Hey Y'all! Its DECA States Time!

I have returned!!!!! 

I'm sorry I was away last week at my favorite part of high school ever, DECA!  

First off, I'd like to start by saying my experience in DECA has been amazing and by far the best part of high school, it has boosted my confidence and exposed me to something I love, making it my future career!  Before I ramble about my activities, I would like to tell you a little bit about what DECA is and then I'll tell you why I'm so excited!!

Okay, so DECA stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America and its been around for decades. However, DECA is actually a club in high school that competes against other schools in a business-situation competition.  In order to participate in a DECA competition, you can do a combination of things, but for majority of the competitors you take a business cluster exam and you act out a role-play in a sector of business.  The other popular activity is to write an 11 or a 30 page paper about your sector of business that you chose, do an activity involving it, and present it to a judge.

Specifically, for the past few years I've been participating in two events, one being Marketing Communications Team Decision Making.  This event involves taking a marketing cluster exam and prepping and acting out a role-play with a partner.  The other event I've been participating in is the Entrepreneurship Promotion Project, which is a written 30 page paper and a presentation of the paper and activity that I did for it.

This year has been so awesome though because I won at the state competition in both events!!! Which means I'm going to nationals for DECA in Nashville to compete!!!!!  However, my dilemma is that you aren't allowed to compete in both events at the national level, so I had to chose one.

I went with my gut and decided to pursue my paper presentation.  I poured my heart and soul into this paper and I couldn't abandon it.  I placed higher for the paper event rather than the role-play event anyway, so I feel as though I maybe would have a greater chance at scoring pretty well.

But yes, that was where I was last week.  I can't believe its my last states competition, but I'm also so excited for the ICDC competition in Nashville!

my lovely business casual attire 

awards ceremony! 

opening ceremony! 

chapter officers :)

Alright, so now I am done rambling because I'm so excited!!!

Thank you so much, and have a wonderful day! See ya real soon!

Maddie :)

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Organization!

Hello everyone!  I hope you all are having a wonderful Friday!

Today I had to express my gratitude for this wonderful little (actually size large) agenda for keeping my life so organized!  I'm going to show you how I keep this little planner tidy and useful!

Alrighty! So throughout my career as a student, we've been issued agendas each school year to use at our own discretion.  Over the years I can basically say I've gotten the agenda method down to a science!!

First off, my agenda is a Lilly Pulitzer in size large.  Next year I'm gonna be a big college girl (!) so I'm gonna go for the jumbo size!!!  Now, I will begin to explain the process!

My agenda is comprised of 16 months, going from fall of 2015 to December 2016.  Each month begins with a calendar just like this:

Now, on this calendar I first like to write down every birthday for the month so I remember to get gifts/say happy birthday!  I keep these in my phone so I check my phone's calendar each month to copy them down.  Then, I am involved in a  few clubs in my school and I know when the meetings are, so I copy them down, as well as sports and last minute meetings.  I also to highlight when I have a trip, so I can plan accordingly.  All of my events have a designated color, which is fun to look at, but is also extremely useful when glancing at it and planning for things.  

Onto the weeks now!!!

Okay, so after the month page is each week broken down into sections.  In these sections I'll again write down birthdays, trips, meetings, etc.  However, along with that I write down my homework and extra activities.  My color coordination in my days are separate from the calendar one, and comes in super handy when I'm at my locker and grabbing books at the end of the day.  

That's about it!!! (kind of) Short, sweet and to the point!!!

Thank you so much for reading!!!

Thank you so much, and have a wonderful day! See ya real soon!

 Maddie :)

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Snowy Days

Snowy Days by mermaid-maddie featuring a thermal mug

Hello everyone!!! 

I was feeling stripes today, and what better colors than white and navy!  One of my favorite colors is navy so I really enjoyed making this set on Polyvore.  

I plan on wearing a look similar to this on Thursday.

I hope everyone is enjoying their week!

Thank you so much, and have a wonderful day! See ya real soon!

 Maddie :)

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Valentine's Day 2016 Look

Valentine's Day 2016 Look by mermaid-maddie featuring valentines day home decor

Hey everyone!

Today I decided to post a look here on my blog that I created with my Polyvore account!  This look is inspired by a few ideas I've came up with for a casual Valentine's day date!

I personally still have no clue what I'm wearing!  However I am going out to look for an outfit before Sunday, and I'm keeping this look in mind.  I love fur vests, but I struggle finding ways to style it.  So I figured the time of the year and the color red just help enhance the vest in every way!

I hope you all enjoyed my post!

Thank you so much, I hope you have a wonderful day!  See ya real soon!

Maddie :)

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Valentine's Day Gift Ideas!

February is already here!  

I feel like January was a week long, and Christmas was just a few weeks ago!  Now, we're already discussing Valentine's day!!  I'm so excited for Valentine's day this year, I actually get to have a nice date night this year!  I can't wait to spend it with my boyfriend, he's really the most amazing person I've ever met and can't wait to spend every other Valentine's day after this with him!

Since he's so awesome, I needed to come up with a few ideas to celebrate how awesome he really is, I get to shop for him!!!  So today I'm going to share a few ideas about what I want to get him! (disclaimer: Louis if you are reading this I urge you to please stop now!  I wanna surprise you!)

So, I have a general idea of what he might get me, and I want to stay in that budget range for him as well!  I have a few ideas of what to get him, some are practical to his life, some are for our upcoming Disney trip (!!) and some are plain goofy that he would find funny!

Okay, so some practical ideas are sneakers, like these.  Also I was thinking cologne since he suggested that for Christmas, but I can't decide on just one!  A few I like are: 

Burberry Brit Splash

Marc Jacobs Fragrances for men

Ralph Lauren Polo Red

But, I also was thinking about a few shirts for Disney World!  I absolutely LOVE the new Star Wars shirts they have now!!!  As well as a pair of Stance socks since they came out with an awesome Star Wars collection!

Now, lastly I had one goofy but cute thing in mind.  I'm definitely getting him one before Disney so we match, it's a Blankie Tail.  Blankie Tails are mermaid and shark tails that are blankets.  Greatest. Invention. Ever.  I have a mermaid one and I'm slightly obsessed with it.  So that means I have to get Louie one.

http://www.blankietails.com

Okay I'm all done now I promise!!! Thank you so much for reading, I hope this gave you a few ideas if you're stuck! 

Thank you so much, I hope you have a wonderful day! See ya real soon!

Maddie :)