moved over to wordpress

Hello darlings!

I decided to move this blog a few spots down the block... to Wordpress! The new link is:

http://aspoonfulofsplendid.wordpress.com

Hope to see you there!

Countdown to Carolina Cup!

Hi darlings!

In t-2 days, my best friend and I are going to CAROLINA CUP! Basically, Carolina Cup is this event in Camden, South Carolina that all the Southern schools go to.  We spend the day visiting our friends at other schools, checking out all the different fraternity and sorority tents, and getting lots of free swag from Vineyard Vines, Chubbies, the Fraternity Collection, etc.

I wasn't able to go last year so I am STOKED I'll get to go this year! Normally, you ride down with a fraternity and stay for the day, and then come back late that night. BUT my best friend is from Columbia, South Carolina (about 30 min away from Camden), and one of my good friends goes to the other USC (University of South Carolina), so we're staying the night in Columbia, and then spending Sunday exploring before we head back to Wake! We're turning Carolina Cup into a Columbia weekend.

I can't WAIT. I've got my monogrammed hat, my ticket came in the mail yesterday, and I've finally figured out what dress I'm going to be wearing.

Here's a little preview of the dynamic duo:

 

Get ready for the preppy parade, Carolina Cup, here we come! 

Maybe Monograms?

Hi darlings!

How do we feel about monograms? I'm constantly surrounded by them (one of the perks of going to college in the South), and even after almost two years, I still don't know how I feel about them. I've seen them on literally everything; running shorts (I'm not kidding...), bags, jackets, backpacks, necklaces (EVERY girl at Wake has one), planners, baseball hats, those plastic cup things, socks, sweaters, you name it, I've seen someone at Wake with their monogram slapped onto it.

To give you an idea of my version of monogramming: I got my sheets and towels monogramed before coming to college so people wouldn't steal them in the laundry room. Still happened.

Anyway, I'm going to Carolina Cup this year (stay tuned for a post about that), and all the girls get monogrammed Marley Lilly hats. At first, I thought I might be cool and unique and just forgo the hat. Then I thought, "when in Rome (or in Camden, SC, the location of Carolina Cup)." Apparently, they have lots of uses after Carolina Cup, like the beach (the day I wear a hat on the beach...), walking around with a sundress on (maybe in Savannah or Charleston?), and you can wear it every year to Carolina Cup. With a $36 price tag, the jury is still out on this one... If anyone has any thoughts, hit me up.

Anyway, while I was on the Marley Lilly site, I came across bags, boots, hats, rings, bikini's, shirts, literally anything that can be monogrammed. And here's the weird thing: I think it's actually kind of cute. Don't know if I've just been in the South for too long and it's actually starting to rub off of me, or it's just been a really long Tuesday, but maybe, just maybe, I might get something monogrammed.

I'll keep you posted.

Later, alligators!

I've got a LITTLE suprise!

Darlings, the day I've been waiting for since I was initiated happened on Friday... you guessed it! I got my LITTLE!!! She's the most precious person alive, and I knew I wanted her from the second I met her. We were a one-to-one match for each other, and I knew I got her as my Little, but I wanted her to be surprised at the BIG reveal on Friday. So, I told her someone else put her as their number one, and I didn't get her to throw her off. Horrible? Yes. Did I feel terrible about it? Yes. But was the surprise worth it when she lifted up her poster and saw that I was her Big? Absolutely.

We (my Big, me, and my new Little) may or may not have started tearing up of happiness as we ran toward each other... no judgment, right?

 

To say I'm stoked would be an understatement. Welcome to The Blondtourage, Little one! 

THETA BID DAY 2014!

BID DAY 2014!!! Our theme was Theta's Candy Bar (After our fellow sister's (Dylan Lauren) store, Dylan's Candy Bar!) So stoked to welcome our new members to the Theta sisterhood!

Best friend since Day 1

 

NEW MEMBERS!!!
 

Her first kite!

 

 Sophomores!

  

 My wonderful sorority

 

Big & Little

New Article Tease

Hello darlings!

I've got a little secret for you. It's very hush hush, but here's what I can tell you:

I am writing an article. It's going to be a groundbreaking exposé on something I've been wondering for a while. I've already come up with the title, but I need to do some recon and research this Christmas break and when I get back to The Forest for it. Just to tide you over until I finally release my findings here, I'll give you a few hints.

1. It involves guys and girls
2.  The title is fantastic, if I do say so myself
3. Hopefully, it'll shed a new perspective on an age old dilemma

That's all for now.

Over and out.

Later alligators.

It's FINAL-ly that time of year...

And by that, darlings, I mean it's finals week. Christmas is also somewhere in there. If I can survive until Tuesday after 12pm, then I can conquer the world. The only thing standing between me and a plane ride home to the surf and sand is...

1. Broadcast Journalism newscast project (due tomorrow)
2. Rhetorical Criticism "Midnight in Paris" paper (due tomorrow)
3. Rhetorical Criticism  "Midnight in Paris" presentation (presenting tomorrow)
4. Gateway American Literature 3 essay portfolio (due tomorrow)
5. Foundations of Entrepreneurship case study analysis (due tomorrow)
6. Create study guides for Italian, Entrepreneurship, and English
6. English Final (Monday, 10am)
7. Italian Final (Monday, 2pm)
8. Entrepreneurship Final (Tuesday, 9am)

Challenge accepted.

If anyone else has finals this week, good luck! You're going to do great!

Ciao, darlings!