Back again by popular demand {Tom Blog}

Hello again, its me Tom..

Back again by popular demand for a special blog to celebrate 25 days before my arrival :)

It feels a little strange that my arrival is something that needs to be celebrated

People aren't usually this excited to see me haha ;)

But then again these aren't normal circumstances..

Its been 199 days (nearly 200!!) since I first spoke to Emily way back in November

And I have to wait a further 25 to meet her...

Its going to be some first date ;-)

Ok, so i've heard people want to know a little more about me.

I'm 22, I'll be 23 on June 7th, so I'm just a little older than Emily.

I have two jobs, I sell concert tickets for an arena here in the city and I'm a files clerk.

Both sound more exciting than they actually are, 

well...files clerk doesn't even sound exciting.

I have a degree in history and politics although you probably 

wouldn't think so I can be a bit of a divvy.

I have travelled a little, but I've never been to the US 

and I'm pretty excited to be going to Texas.

The sun is kind of a myth in the UK, we think its there but no ones quite sure 

so I'm excited to be getting some sun while I'm there.

I don't know too much about Texas but I'm excited to find out what its all about.

Emily’s already told me some pretty interesting stuff.

I was surprised to find Emily's dad isn't an oil tycoon, 
they don’t live on a ranch and they don’t even have a single horse!!

Also as you know we have an amazing trip to California planned.

I’m excited about all the amazing stuff we'll be doing.

Like seeing Hollywood, exploring Yosemite and lazing at the beach.

Its going to be amazing, we’re pretty talented planners,

I see many more adventures to come for us :)

But the thing I’m most excited about for my trip to Texas, is this girl...

Since I first said hello in November Emily has pretty much taken over my life.

We’re connected one way or another most of the time

But I’m ready to be there now!!

I'm ready for people to see us together 
and understand what this is all about

And finally...

I’m ready to be with the girl thats been driving me crazy for the past 6.5 months!!

Next time you hear from me I should be in Texas.
Thanks for taking the time to read some more about me!

-Tom

Spring/Summer fashion favorites!!

Over the past few weeks i've been an online shopping-aholic.

I can't stop...it's easy, i'm lazy, they e-mail me about sales...& I'm weak!!

I tend to get rid of clothes after a certain season is over.

I'll normally take them to good will or to one of those sell back shops.

That way i can buy new things for the approaching season.

So i've recently done my fair share of online shopping 

to get back some key items for Spring/Summer.

Most of it has been done through J.Crew.

I swear those Chino shorts are just amazing.

I own about 10 pairs of those babies.

I buy them all when they are on sale for around $19.95!

Hollllaaaa!!

{oh dear}

I personally prefer the 5" or the 7" Chino Shorts...

You can find them cheaper at the online J.Crew Factory site.

And i'm excited about a few of the summer dresses i've bought like this one.

It's from Walker Boutique 

I ALSO found this shirt the other day while i was out shopping.

The boutique is called upscale and it's in Ft.Worth 

but they don't have a website or i'd link you to them.

I found quite a few things in there but i came across this top in particular.

I think it's the cutest top in the whole wide world.

It's got a giant bow on the back...and it's floral.

My two favorite things!!!

My 12 year old self is wondering who the heck i am...

I used to live in Nike shorts and t-shirts,

If my mom even tried to come at me with a bow 

i'd probably run out of the house screaming!!

Little Emily is growing up...tear ;)

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Unrelated but important topic:

I'm SO excited to see the growth of this blog over the past few months!

It really is something i enjoy doing so much!

It's a lot of work to blog 5 or 6 days a week, 

but i'm lucky to have something pretty exciting to blog about!!

I just wanted to thank all of you for sticking around with me,

and for always sending encouraging words to me.

This blog world has already blessed me with some wonderful new friends!

So thanks for taking the time to hang out and see what i'm up too.

I really really appreciate it!! :)

ALSO keep an eye out, Tom's post should be up tomorrow!!

Exciting I know ;)

-Emily

Planes, Cars...and Greyhounds???

Yesterday we finalized the trip.

We've officially booked everything there is to book.

We know what we'll be doing each day we're there.

We'll be...

Flying to Cali.

Renting a Car from LA to Yosemite.

Hopping on a Greyhound from San Francisco to Santa Cruz & back again.

Tom and I have both backpacked europe.

He's been to a few different places than I have and vice versa.

He's used to Public Transportation in Liverpool.

And i remember what it feels like, not to have a car.

So not having a car in these bigger cities should be easy peasy.

We've planned it so beautifully.

We're staying within walking distance of Santa Monica Pier.

Then there's public transport to get around LA and to Hollywood.

We'll have the car for Yosemite which means we can go where we want.

Public transportation in San Francisco is looking pretty straight forward.

Getting to Santa Cruz Beach and back will be a breeze!! 

I mean we've done SO well.

I'm looking forward to it so much!!

& i know he is too!! :)

-Emily

Moore, OK!

I hope everyone is taking a few moments or a lot of moments to pray for Oklahoma.

An absolutely devastating storm has taken too many precious lives.

It's so scary living in the south sometimes, and these things happen too often.

I hope everyone stays as safe as possible over the next few weeks as Spring comes to a close.

And keep Moore, OK in your prayers as they wake up in a new world today.

Ask and you shall receive

So i've been asked a few times now when

you'll be seeing another post from Tom.

Well i've talked to him about it and we're hoping

to have another Tom post up by the end of the week

to commemorate there only being 25 days till he's here.

So keep you eyes peeled for that at some point this week.

Well really it should be Friday.

Today we're officially in the 20's in this waiting game.

The 20's is serious. This is like a major planning phase.

Packing will start happening soon along with getting

everything here ready for his arrival.

My amazing parents have always wanted to do some remodeling.

Now that we have a visitor coming it's kind of speeding things along ;)

I would apologize that this blog is basically becoming a countdown.

But i'm thinking you're all just as excited as i am.

I hope so anyways.

Plus lets be real...This has been a Tom blog from the beginning.

And it's bound to stay that way.

So people have craft blogs, lifestyle blogs, baby blogs.

I guess mine is a romantical blog.

Which is so fun!!

I hope you all have a fabulous monday!!

29 days till Tom arrives.

It's crazy exciting!!

-Emily

June 19th

Don't be fooled by the title of this post.

As much as i wish it was June 19th it's still only May 19th.

le sigh...

June 19th is a very special day.

Here's how i expect it to go.

I wake up smiling from ear to ear.

Head down stairs and grab some breakfast.

Go for a run, then shower and get ready for the day.

Do my hair

makeup

put on a nice outfit

get in the car

drive to the airport

and wait...

So by this time it's only going to be like 11:00 A.M.

Tom won't actually land in Texas for another 6 hours...

Ok...so maybe i'll try and stall for a few more hours before stalking the airport.

But i just know i'm going to be SO excited.

I wish i could update everyone with my every thought that day...

OH wait i can...In fact I'll be tweeting like a crazy person.

Twitter handle is "emmatotheloo"

Follow me...shameless plug!

Tweets will probably look something like this.

"la la la Tom's coming today la la la #ohmygoodnes #ohmygoodnessgracious #AHHHHHH" 

Yeeeaaaaa...I'm beyond excited!

Can you tell??? Oh....is it that obvious???

-Emily

Room Revamp {BEDROOM}

I can finally say it feels like home again.

Everything is in its place and it only took me...a week and a half.

Which is a record for me.

Normally i'm not unpacked until August when it's time to pack up again.

Luckily, the next time i pack up will be my last semester of school.

I only have to do this one more time.

It's always really fun for me to redecorate when i come back home for summer.

This time it wasn't as much redecoration as it was just re-arranging.

I love my bedroom.

I have a nice big window, and it's pretty spacious.

I've painted it many colors, some that weren't bad and some that were awful.

It's now a soft gray color, which is perfect.

I'm pretty proud of my room this time around.

It's starting to have a more adult feel which is good.

Normally it's stuck in-between teen and adult, but i think we're starting to cross over.

I've been asked about my chandelier a few times.

It's pretty spectacular for a $99 chandelier.

Yeaaa, you heard me $99.

I had been looking for a cheap chandelier that looks nicer than it is.

I found mine at home depot, not sure if it's still there as i've had mine over a year.

But it's literally my favorite thing about my room.

Well, that and my green antique desk.

Oh and my Hobbs Lobbs Lamp on my green desk.

I found it on the sale aisle, original price $120 and i only paid $40 :)

The giant E on the wall behind it, it's a cardboard letter from Joanns.

I hot glued sparkly ribbon to it in a pattern and voila!!

Couch is a small gray couch from Ikea.

I think it was like $129

It even folds into a bed.

Curtains are burlap from Target.

All furniture was passed down to me in some way.

Headboard is actually a big wall sticker. 

It was a pain to put on but i really like it.

And the pictures above my bed i got from hobbs lobbs.

I actually wrote my first blog on here about them.

You can read that post here 

Basically everything in my room is something i've either bought or been given in the last 10 years.
I've just finally found a way to make it all fit together.

I'm loving this space so much, took a lot of work but i think it's perfect!!

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And now for a totally unrelated comment.
Tomorrow is 1 month until Tom hops on a plane to come see me :)
1 MONTH!
Just yesterday we had well over 100 days to wait.
Now we're almost in the 20's :)
I am SO EXCITED!!!

Hope y'all have a great weekend.

-Emily