5 ON FRIDAY | 5 THINGS ABOUT ME

I was tagged on Instagram by Ashley to share 5 things about me so I thought I would share here, too!

This one is sadly very true. I have always dreamed of going one day, but the past year or two I have really wanted to go. I have a Pinterest board here of all things Disney and I've been watching a ton of Disney vloggers recently. The Disney World fever is pretty high right now. 

I was never 100% sure of what I wanted to do when I "grew up". I was always so jealous of those people who knew, without a doubt, what they wanted to do. Matthew came out of the womb knowing that he wanted to be an accountant and I love that, but I never felt that way about any career choice. Growing up I mostly wanted to be a teacher and at one point I thought nursing would be something that I was interested in, as I love helping and take care of people. That dream was very short lived as I quickly realized that the sight of blood made me pass out. 

This one is 100% accurate.

It doesn't matter how late I stay up, I am usually wide awake at 6:00am. If I do not have to get up and be somewhere, I usually lay there until around 7:00, but if I lay in the bed any later than 7:00 or 8:00 it makes me feel sluggish and bad all day and I usually end up with a horrible headache. So most of the time I am up and out of bed by 7:30am, at the latest. I feel like this will be good once babies are in the picture. 

Last one, I've mentioned it on here before, but Matthew and I played on the same coach pitch little league team.

Picture from 2010

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5 ON FRIDAY | 5 THINGS ABOUT ME

ABC'S

I have been seeing these ABC posts floating around the blogging world recently, so I thought I would join in on the fun! Here are the ABC's of my life, currently!

A – Age: 23

B – Birthday: September 11th

C - Color: blue (my favorite color changes all the time)

D – Drink: I love a good cherry-vanilla coke from Sonic

(Most girls get Starbucks on their wedding day, we had Sonic drinks)

E – Eyes: brown

F – Flashback: our wedding (any excuse for a wedding picture!)

G – Gent: my sweet husband of 8 months and 4 days :)

H – Hobby: calligraphy, blogging, baking/cooking

(Follow me on Snap Chat to see all my cooking/baking fun: shelbycoats)

I – Indulgence: white chocolate/coke

J – Job: administrative assistant/office manager

K – Kids: someday!

L – Loves: God, my husband, our family, our friends, our church, our new town, our new home, early mornings, Sunday afternoon naps, nail polish, warm weather, date nights, hosting/planning events at our place, crafting, decorating, patio dinners, the beach!

M – Music: I listen a little bit of everything, and I have a playlist for just about everything. Some of my playlists on Spotify include: Getting ready for the day, Work Day, Cleaning the house, Cooking in the kitchen, monthly playlists, etc. I'm usually always listening to music lol.

N – Nickname: Matthew calls me "Shel", my youngest sister, Macy, calls me "Shelly" (she's the only one who calls me that lol) and the rest of my friends call me "shelbs" 

O – One Wish: That someone would come in and do all of our house projects for us within the next 2 weeks...for free! LOL now that would be a dream, I tell ya ;)

P – Pets: not yet, but hopefully we'll get a dog at some point. Still not sure if it will be this year or next.

Q – Quote: 

R – Residence: Good ole' Tennessee :) 

S – Siblings: 3 sisters, 2 brothers-in-law, 1 sister-in-law

(My sisters in the top two pictures, my SIL in bottom left, and my BIL's in the bottom right)

T – Temperature: it is definitely spring here in Tennessee- cool in the mornings and warmer during the day!

U – University: I married into a Mississippi State family, so I better say Hail State ;)

V – Vehicle: Nissan Altima 

W – Worst Habit: picking at my nails. This gets on Matthew's last nerve lol but I am actually getting out of that habit, finally!

X – X-Rays: only on my teeth at the dentist :)

Y – Yuck: mouth noises. I absolutely hate hearing people chew or swallow.

Z – Zoo animal: Elephants

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10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ME

I have a few new friends around here so I thought I would do a fun little post about some things y'all might not know about me. So here are 10 things most people don't know about me!

My favorite date, my favorite necklace, and my favorite dress‪. 

1 | I hate when my feet get cold. 

I usually wear two pair of socks with my boots in the winter just so my feet don't get cold.

2 | I lived in the house I was brought home to from the hospital for 21 years, until I moved to Cookeville. My family still lives there, and it always makes me so happy to go back "home". I know we are married now and have our own place that we call home, but I think Matthew and I will always call our parents home, home. 

3 | I always have to have a candle burning when we are home. They are just so relaxing and can put me at ease in seconds. Matthew has caught on to this very quickly and when he gets home before I do he usually lights a candle right before I get home...melts my heart every single time. 

4 | I absolutely HAVE to set two alarms every single morning. I sit a "warning alarm" as I like to call it, 10 minutes before I really have to get up. So if we have to get up at 6:00 am then I set my alarm for 5:50 am. I hate getting straight out of bed as soon as my alarm goes off so that 10 minutes lets me ease into it lol. #diva I know.

5 | I am not a coffee drinker. At all. I have tried and tried to make myself like it, but I just don't think it's going to happen. I'm not too sad about it, I don't have to worry about it staining my teeth! If you ever see me with a cute coffee mug, it probably will have apple cider in it or hot chocolate. Those two I can drink all day long. 

6 | My title at work is Administrative Assistant but more and more people are starting to call me Boss....and I'm not stopping them #youcancallmequeenbee

Just kidding, of course, but seriously. 

7 | I probably spend about 1.5+ hours a day looking houses for sale online. Zillow, Redfin, Movoto, and Trulia can be found in my History every.single.day.

8 | I can't sleep on a pillow, but I have to have a pillow with me when I sleep. Matthew thinks I am the craziest person, ever, but it's true. I have the flattest pillow that is probably 20 years old and I lay my head on it until it's time for me to go to sleep and then I put it up against my headboard and throughout the middle of the night I will pull it down in my sleep and lay on it for a little bit at a time. I usually never wake up sleeping on it though. Matthew didn't believe me when I told him I did this until we got married and he saw me moving it in my sleep lol.

9 | I used to hate not having plans for the weekend growing up. I remember being in high school and if we didn't go somewhere or have plans for the weekend I thought my life was over. I would beg my parents to just go grocery shopping or driving around in town so I could get out of the house and actually have something to do. Now, I feel like it's the exact opposite. A weekend with no plans? Sounds like the best thing ever. Not leaving the apartment all day? YES, please! I could get so much done if I didn't have to leave. I told Matthew the other day, I think we are actually becoming grown-ups lol. Sure we have big boy and big girls jobs, big boy and big girl bills to definitely make us feel like grown-ups, but the thought of having absolutely no plans makes me extremely happy.

10 | Apparently I am a violent sleeper...about a month after we were married I kneed Matthew so hard in his side while I was asleep that I dislocated one of his ribs and he had to go to the chiropractor for a few weeks. #wifeoftheyear

I honestly had no idea I even did it and every since then I have been so self conscious about it that if I am moving my knee up in the middle of the night I wake up and immediately put it back down so I don't knee him again. #newlyweds

And because I just love this picture from yesterday's post!

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10 guilty pleasures

1. Reading, updating and creeping on social media sites. Instagram is my favorite and I am constantly checking it and I love posting on there. Some of my family jokes with me that they don't have to even ask what I have been up to they can just check my Instagram haha but I don't really care I enjoy it!!   So if you love them as much as I do feel free to follow along :)

Instagram // Twitter // Facebook // Pinterest   2. Taco Bell Some people think it's gross but Matthew and I love us some Taco Bell!! We usually don't go too long without stopping by and grabbing lunch or dinner and it doesn't help that there is one right by his apartment!!!!   3. Coke This one and #2 are an unhealthy obsession I know and I have cut back on cokes A LOT compared to what I used to drink. I am hoping to cut them out completely...soon...maybe starting in January??   4. Real Housewives of Orange County I don't know what it is about that show but I just love me some Gretchen, Vicki and Tamra drama!!!!

    5. Nails This has recently started happening. I used to have an awful habit of biting my nails to where they were so short they would bleed. I wouldn't even realize it until I saw blood. Not only is it ugly to have nails like that but that is SO many germs. I get sick to my stomach thinking about it now. I have became obsessed with painting my nails and trying out new designs. As much as I love having my nails done professionally I didn't like paying $15 every two weeks when I can do it myself at work & it helps pass the time.   6. E.L.F makeup I can't go into Target without going to look at the E.L.F makeup section before I leave. First off it is cheap and I'm talking super cheap as in almost everything is $1. I think the most I have ever paid for an E.L.F product was $6 and it will last me awhile. Second, it works!! I love the coverage I get from my E.L.F foundation and it lasts throughout the day. I am OBSESSED with all their stuff and I love trying out new E.L.F products!  

 

  7. Target speaking of Target...I am already having withdrawals. For the life of me I can't figure out why there isn't one in Cookeville, I mean y'all this is a COLLEGE TOWN. Do they not know who much business they would make off all of us college kids?? Target needs to step up their game and come to Cookeville!! Their dollar section gets me every single time and that is where I got all my fall/Halloween decorations for the apartment. I made a trip there this past weekend while I was home and got a bunch of cute Christmas decorations (and E.L.F makeup, ha!)

    8. Pinterest I don't really feel as if I need to say anything about this one.   9. Lotions Especially from Bath and Body Works or Victoria Secret. If you are not following BBW on Facebook then you need to. Every couple of weeks they will post a coupon for any FREE 3oz bottle of lotion. I know it's the smallest bottle they have there but if you like to carry lotion around in your purse like I do then you can't beat this and did I mention it's F-R-E-E and no purchase necessary y'all! I walk my happy butt in there get the one I want take it to the cashier and shoe her the coupon and I'm on my way. So Simple and free :)   10. Shoes One of the best things I have learned to do is buy things at the end of the season when it is on clearance for the next year. This past September, Target was clearancing all their summer shoes/sandals. Guess who got 2 pair of wedged heels and a pair of sandals for next spring/summer $20? THIS girl did. Oh and the original price on one of those pair of wedged heels was $32 :)   What are some of your guilty pleasures? 

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