Hello Summer Vacation!

Hello Bloggers!

I'm back and ready to take this summer by storm.  I took my last final on May 6th, and came back home by May 7th to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday!  We went out to a nice dinner to celebrate the big day. I have received my final grades & I'm happy to say I've made the Dean's List!  Junior year was a hard year, personally and with my school work, so I'm happy to see that all my hard work has paid off.  Now I can enjoy my summer break that I deserve.

Since I've been home, I've unpacked and repacked all my belongings from school and cleaned my room.  Next year I am living in an off-campus house, so I want to have all my things packed just in case I want to take a day trip down, on my own, to start moving myself in.  I've also helped my mom clean some things around the house that we've been meaning to attack (such as our big box of old hair accessories).

Some highlights since I have been home have been going up to my sister's future college for a fashion show, celebrating Mother's Day with my family, and going to see my sister perform in her Singer's Concert.

I was getting a little bit antsy at this point and looking for something exciting, so this past weekend's trip to Atlantic City was just what I needed!  Two of my best friends are twins, and they invited me and my other 3 best friends to Atlantic City with them along with their family to celebrate their 21st birthday.  We drove down to Atlantic City Friday afternoon and stayed until Sunday afternoon at Harrah's Resort and Casino.  This was my second time going down to AC with the twins and staying at Harrah's.  I was very excited to go away for the weekend and have an excuse to get dressed up, but its definitely a little hard to be in AC when you're not 21.  However, we enjoyed great dinners on Friday and Saturday nights and awesome breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday morning, and even got to do a little shopping at the outlets Saturday afternoon.  

Here's a picture from Saturday night's dinner at Bill's Burger.

It was definitely a great start to the summer, which I'm hoping will be filled with many great memories! Can't wait to share with you all what the rest of the summer holds! :)

xoxo,
Brown Eyed Girl

Junior Year, Coming to an End.

It's that time again... finals!!  15 days separates me and my summer.  I really can't believe that my junior year is coming to an end.  This weekend, I went to see my house that I will be living in next year.  Senior year will soon be a reality!

Although I am still without an internship for this summer, I am really excited for the approaching months.  I recently was offered a Campus Representative position for Little Problems, a Twitter paged turned into merchandise company!  Sorority-obsessed myself, I love retweeting some of their funny Tweets.  While a campus rep for Little Problems, I will be helping advertise on my campus!  I am really excited to get started; it seems like this will be a great experience.  

Now I'm off to work on some papers before finals begin.  Wish me luck!

xoxo,

Brown Eyed Girl

Crafty follow up!

In my last post, I spoke about how I was crafting a lot over my spring break. I wanted to follow up with some pictures of what I made! My big and little absolutely loved them :)

Xoxo,
Brown Eyed Girl

Crafty times

I am in a sorority at my school, and I recently went through the Big & Little reveal process.  At my school, we have a week where the bigs know who their little is, and leave them gifts everyday.  I was very excited about this because I have always loved to craft (thank you Grandma Rose).  I started crafting for my little in October over Fall Break.  It was a little aggressive, but crafting is such a stress-reliever for me.  It really makes me happy and not think about things for a little while.

So now that reveal week is over and I don't have to craft anymore, I was a little sad that I wouldn't have to craft over this Spring Break.  However, I took a trip to AC Moore with my mom the other day and of course couldn't leave without buying a few wooden pieces to paint.  I have a plan for crafting for my big and little, and can't wait to see the finished product!

Also, this may be my Spring Break, but theres news about a snow storm tonight!!  I'm personally hoping my sister will have a snow day so she can hang out with me all day :)

I'm off to paint!

xoxo,
Brown Eyed Girl

Not a baby anymore

You don't really realize how old you are until you get an email with the subject line: "FALL 2013 REGISTRATION", aka the first semester of my senior year.  Commence freak out.  Don't get me wrong, I am really excited for my senior year.  I'll be 21, I'll be living in a house with some of my best friends, and I'll be enjoying many "lasts" at my amazing school; but I can't imagine not being at school anymore.  I don't wanna think about being a real person with a job and real life obligations.
In an effort towards that, I'm currently applying to internships for this summer, which could hopefully turn into a job after I graduate.  Let's hope I'm back in NYC this summer with an awesome internship!  Thinking back on last summer, I'm getting excited to hopefully be back in the city again.  Send some good vibes my way?  Thanks friends!

xoxo,
Brown Eyed Girl

Not a Tourist Anymore

Yesterday I had such an eventful day.  My team and I had a Company BBQ at my boss' house in Hastings-on-Hudson.  I was a little worried about the commute, but I successfully made it!  I was able to sleep a little later, so my commute started at around 10am.  I took my regular express bus into Bryant Park (one of my favorite areas of the city btw) and then walked to Grand Central Station.  Of course I had to stop for my morning Starbucks on the way and got a tall iced Chai tea latte with whipped cream :)  My bus arrived a little early so I had a nice amount of extra time left to wait around the station, so I explored a little.  I then met up with some of my co-workers and we took a 40 minute Metro North train.  The BBQ was great and it was so nice getting to be with my co-workers out of the office and not having to be working that day.  I then successfully made the trip home as well.  I came home to some friends of my family in the backyard and pizza waiting for me.  All-in-all it was a nice Friday-- and now it's the weekend!  This weekend I'll be relaxing, hanging by the pool, and maybe some shopping.  What are your weekend plans?

-Brown Eyed Girl

My Week In Photos

Hello all,

So sorry I've been behind on blogging!  This internship has kept me so busy, and when I get home I am so exhausted!  But I've been trying to take advantage of being in the city everyday, and use my iPhone to capture some of my favorite moments.  Here are some of my favorite Instagram pictures I took this past week.  Enjoy!

On Tuesday, I went to get my nails done during lunch.   The color was Essie's Smooth Sailing- my favorite color.

I found this doodling on one of my dollar bills on Wednesday.  Needless to say, I had to take a picture before I got rid of it.

90 degrees on Thursday called for a cool top and great outfit to go with it. 

The heat Thursday also called for a nice Iced Chai Tea Latte from Starbucks. 

This is one of my favorite things about my office- the giant girl outside the women's restroom.  

Friday I had lunch out in front of the Flat Iron Building, right across from my office.

My daddy works only a few stops away from me, so he met me at my office on Friday and took the bus home with me. 

I had a very successful weekend: Friday I went to a Demi Lovato concert, Saturday I went to a party with family friends, and Sunday I went to the beach with my sister and our close friend.