White Thanksgiving

Where I live in Virginia, a White Christmas is a very rare occurrence. Every year I dream of one but I think we've had one once or twice in my lifetime. But here we are, the day before Christmas, and snow is beginning to cover the ground which brings us to another first for me, a white Thanksgiving.

This snow caught me by surprise because although the weather men have been calling for it, I kinda brushed it off because it was 78 degrees on Monday! In November! But as I'm watching MTV Throwblock (Fresh Prince, am I right????), I'm so thankful that I am able to spend this whole week at home. Nothing makes snow any better than being able to watch it from a cozy couch and I'm thankful to have a lazy day watching TV at home with my brother. As much as I love my school, we all need a break sometimes. So as crazy as the next couple days are gonna be (Thanksgiving, Black Friday shopping, and my mom leaving for a cruise), a relaxing day watching the snow is perfect.

As much as I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, I can deal with a White Thanksgiving instead.

Love ya mean it,
Bailey
xoxo

"Your life, no matter how bad you think it is, is someone else's fairytale."

Today has thrown a lot of frustrations my way and I'm at that point in the semester where it's becoming seriously difficult to deal with them all.

For starters, I have a five page paper due in my History class that is due at 9:05AM on Friday that I have been unable to work on because of all of the other little assignments I've had to do. I've been struggling to figure out what to write about and I've finally made headway today by deciding to write about advertising in the 1920s but I still have to write the paper minus the whopping half of a paragraph I actually have. I'm also one of those people who has to have it quiet while working on something of this magnitude and I've found it difficult to find this because of the blaring music and vacuuming that must be happening at this time. I understand that I live with others but I usually assume that locking myself in my room will work. Today it has not. Thank the Lord above for the white noise generator I found online.

I also purchased a voucher on Groupon for a monogrammed vest for $30, awesome deal, but as I'm entering in the discount code to get said vest said vest for $30 instead of $65, my computer jumps ahead and charges me $65. Now I've spent $95 on a vest when I was supposed to spend $30. I emailed the company immediately requesting to have my ordered cancelled but I have still not gained a response. Seriously causing me anxiety right now.

Group projects might be the death of me, with a group test on Monday in Ethics and Law which is going to be a million times harder than it sounds and a group paper that I will be writing almost all of due after Thanksgiving break (but has to be started ASAP).

My history class this semester is one that I have to take (stupid GenEds) and so I'm not extremely enthusiastic about (yes, this the class where my paper is stemmed from). Every Wednesday I have a discussion section for it and I never do the reading because of other assignments I have to do. This week I decided I was going to actually do the reading and be a good student (aka I didn't wanna write my paper). So last night I'm reading about the Zoot Suit riots and I fall asleep in the middle of the reading. So much for being productive.

But now that I'm done venting, I just wanna say that it's 9 days til I go home for Thanksgiving break and I couldn't be more thankful. Even on weeks like this one where I feel like I can't wrap my head around what's going on, I always know I have so many reasons to count my blessings.

Love ya mean it,
Bailey
xoxo

Things to be Thankful For

If you follow me on Twitter (@baileyisgood) you saw that I tweeted some things that I am thankful for last night which led to me thinking, I can do a whole blog post based on that. So here's a list of some things I'm thankful for.

1. The pumpkin chocolate chips cookies Tasia and Kara baked this weekend
2. The movie Tommy Boy
3. The fact that I get to live with my best friends
4. My class getting cancelled this morning so I got to sleep in
5. Veteran's Day, for many reasons, but mainly because that means Trevor doesn't have work so I get a quick 24 hour visit from him
6. Bojangles - I had my first trip to Bojangles last night and I'm slightly obsessed
7. Bob Evans microwavable mashed potatoes
8. Wood wick candles - they literally sound just like a fireplace and I love it
9. Thanksgiving is 17 days away (thank you Lord)
10. With that being said, Christmas is 45 days away and I can't wait
11. The fact that there are still crunchy leaves to run and step on (fall isn't gone yet!!)
12. Cuddles from our cats
13. I actually had time to read this weekend (which is rare)
14. Steph's happiness this weekend - my roommate Steph turned 21 yesterday and she had such a great weekend and birthday which made me so happy to see!

What are you thankful for today?

Love ya mean it,
Bailey
xoxo

(Six?) Friday Favorites

My blogging hiatus has been caused by many things, none of which I'm using as an excuse. I've been struggling a lot with life and stress which is extremely frustrating in 1,000 different ways but I hope I can find a way to channel it through my writing instead of getting a writer's block. But here are 5 of my favorites this fine Friday for you to enjoy!

1. Winter at Starbz
Working at Starbucks has it's perks during fall and winter because I get to sample all of the new drinks! Peppermint Mocha is my absolute favorite with Eggnog following closely behind. Don't like coffee? Try Peppermint Hot Chocolate (my all time winter favorite)!

2. Magic, Madness, Heaven Sent
Taylor Swift's new song Blank Space is forever stuck in my head cause it's so catchy and it's what's always bumping in my car. Also check out I Wish You Would and All You Had to do was Stay, two catchy tunes with an Indie feel!

P.S. Go buy the deluxe album at Target for 3 extra songs and polaroids of Taylor!

3. Old Navy, Baby
A couple weeks ago my mom and cousin Kate came to shop with me in Harrisonburg and we had to stop by Old Navy before the day was over. I'm absolutely obsessed with this Women's Boyfriend Cardigan and it's so hard for me to not wear it every single day because it's extremely comfy and matches everything! Check it out and buy one (it comes in 7 colors)!

4. Kitty Love
This picture of my roommate's cats Tigger and Callie holding hands is actually the cutest.

5. Van Gogh doe
I found this quote on Tumblr and it really spoke to me.

“Vincent Van Gogh used to eat yellow paint because he thought it would get the happiness inside him. Many people thought he was mad and stupid for doing so because the paint was toxic, never mind that it was obvious that eating paint couldn’t possible have any direct correlation to one’s happiness, but I never saw that. If you were so unhappy that even the maddest ideas could possible work, like painting the walls of your internal organs yellow, than you are going to do it. It’s really no different than falling in love or taking drugs. There is a greater risk of getting your heart broken or overdosing, but people still do it everyday because there was always that chance it could make things better. Everyone has their yellow paint.”

6. I had a super hard test yesterday and got a 92% on it!

Can't wait to enjoy this lazy weekend and a special shout out to my roommate Steph who turns 21 on Sunday! Love ya roomie!

P.S. 48 days 'til Christmas!!

Love ya mean it,

Bailey

xoxo