Football Ready

In honor of the start of September and UConn's season opener football game tomorrow (humor me and pretend like UConn football is good), I thought it would be fun to put together a game day look. No, I am not a huge football fan, but yes, I love tailgating and live sporting events, even if I have no idea what is going on. I will honestly miss going to UConn tailgates so much this fall. But, I can only assume that football season in the south will not disappoint; I'm actually going to my first Titans game tomorrow night! In reality, I'm lucky I even know what the team is here in Tennessee.... 

Outfit Details: Hat | Shirt | Jeans (old, similar) | Sandals | Bag (old, similar) | Watch (50% off!) | Necklace (similar) | Sunglasses

While I do love sporting a branded t-shirt with the team/school name or logo, I love having the logo on the hat and just wearing a plain loose tee to be comfortable. Luckily UConn's colors are navy blue and white, so that's pretty easy to accommodate for! But it's super easy to recreate for any color combo. And let's be honest, I will definitely trade in these jeans for some jean shorts in the 90+ degree weather. And, full disclosure, the zipper was down on my jeans this entire shoot, haha! :) 

Also, I know I need a haircut more than anything, but I am so afraid to go to a new place and coming out with a mullet (not only because I'm in the south, but because that has actually happened to me before!!) So, if anyone has some good hair stylist suggestions in the Nashville area, let a girl know! 

Are you excited for football/tailgating season?! Thanks for reading! 

Friday Five: Superbowl Edition

Well, I've just been living in slacker city over here on my blog. Last weekend was the first weekend I was actually home since the holidays, so to sit down and blog was right on the list of things to do with laundry, vacuum, take Christmas decorations down..... 
Oops. Fingers crossed that my lack of blogging and free time will pay off very shortly. 
Anyway, here are my top 5 perks of the Superbowl as someone who couldn't care less about football.
Snacks. On snacks on snacks. Nachos. Wings. BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP. Give me all of the snacks.   Beer. It would be wrong to not drink a beer while "watching" football yelling football things. Come on ref, let 'em play! 
Commercials. Cliche, I know. But watch this year's Budweiser commercial, if for no other reason than the hunk of a man and the cutest little puppy in it. 

Outfits. Sure, everyone may be wearing football jerseys, but the Seahawks are right on trend with the neon in their uniforms, so what better way to declare yourself a fan than through accessorizing? 
Butts. Tom Brady in tights. That is all. 

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Now, I know you're all probably wondering who my pick is for the Superbowl, considering my extensive knowledge on the topic. Honestly, I'm really torn. If I'm picking by the fool-proof method of most attractive players, Brady and Gronk, hello!? But if I'm picking by coolest uniforms? Seahawks for the win. Although, man tears make me cringe, and Russell Wilson has a lot of them from what I've seen (from that one game I watched). And I do love a good joke about balls... 
Who am I kidding - Carrie Underwood is going to win the Superbowl before it even starts. 
What are your Superbowl plans? 

Friday Five

So, every Friday I want to feature five of my favorite things I'm currently loving, not limited to any one topic. Here goes my first Friday five: 
The Skimm. I constantly see people liking this site on my Facebook and never really investigated it. Every day you can have an email sent to you with the top news stories and current events and a random fact or two. This is perfect for someone like myself who doesn't necessarily read or watch the news (does E! News count? I can tell you exactly what happened at Joan Rivers' funeral or the best looks at Fashion Week...) so now I know just enough to BS my way through some small talk :) 
Brothers. While I suppose I'm always loving my brother, my friend posted this article earlier this week and it is so true. Change every "little brother" to "big brother" in this article and it describes my big brother and our relationship to a T. From the late night/early morning phone calls to reminding me that since I'm the youngest there were no good genes left for me or dropping everything (including work) because sometimes you just need some bar stool therapy with your brother.

My brother and I in Ireland 3 years ago 

Drinking Class. This new song by Lee Brice has been on repeat for me all week. Something about the beat just gets it stuck in my head all day long, and I don't hate it. 
College Football. Okay, so shockingly, I'm not exactly a huge football fan, but I do love a good tailgate, and tomorrow will be my first tailgate of the season at my alma mater and I am so excited! While UConn is no Alabama, who can argue with a beautiful day, college friends and some pumpkin beer? Sign me up. Also, Kliff Kingsbury, the beautiful Texas Tech coach (big shoutout to Amy from the Bobby Bones Show for pointing my Google search in his direction). He's making me love college football, too. 

Bar Carts. Last week, my awesome mom made me a bar cart, because if you ask me that should be a necessity in any twenty-something-year-old's house. She found the cart at a thrift store and re-did it for me and I came home from work with this beauty in my living room! I'm now obsessed with finding anything and everything to accessorize it. She also re-upholstered and painted the chair in this picture. Told you she's awesome. 

What are your weekend plans?