Work Attire... Help!

So it’s officially finals week… tomorrow I will be conquering my first exam and hopefully kicking its butt. In the back of my mind though is the fact that next week starts my first day of being a full-time engineer at work. I graduate from being a jean-wearing intern to a smartly-dressed engineer {seems ironic huh?} After hitting the books this week, I plan on hitting up a few stores in town for a few pieces to celebrate being a “real person.” Shopping spree after completing the semester? Seems like the only way to rejoice.

Thanks to Pinterest, I have a few “work office attire” inspiration to work off of:

 Living in Northern Michigan... this is the way to go!

Its extremely important to learn how to ROCK FLANNEL while living in this winter tundra for the next few months.

So does anyone have a few office attire tips for me? What is your go-to outfit of choice? How do you dress nice but feel comfortable. Help me out.

Guy's Weekend...Yikes.

The next few days should be pretty eventful… this will mark the first time the boy and I will not be spending the weekend together. I knew I wouldn’t be seeing him on Saturday since he’s heading downstate for a “Guy’s Night” to watch the University of Michigan basketball team play. But now it turns out I will be headed downstate as well… except to the other side of the state. Haha! I am going to my brother’s high school basketball tonight, then as soon as he wins {positive thinking}, we will jump in the car and start heading south towards Grand Valley State University. {He is getting looked at for football recruitment.} So my weekend will be full of football talk, college tours, and TONS of Christmas shopping in Grand Rapids, while the boyfriend is free to have a “Guy’s Weekend.”

So while this is going on:

I will be doing this:

And we will be seperated like this:

It will be good to have some time apart and he can see the boys without me interrupting. He’s the kind of person who will call me up and say “come over to ____’s house, we are watching the game” then when I show up its all guys. I can’t help but feel I am crashing. So instead of sticking around town, I am going to make him miss me. Good plan, huh?!

I mean come on, abstinence makes the heart grow fonder, right?

Best Sister Award Goes To...

My sister sent me a text message earlier today that immediately made me cry of happiness. To give a little background, I sat down with my boss yesterday to discuss "my future." I have known for awhile that they were hoping to grab me as one of their engineers once I got done with college only because I have been their loyal intern since my freshman year at Miami. But when I walked into his office, I wasn't expecting to hear such good news. I got to hear their pitch on why I should choose to start my career at their company. It was veryyy impressive and I was touched with how dedicated they were to making me happy.


Just when I think my week can't get any better, my news {thanks to Twitter}traveled up to the Upper Penisula of Michigan to my little sister at college. Here's her take on my situation:

Over all, I cannot wait until she is home so we can celebrate properly! Honestly the job and having an amazing sister/family is the best Christmas present I will ever recieve!

Update: now the boyfriend is making me cry too...

Christmas List Time!

Today I am linking up with Amber & Neely's Fabulous Holiday Blog Challenge by posting my Christmas list!

Tis the season.

Hopefully this will also help out the boyfriend since he's headed downstate to a University of Michigan basketball game this weekend. I overheard him last night talking to the boys about hitting up the mall in Ann Arbor before the game to pick up "her Christmas presents." Since I was the only girl at the house last night, looks like he's talking about my presents! Guess we will have to wait and see.

So here is the dream list:

1. Marc Jacob's handbag

2. Kate Spade ring

3. OPI Nailpolish {best stocking stuffer ever}

4. Abercrombie Jeans {only brand that fits me perfectly}

5. Tom's shoes

5. Kate Spand Bangle

6. Black/Blue Blazer

7. 24/7 Penguins vs Capitals Season

8. "Every day is a great day for hockey" bracelet

What are you guys asking for? Make sure to link up your Christmas lists too, so I can scope them out.

Giving Is Better Than Receiving...

Since everyone on my Christmas list has a present literally under the tree for them right now, I find myself looking at my bank account and thinking… “maybe a few more gifts would do.” Pretty crazy, huh? But this commercial pretty much sums up how I have been acting/feeling lately about being done with Christmas shopping:

It was has been about 2 years since I have had a boyfriend during the Christmas season, so I have this obsession to buy the boy everything. Here’s a list of things I know he’d love:

1. Underarmour Hockey Compression Shirt

2. Always Sunny in Philadephia Season 3

3. Red Wings Coozie

4. Oakley Aviator Hockey Shield Visor

5. Miami Hockey Tee {This is my favorite team and alma mater so of course he will be repping this on game days!}

6. Black Polo Sweater

The only thing I'm not completely done with is his stocking. So if anyone has any fun things for a guy's stocking please let me know. Both funny and serious gift ideas are welcome! I am out of practice in this part of gift-giving :) 

Happy shopping, loves.

Happy December.

I cannot believe it’s finally December!

Cheers to gallons cups of egg nog, the smell of pine, and many wrapped presents. Ahh, I love this month and to celebrate properly, I did a little project last night. We bought a wreath a week ago when we picked up our Christmas tree and it looked sooo boring. Kind of depressing actually… So I decided to jazz it up with some gold accents and a new bow ornament that I picked up at Pier One.

Nothing like a little wreath to liven up the house and our spirits, right? What do you guys think? Any little projects you are creating to bring some Christmas cheer?

The Wait is Over... Finally!

So last night I finally got to see Breaking Dawn! I know you guys will be thinking "Wow, about time. I saw it weeks ago." But honestly I think the world was against me seeing this movie. Everytime I made plans to see it, something would get in the way. Like it was sold out the first time, we were late getting there the second time, and plus boyfriend's hockey games ALWAYS happen on or around the showtimes. So before he had to play goalie last night, we got to see the 7 o'clock showing of it!

Obsessed! So hot.

I loved it! For the first hour I was swooning over the wedding and honeymoon, but in my head I was thinking "Ohh poor boy who I dragged along." But as soon as the story started developing and the vampire vs. werewolf feud started going, he leaned in and whispered, "Here we go... now things are starting to get intense!" YES! All it took was that sentence I started to enjoy the movie more knowing that he wasn't rolling his eyes every few seconds at those always romantic Twilight lines.

But tradition is tradition.

We saw New Moon and Eclipse together {we weren't dating at the time} so I figure we have to finish out the series now that we are together. Makes sense, right?

So did you guys love the movie as much as I did? Of course I had to avoid all blog posts which mentioned the movie since I didn't want to be spoiled at all... so if you did a little post about them please post it in the comments. I want to read up on all that I missed. Where are my Twilight fans out there!?