Ughh...

Because who doesn't love waking up at 6 in the morning due to a pipe 8 feet under the ground bursting?

This is what I woke up to Friday morning...

That's the electrical box right there...

Always fun to see a Bobcat driving down your street getting ready to tear up my street.

Parade of utility trucks.

Basically we had a sink hole since the water pushed all the dirt/sand out from under the street... Right now there is tape up and it's filled in with gravel...

What a mess!

Is it Friday, Yet?

So my massage was indeed amazing. I totally think I'll be needing one about once a week! Ahh... if only...

I'd like to thank Meg over at Float On for the One Lovely Blogger Award!! If you guys don't read her blog, you need to head over there right now! She always has such a positive attitude and something fun to chat about!!

So The Rules...
1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you have newly discovered.
Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

(Get Ready for some Linkage...)

A Savannah Redtop - I totally want to be her! Doing graphic design in Savannah? Yes Please! Her work is amazing!

Adorably Distracted - Always something fun to read about in her blog!

Beantown Prepster - She just finished her first 5K! Love reading her blog!

Belle Cené - Such a fun blog- has awesome stuff in her Esty store too!

Chic & Pink - A new blog friend that I love to read!

DC Prep - This girl loves Charleston just as much as I do!

Downtown Southern - another new find- she just hosted a super cute giveaway- hopefully more to come!

Fantabulously Frugal - This blog is one of my favs! She updates everyone on AMAZING deals - I definitely have already scored a Burt's Bee Lip Blam and some Free Chocolate! She also turned me on to Smashbox, where I found my FAVORITE new lip gloss - Remember?

Erin at Ink Obession Designs - She has the cutest stuff- I love looking at other designers and their work.

Jamie Unscrpited - So excited she's going to start reading Twilight!

Lis Loves - So jealous she got to go see No Doubt in concert...

Pink Cupcake - I love reading her blog- it's definitely a daily-one!

Whitney from That girl & her pug - My Summer Swap Partner that I promise I am almost done finding you awesome stuff for!

Yellow Bick Blog - She always has fun fashion advice and fun posts!

Is that 15? I hope so!!

(ha yea it's only 13, my bad.)

Hump Day!

I'm going to apologize in advance... I don't have anything amazing to blog about today.

I just got back to the office from having a late breakfast/early lunch with my mom @ Cracker Barrel. I love that place- I got french toast w/ peaches & hash brown casserole. So good!

I am getting a massage tonight- SO excited about that!


::side note:: no one looks like that while getting a massage. actually, i'm pretty sure my make up would never look that good.

I do have a music suggestion for everyone- Eric Hutchinson. ABC's & Polka dots turned me on to him earlier this week and I just downloaded his album on iTunes last night. It's only $7.99 and it's such a great cd to listen to! I was jammin' out on my way to work! And I think I might download the new Dave CD so I can have totally new tunes to listen to on my way to Cola this weekend!

It's like internet Oprah!

Girls! Check out Fantabulously Frugal's Giveaway! It's like Christmas on Oprah and her favorite things! Ya'll have to enter and if you do- put my name in the "who referred you box" (Lindsay from One Day at a Time)!

Check it out!

* Decorative envelopes from etsy seller Adnagam
* Frango Dark Chocolate Mints
* Sunshine Yellow Hair Pins from etsy seller creamrose
* Purple Rain Amethyst Earrings from etsy seller Sew*Cool Design
* Paperchase 8 Folded Cards with Envelopes
* Small change purse from etsy seller Made by Hank
* Cucumber Melon Salty Soap Scrub from etsy seller Sissy Soap
* Soap Nuts from Laundry Tree
* Spring Flower Garden Cupcake Liners from etsy seller Layer Cake Shop
* 2 Vera Bradley cloth napkins
* Musings Recycled Notebook in Blue from etsy seller subu
* Fleur de Lis Necklace from etsy seller Bumble Beadz
* Marc Jacobs key fob
* Stationery and small letter-pressed notebook from etsy seller Sarah Drake
* Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Protective Recovery Complex
* Coriander Ivory Small Cosmetic Bag from etsy seller The Sweet Sugar Beet
* Smashbox Lip Gloss
* Reusable Sandwich & Snack Bags from etsy seller Green Street
* Reversible Coffee Sleeve from etsy seller LilE
* Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
* OPI Nail Polish
* Stick With Me, Kid Shopping Tote from etsy seller Earth Cadets
* As well as MANY MORE surprises!

Sunday wrap up

Can y'all believe the weekend is almost over? I hate that! I definitely think we all need a three day weekend.

So here I am, working on some stuff for work that I didn't get finished this week-joy... (Well actually I'm taking a break from work stuff to blog)

I worked on some invitations for a friend's 3 year old's birthday party. They want it UP themed- the new Pixar movie. Here's what I came up with. (They are going to Disney World & plan on taking a picture with the UP characters... so that's going to be in the black and white boxes.)

I also did some corresponding thank you cards. I love them!

My Friday was pretty good, except the fact I got a screw in my tire. I would like to crown myself queen of nails/screws in tires. I seriously think since I started driving I've gotten AT LEAST 10-15 in my tires. So after the wonderful guys at Tire Town fixed my tire at no charge to me, some retail therapy was definitely needed.

I'd like to share with you all my new favorite beauty product. It's O-Gloss from Smashbox. It goes on clear and then creates a custom shade of pink. It's amazing. And I LOVE the pink shine. Seriously folks, go get it. It's awesome.


I of course hit up GAP since all of their sale stuff was an extra 25% off! I love it when they do that! I got this super cute "fiesta" shirt in yellow and brown, a pair of white shorts, (SIZE 8!!!!!!!) and some silver thin strapped flip flops! And of course spent some QT with KikiBee!!

::side note- the parentals went out of town for their 29th wedding anniversary so I have had the whole house to myself since Tuesday::

Here's Dad enjoying an anniversary beer. He cracks me up.

When I got home, I took care of the dogs & checked the garden. Check out our crops! Green Beans, a Pepper & Romaine Lettuce! I ended up making a salad with the lettuce & pepper for lunch and then last night I threw the green beans in with some squash for dinner! They were delicious. Homegrown food always tastes SO good. I can't wait till our tomatoes start to ripen.

Saturday, after the dogs woke me up @ 7 am, I fed them and headed back to bed and we didn't get back up until 11 am! It was AMAZING. I really miss sleeping in. Yesterday I really didn't do anything. And it was great. Sometimes you need those kind of days!

Today, I cleaned up the house befor the p-rents return. Did some dishes and laundry, then hit up the grocery store. Ladies, I am about to unveil the most wonderful thing I've ever eaten. Are you ready for it? You may want to sit down.

Starbucks Ice cream.

That's right. Being a member of the Starbucks Black/Gold Card thingy, I get coupons all the time from them. Recently, they sent me a free pint of their new ice cream coupon. They have four different flavors- Coffee, Mocha Frappuccino, Caramel Macchiato & Java Chip Frapuccino. I bought the caramel one and holy crap.

Best ice cream EVER. I'm sad that it's a ridic $5 or something a pint, so it will definitely be a special treat, but MAN ya'll HAVE to try it. It's so good. (Check out how cute Bailey is in the background. He's jealous dogs can't have ice cream.)

So there it is, my weekend wrap up. Pretty uneventful, but quite nice. I'm looking forward to the upcoming week though, I'm getting my hair done on Monday -finally. I have a massage on Wednesday. Dinner with friends on Thursday night and then I'm leaving for Cola for the weekend- probably on Saturday. For what you ask? Ha- another wedding shower! woo! This is a lingerie shower though, so it'll be super fun. I'm also taking my bridesmaid dress to the bridal shop to get altered b/c they ordered a size 14 for me. Awesome. I'm hoping it's not going to be super expensive.

I hope everyone else had a great weekend!!

P.S.- Whitney, I'm totally trying to ship your summer swap present before this weekend!!!

Happy Birthday Keriann!

June 1st was my friend Keriann's 24th Birthday!

We went to Bonefish to celebrate. It was great catching up with her and her mom. Her friend Abby also came.

Wilmington Weekend!

I am so slack when it comes to uploading pictures off of my camera. I apologize.

So the drive to Wilmington was only about an hour and a half- quite pleasant actually until a man in a trailblazer decided he didn't like that I was doing the speed limit so he flipped me off. Quite a few times. I decided to wave like I didn't know what was going on and I think that just upset him even more. I did my best to block him in after that. Took up a good 10-15 minutes of my trip!

So I call Shannon as I am getting closer to make sure I'm on the right track and she says "Just Keep Driving towards the water, like keep going"

So I do until I see a sign for a boat landing and I'm like uhhhh....

Oh no her fiancés house is the last on the left... an acre and a half on the Intercoastal.

So Anyway, once I got there they showed me around, we made BLT's and then headed off to the shower! Natasha ended up coming to the shower too! It was a lot of fun. The shower was thrown by women at Tucker's parents' church. They were amazing. Shannon & Tucker RAKED in the loot. I'm talking they needed an 18 wheeler to get all their stuff back to Greenville.

I'll post some pics from the shower once Shannon posts them on Facebook... I was writing down all the gifts and keeping track of the bows, so I didn't get any pictures from the shower.

But check out the Wilmington digs...

The Room Shannon & I Shared

The House Across the Street - you get the idea.

After the shower we went on the boat with Tucker and his brother Ross. Tucker and Ross did some wake boarding and Shannon & I did some watching... it was so nice.

Sunday, we went to church and then Tucker's dad cooked an amazing lunch... After that we took a few pics and I headed back to the beach. I then proceeded to miss my road on the way home and went way out in the country. Definitely took me another hour to get home... bah, oh well. Over all it was a super fun weekend!

Me & Shannon

Shannon & I Relaxing on the Deck.

The Happy Couple.

Tagsssss

Hey blogettes- I know I've been kind of MIA since I got back from my amazing weekend in Wilmington... I promise to upload some pics from the super fun weekend! In the mean time, Rena from living.laughing.loving gave me an Adorable Blogger Award! Thanks girlie!

And Lindsay at Belle Cene' tagged me in this little questionnaire...

The Rules:

1. List 6 unimportant things that make you very happy.

2. Mention and link the person who tagged you.

3. Tag 6 of your favorite bloggers and leave them comments letting them know they've been tagged!

• Alphabetical Order
  
  
• Downloading New Apps for my iPhone
  
  
• Polynesian Sauce from Chick-fil-a
  
  
• Post-it Notes
  
  
• The Smell of Gain Laundry Detergent
  
  
• Bowties
  
  

So there you have it! Totally random, but that pretty much sums me up!

I tag Katy over at Tripping Down the Aisle, Katherine at Just Lovely, Beantown Prepster, Sarah at Downtown Southern, Off the Beaten Path & Amanda at A Jersey Southern Belle.

Survey Time!

Rena over at living.laughing.loving tagged me in this survey... if ya'll don't follow her - you should definitely check out her blog! (even if she did go to clemsux... <3)

1. How old are you?
23... sometimes I wonder how that's happened!


2. Where you from?
Myrtle Beach, SC

3. What's your favorite thing(s) to do?
Spending time with my friends/family, shopping, sleeping, eating, shopping, laying out, shopping.

4. Favorite place to hangout?
My bed - does that count?

5. Favorite drink?
Diet coke.

6. Favorite vehicle?
ummm I want a 2009 White Toyota Highlander. I don't know if it's my FAV vehicle...

7. Favorite TV show of all time?
F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

8. What's your dream?
My dream is to live a long, happy, healthy life with my friends and family. Whatever else God has planned for me sounds just fine with me!

9. What do you do for work?
In-house Graphic Designer & Custom Invitation Creator!

10. Are you close to your family?
Yes.

11. What's your makeup item?
Lip gloss! I just got O-Gloss Intuituve Lip Gloss from Smashbox... and I don't know how I've gone this long without it!

12. What's your biggest fear?
Being Alone.

13. When you were a kid, what did you want to be?
I don't really know... I think I just copied my friend Sarah when I was little and said I wanted to be a doctor.

14. Your most important material item?
iPhone. Hands Down.

15. What do you think you'll be doing 10 years from now?
I have no idea! If it were up to me, I'd have some dreamy husband and some dreamy kids!

16. What is your favorite vacation spot?
Anywhere on the coast!

17. Mac or P/C?
Once you go Mac, you never go back!

I tag whoever is super bored at work and wants a way out!!

Make sure to add a question and answer it before passing it along!

Ya'll have GOT to check out Downtown Southern's giveaway!

I've been eying this bag online for a while now and how awesome would it be if I won? And today, while I was checking out Bath and Body Work's Semi-Annual Sale, and I totally picked up the SAME candle... it's gotta be a sign, right?

You'd also win The June issue of InStyle magazine along with a year's subscription!! and the new mark Costa Rica perfume!