Something about Thanksgiving gets me really excited. Every year I always start to feel the holiday spirit kick in around this time. Thanksgiving in the Smith household is a pretty casual affair. It's been the same routine for 24 years now and even though we've moved houses, gone to college, and taken on new jobs we all still manage to make our way back to the table to count our blessings on Thanksgiving. My mom spends all of Wednesday and Thursday cooking the most delicious m

It's time to stock up on for outfits for Thanksgiving and the rest of the Christmas season! It's never too early to start shopping, so today I'm sharing 30 items under $30 to cater to all of your holiday season outfit needs. Everything from sweaters, to dresses, skirts, and pants are below and I even added a few accessories below so you can complete your look. Everything is linked down below too, so you can instantly shop from this post! | one | two | three | four | five | si

Can you believe that Christmas is only four days away. I feel like I was just beginning my sophomore year of college and now that's halfway over too! For many families, Christmas Eve is just as important as Christmas Day. In my family, half of the festivities begin on Christmas Eve including mass and a huge family feast. Today I am sharing my favorite items for Christmas Eve outfits. From the items linked, you can really create casual or formal looks to fit your perfect occas

This Friday is Alpha Delta Pi's Christmas Cocktail date function. This is my absolute favorite event of the year when it comes to date functions and formals because well one, Christmas, and two it's the only time of year it's acceptable to wear as much glitter, velvet, or red and green in one outfit. Also, you can get all dressed up and have one last night of fun before finals consume our lives. I love being a little more original with my outfit at Christmas cocktail. I love

I went to a Friendsgiving on Sunday night with a few of my friends in ADPi and was assigned to take a dessert to share with everyone. I knew that people would stick to the classic Thanksgiving desserts like Apple Pie and Pumpkin Pie so I knew I wanted to make something equally as good but a little more unique. One of my favorite sweet treats to make is Rice Krispy treats. You need three ingredients to make the classic sweet and they're very easy to make -- all around a perfec

As I get older I start to recognize a few people as family more than friends. Although there's no blood relation, I recognize the love, warmth, and appreciation that radiate from a friendship. I especially see these relationships this year of college. As a freshman last November, people were still very much finding their friends and feeling their way out but now that I'm almost three semesters in, I feel like I have a tight knit group of girlies and a great friendship with th

Each holiday season I always try to set my best foot forward when it comes to style. Thanksgiving and Christmas bring plaids, stripes, deep rich tones, glitter, and soft sweaters. This Thanksgiving, I set out to find the most perfect plaid skirt I could, and my winning ticket was the Lauren James Plaid Wrap Skirt. I know this time of the year gets extremely busy for most. We are all pulling out our recipe boxes, creating Christmas lists, planning parties and dinners, and begi

IT'S NOVEMBER FIRST! Which means, it's officially okay to talk about Christmas and all things "holiday". I love this time of year in every aspect. The season is so busy with school, shopping, blogging, social events, finals, traveling, family and friends. I love the preparation for Christmas and the recipe hunting for Thanksgiving. This holiday is a particularly exciting one for many reasons. One, this is the first holiday season in our new house. If you've been reading for a

Happy Fourth of July everyone! I love the Fourth of July because it stands for so much: prosperity, freedom, honor. Everything about today just really makes me smile. We are so lucky to live in a nation where we have so much freedom and can believe what we choose. I am sporting my red, white, and blue today with the rest of the country to honor America's birthday. Although today, I am working a double at Lilly Pulitzer and waitressing, I still wanted to show you all what I wo