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Thursday Confessions

Happy Thursday, y’all!  Part of me thinks this week has flown by, and then the rest of me feels like it’s crawled by!  Honestly, the end of the school year is crazy, and I’m lucky if I even know my own name at the end of the day.


I’m linking up with Leigh today for Confessional Thursday!


ONE

I have never been more ready for the end of school to get here than this year.  I think having a free summer has a lot to do with it, but I’m tired, the kids are tired, we’re all tired–and a little bit crazy!


TWO

My mom and I were talking about naked cakes and how we would only want them if they had lots of icing on each layer.  My mom was coming to my house last Thursday, so I decided to whip up one for her to take home.  And then I proceeded to eat it…..her cake….before she got to my house.  


THREE

One of my students brought me the latest Selection book to read and so I started it yesterday.  I love this series!  I highly recommend it as a summer book series!


FOUR

I hate washing my hair.  My hair is so thick and naturally wavy.  It takes a long time to dry and straighten my hair each day.  Now that school is nearing the end and I’ve discovered dry shampoo (thanks to my friend Kristi!), there have been many mornings–and will be lots more–where I’ve woken up and decided to use dry shampoo instead of washing my hair.  I know people do this all the time but this is a first for me!


FIVE

Speaking of sleeping, I’m a very OCD sleeper.  You can ask my husband and best friend.  I have to have the sheet and comforter perfectly even for me to even think about having a good night’s sleep.  Whenever I would spend the night with my BFF, I would remake her bed so the sheet and comforter were even on all sides.  I also like to have the covers tucked in on the side of my body not next to my husband–since Dustin sleeps to the left of me, I have the covers on my right side tucked in around me.


SIX

I also shower or bathe every night before bed.  And after I’ve done that, I can’t walk outside barefoot because I feel like my feet are dirty–if that happens, then I have to wash my feet before I get in bed.

Wow, I could do a whole post on my craziness!  I’ll spare y’all and stop there ha!

I hope y’all have a great Thursday!

The Avett Brothers Concert Recap

I meant to blog this concert recap yesterday, but I forgot it was a Show and Tell on Personal Style–and since I love clothes, I couldn’t resist!

Let me preface this with saying that I grew up in a house where music was constantly playing.  We knew every birthday that we would be singing “They Say It’s Your Birthday” by The Beatles.  Or I would be riding in the truck with my dad and he would quiz me on the music playing (always classic rock).  So for me to go to a concert on a school night is not out of character for me!

A couple of months ago, my best friend texted letting me know that a band we loved in college (and still love) would be playing a show in our college town.  Tickets were bought and the countdown began!

Getting to the concert was eventful.  I left school on Thursday and drove to Birmingham to meet up with Janie at her house and ride with her to the concert.  Traffic was beyond horrible!  If you know anything about 280 in Birmingham, you know it was bad–and to top it off, there were a few wrecks.  What should have taken us 20-25 minutes max to drive ended up taking close to an hour.

Then once we got into Tuscaloosa, we forgot it was graduation weekend.  Not only that, but it was also Cindo de Mayo and a Thursday–and we all know in college, the weekend starts on Thursday.  We planned on eating downtown somewhere nice before the concert began at 8.  We couldn’t find a single parking spot, plus with there being so many people, we knew the wait would be outrageous.

So we ate at…
 Jimmy Johns.  Yay.  Haha!


Then we had a hard time finding parking and ended up parking over a mile away.  I made sure to have my mace with me in case we got mugged because…Tuscaloosa.

We waited in line forever for drinks and the concert had already started by the time we got to our seat.  And we saw two people from our hometown–small world!


 It was 60 degrees on May 5th–we froze!



 Brandi Carlisle opened for The Avett Brothers.  We only knew one song by her, and she played it.  Then she tried to get political and Janie and I both agreed that we do not want to hear musicians’s political opinions at their concert….just perform for us.



Blurry iPhone picture but The Avett Brothers were so fun!  I’m glad I finally got to see them live.  In my opinion, there’s nothing better than live music.  This definitely wasn’t my most favorite concert I’ve ever been to, but it was fun!

What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?


Linking up with Jenn and Holly

Sense of Sarah: My Personal Style

I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this before on the blog, but clothes are my passion.  I almost majored in fashion merchandising/retail instead of English because I dreamed of working for a big department store as a buyer.  Instead, I felt like God was calling me to teach English–that’ll be a post for another day!

I was so excited when I saw that Andrea was hosting a Show and Tell Tuesday today to share your personal style because that also fit perfectly with a Sense of Sarah post!

Before I describe what I feel like my personal style is, I thought I would ask a few of those closest to me to tell me what they think my style is–they were all really nice with what they said about me haha!

“Casual and sophisticated”-Kristi

“Classy southern”-Dustin

“Fashion forward, trendy, bold.  You are braver than me with patterns and such.”-Sarah

“Kate Middleton”-my mom (love her haha)

“You are good at taking classic, staple pieces and making them look ultra trendy.”-Hailey

I tend to describe my style as classic, but I like mixing in a lot of different styles, too.  My favorite stores are Anthropologie, GAP, Banana Republic, and J.Crew.

I love my Patagonia and I wear it year-round.  I know that sounds crazy but it keeps me warm in the winter and then doesn’t make me sweat during warmer months when I get cold.  It has got to be the fabric that makes it like that!

And I wear these shoes anytime I want to dress down skinny jeans and look casual.  They were the best during the fall and winter months!



I am long-waisted so when I find a romper that fits, I buy it!  This one came from Anthropologie, but they’re already sold out.  
Find one similar here and here.
And these Sam Edelman sandals are my #1 favorite!  I have the both the nude and black and I’m looking to add leopard print this summer–that’s a neutral right?



 I LOVE chambray.  I would wear it all the time if I could because it’s so comfortable and it goes with everything!  This chambray dress is similar to mine.  This one is a cheaper version.  
And if you’re a teacher, you need these OTBT shoes.  I can stand all day in them and my feet never hurt.

 So another chambray item 🙂  This top is an older Cloth and Stone shirt from Victoria but this is similar.  I love the Cloth and Stone brand–it washes well and is ultra-classic.  

These jeans are new and are my new obsession.  I used to have a pair of white Lilly jeans when I weighed a lot more, but since I lost weight, I haven’t found a pair that lived up to my old Lilly jeans.  I also didn’t want to pay the $180 price tag on the Lilly jeans.  I tried on a million different white jeans and just couldn’t find a pair that wasn’t see through.  Then I walked into J.Crew.  These jeans in the matchstick fit are the most comfortable jeans and aren’t see through at all!  Plus, J.Crew gives a teacher discount!  Oh yeah!


 I got this dress to wear on our cruise, but I’m wearing it as much as I can before we leave!  I love Lilly so much, but I go through phases where I want to wear bold clothes with crazy prints and then I don’t.  Right now, I’m in a bold and bright phase 🙂

I really love the back of this dress, too.


How would you describe your personal style?

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