FIRST QUICK LITTLE SIDE NOTE: my sister got a camera for Christmas and we have both been adoring doing some quick little photo shoots, so i am so so excited and CAN’T wait because a really neato fashion post is in the works that I hope you’ll all LOVE! email me any feedback friends! xoxo!

so after having this blog for a few months i’ve realized i’ve never really laid down the actual facts about myself for those of you reading who don’t know me on a personal level. So i figured Saturday morning in my bed in my pajamas would be the perfect time and place to do so.

Here’s the facts behind the blog girl:

1. i’m a junior at an all girls high school

2. i love love love dancing and have since i was 3 years old

3. i compete with my school’s speech team and have obtained a love and a lot of respect for J. Crew suits

4. i have an obsession for sushi (particularly anything with salmon *heart eyes emoji*)

5. there are wayyyy too many button ups filling my closet (but I’m really alright with it)

6. rain boots are my shoe of choice, rain or shine

7. i LOVE to write.

8. alone time is my favorite time but I’m not very good entertaining myself (gossip girl and popcorn it is)

9. breakfast food is the best thing in the entire world: eggs, pancakes, waffles; you name it i want it

10. i am in love with the lake and get to be a lake baby every summer with my forever and first best friend Taylor and it rocks so so much

**onto the wierder (more fun) facts**

*i have a polaroid and taking pictures with it is my favorite way to take pictures

*i have an Instagram obsessed (really.)

*I’m not very great at cooking but i rock at baking when i want to

*i’m a sucker for flowers, white roses and peonies are my favorite with pink and yellow tulips in a close second

*i like to think of myself as super organized but i’m just not, don’t be fooled by the pretty school supplies

*i have 37 Pinterest boards an over 13 thousand pins, ha ha ha. what addiction? (don’t they like pay you to pin at one point? that really needs to be my case)

*i once had a pair of sperrys from 6th grade-freshman year and my mom snuck them and threw them away because they were SO worn out and i cried for hours

*i LOVE letter writing and having pen pal friends, hit me up via email or instagram if you wanna be pen pals!

*my Keurig is my best friend, along with vanilla latte k-cups Laura got me hooked on

well trust me there are plenty more where that came from but that’s all my sleepy mind can think up before coffee! ready for an exciting day of fun, it’s the weekend! have fun!

xoxo, ally

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okay okay okay my friend elle sent me a link to this website today and wow.

I’ve been scrolling down it and pressing refresh for a good 20 minutes now because it’s TOO pretty, honestly. It’s called Design Love Fest and basically it has the cutest laptop and phone wallpapers in the world. seriously. not kidding. THE COOLEST/PRETTIEST/MOST AMAZING/ stuff ever. so check it out and rock your work in style.

Here are just a few of my many many many favorites

so whether it may be quotes to get you goin, majestical watercolors, or really cute pineapples in neon colors, hope this website makes your monday a little more fun!

lots of love and push through the week!

xoxo, Ally

so I’ve been obsessed with reading these kinds of posts on other people’s blogs. if you know anything about me I’m huge on pictures, not super great at taking them, but have a little spot in my heart for editing and making sure everything in the picture color coordinates (It’s a dorky habit i know). I actually just recently made an Instagram for this blog and for my quirky picture obsession, so check it out if you haven’t already! (@xoxoallisonnicole) so here is 2014 in pictures, my favorite from each month.

January

February 

March 

April 

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

2014 rocked a lot and filled my life with a bunch of fun people and activities. From stressful all-nighters writing AND memorizing speeches (i enjoy it i promise) to dancing at football games with dance team (which has to be my all time favorite thing of fall) to entering junior year and not even imagining the amount of stress it would bring. I got to know my speech pal Rachel a lot better and am super glad i did (because she’s pretty rockin’), and was blessed with a hecka amazing secret santa (laura basically knew me too well, j crew socks and coffee? i think she stalked my Pinterest). I found my best friend and spent too many sleepovers and summer days with her and realized Andie is as good as it gets. (also there are no pictures of her in this because we mainly just take car selfies, #notashamed) I pushed myself to try new things, failed and succeeded: i somehow have a hidden talent for cornrows (???) and water skiing over waves just isn’t my thing. (coughed up a lot of lake water, and my pride, on that one.) I started this blog and love love love it. Overall it was a year of finding myself and realizing what makes me happy, and that sometimes putting yourself and your own happiness first is the first step to making others happy.

Hope your 2014 was magical and that your 2015 is the best year yet. Find yourself and smile while doing it.

xoxo, 

Ally