101 in 1001 challenge

i stumbled upon this challenge on design darling and i could not stop thinking about it since then. i have decided to try this, and succeed. 

my start date: May 21, 2012                              
my end date [if i did the math correct]: February 17, 2015 

1. figure out my 101 things for this list {complete on may 21, 2012}

2. read 25 books not for school, but for pleasure

3. get a full time, grown up job [after graduation]

4. have 100 followers on my blog

5. cook dinner for myself 10 days in a row

6. write 15 hand written notes to friends and family

7. buy a designer purse

8. have 700 followers on the panhellenic twitter

9. refinish a piece of furniture

10. get my own apartment [after graduation]

11. redesign my blog, to give it a more professional feel

12. redefine my closet and personal style

13. go on a trip out of the country

14. create a list of my top 10 inspiring books

15. update my iTunes completely

16. move to a big city [after graduation]

17. buy a designer pair of heels

18. grow my hair out

19. graduate from the University of Mississippi

20. decorate a room on my own

21. design something on indesign, and really like it

22. plan a party for one of my friends

23. get a 4.0 in one of the two remaining semesters

24. go on a hike

25. try being vegetarian for at least a week

26. visit my brother at the University of Georgia

27. have something published in a major magazine, in print

28. have my blog featured somewhere

29. save a solid amount of money

30. complete all 90 days of insanity

31. read gone with the wing

32. pay for a stranger's meal

33. read the entire bible

34. have 150 blog posts

35. learn how to curl my hair in a way that i like

36. have 1,000 followers on my interest

37. go an entire week without Facebook

38. create an online portfolio and resume

39. own 10 coffee table books

40. take a ballet class again

41. try cross fit

42. go on a trip with my mom

43. learn to sew one thing

44. read a devotional everyday for a month

45. own a lilly pulitzer dress

46. completely move out of my parent's house [after graduation]

47. find a signature scent

48. find a lipstick that suits me

49. buy a grown up planner

50. write a moving piece of journalism 

51. volunteer at a children's organization

52. try the 30 day remix outfit challenge 

53. keep a journal for one month

54. take a fashion risk, and succeed

55. enhance my linked in profile

56. have dessert in a fancy hotel

57. take a trip with my friends

58. get my 1st massage

59. learn sign language 

60. answer "50 questions that will free your mind"

61. run a half marathon

62. start writing my book i have been talking about forever

63. send a personalized birthday card, instead of writing it on a Facebook wall

64. eat dinner or lunch alone

65. create a photo album of college memories

66. take a trip to las vegas

67. get my first credit card

68. get my first checkbook

69. unsubscribe to all the junk crowding my email

70. subscribe to the new yorker

71. go to a wine tasting

72. figure out a new make up routine

73. lose 10 pounds

74. blog about my 101 list  {may 21, 2012}

75. get a passport

76. go on a date

77. have a fish, and keep it alive

78. buy an interior design book

79. subscribe to a magazine i normally buy on the stands

80. live in oxford for a full summer

81. bake a cake

82. showcase a room i decorate on my blog

83. stop biting my nails

84. make a list of quotes that inspire me

85. become somewhat financially independent

86. take more pictures

87. blog everyday for one month straight

88. purchase grown up personalized stationary

89. wear every pair of shoes i own

90. go for a long bike ride

91. own a set of wine glasses

92. actually learn to understand football

93. make a playlist of my 50 favorite songs

94. play a round of golf

95. stop wearing my huge college t shirts [after graduation]

96. purchase one piece of jewelry i love

97. send someone flowers

98. give up sweets for a month

99. give up tv for one week

100. try a detox cleanse

101. complete as many of these as possible 

loyally,

alex 

hello long lost friends

i promise, i am trying not to forget about my blog. i am only home for a short three weeks, and one of those weeks has already disappeared, so i have been rushing around trying to get things done. which includes thrift store hunting, a quick trip to athens, and painting an old dresser teal [i am obsessed] i will include pictures later. i think i am going to wait until everything in my room is complete and put together.
but mostly i have just been trying to spend time with my family and hang out. family is one of the most important things to me, and we have a big week coming up with a graduation- my brothers, and a party. many members of my extended family are coming into town, so i am excited to spend time with the ones i love.
sorry for my absence, i am desperately trying my hardest to be better about blogging daily.

my family and i on mother's day

loyally,

alex 

Outfit of the day

Today I ran errands with my mom. I have had this white top that I got from marshalls for $7 for awhile and it is easily the most versatile piece I own. My mom got me the cobalt blue shorts at the gap outlet for $10. And the shoes were a real steal, they are Steve Madden and originally $80, I scored them for $25 at a local discount store. So altogether my outfit was under $50. Hope everyone is having a lovely week!

Loyally,

Alex

free at last

i am done with finals and officially a senior [wait. what?]. and only one hour and twenty minutes of work remains until it is summer time! i am super excited to spend the next few weeks back home in georgia with my family. my cousins, along with my aunts, and grandmother will be making their way down to see my little brother graduate. i also will be busily shopping for our house that we will be living in next year. my first time living in a house. scary thought. i promise i am not that weird girl who lives on campus forever, at ole miss you live in the dorm freshman year, with your sorority on a dorm floor, and then in the sorority house your junior year. i treasure the memories my friends and i made this past year living in the house. i am incredibly sad to leave, it truly has been a once in a lifetime opportunity. 60 girls in one house, can you say madness??
hopefully while i am home i will have some down time to relax, take it easy, and not worry about a thing.

a few months ago i had what i like to call a mini break down. i didn't freak out in public, or bawl my eyes out dramatically, but i just had a thought in my head that my life was moving too fast and i wasn't getting the chance to enjoy it. i am the typical type a overachiever [at least i recognize it] and i spent countless hours looking for an internship. i received an offer, had plans to live at home, and then it hit me. this is the last summer and year i will have with my best friends to do whatever i want. in the real world there are no summers. i will be spending the rest of my life in an office, why am i trying to rush into that now?

so there you have it. i decided to live in oxford for june,  july, and august. i am so excited to work at the career center everyday! and i will also be working in the greek life office-- they are actually paying us to, so it should be a pretty successful summer. i am going to work on some projects, write a lot, read a lot, and bask in the glory of being a 20 something gal with nothing to do.

and now i'm rambling, but you catch my drift.

cheers to that.

loyally, 

alex 

change

i am procastinating studying, ignoring making a huge long post, and attempting to change things around a bit on here! so bear with me please!


loyally,
alex

new room, new year

i am so so sad to leave my humble abode at the kappa house, but i am oh so excited to move into our cozy five bedroom house for next year. we already have a leopard couch for our living room, which if you know me you know i love leopard. it won't be tacky though of course. just a little loveseat to go in the corner. i am having a blast planning what will go in my room, and i have even created a pinterest board dedicated to our house, beanland is the title if you would like to follow along!

this is my room, unfortunately margaret is taking the beautiful furniture that is in there now. 

i'm loving the vibe in these three rooms, and i definitely want to do a wall collage of photos and prints, i will be living here in oxford this summer, just working, so i think it will be a good time for me to collect things to slowly add to my room! it feels so weird to be a grown up, decorating my new pad! 

oh and happy cinco de mayo, my friends and i ate greek food and have been studying all day! haha!

loyally,

alex 

kappa parents weekend

this past weekend my lovely mother came into town for my sorority's parents weekend and double decker. it was oh so fun, we hung out, went to the square, and all in all just had a good time!

some pictures from the weekend:

loyally,

alex