raleigh

whew, i've been a travelin' girl! 

weekend trips are one of my favorite things, especially when i get to see good friends and family.

besides heading east for thanksgiving (blog post coming soon) i went to visit my best friend (since 8th grade, what?!) in Rals. 

we brunched at cute places, went to the christmas parade, shopped, made a homemade apple pie, drank coffee and went to a huge thanksgiving feast! 

it was my kind of weekend :)

 
 (i died for this coat - how amazing is it?!)  

happy autumn!!

m

song of the day

this song pulls at my heart strings in every way.

i like to play the story out in my head about a girl before delilah. she loved him when he had it all and she loved him when he had nothing. what they had was simple, but it was honest and real and beautiful.

hope you like it too.

xo

meagancarlie

boone

this past weekend, i took a trip up to boone to visit my sister for the day on saturday. it was such a nice little drive there - just me, a caramel mocha coffee, some good tunes, and the highway. riding into boone was gorgeous, and boone was so cute and quaint. we had such a sweet day together. we walked up and down the streets and window shopped at all the cute little consignment shops in downtown boone.

 

                     then we drove down the blueridge parkway just in time to catch the sunset over the mountains.

we finished up the day making a pot of mom's infamous turkey & cabbage soup (tastes more delicious that it sounds) and watching 'new moon'. although I don't see her as often as I'd like, i am so thankful to have such a good friendship with my sister.
xo

for the love of thrift!

I have this little obsession called Value Village, which I had never heard of until I moved to Charlotte. Its basically a department store sized Goodwill. But better. Wayyy better. I have a serious love affair for all things old, vintage, & antique. And I LOVE a good deal. 

Since I go there so often (and to the dismay of my roommate who says we already have enough junk in our apt, always come home with something brilliant) I decided I would start posting my finds! 

this vintage floral plate, print, clock & lantern cost less than $10 total

I also recently bought a set of  aqua sure seal clamp jars for only $9:

They may seem like junk, but one person's trash is another person's treasure, right?

heart,

meagan carlie

sweet love

So who would've thought November would be wedding season?? Well it is for me at least. I have been going to shower, after shower and now finally the days have come! This past weekend I got to witness the marriage of my sweet friend Kaitlin to the love of her life, Adam. They married outside on a small farm in Monroe, NC. Of course I teared up a little (I seriously cry at every wedding.. haha), but it was such a beautiful ceremony and you could just feel the love they have for each other all over the place!

They had really sweet details of pretty flowers, pom poms, twinkling lights, and their silhouettes.

Snapping pictures with my table-mates while we wait for dinner.

Bouquet toss (unfortunately I didn't catch it...)

..but I pretended I did :)




And this one is my favorite. SO happy for them!

This will probably seem like a wedding blog these next few weeks! But I am excited to see all of my friends so happy and share that happiness with you :)

xo.

m.

mask partyyy

A few (bad quality cellphone) photos from a pre-Halloween mask party this past weekend, which included yummy treats, spiced cider, a bonfire and dancing!!




xoxo