In search of motivation....

Sorry for my lack of blogging. My mind has been consumed by the big move. I'll re-cap the last few days.
We had a wonderful weekend and made our first lake trip of the summer. Saturday we had perfect weather and the lake was just what I needed to get my mind off packing. I never take my camera to the lake because I'm paranoid I'll drop it in, so no pictures for ya'll. Sunday, we slept in and then went to brunch. Gabe had a soccer game that afternoon, so I worked on my senior portfolio while he was gone. Yesterday, after Gabe left work, we went to buy a new comforter and get some boxes to start packing up the kitchen. (my least favorite part). After dinner, we were bored and trying to avoid packing so we went bowling! We were literally the only people there. It was so much fun though and very random. Today I'm just hanging out at the apartment putting off packing and working on my portfolio. It's so hot outside right now that I'm having a hard time getting myself to leave the apartment. Yesterday the heat index was 102! Ugh! Miserable. But I have tons of things on my to do list so I need to get motivated!

So I've pretty much given up on reading Heart of the Matter. It's too depressing. If you've read it, you know what I'm talking about.

Well, any tips on making this move easier? I wish I could just go away for a few days and come back to my new apartment with everything unpacked. I think I dread it so much because I hate chaos and things not being in their place. I'm a very organized person so it just kills me to have things messed up. Anyway, hope everyone is having a great day!

Random Friday

1. First off, how about that Grey's Anatomy season finale last night?! I was freaking out the entire two hours! There weren't any major cliff hangers, but I still have some questions. Such as:
Do we know if anything happened to Bailey's boyfriend?
Will Chief Webber take over as acting Chief again while Derek is recovering?
Did Meredeth really have a miscarriage?
Will Christina and Owen work it out?
Lexie cannot choose Alex, she needs to be with Mark.
I think I may be way to involved in this show. But honestly ya'll, I have watched every single episode.
2. I spent Wednesday and Thursday in my home town relaxing and visiting my grandparents. It was heaven!
3. I had a facial Wednesday morning and it was absolutely amazing. I'm thinking that is going to have to become part of my beauty routine.
4. This weekend will be spent packing for the big move. We had some stress this week because we thought Gabe would have to go to Boston to meet with a client on the same day we were supposed to move. He has managed to get some things moved around so as far as we know he will be here on moving day.
5. I really really don't want to start summer school. I'm getting way to used to this whole summer break thing.
6. Less than a week until Sex and the City 2!!

Happy Friday ya'll!! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Recent Drugstore Finds- Mascara

So last week I decided to accompany Gabe on a little business trip to have some contracts signed by a client of his. He was meeting the guy in Missouri and I figured a day trip could be fun. He set up the meeting in this small town and I told him he could just drop me at Wal-Mart and I would find something to do to entertain me. (When I signed on for this little business trip, I didn't know the town was so small) So of course I go straight to the cosmetics and begin searching for little treasures. I found a good one!!

If you like DiorShow Mascara

Try Cover Girl LashBlast Fusion.

I love this mascara! It seriously works just as well as the DiorShow and is half the cost. It has a very buildable formula that creates some serious volume and length. A few months ago I bought the DiorShow Extase mascara and hated it. So I went back to the original DiorShow. Then I realized that in one month I had spent over $50 on mascara and thought that was ridiculous. I am still in school after all and very unemployed. I would rather spend my money on things like shoes. :) So if you're in the market for a great, more affordable mascara I highly recommend this. It does have a weird brush that kind of freaked me out at first. But once you get passed that, it's wonderful.

Hope ya'll have a wonderful hump day. I have a lovely day planned that I'm really looking forward to. I have an appointment for a facial this morning and lunch scheduled with my grandparents. Then I'm going shopping for sheets for the new bed with my mom :) Oh and Gabe and I sign the lease for the new apartment tomorrow! Only one more week left in this apartment. I can't wait to move to a bigger place!

Book Review- The Carrie Diaries

So I finally finished The Carrie Diaries last night. It took me just under two weeks to read and it honestly shouldn't have taken me that long because this book doesn't have much substance. It took me two weeks because I had such a hard time getting into it that I would put it down for days and have to will myself to pick it up. I. Did. Not. Like. This. Book. And I hate that because I love Candace Bushnell and Sex and the City. This book had to much high school drama for me. I should have seen that coming since it's set when Carrie is in high school. I would have much rather read about Carrie post high school and her first year in New York or Carrie and the girls in their early to mid 20s trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives. I give this book a D+. Have any of ya'll read this book? What did you think?


My next book is Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin. I have LOVED her other four books so I'm pretty excited about this one. I've only read a few chapters so far but I think I won't be disappointed.

Hope everyone is having a great week so far! I have a date with Gabe tonight at our favorite Cajun restaurant. :) Oh and did anyone catch the season finales of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill last night? I was left with a big WTF at the end of both! I hate when they leave you hanging until fall.

Summer break makes me a bad blogger.

So apparently having no structure in my life makes me forget to blog. I thought when I was done with finals I would have all of this time to blog and come up with some great posts. Wrong! I've been just as busy since getting out of school. So here's a list catching you up on my life:
1. My hair is now more brown than blonde. I love being a blonde but since I quit living in a tanning bed, the super blonde hair made me look washed out. I'm enjoying the more low maintenance color. And I think it makes my skin look better.
2. I never found a new dress to wear to Gabe's sis's graduation, so I wore the same dress I wore for Easter. It worked out just fine.
3. Gabe had a ton of extended family in town from Iowa (that's where his fam is originally from) so our weekend was spent visiting them.
4. I haven't had very much lay by the pool weather. I'm hoping mother nature delivers some this week for me. I only have until June 7th to enjoy my summer vacation.
5. We move to our new apartment next week!! Have I started packing? Of course not! I also haven't found any new bedding for the new king size bed yet either. Time to get this ball rolling!
6. I just found out one of my favorite new shows, Flash Forward, is getting cancelled :(
7. I love being a southern woman who appreciates big hair. I spent the weekend with a bunch of Midwestern women from Iowa, who were as sweet as can be and beautiful, but had very flat hair. And I think they wanted it that way! I believe everyone looks better when their hair has a little lift. :) But maybe that's just me.
8. I'm relieved that Gabe and I didn't book a trip to Gulf Shores this summer because who knows what the beaches will look like with this oil spill.
9. I bought a few new makeup items last week that I will be reviewing for yall in the days to come.
10. So I'm thinking of switching from a PC to a Mac. Any opinions on that? I'm so tired of all the problems I've been having with my computer lately. I would love to hear what ya'll use.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!