Alyssa Dawson

a positive thinker

Pretend you are the fish, achieve the impossible!

4 tips to have an unforgettable halloween

Remember how fun Halloween was when you were little? The question in my house was always “what time do we get to go trick-or-treating?!” Halloween is such a fun time when you are a kid, you get to dress up and you get candy! What more does a kid need!? There was one Halloween that I remember quite well. I was in preschool and we were having a Halloween party, I dressed up as Snow White, wig and all – this includes lipstick and red shoes too! So we were lining up to go into the classroom… Read More

the little things in life

Last night Brand and I had our very own picnic in our living room. I made dinner, which turned out to be a fail because the chicken in the chicken alfredo was barfo-disgusto, well at least I didn’t like it. Brand said he thought it was good, I think he was just being a sweetie-pie. But, dinner got me to thinking about the little things in life that we don’t always think about or appreciate. The little things I’m talking about are happiness, laughing till your stomach hurts, sunbeams through trees, the cry of a… Read More

shoes for thought

tank: mom, cardi: tjmaxx, jeans: kohls, shoes: sperry’s, bracelet: tiffany’s, belt: nordstrom If there is one thing that I learned this weekend it is to wear shoes that you’ve worn before so you don’t get blisters. Brand and I went to First Friday downtown, on Friday of course, and we enjoyed walking around downtown looking at some exhibits and galleries that were up. Unfortunately I was the one who ended up being the party pooper and got massive blisters on both my pinky toes. So random! Brand and I were really looking forward to walking… Read More

what I’m liking: sunday

via the slash blog Love this video, really quite amazing. Did you see me on The Slash Blog? I talked about positive things (: I also was over HERE talking about 4 tips to have the best Halloween! Found this awesome new blog this week. This girl has the best recipes – plus they are healthy!! This girl is the cutest prego girl I’ve ever seen! She is so creative too! At first I thought, that’s funny and then I thought wow, what some people do with their time!