Forever 21 Score

I'm not typically a fan of Forever 21. Lots of girls look adorable in their clothes and seem to have great finds. I am not one of those girls! Haha....but I was so excited to find this gem:

The Jacquard Floral dress from the Love 21 section of clothes. I love how feminine it is, I love the pink and gray together, the cut is also really classic and not too short or low cut. The price was also great. I can't wait till it arrives in the mail!

I have a friend visiting this weekend for our Homecoming game! I will have good pictures for y'all next week of this weekend and I'm also carving pumpkins next week so pictures of those too!

Go Mississippi State Bulldawgs!! (Thank the Lord the Gators have a bye week haha! They need a break to improve before the big Georgia game next week :) )!

Have a great weekend!

Incommunicado

I've been a terrible blogger this week I know! School started this week at Mississippi State and I have just been so busy! I have spent way too much time here:

...my building at school (Swalm, for those of you who follow me on Twitter and see my tweets about Swalm). It's a lovely building, home to my delightful office and perfectly great labs but...it still feels like summer outside and I am not ready to go back to school! I only have one class this semester thankfully but I have TONS of lab work to do, a thesis to start, and I'm TA-ing a class of 73 students! In Chem E! Dang that's a lot of papers to grade.

But this weekend I will be here:

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Drinking many of these:

And these:
And doing a little damage here:
so I can relax for a weekend before the crazy fun of fall semester and football season starts up here in Starkville! Only 15 days.....:)

Happy weekend y'all!

2 great companies y'all should check out!

I wanted to share with y'all a couple of companies that sell accessories that I love. The first one is Alex and Ani. They sell rings, necklaces, earrings, etc. I personally really like the bracelets. They are great bangle bracelets that look fantastic when you combine a few of them. Some of the pre-assembled bangle collections are a little too Bohemian for my taste, but I like the ones you can buy individually and combine yourself for your own unique style.

A fleur-de-lis (perfect for NOLA or Saints girls!)

Y'all know how I feel about anchors. LOVE.

They have tons of other designs too. My friend Amanda has a skeleton key one that is adorable as well as the Crazy Love design. Hers look great combined with a few plain bangles. So cute! Mixing and matching is really fun with these.

The other great company is my shout out to Rhode Island, Kiel James Patrick. I am pretty much in love with everything on his website. Bracelets, headbands, earrings, a new line of belts...it's all so preppy and fun! And of course I love the nautical/New England influence. I also love that KJP uses all local vendors. I'll take one of each please!!

I've had my eye on this for a while, the Sterling Brock Hollis headband. I love it!

Going back to my anchors...these are so cute. There are also seahorses, whales, lobsters. So cute.

This is one of the Cape and Brighton Beach style bracelets. Again, tons of colors, designs, patterns, everyone can find something great they love.

Wouldn't this be perfect for a South Carolina girl?!

Check out these websites! I'm sure you will love them as much as I do!

Later y'all!

I received no compensation for these reviews. These are my own opinions.

Days 12 and 13 of Blog Challenge and Updates!

Hey everyone! I've been having a crazy busy week so I apologize for the sporadic postings! First, Day 12 of the 30 Day Blog Challenge: A song you want played at your wedding:

The song I chose was "In my daughter's eyes" by Martina McBride. This is the song I want to dance to with my dad!

My parents and I on the day I graduated from undergrad, May 2009

In my daughter's eyes I am a hero

I am strong and wise and I know no fear

But the truth is plain to see

She was sent to rescue me

I see who I wanna be

In my daughter's eyes

In my daughter's eyes everyone is equal

Darkness turns to light and the world is at peace

The miracle God gave to me gives me strength when I am weak

I find reason to believe

In my daughter's eyes

And when she wraps her hand around my finger

Oh it puts a smile in my heart

Everything becomes a little clearer

I realize what life is all about

It's hanging on when your heart has had enough

It's giving more when you feel like giving up

I've seen the light, it's in my daughter's eyes

In my daughter's eyes I can see the future

A reflection of who I am and what will be

Though she'll grow and someday leave

Maybe raise a family

When I'm gone I hope you'll see how happy she made me

For I'll be there

In my daughter's eyes

Next: Day 13 of the 30 Day Blog Challenge: A guilty pleasure

Well y'all know I Love these:

M&Ms! They are definitely my guiltiest pleasure! I eat them every dang day!

I also love watching reality shows on MTV. I know they are dramatic and ridiculous at times, but I can't help it. I'm addicted!

Jersey Shore Season 2 starts next week! I'm so excited!!

I also LOVE Teen Mom. I watched the premier last night!

I'm looking to get a new bag for when class starts up again (4 weeks from today, ugh). I love nautical things and I can't decide which one I want to get!

This one I think is really unique. Seabags makes their bags from recycled sails with rope handles and has a nautical design. I love the anchor one so much! I also love the knot ones, the sail ones...the list goes on. They are great for anyone like myself who loves to be on the water.

I also love this nautical knot tote from Vineyard Vines. They too have so many cute nautical designs! I could even get an anchor one! So cute! I'm also loving the sailboat design and of course, the sleeveless pique polo which I am wanting to get for school!

In the lab, I'm currently finishing up the project I've been working on for the past few months and starting the project I'm going to use for my thesis. Between work and the gym, I've been really busy this week! Sorry for the lack of posting...I have been keeping up with y'alls though! Tonight, I'm going to get my hair dyed back to my natural color (brown) but only temporarily. I've been highlighting my hair for years, but every couple of months I need to dye it brown for a week or so before highlighting again because it gets too light! I definitely will have highlights again probably over the weekend; I like the dimension.

Happy Wednesday!