I Am Officially An FSU Alum!!

I am now officially a graduate of THE Florida State University!! Ahhhh so weird! So sorry I haven't blogged in a few days, but I have been super busy with graduation stuff! I really can't believe that I am no longer a college student! So strange feeling! Thought I would fill y'all in on what has been going on and share with y'all some pictures from Saturday's graduation!

Friday: I had the day off from work, which was nice! My parents and grandmother came into town around dinner time and we went to dinner at Bonefish!

{my parents & I at Bonefish!}

{my parents, Granny, & I}

{Katy & I}

Saturday: GRADUATION DAY!! Was up before 6am in order to be ready to leave by 7:30am. Got to the Civic Center a little after 8 and graduation started right at 9am! It was so surreal to be there...it didn't really hit me that I was graduating from college until the President told us to stand and turn our tassels and then declared us as "graduates." Then it hit me. I started to tear up! It hit me that the 4 best years of my life were coming to a close! Thank you FSU, you did me well! :)

{me walking across the stage!!}

{Don't I look happy to be a grad? hehe.}

{with the family after graduation}

After the ceremony we went to lunch at Gordos and then went back to my place and I opened gifts and we had cupcakes!

{Victoria & I}

{my cousin Justin, me, & Victoria}

{Granny with her 2 FSU grad grandkids!}

Then we went back to campus to Wescott to take pictures by the fountain before my parents and grandmother left to head back to Jacksonville!

Later on I met up with friends to continue the celebration at Monk's for food and drinks!

{Victoria & I at Monk's}

All in all, it was a fantastic day that I will never forget!! Thanks to everyone who made it wonderful!

Also, so sorry for the delay in announcing the winner to my first giveaway! But I put all the entries into a hat (15 total entries) and had my roommate draw a random name. The winner of my first giveaway is Annie! Yayy! Thanks to everyone who entered! I hope to do another giveaway sometime this summer!


Hope everyone has a fantastic week!!

XOXO,

Graduation Photos!!

My fabulous friend was awesome enough to take my graduation photos for me and I absolutely LOVE them!! She is such a talented photographer!! Check out her work here! Thank you so much Caitlyn!!

So here are the ones that were my favorite (warning: there are a bunch!):

Only 3 more days til graduation!!! I can't wait! This week has been awesome so far and it is only going to get better! 

Also don't forget about my first giveaway! It ends Thursday evening!! 

XOXO,

Last Day of Classes at FSU COMPLETED!!

I have just completed my last day of classes as an FSU undergrad! Sooooo weird!!! I am extremely thrilled with being done with 4 years of stressing over papers, pulling countless all-nighters, and sitting through hours upon hours of economics classes! But I am also going to miss the college life! I am both excited and scared to enter the real world! It is going to be soo weird to never attend another lecture or spend weekends in the fall attending football games as a student! I can't wait to see what the real world has in store for me! 

As of today I only have 2 finals and 9 days keeping me from being an official alumna of The Florida State University! Woooo!! 

I have so much to get done before graduation:

-hair appointment tomorrow at noon

-find cute heels

-finally decide on a dress

-get a mani/pedi

-graduation photos on Sunday (by my awesome photographer friend, Caitlyn!)

-actually study for my finals and finish any final assignments

-clean the apartment before my family comes next week

-finalize graduation party details

Okay, enough of my rambling about my excitement of graduation! Make sure you have entered My First Giveaway!! 

Hope y'all are having a fabulous day! 

XOXO,

My First Giveaway!

I am so very excited to host my very first giveaway!! Since my graduation from FSU is just around the corner, I thought I would host a fun little giveaway in honor of my graduation! I found these cute items that I would love to give to one of you! 

{the adorable journal!}

{desk note pad box}

{it is also a photo frame! so cute!}

I personally LOVE cute journals and notebooks and cute desk items. I have an obsession with cute notebooks and journals! I seem to buy them all the time! I love shopping for notebooks and journals! I personally have each of these myself and I love them! 

To have a chance to win these fabulous items, here is what you need to know:

There are opportunities for a bunch of entries! Make sure you tell everything you did by leaving a separate comment for each entry!

1. Become a follower. And answer this question in a comment: What is something that you just love to buy or can't resist buying? (1 entry)

2. Follow me on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. (2 entries)

3. Post about my giveaway on your blog and link it back to me! (3 entries)

4. Add me to your blog roll or grab my button and add it to your page (which ever you choose) (2 entries)

This giveaway will go until Thursday, April 29th at 7pm!

XOXO,

Graduation Party Invitations!

With graduation quickly approaching things have been absolutely crazy for me!!

I mailed out all my graduation announcements and party invitations! I made my graduation party invitations all on my own! I think they came out great! What do you think? 

{the invitations (half of it...the bottom half has the location and RSVP info)}

I have to decide what kind of food I want to have at my party...any suggestions? Since there will be a fairly large amount of people (about 50 or 60) I was thinking of either having my favorite BBQ place cater and then have like an open bar or have like Mexican food (fajita bar) and have "Margarita Man" machines (about 3 or 4 choices). What do y'all think? Any ideas??

Also today I went and picked up my cap & gown, and graduation tickets!! It made it all so real! Graduation is going to be bittersweet! 

{my tassel and graduation tickets!!!}

I have so much to get done this week! I have 2 papers, my resume, and career portfolio due by Wednesday & then another paper and group project due Thursday. I also still need to figure out my dress for graduation! I am not sure the dress I had previously thought was perfect is still "perfect." Guess we'll have to wait and see! 

I plan on having my first ever giveaway later this week! So make sure you keep an eye out for it!

XOXO,

Best Weekend EVER!

I just had the best weekend I have had in a LONG time! Such a fantastic weekend with my 3 fabulous roommates! On Friday night we decided that we wanted to take a trip to the beach this weekend and we saw that Corey Smith was going to be playing in St. George Island on Saturday, so that made our decision easy! St. George Island...here we come!!

Saturday morning we got up and hit the road at 9am and was on St. George Island and sunbathing by 11am! 

{my Volvo all loaded down and at the beach!}

{St. George Island....love.}

We laid on the beach until about 4:30pm and then found a random bathroom to change and get ready for the concert. 

{taking turns using the mirrors to get ready! haha}

Then we walked over to Harry A's where they had a stage set up in the sand for "Rock by the Sea." Corey Smith went on at 6:30pm and played an awesome show! We had a blast! 

{Wendi, Meghan, & Katy}

{Me, Wendi, & Katy}

{Corey Smith!!}

{the roomies & Corey Smith!!! Love him!}

After the concert we then walked down to the Blue Parrot for dinner and drinks. Turned out to be an absolute blast! A band was playing and my roomies and I got the party started in the place by getting up and dancing to the band! We ended up hanging out with a bunch of awesome guys that we met that were there for a Bachelor Party! They were looking for a great time and we had a blast with them!! 

{the girls having fun @ Blue Parrot}

{one of the guys from the Bachelor Party climbing the pole! lol}

{partying with the Bachelor Party guys!}

Also Corey Smith showed up at the bar and was hanging out with everyone which was really cool! He then hopped up in stage and played a few of his songs! So we got two Corey Smith concerts in one day! 

We ended up staying a lot longer than planned because we were having such a great time partying on the beach at that bar with those guys! But we ended up driving back to Tallahassee at 2am. Talk about a rough drive! It was quite the entertaining ride to say that least!

I had such an amazing time with my roommates this weekend! I love them! It was great to do one last weekend trip together before graduation! I sure am going to miss random college trips like this! 

Sunday was spent laying by the pool all day. We relaxed and discussed the events and stories from Saturday. Lots of fun. We definitely plan on having another weekend like this again during the summer before we all move away! 

I only have 12 more days til graduation!! Crazy!! This is my last week of classes...ever! And then it is finals week after, right before graduation! I also pick up my cap and gown today! So excited!!!!

XOXO,