double overtime and rollercoasters.

friday night after work i met up with rach & britt for free movie tickets to the counselor. rach also had a gift card, so naturally we got this giant thing of popcorn. after the movie (which wasn't all that great) we went to sir edmond halley's for a a few beers before calling it a night.

saturday morning i slept in and watched gameday with lola before heading to rock hill to see the charlotte allstar teams perform.

around 6pm, a bunch of us met up at icehouse to watch the game. icehouse is the official "gamecock bar" in charlotte, so it's always packed with gamecocks on gameday. after 3 horrible quarters, our QB1 who didn't start because he has a sprained knee (and apparently also a flu bug) asked spurrier if he could play. and boy did he ever. i held my breathe, closed my eyes, and screamed my way through the next 30 minutes when the mizzou kicker hit the goalpost in double overtime and we won. it was literally INSANE. i felt bad for anyone who wasn't a gamecock fan that was sitting in that bar. and of course we had to celebrate, so we headed to all american pub to dance/watch caitlin bust her butt on the dance floor.

 

{girls at icehouse}

sunday after mellow mushroom and vegging on the couch, i headed to a coworker's house for a "end of wedding season" cookout for a bit before going to scarowinds. 5 hours and a lot of rollercoaster riding later, i made it home and in bed right before 1am. needless to say, it was rough getting out of bed this morning!

 

do it for the vine!

what i love about sundays.

after working a wedding with my coworker all day/evening on saturday, i was looking forward to some sunday fun. luckily, i got just that because alex & steven work for the bank and had monday off and because my siblings & i don't need an excuse for fun.

we met for brunch at another broken egg for brunch. it was my first time there & while it was super yummy, it was a little pricey for brunch. i had the southwest scrambler & really enjoyed it.

we went home to regroup & watch the first half of the panthers game before meeting at park lanes for beer & bowling. we had to wait awhile for a lane, so we played cornhole & watched the panthers actually win! we just missed homeland's season 3 private wrap party at park lanes the night before - bummer!

 

{thanks, guys. always making redhead jokes.}

 

if you haven't been to park lanes - put it on your priority list. they revamped, remodeled and rebranded sometime last year and it's such a fun spot. they have lots of draft beer options, full bar, delicious BBQ, tons of outdoor/patio space, plenty of TVs and probably about 30 bowling lanes. it costs $4.75 to rent shoes & $5.50 to bowl each game, so it's reasonably priced as well. and if you have to wait for a lane, they will text you when it's ready, so you don't have to stay there if you don't want to - although i don't know why you'd leave!

 

after we finished up bowling, we headed over to brazwells for a bit because we could never come to montford & not go to brazwells. we finished our montford bar crawl with a ton of good food at moosehead grill.

 

 

clearly, we had a fun day!

thrift stores scores!

sunday afternoon my mom scooped me up and we headed up to concord, nc to the depot at gibson mill. what a place!  my mom was driving along 77 the day before and saw a billboard so she got off at the exit and ventured into the antique mall. she knows my love for charlotte's sleepy poet, so she took me back the next day. this is like sleepy poet x 3 - it's amazing!

 

 here are some goodies that i found:

 

a vintage SEC rocks glass. since neither south carolina or arkansas are on the glass, i know it was made prior to 1990. i love the south eastern conference with all my heart & this glass is totally awesome, even though it's prior to south carolina joining.

 

speaking of the gamecocks, i found this awesome carolina/clemson rivalry book.

 

 

my nickname growing up was taz, so naturally i buy everything i see that is tazmanian devil. couldn't pass up this awesome glass!

 

 

and last but not least, i found two more of the taz glasses i have been collecting for a few years. i found the first one in a thrift store on magazine street in new orleans. i belive the second was found at sleepy poet. and i found the last two on sunday and squealed out loud - i am so pumped i now have a complete set of 4! i especially love that they've come from 3 different places in 2 different states. i will keep these glasses forever!

so if you're ever in need of some awesome thifting - plan a day trip up to gibson mill & check out their awesome warehouses! ps. on saturdays, sleepy poet has the gourmet grilled cheese truck, papi queso, at their store. stop by for vintage goodies & a grilled cheese that will change your life!

birthday fiesta: katie & chelsea's birthday party!

this past saturday i threw my two best friends a birthday fiesta! chelsea's birthday is october 2nd and katie's is today (october 7th) so we had one big joint celebration over the weekend. i've been decorating all week and i love the way everything turned out. it was the first time we've had people over to our new (ish) place, so it was really fun to have friends over. i hope the birthday girls (and everyone else) had a great time!

 

 

{medallions from party city}

 

{homemade streamers & puff balls}

 

{blank canvas painted with chalkboard paint}

 

{piñata from target filled with mini bottles & reeses cups - what else do you need? }

 

 

{our new firepit!}

 

 

{so we didn't have any candles...}

 

 

{c & k's birthday cards}

 

{birthday girls + me}

 

feliz cumpleanos!

thursday's thought.

 

{via}

real talk: this is something i struggle with on a daily basis, because the fall is always so long and so hard. friends, family, guys, whoever; i love with my whole heart & don't know how to change that. then again, is that something i really want to change?
 

hey there, blog.

i've been quite mia the past few weeks for no real reason. fall is finally here and i was so happy to pull out my cardigans last weekend! the past few weeks have been spent with hanging with friends at various bars & restaurants, redecorating & crafting, and even a little mid-week surprise birthday trip for miss kristin last week. here's some things i've been up to!

{handmade cards + new frames for the downstairs bath}

 

{bike ride with my momma & her new bike}

 

 

{drove down to cola to surprise klav at her surprise birthday last thursday!}

 

 

{then met up with the boys when i got back to charlotte cause apparently going to sleep just wasn't an option}

 

 

{weenie roast with rach last saturday}

 

 

{then celebrated katt & brandon some more at another engagement party + the bar after}

 

and last but not least - TV SHOWS ARE BACK! nashville + revenge + homeland + parenthood all started this past week! scandal starts this week & i think that's all (HAHA) the tv i watch. oddly enough, this is the first year i'll be watching 3 of these shows actually live on tv. i watched parenthood & scandal all during the off season & caught up with homeland about 2/3 of the way through last season. let's see if i can keep up!

cancer can't do backflips.

on saturday evening my friend katie was diagnosed with leukemia. she's 24 years old. she's in great shape. she's a happy, hilarious, healthy, 24 year old who had a sinus infection that wouldn't go away and now she has leukemia.

katie will receive chemo, the super aggressive kind, everyday for the next month. she's moved on into her hospital room where she'll stay until they finish the first 3-4 week round of chemo. she'll keep receiving chemo for the next 6 months. she has cancer in a mass in her chest & cancer in her blood but thankfully is hasn't found it's way to her bone marrow. this specific type of cancer (t cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia) is fast spreading, so her treatment plan is extremely aggressive.

katie is in great spirits. in talking with my friends in atlanta that have seen her, they say she's doing great. i chatted with her yesterday & she said she's got great nurses so she's well taken care of. she was also snap chatting this morning with videos of her noisy machines which made me laugh out loud. she says she's excited to not have to shave her legs for awhile :)

so if you pray, please join me in praying for my former teammate and sweet friend as she ventures into this hell of a journey. please pray for her to keep laughing and to keep fighting. please pray for her very best friends (that are also my friends) that are walking with her through this. it won't be easy. please pray for her boyfriend that is juggling a new job along with spending as much time as he can with katie. please pray for her siblings, who already lost their mom due to a brain aneurysm in 2009. and please pray for her dad. no father should ever have to watch their child go through this, especially without her momma there.

you can follow her updates here: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/katiebaden

cancer can't do back flips, but katie sure can.

i love you kb!