Hi everyone! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I can't BELIEVE it's 2022.
After classes and finals wrapped up in December, I had another mono flare-up (of course). My cough got bad again and I just got so sick for a week or two. Still not completely sure what it was, but I decided to take it easy for awhile. By the time I was feeling better, I was beyond busy. Visiting family and friends, last minute shopping/wrapping, and all the Christmas things. I decided to take the rest of the month off from posting, especially because I really felt like I needed a break.
Anyway, I am back now with my first post of the New Year! I loved doing a yearly recap last year so that's what we're going to do today. I have an outfit-themed recap in the works as well, along with a New Year's-y post that I'll hopefully get to posting soon. It's already January 5th?!
JANUARY
January was crazy. Began the year with my New Year's kiss from Andrew. Went on some fun date nights before he had to go back to school. Celebrated both of my parents' 50th birthdays, even having a Louis Vuitton themed dinner for my mom! I ended up getting stuck at home the whole month because of Bucknell's Covid rules. I read a lot of books and made multiple trips to Barnes & Noble. Watched Bridgerton with my mom. Facetimed Andrew a lot and missed him a lot. Did lots of shopping and picked out some birthday gifts (ex my Tory Burch bag!!!). I even took a day trip and visited Olivia at John Carroll! Had lots of family time and cleaned out my room. I went shopping with Andrew's mom and sisters. And before I knew it, classes started. I had to join the first week virtually, but then headed back to school in February!
FEBRUARY
I started online classes for the first week of February! I hated having to miss out on the first week of being back in the classroom. I replicated some super cute bracelets. Got Starbucks. Tried some new recipes. Booked a year-late senior trip for May with my high school friends. Facetimed Andrew more as always. Moved back in at Bucknell and the food was FINALLY much better. It snowed a ton on campus and it was so pretty. My mom visited me for my 19th birthday and we got our nails done. Brenna decorated my bed for me. My friends and I all got dressed up and went out to dinner for my birthday and it was so happy and fun. I wore a crown at the restaurant and everything. It even snowed!! My mom sent me cupcakes and flowers and all kinds of presents and so did Andrew and the rest of my fam. My friends and I started going to the gym consistently and getting salads after every Friday. Andrew sent me yummy brownies and chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine's Day and we had a Zoom date night. We also started doing weekly zoom date nights at some point during spring. Took tons of pictures. My roommate left so I had the room all to myself!! Made a charcuterie board. Walked to a new nail salon we ended up loving. It snowed even more! Had a day off so = photoshoot. Went out with my friends. And worked out all month!
MARCH
In March Brenna and I walked to Dunkin and tried their Avocado toast for the first time. OBSESSED. Did a lot of school. Online shopped. Went bowling! I became unhealthily obsessed with designer items. Stared at the pink Gucci slides online... until my mom surprised me on FaceTime with a pair!!! Talked to Andrew. Worked out and ate lots of good food. Went to Amami with Brenna and Emerson. Went to a spin class. Spent a weekend at King of Prussia with my mom and sisters. It was so much fun. Celebrated St. Patrick's Day with my friends! Spent more weekend nights with friends. Had phone sleepovers with Andrew. Went to our favorite restaurant with a bunch of friends. Kept working out. Went to a Bucknell football game! Sent Eva birthday flowers. And got the CUTEST nails. Came home for Easter and got to see my family!
APRIL Then I got to see Andrew! We went on a date night to Condado's, one of our favorite places, in coincidental matching outfits. Then Olivia and I went to brunch at Floor 2! Spent Easter with my family and Andrew. On Easter night, Andrew and I drove to Lewisburg and he spent a few days at school with me. It was so much fun showing him Bucknell. We even spent his birthday there together in matching fluffy robes! It was such a happy little mini trip. Spent more time out with friends. Kept working out and eating salads and avocado toast. Came home for a quick weekend. The rest of April was pretty boring! Just school. Got a little sick. Started my book club! I read a TON of books in April too.
MAY Spent more Bucknell nights with my girls. Had some final meals at some of our favorite places in Lewisburg. Got ready for Cinco de Mayo... I instead got horribly ill. I had a sinus infection and double ear infection. Spent the remainder of the school days in bed trying to start packing up my room while trying to finish my final papers. It was crazy and difficult because I was probably the sickest I had been in my life at that point and was alone. I eventually even had to spend a night in the Bucknell Covid hotel because the school wanted me to get tested. I was obviously negative, but LOVED my 2 night stay in the hotel!! Finally recovered and had a last dinner with my friends. Packed up my mom's car and came home for the summer! I got to see Andrew! I packed for Ocean City. Hosted book club! Went to Ocean City! Dealt with crappy weather but made the most of our quick trip. Took a lot of photos. Drove super far back. Went to a Lacrosse game with Andrew. Baked with his sisters. And lastly dragged Andrew to the city for Eva to take photos of us.
JUNE
June began with the painting of our summer 2021 table for our summer party. I chose a Mexican theme for the party and my mom even got us all Moe's catered. It took Olivia, Katie, and me like 2 entire days to do this table. Went on a brunch date with Jacob! Had the Mexican party and it was so. much. fun. Spent lots of time with Andrew. I started taking classes online for my real estate license! Went on a fun lunch date with Andrew at another one of our fav restaurants. Went to my cousin's grad party with him too. I made my vodka pasta, homemade queso, and ground beef for the first time! Plus burritos, veggie burgers, and more. Went to the Grandview Saloon with Katie and the Carnegie Art Museum. Went to my cousin's dance recital and played with Amelia. Made some of my fav blog posts. Andrew and I went to the Pirate's game and it was one of my favorite dates with him ever. Worked at my dad's office. I went on a little work road trip with my grandpa and packed for New York! We excitedly left for New Jersey/NYC. We had so much fun there. For more details about New York check out my travel blog! I took so many amazing photos. Came home. Went to Ichiban with Andrew and picked up candy and had a movie night!
JULY Johnny turned 19. Andrew and I went to bamboo for the first time together! I worked on my real estate classes. Andrew and I went to the mall to look at Ray-Bans together too! We bought them for each other as an early anniversary present that we could use the rest of summer. Olivia and I had a night out in Sewickley at one of our favorite spots. Spent the morning of the 4th with Andrew. Then spent the rest of the afternoon at Nemacolin with family. The next day Andrew and I went to another Pirate's game with some of our friends on a double date. I went to Barnes & Noble again. Packed for another fun trip! Went on a girls night with Olivia and Katie in Pittsburgh. Then my mom, sisters, and I went to Marco Island for a girl's trip! It was beautiful there. Got home and worked some more. Made my cute tote bags. Went to Kennywood! Introduced Andrew to Blaze. Celebrated Amelia's 2nd birthday! Then headed to Avalon with Brenna and Emerson!! Spent the rest of July there and had so much fun.
AUGUST
Got home from Avalon and had to unpack and repack. The family headed to Destin! We had lots of fun and ate a LOT of good food. Johnny's girlfriend came and Andrew flew down after a couple days. It was a super fun and relaxing trip. Andrew and I even got a couple's massage!! We also went to a waterpark there and a cute outdoor mall. And we paddleboarded! Andrew and I even got to have a little date night together. Our flight got cancelled on the way home and we basically got stranded. We drove to Alabama at 2am with 8 people in the car and 8 suitcases. Nobody could even move. Then from Alabama, we flew to Washington DC. From there, we had a giant 12 passenger van we drove back to Pittsburgh! I spent my last days at home relaxing and babysitting. Andrew and I had our last date nights and said our goodbyes for the summer. I started decorating for my new dorm room. Before I knew it, I was back at Bucknell! Brenna, Emerson, and I got to finally move into our nice new suite! We are so in love with it. It's gorgeous too. We got to have our little initiation and candle-light thing that we didn't get to have our freshman year. Our first day of sophomore year came and went! Andrew and I were back to Facetiming. We saw ASAP Ferg and 2 Friends preform at Bucknell! Got Grams again! And then August was over!
SEPTEMBER
We took a day trip to King of Prussia! It was so much fun and we got the cutest photos. We had the YUMMIEST lunch at an Italian restaurant there called North. School picked up a little. Going to classes in person was definitely an adjustment but super exciting at first! One of my hate comments on a Bachelor in Paradise cast member's posts got 200 likes so I was basically famous for a night. I got super cute nails. Missed Andrew a lot. My mom visited for a day. Did lots of homework. Online shopped. Got my eyes checked and had to get glasses! Which was super exciting. Ended up coming home for parent's weekend. Dean broke down in the parking lot so my mom had to come pick me up. Went to this cute coffee truck in my grandma's neighborhood with everyone. Went shopping and got my sparkle boots! Went to Abercrombie and got a ton of good stuff. Took Johnny's senior photos. I headed back to school and did lots of work. Put together cute outfits and blog posts. Ate Panera. Got my snake boots! And got used to wearing my glasses. Went to Super with my friends! Did more school. Decorated for Halloween... way too early lol. Celebrated mine and Andrew's anniversary❤️. And started packing for an exciting trip!
OCTOBER
I started October off with some errands! Was getting ready to pack and fly to Arizona to visit Andrew! Got new nails again. I was so excited to visit I couldn't sleep the days leading up to it! Before I knew it he was picking me up at the Tucson airport! I got to see his fraternity and we had a lot of fun. We spent a day by the pool, went to a football game, and even had a fun date night at an adorable restaurant. It was such a fun trip- I loved every second of it. We even had a night where I made my homemade vodka pasta! Then I headed all the way back to Bucknell. School was picking up again. Christmas candles were put out at the mall! Brenna and I began going to Starbucks practically daily. We also tried Wagging Tail! My friends decorated my bed. Ate food. I went to a date party with Emerson! Brenna and I did our coffee testing. Went to a wig party with Emerson! The next day was when I really started to feel like something was up with me. A doctors visit and blood test later, I found out I had mono. Spent almost a week just laying in bed. We started making Hello Fresh boxes for dinner. I made the Real Estate club's first newsletter. I was also elected social media manager! I dressed up for Halloween but didn't really go out because of the mono!
NOVEMBER
I started off November by celebrating the 1 year anniversary of my blog! Brenna and I took some photos downtown. Did lots of school. Got a 101 on an accounting exam and a 99 on the next. Started watching Christmas movies! Online shopped. Made more Hello Fresh meals. Brenna and I went to Target and got Christmas decorations for our suite! I drove home for a weekend since I was still feeling a little tired from the mono. Started wrapping up school. Got super cute nails. Celebrated Brenna's birthday! And then Gemma's birthday! Ate cafsgiving. Froze at super! More school. More Facetime. Spoon club! Went to a date party with Brenna. Got lots of Moe's. Came home for Thanksgiving and did some shopping. Emerson's birthday! Got sick again. Got my cute Steve Madden boots. Went to Oakmont! Made mini pumpkin pies. Thanksgiving!! Black Friday fun IN THE SNOW. I sang Jingle Bells in Vera Bradley. And quite literally shopped til I dropped. Went to Oakmont with my friends. Facetimed Andrew. Olivia's birthday! And headed back to Bucknell for a week!
DECEMBER
Got Christmas nails and lots of Christmas coffee. Wrapped up school. Did 3 important presentations and nailed them all. Surprised Emerson for her birthday. Went to the spoon party! Christmas super and yummy pizza. Did a hilarious downtown photoshoot with Brenna in my divorcee coat. Came home!!! Online shopped. Organized my closet. Got really sick AGAIN. Got VP of spoon club! Also got a summer internship and signed the contract. Spent most of December on the couch trying to feel better. Christmas nails and deep-cleaned Dean. Picked up Andrew from the airport. YAYAYAYAAY. Made Grinch cupcakes. Went to a Steeler game with Andrew! Babysat Amelia and did our makeup on the beach. Andrew and I went to the mall and Wahlburgers. Got brunch with Olivia!! Went to a fun party with Andrew's friends. Saw a light show in our matching onesies. Woke up at 5:30 on Christmas Eve to go to Oakmont. Was stuck in line for 2 hours in a CRAZY crowd. Christmas Eve with my family and Andrew's. Christmas Day with more family. Got amazing gifts. Took pics at the Carnegie Art Museum with Olivia. Cleaned the basement with my sisters. Andrew and I had date night at Condado's. Watched John Fratto make his mountain of rice balls. And wrapped up 2021 with my family and Andrew. ❤️
And that wraps up 2021! I had a great year and got to travel to so many fun places. I did a lot even though I was sick a lot of the time too! 2021 was great but I am ready to make 2022 even better!
PS I am not in the mood to proof-read this post so ignore any typos or spelling errors. Please forgive me.
Thanks so much for reading. Best wishes for everyone starting off this new year! Xo
Bella
Comments