SBC: playing catch up.

15 September, 2014 by Gracie 6 Comments

Ah, I can’t believe we’re already halfway through the September Blogging Challenge! I’m loving how many of you jumped on it along with me. I’ve already gotten a few requests for a October Blogging Challenge – would any of you be into that…?

Anyway, I missed a few days, so here’s a bit of a catch up.

(FYI I noticed I screwed up tomorrow’s #16 by referring to it as Monday when it’s a Tuesday. DUH, me. Just disregard that ;))

#12: my favorite quotes

Oh gosh, where to even begin?! My name is Gracie, and I’m a quote-aholic. There’s my Word document list of favorite quotes/Bible verses, my “words” Pinterest board, and there may or may not be secret “love quotes” Pinterest board too, hahaha.

But here are some of my top favorites right now…

“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.” Robert Bresson

“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” CS Lewis

“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.” Vladimir Nabokov

“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.” Alan Keightley

“It is not the strength of your faith that saves you, but the strength of Him upon whom you rely.” Charles Spurgeon

“She could never go back and make some of the details pretty, all she could do was move forward and make the whole beautiful.” Terri St. Cloud

“I’m not sure what I’ll do, but – well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

“There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So never apologize for your enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.” Ryan Adams

#13: top guilty pleasures

I don’t know how much these can be considered “guilty” pleasures because I OWN these things 😉 But let’s go with…

The Bachelor/Bachelorette
cabs/car service
laundry pick up/delivery
grocery delivery
basically every romantic comedy of all time
Diet Coke and Splenda (probably the guiltiest because HELLO chemicals)

#14: favorite things about blogging

* first of all - it’s my creative outlet. I love writing and having a platform to share my voice/story.

* interacting with my readers. I seriously care about you all more than you realize!

* the “perks” – free stuff, events, making money from doing something I love. That might not be a very PC answer but whatever – I’m pretty sure most bloggers agree.

#15: favorite TV shows

This is always changing, but some of my recent favorites have been…

Mad Men
30 Rock
Breaking Bad
Modern Family
New Girl
How I Met Your Mother

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Your turn! Top guilty pleasure? TV show(s)? Quote(s)?

SBC: a day in the life + 11:11 (sort of).

10 September, 2014 by Gracie 13 Comments

I’ve mentioned before how my schedule varies so much from day to day. On some days I’m in front of a computer for 8 hours, other days I’m running around the city for meetings, and others I’m doing nail polish photo shoots in the park.

I’m serious.

#SeptBloggingChallenge number 10: a day in the life.

Today was a pretty low key day in my life. I woke up around 7 and did work for my social media clients for about 2 hours.

Then I drank some green juice and got ready to head out for the day.

Around 10am I walked to Flatiron and had a 30 minute gossip session chat with my mom. Then I worked for a few hours + had client meetings with Jessi.

After our meetings we headed to lunch at Friend of a Farmer.

French press and cobb salads, please and thank you.

On my walk home I stopped for a mani/pedi because I’m my own boss and do what I want 😉

Just kidding.

But not really.

I also stopped at the store for the fixins for Cake Batter Blondies and bacon wrapped dates.

The occasion? Girls’ night at my place!

The girl friends and I decided to make an official weekly get-together, and I’m soooo glad we did. NYC isn’t exactly the easiest place to live, so to have good friends is 100% necessary, in my opinion.

I caught up on work and blog posts before and after our night before passing out around…well, 10 minutes from now. So…that’s that! A (Wednes)day in my life.

#SeptBloggingChallenge number 11: make a wish.

Yeeeeah totally not sharing my wish. I think it’s a combo of being superstitious and embarrassed about my wish(es).

Not to mention that I also consider myself much more of a “doer” than a wisher. I guess I probably should have thought about that before added it to the challenge, haha.

What I CAN say is that so SO many of my wishes/dreams have come true so far in my life, and I don’t see that changing any time soon…

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Your turn! What does a day in the life look like for you?
If you could have any wish come true TODAY, what would it be?

SBC: outfit of the day.

10 September, 2014 by Gracie 2 Comments

Last night I went to a fun Juicy Couture event hosted by SheKnows Experts (more on the event to come!), and here’s what I wore.

…So, more like OOLN?

top: American Apparel

blazer: Silence and Noise (Urban Outfitters)

shorts: Kimchi Blue (Urban Outfitters)

shoes: Guess

bag: Dolce Vita Handbags

bracelet: Ben Amun

necklace: Speakable

watch: Nixon

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What’s your favorite place to shop right now? Do you have a go-to OOTD?

SBC: 7 & 8.

9 September, 2014 by Gracie Leave a Comment

Hey hey!

How’s the September Blogging Challenge going for you? Kind of a fun way to keep up with blogging, right? 😉

Here’s #7 and #8 for me…

7 things I’d like to work on/improve.

* get better at living in the moment
* stop being a people pleaser (reading Approval Addiction right now – so far it’s great!)
* worry less
* trust my intuition more
* get better at compartmentalizing my jobs
* get better at saying what’s really on my mind
* stop using Splenda (ha)

8 things I love about myself.

* I’m a good communicator
* I’m a good listener
* I’m a good friend
* my hair
* I like being really girly
* I have good work ethic
* I (like to think I) am intelligent
* I’m a positive/optimistic person

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Your turn! Tell me something you’d like to improve and something you love about yourself…

SBC: top 5 of summer, top 6 for fall.

6 September, 2014 by Gracie 9 Comments

Hey hey, happy Saturday!

Let’s jump right into #5 and #6 of the September Blogging Challenge, shall we?

top 5 highlights from summer.

In no particular order…

Spending nearly 2 weeks away with my family.
I haven’t spent this much time with my family in almost 4 years! I got to see both my mom and dad’s sides of the family, and my sister Katie who moved to Florida last year. The fact that I was able to escape the city and be at our shore house didn’t hurt either 😉

Fourth of July in Montauk.
If I had one regret from this past summer it would be that I didn’t spend more time out east. BUT I’m so glad I at least got to spend 4th of July in Montauk with my friends. It was a great few days – brought back so many memories of the past few summers out there, and made some new ones.

My first trip to Vegas.
Even though it was more of a work trip, I had so much fun!

Taking a month off from blogging.
This was one of the best decisions I’ve made recently - I learned so much from it.

Adventures in the city.
This is always a highlight (of life), but it’s especially fun in the summer when everything can be outdoors.

top 6 things I’m excited about for fall.

New (unexpected) things.
I know that’s ridiculously broad, but there’s no other way to put it! I’m a highly expectant person (sometimes I think maybe too much so), so I always get excited entering into a new season. I can’t help but think that new seasons in weather/time also represent a new season in life.

The clothes.
I love me some cutoffs and crop tops, but I can’t wait to reintroduce jeans, boots, and jackets into my life.

The food.
Yep, I’m one of those pumpkin-obsessed weirdos. I would really love to try some new recipes – any pumpkin baked goods you recommend?

Halloween.
It’s on a FRIDAY, people. I want to dress up as something really fun. But cute. Cute and fun. Last year I was ketchup soooo I’m thinking I can only go up from there.

New goals.
I have a few things on the agenda (especially for Speakable and GML) that I’m really excited to start rolling out in fall.

THIS CITY.
Seriously – New York is magical in fall – more so than any other season. Summer is too hot, winter is too cold, we tend to skip spring, but fall is juuuuuuust right.

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Your turn! Give me a highlight of your summer and/or what’s making you excited for fall!

SBC: thankful thursday.

4 September, 2014 by Gracie 15 Comments

Today I’m thankful for…

Cabs. They’re my biggest vice ($$$), but I just find cab rides to be so…relaxing.

Fall being around the corner. I know everyone is all OMG FALL LEAVES SWEATERS PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES right now, but it genuinely is (and always has been) my favorite season.

My job(s). I really have so much fun doing what I do! And the events I get to go to are the icing on the cake.

Speaking of which, thank God for Podio. I’d be an unorganized mess without it.

Girl friends that always want to do fun stuff. We may or may not have just started a Google doc “hit list” of all of the new places we want to go in the city.

Remembering dreams. Apparently not everyone does…?

Those I’M GOING TO DIE OF LAUGHTER moments. They’re few and far between but ahhhh the best.

Where I’m at in life. I sort of cringe at the thought of being where I was even a year ago. I don’t mean to complain – I’ve had an amazingggg life so far. But I’m just happier and more content than ever.