Crazy Peasant Costumes, Birthday Dinners and MSG Haunted Skate

Hi Everyone,

I guess I can now officially wish everyone a Happy Halloween now that it's the last day of October, CRAZY!!!!  Here's a recap of my weekend full of birthday dinners, crazy costumes, and of course, MSG Haunted Skate-- an event definitely worth checking out if you decide to come here!

Louie XIV Group Shot

So this past Thursday happened to be my friend Eric's birthday and this past Sunday was one of my roommate Lindsay's birthday too, which meant two yummy birthday dinners out!  Friday was also very busy because my European History study abroad class was filming for our documentary that we're making for a class project.  We were filming in Old Main, the oldest building on campus, and we know we were getting lots of funny looks as people walked by... at least we could all laugh about it!

I also had to work the Haunted Skate on campus.  This is a really popular event that students go to every year that I have fond memories of when I was a freshmen, where everyone dresses up in costumes and gets to iceskate on the hockey rink on campus.  I happened to be working it the entire night so I don't have any cool iceskating pictures, but I will say that I dressed up as a Girl Scout because how could I work the MSG Haunted Skate NOT in costume?!

MSG Haunted Skate- Freshman Year

Here's a picture of Kaleigh (my roommate who I share rooms with this year) and I from Haunted Skate our freshman year and below it is a picture of us from this year... we're even practically in the same pose; I guess some things never change!  Saturday was also very fun.  Our campus hosts "Haunted Hurst," one of the most popular events on campus of the year.  Students from two of the clubs I'm heavily involved in, the Ambassadors Club and MSG, volunteered at this event to be ghosts, to scare people, or to be scary tour guides, but this year I decided to enjoy the event and attend it!

Halloween Junior Year

I attended this event my freshman year and worked it my sophomore year, so I really didn't expect to be thatttttt scared... but let me tell you, I was HORRIFIED!  Two of my roommates and I literally linked arms the entire time and we all screamed so loud-- then again, my roommate's boyfriend and two of my guy friends walking behind us intentionally scaring us didn't help the situation!  After Haunted Hurst, my friends and I all got dressed up for the night, because after all, it IS almost Halloween!!

Hope you guys all enjoyed reading about this year's Halloween as well as the throwback Halloween memories I have from freshman year!  Mercyhurst definitely goes all out with Halloween and we all love celebrating it here... some things, you don't have to outgrow! =)

Open House, Mansions and Vera Bradley Bingo

Hi Everyone!

So this Saturday was definitely very busy and VERY blog-worthy! =)

After a very fun Friday (I went shopping, went laser tagging-- yes, laser tagging, and hung out with friends), I started my Saturday off with a bang.  Mercyhurst was hosting it's first open house of the year.  Open House is a great opportunity to visit the campus, receive tours, and other information about the school for prospective students who are looking to learn more about our fabulous school.  As an Ambassador, my duty was to stand by the very recognizable Mercyhurst rock at 8:15 in the morning (WAY too early for a college student, haha!), and direct families how to get to the performing arts center.

The Watson-Curtze Mansion

On Saturday, I also had a field trip for History of Dress to the Watson-Curtze Mansion, which is a museum about 15 minutes from campus.  Erie has a lot of cool history, so it was unique that we have such a gem so close to campus!  We had an appointment with the costume curator and she showed us all of these 19th and 20th century century dresses, shoes, and accessories. 

Going to a museum on a Saturday afternoon definitely wasn't something that I can say I was especially excited for, however after leaving the museum, I can honestly say I was really glad I went!  Some pieces that really stuck out to me were these one pair of shoes (there was a pair of 20th century alligator shoes, with the heads on the shoes as decorations!) and some 1920's flapper dresses (that I would have LOVED to have taken home with me!).

Saturday evening, my friends and I celebrated our friends' birthday since it fell during Fall Break, and then my friend Andrew and I at the last minute decided to go to Vera Bradley bingo.  Andrew wanted to do some Chirstmas "shopping" for his mom and sisters and I didn't have anything better to do, so figured why not try to win a Vera Bradley?!  This was a fundraising event for one of our sports teams and boy was it a hit!  We met one of my roommates Kaleigh, and some of her friends there, who were also trying to win.  There were 20 rounds and sure enough, Andrew and I both got bingos!!  I couldn't believe it because I never win at bingo (or at any game, really), but tonight was certainly a great night to claim a win.  I'm not gonna lie, I definitely jumped up and screamed "BINGO!" when I won it... but I did manage to contain myself from screaming like some of the other girls =)

It's hard to believe that I'm just weeks away from finishing up the term.  Thanksgiving Break is coming sooner than I realize, which means my trip to London and Paris trip are getting closer and closer... but it also means that end of the year work and finals are even closer!  Here's to a productive next few weeks to come!!

Fall Break

Hi Everybody!

So it's hard to believe that last week at this time, I was just leaving my house to head back to campus after a wonderful Fall Break.  Fall Break was absolutely wonderful and althoug this blog is a little late, I knew that I couldn't not blog about it =)

Let me tell you though, I can honestly say that I was counting the minutes until I could go home on Wednesday!  I had two presentations, one for my Menswear class and one for my Marketing class, and then a quiz in my FSAT class at 4PM!  Luckily, staying up incredibly late on Tuesday night payed off because both presentations I feel went fairly well-- two things down, one to go... the day was going pretty well.  Then, after I got out of my second class, I received a text from one of my roommates who was in my FSAT class "CLASS GOT CANCELLED!!!!!! WE CAN GO HOME!!!!" I was literally on top of the world; so off to home I was!

Waiting for me at home were my parents, a home cooked meal and warm apple pie, and my bed where I could sleep in as long as I'd like, woohoo!  Although I had a lot of downtime, I had lots planned for my few days home.  On Thursday, my mom and I spent the day shopping and went out to dinner; on Friday, I had appointments and went out to dinner with my dad; and then on Saturday, I was supposed to do homework, but of course I didn't!  Then Sunday afternoon, I left home and arrived to Erie, PA just as I left it: cold and rainy.  Some things never change!

So to recap on Fall Break in a nutshell, I'd say it was lots of relaxing and not enough studying.  But that's what breaks are for, right?! ;)

7 Day Recap

Hi Everyone,

So I'm not going to lie, I'm a little unsure about what to blog about this week.  Not to say that nothing really exciting happened, but nothing especially prominent is really sticking out for me to blog about.  So here's a 7 day recap on my week:

Peace, Love, & Coffee =)

Monday-... Or should I say, MSG Monday?!  Today after class, I had my executive board meeting with MSG, interviews for the new SAC Chair, and the senate meeting.  But after the senate meeting finished at around 9:15, my night was really just beginning!  My friend Jess and I had a HUGE History of Dress fashion test on Tuesday, so we were off to the library with snacks, chocolate, coffee, and our 700 page textbook.

Tuesday- An early morning at the bookstore studying with more coffee, and more History of Dress!  I was so excited when that test was over so that I could move on with my week and start thinking about the next thing on my to-do list.  I also had a meeting with the Mission Committee members on MSG; we're planning a Diwali event at the end of October, so it should be pretty fun!

My Planner = My Life

Wednesday- Woohoo halfway though the week!  Looking at my calendar, I realized this was one of only two days in the month of October that I don't have any projects or meetings so I'll be honest, it was a pretty low key day, which I was definitely looking forward to and needing =)

Thursday- Got my test from Tuesday back, and the whole class, including myself, didn't do as well as we should of.  I told myself that this builds character and although we all could have done better, life goes on.  Luckily, our teacher gave us the opportunity to earn 2 extra credit points on the test if we came that night and watched "Marie Antoinette" from 5:30-7:30 PM; needless to say, my entire class was there.  See, teachers really do care about us!

Friday- Yahoo for Friday!  I was especially looking forward to today, because my afternoon class got cancelled!  Generally speaking classes rarely get cancelled here, so when they do, it's extra exciting!  Typically my weekend starts at 2PM, but instead, it started at 11AM.  With the extra time in my day, I went to the mall with one of my roommates, Alexa.  As for the night, my roommates and I decided to stay in and we we went to Wendy's and watched American Pie in our sweatpants... a nice, relaxing evening.

Bowling

Saturday- I spent the afternoon in the library, and then met my friends to go laser tagging for my friend Zach's birthday.  Unfortunately, laser tagging was booked for the night, so we decided to go bowling instead.  Although unplanned, it was a lot of fun-- I even beat all of my friends (even though I may or may not have bowled with bumpers)... ;)

Sunday- At my desk blogging when I should be working on a project due Wednesday or studying for a test on Monday.  And so another week ends and another week begins!  I have a feeling that this week will go on for ages because Thurs-Sun is Fall Break!  I'm so excited to go home, relax, have some home cooked food, and take a mini hiatus from school.  Let's hope this week goes by really fast!

Homecoming-- a little late, I know!

Hi Everybody!

So last week was homecoming and I was so busy that I forgot to blog about it, oops!  But here it is... homecoming in a nutshell:

Homecoming/Parents Weekend/Alumni Weekend is an event that Mercyhurst Student Government and the Student Activities Council plans.  We were there at 11AM to set up, ran the event, and then helped clean up until around 6PM so it was a long, but still fun day.  The weather could have been better, it was raining and windy in 50 degree weather, yuck and our adviser even told us that it was perhaps the worst weather in her homecoming history at Mercyhurst!  But despite the yucky weather, homecoming was still a lot of fun. 

At one point in the morning some of us were trying to set up the homecoming court tent and it almost blew onto the football field.  There was another point in the day where we had a huge stack of paper towels to dry off the wet seats and the wind sent the entire stack flying, with me and two others frantically running trying to catch them.  At times it felt like it was one unfortunate event after another, but we still managed to laugh it off and roll with the punches.

Once the day progressed, there proved to be many more fun things to come.  My roommate Lindsay, was the homecoming queen, which my five roommates and I were all very excited about!  Our other friend Shane, was voted the king as well, so it was really cool that they both made court.  There were lots of fun things going on in the gym as well; we had a mechanical bull with bull riding competitions, a bounce castle, a funny photo area, and my personal favorite: a "make your own music video" novelty.  After the event started clearing out, some of us from MSG and SAC decided that we were going to do a music video to Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," which was hilarious!

So although warmer weather would have been ideal and we lost to our rivals in the football game (shh! we'll forget I said that!), all in all, I'd say homecoming was a success!  It just goes to show that as long as you have good company, you can still have a great time =)