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Wedding season is officially upon us! From Scottsdale, AZ, to Houston, TX, to Eunice, LA; I have been in a total of 3 weddings. But I have attended 6 in the past nine months! I feel like I am at the age where the weddings are never ending, but I’m not upset about it. I LOVE weddings! (more…)
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Hello dolls! Saint Patrick’s Day, and the start to the second round of March Madness is on Saturday! If you’re anything like me, you’ll throw on your favorite teams gear, and head out to watch the game. My dilemma is, the teams I cheer for have ZERO green in their colors. Ugh so annoying, but don’t worry! I have you covered. (more…)
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Alright y’all, March is here. Really, today is the last day in February. Can you believe it?! I know I can’t! Spring is SUCH a busy time for me, with weddings, trips, Lipstick and Linebackers, March Madness, and just everyday life; so it’s important for me to stay organized. I have always been a neat freak, and I like everything planned down to the last detail. Some would call this anal (Marshall), others would call it a great way to live (me)! Hahaha!!! One way I always keep myself on track is by using a planner. (more…)
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Hey y’all! You might love or hate it, but Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! When I was single, Valentine’s Day was just another day in February for me, except my first valentine (Kevvy) would get me a cute card and candy (side note Paigey would also get me candy and a card)! When I got to college, my dad would also send me money (A+ valentine! I know he’s the best!). No matter what, I always knew I was getting something from him (and I still do).
So when Marshall and I started dating, I was SO excited to celebrate a real Valentine’s Day with someone. Let me give you a run down of the Valentine’s days throughout our relationship, and how wonderfully they turned out (hahaha NOT). (more…)
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Alright y’all its January 11th, and this month has already been crazy; I have been from Fort Worth to Houston three times, my sweet Paigey and Rachi Rose had birthdays, I started a diet (aka no birthday cake), and I’ve watched a lot of basketball. It’s been a while since I’ve posted, because honestly I haven’t had a second to sit down and write. I wrote a post that I had fully intended on posting last week, but after re-reading it I was straight up hangry, and I promise you no one wants a hangry post.
So if y’all are wondering if this new diet is my New Year resolution, the answer is no. This year instead of setting a resolution that is damn near impossible for me to obtain, I am going to make a promise to myself to be the best person I can be on the inside and out. I am on this diet, not because society tells me I need to be skinny, but because I want to be healthier.
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(Sometimes the hostess with the most-est just needs to kick back drink a Jingle Berry Mimosa and take her shoes off!! Hahaha!)
MERRY (almost) CHRISTMAS y’all! As your family starts pouring in, go ahead and pour yourself a drink! You deserve it! Below find a list of all my holiday themed cocktails. ENJOY!
Rudolph’s Red Margs
Gingerbread White Russian
Jingle Berry Mimosas
PS: I am drinking the Jingle Berry Mimosa. CHEERS!!!
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Hey y’all!! So I first want to apologize and let y’all know why I have been MIA these last 2 weeks. Well first things first, I was in a wedding in Louisiana for my bestie since 1st grade, and then my other bestie graduated from college!! WAHOO! So many milestones (and that lasted from Thursday-Sunday of last week), but on top of all of those fabulous things, … I got sick. Not like a cold sick, but like a sinus infection and strep throat sick.
I am finally feeling better and have gotten to go out and do a little last minute Christmas shopping! While out, I was hesitant to say Merry Christmas to people. That is not like me at all. I always want to spread the Christmas cheer, but this year with everything going on in our world, I have resorted to saying “Happy Holidays” instead. I always want to be politically correct, and I understand that everyone has different views, but at the same time, I want everyone who does have the same views as me to get that Christmas cheer. After thinking about it for a while, I decided that it was silly for me not to say Merry Christmas. I want to ask y’all, which do you do? Do you say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or simply nothing at all??
PS: One of my purchases from my little shopping spree was this CUTE #elfie shirt and ball earrings! Oh and my shoes on are sale and under $60!!! Just click on the links above to take you straight to the sites!
If y’all know me, you know I LOVE Christmas Movies. My TV has been glued on the Hallmark Channel since way before Thanksgiving. I know, I know, some people think the Hallmark channels are lame; but there is no shame in my game. I watch Hallmark year round, but especially during the Holidays. No joke, my DaDi (mom’s dad) has seen every single Hallmark movie there is. We seriously can’t watch re-runs with him anymore, because he has seen them all. Did y’all know a HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MUSEUM is opening in NYC (my favorite city)?? I was so excited when I heard about it! Hallmark definitely has the market when it comes to Christmas movies. They have a new Christmas movie every night, and also play the old movies all day everyday. But, if you are sick of the mushy gushy Hallmarks, below you can find a list of other Christmas movies out there (like Bad Santa). Happy watching everyone!!
MY FAVE MOVIES:
NETFLIX’S:
HALLMARK:
AMAZON PRIME:
Okay y’all if you know me you know I am obsessed with all things poms! While I was home in Houston, my mom and I spotted these bad boys at Macy’s!
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(I promise the Merry Christmas matches the poms in person!)
I was all over them like white on rice. I have a huge window in my house in Fort Worth, so I always like to have little festive things hanging from it. Then we found this wreath.
It was the same brand as my garland, and matched everything perfectly! The only downfall was, it was $55 on SALE! My mom was like oh no Caroline, we can make this. Many YouTube tutorials later and a few trips to Hobby Lobby, here is my finished product!
It was surprisingly easy. So here is my own little tutorial on how to make this cute little pompom wreath.
HOW TO MAKE A POMPOM WREATH
What you need:
Yarn of all different colors
A wire wreath
SHARP scissors
Cardboard
A cup
2 toilet paper holders
2 paper towel holders
A box or towel to catch your mess (it does get VERY MESSY)
Step 1: Use your cardboard and cup to cut out two little perfect circles. On my wreath I have several different sized so I had 3 sets of different sized circles.
(clearly I am not that great at cutting perfect circles hahahaha)
Step 2: Pick out which yarn you want to use first and cut about a 6 inches to a foot off.
Step 3: Grab your toilet paper holders. Place the end of the yarn in between the two holders and start wrapping
Step 4: Wrap the yarn around the 2 toilet paper holders for larger poms 200 times and for smaller poms 140 times
Step 5: Grab the yarn you cut in step 2, and bring it up in between the 2 toilet paper holders and tie it
Step 6: Gently slide out the toilet paper holders and tie the string in a tight knot
Step 7: Cut the loops of the poms so that they are strings and not loops. (Don’t worry they look really ugly and floppy right now, but it’ll get better)
Step 8: Grab the cardboard circles from step 1 and your box (This is when things start to get messy!!) Then put the long string from where you tied the knot through the hole at the top, and place the other circle on the bottom of the pom right below the upper circle. Then start trimming off all the little strings that are hanging off the sides. Make sure you keep the long strings where you can see them (I wrapped them around my finger), because you don’t want to cut those off.
Step 9: Flip the pom over to its side and repeat step 8 until your pom looks the way you want it.
(I tucked my long strings under the cardboard so I knew I wasn’t cutting them)
Step 10: Repeat these steps until you have enough poms to fill your wreath.
Step 11: Use the long stings you were careful not to cut to tie the poms to your wreath
(Shoutout to Paigey (my mom) for helping me get all my poms tied on)
Step 12: once you have all the poms tied on go back and cut off the long stings
Then you are done! You have a perfect pompom wreath to hang on your door!
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(Ps y’all this coat is from 2 years ago and I absolutely love it. Unfortunately they don’t make or sell it anymore, but I linked a very similar one.)
So… I have a love hate relationship with these pictures y’all. I love them, because to me this captures the east coast perfectly. I hate them, because I ruined my favorite Tory booties in the first 30 seconds of walking around Annapolis. So here are some pictures of me, in Annapolis, stepping in dog poop. Enjoy!
Legit it was so gross! I can’t even tell you how many times I used my hand sanitizer after this.
Look how cute the town is?!
On a serious note y’all, Annapolis was BEAUTIFUL and I would go back any time!