My Weekend in Instagrams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This past weekend I went home. I grabbed takeout from Panda Express with my sister, ate cinnamon rolls for breakfast, went to Firehouse for a lunch date with my mom and sister and experienced the great soda machine (I got vanilla root beer), shopped all day, bought some new boots, added to my Essie nail polish collection, played with my puppy, went to Mellow Mushroom with my family, finally beat my mom at Ruzzle, enjoyed a beautiful sunset on the way back to Birmingham, and enjoyed my favorite brand of juice smoothies this morning.

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!

-Carrie

Last Minute

Being a college student is hard. We stay up late to watch another show, we "accidentally" sleep past our alarm, or we have no motivation to get up in the morning. Whatever your excuse may be, you can still put an outfit together that doesn't look "last minute." Today I wanted to show you an outfit I put together for all the "just rolled out of bed" days we have as college students.

-Carrie

Business Glamour

Hey, everyone! Today I'm going to test myself again with another outfit!
Being in the school of business at UAB requires that students look professional once a student is further along in college. This outfit that I made is an example of how to look sophisticated and chic at the same time. I hope you all like it!

-Carrie

Crochet Headband

Today we just wanted to make a shout out to a new friend we have made. Her name is Lexi and she makes the cutest crochet headbands and scarves! Check her out on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/CrochetByLexi and on Instagram at crochet_by_lexi !

-Hannah & Carrie

Date Night

Since I am wanting to own a boutique when I get older, I am trying to force myself to dive into the fashion world and understand the ins and outs of fashion, trends, and so on. I love clothes, shoes, accessories, everything. So, this will be a fun learning experience for me! 

After saying all this, I just want to try to test my creativity and post outfit ideas for different occasions sporadically. Here's my first one!

With this outfit, I tried to bring out the light color of the sweater with the flats and gold jewelry. Also, I am head over heels for that aqua bag!

-Carrie

Snow Day

Since we have been back at school, it's been cloudy, overcast, rainy, windy, dreary, and so on. Yesterday, leaving my physical science class, I saw flurries from the window and ran outside to see the small snow flurries floating down from the sky. It made all the bad weather so worth it! (Also, it's SUPER sunny today :))

They were so pretty....until they landed on my head and soaked my hair. This is a picture (before my hair was soaking wet) right when the flurries started coming down:

After I took my cliche picture of me in the snow, I went to my psychology class and this is what it looked like when I came out:

Isn't is beautiful? Snow makes everything look so pretty!

Also, did we mention we cut all our hair off?

I hope you all have a great holiday on Monday!

-Carrie

Update

Hello, everyone!
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas break and New Year's Eve!
I had the best break. I spent most of it lounging around watching Downton Abbey, Lost, and catching up on the latest Pretty Little Liars season so I can watch it this TuesdAy! (see what I did there?) My family and I watched the Nativity and went to our Christmas Eve candle light service. Christmas day we opened presents and had our traditional cinnamon roll breakfast. That evening, my aunt, uncle, and two little boy cousins came up from Florida to visit. We hung out, shopped, and went out to eat. We spent New Year's at some friends' house--it was a blast bringing in 2013 with friends who are like family.
Summing up the first week of 2013:
I got to snuggle on the couch with my favorite guy and watch The Lord of the Rings with him and my sister.

I got to spend some time with my younger sis

I got a really good deal on some really cute shoes

I received a really cool gift that I can't keep my hands off!

I got to spend New Year's Eve with this guy

I also was able to have lunch with my dad and try my first Vietnamese dish this week.

And I went to Nashville with my family and my boyfriend to shop at Opry Mills and eat at Chuy's (if you haven't eaten there, I highly suggest it. It's great Mexican food!).

My break was filled with so many laughs and good quality time with my family that I've missed so much.

Tomorrow I head back to Birmingham and start my last semester as a Freshman. I'm so excited!

-Carrie