Social Media Can Help

I have been trying to engage myself in the social media realm since I became a part of the pr world. My first thought was if I have to be a part of this new dyamnic ever changing thing that I should enjoy it and have a purpose. After months of brainstorming and constant reminders from colleagues and friends about the importance of social media, I decided to start this blog and see where it takes me. My second attempt was to join and create converstaions on Twitter with poeple/companies that I am interested or couldpossibly gain something from. Twitter is the reason and motivation for this post today.

As background, my main conversations/interests on Twitter are running/fitness related, world news and pop culture and health and financial topics. I have gained very helpful insight from all these people I follow but today something really cool happened. A new guy, @badknees29 started following me which I am pretty sure he found me on this blog. Anyways, he is a financial guru and as Twitter courtesy, I thanked him for the add.

Well this cool thing happened next, he offered me financial advice. I was pretty excited to be able to ask him questions about 401K, choosing international bonds vs US bonds and gaining insight on how the new government laws is going to affect my current student loans. Now, I have the motivation to pull out all my Sallie Mae staments and Vanguard 401K booklet to start building a financial plan and saving for retirement. Well this was my way of sharing my excitement with you all and a prime example of how you can make social media work for you!

I also follow Fitness mag which really helps me with my marathon training and Mashable which has really great insight on the social media/web/pr industry.

Tell me who you follow and have a great weekend!

New Beginnings

<--- Pizza I made from scratch last night. Read below.

Hi all!

All my life I have wanted to move, live in a big city and have happy hour after work. This goal/ dream of mine was a way for me to measure my success as a 20 something. Well now that I am here, I realized I haven't posted anything about this life I yearned for. Basically, I've realized that I am living the single pr girl life I've wanted and its pretty fantastic. It has taken me six months in this city to be where I want to be actually.

I have a great group of girlfriends that I attend happy hour with reguarly, friends that I work out with and friends that I have random outings with such as Cubs games and checking out sketchy club scenes. All in all it's what I always imagined. I live in a great neighborhood and ride the bus with people I work with, kinda cool. The weekdays are pretty laid back. For instance, last night I made a pizza from scratch. The picture is above. I felt like a chef and still pretty excited about it. I went to Dominicks Sunday to prepare for my week of cooking in and pizza night and people definetley thought I was a little crazy. I bought 10 bags of groceries and carted them on th e subway and then on the bus. It was quite a scene getting through the gate at the subway with these bags in tow. I think next time I might just take a cab.

This past week I went to a sculpting and boot camp class which were both very intense. I feel I have a slight addiction the gym, tonight is going to be a cycling night I think. I also have a slight addiction to pet stores. This past weekend I went to three pet stores to look at puppies and buy Harley a harness. I am debating whether or not to get a new puppy. I think that Harley needs a friend while I'm at work all day but two dogs in one apartment might be too much.

The weather is getting warmer here and I am excited to start playing beach volleyball. I joined a league with a few girls to start in June and been scoping out the season at North Beach.

Ok I need to get back to work now. I am running out of topics to post about. Please feel free to leave me some ideas/comments below or on Facebook.

Have a great week

Jeans Blog Review

I am spending a good portion of my day researching jean and fashion blogs and who knew there were so many specific jean blogs? I can say that I am enjoying the task of reading blogs and definitly catching a few pointers here and there.

There is this one blog, http://thedenimguy.com/, that I think is GREAT and somewhat fell in love with.

It is a perfect one stop if you want to see the latest designer denim collections and get ideas for your own closet. Also, I LOVE that Denim Guy has a section where he styles everyday people in designer jeans and do a Q&A with them. Love it!

If you don't have time to look through these blogs I went ahead and did a quick recap below for you. Please don't confuse me for a stylist. Hah.

Women: Get the relaxed boyfriend style jean, so many options here for the summer. You can roll them up and wear them with flip flops or pair it with heels. Also looks great with a casual tee or leather jacket. (I recently bought a pair!)

Men: The look this season is the "slouchy slim", looks tailored to you but still relaxed.(SEXY!) Also, I am seeing and loving the casual khaki! Take a peek at these colors: http://us.dockers.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3896931&cp=2271557.3691949

Ok gang, that was my post as a fashionista. Tell me what you think!

Joreer

First off my apologies that I haven't updated in a quite a while. So many things have changed and here goes. Short list first and then an explanation below.

1.) I am starting my new job/career (joreer) tomorrow at Edelman. (It feels weird to say career because I am only 22 but I am too old for a job so I am coining this "Joreer")
2.) I have having withdraws from not seeing my friends everyday at Weber.
3.) Kansas State (alma mater) was doing so well in the tournament until the day I went back to Manhattan, KS to watch the game and we lost needless to say was awful but I am a die hard Wildcat!
4.) I went back to Kansas for a few days last week.

I am thrilled to be joining the Edelman team. This is the reason I came to Chicago in the first place, to follow my dreams of living a big city and working as a pr professional in a huge office building. Now that it is here, I am having jitters. I mean everything I have worked hard for is here and now I am somewhat confused on why I am nervous. I think it's because I finally had a routine and a comfort zone at Weber and now I am starting something totally new. This I know sounds pretty normal.
Because my last day was last March 26 at Weber, I had a week off to fly home and reconnect with KS. It was a good trip, I feel pretty fortunate to have great friends that I still keep in touch with and feels like nothing changed when we hang out. It's a great feeling.
Back in Chicago, the weather has been perfect and I finally get why everyone lives for the summers in Chicago. It has been so beautiful. I went to the beach Friday, which was super packed and saw so many volleyball games, which solidified my move to Chicago. I cannot wait to play on a few leagues, so excited! I have been taking Harley to the dog parks daily and having picnics in my park, just amazing!
A few new firsts, I went to IKEA Saturday, went shopping in the burbs, signed in on Four Square and bought 6 pairs of shoes in 30minutes. Yes, I know that might seem like a little much but it was a great sale :)

Ok, wish me luck tomorrow and check back soon.

Loves!