Cute beach bag... but no time for the beach!

So I bought this SUPER cute Lilly bag that is supposed to be an "insulted cooler" but in reality it is just the most perfect bag ever to take to the beach. I fully intend to take it to the beach when I finally have some time to actually visit a beach! Of course I could not resist the seahorse pattern (have I ever mentioned my undying love for sea life?) and bought it on a whim. By whim, I meant that I purchased this bag when I was low on funds and still unsure if I was going to have any sort of summer job. Of course, now my life is consumed by work so I have plenty of money. I had first seen this type of bag while in Atlantic City for my friend Tara's birthday. My other friend Amy had received one with her monogram on it for her birthday and I was instantly obsessed. So when I found the bag in a store, I bought it and had it monogrammed! The end result is to die for cute!! It has me thinking about all the other things I want to buy and have monogrammed now. 

Sorry the picture quality isn't fantastic... I seemed to misplace my camera.

But then, I think back to this conversation I had with a classmate last semester. She was talking about how she was going to stop getting things monogrammed soon because her last name would probably be changing because her boyfriend was absolutely going to propose within a year.  In my head I was thinking "UM EXCUSE ME? ARE YOU INSANE?" but I instead opted for a polite "oh that's smart thinking" response. In all honesty, I have the maturity of a 15 year old and marriage discussion make me want to vom.

Young Bobby and Alexa. We may have aged but we are still immature..

I feel as if everyday someone else is talking about their friend (who is in fact younger than I am) getting engaged and I have even started to see people from home (New Jersey) changing their facebook status to "Engaged to blah blah blah." I think one girl even changed it on her phone as soon as it happened to her just the other day. It may just be my opinion but if you need to change your status that quickly to let people know of your new title, you shouldn't be getting married. Sorry for being blunt, I just couldn't believe the dependency to Facebook this one girl had!! I mean if you love someone and think you are going to get married, you can wait. At least that is my opinion. I personally do not want to get married until I am out of dental school.. which could be 6 years haha. Bobby (my boyf) understands that which is nice. We are both not in a rush and that feeling is completely mutual. Sorry to disappoint my friends that have already bought wedding gifts. I hope they don't go out of style!! I need to mature (which I am working hard on) and learn to live on my own (which I also am working on) without being dependent on good 'ol mom and dad. All this talk about growing up makes me sad though, especially after speaking with a co-worker about how I am going to be a senior in college next year. YIKES. So scary yet so exciting all at the same time. I can't wait to see what the year has in store for me but I know one thing, an engagement ring is not in my future!!

hahahahah so true

Moving! and Summer!

I am officially a resident of South Carolina! Well, I haven't gotten my license or license plates changed yet but I am living here now! Moving was a lot harder than I thought and I got a job on top of it. I am doing the thrilling job of waiting tables for tons and tons of Charleston tourists. But, making money feels great!!! I almost feel as if the name of my blog is almost outdated now, since I am no longer living in the North... but someone once told me "you can take the girl out of Jersey but you cannot take the Jersey out of the girl." For that reason, I will always be Northern :) For my first couple days down south I spent time with my boyfriend in Hilton Head for his 21st birthday, which was tons of fun! I also did outdoorsy things like kayak.. who knew I had that in me?? I surely did not. The boyfriend said I did a good job paddling but I know he just said that to make me feel better because I don't think I helped at all. Now that all the hustle and bustle (sp?) of moving is over I feel like my life this summer is going to be super boring. I will spend my days working and studying with the occasional trip down to see the boy. Surprisingly, I will enjoy this summer though because it is free from real classes and the drama that surrounded my life in Clemson.

Since starting this summer I have reflected a lot on my life the past year. More and more I think about how I only have one year left of college (uhh where does the time go?) and I think about how I need to apply to dental school. The more I think about it, I don't want to ever grow up. I blame this on the fact that I have a nine year old sister, she keeps me young!! Anyways, my boring life leads me to StumbleUpon where I found this gem of a website: http://things90skidsrealize.com/ Seriously, this is great. It is crazy to think how so many things were "so 90s" and how I was apart of that generation. Now I could go on and on about the great posts on this website then talk about how cool Pogs were but I think everyone gets the point. To sum it up, the 90s TV, games, food, etc were about as good as it gets. All this 90s talk makes me want to watch Rocket Power.. now only if Nick at Nite would play all these shows like they have been talking about for years. Well, I hope all of my readers check out that website because it is sure to please!

xoxo, A

My Comeback

I told myself back in March I would blog every week but then life happened and I was out of commission for a while. I'm back now, and I fully intention to blog for my lone reader, Hayley. I'm on summer vacation now but it is far from a real vacation. I will admit that I laid in bed for the first week and did nothing but now I am a busy bee! I have begun studying for the DAT, which is the entrance exam for dental school and I am moving on Sunday! My house is half packed up (we are moving in 2 spurts) and my days are crazy trying to figure out the deets to the move while studying my behind off!

I'm still trying to find myself and see where I want this blog to go but in the mean time I will be making due with some random posts. Mondays will most likely be "Music Mondays" to fill my music obsession of the week since I am ADD about everything including who I like for the week.

For today, I am going to talk about how excited I am for Glee tonight. The glee club gets to go to New York!! I am actually jealous they are going to be there for the show because I live 1.5 hours from the city and rarely make it there.

Can I tell you how obsessed I am with this picture? It is a mix of the logos from two great shows... The Brady Bunch and Glee for those clueless ones! LOVE. I was an avid BB watcher as a child... Nick at Nite always played the show and I wanted to be Jan. Why? I am not sure. I would probably hate being the middle child (I am the oldest of 4) and would hate having Marcia as an older sister. An Alice would be very helpful though...

Anyways, this post was pointless but I promise other posts will be more interesting! I just need to find the time to come up with amazing ideas!

xoxo, A


(for the record, I do not watch Pretty Little Liars [PLL for those in the know] but I sign my blogs A in accordance with my Gossip Girl obsession) :)

No time to sleep= no time to blog

My life has been out of control! I haven't blogged (except for my dumb English class) in 10 days!! I told myself I would blog at least once a week, but I sometimes forget that my life is insane. I practically take 21 hours of class, on top of all my extracurriculars. I take 15 hours of real class and 6 hours of a DAT prep class every week. And this week, I had an exam on Monday in my hardest class and one on Tuesday as well. It is to be expected though, spring break is only a week and 2 days away so professors feel as if they must LOAD up on exams/quizzes/papers/projects! It doesn't help that professors act like you only take one single class (theirs) and no others! So annoying, but I'm done ranting now. I decided to do a post on stress because I definitely was stressed at the beginning of this week. I told myself I wouldn't start with a post like this, but I feel like it is super relevant! I went to a conference for Greek Life at the beginning of February, and saw an amazing speaker talk about stress tips, so I thought I would share! When he started the presentation, he had all the participants do a stress assessment. I did not fail, but I was pretty close to it. After that, I started keeping these stress tips where I could see them. I have not gotten completely better about my stress, but I am making strides!! I think posting a list of at least 5 of these somewhere visible could really improve your well-being, because stress can be very detrimental to your life. I could not even pick 5 from the list of 20, that is how much I like them all. Some are so simple too, things you may do but just not relax while doing them.

1. Make excellent decisions.
I remember when he explained this one he talked about how making "good decisions" was not enough, you need to make decisions that are better than that!


2. Set priorities and adopt a big picture perspective; Balance life according to priorities.
Priorities should be ranked according to how they are in your heart versus how you live your life. I know mine are not congruent but they should be!

3. Avoid doing too much.
Ummmm.. no comment!!

4. Avoid seeking perfection from yourself; don't expect perfection from others.
Probably the thing I have worked on the most in the past year! "No one is perfect" is a cliche saying, but it could not be more true!

5. Don't worry about bad things that could happen.
Weirdly, I am very much about living in the now, yet I stress about the future.. it's an odd way to live.

6. Improve your lifestyle.
Work out, go out... however you like to spend your time when you're not in class or working, do that!

7. Be more flexible.
Do what you like, like what you do. It's that simple! Don't boggle yourself down with worthless things just because you think they better your resume!

8. Talk and be open to talking.
It's nice to have people listen, so be a listener! And don't just talk about yourself.. I think I forget that sometimes.

9. Watch the sunset.
NOT THE SUNRISE!! That means you haven't slept (or you're an earlybird).

10. Go to bed a bit earlier.
Wish I had the time! Hence the name of this post.

11. Watch a cartoon or America's Funniest Home Videos.
AFV gets me everytime. 

12. Say and do something nice for someone who cannot pay you back.
It's all about some karma.

13. Laugh, giggle, and snort.
SMILE too! "Smiling is my favorite!" -Buddy the Elf

14. Pet a dog.
I am obsessed with dogs, golden retrievers especially. UGH I love dogs! They are great.


15. Take a walk.
And breathe while you are at it.

16. Read something.
This is incredibily hard to do in college, but I try to read every winter/summer break.

17. Give someone a hug or ask someone for a hug.
I think I learned once that hugs release endorphins...they are legit.

18. Play with a kid.
Kids aren't cynical like adults! They find the good in everything.

19. Clean your room. Mess = stress!
Refer to the picture of my desk. I promise my room is WAY better than that though.

My desk. Note: 3 to-do lists, DAT course books, Reese's (sorry not sorry), and tons of loose class notes! This needs serious work!

20. Stretch and take 5 deep breaths.
I don't think I ever took deep breaths unless I was at the doctors before. But now I do before bed and it helps me relax a ton!


Use these!! They will work! They make you reazlie that everything in life is small in comparison to the big picture!

xoxo, A

Here goes nothing...

I’ve been contemplating starting a blog for months now and here it finally is! I follow tons of blogs, to the point that my friends make fun of me every time I say “I found this on a blog I follow.” I know it is not going to be overly interesting and I will be happy if even one person reads it. (I know I will have at least one follower though because one of my BFFs has a blog that I read religiously and she has been waiting for me to start one!) My life is probably not exciting enough to start a blog about it, but I am quite the busy bee! I got this idea from another blog I just found and I thought it would be a good way to start this thing out! I have no idea how to link someone else’s blog but I do owe “Cape Cod Collgiate” cred for this idea!

1. My name is Alexa. When I was growing up I was fascinated with telling people my real name was Alexandra.. but it is not. Fun fact though: I was named after Billy Joel’s daughter.. my parents were THAT obsessed.


2. I am overly involved at school. I am the president of the Panhellenic Council, which is the governing body over all the sorority chapters on my campus. On top of that, I am in a sorority, a tour guide, and a biology major (Pre-Dental). Expect many posts to be about how I manage all of this…


3. As you can probably tell, I am from “the North”.. which has a very negative connotation where I go to school. Despite some people judging me, I have fully embraced the Southern culture and if you did not know me you would think I was from down here. More specifically I am from right outside of Philadelphia!


4. Philadelphia is the best city in the world for two reasons: Philly sports teams and the amazing food!! I am a huge Phillies fan!! And they have good cheese steaks I suppose, I would not know though because I am a vegetarian. Or a “veggie” as my friends call me :)


5. I have a pretty unique style. I am super preppy some days and quite hippie-ish the others. My top 3 favorite places to shop are Anthropologie, J. Crew, and Vineyard Vines. Overall though, I am preppy… a trait I definitely picked up when I came to school in South Carolina!

That’s all for now!! I’ve officially entered the blogging world!!

xo