HOW I STAY ORGANIZED IN COLLEGE

Hey girls! 

I know it has been forever since I sat down and typed up a blog post for you all but as you can imagine college can get a little hectic sometimes! It took me the longest time to figure out how to manage (are you ready for this) : 5 classes, being a new member in a sorority, a internship with Rent the Runway, a campus rep position with Intern Queen, an officer for CMA, and still have time to hang out with friends!

However, I have turned into an extremely organized person and carry a planner around with me now at all times! So if you would like to get a further look into my life or have a crazy busy life like mine and need help keeping track of it all... KEEP READING!

I start off every semester by going through each syllabus for every class and highlighting all my assignments and tests. Once you have done this for all of your classes... transfer those dates into the calendar section of your planner! Then I move on to any clubs or organizations that I am involved in and add there important dates into my calendar as well. Make sure when writing in the calendar overview section of your planner that you write just enough information that you will know what it is ( you don't want to write a long paragraph about the specifics of an assignment or the specific time  you need to be at a meeting, save all of that information for the weekly overview of your planner)

Once you have written down all the important dates/assignments that you know about as of now, you are going to move on to the week by week section of your planner! Now what I do differently for this section of my planner, is that every sunday night I will sit down and transfer any thing from that week that is either due or something that I need to attend into this area (referring to the calendar section of your planner). 

I personally like having a calendar overview and weekly overview planner the best because you can see what you need to do or what is coming up in that month... all the while being able to flip to that specific week and see all your assignments and work in a less daunting manner. In the weekly overview I will also include the times that assignments are due at or what time I need to be at a certain club meeting or event for my sorority. This is the section of your planner that you write down the nuts and bolts of your life... If that makes sense LOL. 

Here is an example of what the weekly section of my planner usually looks like by the end of the week (note: this image was from September) 

Last but not least I got through and color coat everything! This might actually be my favorite part when going through and writing down everything in my planner! 

Pink: Club Meetings

Yellow: Class Assignments and Tests

Blue: Internships

Green: Sorority Events

Hope this helped you all!

If you have any request for posts or any questions about my planner organization feel free to leave a comment! I love talking to you all!

SOPHOMORE DORM ROOM

Hey girly girls,

So I know I am totally failing with this whole posting on every Tuesday and Thursday but I'm trying I promise! I thought a good come back post would be pics of my completed dorm room for the year! Hope you find it as pretty as I do <3>

I am freaking obsessed with this bedding from Bed Bath and Beyond! It has all the major fashion capitals of the world on it and since I am a fashion major... it's pretty much perfect!

I reused my cubicle storage from my dorm last year and just bought new black cubes to go in it this year to better match the overall feel and look of the room!

This might be my favorite part of my room!!! I really missed having a primping area in my room last year so I knew this year it would be a necessity and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.

My mom and I found this lamp at Kirkland's and it provides the perfect ambient light in my room at night when I don't want to use my fluorescent lights.

Just another view of the beautiful Marilyn and primping area.

How cute are these dress forms from Ross! I used the same type of Command Hook that I used to hang my icicle lights in my bedroom last year and they worked perfect! I was actually shocked they were able to hold the weight of the dress form and the necklaces!

My roommate last year bought be this necklace dress form because she knows my obsession with Paris! 

This is the same shoe storage device I used in my dorm room last year however this year I made it the full length going down the door.

Here I used the double hanging rod from Bed Bath and Beyond that I talked about in a previous post here.

Okay I know I am probably the only person to change the light switch but I couldn't resist when I found this super cute one from Icing.

This is on the outside of my door leading into my room and is also from Icing! Love the Quote!!!

Quick view of my study space!

This is probably one of my favorite aspects of my room! But one this that really aggravated me last year was not having a headboard... Yea I know of all things to aggravate this was it but I found these plastic room dividers from The Container Store and arranged them in a 2X2 pattern to create the optical illusion of a headboard! I am really happy how it turned out!

JULY AND AUGUST EMPTIES

Hey girly girls!

As explained in a previous post I have been trying to clean out all of my beauty products and get down to only having the absolute essentials! Let me just say this is going to take a lot longer to accomplish than I originally thought... but I am slowly but surely getting there!

This is a combination of both July and August empties since neither month had enough to really do a full post for itself.

I received these deluxe samples in one of my magazines that I am subscribed to and I must say I absolutely loved these!!!! My hair has never felt so soft and luxurious in a while... I am actually quite bummed that I still have so much Biolage shampoo and conditioner to go through before I can go and purchase these from the drugstore! 

This also came in the same magazine subscription as the L'Oreal products above. I thought this left my legs extremely silky but I can't say that it provides a closer or longer lasting shave. 

This was a sample from one of my Birch Boxes. The scent was a mix of coconut and mint and lingered on your hair long after taking a shower. I can't say that I would go out and repurchase this again but it was nice while it lasted :)

Okay so this is my absolute favorite face wash in the entire world and I am pretty sure I will be using this product for a very long time! I actually used up the toner that goes along with this product as well but forgot to save the bottle! 

A daily skincare routine will be coming soon!

There is nothing really to say about these besides that they are mascara lol. I would have to say that the Falsies is probably my favorite when it is brand spanking new but the Clinique one runs a close second! I am not picky when it comes to my mascara so I would most likely repurchase any of these.

This was definitely not one of my favorite products and it actually took me over a year to finish this thing but I am glad it is finally used up and GONE! When I first purchased this I thought it was like a deep conditioner but it proved to just be a basic conditioner with a thicker texture.

These makeup wipes might be my all time favorite! I can not even count how many packs of these I have gone through because it would honestly be in the 30's or 40's. I love using these to remove all my face makeup before washing my face for the morning or night. 

The MAC cleanse off oil is truly something special but I don't know if it is worth the price that comes along with it... However, if you ever need to remove excess amounts of waterproof mascara this thing does the trick and fast.

A LITTLE LIFE UPDATE

Hey there girly girls!

So as we all know or if you are new to this blog... Welcome!... I am back at school! Now this brings good and bad so because I have always wanted to know the bad news first I am going to start off with that.

Bad: Due to my schedule and all of the clubs, organization, and sorority events I am apart of, the only days that I will be able to upload to this blog will be Tuesday and Thursday with an occasional post on Sunday!

Good: I am so stoked to be back at school and I have lots of information to share with you! No like literally... a lot of stuff! Just some of my posts that I have planned are...

1.) Rush Outfits and Recruitment 101
2.) Lights will guide you home (About my sorority)
3.) July and August empties
4.) Waltz and Socials OOTN

I am also a blogger for Rent the Runway on campus this year, a blogger for Loreal Paris, and a new campus ambassador for The Intern Queen! Through these opportunities I learn tons of valuable information that I think my college gals especially will find extremely interesting!

I can't wait to get this year started!

PACKING FOR COLLEGE - STRESS FREE?

This is just going to be a super quick post about how to make moving into your dorm the quickest and easiest for everyone. Packing has actually been the reason why I have been missing in action this past week... it's literally consuming my life and I can't wait to be settled back into Tallahassee this Sunday!

1.) Start off by going to your local U-haul or any store that sells packing boxes. You are going to want to put EVERYTHING that you are taking in these boxes... there should be absolutely no individual items laying around when you are done with this step. 

However, if you do have big bulky things that will not fit in a box those can be left out. Almost all dorms will have dollies available for you to use during move in and now that all your things are in boxes you will easily be able to stack everything and cut your amount of trips to and from your car in half.

2.) When packing your closet pick out all the clothes you plan on taking and than cut that amount in half! Side note: unless you have read my "College Dorm Decor Series Part 3" than baby pack as much clothes as you want because I assure you, you will have no problem fitting it all ;). 

Remember to take into account the temperature of the city you are moving to. For example, in Tallahassee it doesn't get cold until the end of November or early December so I am only packing my absolute favorite jeans and leaving the rest of them at home.

3.) If you are rushing a sorority pack the clothes and makeup that you will need for the first couple days in a separate bag that way if all your boxes don't end up getting opened on move-in day you will still have your outfits in easy reach and wont be digging through boxes the morning of. 

Hope these simple tips helped some of you and will make your move in process a tad less stressful! 

I can't wait to share with you guys my dorm room for this year once I finish decorating it this weekend!