As I sit here eating my homemade pigs in a blanket, tater tots, and buffalo chicken wings and gaining roughly 10 pounds minute I am reminded how lucky I am... I have an amazing fiance who doesn't mind eating like a 5 year old with me. A great family/ support system Some crazy wonderful friends and now a place to live in a...

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I am a big proponent of  "Everything Happens for a Reason" so much so that I have to tell you a story so you can understand why... Once Upon a Time... A girl decided she wanted to be an engineer. She applied to NCSU and UNCW(for pre engineering) And got into both. Once she graduated high school,  she followed in her father's footsteps...

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So I confess that even without a link up I am writing a confessional Friday post Because I love them... I confess I have never participated in the crazy black friday 2 AM target nonsense There is no amount of savings that could make it worth braving those crowds And plus, Starbucks isn't open... how would I survive? FURTHERMORE I think that Black Friday/...

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First of all I love that the holiday is called turkey day but at the same time I feel like not calling it Thanksgiving only adds to the fact that people forget what its all about. I'm the first to admit I am thankful for thanksgiving because of the yummy food The break from school right before the home stretch and the fact...

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Lately I've been participating in link ups more It's a really cool way to find new blogs And this one is meant to help you find them! So here's the idea... RULES are simple: 1. Follow your host via GFC 2. Follow your co-hosts via GFC 3. Link up using your main blog url not a specific post here 4. Make sure to visit some of the blogs in...

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It's that time again so head over to A Blonde Ambition and link up. Ohh Friday... My first confession is for you. I confess that now that I don't have class Friday I love thursdays like I loved Fridays and many Fridays I forget it's Friday at all. (please forgive me). I confess that Christmas usually isn't one of my favorite holidays I can't really...

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It's Wednesday and I love Pinterest So stop by The Vintage Apple and link up for My pins have been all over the place lately And I figured it's best if I reserve some posts to not include wedding stuff So here's my anti-wedding Pinterest posts: Some of the leather in my car is getting old. And it's more likely that my car will die...

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I had the thought that the longer I continue the countdown The more likely people are to think it's a pregnancy count instead. Typical. But since (hopefully) I don't appear to be 8 months pregnant Everyone will know that what I mean is 8 months until I'm Mrs. Barker. Crazy right? Well I don't have that much to catch up on considering I...

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You won't hear me say my full blown opinions much Because I don't see a need to paint facebook with my political rants And I don't have that many because I can usually see both sides But in the case of our military I don't. You can say whatever you want about the budget Wether or not you think we should be at...

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It's already Friday again? Man, my weeks are flying by Time for Confessional Friday I confess that as the weeks are flying by I am getting so nervous because I am not ready to graduate. I confess that I own a lot of cat outfits And by a lot I mean too many. I confess that it brings me way too much joy buying...

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