The Perfect Summer Mojito Recipe!

Hey guys! As promised here is another installment of "The Perfect Summer Drink" which is a new series I wanted to introduce on the blog. One of my favorite summer drinks is mojitos, and more specifically coconut mojitos. When I make them at home I usually use Malibu, but you can really use any coconut rum that you want. Since I have been a bartender for over six years now (currently only working the football season) I have a lot of knowledge on drinks and I definitely am excited to share some of my favorites with you guys. So I hope you enjoy it, and please feel free to leave me any suggestions of drinks you want to see made in the future!

What you'll need: Coconut Rum, Club Soda, Mint Leaves, Sugar, Limes, Ice, Muddler (if you have one handy, if not a spoon will suffice)

Step 1: Cut up half a lime into individual pieces and squeeze the juice into a glass.
Step 2: Cut up your mint leaves and put them into the glass with the lime juice and limes.
Step 3: Pour as much sugar as you like into the mixture and muddle!
(link to a video that shows how-to)
Step 4: Add ice.
Step 5: Add 1.5 ounces (typically one shot) of coconut rum into the glass, and fill the rest of the glass with club soda.
Step 6: Mix it all together or shake it up if you have a shaker handy.
Step 7: Enjoy , and pretend you're on the beach!

Candy Themed Bridal Shower

My cousin Cassandra's bridal shower was about a month ago, and I had such a blast planning it with my Mom and sister. We knew we wanted to do candy because she's a huge candy fan, and honestly, who doesn't love it? I had such a fun time finding candy and making the lollipop trees, it really all came together perfectly, and most importantly, my cousin loved it. What do you guys think? Have you ever thrown any themed parties before?

We made a candy table so before everybody left they got a bag to fill up with their favorite candy to take home. The whole day was pretty perfect, from the favors, to the cake, to the speech my cousin gave (not a dry eye in the house). We had such a fun time, and I can't wait to plan parties in the future!

A Slice Of New Orleans

I can't even start to describe how much fun we had in New Orleans. We drank too much, ate till we couldn't move and walked around the city hundreds of times. We had such a blast and coming home was definitely a bummer. We came home to chilly weather and a very early morning which didn't even bother me one bit considering I had one of the best trips of my life. I will be putting up a second installment of photos, but I figured I should space it out since I took so many. I wish I had more pictures of the night life, but as we all know if drinking is involved the camera stays tucked away in the hotel room. 

I must say beignets are even more delicious than I ever could have imagined. We had hurricanes and hand grenades from bourbon street, and pretty much every other drink you can think of. I missed traveling so much that I forgot how great it feels to be able to explore and wander, and have absolutely no plans. Bourbon street at night is the craziest place to be on earth. Picture the biggest frat party, multiply that by 10, and then add in bachelorette parties, drunk old people, rugby teams, locals, and an open container policy (you can walk around with drinks from bar to bar, or in the street). PURE INSANITY.

I still have pictures from the insectarium & some other local photos that I took while walking around. It's been a whirlwind of a week, but I am so happy it's almost over. My body still needs to catch up on sleep, and get back to the reality that is life. Spring break for me pretty much means working all week, so gotta keep going! 

Happy Thursday! xo

Here Comes The Wrecking Ball

There's something beautiful about carnivals. I can't put my finger on exactly what it is but I get all giddy inside when I know I am going to one. One of my best friends Meaghan invited me down to her house to go to the St.Mary's carnival in her town this past weekend. I haven't been to a carnival in ages, and we had so much fun. We played games, went into this crazy fun house (the slide on the way down kicked my butt, I have a huge burn on my arm) and ate a lot of great food. 

I love the appearance of the moon in some of these photos, it just adds to the greatness of everything. I remember being younger, and going to carnivals/fairs and feeling so overwhelmed by everything going on around me. The lights, the smells, the music, everything is so intoxicating, and magical. My favorite rides are the carousel and the ferris wheel, and unfortunately I didn't ride either, but I did have fun regardless.

It's so nice to be doing things and try to get the most out of the summer. A few weeks ago I gave in to being tired and stayed in the whole weekend. I quickly realized I was going to be wasting my summer away if I did that. I must admit I have been pretty bitter about giving up my weekends, but I am trying to make the best of the time I have left. Although it leaves me a little tired, it's worth it. School starts the end of August, which is going to be here so soon! Things with work are still somewhat up in the air, but we'll see what happens, I am trying as hard as I can not to stress about it.

I hope you all had a great, relaxing weekend, and I am excited for what July has to offer. I have a lot of exciting things going on for this little blog and I can't wait to share everything with you guys.

Texas Style Council: Breakfast & Chest Bumps // Our Last Day

I decided against going completely in order for the texas style council photos because it's way more fun this way. This set of photos was probably my favorite because I got to chest bump Elizabeth from Delightfully Tacky, pretty much made my year...and if you see the photos on the bottom you will agree.  On the last day of our trip we woke up early and visited a little place in Austin called Another Broken Egg. Here are some photos of the breakfast and the chest bump-jump shots taken shortly thereafter. 

 Great coffee, and amazing food.. It was definitely a great place to start the day.

 All of us at breakfast

 from left to right:

Elise, Jenni, Elizabeth, Veronika & her husband, Lauren, Roxy, Amy

One of the best things about hanging out with bloggers all weekend is no one giving you the stink eye for taking 10,000 photos of the same thing (or taking pictures of random things as you're walking)...it was actually pretty funny because when our food came out, every single one of us was snapping pictures, and it wasn't weird at all! Another great part about hanging out with girls who blog is their willingness to take jumping photos in the restaurant parking lot-

exhibit a: chest bumps & high fives with delightfully tacky [I look like a snowman]

exhibit b:  all jumping together, like a flash mob [clearly we've done this before]

[some jumping photos courtesy of Amy's camera]

Easter Sunday on a Monday.

Happy Easter Everyone!

*Image heavy post* 

I hope you all had an amazing time with you families, I spent most of my day eating, 

drinking and being merry. The outfit post is from midnight mass the night before Easter,

and the other photos were taken the day of Easter.

Happy Monday everyone!