A Best Friend Isn't a Person, It's a Tier.

She's Somewhere Between a Juice Cleanse or Ice Cream for Dinner and Despite What Jersey Shore Says, Nicole Acevedo Is In Fact, The Sweetest *Mean Girl* You’ll Ever Meet. Here Is The Short Fairytale Of How Nicooler Became My Lady Soulmate. For Viewers’ Discretion, I Condensed The True Story.

Spoiler Alert! I met my best friend at a frat party. If it can happen for me, it can happen for you. Nicooler was dating Kappa Sigma’s President when we met. She was the first sorority girl I met that didn’t treat me as a complete outcast-considering I was not “Greek.” That shows character and any smart person recognizes that right away.

If you haven't guessed by now, Nicooler is not her name. Nicooler is a real-life, yet fictional character who pulls all-nighters with me during Finals Week at the University of Houston Library to map out blue prints of our Boyfriends' Fraternity Formal Coolers together. She was the gal who picked me up off the doorstep and taught me how to design and paint a cooler from scratch. This will be more relevant when you see my next blog post on how crafty she is!

Anyway, they say you can take the girl out of a sorority but you can't take the sorority out of a girl. She's living proof of that. In between her new Financial Advising internship, meal replacement shakes, full-time summer school to graduate early (who does that?),and turning 21, she finds time to put together the birthday gift of the century and have it sent to my hotel in Atlanta. I’ll show you the gift in my next blog post. First, I want to tell you some things you need to know about Nicole.

Key Takeaways:

1.      Can you say “T.R.E.N.D.S.E.T.T.E.R?” Her style is inspiring and she is wearing, reading, sharing, or saying things before they become popular. She makes “fetch” happen. Collectively, we make a pretty good team. In later posts, we will show you some of the costumes we’ve collaborated on over the years.

2.      Nicole is insanely goal-oriented. Some of us sit around and wish and wonder how awesome it would be to get something we dream of without having to work for it, but Nicole just goes out and gets it. She’s different than most.

3.      She wears work-out clothes a lot, and sometimes doesn’t work out. But who doesn’t? Jessie James-Decker does it and sometimes I think her and Nicole look so much alike, so it’s acceptable.

4.      She’s a hoarder-the good kind. I swear to you you-She owns 20 different pairs of ice cream paint job Jordan’s/Nikes. 90s kids get it. We wore them in middle school, she’s just the only one who has saved them through the years. I owe us being best dressed at this year’s Neon Nights Fraternity Paint Party to having her old school neon J’s on our feet.

5.      She is half Puerto Rican and I am half Mexican which is the equivalent of one full Latina. So if we get carried away on posts about Margaritas, Tamales, Horchata Rum, or Plantains, we are not complete posers.  

Stay tuned to get some ideas on what to do for a friend’s birthday present or how to craft one!

Pilot:"Birthday Suit"

Howdy Y’all, I’m Blythe. I’ve recently undergone a Seismic shift in my world. I call it: “From College to Corporette.” I am a style-enthused student-gone-corporette and want to share my vision on life, fashion, and the pursuit of happiness (and success as a woman). There are so many things that keep me up at night and I can’t wait any longer to share them.

 

Yesterday, July 23, 2014, I turned 22. I just started my first week of EY and it has been the best week of my life. The investment they put in to hiring new employees is over-the-top and something I have not taken lightly. EY’s New Hire Process is all about creating your personal brand and growing as a professional. Apparently being Texan is what most people remember me as when I leave the room? I'll take it. 

Sorry if I occasionally speak in business/finance terms, but its becoming second nature! Afterall, this blog is regarding my transition from college to the world of corporate finance!

Here’s what I wore on Day 3 of my EY Core Consulting Training. I thought “My Birthday Suit” was only appropriate for the caption and for the sake of corporate dress code.