Hello, my name is Megan, and I have no idea what the phrase “slow down” means.
So that means, I am doing too many things at once and I’m a little stressed but also, I’m really enjoying these things (my bank account is not enjoying it too much though...). I decided to give
you a little ‘Life Update’ to share some things I’m doing AND to get your opinion on some things, too! I also have fun news at the bottom of this post that I’m SUPER excited about, so keep your eyes
out!
I’ll start with my Halloween activities that I participated in! I went to 2 parties this year, which was exciting because I haven’t been invited to a Halloween party since junior year of high school
and I LOVE Halloween. The first party I went to, I dressed as a fallen angel, except I kept my wings in the car because I didn’t want to bump into things all night...Here’s me and the party hostess of the night!
The next party I went to was also a lot of fun! I dressed as Daphne from Scooby Doo and my friend (who’s house it was at) was Velma. She was the perfect Velma and everyone on my social media kept saying
how great she looked! Here’s us being cute.
I also got invited to another party ON Halloween but I couldn’t make it because I ended up being sick.
Which I’d like to explain because some people kind of passed it off like it was
a paper cut. Long story short, I’m allergic to pet dander. As it get older, the worse it gets. I was around a dog (that I didn’t touch) for 4 hours without my rescue inhaler. Two days later, I had an emergency
doctor’s visit because I physically couldn’t breathe and I was in so much pain because of it. I was diagnosed with “severe persistent asthma”. The day after that, I went to the ER because my wind pipe
seemed to be getting smaller and I was hurting more. I was given a breathing treatment which gave me a PTSD attack from my past surgeries but my chest stopped hurting at least. I was put on steroids, I couldn’t leave
the house or do much of anything because physical activity made me not breathe so well. I missed 2 days of work and I would like to put in here that my rescue inhaler didn’t work during this time and it was very serious.
That’s all I’ll be sassy about, I promise.
BUT, even though I’m still coughing a bit, my breathing is much better! And after I was getting better, I started a huge project:
RE-DOING MY ROOM!
In 2012, I painted my room dark
blue with a British Flag on the accent wall. It was an England/London themed room. But now that I’m 26 years old, I feel different and I’m kind of over the colors...so I’m doing everything over again! If
you’ve been in my room, you know that I am NOT a minimalist. I have trinkets and pictures all over the walls, and a One Direction shrine on my fold out cheap card table. In other words, I am messy. Very. Here’s
my room before I started:
It’s a pretty small box room and I have it packed. So I started with the mindset of “If I were to move tomorrow, what I bring with me?”
That saying
didn’t really work...but I got rid of a LOT. I mean, why was I keeping an empty One Direction perfume box?! I cleaned off my walls of the posters and frames and got rid of the junky table. Let me tell you, it still has
some boxes full of stuff along the walls, but it’s nice and CLEAN. After doing little things to my walls, like filling in my pinholes with toothpaste (a DIY Spackle life hack), I’m going to paint it all white!
I’m going for white semi-gloss walls, with pink and gold accents.
I purchased a 5 shelf bookcase to get rid of my 4 small bookcases. I also just bought my dream table (that is almost out of stock everywhere;
I had to drive a bit for this).
I will be receiving my new lamp today, too, which I’m excited about because my old lamp is black with a London lampshade. Here’s my beautiful lamp!
NOW, I need opinions. I don’t
know what curtains to get. Here’s the curtain rod I bought:
I’ve never had to deal with curtains before! I want a blush/dusty pink curtain. Should I get black out curtains or those see-through ones?
Keep in mind, I have blinds. And my google searches aren’t thrilling me. Is there a place anyone recommends to go for simple curtains? I’M LOST! Please respond in the comment box below! You can be anonymous too,
I just need any advice!
Other than my room, I just ordered my annual holiday cards and I’m excited to send them! I keep the back blank because I write a note to each person I send it to. It makes it that much more special,
to me.
NOW, my favorite part of this post:
I’M HAVING A GIVEAWAY!
I’ve been teasing it on my social media but I decided to unveil the little box of goodies! When I hit my goal
of 10K views on my blog, I’ll start the giveaway. I have less than 100 views to go and I’m so excited and it means a lot to me.
I decided to make a little self-care package because with the season about
to turn, sometimes we need a little pick me up. Also, not sponsored (obviously), but these are all from Target! Gotta love Target.
A insulated water bottle, a mini jade roller, a silk pillowcase, a 'recipes for self love' book, a bath bomb, and a shampoo that gets rid of build up (which was a random purchase and I like it, so I put it in)!
This giveaway is US only and I WILL be shipping it, so you need to be comfortable with giving your address.
Until next time!!!