Alyssa Dawson

Happy Birthday $250 PayPal Giveaway

Happy Friday everyone! Friday’s are thee absolute best-especially for those of you who have to work in the corporate world–I do not envy you!! Friday is awesome because it brings the weekend and the weekend is a time for relaxing, being with friends and being with family. Thiiiis Friday I’m participating in a $250 paypal giveaway. One winner will score $250, this is not a joke. Here’s a sweet message from Elizabeth herself: hello sweet readers! today i have something BIG for you! you probably already guessed it buy the title of this post and… Read More

soapbox thoughts

top: j.crew (similar), cardigan: jcpenny (similar), jeans: buckle (similar), shoes: jcpenny (similar) purse: coach/gifted, watch: fossil (similar), earring: my nana. Why do some trash bins say “landfill” instead of trash or garbage? Are they trying to make us feel guilty for throwing something away?! I think they are. Don’t ever call a shuttle a bus-that’s what I’ve been told. If you have to stop and look at your phone or tie your shoe please don’t stop riiiiight where you are. There are probably people behind you so it would be best to look behind… Read More

thinking about lasts

top: tjmaxx, necklace: c/o toADORN, pencil skirt: jcpenny, (also worn like this), flats: jcpenny sold out (similar), watch: Michael Kors (gifted), sunglasses: c/o Choies I’ve been thinking about lasts a lot lately. A few weeks ago the kids I nanny for moved into a new house and I had one last walk around their old house. Remembering all the times we went swimming in that pool, jumping from the waterfall trying not to burn out feet on the rocks. Feeling the crisp cold air on our faces when we would play in the leaves in… Read More

a condensed version of my weekend

My weekend kind of started on Thursday. My very last day of school-ever. I promised myself that I wouldn’t cry-in front of anyone at school. And I did pretty good throughout the day except for when I went to turn in my internship “i passed” packet the lady at the desk congratulated me and I got all emo. She didn’t see me and thankfully no one else was there to see me turn into a big baby, but I stiffened up when I got to the elevator because there’s allllllways someone on the elevator. … Read More

awkward and awesome

top: c/o Choies, jeans: tjmaxx (similar), shoes: target (similar), watch: no longer sold (similar), bracelets: threads, sunglasses: c/o Choies, earrings: nana. Awkward – When you braid your hair and you forget a loooong strand. I was already at school and wasn’t going to redo it. – Realizing that I got outside the “lines” with this pink lipstick, guys obviously I don’t do this often. – When you’re teacher asks who’s going second and someone raised their hand, but you yell out “we are, we’re going second, we already called it.” I kind of embarrassed myself,… Read More