Happy Summer Everyone!

Hey guys! I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far! Mine has definitely been busy, but it hasn't lacked in fun! 

I went on a road trip adventure with my friends, went on a sisterhood retreat with my music fraternity, had my 22nd birthday, worked lots (& even got a promotion!), and had a great 4th of July! 

Classes are gonna start back for the school districts in a few weeks which will give me a couple weeks before college classes start back up to do some last minute shopping without rushes! My cousin is joining me at KSU this semester & I'm super excited to show him around and get him to fall in love with the school like I have. 

I'm also gonna try to post weekly (I know I said that before, serious this time!) so if you have requests of posts you'd like to see, comment below! Tomorrow when I get home from work I'm gonna try to do a What's in my Purse with my Kavu bag I got for my birthday so I'll film the video and make the blog post and hopefully have that up by the weekend! I'll also be doing a What's in my Backpack for back to school and maybe a Back to School haul as well. I'm gonna try to get back into doing monthly favorite videos/posts too so be on the lookout for those as well as a possible OOTW for the first week of classes! 

Stick around because there's plenty of content to come your way! (I promise!) 

Have a lovely week everyone,

tyleralesia ❤️

LONG TIME NO TALK

OMG, It has been over a YEAR since my last blog post! That's crazy! 

Granted, my life hasn't really been anything to blog about and I haven't had time between school, work, and sorority to sit down and review anything or do a favorites post or anything, but I'm going to try and do at least 1 post a month for the rest of the year!

My classes are getting harder going into my fourth year of college, so hopefully I can find some time to sit down and write a blog post!

P.S- My Pura Vida code changed if anyone wants 20% off their order! (TYLERSTOREY20)

Hopefully I can do a post next month about my sorority's recruitment and being on the outside of all the planning (I'm LOA this semester to not stress me out with my course load) and tell you all about the awesome new girls we'll be gaining!

So, keep checking back and I promise to not be MIA!

Have a wonderful week!

♥♥ tyleralesia

First day of Junior year of college!

Hello everyone! Today was my first day of my junior year at Kennesaw State and I had a pretty amazing day! I only had two classes today (8am and 9:30am) so I was done at about 10:30 since our professor let us out early! 

I had my Police in America class for my Criminal Justice minor and my Communications class which is a Gen Ed class. I love my professor for my P.I.A class because I've had him for two other classes and he's absolutely amazing. I also love my professor for my Comm class because she's hilarious and plays music before class! 

I'm super excited for tomorrow; I've got Biology, History since 1877, and Chorale! Then, my Bio lab starts next Wednesday and I'll have that every Wednesday until the end of the semester. 

So far, I've got my friend Meredith in 3 of my classes, my sorority sister Virginia in my history class, and my Big in my Biology class!

I've also got a busy semester with my sorority full of sisterhood, service projects, and tons of new activities with the new pledges we'll be getting this semester! I can't wait for my little to get her own little and experience all the fun that is Big/Little week and Reveal! 

I'll try and update as the semester goes on but, unfortunately, I can't make any promises! 

Have a great week guys! 

♥♥ tyleralesia

Back to School!

Hey everyone! 

I recently started back up at college for my spring semester! This semester is gonna KICK MY BUTT! I've got some pretty hard classes going on so I probably won't be on as much as I'll also have work and sorority stuff to do! 

Here's my schedule for this semester!

• MWF: Gen Chem 2, 9-9:50 am
• MWF: Calc 2, 11-12:10 pm
• MW: World Lit, 3:30-4:45 pm
• T/TR: Criminal Investigations, 12:30-1:45 pm
• T/TR: Chorale, 2-3:15 pm
• Thursday only: Gen Chem 2 Lab, 5-7:45 pm

So yeah! As you can see, it's getting a little harder since I'm getting more into my classes for my major (Forensic Chemistry) so I'm probably not going to be on here much this semester and for that I do apologize! 

Hope you all have a good week! 

♥♥ tyleralesia

Mini Haul!

Hey everyone! So yesterday I went shopping with my mom to get some new clothes for me. We went to Charming Charlie (although, I had just gotten off work so I didn't really go so much as my mom came to me!), Delia's (since they're going out of business and their clothes are on sale!), Hot Topic and the Disney Store. This is gonna be my mini haul post about what I got! 

Stars and Style Cardigan- Charming Charlie// Floral crop top,
bow back crop top, Skylar High Rise Skinny Jeans- Delia's

Elsa plush- Disney Store

Frozen Fair Isle Dress- Hot Topic

So that's my mini haul! There are links to things I could find so you can get them too if you'd like! I'll probably be back either this weekend or next week with a couple more posts! I go back to classes on Wednesday and I have sorority retreat this weekend as well! 

Have a good week everyone! 

♥♥ tyleralesia

Sophomore year of College!

So, today (August 18th) I started my second year of college! I was super nervous but I'm actually really looking forward to what this semester has in store for me! (Although I am still nervous about ALL the work...)

Here's a peek at my school schedule! 

Calculus MWF from 11-12:10
Criminal Procedures MW from 12:30-1:45
General Chemistry MWF from 3-3:50
English 1102 (It's like the second English class, you take 1101 first) T/Thurs from 8-9:15 am
Chem Lab on Tuesdays from 11-1:45
Chorale T/Thurs from 2-3:15 

Then I've got sorority and work on top of all of that! AHHHHH.

I'm also working on an outfit of the week video for this week with all of my outfits for this week at school! That should be up sometime over the weekend!

Hope you all are having a great week and, if you're in school, an awesome school year so far! 

♥♥ tyleralesia

Back To School Haul video? :)

So, I have a couple free days before I go on sorority retreat then head back to college! I was wondering if you lovely people would like to see a back to school haul video? It would be a collective haul over the past few weeks! 

I'll probably film one regardless, but I thought I'd ask! 

♥♥ tyleralesia

I'm a horrible procrastinator...

But I've been super busy with work so... I think it's okay! I did not do a June favorites because I COMPLETELY forgot about it! 

I will, however, be doing a July favorites and also probably a back to school haul sometime at the end of August and also a post about my sorority retreat coming up soon as well! And maybe a post about my mom's birthday party my sister and I are planning! 

Sorry! I promise I haven't forgotten about you guys! 

♥ tyleralesia

Fall 2013 Sorority Recruitment!

Hey everyone! I'm going to share with you my recruitment experience! 

I've wanted to join a sorority for a while. I knew that the regular Panhellenic recruitment cost money to register and I didn't have the money for that, and that made me a little sad. Then, one day during the first week of college, they had a little event on the green with a bunch of booths set up. There was one for a sorority and I instantly noticed it. My friends and I walked around a little bit first, and while we were waiting in line to spin a prize wheel at a booth, a girl came up to us from the sorority booth and started talking to us about her sorority. The sorority was Omega Phi Alpha, and it is a national service sorority. That means, while doing normal sorority things, one of their main things is doing service to the community and the world. She handed us a card for recruitment and left. I knew this was something I wanted to do. 

Recruitment was 3 nights, and it started on September 3rd. The first night we got a number, filled out a questionnaire, and got a name tag. We went into the room and sat down at tables. The theme for their recruitment was Disney so there was pink, purple, princesses, and crowns. It was so cute. They dismissed us by tables to go get food, which was veggies, fruit, cucumber sandwiches, cake pops and other little snacks, and drinks. We sat down and ate and some of the actives would come around and talk to us. Soon, it was time to go over the general information about the sorority. After that, the actives would rotate tables and talk to us. Soon, it was time to go. 

The second night started off the same way. Girls who weren't there the first night did what they needed, we got name tags, and went inside. Tonight, I had 3 friends with me that couldn't make it the first night. That night, they had an ice cream bar set up for us! It was so yummy and amazing! Then, they went over the information some of the girls missed from the first night, and explained why we had paper, stickers, markers, and crayons on our tables. They first showed us a video about Bert's Big Adventure. Bert's Big Adventure is something Q100 radio station in Atlanta does where they take terminally ill children and their families to Disney World for 5 days. It was so heartwarming to see all these children smile and have fun. They then told us we were going to make buttons for the children and write them letters. It was so much fun and it was nice to make something that was going to make these children smile. After we did that, we played a game where one person started and said their name and something they liked or that they may have in common with someone else. Then, the first person that has that in common and gets to that person first, links arms with them and says their name and something else they may have in common with others and it continues on until everyone has linked arms. It was fun and silly and a great way to learn a bit from everyone. After that, it was time to go. I couldn't wait for the last night.

Last night of recruitment came and I was so excited. My friends and I got there, got name tags, a little piece of paper with a number on it and went inside the room. They had cake and pizza for us and we sat down and ate. After we were done, they talked about what the numbers we got were for. The girls with the odd numbers were going to play games first with some of the actives and the girls with the even numbers stayed in the room. One of my friends and I had odd numbers while our other two friends had even numbers. We went out into the big hallway in the student center and started a game that involved us getting into a circle and passing around a red ball with questions. When you caught the ball, you answered the question your right thumb was over. It was fun to hear all the different questions and people's answers. Once that game was over, we played a big game of Never Have I Ever, but with a twist. One person was in the middle and said their Never Have I Ever. Once they did, if you HAVE done the thing they haven't, you had to find a new spot in the circle. It was like the circle version of musical chairs where one person always didn't have a spot. It was super fun! Then, it was time to switch places with the even numbered girls. We went back into the room and sat down in chairs across from some of the actives and alumnae. We had 5 minutes with one and they asked us questions. Once the 5 minutes was up, you moved to the left to a new girl who had different questions. Since I'm a little shy, that was a little difficult for me; but once I talked to a couple girls, I was a little more confident. We got through maybe 6 girls and then it was time to go. They told us they would email us Friday morning (today) to know if we had a bid. 

Today, I woke up for class and anxiously awaited an email, along with my other friends. After waiting until about 12:30, I didn't think I got a bid. Then, while on my phone and making my lunch, I happened to see the banner notification for my email at the top of my phone. I opened the email and was so happy, I GOT A BID! I am so happy! 

Bid Day is tomorrow (Sept. 7th) and the formal pinning ceremony is this Sunday. Sadly, one of my 3 friends didn't get a bid. But hopefully, she'll rush next year and one of us can be her big! I am so excited for this opportunity and for this new chapter in my life. (Haha, chapter. Sororities have chapters. I made a joke!) 

If anyone is thinking of rushing, I also didn't rush Panhellenic because the ones at my college, the girls are stuck up and rich. I'm sorry, that shouldn't matter in a sorority. They're for meeting new friends that aren't like you, not just a popularity contest. Also, I heard it was really overwhelming cause there are SO many people! But, if that's your thing, I'm not judging. I personally like this sorority because I don't feel like I can't be myself with these girls and they don't care where you live or how much money you have or anything like that. 

Omega Phi Alpha is my new home and I seriously could not be happier! I cannot wait for Bid Day, the pinning ceremony, and I definitely can't wait to get my Big! I know I'm going to be so thankful for her and I cannot wait! 

Well, that's my sorority recruitment experience! I hope you guys read this and are inspired to join a sorority or look up info on this one and maybe join our OPhiA family! I'll add posts about Bid Day and the pinning ceremony probably Sunday afternoon/night! 

Have a lovely day! 
tyleralesia ♥♥

Back To School Haul- College Edition!

Hi everyone! This is my back to school haul, college edition! I haven't bought a lot of stuff cause I'm living at home for college since it's about 10 minutes away from my house. So, this is just some clothes, my supplies, and my backpack! Some prices are shown only because I remembered them off the top of my head! 

**If I showed you everything I bought over the summer and said I bought it for 'back to school', we'd be here forever. So, this is just what I've bought this past weekend!**

Skull, Cross, and rhinestone quarter length pullover, $3.99 on sale at Charlotte Russe

Bic Pencils, Ticonderoga erasers, and Papermate gel pens- Office Max

Sharpie highlighters and Avery glue sticks- Office Max

Tissue packs, $1 each- Office Max

Office Max 1 1/2 inch binder and Avery dividers- Office Max

Mustache folder and 5 subject Five Star notebook- Office Max

Victoria's Secret Pink backpack, $44.50

Merona hoodie on sale at target for $5.98

Dinner plate and cereal bowl- Target (I thought they were cute!)

So, I just remembered, I also bought Disney Princess band-aids, but they are not pictured! That's my back to school haul! I hope you enjoyed and I hope, if you're starting 6th grade, 9th grade, Senior year, or college like me, I hope you have a wonderful first day of school and an AWESOME school year! 

♥ tyler alesia