Somewhat of a Splurge!

So I did it! I finally bought myself a Lilly Pulitzer large agenda! I'm so much in love with their patterns and sometimes whimsical themes. I've been holding out on buying one last year because I wasn't really in love with any of the patterns but when I saw You Gotta Regatta I fell in love!

I've never really actually spent this much on a planner, or notebook, or anything but I knew I had to have this. Since I haven't really bought something for myself (that I really use for school/organizing my crazy life) I thought why not splurge this once and see if I really love it! 

Have you bought yourself anything recently? 

Disney World: Food Edition

I spent 6 full days in Disney World a week or so ago, and let me just tell you...it was SO much fun! My friends and I pretty much ate our ways through Disney. 

Now, we were on the Dining Plan so all of our food was paid for before we got there. We were on the Basic Dining Plan, and because we know a castmember (what they call their workers) we got it for $30 instead of $50. We could eat at any restaurant that took our dining plan and we took full advantage of this!

Being on the dining plan we were on we were allotted one table service meal (which includes an entree, dessert and non-alcoholic beverage), one quick service meal (entree, dessert and non-alcoholic beverage) and one snack per day!

The only pictures (from my phone) we could get from Sci Fi Diner -- Apple Crumble & Elliot

Monday: Sci-Fi Diner 

Tuesday: Yak and Yeti 

Wednesday: Tutto Italia 

Thursday: Chefs Des France

Friday: Akershus 

Saturday: 1900 Park Fare 

From Chefs Des France -- Lobster Bisque, beef in mushrooms and pearl onions & different types of ice cream (pear, peach and coconut!)

Y'all I cannot even explain how delicious all of the food we ate was! I wish I would have taken pictures of everything but being in Disney, I was so exhausted/hungry by the time we ate that 8 times out of 10 we  scarfed down everything we could.

We drank so much coke & sprite it was not even funny. Sadly enough, there was no Dr. Pepper but no worries, I drank my fair share when I got home!

Success is Always an Option

Warning: The following pictures are all instagrams from my finals week! They contain copious amounts of sugar and sleep depravation! 

I to get my eyes checked out for FOUR hours...I'm not even kidding. Then I had to go to the bank. 

This past semester I worked two jobs (totaling at 30-35 hours a week), took 19 hours (six classes, one being a language class), actively participated in my sorority (I was on two committees) and still managed to spend time with friends. 

I decided to paint my toe nails as I was writing my study guide out...only to spill nailpolish remover all over my study guide

People told me I wasn't going to do well. They told me I was going to stress myself out and stretch myself thin. They told me that I needed to take a break. 

So much time was spent at my desk, studying Italian, revising English Essays and reading about 19th/20th century history.

I would like to point out that none of these people were in my family. My mom, dad, brother, sister and boyfriend were the most supportive people in the world. 

A dinner one night consisted of pizza, and dips. Only to watch Ariel, read ethnographies and consume large amounts of coke and coffee.

These people prided me in my accomplishments and loved me when I was so stressed I was going to cry. They have always told me that I can do whatever I want and as long as I was sure I could handle any situation I put myself into than they would support me on that. 

I would like to point out to everyone who didn't believe in me, that I did it. I made the Dean's List.

Now, I'm not saying that it was an easy task. I worked by butt off and you know what, I could have had a 4.0 but I didn't work as hard as I should have in the beginning of the semester. 

A few of the moveis I watched (Road to El Dorado and Beauty and the Beast) while studying Chemistry & History.

This brings me to my point: you can do anything you set your mind to. Do not let anyone tell you that you cannot do something. If someone does tell you that you cannot do something than try even harder to prove (if you know you can do it) that you can. 

Friends napping during study sessions, proof before I destroyed my study guide, a cup from a friend (because that day was really awful) and so many snacks!

What I've Been Loving: lace

/green/coral/blue/

I've always loved lace but recently all lace dresses have been catching my eye more so than other dresses. I know that white and black lace dresses are more traditional, but it's the more whimsical colors that I'm in love with. 

While I don't own any of these dresses, if I could only pick one I would have to say that the blue one is my favorite. I love how you could easily make it more casual and then with a different belt and pair of shoes it can become a more sophisticated dress!

Do you own any lace dresses? Or are you not really feeling all lace?

Settling In

Airplanes - By: Local Natives

Coming back from a vacation is always hard. You have to adjust back to a "normal" schedule and then make sure that everything you missed when you left for vacation. 

Well, for this vacation, we left the day after exams finished, on mothers day after we had all finished visiting with our families. Needless to say we left on a crazy day/after a crazy week so settling back in is a little difficult. 

Yesterday I got the last amount of my actual things (read: not furniture) from our rental house and moved it back into my dads house. The last thing I need to do is grab my furniture and clean the house and then we're done! My room at my dads is CRAZY right now. It's so messy because I'm trying to figure out a place for everything. 

Then instead of going back to school/crazyness of exams I am going back to work (working 45ish hours a week -- until summer school). Then I go to summer school for a month. 

I cannot wait to get back into the swing of things and just hang out for a fullish three months - until Rush for my sorority goes into effect! 

What are your plans for the summer months?