Sequins and Sea Breezes: May 2017

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Happy Friday babes! I decided to keep it a little lighter on the blog today since I know a lot of people are probably headed out of town for the long weekend or taking a little blogging break. I don't have any major plans this weekend but I will be gone Tuesday and Wednesday on a work related trip that I'll share with you later! But be sure to follow along with me on Instagram and Snapchat {pamelanicole84} because it should be a pretty crazy experience! I've been seeing a lot of bloggers "reintroducing" themselves and I've loved reading them so I thought I'd share 20 things you might not know about me on today's blog post!

1 // How tall are you?

For some reason this surprises a lot of people, especially when they know me through the blog but meet me in person for the first time. I'm 5'1"

2 // Do you have a hidden talent? If so, what?

I guess this could be considered a talent...I'm double jointed in my left elbow. It's hard to explain but a great party trick that everyone wants to see a few times to actually believe it ha!

3 // What’s your biggest blog-related pet peeve?

Hmm... I think I'd have to say people who don't reciprocate or just leave a generic comment. I remember once I was talking about some pretty deep stuff but I posted a picture of me in an outfit, I got FAR more comments of "Cute outfit!" than I did relating to the actual post. And don't get me wrong, I understand being busy and not always being able to comment back but if you consistently don't comment back, don't expect me to keep coming!

4 // What’s your biggest non-blog related pet peeve?

Probably the follow/unfollow thing on Instagram. SO freaking annoying. Don't follow me to have me follow you back then unfollow me and hope I don't notice.

5 // What’s your favorite song?

Oh jeez. I definitely have more than one but I'll try to narrow it down: Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol, Motorcycle Drive By - Third Eye Blind, Ashes of Eden - Breaking Benjamin and Red - Taylor Swift. I LOVE music though so I constantly have "favorites" that rotate but those are my forever go-to's.

6 // What’s something people wouldn't know by looking at you blog?

I'm actually pretty self-conscious. I love doing my blog but sometimes I get super uncomfortable shooting pictures. I can always tell by looking at them if there were people around watching or if I was alone.

7 // What’s your favorite way to spend your free time when you’re alone?

Read. When it's cooler out I'll spend my weekend mornings reading on my back porch with a cup of coffee or tea and in the summer I love to read by the pool.

8 // What’s your favorite junk food?

Anything with cheese. No seriously, pretty much anything. Cheetos, Cheez-Its, cheese dip, cheese and crackers, mac and cheese, cheese curds, cheese stuffed pretzels... and the list goes on.

9 // Do you have a pet or pets? If so, what kind and what are their names?

Sure do! I have a little boy Morkie (Yorkshire Terrier/Maltese mix) named Novie.

10 // What are your number one favorite nonfiction and fiction books?

I honestly don't know if I have a favorite. I've probably re-read The Royal We the most just because it's a cute, light, easy read but I wouldn't say it's my favorite.

11 // What’s your favorite beauty product?

Mascara. Wait. Does lip balm count? I never leave home without lip balm.

12 // When were you last embarrassed? What happened?

Pretty sure I embarrass myself every day, I'm just immune to it by now. Life is too short to take yourself too seriously so I just like to laugh and have fun.

13 // If you could only drink one beverage (besides water) for the rest of your life, what would it be?

I could live off of water and champagne, especially rosé.

14 // What’s your favorite movie?

Another one I don't really have a definitive answer for. I'll go with The Princess Bride or Labyrinth though.

15 // What were you in high school: prom queen, nerd, cheerleader, jock, valedictorian, band geek, loner, artist, prep?

I never really considered myself in a particular "clique" in high school. I was nominated for prom queen, I played an instrument (just not in band) and I was a dancer but I hung out with a bunch of different groups of people.

16 // If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?

London or Key West. London is my favorite city but the beach has my heart.

17 // PC or Mac?

I've used both throughout my professional career but I personally have a PC.

18 // Do you collect anything?

The hearts of men... just kidding. Memories (in picture form). And shot glasses. Somehow that collection started without me even realizing it and now I have more than I'll ever need considering how often I do shots (almost never).

19 // Any tattoos?

Surprisingly, or maybe not so surprisingly, nope! I've thought about it a few times and even gone into a tattoo parlor twice to get one but I'm still a blank canvas.

20 // What blogger do you secretly want to be best friends with?

It's definitely no secret that my real life bestie is someone I met through the blogging world so I'd definitely have to say Kerri! Duh! Biana is also someone I've met several times IRL now and I definitely consider her a great friend through blogging. Even though she lives in Boston and I live in Florida she probably knows more "secrets" about me than most of my non-blogger friends. I've gotten to meet so many wonderful ladies through blogging (seriously, if you're ever in Orlando let me know and I'll meet up!) but if I had to pick one I'm not currently friends with I'd probably have to say... Lauryn Evarts from The Skinny Confidential. She's gorgeous, hilarious and I love her style.

And that's all folks! Hope you had fun getting to learn a little more about me.

tee {currently 40% off!} // jeans {currently 40% off!} // sunglasses // shoes // bracelets {here and here} // lips in star magnolia

*Linking up with Amanda*

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White Peplum

5/24/2017

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Central Florida Ale Trail: Central 28

5/22/2017

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I Tried Cryotherapy

5/19/2017

Happy Friday dolls! Hope everyone had a fabulous week. Mine was pretty chill... literally! If you follow me on Instagram or Snapchat you might have already saw that Kerri and I went and froze our little booties off, quite literally, at Chill Cryosauna. I had been interested in cryotherapy for awhile and after doing some reading and investigating about it I decided to give it a try and luckily Kerri was interested too! We actually did our first session about a month ago but I'm a genius and forgot my memory card in my camera so when we did our second I decided to document it and I figured today I'd share my experience (and a little more about cryotherapy) with you for anyone who was interested!

So let's start with what cryotherapy is. Cryotherapy exposes you to subzero temperatures in an effort to relieve pain and improve health. How cold is subzero? About -200 degrees Fahrenheit to be exact. Now I'm sure you're probably thinking "who in their right mind would want to subject themselves to temperatures that cold?!?", right? Well, I promise you I'm not crazy. I live in Florida so obviously I HATE the cold but I will say, I am obsessed with cryotherapy. It's crazy how energized and revived you feel after just one 3 minute session. Any muscle soreness you had going into the session will either be subsided or completely relieved, it's said to burn more calories than spending an hour running, your sleep is improved, your immune system is boosted and these are just a few of the reported benefits of cryotherapy. Ok, now on to what to expect...when you're expecting. Just kidding! You should not do cryotherapy while you're pregnant or trying to get pregnant.
Ok, now that I've gotten that PSA out of the way; when you show up for your cryo appointment you fill out some paperwork, confirm your blood pressure is in the acceptable range to participate in cryo and then they take you back to strip. Yup, cryo is done in your birthday suit friends. Well, you do put gloves and socks on but everything else is out there and exposed to the elements which I admit is a bit scary. Once you climb into the chamber you hand the employee your robe and they start the machine and it gets cold. Fast. The girl working the day we were there played music to try to distract us from just how cold it was and to help pass the time faster but no matter what you do, you're going to start trembling from the cold pretty quickly. We rotated 4 different times throughout the 3 minute session which in my opinion helped me from completely freezing and before you know it they're handing you your robe and you're done! One of the craziest things Kerri and I experienced was just how cold our skin stayed after the session. We went out for food and a drinks after and it felt like it took forever to warm back up despite it being in the 80's. If you're on the fence about trying cryo, I'd definitely say to give it a try! Let me know if you've tried it and what you think or if you have any other questions about cryotherapy!

*Linking up with Amanda*

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Gingham Romper

5/17/2017

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Happy Humpday babes! Hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far! I've had a very busy past few weeks so I am looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend this weekend. My fingers are crossed that the weather will be nice and I can get some pool time in because after looking at these pictures from a few weeks ago I feel like Casper! I even had self tanner on and I still feel like I'm slightly blending in with the background on some of these. I know I shouldn't complain since I live in Florida and and probably tanner than most but it is rather funny to me when my nude shoes blend in with my legs ha!

Ok, now onto the outfit! I have such a love/hate relationship with rompers. They look super cute, they're easy to throw on and look put together and they're great for a casual day adventure or a night out but my biggest issue is they make using the bathroom pretty uncomfortable. I've said this before but there's something incredibly awkward about basically getting completely naked to go pee when you're out in public. Nonetheless, I still can't say no to a cute romper so when I saw this one I knew I was just going to have to put up with the awkwardness of peeing in public and get it. Between the gingham print, the cute little cut out and it has pockets, this is the perfect romper for spring and summer. I wore this out for dinner and drinks at The Breakers in West Palm Beach (side note, if you're going to practically get naked in a public bathroom, The Breakers definitely have the bathroom to be in!) and it ended up getting a bit chilly so I threw an oversized boyfriend cardigan over the top and it was still super cute. Be prepared to see this on major repeat, especially as the days keep getting hotter and I keep getting too lazy to put together a cute outfit to go out in ;)