Alexa Nicole: February 2017

Over the past almost 4 years, post-high school graduation, I've noticed that I slowly keep moving up north closer to the cold and farther away from my family (not intentionally AWAY from them, because I love them!) From Vegas to St. George, St. George to Provo, and from Provo to (Alabama for the summer but that doesn't really count) Logan. Needless to say, the trips back home have become farther apart to due distance. But given the opportunity, I'll take any chance I get to see my fam!

I'm so glad I was able to go on my quick little trip because I missed my family sooo much! Plus it was nice to take a break from all the snow up here.

I drove down Wednesday night and due to unexpected snow fall, it took me TEN hours instead of seven to get there. All went well though thankfully and there was no harm to me or my car! I brought my little Olaf with me and slept throughout the whole drive down! So when we arrived at the house at 1am, guess who was wide awake? (eyeroll emoji)

While I was down, I had time to see some of my best friends, one of which had her second baby boy almost two weeks ago! I got to meet him and he is just so adorable!

My family and I went to some new places (to us) to eat, including Rachel's Kitchen located in The District, and the Bad Owl Coffee shop. For anyone that knows me, I'm a Harry Potter fan (but an even bigger Disney fan hehe). This Harry Potter themed shop had me feeling like a wizard the moment I stepped inside! The lights were dimmed and the walls were covered in wood and HP decorations, which gave a very modern "Leaky Cauldron" feel for me. Being that none of us drink coffee, we were lucky that they also serve dessert waffles and pastries. We all got a different flavored waffle and some butterbrew (their version of butterbeer) and ate our muggle hearts out! It was a very magical experience for me haha

(I didn't take any other pictures, not even with my fam, and I'm still so mad at myself for it)

We also did some normal weekend stuff like make a Target trip (or two), clean the house, and stuff up on free Saturday food samples while grocery shopping at Smith's. I also made it over to the dentist, (who I hadn't seen in probably 2 years, whoops) where I had to get a cavity filled. Not so fun but hey, not bad for not going in so long!

My proudest moment of the trip was convincing my parents, my brother, and his girlfriend to watch my new favorite movie Trolls. My dad and brother's girlfriend fell asleep during it for a little bit, but I think overall they enjoyed it haha

The only person missing was my sister who's going to school in Price right now. She'll be down next week for spring break/a Disney Land trip with some friends (darn her).

It was so great seeing everyone and catching up! Growing up, getting married, moving out..it's great, but can sometimes be a bummer when you don't get to see your loved ones as often. We talked about meeting up Easter weekend for a few days, so I'll keep my fingers crossed that it works out! One day I hope to be wealthy enough to fly down whenever I want and not worry about going broke...or I hope that someone invents the teleporter soon. I mean, it IS 2017, so anything is possible!

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Time to Win with Jord

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Greetings from Vegas everyone!! I'm back in my hometown for the weekend visiting my family for the weekend, yippee! Oh how I've missed them..

I'm so happy- this past week and a half has been so good! Between Valentine's, the three-day President's Day weekend, and now Vegas, it's been a thumbs up almost 10 days!

I can't even begin to express how happy I was to have had this past Monday off! #thanksobama

It's always so nice to have an extra day off + a shorter work week. It's been rainy (and now apparently snowy??) here in Utah all week and I spent a lot of time inside, watching me and Tay's new favorite tv show, "The Undateables" (so cute and heart-warming, check it out!), and had no complaints about it! It was a nice, relaxing weekend. I hope that everyone else that had Monday off enjoyed their weekend! I also hope that everyone's Valentine's Day last week -single or not- was full of love and lots of chocolate!

Taylor and I made a pact last year before our fist Vday together that we think it's awkward and stressful and just not a holiday that we want to go full out on, so we don't buy gifts for each other. We just go out to dinner or dessert and just have a nice day spending time with one another. So that's what we did, and it was lovely!

Howeverrrr, I really wanted to do something else for him. Sooo, lucky Tay, he got a Jord wood watch!! These watches are (self explanatory) handcrafted out of natural wood and just absolutely gorgeous! I got him the Maple watch from the Fieldcrest series (click here for more details). Tay loves his so much and for the little over a week he's had it, I've only seen him take it off to shower.

Watches Made From Wood

Jord is a watch brand that carries not only men's watches but women's as well. I'm not a huge bracelet/watch wearer, but these watches are seriously so beautiful that I've been tempted to buy one for myself!

Jord is currently holding a giveaway that you can enter here!

One lucky winner will receive...drumroll please.... a $100 e-gift code to their site!! How awesome!

AND all other entrants will receive a $25 e-gift code at the end of the contest. That's $25 FREE for you to use, just for entering!! Basically, you'd be dumb not to enter because really, what do you have to lose?! Exactly-NOTHING.

So go enter!! And after you've entered, take a look at all of their beautiful watches and pick out the one you'd spend your FREE e-gift code on (because you know you're gonna win, duh)

For your convenience I linked a list of their men's watches here and their women's watches here

This is your time to win folks, don't miss out!

Keep an eye open for details on my Vegas trip next week (cuz you know it's comin'!) Have a fabulous rest of the week loves! Tomorrow's FRIDAY! Woohoo!

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