I'm an American Picker!

Last week my big and I discovered the most epic vintage flea market in a nearby town! She found a ton of shabby chic furniture pieces for her new store  and I managed to snag a few photos along the way...

Shabby stack of frames

Snazzy Art Deco Chandelier 

I wanted allllll the suitcases! 

We had so much fun that I just had to go back a few days later with Mama! She loved looking through the warehouse and really felt like a picker....so much fun!

Mama and I both have an affinity for maps and I just knew we weren't going to leave without this trunk table! The west indies/ traveler feel of the table fits in well with my parents house. It also didn't take much time before daddy's fishing trophies and our newest gator were displayed! 

What are your best vintage finds?

Today's Pickins:

1. DIY French Mani

2. Raspberry Beer Cocktail

Cotton goes Pickin!

This weekend, I really went pickin!

My parents and I headed down to Duette on Sunday for a U-Pick at Wish Farms to pick fresh strawberries! I had so much fun and I am loving all the fresh strawberries taking over my kitchen! 

Here are some of the photos from the day:

Rows and rows of berries!

Ripe and Ready! 

Daddy and I having fun! 

Perfect. 

Daddy caught me playing paparazi.

With some of the berries I picked! 

It was an amazing time and I highly recommend attending a U-pick (for any crop) in your area! 

Be on the look out for some strawberry recipes!

Today's Pickins:

1. Strawberry Salsa & Cinnamon Sugar Chips

2. Strawberry Basil Sangria

Chuggin and Thuggin.

Chuggin and Thuggin. My ode to a fabulous weekend! 

First and foremost  it was our chapter's Alumni weekend. It was beyond fun to see so many of my wonderful sisters again! Being reunited was the chicken soup that my soul has been needing. It's really amazing how closely knit this crazy random group of women can be. 

Our night ended up at Swamp, a favorite bar in Gainesville. 

I was able to fully enjoy my favorite drink in the whole wide world--The Dazzler! You know you're higher rolling when you buy a $7.50 drink in a college town. But let me just say, it was worth every cent. Delish! 

It was also great to have hours of shooting the shit, if you will.I love being able to laugh and joke about things with a table of friends and not even be sorry. Saturday night was definitely the vodka my soul needed. Allll the vodka. 

My fabulous family at Swamp! 

So where does the thuggin come in with a group of sorority alumni? My car ride home. I straight up thugged like I was in a rap video. What started this, you ask? Nelly.

In the spirit of this week's Glee, I have a guilty pleasure confession. I love Nelly. 

First off, I (surprisingly) think he's hella sexy. I may or may not be obsessed with all of his music. I thugg to Nelly on a regular basis. 

Yummy. 

Turns out, Nelly is a huge Florida Georgia Line fan and they decided to remix the song "Cruise" together. I happened to hear it on the radio on the way home and I am officially obsessed. 

The version isn't anywhere on youtube yet, so CLICK HERE to listen to the audio!

That's all, kids. I'm too tired for pickins. Not sorry. 

Meet Dawes + A Playlist

Over the weekend, I had the chance to go to the Gasparilla Music Festival. It was in a gorgeous park in downtown Tampa and featured dozens of bands and local vendors.

Flags at the entrance & the lights of downtown

One of the stages near the Museum

The closing act of the night was a band I had heard here or there on Pandora on a few of my stations. And after seeing them live, I am kind of obsessed!

The band, Dawes, is a group from LA that would like alike to bands such as Mumford & Sons (who they actually opened for at a few shows!). Besides great music the band members themselves are also adorably dapper, making your heart melt.

Dawes on stage! 

Since I've been obsessing for the last 36 hours, I decided to make a new playlist featuring the band. It's the perfect music to listen to while you're getting ready in the morning or cooking a fabulous dinner after work.

Happy listening!

Today's Pickins:

1. Anthro Inspired String Letters

2. Obsessed with the Earrings!

Weekend Recap

As I am sure you can tell from my last post, this weekend was a little more eventful than I had planned! Luckily I was able to spend some of my time in Gainesville seeing so many of my beautiful sisterfriends, who I miss dearly!

Needless to say, it was deathly hot in Gainesville. I am SO glad I was wearing my PFG dress—it was easy and breezy! I ended up wear Jacks instead of my boots just because of how hot it was! When I met up with a few sisters before they headed over to our tailgate with Alpha Gamma Rho, some realized the need to make last minute wardrobe changes due to the heat. I’m sure when kickoff rolled around, they were glad they had changed!

While the Gators did not play very well, I can’t wait to see how they fare against Texas A&M this weekend. Should prove to be a good game!

Anyway, I am not going to let a boy ruin the memories of a fun weekend! Here are some of my favorite pictures with some of my favorite people from Saturday’s game!!

I am loving all of the recent gameday posts. This really is the BEST time of year.

Today’s Pickins:

1.       Ghost Hunter’s season premier is going to be investigating The Old Jail in Charleston! I love ghost tours and this was one of the creepier ones I have been on.

2.       Kelly and her DIY Bar Cart are precious! Check it out! 

3.       Astroturf Coozies?! Too fun!

4. With Halloween as our next fun holiday, I am looking forward to making a little Monster Munch to get me in the mood!