Brittany Came to Visit!!

One of my best friends from Clemson, Brittany, came to visit me for my first weekend in the big city. We had such a great time. I was so sad for her to leave Sunday. Saturday she was dying for frozen yogurt from forty carrot at the top of Bloomingdales. I hadn't even had time to go to the 59^th street area yet, so I was very excited to see the 9 floor Bloomingdales! We split a sandwich, so we would have more room for dessert! Then we went across the street to Dylan’s Candy Bar!!! For those of you that watch Gossip Girl, this is where Rufus bought all that candy for the trick or treaters on last weeks episode! I have thought about that place every day since we went. I want to buy everything in there. After exploring the 59^th street area we headed downtown to Union Square, my favorite part of NYC so far, to get our Halloween costumes. We decided to be rock stars and found everything we needed from Forever21, which was ridiculously packed. We had to wait in a 20 minute line just for a dressing room. Brittany has lots of friends from high school living here so we went out in Soho with all of them for Halloween. We first went to her friend Sammy's apartment, where Leighton Meester use to live!! I wish I would have taken more pictures. People were so dressed up in the strangest costumes! Sunday we watched the New York Marathon. We walked all the way from my apartment on 85th street to 31st street, where the bus picked her up. We stopped a few times to do some shopping! I can’t wait for Brittany to come back!!

Restaurant in Bloomingdales where we ate lunch

Our delicious vegetable sandwich

Frozen yogurt we got 2 days in row. Day 1, Brittany got plain yogurt with granola and blueberries and I got Butter Pecan and Chocolate. Day 2, Brittany got (I can't remember but something similar to day 1) and I got chocolate with oreos!

Dylan's Candy Bar

Brittany and employee

These are favorite candy of celebrities and their signatures. I only took pictures of my favorites that we could find.

Penn Badgley and Blake Lively

Rachel Bilson

Mary Kate and Ashley

Brittany and me as Rock Stars. I promise my stomach was not out all night. I don't know why it looks this way in the picture.

Brittany and a few of her friends

Shoes that made the costume. Brittany wore ones with gold sequins all over.

Jodi Arnold's First Store Party!

I am finally moved in to a bedroom!!!!!! I am done sleeping on the couch and living out of a suitcase! Since I was able to unpack, I found my camera cord, so I can finally post again!

Jodi opened her store first Tuesday. We had a party at the new store Thursday! It was so much fun! That was my first time seeing it and it is so cute! It is a pop-up shop open through December. There was a great crowd. We had sushi, which I tried for the first time since I was so hungry, and cupcakes from Crumbs that are to die for! Jodi let me pick out a dress for the party and then she got the lady that sews in the office to hem it for me too! Come by the store and shop! It is located at 56 University Place. I am hoping some celebrities come in to shop while I am working!

View from outside

cupcakes from Crumbs

Vicky made all the artwork and it is for sale too.

Danielle, marketing/PR intern, my new Mint dress and Jenna

Hannah, another pr/marketing intern. One of my best friends from home, Margaret, is one of Hannah's best friends from Washington and Lee!

Jodi Arnold's article on Van Jean

Check out Jodi Arnold's new website and read this article she wrote about her trip to Van Jean, where I met her! The pictures are of Vicky Barranguet and the bags she painted for the Van Jean event. I have one! Next week I will start blogging more about NYC. I just have to get unpacked first!

Busy in New York

This is what I wore to my first day of work with my new black sweater my mom and I got at H&M this weekend! I promise I will update about New York, but I am so busy. I haven't unpacked anything, so I can't find my cord to my camera right now. I am currently waiting for UPS to deliver my bed. That's why I have time to write this post.

Check out Chat Tea Kathy's blog. She nominated me for a blog award! Thanks girl!

Skirts

I am blogging again, because I have nothing to do. I finished packing a few days ago. Emily gave me today off to get the last minute things done before leaving. I am done sewing, so I seriously have nothing to do. These are the skirts I forgot to take pictures of last night. They are all corduroy, except for the black and brown stripe one.

Also, check out shop tart's blog post about last night's party/trunk show!!

Flowers my cousins sent me for good luck before the trunk show yesterday! So beautiful and such a great surprise!

skirts

fuchsia corduroy skirt

black and brown stripes

mint green corduroy skirt

purple corduroy skirt

black corduroy skirt

Trunk show Pictures

The trunk show was a lot of fun. It was sad that it was my last day of work, but we all went out afterwards! I forgot to take pictures of the corduroy skirts. I will take one today when I go up to M to say goodbye. You can kind of see them in the pictures.

M girls + LL

My cousins Stephen and Kristi came!

Trunk show TODAY!

It is finally here! Trunk show starts this afternoon. Here are the dresses. If you want to order one call M Boutique and Emily will ship it to you! If you are in the area come by M from 3-8. We will have cocktails and hors d'oeuvres and don't forget all M clothes are 15% off today!

Mustard velvet pocket dress, with wide elastic waist. Sizes: 2,4,6

Black stone dress with elastic belt, size 4

One shoulder sequin square cut out with scallop hem, sizes 2,4,6

Vintage print long sleeve dress, sizes 2,4,6

Teal satin, silver sequin bow dress, sizes 2,4,6

One shoulder scallop with blue metallic, sizes 4 & 6

Tie neck dress sizes 2,4,6

ellen&ollie Trunk Show

Trunk Show is almost here! I have finally finished all of the dresses. I will put up pictures tomorrow morning. M is offering 15% off all M merchandise during the trunk show. I can’t wait!!

Brian and Amy's Wedding

Brian and Amy’s wedding was beautiful. Despite the chiller than expected weather it was perfect. It was held outside at Rose Hill Estate in Aiken, which was such a gorgeous place. I wish I would have gotten more pictures, but I was just too cold.

Amy and me at the rehearsal dinner. I made 2 dresses to choose from for the rehearsal dinner. There will be one that resembles this one at the trunk show!

Will and I before the wedding. My brother loves to wear his ellen&ollie ties!

My family

A few of my cousins. Elizabeth, the girl in the middle, has on a dress from M!

I got so many compliments on the shawl I wore. It was my grandmother’s.