November Goals!!

1. Wait until Thanksgiving to put up Christmas decorations: I have an issue with this every year. The second Christmas decorations are out in stores I'm ready to decorate. I have already bought a few decorations, and some things for some crafts for future blog posts. I will make the crafts, but wait to put things up. I think that's fair.

2. Finish Christmas Shopping: I am almost done. I just have 2 more people to buy for, and one of them is my best friend. She is impossible to shop for!

3. Join a club or organization on campus: I really need to get involved so I am going to find a club or organization to join.

4. Get A's on my tests: I only have 2 tests this month, so I have no excuse not to get A's on both of them!

5. Watch a sun rise on the beach: This will get harder because of the time change, but I really want to do it!

6. Vote!! I am so excited to get to vote. I picked out an outfit specifically for the day! 

7. Go to a UNCW basketball game: Since I go to a school without a football team, basketball is our big sport and the season starts next week!

8. Finish my projects for First Year Seminar: First Year Seminar is the most pointless class that I am required to take, and I have 3 projects in that class due in December, but I want to finish them all before Thanksgiving, so I can focus on my finals in December.

9. Read a book for enjoyment: I finished a book last month, but I suck at picking out a new book to read. Any suggestions?

10. Workout at least 5 times a week: Last month I said I wanted to workout every day; that did not happen. So this month I made a more realistic goal of working out majority of the time!

My Weekend In Review

This past weekend was one of the funnest I've had so far in college. I even crossed two things off of my 19 before 19 list. On Friday night, my roommate, a friend of her's from high school, and I went to the beach on a last minute whim. We were literally sitting in our room watching Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team and Mary just said we should go to the beach so we did. While we were there I went boogie boarding, which was scary and I only rode one wave, but hey, I did it and that is all that matters.

On Saturday night, my best friend, Kaitie, and I went to a party which was super fun. It was also an item on my list! It wasn't the first party I've been to since I've been here, but it's the first one that didn't get busted while we were there.

Bucket List

This is my bucket list as of July 14, 2012. Some people say I'm too young to have a bucket list, but when I'm 90 and about to die I probably won't be able to ride a mechanical bull. I will be adding things to this list as I go on, and I'm not including things I've already done.

1. See the Dallas Cowboys jumbotron
2. Go to an NFL football game
3. Meet Colt McCoy
4. Run a 5K
5. Ride a Mechanical Bull
6. Run a Half Marathon
7. Learn to surf
8. Leave the country
9. Go to Hawaii
10. Raise a cow
11. Adopt a dog from an animal shelter
12. Swim with dolphins
13. Swim with manatees
14. Fly First Class
15. Go to a country music awards show (CMAs, ACMs, CTM Awards, etc.)

Things I Want to Get Monogrammed

I really want a Brother PE 500 embroidery machine, so I can monogram everything I have. The list has gotten incredibly long; if I were to get an embroidery machine my life would be so much easier. 

1. Hair Bows
2. Clutch
3. Pajamas
4. Bath Towels and Hand Towels
5. Towel Wraps
6. Button Up Shirts With Pockets
7. Koozie
8. Running Shorts
9. T-Shirts with Pockets
10. Baseball Caps
11. Floppy Hats
12. Backpack
13. Throw Pillow
14. Pillowcase
15. Laptop
16. Folding Chair
17. Wastebasket
18. Hairbrush
19. Storage Baskets
20. Sewing Machine

What else should I add to my list?

19 Before 19

At the end of the month I turn 18, so I decided to make a list of 19 things I want to do before I turn 19. As I complete these items I will cross them off and add a description of the event. I will start crossing things on on April 29, 2012 and I should be done with all of them by April 29, 2013!

1. Go Boogie Boarding at Night 9/28/12 My Weekend In Review

2. Learn to Surf           

3. Run a 5k

4. Run a Half Marathon

5. See Kenny Chesney in Concert (Again)

6. See Luke Bryan in Concert (Again) 7/27/12 My Kinda Party 2012

7. Volunteer at an Animal Shelter

8. Stand-Up Paddle Board

9. Go to a UNCW Basketball Game

10. Pull an All-Nighter 11/9/12 

11. Take a Real Vacation Without Parents

12. Go to a College Party 9/29/12 My Weekend In Review

13. Go Paintballing

14. Read a Book a Month (12 Books)

15. Camp on the Beach

16. Ride a Mechanical Bull

17. Climb a Tree

18. NOT Gain the Freshman 15

19. Maintain at least a 3.7 GPA During my Freshman Year

The Best of 2011!

These are my favorite things of 2011!

1) Favorite Song
Country Girl by Luke Bryan. This was the song of my summer! I had it on repeat for 5 months straight and I still love it!

2) Favorite Nail Polish
Turquoise and Caicos by Essie. I wore this color almost all summer and I love it. It brings out a tan and looks so so so pretty!

3) Favorite Website
Pinterest! I've become addicted to this website. You can "pin" photos to your different boards. Depending on your interests you can pin things like craft ideas, clothes, food, fitness, car, and pretty much anything else you can think of. My username is clarepurvis if you want to follow my boards.
pinterest.com/clarepurvis

4) Favorite Event
The Kenny Chesney concert was the funnest thing I did all year! It was amazing!

5) Favorite Memory
Meeting Case McCoy and going to the Texas game was the best experience ever!