Let me start this post off by reminding you, trust me, the life of Allison Nicole isn’t always sparkles and giggles and smiles. yes believe it or not there are plenty of moments when the sun isn’t exactly shining my way. examples: when the Starbucks lady gives you like 99% ice and approximately 1% Starbucks goodness, when the Chick-fil-A worker forgets to give you sauce, and worst of all: when McDonald’s is out of ice cream (which is practically every time i’m craving an m&m mcflurry) On a more serious note, yes sometimes i have low points. But lately those awful events have been slim and i’m more than over the moon about it. overall, i’ve just been very, happy.

i LOVE the word thrive. it truly defines what i strive and achieve to do every single day. i’ve learned life is so much more fun with you have meaning to what you’re doing and you do everything to its absolute fullest potential. in other and more common words: live life to the fullest.

life is such a cool, amazing, stunning, and beautiful thing and being able to experience it one little moment at a time is just the absolute neatest thing. taking time for myself to sit down and think about what my goals are and how i want to achieve them is probably what has made me most happy lately. it’s one thing to know that a certain goal is something you want to achieve. but it is a whole new experience to sit down and not stress yourself out by thinking about this task, but instead just realizing it is possible.

for me it’s sitting on pinterest with my coffee in the early mornings or late nights. looking at quotes and realizing what my beliefs are, my motives, my morals, my every day mottos. finding little words that stand out to me and make me realize, “that’s it, that’s what i wanna do today, i want to live with those words in mind”

so i’ve created a little something for you guys. a section of my blog dedicated to these quotes i find and love. I’m going to try to update and refresh it whenever I find a new set of words i’m in love with so you guys can have those morning mantra moments as well. just click the “happy place” section at the top of this page and it’ll lead you straight there! I hope this is just a little slice into making your day a little bit better.

remember, go out there and thrive.

xoxo, Allison

Happy happy happy first day of spring my friends! with the Nebraska winter and teases of warm weather during spring break it seemed like my favorite season of the year would never fully arrive! but it’s here and boy do i have treats upon treats for you! so get ready for a season filled not only with warm sunshine and blooming flowers; but also plenty of posts filled with smiles and spring colors!

My buddy Rachel and I made the most of our spring break last week on one of the nicest days and did some of our favorite things and it was one of my favorite days ever. we’re both big suckers for JCrew and Whole Foods so a lunch date was to be in session. we headed off to Whole Foods and picked up some super yummy salad and couldn’t resist sneaking a peek at the dessert section and when fruit tarts caught our eyes you betcha those were snatched up. on the way out we couldn’t help but stop by the flowers and pick some up (even though they were later given to dominic when i asked him to our Prom, because hey, boys deserve flowers too!) we sat on the steps of my old grade school and ate and it was a wonderful time filled with good food and lots of laughs.

i loved catching up with Rach and eatin’ real good food while doing so! so i hope you take the chance this spring to make a little picnic date with your buddy, it’s well worth it! Have an amazing start to spring!

xoxo, Allison

wow hi friends long time no type! spring break has sadly left me and school is back in full swing. luckily this girl has tomorrow off otherwise i’m not quite sure if i would make it out alive. this week was crazy stressful, as fast as it went. booked with after school activities, loads of homework, and the stress of a Marian Field Day. (if you don’t know, it’s my school’s tradition of school spirit coming up in April, more details to come) To some it up this weakend has taken all my energy and then some, so i thought i would spend Thursday night (practically Friday, Whoo!) to just kinda catch up and chat with you all on what allison nicole has been up to (or ally, honestly just call me ally)

FEELIN// junior yearish. if that’s a feeling. if not i’m making it one because there are sure enough feeling to associate with it to make it its own. it’s bitter sweet realizing that there are less than three semesters left of high school. trust me some days i am more than ready to move into college and other days i’m super glad that i’m only 16. the stress for sure gets to you some days though and i’ve concluded my best remedy is just some little treat yo selves (so basically starbucks) and some comfy dates with my bed.

EATIN// can i get a little bit of love for sweet potato fries because hello lovelies. now i’m an avid french fry foodie. like any day french fries will not do, they’ve gotta be good. and sweet potato fries, those are good. add some sea salt on top and praise the Lord. If i have a sweet potato itself on hand (quite honestly that is pretty rare) i will chop that up and just bake those in the oven until they’re crispy with some olive oil, but Trader Joe’s has some frozen ones that you just pop in the oven that are equally as bomb.

SHOPPIN// so there is a LUSH opening in my town in late May and let’s just say the money is already being saved. also my target addiction has become such an issue and now that all the cute easter stuff is out i can’t resist myself ( i say this about utterly every holiday if we’re being honest here but they’re all so fricken cute)

LOVIN// my pjs sets. this is such a given i won’t continue i think you all understand my love.

well there’s a little catch-up! hope you have a good day tomorrow for those of you in school! my day off will be spent working on some sweet stuff for you!

xoxo, Allison