We Clearly Don't Get Out That Much ;)

The girls and I all dressed up

Greetings from Erie, PA!

Soooooo, I just had another wonderful weekend, minus the massive amounts of homework that I'll need to do tomorrow in order to catch up since I didn't finish it, oops!

On Friday, my roommate Kylie and I went to Marshalls and the mall to go shopping/get last minute Christmas gifts for friends/ourselves ;) We both ended up doing pretty well, getting what we were looking for, for the most part, and having a great roomie bonding night.  After a busy night of shopping, we ended up going to Eat-n-Park, a PA chain restaurant, which tasted amazing b/c we were both so hungry... a few too many dollars later, we finally made it home exhausted and ready to go to bed.

Saturday was Christmas on Campus, which is a ton of fun.  It's this event that Mercyhurst does every year where underprivileged children in Erie get to come have a fun day of Christmas festivities, that a variety of Mercyhurst clubs and organizations run.  Each club/organization had a table where kids could do crafts or pick our gifts or what not and Santa and Mrs. Claus were there for pictures, so it's a great opportunity for us to get connected with our community.

I worked at the student government table, where kids got to pick out a gift for a family member, and then they got to decorate a bag to put the gift in.  I also worked at the fashion merchandising table, where kids got to make bracelets and necklaces and reindeer antler headbands.  After Christmas on Campus, I basically attempted to do homework for the rest of the day, but failed miserably, haha.

My friend Cassandra and I at the table

That brings me to Sunday... which was so much fun because tonight a bunch of my friends and I got all dressed up and went out to dinner for Christmas and then exchanged Secret Santa gifts.

Some of the boys all dressed up!

It was a group of about 20 of us, and everyone (even the guys!) were excited about getting dressed up and "being classy" for the night :) Tonight, I got a chicken ceasar salad and then chocolate pie, along with samplings from my friends of their desserts...a win-win for everyone!
After dinner, we all went back to my friends' apartment and we all sat in the living room and exchanged Secret Santa gifts, trying to guess who gave who gifts.  I gave my Secret Santa a Best Buy gift card and made him my famous brownies with red, green, and white sprinkles.

My Secret Santa, April (who's an Mercyhurst Ambassador like me!), gave me a great gift... a gift certificate to the nail salon =D Now the tough part is whether or not I want a manicure or a pedicure...


That's it for now, I should probably, err.. DEFINITELY get some work done!

One more school week until CHRISTMAS BREAK!! =) Sarah