blog awards

Thanks to my real-life and blogger friend Halie (from Penguins, Pasta & Polka Dots) for nominating Hook & Stylit for it's first ever award!!As part of the nomination process, I had to do the following things (forgive me for skipping steps 4 and 5, I just don't know enough bloggers yet to make my own nominations)...

As some of you may already know, The Liebster Award is a way to give a friendly little shout-out to bloggers who have less than 200 followers. It's a way to tell others that you really dig their blog, and to meet a few new people. The rules of the award are as follows:

1.  List 11 random facts about yourself

2.  Answer 11 questions from your nominator

3.  Create 11 new questions for your nominees to answer

4.  Nominate up to 11 bloggers for the award with less than 200 followers

5.  Go to each nominee's page and tell them you've nominated them for the award

6.  Link back to the blogger who nominated you as a "thank you"

11 Random Maggie-isms

1. I decided to change the spelling of my name in 7th grade from MaggIE to MaggY. I changed it back a few months later when I realized it wasn't catching on like I had anticipated. 

2. I'm the oldest of three girls. Anne (aka: Annie) and Mary Katherine (aka: Kate) are my sisters.

My sisters and I post-ski in Winter Park, CO

3. I have a full blown, bonified fear of teeth. Don't touch them, wiggle them, talk about them. In elementary school I went home sick every time someone lost their tooth. My mom hated me. 

4. My boyfriend John and I have a two year old Wheaten Terrier name Remington. Long story short: I really wanted a dog so to make sure my dream became a reality I "gave" John Remy for his birthday. So just to make me mad John named him after a brand of guns. I hate guns. Whatever, I still maintain that Remy is the best dog in the world, ever if he does have a dumb name.

The day I "gave" John "his" puppy :)

5. I HATE YOGURT. Don't even try to tell me to try a certain kind or mix it with something. I've tried to trick myself into liking yogurt for my entire life. After almost 25 years I'm throwing in the towel and officially calling myself a yogurt hater. 

6. I love watching reality TV. Especially in marathon formatting.

7. I went to Flagler College and graduated with a Major in Communication (Public Relations) and a minor in Youth Ministry

Graduation Day / aka: the best day ever!!

8. My dream job is to open a summer camp

9. I HATE shopping in stores / malls. Online shopping is my jam. 

10. I drive a white Jeep that I call my Barbie car

11. I could eat Chipotle for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the rest of my life and NEVER get sick of it. EVER. 

Questions from Halie

1. What is one of your favorite memories from college or high school? 

1. I don't think I have a favorite specific memory from HS or College I can hands down say is my favorite ... but I can say that the year that my friends and I created the "Blonde Mafia" were some of the greatest times I had in college.

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The blonde mafia in all its glory!

1. Do you (or did you) play any organized sports? 

1. Yup! I was a swimmer and on some sort of swim team my until I graduated high school! I was even spirit captain of my HS swim team my senior year ;)

1. What is the one food you can eat over and over again without 

1. getting sick of it? 

1. Duhhh .... CHIPOTLE!!

1. What is one big goal you wish to accomplish in your life? 

1. Own a house on Vilano Beach 

1. (with John ... who will HOPEFULLY put on a ring on it by then!)

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Vilano is where John grew up, it's where we met, it's where we fell in love. 

It's our place.

1. Do you like roller coasters and amusement parks? 

1. I don't like amusement parks. I have crowd anxiety and don't like being around so many people. But I like roller coasters - so it would be great if somehow I could just be teleported onto one without actually GOING to an amusement park! I'll keep my fingers crossed that there will be an app for that on the iPhone 6. 

1. What's your all-time favorite album or record or CD? 

1. Hootie and the Blowfish, Cracked Rear View. ALL TIME FAVORITE!!

1. Mexican food or Italian food? 

1. M-E-X-I-C-A-N

Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? 

Both.

What are your top 5 favorite books? 

Angela's Ashes, Oh the Places You Will Go, Are You There God? It's Me Vodka, 

The Help, She's Come Undone 

What are three things you can't get through the day without? 

My iPhone, gum, adderall

  

This is John mocking me. Yes, I ALWAYS use a pink koozie on Saturdays and YES, I ALWAYS have my iphone in my hand. I like to think that it's attached. 

Do you prefer a vacation in the mountains or at the beach? 

Either. I love the mountains but to me they represent work. So to me 

(at this point in my life) the beach is a more desirable vacay. 

But if you're buying ... I'm flying! NO COMPLAINTS! 

11 Questions from Me to you

(or in this case, whoever feels like answering)

1. Dog or Cat

2. Favorite TV show of all time and currently

3. Favorite Holiday, why?

4. What's your idea of a perfect weekend?

5. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?

6. Do you read your horoscope?

7. What's in your purse?

8. Phobias? 

9. Favorite part of the day?

10. Favorite food to cook? 

Thanks again Halie for the nomination!

Keep Calm and Vote 2012 - Sticker Party!

Keep Calm and VOTE 2012!!

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone that got out there and VOTED today!

As promised, here are some of the pictures people 

instagram-ed of them rocking their "I Voted" 

sticker using the hashtag #keepcalmandvote2012:

Halie rocking her "I Voted" sticker!

(PS: Check out her blog!)

My sister MK showing off her well-earned sticker

My Aunt MB showing off her sticker from 

coast to coast! Be nice to your flight attendant ;) 

Ellie rocked her American right wearing 

her Canadian Tuxedo 

John and I Barack'd our votes this morning! 

Ya know what they say: Couples that vote together, 

stay together;)

Keep hashtagging your "I Voted" pictures and 

I'll keep putting them up! #keepcalmandvote2012

miracles DO happen

As soon as I walked into work I decided I hated my wardrobe choice. too short. too clingy. too green. 

Then a miracle happend. Halie, my friend from college, texted me and asked if she could still send me her "guest blog" post even though I was back from vacation....

2 words: YES. PLEASE.

So without further ado .. please meet Halie from Penguins, Pasta and Polka Dots! 

 

Hello Hook & Stylit Readers!

 

This is my first attempt at any sort of a "fashion blog," and to be honest, I'm a little nervous about it! I wouldn't necessarily consider myself fashionable, however I do think I at least have an eye for a cute-ish wardrobe!

 

Dress: Target

Sandals: Target (not pictured)

This is my favorite dress right now. I got it about two months ago as a pat-on-the-back sort of purchase for myself after losing over 30 pounds! I decided it was my Easter dress because of the bright yellow color, and all the cute tiny flowers. Since Easter, I've worn it probably five or six times already, and that was just a month and a half ago! So, clearly, I'm getting my money's worth out of it!

 

I love this dress because it is so dang comfortable. (I like being able to wear sleeveless, without having to always wear a strapless bra. I mean come on - those are just not always the best idea for us girls with a larger chest. Am I right people?!) But with this dress, no strapless bra necessary. Also, it's super breezy and cool, which is key for the steaming summer weather here in my beloved state of Florida.

 

My favorite part of the dress? The ruffle around the neck line. It's so flowy and bouncy, and it just feels like spring-time-in-a-fabric. It just makes me feel super girly and pretty and I love it :)

 

Oh, and I didn't get my sandals in the picture, but I always wear my flat sandals I recently got as well. They're the "Emeline Braided Flat" in Pewter from Target. I'm a little obsessed with these sandals, and wear them with virtually everything. In fact, I love them so much, I'm also going to get some in black as well!

 

Thanks everyone for reading my version of a blog post about fashion! And Welcome Back Maggie - I'm sure your readers are glad they don't have to read any more of my ramblings :)