Travel Reads

Morning Sunshines!!!

I had some seriously awesome input on my packing list. Thanks to everyone who helped out with that. I have started packing...well, sort of. I've started getting stuff out I guess I should say. 

I asked my friends on Facebook what books they would recommend and I had so many people help me with that as well. Last night I went to 2nd & Charles with my friends Chris & Melissa. Unfortunately they didnt have any of the books I really wanted. I did get a book though that is part of Book Crossing. So that's fun! Book Crossing is where you put a tag on your book, log onto their website, log where you are from and your thoughts about the book, then you release the book and ship it somewhere else. So it just tracks all of the locations that the book has been read at. I am excited to hopefully release this book in Hawaii. The book I bought is called "Friends Like These." By Danny Wallace. I will let you know how the book is for sure!!! The books I R E A L L Y wanted was a trilogy that my friend Leah told me about.  The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness.

 I was SO so bummed out when 2nd&c didnt have the books. They had the 3rd book of the trilogy but that did me no good. So, I am still hoping to get a few more books! It's times like these when I really just wish I had a kindle.

F I V E days my friends! FIVE DAYS. I can't wait to see Faith & Dan! 

I can't wait wait wait wait wait to see 

G Y P S Y  M A R I E 

I can't wait to see Island Cream Co. in real life! I can't wait to see that beautiful logo in real life. I can't wait to eat that delicious ice cream!

I can't wait to see Ericka....Leah....Jerry! Oh my goodness. How in the world did I end up with so many great people living in PARADISE! Wooohoooo.

HAPPY WEEKEND FRIENDS!

Bye now

B's

SURPRISE & NYE LAST YEAR -- Feelings!

Hey Hey!!!

You guys....My boyfriend is such a mess. And by mess I mean a handful of a good mess. So supposedly I was going to have a package delivered to my house on Tuesday around 2 from Harry, which isnt anything out of the blue. He does sweet stuff like that all the time. We had talked about it on the phone and everything. He just kept saying he really wanted me to be the one that opened the door and saw the package first! I kept asking what was the big deal about this package...I think I even said, "I mean its just going to be a brown box, so whats the big deal?!?" So I had been anxiously waiting for AT&T to finish installing my internet so I could hurry back to my parents house before Mr. David the UPS guy delivered. So of course I nearly broke my neck to be there when it was delivered. I got back to my parents house around 1. I was only there for about 5 or so minutes before there was a knock on the door!

So I go to the door, open it, and to my pleasant surprise it was FAR FAR FAR more than just a brown box! It was HARRY standing there in real life! Dear Lord! The best surprise ever.

So, needless to say, my original plans of gym time, tanning, and lots of work for Faith were completely shot. But hey, that's totally okay with me. That surprise made my week and its only Tuesday. So the remainder of the week will be spent making lots of fun new memories with my Handsome guy. 

Our New Years Eve will be spent with my BESTIE FRANCELINA MAE and her hubbs. Eeeeek. Hopefully, Lyssa Lou and Eric too!!! along with a couple of other people. OH Yes its going to be a blast! I'm honestly just SO excited to be spending New Years Eve and welcoming in the New Year with someone who is SO STINKING GOOD to me. When I think back to last years NYE I remember exactly how I felt that night and that feeling is one that I will never forget. To say the least, it was NOT a good feeling and I knew then that no girl/lady/women should ever have to feel how I felt. No one deserves it! I remember thinking that night about all of the people who were SO so important to me, yet some of them were no where to be found on New Years Eve and could have cared less where I was celebrating the New Year. It was then that I realized that the people that are around you most, that choose to spend special occasions with you, that choose to put themselves around you, that choose to spend time with you despite a better offer...these are the people who I should be focusing on because these are the people who will be there for you at any given moment. These are the people who love you despite your flaws. These are the people that don't always put their feelings above others. And these are the people that I want to surround my self with. So, although I had a blast last New Years Eve celebrating with friends, the feeling I felt inside is one that took such a hard hit. So this year, I am simply thankful for the fact that I know I do NOT have to feel how I felt last year. It's awesome to think about sometimes where you will be in a year. I can tell you right now, last year at this time, I had NO IDEA or could have even imagined being where I am now. 

 Anyway, the rest of the weekend...well, Ill share those awesome plans later my friends! 

Im off to do some major work catch up since a completely abandoned ship yesterday.

Bye now

B's

Alabama Theater • Kacey • Sunday

Last night I saw ^^^These weirdos with some of my favorite people.

Kacey was SO much fun. Seriously!!!

My favorite part was the awesomely ridiculously C U T E Cacti on the stage 

and Kacey's sense of humor. 

I love the running theme in a lot of her songs. The basic message being that you aren't going to please everyone. So, stop trying, do what makes you happy, and like her song Biscuit says, "...Life will be gravy." 

Dang, She's got looks & Brains <3

John & Jacob opened for her, but I was late soooo...yeah!

I saw only three songs. Boo! I was bummed out we missed most of their set, but at least we did catch a few songs.

We had a whole lot of fun. Well...except for the fact that we were late, AND I had the worst Migraine on the face of the planet. The worst <<< and that's no exaggeration. You know I have a really REALLY high pain tolerance, so If I am complaining about it, its REAL LIFE. Why can't those stupid things happen when I am siting at home working, rather than while I am actually out trying to have a little fun time? Oh well. By the way, my Migraine is gone now, thank the Good Lord!

anywhooooo

I L O V E D Lyssa Lou getting to meet my friends and getting to hang with us! I **think** she had fun. haha Who knows. 

Today is C H U R C H day. By the way, if any of my Epic friends are reading this, I miss the heck out of you all! This afternoon at Christway is the Women's Fall Thingy {sorry I don't really know what its called, don't kill me Mrs. Cari} I am pretty excited about it! Mrs. Cari is such a great speaker and I can't wait to hear her!

It's been a Good Good Weekend. There has been only one thing missing...

Bye for now, 

B's

Downtown Adventure #1

Gypsy & I had our first adventure downtown last night.

We met up with one of my favorite ladies, Mel B!

 Gyp Gyp absolutely loved being out and about. 

We went to the art crawl and ended up at The Collins.

We walked around a bit, and we ended the night at Good People.

We stayed there for a while chatting with Mel B & Will!!

It was such a blast. Good Golly Miss Molly, I love love love being in this city. 

There is always neato stuff going on and always something to do and get involved in.

I was so proud of Gypsy for how she behaved. She was so precious and so good.

There wasnt a single person that would walk by her without petting her or complimenting on pretty she was. And of course she just soaked up all the attention. 

This is the first of many many many adventures over the next few months.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! 

It's going to be a fun fun weekend friends {Minus the expected weather}

Bye now

bB***

Handy Fest Nights One & Two

Alright Friends.... I know I know I know!!! I have been completely missing the past couple of days!

NOT OKAY. I know!

But in my defense I have had company here from out of town since Friday.

Handy Fest has had a WONDERFUL start.

W O N D E R F U L

I seriously have the best friends a girl could ask for. My only complaint....why do they have to live so far away!!! Having them in Florence made everything just perfect. 

Chris {Christmas} Melissa {Mel B} Will {Wilbert} and Dillon {Dillon Keith} all came friday night and stayed all weekend. I really was super sad when they all left today. 

Christmas and Mel B are two I worked with right out of college. Wilbert has been my best friends since we were 13. and Dillon, well, I randomly met him listening to some good ole music. 

 We listened to great great great music all weekend. Wilbert danced his little heart out. The Local Saints were amazing...as ALWAYS!!! I snagged a picture with Justin and his belt! haha 

It was super fun having all of these random friends meet for the first time and everyone just click. It made things super fun and very very relaxing after a week that was slightly stressful. 

It's been a long weekend...long and very very FUN. I'm super bummed out I will be missing the last part of Handy Fest. I will be leaving for the beach on Wednesday! I know....its such a hard trade off. Handy Fest will be thought about, BUT on the other hand I will be with my F A M I L Y who I am so beyond ready to spend time with!!!!

Well friends I will be back with more and more photos through the rest of the time I am in town for Handy. If you live in the Shoals, I sure hope you're taking advantage of all of the fun and good tunes while its happening!! It's only here once a year unfortunately!

Bye bye now

B's

Love is Strong!

Last night was incredible. It was Convergence which is a giant worship fest for all of the Epic campuses. Every single time I have been, God has blown my mind and every time I leave I think Gah that was the BEST convergence! Again, last night...mind blown and I honestly cant even imagine one being any better than last night.

I am beyond grateful for such an awesome group of loving people to call my church family. Epic and everyone who serves has impacted my life in so many amazing ways.

These fellas are incredible. Will, on the left. Justin on the right. I love them, their hearts, and their love for God. These guys are gems and this picture makes my heart so happy I want a life size cut out of us :)

I swear, Raeghans smile lights up the room. I have loved these last THREE weekends of Raeghan being here. It's been such a fun time. She is coming back to Florence tomorrow for another weekend of fun.

 We are having an awesome Friday night at the Echo Base! (the guys house) it's going to be fantastic. Can't wait to see what all God does in a cute house with great tunes and full of young adults that just simply want more of him. I'm going expecting!

Happy Thursday my friends. I am beyond ready to call it a day just because of my excitement for tomorrow!

Lots of pictures will happen this weekend. 

Friday---Echo Base Night of Worship

Saturday --- Gym. Oil Change. Kidding Bday Party. then another party.

Sunday--- BAPTISM {omg the best ever}

Lots lots lots going on & thats just how I like it!!

Bye now

bB***

Nashville FUN

Hi hi!! 

Just got home from Nashy a few hours ago. First of all, I l o v e d more than anything being around the three ladies I went with. I loved getting to know them a little more.

Faith is honestly the sweetest person I have ever met. I am beyond beyond beyonnnnnd grateful to have her as a boss. Can't even believe sometimes that God, once again, has put the perfect people in my path. Blows my mind. 

Dawn, who is also a sweetie is HILARIOUS. She's reminds me a whole lot of my Meme and let me just say that in itself is a gigantor compliment. I loved hearing about her daughters and their love stories. haha! 

Mattie is seriously a GEM. We are so much alike its kind of creepy.  She loves fashion and Jesus.

and honestly....what more do you need in life? Just kidding! We really do have very very similar lifestyles and beliefs and I can just tell she is such a light to people.

I absolutely loved every second of getting to know these ladies.

We had a lot of fun shopping in Nashville. oh, except for that moment in Victoria's Secret when it was eight million degrees with eight million people throwing underwear everywhere because it was 75% off. We went to some great stores. For some reason though I didn't have too much luck. I bought one top from F21 {wearing above}, a new makeup bag, and a nice new adorable tea pot and fresh Strawberry & Peach Champagne Tea from Teavana. 

The regret of the shopping trip was not buying this top from Free People. 

I W A N T....seriously? what was I thinking? Ah clearly I wasn't. 

Mattie got the most perfect pieces from FP. They looked adorable on her. unfortunately I didn't snag a picture. Maybe when she wears it, she can send me one to show! SO PERFECT!

We not only shopped well, we ate well. We went to Brick Tops on the way in to Nashville. We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory {and shopped while we waited, SCORE!} This morning we went to The Pfunky Griddle which was really a fun place to people watch! haha.

Calling this weekend a wrap feeling insanely blessed and grateful.

I sure hope you are feeling the same. 

If not, sending love your way.

Bye for now,

B's

MIA?!? It's CHRISTMAS

So I've been completely missing here on my little blog space. I've never gone longer than what TWO days without posting...it's been FIVE! I think I might hyperventilate over that. 

I'm SORRY. Feeling like a slacker, BUT it's been insanely crazy the past few days. I've been getting Christmas stuff together. Making things. Spending time with people I love and making sure I don't miss out on any great memory making.

Here are a few photos of all of the fun I've been having. 

{Frannie Mae Roaring in her new workout gear}

{Red Lips for the Holidays}

{Mel B in Flotown having FUN}

{Chris & Melissa Bham friends I love DEARLY}

{I lost...BAD}{Amaretto-love}{housewarming}

So here's the rundown of my weekend! First of all it was a BLAST from start to the very last second of it. 

So lets start backwards. Sunday to Friday?!!? Keep you on your toes a little bit ;)

Sunday night I went over to the Adam's house. Spent time with Mary Mac, the kiddies, Lydia and Frances. We did Yoga...you know the usual. FAB stuff.

Mary Mac gave me my AWESOME stocking. She gave me so many nail goodies. She knows me so well.

Sunday Morning I wet to church and served on Black market. I am so incredibly thankful for the church that God has placed me in. I couldn't be more thankful, happy, grateful, ecstatic, excited about they people he has brought into my life. I love them. so. flippin. much. 

Saturday as a whole was NON STOP.

Late Saturday night Justin and I went to hear The Bear play at 116 Mobile. They are so good. We took a walk for a drink and it came a torrential down poor on the walk back. Soaked from head to toe. My hair was sopping wet. But it was so fun at the same time haha. I love my BBAndJBhangs always a good time. Before that I went and help set up for the sunday church service! The first time we have had TWO services at the Florence Location. L O V E L O V E L O V E

I also went to sweet Harpies first birthday party. He wanted to party it up at the Casa Mexicana. He had a Sock Monkey party! What a cutie pie. Before the party Frances and I exchanged gifts...Thats where the awesome picture of her in all of her NEW workout gear comes in. hahahaa she was flippin over all of the goodies I got her! So glad she loved it. and of course had to get her a Katy shirt. GAH love my best friend so so much. seriously couldnt have hoped, wished, asked, for any better of a bestie.

Saturday I spent most of the day baking my Christmas Goodies and locking myself out of my apartment...with no car keys! No fun. Frances and Lydia Rescued me.

Friday night I had friends from Birmingham come and stay. I took them to Ricatonis. After dinner we went to my apartment and played a few games. Then we went out and listened to some music. We watched people make fools of themselves. We laughed, took pictures, danced, and had the BEST freaking time! Such a fun time.

So as you might be able to tell...I've been BUSY. but loving every second of it. 

Tomorrow is CHRISTMAS EVE!! spending time with the fam is my FAVORITE thing to do. So thankful for them and to have everyone here another year. 

Night for now

bB***

P.S. I vow to never go MIA for five days ever again...

Print Love

Hi There!!!

I've been browsing through a bunch of prints.

Different very very different types of prints.

But my favorites list has been piling up f a s t, So I figured I would share a few of them with you!

Thats SIX of a whole-freaking-lot of prints.

I love keeping a collection of things like this so I can refer back to them if I ever need anything for inspiration. Also, looking over different styles and types of prints is a really great way for me to merge styles together and come up with something unique and fresh.

I LOVE it.

We've made it to Wednesday and CHRISTMAS is exactly ONE SINGLE WEEK away!

Fun times ahead my friends.

OH p.s. I have Bham friends coming into town Friday night. I am pretty ecstatic about it. 

There will be fun photos while they are here.

Bye for now,

B's

TOP TWO with a special Guest!

Hey…So just to make sure, it is TUESDAY right?! 

Tonight I can actually, finally post my Top Two that I obviously wanted SO badly to post yesterday!

My good friend Justin {yes the guy up there ;)} helped me out on this one. 

The past few days he's been showing me a couple of REALLY cool companies. So I thought well dang, since he knows so many awesome companies he can just help a friend out & pick out the Top Two for the week. Plus its good to get a guys point of view sometimes right? 

Here are Justin's Picks from CAMP BRAND GOODS

NUMBER ONE

Campers Crew Neck.

Umm…its NAVY

& this company's logo is BAD A!

I'm obsessed with it!

NUMBER TWO

The Heritage Logo Tee

{Grey + well thats all…its GREY thats all it need to be for me to LOVE it!}

So Justin did pretty GREAT at picking out awesome pieces right?!? I think so!

{here are links to two of my faves…. 1 & 2 and a BONUS}

I absolutely l o v e having friends that share things they love with me. It makes blogging so much fun. And I really really love when THEY bring it up with little comments like, "Hey, you can blog about it later." It seriously warms my heart. I guess after what SIX or longer years its okay to become a little bit emotionally attached to something.

Hope you enjoyed this new view on Top Two. Stop by Camp Brand Goods and check out their Brand!

Thanks Justin for being super cool :)

Bye now

bB***

A Freaking BLESSED Weekend

Saturday was one of the most FUN and RELAXING Saturdays I've had in a while. I loved every decimal of a second of it. 

I spent the entire day with people that mean a whole lot to me and make my days so happy.

My parents were in town for the day but had to rush home to take care of my sweet bubba who had been hit by the disgusting tummy bug. Poor Bubba. So after they left I got dressed and went to Rivertown to sip on coffee, warm up from the FREEZING weather, catch up on emails that had piled up over the busy week, and plan ahead for this week! Justin joined me a little bit after I had been there. We chatted. Talked about cool brands and some other things. Then we hit up the Panera since RT was out of those delicious Bran muffins that I love so much. 

Then....it was FOOTBALL time. Justin is from Springfield, Missouri soooo naturally he is a Mizzou fan. Sad enough for him, his team lost and the AU tigers won. Weagle Weagle ;)

This is one of the greatest souls I know. Just saying.

After the game...and a few nerf wars between The guys Shay and Emi, we decided to give a new Pizza Place in DT Florence a Try. The Pie Factory. The food was good and the place was a Great atmosphere, BUT I think there were a few things they should have perfected before opening. But overall it was a great place! Lets hope they work out all of the new business kinks soon so it will stay super cool. 

Had a blast spending time with these ladies. They are gems. Don't think they know how much I love that they are in my life. 

Paul & Will were there too...I just didn't creep any pictures of them. So sorry guys. Just know I love you none the less. <3

This afternoon I got to spend time with my new boss, Faith. She and I went to Sugarplum Marketplace. She did some Christmas Shopping and I walked out with a little Jar of Pepper Jelly! YUM. It was the only thing I think I couldnt live without.

This weekend was SO needed and I loved it so much. I have the greatest friends anyone could hope for. I do NOT take their friendship for granted. I am super thankful for each one of them. 

P.S. I got Some WONDERFUL photos from Frannie Mae & Brentys Coulpes shower...that was totally a big extravagant AWESOME party. The best party ever! So fun. Love you sweet couple!!!  I will post photos tomorrow.

I am ending the day with a little bit of Panther Football. Lets GO Panthers!

Bye now

B's