somebody has to say it




tuscaloosa needs a fazoli's.



my friends and i are addicted to a local hole in the wall japanese restaurant here in tuscaloosa. and though we love it and visit it about two to three times a week, we crave some fast food italian. back home we have a good ole fazoli's and i spent many an afternoon there talking for hours with friends back in high school. it was divine. i often made my sister go with me and i still talk about it constantly. i have been craving fazoli's for a good couple of weeks now. their mouth watering, bad for you garlic sticks make my mouth drool just thinking about it. i finally had an epiphany; why is there not a fazoli's in tuscaloosa? they could make so much money here and take our student bama cash. i would spend a pretty penny there, and hopefully the same case would apply at fazoli's like when i told the workers at my fav japanese restaurant. "y'all should write a thank you note to my parents for them keeping you guys in business" they laughed and responded "really though!" (oh i love them so) 

so there. i said it. it is now out in the open. can anyone get me a fazoli's?

High five for Friday




i'm participating once again in the lauren elizabeth's HF4F!! this week has flown by crazy fast so here are my not so exciting, exciting top five!

1. when my sister was in town we randomly decided to paint my room and redo it. we promised each other next time she visits, it will be filled with food and drinks.

 2. while watching the oscars, my friend decided that my roommate's cat would make a purrfect pianist for frozen's "let it go"

 3. speaking of the oscars... anyone else witness john travolta's embarrassing mistake of idina menzel's name? he's since apologized and she has said she doesn't really care but now there is a website that will "travoltify" your name.


4. my sister and i spotted a girl scout cookie stand on the side of the road and risked our lives to get a few boxes of heaven. i have since been eating them for breakfast and i have no regrets.


5. i am going to a gymnastics meet tonight and my friend surprised me with floor seats!

one of those weeks




happy thursday! it's my friday today which makes me so happy!

i stumbled across this video the other day on facebook. which by the way, all of a sudden people are reposting all these links to their pages, its like the bumper stickers of 2014! i may have spent way too many hours finding the perfect ones to send to my friends. 



anyyy whosies, i watched this video and was rolling with laughter, his frustration reminded me of how i felt this week. it's about that time in the semester when all of my teachers assign huge projects due on the same day and tests on the same day and it's just so frustrating! i feel like this guy, i start on one assignment and i make it to my goal and then it's like NOPE keep going you have even more work to do and i have to start all over. obviously i know that this is what college is but i'm just so ready for spring break, which is only 14 days away. i'm not counting down the seconds or anything

do any of you have any favorite hilarious youtube videos? post a comment below with the link because i could use a little more procrastination material, said no college student ever. 

have a great rest of your thursday!!

braggin' by mary marie




happy monday!!

i hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! mine was spent having lots of fun with my sister and redoing my bedroom, ill have a weekend recap for y'all later this week, but for now i'm going to talk about braggin'.

if you haven't already noticed, i have a page at the top of my blog that says "shop" this link will take you to mine and my sister's etsy store, braggin' by mary marie. we started braggin' in the summer of 2013 as something fun to do together. we had always said that we wanted our own boutique one day and this just seemed like a good place to start. i will be hosting some give aways on the blog from time to time so keep your eyes peeled!

we sell monogrammed t-shirts, towels, bags, hats and more!




comment below and tell us what your favorite item in the shop is or comment if you have any suggestions - we do custom orders!

until tomorrow!