HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

{Hope you're having a splendid holiday with those you love!!!}

xoxo, Amb.

I'll Be Home for Christmas :)

I am home! Home sweet home! Where the heart is! I can't think of anymore cliches about home, but thats where I am! Yay!!! I've literally done almost nothing but relaxing since I've been here, and its been awesome! I've also not left my house in two days. Like not even in the yard. I should probably get out, but I've got nowhere to go! In the city I can just hop on the train and get anywhere I want within an hour. Here, I have no license and no car, so I go nowhere! That needs to change. This past weekend I got to reunite with some great friends though at our church's annual Christmas Banquet! It was super fun! Here's a few pics from the fun night!

{This is me and my dear friend Andrea, she's ALWAYS got her camera. All the pics on this post are stolen from her facebook!}

{This is my best friend in the ENTIRE world. She's been complaining that she hasn't been featured on my blog yet. Happy now Cass?}

{Me and the roomie! We both live in central Mass}

I hope you're all enjoying the holiday season! Talk to you soon!

xoxo Amber

Saturday Morning... Wait, Afternoon?

Saturdays are my favorite kind of day. Seriously, there's nothing better than sleeping in, actually eating breakfast, and gettin in some extra time with God in the morning :) Except after all of that happens, its already the afternoon! What the day's halfway over? Well, whatever. I don't care, it was worth it! Today's schedule consists of homework, cleaning, baking and picking up my paycheck (woo!) It SOUNDS boring, but I can't think of a better way to spend this day! Have a great Saturday!

{Crazy hair, and yummy tea... Yup, good day!}

Finally Friday!

Despite the relaxing and amazing break I had last weekend, this week has been long, hard and stressful :( As finals approach, its becoming crunch time in most of my classes, and when I say "crunch time" I mean that I feel like I am being crushed by the pressure of all this work! But its all good again because it's FRIDAY! Here's five things that have been helping me get through the week!

1) I've basically been repeating Philippians 4:4-7 over and over again in my head for the past few days. 

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." 

God is so good, I need to rejoice in him whether everything is super duper, or if I'm failing all my classes and completely broke. Amen.

2) Michael Bublé's Christmas album. Nuff said.

3) I GOT SOME BOOTS! Finally! My roommates friend was getting rid of them because they were too big for her and I got these Ralph Lauren babies for a measly 25 bucks! I have preceded to wear them every single day since purchasing.

4) Tonight our campus ministry had a girl's devotional and the the lovely Mrs. Lombardi from our church came and spoke to all us girls about being healthy. It was so stinking convicting. I mean, my mom is a dietitian, and healthy living has been drilled into me (in a loving way, thanks mamma!) since birth, but since moving to Philadelphia my diet and exercise habits have been not good (okay, nonexistent) I pretty much only eat oatmeal and granola bars and drink coffee from Starbucks. So... yeah. But she talked about how our relationship with food reflects our relationship with God, and I decided its time for some healthy living! Wish me luck!

5) Speaking of healthy living, IT IS FINALLY THE CHRISTMAS SEASON!!!! And I cannot wait to make my famous Christmas Sugar cookies!!! My aunt Polly bought me these awesome cookie cutters from Ikea this past weekend! I LOVE them! 

{Sorry for my semi-psychotic look in this pic. I just LOVE Christmas cookies!}

So thats all for now! Hopefully I'll get around to writing about my Thanksgiving festivities soon! Stay tuned!

Love, Amb.

Five Things Friday!

One of my favorite bloggers has a weekly tradition of blogging about five random things she's encountered that she'd like to share. Sometimes there is a theme, other times it's just random stuff! Well, guess what I'm doing? Yep, the SAME EXACT THING! I'll do it for a couple weeks and see how I like it. Also she always has pictures with her "things" but I'm not sure I could swing that. Especially with number one on this week's fave five! For now, ENJOY!

1) I wish I could post a picture, but it'd be EXTREMELY awkward. Anyway... number 1 today is the guy who works at Starbucks on campus. He is literally my favorite person. So loud. So flamboyant. So funny. He knows me too. Everyday he tells me to order something new. Yesterday, in honor of "thirsty thursday" he told everyone that instead of drinking alcohol, they should all get venti sized drinks! He's my fav. I think if he didn't make my coffee we'd be best friends. (Not that we're not best friends BECAUSE he makes my coffee, but if we had met any other way, we would be best friends. Does that make sense?)

2) Speaking of Starbucks, number two today is the drink that I got. Recently I've been caught up in the craze of all these new fancy (and delicious) holiday drinks, but today I decided to take it back to the basics and get a plain old vanilla latte. Let me just say, the classics are classics for a reason.

{Look at that foamy goodness!}

3) My dog Scout is probably the greatest living being on the face of this planet. Today I'm missing her a lot! I get to see her in five days. I cannot wait!

{She loves me too!}

{Look at that cutie!}

4) This blogger is one of my new favorites! She loves all the things that I love! And her thrifting posts are so inspirational! I just wanna thrift all the time! Oh, and she has some really great book suggestions! Love her!

5) This week I've fallen in love with J.CREW. Its beautiful, and classy, and fun! My goal is to recreate the J.CREW look spending the least amount of money I possibly can! Wish me luck!

Ps. Can we just pretend that I posted this on Friday instead of Monday? kthanksbye :)

-Amb

Out-a-Towners...

I must say, this past weekend was GLORIOUS. Like, not kidding. It was superb. My sister came to Philly to visit! We went shopping, and ate out, and spent time together, and it was just a fabulous time! The day after Molls made her journey down here a few people from Boston came on down to celebrate my roommate's 21st birthday! We had a Roarin' 20's themed party and danced the night away! Unfortunately we roared a bit too loud, and I received a visit from the police yesterday afternoon to give us advice on how to more respectful of our neighbors! Woops! I guess we'll know better for next time!

For now, here's some pics of the weekend!

-Amb :)

I Don't Know What I Want.

I'm in college. I'm supposedly working toward a degree. This degree should be helping me toward getting a job. This job should be helping me pay off college. Which I am only attending so I can get a job. Its a vicious circle. The only problem now is that I don't know what I want to do! I don't know what to major in. I don't know what I will do with a degree. I don't know what sort of job I want! Why am I even in college if I don't even know these things! Thats the question that has been plaguing me for the past few months. I feel like I am wasting my time at school, when all I want to do with my life is be a disciple, read books and blogs, and shop! It doesn't make any sense. As cliche as it may sound, I feel like my life anthem should be "A Place in This World" by the one and only Taylor Swift. She speaks to my heart <3 But for reals, if you have any suggestions on what I should do could you help a sister out? Cause I'm kind of freaking out.

-Amb

ps. I found this pic on pinterest. Dont hate!