Things have been interesting — a mix of good, bad, and stuff in between. At work, August was one of the busiest months I’ve had as it led right up to move-in weekend (arguably the most hectic weekend of the year for marketers in higher ed!). At home, Bill and I have done a little bit of travel, but we’ve been working really hard to get our finances in order — and KNOCK ON WOOD it’s working. Yay!

In August, in between all of the work (and there was a lot), I had lots of fun. Bill and I went to see Queen Bey and Jay’s On the Run II show, which was incredible. We’ll ignore the fact that we were stuck in traffic to and from the venue and that we missed our beloved Chloe x Halle’s performance because of it, but the show itself was everything. Obviously. It’s Beyoncé! (And Jay Z.)

We also visited Cape Cod for the first time, spending a weekend in Provincetown and Wellfleet, both of which we loved. Originally, we booked the trip because we had tickets to see our favorite drag queen, Trixie Mattel, perform her stand-up show. Unfortunately, Trixie cancelled on a few shows, including ours. We’d already booked the hotel, though, so we just enjoyed ourselves in the Cape. It was so much fun! It was raining when we arrived but held off for the rest of the weekend so we could explore the area. We especially loved the Cape Cod National Seashore (the views were beautiful) and everything about P-Town. We’d love to go back.

The next weekend, my cousin, Adam, got married and we had so much fun at the wedding. It was great for Bill and I to spend time with my close family and let loose. I also think Bill liked watching me get super drunk and dance terribly and now he has video evidence which he can blackmail me with until the end of time! Also in August, Bill and I visited the Plainville Hot Air Balloon Festival, a staple of our respective childhoods (we both grew up in the same time) but an event we hadn’t been to in years. It was a blast and great to be back in our old stomping grounds.

Here’s a look at some of the outfits I wore throughout the month!

Outfit details

• Dress: Forever 21
• Shoes: Payless

My Beyoncé outfit! It was 90 degrees out in the evening and I wanted to look cute without dying from the heat.

Outfit details

• Body suit: Rainbow
• Shorts: Rainbow
• Shoes: Amazon
• Earrings: BrunoMars.com (not a joke!)

Outfit details

• Shirt: Old Navy
• Shorts: Rainbow
• Shoes: Converse

Outfit details

• Dress: Fashion to Figure (when it was still really good!)
• Shoes: Payless
• Giant-ass ring: Norwegian Cruise Line

Outfit details

• Dress: Faces
• Shoes: Amazon

Outfit details

• Dress: LuLaRoe
• Shoes: Payless

Outfit details

• Shirt: 25 Central
• Skirt: Forever 21
• Shoes: Payless

Here’s what I did through photos.

Baked some bomb cookies

Took selfies with Bill at the Beyoncé show

ON THE RUN II

There she is. The queen. Sigh.

Sweet boy

Adventuring out to the Cape!

It was raining when we first got to P-Town, but our ponchos were pretty cute.

Drinking a frozé was at the top of my list.

Mission accomplished.

The Cape

Post Office Café is where we were supposed to see Trixie, so we grabbed lunch here. I… do not recommend. :X But this photo is cool!

Hi, I’m a mermaid.

We cute

We silly

Me and Grandma

Me and Grandma being SUPER SILLY

Me and Auntie Pattie

Aunt Fran and Uncle Dave looking happy on the dance floor

Adam and Tara’s wedding was so much fun!

The food was SO GOOD

Mementos – including a very silly Polaroid photo we took

At the wedding, I ran into my very first best friend. How cute were we?

The happy couple!

Hot Air Balloon Festival was great

Fireworks at the Hot Air Balloon Fest

Obviously one of the greatest photos of Obi ever

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Beyoncé’s issue of Vogue came out this month! I have two copies. Both in my bookcase.

I didn’t take this image, but I genuinely had so much fun working move-in weekend — which is why I included this photo! That’s me in the background with the chancellor of the university laughing over his commitment to this bit: he pretends to be a student mover. So fun!

All in all, a good month and now I’m OVER-THE-MOON that it’s September. Fall is my time, y’all. Bring on the pumpkin spice!