Pinterest up!

Happy hump day. I hope you got the reference in my blog title, if not you need to watch an incredibly funny episode of How I met your mother, ASAP! So today I am linking up with Michelle @ The Vintage Apple for Oh, How Pinteresting Wednesday!! Today's pins will be focused on my dream home. You can follow me on Pinterest here. 

This room has a ton of elements that I would love to have one day.

Source: parisapartment.wordpress.com via nikki on Pinterest

This room is so elegant & simple, but I am in love!

Source: mysweetsavannah.blogspot.com via nikki on Pinterest

Can I have this beautiful closet & the stuff in it??

Source: hgtv.com via nikki on Pinterest

I would absolutely NEVER leave my kitchen & learn to cook if I had this one!!!

Source: houzz.com via nikki on Pinterest

This living room is so cute, not overly girly, but you can tell it had a woman's touch, obvi!

Source: clbrenneman.tumblr.com via nikki on Pinterest

I love the color scheme in this bedroom, always wanted to do it.

Source: Uploaded by user via nikki on Pinterest

I could go on and on posting about what my dream home would look like, but I would likely lose followers. So what are you all finding on Pinterest, as of late?! Go link up and leave a comment saying you did so I can check it out! 


Also, I just started my blog's Facebook page, I wasn't sure if I did it correctly, but if you could go and please please please LIKE my page, I would so appreciate it!! You can go to it directly here!!

The Best Kind of Tuesday

Happy Tuesday everyone! I know I said I was going to do some Bachelorette dishing, but I fell behind yesterday so I will combine it in this post along with some updates and other fun link ups. 


So on The Bachelorette last night, it was the finale {as if you didn't know} and I am so so happy with the outcome. I really hope that Emily & Jef can make it last for a long long time. Has anyone else seen his super adorable pictures as of late? The hair has fixed itself!!

Major upgrade, but with all the sweet stuff he has been doing for Emily on the show, how can you not fall in love with him, hair and all. So I really did like the way she let Arie down in the show because it didn't put him through more heartbreak if he fell deeper for Emily. I don't think it did much for closure, but that's what After the Rose is all about. 

So Jef's proposal was so sweet!!! I am in lurve with the ring too, Neil Lang never does disappoint does he?! If you missed that big rock, here's a pic:

I don't know how anyone could miss that ring, it's huge!!! So I really think at the After the Rose, Emily & Jef looked so in love. You can really sense there is some sort of connection with Jef that she just didn't have with Sean & Arie. I'm kind of upset they didn't announce who the next Bachelor will be, I thought that usually happened at the After the Rose, but oh well, I still really hope it's Sean, I will be sending my application to ABC if it is :)!! 

Linked up with the beautiful {Anne} for this wonderful dish session, can't wait til next season!!

So the next link up that I'm stuffing in this post is one that I saw on my bloggy bff Jenn's blog today. It's a little session of Truth & Dare. I thought this idea was so cute and I wanted to participate so here it is. 

The prompt for this week:
Truth: If you had 24 hours left to live, how would you spend it?ORDare: Post a photo or video of your bedroom as is. Tell us about what we see.
I've decided to do the dare, mainly because I had just cleaned today so my room is somewhat clean.

{1} Door to my room, yes I am a child and have my name on the door, don't hate :)

{2} You can see my bed, zebra print body pillow [love], part of my nightstand

{3} My couch, Bob Marley & Derrick Rose posters

{4} My makeup/getting ready area, pictures and other crap on my wall

{5} My closet, that part is slightly messy & I know I have a lot of laundry to do

So what did you guys think of my room?

It's still a work in progress, I have lots of crafts/diy projects to do.

Ok, so if you are still reading, know that I love you! The final link up I am gonna do today is Insta Tuesday with Jane @ Taingamala. This is the very first week of this fun link up & I apologize if some of you who follow me on Instagram already saw some of these. 

                              

{}Fro-yo is <3

{}Indian version of coke, so delicious!!

{}Photo a day August list, can't wait!

{}Waffle fries at work, yum

{}Holy carbs & oil

{}Cupcakes from my cake decorating class

{}Made mums from icing, and it actually looks legit

{}My mascara & lip gloss swap gift from the wonderful Darby @ Life with the Hawleys

Wow, so I am fully aware that I had a LOT of food pictures, what can I say, girl likes to eat!! What have you guys taken pictures of this week, go link up!!

Also I just wanted to update you guys about my grandfathers surgery, it went very well and he is now at home resting and recovering. Thank you to all of you who kept him in your thoughts and prayers, it meant so so much to me!! Come back tomorrow for some fun Pinterest pins!!

Wrappin' up the Weekend

Happy Monday morning everyone, yeah right! Well another weekend is over and to think it's almost the end of July is pretty scary. This weekend was pretty eventful in my books. I was off on Friday and although they tried to get me to come in on my day off which I happily denied, I didn't really do much during the day. I did a little studying for my last final and ran a few errands. 
Friday evening I got invited by my sister's friend to go to an event her PR company was hosting. It was such a fun night to a club I'd never been to and we were treated like VIP's with our very own reserved table and bottle service, all for free! The event was for a talent show which included a few singers, tap dancers, and even an acrobatic performance. It was super cool, plus our table was right next to one of the popular radio hosts on our local fm radio station! 

excuse my devil eyes here, it's the only group pic we have

Saturday was one of my old coworkers/bff's wedding shower. I was so excited to see her because she had been in Kansas City for the past year and now she's moved back. Her gorgeous wedding is a destination wedding in Oahu, Hawaii and I'm so upset I won't be able to make it, but I know she is going to make a beautiful bride!! 

My outfit:

{}Navy maxi dress from TJ Maxx

{}White cami from F21

{}Gold layered necklace from Target

{}Gold watch from NY&Co

*not pictured {}Gold sandals from Target

The beautiful bride-to-be and I

Opening gifts!!

Hawaii themed decor

Dessert & drink station!

The beautiful couple!!

{1} Goodie bag, {2} table decor, {3} trivia game, {4} desserts

Sunday was super relaxing, I got to sleep in and when I woke up I did some laundry and headed over to my cousins house. We decided to lounge by the pool even though the overcast made it seem like it was going to rain, it didn't. Afterwards we made some yummy dinner and watched the Teen Choice Awards, not the Bachelorette because I felt like they were over-hyping it up for absolutely no reason. After seeing all the tweets and facebook posts about the finale, I'm glad I dodged a bullet missed the finale. I did watch a little bit of the "After the Rose" episode and realized I'm glad she picked Jef, but I just don't think they will last long considering this franchise only has one solid couple from the numerous seasons. I will tell ya I am mighty excited for The Bachelor Pad, I love me some drama and hookups and I have a feeling they won't disappoint!! 

Here is what's on the menu for this week:

-Monday {The Bachelorette Dish-although I missed it, I will probably watch it from my DVR to see what all the excitement or lack there of was about}

-Tuesday {nothing planned yet, may not get a post up today, my Grandpa is having knee surgery so if you all could keep him in your prayers, I will really appreciate it!}

-Wednesday {Oh, how Pinteresting- I have been finding some awesome things, as always, on Pinterest and want to share them with you}

-Thursday {It's OK Thursday link up party}

-Friday {Nail Files link up-loving the color I have picked out for this week!!}

Did you guys have an interesting weekend?

Did you tune in for The Bachelorette? What were your thoughts?

Any fun blog posts that you want me to write about? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!!


Linking up with these lovely ladies:

Sunday Social Week {7}: Handbags

Happy Sunday everyone! It's time for another week of Sunday social with {Neely} and {Ashley}! This week we are talking all about handbags, and I absolutely love this topic. I don't have too many fancy or expensive ones, but I do love a good handbag/clutch/wristlet/etc. So onto the questions for this week:



1) What is your favorite handbag you've ever owned?I recently purchased my very first Michael Kors handbag and it is the most expensive handbag I've ever owned and I am so completely in love with it, I wear it with just about everything!!

2) What is your dream handbag you lust over?

One of my good family friends got a Louis V handbag for a wedding present from her little brother and I have been lusting over it since then. This is the specific one that I want!

Louis Vuitton Damier handbag

3) What are the daily essentials in your purse or work bag?

Sunglasses,

wallet,

a whole slew of lip products,

iPod touch,

journal & pen,

gum,

work ID badge,

body mist

4) What's in your purse (with pictures)?

Well pretty much everything I listed above, here's the picture:

So what's your favorite handbag?

What do you have in your purse daily?

Go link up & answer away!!

Nail Files {7/20/12}

Yay, it's Friday!! That means its time for another week of the Nail Files link up with {Tara} and {Vicki}. 

So this week I wanted to just do something simple, but cute at the same time. I used my Julep Maven Oscar polish and instead of the accent nail I did last week, I painted all my nails that color. The gold sparkle has amazing coverage that I only needed one good coat of the polish to get the fabulous sparkle. I have gotten so many compliments on the nails and I plan on doing these nails for my Vegas trip!

What do you guys think? 

What color have you guys been using lately?

Go link up!!

It's 'OK' Thursday

Happy Thursday everyone! So I'm excited to announce that I have my very first guest giveaway over at Yours Truly a blog run by one of the nicest bloggers I've met, Jenna. I am giving away a $25 Target gift card, which I know you want to win so go here to enter!! 


Besides that I'm linking up with {Neely} and {Amber} for it's 'OK' Thursday! Today was a tough day at work, I came home frustrated and exhausted. Last night we had a pretty nasty storm and at the hospital our server went down and so everything was put in manually today. It was a LONG day and frustrating to work with certain people who are lazier than others. I feel like I'm just hitting my breaking point, but thank god I'm off tomorrow and can enjoy my day off with a trip to the salon and pool! Now onto the link-up:



...it's ok to get so frustrated with lazy coworkers, but know you can't do much about it with a careless manager

...it's ok to have so much fun shopping for my mascara/lip gloss swap partner!!! Package coming to you soon Darby!
...it's ok to come home and demolish some nacho Lunchables!!

...it's ok to be super lazy and not want to do anything but veg out in front of the TV

...it's ok to have a small crush on a guy in one of the departments at work and purposely find reasons/excuses to go over to the department.

...it's ok to not have any clue what to wear for my good friend's bridal shower on Saturday, can you fashionista's help me out, is this maxi dress a yes or no?? (It's a backyard bridal shower)

...it's ok to want a little baby so badly especially when my cousin sends me adorable pictures of my nephew, I don't need a man right?!

So kid's, what's OK with you today? 

Also, I know you want to enter my giveaway, so what are you waiting for?!?

Me, Myself, and I Linky Party

Morning everyone!! So I am excited to be doing this fun link up. It's a way to get to know me {and the other lovely people that link up} because I know my about me is not as great as some bloggers. Well here are this month's questions:

1. What is your biggest phobia?

I have a huge fear of spiders/bugs/insects. If I see one I become super paranoid unless I know it's out of sight, forever! Another fear is corny, but dying alone is always a scary thing.

2. If you could relive any day of your life, what would it be and why?

I know I have talked about my grandmother passing away {now 2+ years ago}, but the night right before she passed, July 5, 2010 would be the day I would want to relive because I feel like I didn't get enough time with her before she passed to tell her all that I wanted to. 

3. If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be? 

I'm only 23 right now and I know I have a lot of life still left to live. I feel like 25 is a good solid age, I actually can't wait to turn 25 because it's not too young, yet it is still young enough at the same time. I'm sure once I'm 25 though, I'll want to change that back to 23 or even younger!

4. Which celebrity do you get mistaken for?

I've gotten said I look like a young Uma Thurman {I personally don't see this or agree with this}. I've also gotten told a lot that I look like a famous Indian actress, Kareena Kapoor {again I don't completely agree with this}. What do you think?

This is what I got from MyHeritage.com as my look-a-likes. What do you guys think, who do I look like??

5. What songs are included on the soundtrack to your life?

This is hard, but since I answered a lot of music questions on this Sunday Social link up I did a few weeks back, here are some of the songs I think I would include:

Come on Get Higher by Matt Nathanson

Good Life by OneRepublic

The Show Goes On by Lupe Fiasco

I know some pretty different songs, but I am all over the place with my music taste. 

How would you answer these questions?

Who do you think my doppelganger is?

Leave your comments below & link up!!