Organized Mess

Breaking Rules
Summers by the Water
Good-bye Town
Love is a Ruthless Game
It seems like every month is just flying by lately. I'm both excited and anxious for October. I'm getting deeper into my classes and everything seems a little bit crazy right now, but at the same time it feels right. In …

If I was ever going to tell you that there is one kind of cookie you HAVE to make. Make these. Please. They are so soft and chewy, the middle has an unexpected burst of caramel that oozes out and the cookie is so sweet and buttery with the chocolate chips and then the sea salt adds a quick salty t…

"Love is a Ruthless game, unless you play it good and right," from State of Grace is quite possibly one of my favorite lyrics from a Taylor Swift song ever (and trust me, I love every line of every song). Derek and I are trying to readjust into this idea that we don't get to see each…

Last week my parents came to visit me in Philly and help me set up a little bit more. In October we will be getting the love seat for the living room, and things will start to feel more home-y! If you follow me on instagram I'm sure you've seen some sneak peeks at the new apartment, but I&…

Looking back at these pictures, I actually feel pretty sad about summer coming to an end. This was about three weeks ago and I can still feel the humidity in the air just by looking at these pictures. I'm one of those few people who love those hot and sticky summer days. Maybe it's because…

Maybe I should start calling this a monthly recipe feature instead of weekly, ha. I've done a fairly poor job at keeping up with this but now that I have my own apartment I'm hoping to do better at this feature! This is a recipe I made about a week or two before I left for school, and that…

As a way to make myself practice photography a little bit more I'm going to have a weekly post called, "Snapshots". Here are a few shots from the weekend. 
The view of Philadelphia from the Art Museum. Fresh flowers for the apartment. More of Philadelphia. Breakfast tacos for brunch …

Top: New York and Company, Shorts: Urban Outfitters, Shoes: Francesca's
As always, the weekend went by much too quickly. Despite how quickly it went, I actually had a wonderful weekend. Derek took the train to Philly to stay the night with me Friday night here at my new apartment. It was such a…