Friday Favorites.

Here are some of my favorite things today! 

The Fair. 

I'll be spending all weekend with my students at the fair and having various friends and family stop by to visit. We already started off winning the market hog show yesterday, let's see if we can win lambs today! 

Sunshine.

This is my weather forecast, pure happiness. :) 

Best Friend Sleepover. 

My fiance is out of town this weekend and so is her husband so we are having a sleepover. I can't wait to do some wedding crafts, hang her gallery wall, and stay up too late chatting. So thankful for an amazing and true best friend. 

Verse. 

My friend found this website (from pintrest I think) that has bible verses based on names and this was mine. I think it's so great because first, all of the glory should be to God and second, I think it's so important to thank him for all that He does and all that he allows me to do. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed and like I have too much to do but when I think about all God does for me, my burdens that he carries, he deserves all of the glory. 

Exercise

I went on a short run last night and it felt amazing! I don't own a scale but I can tell I'm losing weight and today when C hugged me he said I'm getting skinny. I'm so glad to be staying on track even when I'm busy, stressed, and overwhelmed. I don't want to look back and say that I felt fat or ugly for any of my wedding related events, so I'm determined! 

Linking up! 

Amanda!

Christina.

Weekending: Checking things off the list!

This weekend was great, I feel like I say that every weekend. I guess weekends are just that awesome!

Friday night we went bowling with one of my good friends from school. We ate pizza and bowled for a couple of hours. It was great to catch up and hang out. C loves bowling so he was so happy that we went. I also won the first game, which I was pretty happy about.

Saturday morning I went to the wedding expo with my best friend. It was amazing! I loved talkin gto a ton of vendors and it really got me in full on wedding planning mode. I made a couple of big decisions and those will be talked about on Wednesday. That afternoon my fiance and I went out to lunch and then went and tried on tuxes! I know we have a long time but he wanted to pick the colors based on what he liked for the men to wear (weird I know) but I wanted to let him be involved. Thankfully he liked the same color as me so that was decided!

I came home and spent a long time online looking at wedding things and chatting with one of my friends who is a catering coordinator. One day she will probably run her own wedding planning business but in the mean time she coordinates weddings at a really fancy venue in our area. We were chatting about my wedding and also her wedding (which will hopefully be happening in the next couple of years). I was also working on grad school since I'm trying to finish my masters online before our wedding but thats a race against time. It's so hard to not spend every minute on weddingwire or pintrest but I'm trying really hard.

Sunday morning we went to church and ran some errands afterwards. We came home and relaxed for a little bit. Then we headed to the fair to watch my kids show their sheep. I'm one of the FFA advisors but I don't do the animals, I do the plants and leadership portions but they still are always happy when I'm there and I want to be supportive. I brought my fiance with me, I bribed him with fair food. :)

How was your weekend??

Linking up with Meghan!

Weekending: Roadtrip!

We spent this weekend visiting my fiance's family on the other side of the state from us. He was lucky to be able to get off work early and we headed to his hometown. The drive is about four hours long, he alternated between sleeping && drumming while I rocked out to Taylor Swift.

When we arrived we met two of his friends at the fair where we promptly ate some delicious fair food. We went and looked at the FFA animals and then headed to the rodeo! It was my first rodeo and I loved it! I just finished reading Nicholas Sparks' latest book which was about a bull rider...that makes me an expert on rodeos right? I didn't know what was going on half of the time but now I really want to go to another one!

We spent most of Saturday hanging out at C's house with his family. He watched a lot of football and I watched the National Championships for gymnastics. It's one of my favorite sports to watch and since they only compete like 3 times a year it's a special occasion for me. We went out to dinner at his favorite restaurant, Texas Roadhouse. Their rolls are the best with the most delicious cinnamon butter, yum! I always fill up on them and never can eat my dinner. 

On Sunday we spent the morning with his family then headed home around noon. We hit a ton of traffic on the way which was frustrating but eventually we made it. My car was having troubles starting all weekend so I had to take it to get looked at. Thankfully Sears Auto was open until five and we snuck in right before it closed. They replaced the connector on my battery and got it running perfectly in the half hour before they closed and it only cost me $15! I was thinking it would be hundreds and they would have to keep it overnight and I'd have to scramble for a ride to work Monday morning. So thankful! 

We celebrated the car victory with dinner at Pita Pit because we all know I'm not going to cook after being gone all weekend and then driving for five hours. 

SO GOOD.

Work officially starts for me tomorrow. Convocation in the morning with all of the teachers in my district and then building meetings all day Let the fun, begin! 

Old Navy Steals

Usually when I go shopping and stores ask for my email I just decline because I already get way too much junk email. I read on a blog once that they get super awesome Old Navy emails so last time I was there I decided that I would sign up. Today that decision definitely paid off! I got an email last night that would give me 50% of any one item && it said that i could use it with my super cash. Sweet! I knew that i needed a new black cardigan so i got that and a pair of my favorite yoga capris for a grand total of $20! I was stoked. that's a bargain to me!

I haven't been shopping in a while because I'm broke but I'm already making lists of the things that I want to buy when I get my first paycheck at the end of this month. I absolutely cannot wait!

I mentioned before that I was going to a Carrie Underwood concert and my friend and I went and it was AMAZINGGGG. She is just so sweet, beautiful, and talented! Her voice is so wonderful and she is super adorable on stage. She was talking about love songs and then got all shy and awkward and just laughed and it cracked me up. My friends dad got us the best seats, it was a great night. I love concerts but I tend to be too cheap to ever want to buy  tickets myself. I love when I benefit and other people buy them for me.

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend! The rest of mine will be filled with football and lesson planning.