Beach Essentials

This time next weekend I will be packing for the beach! I cannot wait to feel the sand between my toes, sun on my skin, and have a good time with good friends. So since I am heading on a vacay soon, I decided I would dedicate a post to the essentials I think every girl needs at the beach. 

1. Beach Bag:we all need a fun beach bag to carry our towels, drinks, and sunscreen in.
2. Floppy Hat: not only is it fashionable, but it also shades your face from harmful rays. This is an absolute must have ladies
3. Sunglasses: lets be honest, we all have a cute pair of sunglass to rock for summer. I really love these because they are my favorite color!
4. Tank: A super cute tank is something we should no only have for the beach but for summer. I particularly love this one because of the stripes. I am a little obsessed with stripes right now.
5. Shorts: shorts are not only a beach essential, but a summer one as well. I love these super cute ones from American Eagle.
6. Wedges: Wedges not only add style to any outfit, but go so well with an outfit for a night out at the beach! 
7. Sandals: Sandals are a such summer necessity, these happen to be some of my favorites. They are not only so cute, but so cheap. Only fifteen bucks from Target!
8. Bathing Suit: If anything is a true beach essential it would have to be a bathing suit. I happen to love how cute and flirty this polka dotted one from Target is.
9. Maxi Dress: Here we are again with stripes! I am a little obsessed. This one is comfortable and light which is perfect to wear at night when walking the beach.

These are my beach essentials. Are there any others you can think of? Most of these beach essentials can be found at Target, click on the links to check them out. Also, this time next weekend get ready for loads of beach pictures. Happy Saturday everyone!

Fourth of July Fun!

The Fourth is one of my favorite holiday's! Cody and I decided to head to good ol Blowing Rock to spend it. Every year Blowing Rock has a big parade, fireworks, and fun festivities to celebrate the holiday. Unfortunately it rained basically the whole entire day so most of those were moved to Saturday when I was no longer there to participate :( Anyways, I took some picture to document the two days there we did spend. And rain or no rain we had a blast!

Happy Fourth! This was us on the actual fourth,we

wanted to be festive in our red, white, and blue! If

you can see in the background, there is rain!

Since all it did was rain we decided to change & head

to a beautiful park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. There 

was a cute little rive there. The water was FREEZING!

After spending the rest of the day exploring the Blue 

Ridge Parkway we lucked out and saw some fireworks

being shot off at Tweetsie Railroad!

Of course on our very last day there the decided to finally 

sun come out,so I decided to actually get ready! My hat & 

necklace from Ross. My shirt and shorts are from Forever 

21.

Before leaving we ended the mini vacay with ice cream 

from one of my favorite places, Kilwins. I got my cone

dipped in red, white, and blue sprinkles!

Driving back we stopped off at a lookout! During most 

of our trip fog was covering the mountains, it was nice 

to actually see them!

Even though it rained for most of our trip, it was nice to get away for a bit. Now its back to work tomorrow! I wish weeks and weekends were switched--two days of work and five days off. Hope everyone had a great Fourth!