June Recap!

Seriously, I canNOT believe it's July. Cannot.

I have a new blog design! Do you like it?? I think Meg did a great job, and would highly recommend working with her if you need a good design. She got mine done quickly, and was super patient every time I wanted to change something a teeeeensy bit. And while she's trying to build her portfolio, she's doing designs for free! Go check her out.

So, June was a good month. I got a lot of blog-related things done. I set up my Facebook page and a Passionfruit account, I started working on some sponsored posts, and I went from 55 followers to 175 in one month! I'd say that's pretty great, right?

 Blueberry Icee FOR THE WIN. Ridiculous, I know. But it makes me laugh.

Good hair day or THE BEST HAIR DAY? 

Emo dog, staring at the rain. 

 Shopping is exhausting sometimes.

 He loves me, I promise.

Vietnamese iced coffee!!! Yum.

Okay welllllll this obviously isn't an instagram picture, but my outfit yesterday was amazing, sooooooooo here it is on the internet!!!

Perceptions and the Internet

How to Fight With Your Partner

Why I Should Be Able to Live at the Beach

On not being "That Guy"

Nine Reasons Blog Friends Are Better Than Real Life Friends

I set these goals for myself at the beginning of June... Now that June is over, let's break them all down, shall we?

- Find + Install a new layout. Boom, DONE! Meg is the best.

- Go for custom domain. Meh. Still holding off. For the same reasons as before - I don't know if I should make the switch to WP or not. Anyone have any advice?

- Focus more on the original goals I established when I started this blog. Debatable. I've been reading, and I haven't spent much money lately, but I don't think I posted a single recipe this whole month. And I have some good ones!! Shame, Alyssa. Shame.

- Finally post my thoughts about Silver Linings Playbook. Boom, DONE! Finally. Geeze.

- Get in on giveaways + co-hosting more linkups. Boom, DONE! By the way, have you entered our Boozy Bloggers giveaway yet? There's still time!

- Create a media kit. Meh. Haven't done this one. And I don't even have a good excuse. Oh well.

- BE BETTER AT RETURNING EMAILS. I try so hard. This is just something I'm not that good at. But I'm going to keep working on it!

So really, not TOO bad. But definitely room for improvement. I still need to be better at responding to emails, and I'd also like to get in on more sponsorships and giveaways, whenever those opportunities come along.

Happy Mother's Day (a mostly pictures post)

It was a beautiful day

for lots of food

and lots of sunshine

 

and lots of fun.

I meannnnnnnnn....

We ended the day at my aunt's house for homemade strawberry ice cream and some quality time with my two favorite teenagers.

And since I looked really freakin' cute, here are some pictures. The detail on the back of this top may have solidified it as my Favorite Shirt Ever. And I got it from Kohl's for $11.99. So that's awesome.

 

I'm a fashion blogger now, right?!

And finally, some comedy:

Hope everyone had a great day!!!!!

(For the record, this post went up at 11:59pm. Still TOTALLY OWNING this blog every day challenge.)

An Outfit + A quote

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I've gone back to this quote and its reassuring words more time than I can count. I love it.

And now, an outfit. I looked pretty freakin cute last night, you guys. I swear, I LIVE in my white jeans in the spring and summer. I love them.

Happy Saturday, everyone!!!!!

Weekend Recap

Double posting today (did you hear? it's Garrett's birthday!) because this weekend was pretty freakin' great, you guys. I just gotta tell you.

I got into town on Friday around four, and took some time to relax. 

Saturday, we had lunch with Garrett's family. Tottenham is his favorite soccer team, so his sister in law made Tottenham cupcakes!                      

We didn't want to take them into the restaurant, so naturally, we ate them in the parking lot. We're cool like that.

Om nom nom.

Awesome, right?

Sunday, as you saw, we vegged out, drank, watched baseball, and were generally super lazy. 

The only thing I need now is the beach!

Have I ever mentioned that Garrett has mad bartending skills? Because he does. I'm not specifically saying it's one of the reasons that I'm marrying him, but it helps. It definitely helps.

This drink is a fruit punch, pineapple juice, coconut rum concoction, and it was aaaaaamazing. Other notable weekend drinks include approximately five different kinds of wine, and White Russians made with International Delights Iced Coffee instead of milk. Yummmmmm.

Garrett had some things he needed to work on Sunday night, so I decided to catch up on some TV. First on the list? The RHOBH Reunion, naturally.

Garrett, how do you feel about listening to the Real Housewives scream at each other for two hours? 

Yeah, that's what I thought. Oh well.

Hope you guys had a great weekend too! Did you do anything awesome? I want to hear all about it!

Also: Happy Earth Day, everybody!

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