Monday, October 26, 2009

Monday Madness!

Hello My Darlings,
Well this weekend was a blast. We had our first event on Saturday, and it went off without a hitch. We raised tons of money, it was a gorgeous Santa Barbara day, and we got to use a suite on the Rotunda of the doubletree hotel to get ready! It was fantastic, I love my internship! I could not ask for a better one, God has truly blessed me, and I could not be more thankful. The wonderful ladies I work with are just fabulous! I can not wait to make this my career. Hope you all have a wonderful monday, I woke up not feeling so well, so I will be taking it easy today.
the Head intern, Tiffany, and the raffle ticket girls
Dayna and I (the westmont interns)
Me in my dress

xoxo,

josslynn nicole

Friday, October 23, 2009

Happy Friday!!

Hello darlings,
It's finally friday!! I am so happy, I woke up so refreshed, and in such a good mood. I have to tell you that I have been sticking to my morning schedule, and with Megan's playlist it was even better this morning. Along with that last night I joined a volleyball club team at our school, actually I will be heading up the girl's team because the league the club team had joined is an all men league, so the women will not be able to play as much. So the guys in charge said that if one of us girl would head up the girls team he would get us all the information to join our own league, and if it was too late for that at least we would be able to play in women volleyball tournaments. I am sooooo excited about it! So after that was settled we played Queen of the court, and then we got to play a full game. I was in heaven. I don't know if I told you guys that I tried volleyball last week at the YMCA and it was a little intimidating, but last night I felt like I was in my element! AHHH I loved it. So going to bed in such a good mood, and a little bit exhausted from the sport, that allowed me to wakeup in such a blissful mood. As well I had the most wonderful dreams last night. So all around my Friday started out great! And I have so much to look forward this weekend. On Saturday we have the first event for my internship. We are doing this big event called Storyteller for Santa Barbara, and I am so stoked. I will definitely report back and let you know how it goes. Alright my loves, I hope that your Friday turns out wonderfully!

xoxo,

josslynn nicole

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Morning tunes!

Hello my lovelies!
I am so excited to introduce Megan from her blog, Lovely Happenings. She has agreed to do a guest blog today on what is the best playlist to listen to in the morning. Or any other time you want to enjoy great music. She has fabulous taste and I am so thankful she agreed to do a post on my blog today and I can not wait to start listening to this music every morning while I am getting ready! So enjoy!
xoxo,
josslynn nicole

I love music. I have over 10,000 songs in my itunes. And I could easily add a thousand more! In the morning I enjoy listening to fun and lighthearted songs. I basically could listen to Jon Mayer and Dave Matthews Band for the rest of my life and be pretty darn content. I made this lovely playlist for you all to enjoy while getting ready in the morning (or whenever you want to listen to some fabulous muisc). Don't worry, I included much more than just John Mayer and Dave Matthews Band. So go ahead and push the play button. Some of my personal favorite artists from the playlist include:
-Minus the Bear
-Feist
-Joshua Radin
-Kyle Riabko
-Citizen Cope
-Death Cab for Cutie
-Ray LaMontagne

Hope you enjoy! Thanks.

-Megan


Morning Playlist

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

oh what a beautiful day!

This is the beautiful place where I live!
xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Hair- tastic !

Hello my darlings!!
So I just got my haricut, and I really like it! I hope you guys do too! Tell me what you think?
xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Lovely Tuesday

Hello lovelies,
Ok, so I have decided to take advice from the wonderful Sarah of Yes and yes blog, and try to become a better morning person, no, I did not say a morning person, just a better one. For those of you who know me you are probably laughing right now, and that is ok. This morning I started it, and I have to say I am really enjoying it. We will see how long it last, but it may allow me to write you beautiful people more often. Alright well, I hope you all have a wonderful day!
xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Monday, October 19, 2009

Haircut... ahhhh!!!

Hello darlings,
So tomorrow I am going to get my haircut, and i have decided to try something a little different, I am going to get it cut so that i have a side part/partial bangs. I want it to be super choppy, yet still long, with lots of volume, and not look 'punk rockerish' so we will see. I know that is a tall order but I am hoping this hairdresser can do it. Did I mention that I am going to a new salon, which is really scary because I have been to the same hairdresser since Freshmen year of high school,(7years ago) so its a tad nerving wracking. Well I guess that is not entirely true, I got it highlighted last January, but that didnt really count, no one could even tell. K, below are some examples of what I would like it to turn out like. I'll let you all know how it goes tomorrow!
xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Fashion dilemma

Hello my darlings,
Ok, so I have a wedding for my internship on Halloween, and I just came up with some really cute 'concept outfits' and then today I went and searched for something similar. Let me know what you think of them.
Halloween wedding
This is the 'concept outfit' for the wedding
this is the actual outfit on me, but not gold shoes, brown ones, that are way cute.

Halloween/Thanksgiving Then this one is for a functional outfit for Thanksgiving with the family, or even going to classes.
Well how did I do? Do you approve? Are they "appropriate"?
Hope you all have a wonderful week!
xoxo,
josslynn nicole





Oh Monday, you always seem to come too soon!


Hello my loves,
Well my weekend was quite lovely. Friday night I got to act like I was 10 again. We celebrated my beautiful friend Meg's birthday. She is no longer a teenager. However that did not stop us from getting our skate on. A bunch of us went to the local skating rink, and skated the night away. It was a blast, although a few of us did not think so. My friend Mano apparently missed this fun filled activity in his youth, and this was his first time on skates. He did pretty well for a beginner and he was such a sweetie for coming. However, I myself am a seasoned skater. I remember my first pair were pink Barbie ones. I loved them dearly. I had so many birthdays at the skating rink near my house, I was devasted when they tore it down. I remember when I switched from skates to roller blades. My mom told me if I didnt fall that I could use them without wearing all my "protective gear." Oh the good ol' days. Getting out on the rink Friday night I felt at home, I txt my mom and told her I had missed my calling. haha. And to make the night even better we all dressed up in ridiculously bright colors, so that when members of our group fell, it was easier for the 10year olds to skate by and point an laugh. haha we had such agood time. We even dedicated a song to the birthday girl, "party in the USA" by Miley cyrus. It was absolutely fantastic. And to top off the night we got slurpees at 7-11. So much fun!! I hope your weekend was a blast too!!

xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Sunday, October 18, 2009

SOOO Excited!

Hello loves,
just a quick post to tell you that I am officially a part of TOAST. The other interns and I have been formally introduced today on the blog. Be sure to check it out!
www.toast-santabarbara.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-faces-at-toast.html.

Such exciting news!
Have a fantastic week!

xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Inspiration for the week

hello darlings,
I know I am overwhelming you with tons of posts today, but I just feel like I haven't shared alot in a while. Today was just a really overwhelming day. I was faced with a lot of reality checks and I was just really down and out. So instead I tried to avoid it all today but tonight it must have gotten to me and it must have been showing on my face because I was at the gas station and I had to pull in between two cars, and i was super far away from the pump, and I was so disgruntled. So I get out of the car and I must have had the worst look on my face of total dejectedness, and the guy pumping gas behind me was like "your gonna make it" it just put the biggest smile on my face. It totally brightened my day because he may have just been talking about making the pump reach my gas tank, but for me it meant way more. It meant that I was going to make it through all the stuff that I have been going through. It totally reminded me of this post on yes and yes blog, (http://www.yesandyes.org/) that was talking about compliments. I loved it and just wanted to share.
xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Seeing the Bestie!!!

Hello loves,

Just wanted to share as promised about my best friend, and her birthday. I got to her house early then expected, so she left the door unlocked for me, and its super weird how intune with each other we are, I am walking up to these little town houses, (which by the way look like they are straight out of the movie The Ugly Truth) and I immediately knew hers was the one with all the Halloween decorations covering the door. I went in, and showered, and passed out on her bed til she got there. Then we did some running around, I did my annual shopping at her campus store because it has the cutest things ever. Then we went to the barn where she keeps her horse, and it was beautiful, its at these stables that are only about 10mins away from the nearest mall, but it seems soo secluded, and it is amazingly tranquil. And I love seeing her in her element, she is so wonderful with horses, and she let me ride, which was a lot of fun! And then we went home, and hung out with her roommates, and the four of us got ready and went out for dinner to celebrate her 20th birthday. Then we went back to her place, and watch tv, and then got ready for bed, and talked until midnight, when I wished her an actual Happy Birthday! It was great. I don't get to see her as often as i would like, and it was just very very nice to see her. Then I headed back to my place in the pouring rain. I loved it.

oh what a week!!

Hello Dears,
Well this weekend was fantastic. I had soo much fun. My brother and I had a great time. Well, let me start at the beginning, on my drive up there I was listening to a book on tape and that book was one of the greatest romances that I think that I have ever "read." It is by Jude Deveraux and it is called Lavendar Morning. I highly recommend it to every woman out there. I am sending it to my mom to listen to it. I was so entranced by it that that night when I was going to sleep I listened to the last hour of it because I couldn't wait til I was on the road again to finish it. Anyways, that was a random aside. When I got to my brother's apartment, I got cleaned up and when we jumoed on the bus and went to get crepes. They were delicious. It was so cool being on our own. We felt like we were finally really adults. We were alone, able to make our own decisions. It was very liberating, and a little scary to realize how grown up we are. While eating our crepes we talked about our family and all that our younger cousins have to look forward to, it was very sweet. The next day we went to lunch with our step brother Ryan, and his wife, Shannon, it was really great to see them, it always is. Then after that we dropped off my car, and as we were getting out we say the blue angels fly over for fleet week, and that was pretty awesome. Then we took the bus to the golden gate bridge, and we walked the WHOLE thing. It was very cold but also breathtaking and amazing. It was so much fun!! Then we took the wrong bus, but eventually figured it out,and we went and had tea at Crown and Crumpet. Which I believe i have posted about before back in July. It was a bit girlie for my brother, but I absolutely loved it! Then we walked down to fisherman's wharf and had clam chowder at the same restaurant where we all had dinner when we road tripped to drop Brenn off for college, and we had the same waiter, and as we were leaving, he let us know he remembered us, because he said "see you next month around the same time, since you seem to make monthly visits" I thought it was cool, Brennan didn't find it as intriguing. Then we took the bus, and ironically where we got off to change buses was sitting our waiter from the tea place, so we talked to him for a little while, I should have checked to see if it was a full moon with all the funny little meetings taking place. We then went back to Brenns apartment. The next day we did some shopping, bought Brenn an amazing peacoat from express, which as he would say makes him look "sexy" haha, well it is very nice, then I went to his basketball game, where he won. That was the end of my trip. The next morning I dropped him off at school and then headed for SLO, to see my best friend for her birthday. I hope to share my time with her in a later post. Hope you all are having a lovely week!

xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Friday, October 9, 2009

Oh how lovely!

Hello again Loves,


Well for my internship we have an upcoming event and I am so excited. My two bosses were showing me their dressses, and they are absolutely adorable. When I asked where they got them they gave me the website, and I was absolutely entranced by it. I strongly encourage you to visit it www.christiannetaylor.com. She is an amazing designer and photographer, and after reading her "about me" I just want to be friends with her, because she sounds like soo much fun to be around. She has inspired me to "seize the day" and really start Living my life now! It reminds me of P.S.I Love you when Gerard Butler tells "Holly" that she needs to start her life NOW. I just wanted to share this with you because I thought it was just fun, and inspiring, and such a lovely website! Hope you enjoy it as well!
xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Finally Friday!!!!



Hello lovelies,
Well it is finally Friday, and I am soooo excited!! I am headed out on a road trip to go stay with my little brother in San Francisco, and I get to visit my stepbro, and my cousin, and one of my good friends while I am there!! I am totally stoked, I will tell you more about what we do next week. I am going to be gone until Tuesday, but hopefully I will be able to have all my pictures and adventures updated then!! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
xoxo,
josslynn nicole