Petite Panoply

On Saturday Matt and I harnessed-up Riker and took a walk down the Atlanta BeltLine to the Old Fourth Ward Fall Festival. I didn't realize it was going on so incredibly close to our apartment. Talk about convenient! We were excited about a dog friendly event that involved food trucks and local craft beer.  We're still getting used to being out and about with a puppy, but Riker was very well behaved and mingled (wrestled) with the other dogs that were there. If you're not from around Atlanta, the Old Fourth Ward/Inman Park neighborhoods are very dog friendly. Nearly everyone walking around has one so there are plenty of dog friendly events to check out. The festival went on from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. but we were up early with Riker that day, so I think we were some of the first people there. That was good because we had to be back home by 3:30 for the UGA football game. There was plenty of open space to roam around with the puppy while checking out the local food tr...

I have UGA athletics to thank for this trip to Washington! This happened a month ago so I thought it was about time to show you a few pictures I took. We were mostly in Spokane for the basketball tournaments, but we took a day trip to Leavenworth. I had never been to the northwest before and I really enjoyed it. Especially these spectacular mountains! (I had currywurst. So good.) It's in situations like that trip that I'm so happy I have my nice camera. I can't believe I've already had it a whole year. It's definitely one of the best gifts I've ever received! Thanks Mom and Dad! In other news, I've officially turned in all of my assignments and finished my first year of graduate school. The relief I feel is immense and I'm very happy to have time to blog again. (Plus I just saw that there's an epic Tomb Raider sale on Steam this weekend so I may have to reward my struggles with video games. I never have time to play game...

This past spring break I spent most of my time hanging at home. Hooray for cheap spring breaks! We did a lot of shopping and even went into Atlanta one of the days. Plus we celebrated Matt's birthday and St. Patrick's Day. It was a pretty nice break. Here are a few pictures from three weeks ago! We enjoyed delicious Irish coffees and cake on Matt's birthday. I was gazing at myself in an Ikea mirror. Specifically my butt in these pants. Good times. And a wonderful St. Patrick's Day sister picture. I'm happy to be back in Georgia after the Spokane trip. I'm completely exhausted and am trying to catch up on school crap. I hope I can get back on a normal sleep schedule soon! I'll share some pictures from the trip eventually when I have time to go through and edit them. There are a bunch of great scenery pictures, but hardly any of me because nobody can figure out how to take an in-focus picture with my camera. Even if I explain...

Happy Easter from Spokane, WA guys! After a huge upset against Stanford, we're spending the rest of the weekend here. This will be my first Easter ever spent away from home, so it's kind of weird to be missing that delicious dinner. Here are a few spring-like pictures from the past couple days though: I'm absolutely exhausted and we're taking a day trip into the mountains today. Let's hope I can nap on the bus and not be super crabby all day! Have a great Easter Sunday!

Happy Monday! Here are a few pictures from the past month or so. I'll start with the cutest ones:  pictures of us giving George hugs while we were visiting a couple weeks back. George says, "no more hugsssss!" Valentine treats from home. Dove chocolate hearts and a Spider-man mug filled with Mom's homemade cookies. Playing with my Urban Decay Vice palette. Margaritas with Matt. And another George picture for good measure. I'm ready to get back home so I can hug George some more! That will probably be my main activity this  upcoming spring break. Unfortunately, I still have to get through a lot of school work until then.  Have a great start to your week! * P.S. I keep forgetting to mention, you can get 20% off of your eShakti purchase through 3/20 with the code  PETTEPNPLY  . I'll have an outfit post in a pretty new spring dress from them very soon! *

Life lately has been a tiny bit boring, but that's okay. I spent last weekend at home with my family eating delicious homemade deep dish pizza and watching TV. This past week flew by and this weekend is gearing up to be a superbly lazy couple of days.  The most exciting news was that my Modcloth order came! Matt's car finally needed a repair that cost more than the car itself, so we had to say farewell. It was kind of sad. He took me to homecoming in that car! Pink leopard print nails! A favorite outtake: I've been playing with makeup a lot lately. I'm loving this brown smokey eye. According to pictures, all I eat lately is pizza. I wish.  I'm doing my best to catch up on all of your blogs and respond to comments this weekend. I just get overwhelmed looking at my Bloglovin' feed when it says 1000 at the top! I'm also thinking of blog posts for February and perhaps a series of guest posts. We'll see!  ...

Christmas is over, but there is still plenty to share from the past couple weeks of festivities. At the beginning of our visit we went to my aunt's house to make gingerbread houses. I'd actually never made one before. At least I can't recall a time when I made one. I prepared by looking at gingerbread houses on Pinterest, which just made me feel inferior. I did learn that choosing a color scheme seemed to look the best, so I went with all chocolate candy with touches of red. My favorites were the super colorful ones my mom, sister, and cousin made though. Next time I may have to go the colorful route! This one is my slightly dangerous-looking gingerbread house.  As this posts, I'll be on my way back to Georgia. I'm usually happy to return home after a visit but it's also kind of sad because we only get to visit our relatives once or twice a year. I'm glad there will still be a couple more weeks of winter break where I can re...