If Money Grew on Trees......

If money grew on trees then every single one of these dresses would be hanging in my closet right now just waiting for me to wear them!!!!

I am obsessed with every single dress on here!!! It was hard narrowing my choices down to four, too. If you find yourself yearning for one of these beauties, head on over to Anthropologie.com and get ready to spend some $$$$!

All pictures courtesy of Anthropologie.com

Summer Vacation

Summer has really flown by for me. I think as a teacher, the words "summer vacation" qualify as a oxymoron because I realize now that teachers don't get a full summer vacation! I didn't realize that my classroom would be a disaster area after the custodians cleaned it. Not to say that I am not thankful that it wasn't cleaned--I am soooo thankful!! But now I just get to reorganize it :)

If you remember my blogs at the beginning of the year, you'll remember that I took over for a teacher who retired at the end of Decemeber. Since I came in at the halfway point of the school year, I pretty much left everything as it was--only adding a few of my own things to make the classroom "mine". Now that I have been officially rehired (YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!), I get to make the entire classroom and storage area mine!!!

I've already spent a day cleaning out my classroom storage space because it had materials that had been collected for 20 years, and let's face it, I'm really not going to use something that was printed when I was 3. I really enjoy making things fun for my students--maybe my idea of fun is different from theirs haha! Monday, I spent a few hours organizing the filing cabinet and cleaning out things I won't ever use (can you tell I'm in to organizing??). Next on my list is to paint a few canvases to hang in my classroom because I think artwork will make it feel more homey. I've also got to work on lesson plans for the novels we will be covering and create a syllabus (i.e. decide how to run my classroom my way). I will definitely be spending a lot of next week in my classroom!!

On a side note: I ate at Chik fil A with my mom for lunch today and as I was waiting for a drink refill, she started talking to some lady. When I got back to the table, it turned out that she was a parent of two of my upcoming advanced students! So it was exciting to meet these girls and their mom (who offered to help with whatever I needed!!!). I asked the girls if they had read my summer reading assignment which was The Hunger Games Book 1. They said yes and had already finished book 2 and was starting on book 3!!! As an English teacher, that made me very happy!!!! I love it when my students want to read!

Kate Middleton has the same purse as me?? WHAT?!

Yes, you read that right. Duchess/Princess Catherine (Kate to us Americans) Middleton has the same bag as me.

Before the Royal Wedding aired, I watched every (almost) tv special on the Royal couple. (Crazy that I would watch something like that, right?? ha) I don't know what it is, but it's just something about these two people that are so captivating--and it may have something to do with the fantasy of being a princess and marrying a prince. But I digress....

One night Mom and I were watching some special about the couple or wedding when my mom pointed out that Kate had the same exact bag as me!! The Longchamp Le Pliage bag. I immediately put that on Facebook for everyone to see because I just could not believe that she would have the same bag as I (and it's not the other way around haha).

Here are some pictures of Kate carrying the Longchamp Le Pliage:

I don't have the overnight bag and may get it someday soon--just not right now!

Here she is with the large tote--which is what I'm carrying right now, except mine is camel.


She's carrying the medium tote here. I also have a medium tote but in black.


What bring me to this point?? Well, sadly I am a bag snob. I won't buy knock offs or fakes or anything from a boutique or store that isn't a brand I know. It's the one vain thing I do in life, and because I tend to buy really expensive bags I carry them for a while until I get a new one--as in months. And it doesn't bother me to carry the same bag for so long because I make sure to pick out bags that go with everything.

Here is the next bag on my wishlist and may be years away because I will have to save up or have someone extremely wealthy fall madly in love with me.



The Louis Vuitton Wilshire GM
Retails at $1,350.00
All pictures are via Google Images

First Full Day at the Beach = HOT

Today was our (my friend Mary Beth and I) first full day at the beach. We checked in yesterday afternoon, I went to the gym to run on the treadmill, and then spent our evening watching The Bachelorette. (Look for my rant on that at the end of this post) This morning I woke up at 8, again went to the gym but this time only to discover that everyone else in this hotel likes to use the gym at 8am, too. The only things I wanted to do this morning in the gym was run and then lift some weights. Well, when I walked in a young girl was already running and there was only one other treadmill in the gym. I spotted an older man eyeing the treadmill and I made my run for it. I hopped on the treadmill thinking, "Haha take that old man!!" Before I started running, I needed to turn on my iPod--which, lucky for me, was dead. Apparently none of the plugs in the room will power on my charger.

I was a little upset that I was going to have to run without music, but I could deal. Guess what happens next. Ohhh the treadmill won't turn on. I push Quickstart which is what it is telling me to do and nothing!!! Yesterday when I ran there was a girl running on it so I knew it worked. After pressing the Quickstart buttong for what seemed like forever, I begrudgingly went to get on the elliptical next to the treadmill. What happens next? The man who I beat to the treadmill stepped on the treadmill and started walking. Apparently it did work, and I just needed to wait my turn.

Then after eating breakfast and waking my Mary Beth, we went down to the beach only to get sand thrown on us twice from two different children. Having sand thrown on you when you're hot, sweaty, and covered in sunscreen (that would be me) is NOT COMFORTABLE!! But who can complain when you're at the beach!!! (Heat index = 110 degrees)

Note (Rant) on The Bachelorette:
Why did she send West home? Is she stupid??? Don't answer that--it's rhetorical. In my opinion, William should have gone home. His first date was great and then he blew it with the roast and how he handled how it upset her. Running away??? Really? Yes, that's the adult way to handle when a girl is upset at you. And if Ashley mentions how much she misses Bentley one more time, I'm changing the channel (not really because I have to watch this train wreck). After seeing next week's preview which centers on Bentley "coincidentally" being in Thailand the same time they are, that better be the end of Bentley. He wasn't even cute. Oh and one last thought, I'm now in love with Ames after watching his date.

New Favorite Song

This might be my new favorite song. It's sad, but that's okay.

Here are perfect situations to listen to this song:
-putting on make up
-cooking
-brushing your teeth

Do you like this song??

I'm a BLONDE!!!!

You read that right...I took the plunge and went from a brunette to a more dirty-blonde color. It's growing on me more and more every day, BUT I'm still dyeing it back as soon as I'm done with my beach trips this summer. Soooo without further adeiu......

This is my "before" picture. Mom took this right before I left for the salon.

AFTER!!!!!!! This is actually the night of my "re-make". (Love my dress? I bought it at a local boutique, Shoefisticated, and added the belt--which also comes from the boutique. The brand is Uncle Frank and this brand really has the cutest dresses--I have 2....so far ha!)

The next day. This was taken at my sister's boyfriend's baseball game. I'm still getting used to it!

Random thought but I've really, really, really been thinking about how much I would looooove for someone to buy me a David Yurman ring :) Either that, or it's going to take me about half a year to save up for a ring.

QUICK update!!!!

• Vacation Bible School started this week and my church and I am doing preschool recreation. Let me tell you, funniest job I could have picked. We only have 2 classes--the 4 year old class (which contains about 20 4 year olds!!) and the 2-3 year old class. Today we played a relay game with the 4 year olds and I laughed the whole time!! That is, until a child said he found something on the floor and put it in my hand and it turned out the be the gum from his mouth--sorry child but I'm not your mom!! In the 2-3 year old class, I raced some of the boys running. I'm pretty sure I ran against the fastest 3 year old in the world. I started out slow thinking he was going to be. Oh not at all. I had to sprint to catch up with him. I see a future track runner in our future.


• I've got a busy summer planned: 2 beach trips, a few workshops, oh possibly another beach trip, a mission trip, and a possible trip out West.


• I dyed my hair blonde......BIG MISTAKE in my eyes. I miss my brown hair and everyone I see tells me how much they love my blonde hair better. Now I'm confused, go back to my beloved brown hair that I like but apparently no one else does, or keep the popular hair color that I'm not the biggest fan of.


• I'm leaving now to go make an offer on the first car I will be buying!!!!!!!!! Wish me luck!!!!! If they don't accept it then I know it's not meant to be!

Super short, but I'm in a hurry!!!!!! Car saleman, here I come (with my mom so watch out.).