Days 21 and 22 Plus My Halloween

Day 21: A Picture of Yourself

See my post on Halloween :)

Day 22: Favorite City

Dublin, California is a city in Northern California, about 45 minutes away from San Francisco and I moved there from Southern California. Dublin is absolutely beautiful with rolling green hills and quaint little houses and good schools. I have such fond memories of this city and their Irish culture. Every St. Patrick's Day they had a parade and I was always somehow involved whether it be with my elementary school or brownie girl scouts. I loved it there and was so sad when the family picked up and moved here to Florida but I still keep in touch with some of my friends from Dublin :)

My Halloween Night

I had a very relaxing night of watching television and passing out Halloween candy. My brother and sister looked so cute in their costumes. Kloe was a Spanish Senorita and Braden was Woody from Toy Story.


Sorry this was posted late...it was a rough day. Have a great night!

This is Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!

Last night my boyfriend and I had so much fun at the party we went to. I spent most of the day making cupcakes to bring to the party and then I had to work at 6 so it ended up being a late night and I am sooo tired but at least today I have the day off :)

For the party, I made little chocolate spider cupcakes. They had Twizzler legs, Reeses Pieces eyes, and candy corn fangs. They were also covered in yummy chocolate sprinkles. They were a big hit!

I knew for a while what I wanted to be for Halloween but trying to find something for my boyfriend to be that matched mine was hard.

But after thinking for a while, I came up with a wonderfully corny idea...

a cupcake & muffin duo!

My costume consisted of a brown tulle skirt to look like the bottom of a cupcake, and a white tank top covered in different colored pom poms to look like sprinkles. The costume was even topped off with a cherry headband that I made from glittery red foam.

Rusty's costume was simply a brown T-shirt covered in blue poms poms so that he would resemble a blueberry muffin.

(he was a trooper in letting me embarass him haha)

To top off the corniness, I added the lettering on back :)

Tonight I absolutely cannot wait to see my little brother and sister all dressed up to go trick-or-treating. It will be so cute and I am so excited!

On a sad note though...tonight is the last night I get to spend with my boyfriend before he goes on his business trip tomorrow. Ugh I will miss him so incredibly much.



Have a wonderful Halloween!

Pumpkin Fun

Okay so last night was so much fun. While watching The Messengers, my boyfriend and I carved our pumpkin. I have to say, I am very proud of the way it turned out because I took a plain carving stencil from a carving kit and added detail to it. I drew right on the pumpkin with permanent marker and added the feathers on the owl, the lines on the tree, and added the haunted house. It took three hours to finish but I LOVE it!

I think he had too much fun stabbing the pumpkin to get the stem off.

Notice the McDonald's Caramel Mocha. Mmm so good.

It was so slimy and gross. My boyfriend was too much of a baby to do it though so it was all me.

We saved the seeds! We are going to plant some in our greenhouse and roast some :)

You can still see some of the sharpee left on the pumpkin where I drew the feathers.

...After I finally finished and the sharpee was wiped off.

TADA!

Have a great Thursday!

Day 17: Something You Are Looking Forward To

I am looking forward to tonight! After I take my computer test, my boyfriend and I are carving our pumpkin. I really want to carve some sort of creepy owl into it. Something like this:

Tonight we are also going fruit shopping. Sounds weird, I know. We are actually going to buy fruit to dissect and get the pit/seeds. We have started the beginnings of a garden and we have a lot of vegetables but want some fruit to join the party! This is our little greenhouse:

Each little round houses a different vegetable and we made a little diagram so that we know what is what. We are looking forward to see them sprout!

I am definitely looking forward to this weekend! All day saturday I am baking goodies to bring to my friend's Halloween party. Then on Sunday I have the entire day off from work so I am going to church and then taking the little bro and sis trick-or-treating that night. It's going to be so much fun :)

Something I am not looking forward to is my boyfriend leaving on Monday. He is going to be gone for four days on a business trip for his job. I am so happy for him but I am going to miss him like crazy. Something I am looking forward to though is all the time I will have to work on my research paper for my hospitality class. My plan is to use all the extra time I will have to finish that paper and get that weight off my shoulders!

I am looking forward to Thanksgiving. Turkey and mashed potatoes are yummy!

CHRISTMAS! and winter break! Like I have said before, I need a vacation and am very much looking forward to the break from school.

I am looking forward to the future! I can't wait to graduate, move into my own house, pursue my career further...etc...

Thinking about all of the positive things I have to look forward to has made my day :) Hope it does for you guys too!

Day 10 of the 30 Day Blog Challenge: Something You're Afraid Of

I am afraid of emotional pain. I absolutely hate being sad and I fear the day I lose someone close to me because I don't know how I would cope.

I am afraid of palmetto bugs. They are the Florida version of cockroaches except they come with an added bonus...THEY FLY. Gross gross gross.

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I am a people pleaser so I am afraid of people not liking me. I know I just need to not care what people think of me but I can't help it. It's something I am working on...

I am afraid of not doing well in college. I push myself to my limits but if I were to lose my scholarships I don't know what I would do to pay for my tuition which keeps increasing by 15% each school year.

On to the rest of my day...

Although I have a full day of school today, 10:30 am to 5:45 pm- no breaks, I am excited for my day after school! Tonight after dinner, the boyfriend and I are going shopping. We are going to Target to get me some new black flats, then Michael's to get some scrapbooking and Halloween supplies. Then my favorite part of the day......pumpkin shopping! There is a cute little pumpkin patch at the high school near my house and we are going to pick us some great pumpkins to carve. I am beyond excited :)

Here are some pictures to get you in the spooky Halloween spirit.

Have a great Wednesday!