Reunions

Sarah & Jill at Cup of Joe 

Abby & Guion's departure

Shelby, me, and Kristin at the Callis wedding!

Kristin, Moriah, Kelly, and I after the wedding. 

This weekend, I was lucky enough to see a lot of friends who I've been missing. Abby and Guion stayed with me and Jill and Sarah were in town for a concert. On Sunday, I went to Pinehurst for my friend Danielle's HUGE wedding and got to see a lot more people. More pictures here.

Let the games begin!

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Oh happy day! Abby and Guion are here for the weekend and the Olympics begin tonight. Every couple of years I'm interested in a wide range of sports for about two weeks. This year is no different. I plan on spending the weekend in full red, white and blue outfits cheering for team America. And going to my last wedding of 2012 on Sunday (I even bought a blue dress for that). 

On being single.

My hilarious (and single) friend Amber shared this on Facebook the other day. I loved it. 

I'm at the beach until Friday trying to control my excitement about the Olympics! Oh, the perks of summer. 

On being a vegetarian.

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Yep, that seems about right. I'm coming up on one year of being meat free (despite a couple of turkey sandwich setbacks around Christmas)! Most of the time it rocks and then other times all I want are some damn nuggets. 

Daytime fun.

What a fun week so far! The top 4 pictures were taken at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh. I'd never been before but took the girl I babysit and we had an awesome time. The bottom 4 pictures were taken at my very first Durham Bulls game. I can't believe it took me almost seven years  to see the Bulls play but I'll definitely be going back soon.

Copy Cat: Anthropologie Sweet Enticement Dress

A couple of my friends own this dress from Anthropologie and I love it. It looks perfectly sweet in the front but is sassy in the back and still provides coverage. Go Anthropologie! Go modesty! 

SPLURGE

Sweet Enticement Dress, $118.00 at Anthropologie

STEAL

(Front, shown in spice)

(Back, shown in graystone)

LC Lauren Conrad Pintuck Crochet Dress, $48.00 (orig. $ 64) at Kohl's.

Lauren Conrad to the rescue once again with a dead-ringer for the Anthro dress. Thanks, LC! 

Feliz Weekend

{Photo of the hair I desperately want}

Hope you have a good weekend! I'm housesitting, babysitting, and crafting till my fingers bleed. I'm also thinking about dying my hair a shade of purple but it's likely my fear and sensibility will overpower that urge. 

Evolution of a Bookcase

My roommate and I had been looking for a hutch or something to store some of our kitchen things on since we have very limited space in our kitchen when I found this bookshelf for $20 at Habitat for Humanity.

So I painted the bookshelf "pebble gray" and added a little "lemon lime" accenting on the outer edges.

And then I put all our dishes, glasses, juicers, measuring cups, and cake stands on it. And then I did jumping jacks in all the extra space in our kitchen!

Copy Cat: kate spade skinny mini bow studs

I saw these Kate Spade earrings a few weeks ago and loved how versatile they were. But a $50 price tag was not versatile on my wallet.

SPLURGE

Kate Spade skinny mini bow studs, $48

SAVE

LC Lauren Conrad Gold Tone Bow Stud Earrings, $12

Good job, LC. You've made Laguna Beach proud.

On Playing the Guitar

How I feel when I start practicing the guitar:

 How I feel 30 minutes later when I'm still terrible:

Last night was my third lesson and event though I love learning how to play, it's a very slow process. 

The 4th and The Pines

   

As usual, the 4th was a good time with good people. And  the weekend at home was almost as good:

Homemade ice cream at the ReDDoor Cafe

Crepes at Betsy's Crepes  

Lara and Kristin

Happy 4th!

4th of July 2010

Rainy 4th of July 2011

I'm heading home to go to one of my favorite parties of the year and hang out with these folks. Hope your 4th is exciting and full of fireworks!