Last week kicked my butt. I was super stressed out, hardly had any time to breathe, and had too many emotional breakdowns. Let's put it this way....it was my last Phi Sig Family Luncheon, I'm planning my sorority's Formal (which is tonight) and dealt with owing the banquet hall over $5,000 extra. I picked up my cap and gown, had a bunch of homework assignments, and there was a gas leak in my house.

Last week just did not agree with me, on any level.

Even with the bad luck I was experiencing, I did find some mini windows of light this week and there are some things to look forward too.

-Girl Meets World Trailer: In the middle of a breakdown last week, I saw that E! Online had tweeted that a mini trailer for the BMW sequel had made it's way onto the internet. It's hardly anything of substance but my goodness it put me in the best mood and made me that much more excited to have Cory and Topanga back on my screen.

-BaubleBar: As each day passes, I think I fall more and more in love with Baublebar. I'm not even just talking about their jewelry but their brand as a whole. I think their social media presence is phenomenal and the way they present themselves makes me long to work there and be part of it. Every Friday, BaubleBar does a mini flash sale or a Buried Bauble (a few pieces on the site are marked down but it's your job to find them). A few weeks ago I didn't care that I had no money, I needed something from BaubleBar. I participated in this Buried Bauble fun and received my purchases this week. I'm kind of obsessed. 

-Easter Break: My Easter Break starts on Wednesday and strangely, I'm really looking forward to it. I need a break. I need to get my life together and it's really hard to do that at school. I'm excited to go home, see my mom and the rest of my family, and just sit on the couch doing nothing all day. I do plan on writing some papers, blogging, and getting down and dirty with my job hunt. This is the last break I'll have as a college student so I'm taking full advantage. It's so bittersweet I could start to cry.

-An Open Letter to the Class of 2014: Meaghan McGoldrick is an alumnae of Iona College. She's a year older than me, she was the editor of the Ionian newspaper, and she's probably one of the greatest writers of our generation, no lie. She is constantly instilling me and the other Gaels, along with everyone else who reads her blog, with wisdom, funny anecdotes, and blowing us away with her way with words. This week, she posted on her blog, "An Open Letter to the Class of 2014". It literally broke my heart and tore into me like a wrecking ball. This post quickly floated around Twitter and Facebook with all my classmates posting and retweeting it. Then, suddenly the post was on Huffington Post College and Meaghan went viral, again. Please go read this letter. If you are a graduating senior, go read it. It will make you cry, smile, and make everything incredibly real. It made my week better and even sadder, all at the same time. Break out the wine Class of 2014, the countdown is on.

I know I just recently wrote a post about prom dresses but the season is coming nearer and nearer. My sister is still searching for a prom dress and it's pretty much all I hear about. Dress shopping is really difficult, it's not something that is fun (at least in my eyes it isn't).

This is a sponsored post but all opinions are my own.

When I was home over break, my high school senior sister started looking for the perfect prom dress. I remember when I was a senior and my prom dress was the end all be all of my decisions. I needed to find something beautiful, stunning, and looked great on me; it which wasn't the easiest to find but I eventually found my dress.

Dress shopping is never easy, at least for me. I tried on countless different styles, colors and fabrics of dresses but nothing was right. It was really annoying at times and frustrating beyond belief, especially when my mother and me would bicker in the store because we have two totally different tastes on what we like.

The other side of prom dress shopping is that it's not cheap. My prom dress cost around $400 which was a steep price, in 2010, but now the dresses my sister were looking at were well over $400, and then some.

No one wants a cheap prom dress because no one wants it to look cheap. How do you find a prom dress that looks and feels expensive without shelling out money that will be wasted on a dress you'll wear once.

The answer comes in the form of a website that I was introduced too, DressFirst.com. Now, I know a lot of my readers aren't of high school age but this site doesn't have just prom dresses, it provides dress wear for all occasions.

Almost all the dresses come in a variety of different colors which is great because I remember I'd find a gorgeous dress that only came in some heinous color that I didn't want anywhere near me. Having color options for a style dress you love is important. 

The dresses are insanely cheap, under $200 which is a Godsend for high schoolers and their parents. I looked through the website and found some of my favorite style prom dresses.

A-Line Princess Tulle

Mermaid Sweetheart Taffeta 

Scoop Neck Tulle

My sorority's spring formal is tomorrow and everything is set in place: date, dress, shoes, and a guaranteed good time. 

There is one piece I am severely missing in this equation: my hair.

I have no idea how to style my hair for formal and I have limited experience; I could straighten my hair with a flat iron and throw it up in a ponytail but doing formal styles is not my forte. I am not even be able to take a curling iron to my hair.

I've asked around and no one has any idea what to do with my hair; therefore, I go to the next best place to get inspiration for pretty much anything.

PINTEREST.

Here are some of my favorite hairstyles that seem pretty doable (some more than others):