My Very Own Life-Sized Barbie's Vintage Dreamhouse (Apartment)

I know the fam has been waiting for me to post pics of my new apartment. It's a really cute 1-bedroom, close to downtown, and only a 5 minute bus ride to school! The neighborhood is awesome and it's in a mid-rise building which is good because it has a card-access door, laundry room, sun deck, and work out room.

My theme for my apartment (since it's my very very own!) was to make it look as girly as possible because it's my last year as a student and therefore my last chance for it to be semi-normal to be obessed with Disney Princesses, display my tiaras, and decorate like a 6-year old girl before I get a real job and start my adult life. I chose all pastel colors, got vintage and antique furniture that we painted white, and a bunch of sparkly things to add along the way.

My Room:

The Hallway and Kitchen:

The Living Room:

The Bathroom and Hall Closet (notice a Norwegian Nisse from Grandma):

Next time the apartment is clean, I'll take some pictures in the daylight to get a better vision of what the colors look like!!

XOXO

The Shortest Summer Ever

Summer is almost over (which means football is right around the corner, thank goodness!) so here's what I' did at the beginning of the summer and over my summer break from school...

Over Memorial Day weekend I went to Pittsburgh to visit some of the girls that I met while I was on my trip to Europe. It was a short visit but we did some fun stuff like went to see Sex and the City 2 and went to Kennywood, a local amusement park. It was good to see everyone since it had been over 6 months since we had said our goodbyes at the airport after our trip!

Next came Kala Holte's wedding!! Meghan and I were requested to be the wedding singers, and of course we said yes! It all went well, the parents saw a ton of old friends, and everyone there seemed to have a great time.

Then summer break crept right up which led to me going home for a week to shop for my new apartment!!! (Post on that will come shortly!) So, mom and I went all over the place to antique malls, thrift stores, and even to a tiny neighborhood in a corn field lined village where a guy keeps furniture stacked in his garage (never again.) Either way it all worked out for the best and with only a small dent to our wallets thanks to our mad shopping skills!

I then got to go to Florida for almost 2 whole weeks to see Joe's new house, which was awesome!

Joe's Humble Abode in Jax

Poseidon is getting mighty big and strong. I had the bruises to prove it, but he's adorable as well.

While I was there we went to the beach, found me a great Mexican restaurant, went shopping at the St. Augustine Premium Outlets, and went to Busch Gardens!! Thanks to Meghan's awesome job, she got us free tickets to the water park - Adventure island - and while we were there we figured wehad better check them both out!

Us at Busch Gardens and the sunset on the beach one morning

I go to school year round, so I only get 3 weeks for summer break. It was back to Chicago the second week of July to pull my apartment together and start my 3rd to last quarter of college!! More to come....

XOXO

April & May

You kids get a double whammy today! Once I catch up I'll be able to do some Greta/Becca type of special posts that aren't just about what I did on certain occasions!

Not much happened in April other than a few events for the magazine internship, which ended a the end of the month. My roomie Lindsay's 20th birthday happened. I got her a life size cut out of Kristen Stewart (the awkward Twilight girl) because she's obsessed and since we both went our separate ways in June (amicably), I figured she needed a new roommate to keep her company!

Then came May which brought my seester's (who you all know, love, and are most likely related to) 25th BIRTHDAY!!! Gosh she's old! We went to her favorite place Sasha's Wine Bar near her apartment in STL with the fam and some family friends on Friday and then on Saturday...the madness began!

Her friends along with my parents threw her an awesome scavenger hunt/pub crawl which was totally fun. I'll share some pics along with the item on the list that they go with.

Anything to represent Aaron Rodgers

Reenact a scene from Titanic

Find a Bleu Cheese Stuffed Olive (this one was harder than it may seem)

There were also many life sized pictures of my lovely sister. This was a crowd favorite.

XOXO

My Last Spring Break!

My final Spring Break occured in April because...drum roll please...I graduate college in MARCH! This caused Joe to have the brilliant idea of making me go camping. This was an interesting experience, but overall I enjoyed it (because I still had 3G service). I even helped a little bit. Below are some pictures:

From the lake to the site was 136 stairs. Awful.


Man's Best Friend

Spring break also allowed us to spend some time with my girlfriends! This meant a couple of nights out on the town, as well as one of my BFFs Morgan's 21st Birthday!

Me, Kristin, Jamie, and Morgan on the party bus & Me, Chelsea, and Blair out one night.

Fave Pic of Break

XOXO