* Pretty Little Endeavors

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mine was absolutely amazing. The night before I went out downtown and got a little too wild. But I was able to meet more of my guy's friends, which was great. Thanksgiving David (yes, my guy has a name) picked me up since I left my purse and keys at his house.. oops. We went and ate dinner with his parents and watched football and a dog show. Then we went to my parent's house to eat dinner with them. After we decided to go to the movies to see Dallas Buyers Club. We were going to go back to his house, but ended up stopping by his friend's place to hang out with him and his girlfriend. Then a few more of their friends showed up so we decided to stay and have a good time. Since they live right downtown we walked to the only open bar for a night cap. Which was dumb on my part since I had to be to work at 10am to deal with black friday shoppers. Since I didn't join in on the thankful posts, I'll do it now.  I am thankfu

The last 8 days have been absolutely crazy. Between both jobs I've worked 45 hours and had 12 hours of classes. I feel tried constantly. It's been so worth it though. Friday I had class then I went out with my guy friend. I was so nervous because I've convinced myself that I'm done with all of this dating crap. He picked me up and we went downtown for a few drinks. The night was absolutely amazing. Once I stopped being so shy we had great conversations about everything.  Saturday I had to be to work at noon. I was feeling a little regretful about how late I stayed out and how many beers I consumed along with that extra strong Jack & diet I had. My 9 hour shift was super long, but I enjoyed seeing Nate Burleson.  I was suppose to meet up with my guy and his friends, but I was so exhausted and picked up the Sunday morning shift.. so I bailed.  Sunday I worked until 4. I went home, got ready and headed to my guy's house. We watched replays of th

What am I struggling with today? Life. No worries, I don't mean that in an emotional way. I'm feeling pretty happy to be honest. I stayed up so late last night working on homework and talking to a friend. By the time I went to bed, my alarm was going off 3 hours later so I could keep working on more stuff for class. I've had work or school every day this week and I'm really lacking on sleep. I even spelt my name wrong today. It's 5:30pm and I'm suppose to go out with a friend around 7:30 or 8. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get the motivation to re-shower and get ready. I really need to make it an early night though because my alarm is set for 6:30am tomorrow. I have to drive out to school, sit through 2 hours of my 4 hour class then rush to work for my 9 hour shift. It sounds awful, but I'm considering skipping class. That way I can sleep in a little and not be so exhausted for work. I hate missing class because I only have 10 week cla

These few days that I haven't blogged have been really intense. I don't really want to go into detail. I'll sum it up.  Friday night, I broke up with the guy I was seeing after I found out something he "didn't tell me because he didn't want me to be hurt." We were at the bar together for our friend's birthday so that was a whole lot of fun.. obviously not. I cried the whole night because I can. Funny how someone can screw up and turn it on the other person. Had to wake up at 7am for class. 3 people asked me if I was stoned because my eyes were so bloodshot and barely open because they were so swollen. At night we had a purse party. Sunday I don't even know what the hell happened. I lost it. Went completely insane. Woke up Monday for my first day of my new job (I haven't even told you guys about that yet! Soon!) realized how much I pissed everyone off. My phone was completely broken. Cool. After work I went to my parents house and clearly

I probably should of waited for a more exciting day to document.. however, this was my Wednesday. 3am: I finally fell asleep. I really did plan on going to bed earlier.. my dude was quick to point out that I don't every try to fall asleep early. 830am: I wake up from another insane dream. For some reason I thought I was in my bed, but clearly I wasn't. I haven't slept in my bed in the longest time. 11:30am: I wake up again from another dream and realize I really need to get up. But, I look outside and realize this is day is going to be a struggle. 12pm: Finally grab a cup of coffee while I watch Wendy Williams.  Then decide to get a very small workout in. 1pm: I'm in need of a second cup of coffee while I watch Bethenny and eat some lunch... Just remember I never claimed to eat healthy. 2pm: Time to brush my hair, throw up my hood and head to the glass beach. 3pm: Time to shower & get ready. I hate this part

I have been sleeping all day long. I'm not sure if I can blame this on my Sunday Funday or the weather. Anyways, I'm really not in the mood to blog, but I skipped yesterday so here we go. Friday night after class I just stayed home because I knew 7am would come too early.  Saturday woke up around 630am.. yup, before my alarm. Had to stop at my doctor's then I was off to school. Class was okay, it was actually pretty entertaining to be honest. Once I was out of class I tanned, ran to the mall and then worked on getting ready. Once my dude got home from work we went out to dinner and for drinks. When I got home I thought it would be an awesome idea to make a salmon burger... and I've never shared any of my cooking stories after drinking, but it always leads to the house being filled with smoke. I opened all the windows and accidently fell asleep. I woke up around 6am realizing it was freezing, all the lights were on.. oops. Sunday I woke up and got ready to w

I really like today's topic of the challenge. I think it's something I've been wanting to discuss. I started this blog as a way to just write about my life. I had absolutely no idea that there was such a wonderful blogging community. I never thought I'd meet so many wonderful people just by writing. I apologize ahead of time if I get off track a little bit, but it's all things I've been meaning to address about my blog and why I haven't been the blogger I wanted to be for the past year. When this blog first started, I was in a 3 year relationship. I blogged about my relationship non-stop. I loved that I'd be able to look back one day and see where we were back then. I didn't really think that one day I'd never want to read those posts. I remember the day that I knew I wanted out of the relationship, it was Sweetest Day. It was also the night he told me he was planning on proposing within the next 6 months. I couldn't wrap my head around t

I was planning on posting my "day in the life" post, but it's not ready to be posted and since I'm actually trying to blog everyday I'll save it for Sunday. Which means, yes I have a post already for tomorrow. Shocker. It's finally Friday which means I have my 9am class tomorrow and then it's the weekend!!  I'm exhausted. Last night I got stuck closing which stressed me out because I had so much crap due for my Friday class. I sat around chugging coffee until about 1am. Then luckily my "Maxnosleeves look-a-like" friend was up there and I completely just rambled like a crazy women who drank too much coffee. Then he gave me a pep talk, change the subject to the Red Wings & the Lions to get my crazy mind off of school. Which I absolutely needed. He actually suggested that I start writing down thoughts when I have too much on my mind to sleep because he did that back in college and said it helped.  I totally need to start doing that. B

Now that it's getting colder out, I'm ready for some new clothes! Here's what I have my eye on. Leggings Leggings are absolutely amazing. You can dress them up and still be comfy. Plus these leggings are so fun and could easily be paired with a basic shirt. Jackets & Blazers I'm always cold so most of the time I throw on a jacket or blazer on top of a shirt. I can't have enough! Skirts The Holidays are right around the corner and I'm looking for some new skirts to wear. These two are way too cute. Shirts As I said, I often wear jackets and blazers and I really like wearing short sleeves or tank tops under them. These are all so sassy and fun and can easily be dressed up!  Women's clothing from Simons. What are some of your must haves for the Fall/Winter?

Everyone deals with stress. Some of us are better at dealing with stress than others. I wish I was better at it, but I'm working on it. I'm the kind of person who holds everything in until I completely breakdown. It's so unhealthy. I'm the kind of person who doesn't cry much when I'm upset, I mostly cry when I'm overwhelmed or mad. There are a few things I do when I'm feeling stressed. Listen to music. I drive between 140-180 miles a week just for school. No matter what obnoxious traffic jam I hit or whatever horrible mood I'm in, as soon as I turn on my Spotify I'm calm while I'm being a professional car singer. Writing. I used to write a lot. I have so many journals filled with things that are sometimes hard to look back home. However, just writing in general calms me down. Which is why sometimes I don't even know why I bring my laptop to class, because I write everything. Sometimes I'll blog while I'm stressed or upset

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I have only blogged once this month when I was suppose to blog every day.. I'm slightly annoyed because I just typed up this entire post and for some reason it didn't post or save. So here we go once again... I've been pretty open about dating. I've dated some clingy guys, a guy who ended up with a girlfriend, guys who lied and pretty much a bunch of duds. I was pretty sure I was ready to give up and start buying cats. However I started talking to one of my Sunday Funday buddies. On Sweetest Day he took me out on a date and it was perfect. We had so much fun. We've gone out a few times since and every date was better than the last.  This Saturday he took me out to watch the Michigan vs Michigan State game. We started talking about how annoying it is that everyone wants to know what we are or what's going on between us. People started this before we even went on a date. Which was weird since we weren't even at the point to decide what we are or whatever.

I decided to join in on the Blog Everyday in November challenge. If you already have been following my blog you know that this is going to be a huge challenge for me. If you haven't been reading along, I should probably tell you a little about me. Or maybe you have been reading along and you'll learn something new. My name is Amanda. This is me incase you had no idea what I look like. I started my blog during a 3 years too long relationship. It was one of those annoying blogs where all I talked about was this dude. That ended a few months ago and I kind of lost my blogging voice. I've been pretty open about my emotions during this time in my life, but there's a lot I wish I could blog about. I'm 21 years old. I'm a craft beer snob, the more hops the better. When I turned 21, I was stuck with the guy I mentioned so I really didn't get to enjoy being 21 until I finally left. I had some crazy times for a few months. I enjoy partying, but not how I was