. We do the toy drive every year and this year was our best ever. We got amazing toys, blankets (one sweet co-workers dear mother even hand crocheted two beautiful blankets for the shelter), and all sorts of things really. I went to deliver it all with a few of my co-workers before Christmas and it was a really wonderful feeling. I got amazing bargains on Black Friday and didn't give the vest a second thought. I was shopping with my boyfriend's sister on Black Friday, so she was with me when I saw the vest.

Fast forward a few weeks and my boyfriend and I opened a large box we got in the mail from his sister. She had several gifts for him and she included the vest for me!! I think that is seriously one of the sweetest things and I was SO surprised b/c I had totally forgotten all about the vest. I think that is the magic of Christmas!

I'm impossible to surprise and I think I actually screamed out loud when I saw the vest.

I'm wearing the vest tomorrow for casual Friday (along with the Michael Kors watch bf got me for Christmas) so I will try to remember to take an OOTD pic!

Happy New Year!