Organization on the Brain!

So lately I have been OBSESSED with organizing and finding different ways to manage my day-to-day life. In my search for some organizing tips I came across a blog called I Heart Organizing. Jen (the blogger) shows you ways to organize and redecorate your home. I also found some awesome print outs, check em out!

There are wayyyyy more free printables to choose from! If you like what you see and you want to download them for yourself, you really need to link up below and give Jen a visit! 

                                        

While I was on the I heart organizing page, another blog caught my attention. See Jane Work is another blog about how to take a space and make it decorative but useful and organized. I can not wait until I have money to make my home beautiful and have a amazing office space. For now, all I can do is live through blogs, pinterest and ikea/target... sigh. So after navigating around the blog I saw that there was a place for me to actually buy stuff! So i browsed... and browsed... added a few things to my shopping cart.. and browsed (if you havent caught on I will do anything to get distracted from my work). Needless to say, by the time I was done looking through all the categories I had almost $100 worth of stuff in my shopping cart. I obviously would never spend that much on decorating/organization things at this time, but its always nice to pretend I can afford everything I want. Here are some of the things I "pretended" I was going to purchase.

Some one please buy me all of these things. I told myself that if/when I get a better job, I will allow myself to go a little crazy with decorating. Its sad that my motivation to look for jobs is the possibility of buying new clothes and home/office accessories. If you like organizing and have about 2 hours to spare, go check out See Jane Work, you will not be disappointed!

I will leave you with a picture of my pup Lilly. I used an app called Aviary to add funny stickers to her face. I feel like this picture describes her personality. ENJOY!

P.S Hocus Pocus (my all-time favorite Halloween movie) is on!!! 

What's your favorite Halloween movie??

High Five For Friday!

 

Okay, so here is some of what has been going on in my life the past week/ descriptions of the pictures I posted yesterday. I promise I will have better posts next weeek! 

1. Brent's sisters B-day was last Friday, October 12th and Brent's b-day was October 17th so we had a joint celebration with their family on Sunday night at Fuji Hibachi. If you have not been to a Hibachi, you need to go asap! It is such a fun experience. They make the food right in front of you and everything tastes sooo good. It is a little pricey for an ordinary night but it would definitely be a cute double or triple date spot.
2. Sunday morning was the Ravens Vs. Cowboys game so I cuddled up on the couch in my sweats with my pup Lilly and Brent's parents doggie Bentley. (Yes, he is wearing a Cowboys jersey) I have grown up a Ravens fan, but Brent's whole family is Cowboys fans so I now consider myself both 
3. I needed to get somethings for work to organize my desk/ life. I picked up this awesome clipboard/folder/notepad. The top is a clipboard as you see and when you open it there is a folder and a pad of paper for notes. Its perfect. I love it! Also, this summer I had seen a huge black and white tote that I wanted so bad because it was super cute and it would be a great travel bag. It cost $20 some dollars and I said no way, I don't need it so i'm not buying it. Welllllll, I saw it there this past week and it was only $5.49!!! I had to get it, that's a steal!!! So its mine! I will post a pic soon.
4. SOOOOOOO, as I said before Brent is a Cowboys fan. A HUGE Cowboys fan. When he found out they were playing the Ravens almost a year ago, he made sure to remind me almost everyday how he wanted tickets for his birthday considering they were playing 3 days before it. I did my research and concluded that there was absolutely no way I could afford tickets for that game unless he wanted to watch from the sky-high seats. Well, my work sent out an email months ago asking if anyone wanted Ravens tickets for a pre-season game. It then clicked!! My company has Ravens tickets, they just don't normally hand them out, the CEO usually takes her family. I immediately emailed her and explained my story. BOOOM! She said i could have two tickets. After weeks of waiting to physically hold the tickets to know its real, I got them and what did I see??? The most amazing seats ever! 8th row from the field, 50 yard line AND on Visitors side! I knew he would flip. I held this secret from him for weeks. I wanted to tell him the night before the game so he would think there was no chance of him going. Also, my dad had gotten him 2 on field passes from his work so Brent was able to go on the field and watch the teams practice before the game, every guys dream. Being a good girlfriend, I let his dad have the second ticket because I knew they would be able to enjoy the game together since they both love football.
   

Sorry for the blurry pics, he couldn't stop smiling!

    5. Ill keep this one brief. There have been alot of structural changes at my

       job that I am not so happy about. Soooo I have been looking for other

        options and going on some interviews. This is what I wore! Blazer and

       top from Target, pants from TJ MAXX (I believe the brand is from Express 

       though) and shoes from DSW. (Please excuse the cheesy smile) Keep 

       your fingers crossed for me!!!

Hook up with Lauren @FMGD!

MIA!

I have been SUPER busy this past week. I have experienced a lot of emotions: happy, nervous, frustrated, angry, excited, anxious.. the list goes on. Here is a breakdown of some happy things from the past few days in pictures. I will try to find time soon to do a full week recap and fill you in with everything!! Stay tuned :)

High Five for Friday!

I have been superrrrr busy this week, I haven't gotten a chance to post anything exciting. I have been going through some up and downs with work this week but I'm hoping next week will bring some good news. Keep fingers crossed for me! Anyway, here are my five favs of the weeek....

1. My boyfriend (who's name is Brent... I will start referring to him as Brent from now on haha) went home on Monday and brought back the most delicious enchiladas ever that his mom made! She is a great cook, I am hoping to get some of her recipes one day 
2. I got a notice in the mail from my car insurance that my monthly payment has decreased $40! I am so pumpedddd. The more money I am able to save, the happier I am.
3. I love my drive to work in the morning in the Fall!
4. Brent called me and told me that his mom planned a Family photoshoot for when we come visit this weekend. WHAT?!? I have split ends and no shape to my hair! I immediately called the girl that cuts my hair and set up an appointment. Nothing special just a trim and some more layers. The trim was much needed let me just tell you. Here's the finished product.
5. Colder weather calls for long PJ's! My favorite VS pajamas that Brent bought me for Christmas last year...soo comff

How was your week?

Link up with Lauren @ FMGD and share your Friday favorites!

Weekend Breakdown

Tuesday morning, we meet again...sigh. Anyway, I have some fun stuff to share about my weekend. On Friday, I learned that I will be taking over someones position at my work. I am excited yet nervous about this news. There has been a lot of new changes at my work because the President was let go and they are working on moving forward and basically reinventing the whole company. With that being said, I believe they are trying to make me a hybrid for two different departments since I did a bunch of everything when I was an intern. So basically, new job...potentially more money??? There are no specific details yet but I will definitely be updating when I find out more information. Cross your fingers!!!! Secondly, approximately 15 min before I left work on Friday the VP came up to me and asked if I was an Orioles Fan (I live in Maryland). I proceeded to pull open my zip-up and show him the Orioles shirt I was wearing. He said "if they win tonight, you are going to the game on Sunday". WHAT?!?! My boyfriend and I are beyond excited because they haven't done this good since like 1994 and it's the playoffs. 

I called to tell my boyfriend to tell him the news and after he expressed his excitement he said my favorite 6 words... "Want to go to Red Robin???" Of course I do!! So I immediately went on the website to pick out my meal. If you eat at Red Robin and haven't been to their Calorie Counter/Nutrition page you really need to check it out. You don't realize how much calories are in everything, it's crazy.

I ended up getting the California Chicken Sandwich. As you can see from the chart above, the original sandwich with the complementary fries totaled to 1177 calories.. that's almost the amount of calories a person should eat for the whole day!! I decided I could do without the bacon and mayo, supplemented the fries for steamed broccoli, and changed my bun into a lettuce wrap. My customized meal totaled up to be only 318 calories... a huge difference! Since I had calculated such a low calorie meal, I allowed myself to split a appetizer with my boyfriend.. mmmm try not to salivate in 3...2...1...

Saturday I worked on updating my blog allllll day. I googled different tips and codes to try and spruce it up. (If anyone has any tip/pointers please let me know!!! I am still so new to thiss) I was trying to change the look of my Blog title but can not figure it out for the life of me. Sunday was game day. We heard there were going to be showers all day but it just looked cloudy  When the time came for us to leave, the forecast showed the rain was moving out so we were beyond excited. We got all suited up in Orioles gear and headed downtown. We arrived around 5pm (game started at 6) and it took us forever to find a spot to park in and the price of parking was ridiculous everywhere, but hey the tickets were free so I can complain too much. We finally made it to our seats which THANKFULLY were under the overlay because it had began to rain... and rain and rain and rain. Game didn't start until 8:40. I was sooo surprised they didn't postpone it for the next day but the skies cleared up and it was time to play ball! The game was close the whole time until the 9th inning when the Yankees smoked us. Overall it was a great game and an fun experience. Since the game was postponed almost 3 hours because of the rain, we didn't end up getting home until 1:30am. We immediately gave the pup some lovin and then went right to sleep. So there's my weekend!! Hope you all enjoyed yours :)

P.S. Walking Dead Starts this Sunday!!!! If you share my obsession, let me know!

                                                          Small Girl in a Big World

Sleepy Monday

So I had planned to post about my exciting weekend but I didn't get home last night until 1:30am. Needless to say, I am pounding down coffee and trying to stay awake at work.....Zzzz
Since my weekend breakdown post is postponed until later, enjoy some pics from the playoff game I went to last night!!

To Be Continued...

                                                        Small Girl in a Big World

Pumpkin Picking Outfit

Pumpkin Picking Outfit by smallgrlbigworld featuring madewell

Madewell / Fat Face , $73 / Bootcut jeans, $125 / Buckle boots / MICHAEL Michael Kors michael kor / Kate Spade jewelry / Madewell

More fall/ October outfit favorites! If only my my paycheck was big enough to afford all of this good stuff. Go to Polyvore and create your favorite fall looks and send them to me!