Weekend Recap + Giveaway Alert!

Hello lovely ladies!

Life update time

Went to Nashville with my best friends for DECA state! Had a few major technical difficulties but still placed fifth in my event! Couldn't have asked for a better weekend with my best friends. 

The first day we got to school at 7:45am and left for Nashville. The next five hours on a school bus were not as bad as I was expecting but still... it's five hours on a school bus. As soon as we got there, we explored the Opryland hotel a little (which was amazing). Then we got ready for our events. I wrote a business proposal on opening a franchise in my town. I was supposed to present the proposal, but my PowerPoint crashed on my laptop, iPad, and someone else's laptop... love it. I couldn't go back and fix it so I just dealed with it. Evidently my paper was so good that I still placed 5th out of 25 with a presentation score of 0. Disappointing but I definitely learned a lesson about being prepared.

That night was the DECA t-shirt dance... The highlight of state every year. Our school got a few weird looks, but hey... we know how to get down.

That night we stayed up all night with everyone from our school in our hotel room. I didn't fall asleep until around 4am. The next day we didn't have anything to do until 7pm so we ate at Rainforest Cafe. It was seriously like eating in the rainforest. 

There were elephants and tigers and gorillas and an aquarium. Every 30 or so minutes, there would be a storm and you felt like you were in one sans the rain. I felt like I was eating on the rainforest floor with the stars peeking out from over the trees! I usually hate eating at "touristy" restaurants but this was such an experience, I loved it. Plus the t-shirts are adorbs. That night was our awards banquet so we got to get all dressed up and enjoy a nice dinner. We might have not been as large as the other schools, but we were the best looking bunch there!

Funny story from dinner. There were little Babybel cheeses sitting on the table and I was so excited to eat one. At that point we were starving. So, I take a huge bite and turns out it was butter.. Total Ash move.

The next morning we woke up bright and early to attend the grand awards ceremony. Had a little mixup with the attire. Walking into a convention center full of business casual wearing the formal attire your teacher instructed you to is rough, let me tell you. But after that we hopped back on the bus and came home. I made so many memories on this trip, just like the NYC DECA trip. I'm so thankful to have the amazing group of friends that I do.

After I got home I went and bought my prom dress!!! I can't wait to show y'all. I saw it in the window of a local store Wednesday night before I left on Thursday, but couldn't try it on since the store was already closed! I seriously had to have it. My mom went and looked on Thursday and found out it was my size, it was meant to be obviously. I made her stalk the store until I could come home and try it on. It fit perfectly and I am in LOVE. Now to find a date....

Also I will be hosting a giveaway tomorrow with LaCle Jewelry! Stop back by to check it out!

How was your weekend?