Meet the One, the Only Clemson...The Chocolate Lab...

Look at this cutie,
Who could resist? 

           A few weeks ago Nichole, my roommate and I volunteered with her work at a local county fair. She works at a vet clinic, that also does adoptions...and we were helping with an adoption tent with a bunch of the puppies from the clinic. If you know me, you also probably know that I love puppies, well all dogs, and if I could I would own any and every dog I could. So by the end of the fair I walked away 145$ more broke and an additional puppy to add to the clan Cole and I have...but only temporarily. You see my dad had a dog he was very, very close to and unfortunately the dog recently disappeared, and we believe he passed away. Well since that happened my dad has been obsessing over getting a new dog, and begging my mom to go get one. So, Cole and I planned to get a puppy for him for Christmas... Well while I was volunteering I saw this precious adorable chocolate lab mix that was so sweet and friendly I knew my dad would love, and I just couldn't pass him up, even though I was planning on waiting til Christmas. I adopted him that night, and picked him up from the clinic that Sunday, and renamed him Clemson. He spend a few weeks with me and Dusk before I gave him to my dad, and I got super attached to him...

Clemson's first night with me and Dusk

I love his adorably goofy puppy self

He wore himself out chasing Dusk all the time

He loves car rides, and steals shotgun from Dusk

He loves cuddle time

And giving kisses

Again, he LOVES car rides

He enjoyed sleeping out by the bonfire too

He is too cute to handle!

Our last cuddle session before Cole and I took him
to his permanent home. 

Too Sweet

Cole snapped a few picture of dads reaction to Clemson,
He was so excited! 

Me, Clemson, and my dad after I surprised him
with Clemson 

                I am so happy that dad was so excited to get Clemson, and I know Clemson is going to love being at his new home. I am excited to watch Clemson grow up with my parents. 

Charles Towne

           My Fall break was a few weekends ago, and man was I ready for a break! It wasn't exactly a relaxing weekend but it was definitely an enjoyable and very much welcomed break from school. Cole, Deidre, her friend Katelyn and I all met up at the South Carolina State Fair and saw OAR preform, and it was amazing. We were front row and sang our little hearts out. (OAR kind of has a special place in my heart because they were the first band I saw in concert, the very first concert I had ever been to, and that was only three years ago!) I must say though I enjoyed this one a whole lot more because I was much more familiar with their music this time around. When the concert was over we all got some yummy fair food before Cole and I hit the road down to Charleston to meet my family.
           My parents, my gram and uncle from Pittsburgh and some other family from Indiana were on vacation down in Charleston for most of the week. Cole and I drove down and spent a few days with my family, and I must say we had a great time. We both really, really love Charleston, so any time spent there is cherished by us. While we were down there Cole and I got to meet up with my old roomie, Anna, and her boyfriend. They were down from DC visiting her mom, and we got the pleasure to enjoy dessert with them at Kaminsky's in gorgeous downtown Charleston. We also got to go on a tour of Fort Sumter in the short time we were there.

Me and Cole
After enjoying a delicious brunch on a gorgeous day!

Me and Cole
Our traditional "Pineapple Fountain Photo"

An amazing view of the Cooper River Bridge
on the way to Fort Sumter

The fabulous view of the Inner Coastal Waterways
we enjoyed during our last dinner of the trip.

            The trip in a whole was great, it was awesome catching up with family I haven't seen in a very long time, and Cole finally got to meet more of my family. (Since Cole and I have been dating, I have met just about all of his family because all of them live in a pretty close proximity to us, but he on the other hand has not met even a fourth of my family because our family is very spread out. So I was very very excited for him to meet more of my family.) I also had the joy of being able to look through a bunch of old family photographs and other odds and ends. It was great to see a little bit of the family history, as well as catching up with everyone. I am so glad Cole and I were able to make the trip down the good old Charles Towne! 

OOTD

I am very excited about the cool weather because I love layering clothes. It has been freezing all week so I decided to finally pull out the warmer clothes and of course some boots! Boots are a staple every fall and winter but these boots are my favorite for cold weather because they have built-in sweater material leg warmers making them super cozy and comfy! Also no girly outfit is complete without pearls :)

Jeans-American Eagle (fall 2012)-$30 during their jean sale
Top- Belks (fall 2012)- $20 on sale
Boots-Alloy (winter 2011) $50 full price

Mid-Semester Craziness

I always come into a new semester thinking I am going to be on top of my work and be prepared for everything, as well as have plenty of time to have a life outside of school. It's always about this time every semester that I fet hit by a brick wall and I realize that I have soooooo much to do, and the stress settles in and sleep begins to slip away. I'm not sure why I always forget this fact, and it always surprises me when it happens, I should be expecting it by now.... But I don't. This week is when I faced that brick wall. I have a class this semester that several of my friends are retaking and to e honest it scares the crap out of me. My first test on the class, which is 30% of my grade in the class, was yesterday. I spent this whole week freaking out, studying my butt off, and trying to retain the information for the exam. Thankfully I think I did decently on the exam.

Does this happen to anyone else? Does your stress suddenly hit you?

Because of my obsessive personality I haven't been able to make time to write a blog post in over two weeks! For that I am sorry! I do have material to post about and some funny photos and stories to share as well so keep you eyes our for them.