Life Happening

So it would seem that I haven't posted since July 14th. Oops. I've been crazy busy finishing work at my internship, celebrating my birthday and preparing for my best friend's wedding on Saturday (aka writing a toast aka trying to deal with my writers block). 

Sunday was my 20th birthday - I cannot believe that I am no longer a teenager! It was a great day filled with lots of fun, yummy food and awesome gifts :) In the morning I went to the beach with the Beau and his family, then in the evening I celebrated with my family. Dinner was at The Melting Pot (sooooo good!) I cannot remember the last time I ate that much! Today is my dad's birthday so we get to celebrate some more!

Thursday morning I am off to South Carolina to get ready for the wedding! I am soo excited! Mostly for the wedding but also for a relaxing week at the beach after :) There is so much to be done before Saturday, though, including packing... and I hate packing. 

Don't forget to smile today, xx

Saturday Stunners - July 14 Beach Edition

So since I missed Friday Favorites this week, I decided to do Saturday Stunners instead. In anticipation of my upcoming vacation to South Carolina I decided to go with a beach theme!

Two weeks from today is one of my best friend's wedding in South Carolina. I cannot believe it has come so quickly! I am so excited for her and I cannot wait to be there!

Do any of y'all have vacations planned for the rest of the summer? I can't be the only one who is looking forward to some time at the beach :)

Don't forget to smile today, xx

Monogram Necklaces

For Hanukkah last year I picked out a gold monogram necklace from a local boutique that I adore. It is seriously perfect, I wear it just about every day (great gift if you need one!). It goes with everything.

Recently I've been asked quite a lot where it is from. When I am out of town nobody knows the store so I always refer them to Marley Lilly. Marley Lilly sells tons of monogrammed jewelry (I love it all...) but my favorite is definitely the necklace. 

You can buy the necklace (and many other goodies) from Marley Lilly here!

Swell Caroline also carries monogrammed necklaces. In addition to being available in silver and gold, the necklaces are available in color acrylic. 

These colorful accessories are available here!

Which do y'all like better? 

Don't forget to smile today, xx

July Fourth

I hope that everybody had a fun and relaxing holiday! I know I did :)

The Beau and I went to the July fourth parade in the morning with my family and then my Dad grilled for lunch, it was tasty! I made a fourth of July cake that I found on Pinterest... I have to say it didn't quite look like the Betty Crocker version but it was still delicious!

At the parade :)

My cake!

Last night I stayed over at the Beau's house and we set off some fireworks in his backyard :)

Nice thing about having the holiday fall in the middle of the week is that it's almost time for the weekend and another break!

What did everybody do to celebrate? 

Don't forget to smile today, xx

My Weekend According to My iPhone

Happy Monday! 

I hope that everybody had as great of a holiday weekend as I did!

Only two more days until July fourth!!

Friday was a crazy slow day at work so I spent most of the day out of the office. In the morning my Dad and I stopped by the FOX studio and watched Pat Benatar sing "Heartbreaker". It was a fun start to the day! For lunch, my Dad and I went to Little Italy. Dad also bought some Italy paraphernalia because he was rooting for Italy in the Euro cup. The weather was beautiful on Friday night so we ate sushi on the porch and played some Phase Ten!

On Saturday Dad and I went to the Yankees game and boy, was it hot! It was a lot of fun though! Nothing says summer like a baseball game :) We had awesome seats with access to the Jim Beam suite which meant free popcorn and peanuts...

Sunday I went hiking with the Beau and his family. We went to Buttermilk Falls and even though the falls were pretty dried up, there was a little pool at the bottom that felt soo nice when we were finished. We hiked a little over 8 miles and rewarded ourselves with Dairy Queen :)

What did everybody else do this weekend?

It's the first Monday of the month so that means a new Matchbook Magazine issue! Go check it out!

Don't forget to smile today, xx