A Weekend at Home {in instagrams}

The trip home to Cincinnati (ignore my dirty car window!)

 

Getting ready for my graduation party

 

My GORGEOUS graduation cake, made by an extremely talented family friend

 

Spending a little time with my favorite boy. He's getting so big!

 

Home decor shopping at Anthropologie to get ready for my big move!

 

My loot from a little trip to the outlets. Oh yes, that's a Michael Kors bag you see 

It was a nice, relaxing, family-filled weekend in Cincinnati. And no trip home is complete without a little shopping with Mom. I finally pulled the trigger and bought myself a "big girl" purse to replace my beat up brown tote from Steinmart. I guess that's one of the perks of having a grown-up job now! It will definitely be making it's appearance on the blog soon :)

Happy (in instagrams)

I was in quite a mood earlier this week, but things are starting to look up. Here are all of the things making me happy right now:

From the top, left to right:
1. This campus is ridiculously gorgeous this time of year.
2. Starbucks has their holiday cups already! Which means the Christmas season is right around the corner!
3. I have plans to debut my new fur collar tomorrow.
4. Fashion inspiration courtesy of the J.Crew catalog.
5. I'm in the process of packing up to head home for the weekend for my cousin's wedding!
6. I finally updated my iPod in anticipation of getting back to the gym next week. My current favorite on repeat? Chris Brown and Justin Bieber's Next To You.

A Weekend at Home (in instagrams)

From top, left to right:
1. I finally got an iPhone! (if you couldn't tell from my new-found obsession with instagram). So a trip to the Kate Spade outlet for a new phone cover was a necessity.
2. Part of my Halloween costume. See last year's here.
3. Personalized M&Ms at my cousin's baby shower.
4. Adorable onesies on display at the shower.
5. Me and the gorgeous mom-to-be. I cannot wait for the little man's arrival!
6. A quick trip to JoAnn's to pick up fabric for the last part of my costume. I can't wait to reveal it to all of you...I'm pretty excited about it!

How was your weekend?

Back in the Buckeye State

Surprise, I'm back in Ohio! If you follow me on twitter you already know the saga, but basically my parents and I decided Thursday night it would be best for me to fly home a week early to escape the hurricane that was on its way to NYC. After a flight cancellation and some major freaking out, I caught a 6:00 AM flight yesterday with a layover in Georgia and was home by 1:00 PM! The new interns threw me a little goodbye party on Friday complete with Crumbs cupcakes to thank me for training them. Aren't they the sweetest?! I'm going to miss the city, but I couldn't be happier to be home, safe and sound. Sorry for the lack of posting the past few days...my 30 for 30 will resume tomorrow!

Home Sweet Home

With only five days left here in the city, I'm starting to look forward to going home. I have really missed my family and the comforts of home. Here is a list of all the reasons I'm excited to be heading back to Ohio:
1. Getting to hang out with my family for the first time in 2 months.
2. Spending time with these girls before we all head back to our separate schools:

Picture taken last year at our little back-to-school dinner

3. Starting my 30 for 30 challenge (although not so excited for the shopping ban. But my bank account is definitely ready for the break)

4. AIR CONDITIONING...oh, how I've missed you. I can't wait for us to get reacquainted.
5. Getting back into a regular workout routine. Although it isn't the most enjoyable thing in the world, I feel so much better when I follow one.
6. A trip to Cedar Point! The boyfriend and I bought discount tickets in Spring, so a trip to the amusement park is in our near future. I highly recommend checking it out if you've never been!
7. Having better pictures for the blog! I am so tired of crappy lighting and self-timer pictures with my feet cut off. Mom has graciously agreed to help me out when I get home, so we can all look forward to much better pictures on Best Foot Forward. Yay!
8. Free time! After working 40-hour weeks, I'm not going to know what to do with myself. I have a feeling there is a lot of netflix, scrapbooking, library books and DIY projects coming up.
9. The Danbarry Dollar Saver Theater. After $13 dollar matinees (!) in NYC, I can't wait for $1.75 Tuesdays. I'm hoping Letters to Juliet is still there when I get home!
10. Learning to cook. Last summer, I finally stepped in the kitchen and did a little baking. Since I will be living in an apartment with a kitchen this year, it is kind of necessary that I learn to cook. If anyone has recipe/cookbook/website suggestions for healthy cooking, please let me know!

Feels Like Brand New

Just a real quick post of my outfit today since I already posted earlier about my jacket dilemma. I have been sticking to lots of dresses and skirts for work since its so hot, and I never know when I'm going to be running errands around the city. Today I walked about a mile and a half total on my little shopping spree- thats a decent amount of time outside in this warm, warm weather. Thankfully, I was prepared in a breezy skirt and tank, paired with flat sandals.

Occasion: work
What I'm wearing: Old Navy tank, American Apparel skirt, Fossil necklace, J.Crew Outlet belt, Isaac Mizrahi for Target sandals

Lately, I have been trying to utilize things from my closet I don't normally wear. For instance, the yellow top I wore last week hadn't seen daylight in over a year. Today I decided to bust out this necklace which also hasn't been worn in quite some time. Frankly, I kind of had forgotten I owned it. Paired with a belt that also doesn't get much use, it felt like I had on a brand new outfit. I'm definitely going to need to go through all of my accessories before the 30 for 30 challenge starts to make sure I'm using all of them to their full potential. I'm starting to get really excited for the challenge; its one more reason I'm looking forward to going home!