Through the Decades: Kappa Delta Date Function

(Just so you can see how short this jumpsuit is on me!)

Friday night I was a dancing queen in my 70s disco outfit at our decade themed date function.

Fun fact, the last time I wore this costume, I was at my second-grade dance recital dancing to the song “Dancing Queen.” I have no photographic evidence, but it is the truth. No one believed me, but it is true! I was a very tall child, and this jumpsuit is 100% spandex, so I had no issue fitting into it! How funny is that?!

Most of my friends dressed in 70s themed attire also. But I did see some poodle skirts, some flappers, some togas and some futuristic clothes.

A very cute theme and a very fun evening!

Homecoming Weekend 2019

This past weekend was my last homecoming weekend before I’m a Wake Forest alumnus!

My homecoming weekend started with taking a practice LSAT after classes on Friday morning.

And then the fun began.

Erin and I had dinner downtown at Yamas, a Chipotle style Mediterranean place, before I curled my hair. It took me an hour, but that is what you guys voted for on T&P Thursday’s, my weekly Instagram story segment where I take you along for a day via Instagram Stories, and I wanted to give the people what they wanted! Tune in every Thursday, for an inside scoop about what it is like to be a student at Wake Forest University.

I then did my makeup and got dressed into my ASOS royal blue lace dress (lots of similar options here) with an open back! ASOS has the BEST dresses! I have been talking about them for years. I am a shopaholic, in case you couldn’t already tell, and I bought this dress Sophomore year, and have been waiting to wear it since… I am so glad I finally did. It is a beautiful dress.

I paired it with hot pink DSW heels (similar) that I wore for my 21^stbirthday and my favorite Tory Burch double pearl studs.

At 9 pm, I headed over to my friend’s engagement party all dressed up. We celebrated our friends who are getting married this summer and also celebrated President’s Ball.

Around 10:30 we made it to the coliseum and danced the night away. The live band was great, I am a sucker for live bands, which is probably why I love Shag on the Mag so much!

We had a late night and an early start the next morning for our homecoming football game.

Kickoff was at noon, and I could not even make it to the tailgate. I was too tired, and the loud music was too much for me at such an early hour. 

We CREAMED Elon, making the Demon Deacons 4-0 and very close to being bowl game bound.

I wore my Wooden Ships “Game Day” sweater (you can use the code TALLANDPREPPY15 for 15% off your order!), J.Crew denim skirt, Baublebar white statement earrings and my red cowgirl boots.

Cheering on the Deacs continued when I went to the men’s soccer game against Syracuse at 7:30 pm. We sat in the student’s section on the hill and heckled the Syracuse team. We joyfully watched the Deacs score the winning goal.

After another exciting win, the celebration was not over, it was time to celebrate Joe’s 21^stbirthday! 

I had a very fun weekend! I can’t wait to come back next year for Homecoming!

Senior Year Dorm Room at Wake Forest University

Welcome to my home!
Here is my beautiful senior year dorm room at Wake Forest University.

I live in a townhouse with four single bedrooms upstairs, with two bathrooms and a kitchen and living room downstairs.

Our kitchen and living room blog post will be up soon (once we are done decorating!)

You can see more pictures and videos of my room on my Instagram stories EVERY Friday!

How to Party at Wake Forest

Sounds easy and simple, but unfortunately, it is not.

Here is your logistical guidebook to partying at Wake.

Wake Forest has a reputation for being an extremely academic institution where all of the students work tremendously hard and then party even harder.

*Don’t forget that underage drinking is VERY illegal and those caught will and do suffer the consequences!*

Greek life is a huge part of campus and nightlife.

50% of girls are Greek and 30% of guys.

There are no Greek houses on campus, rather Greek lounges. Every Greek organization has a respective lounge. Fraternities are allowed to throw parties in their lounges, sororities are not. 

Lounge parties are convenient because they are walking distance for everyone that lives on campus.

J.Crew Factory pink blouse | Zara navy blue high waisted shorts | Baublebar white statement earrings | Jack Rogers white sandals

Thursday-Saturday nights are the party nights. Some might argue Wednesdays too (Wake Wednesday).

Thursday night is called “LRsday.”

If you are of age, friends will go downtown to bars or head to LR!
LR or Last Resort is this gross bar/club that only Wake Forest Students go to on Thursday nights.

If you are under 21 you can still go, the bouncers just mark your hands with big black x’s.

But the parties do not stop on Thursday night, fraternities throw parties every weekend at their houses off campus or in their lounges on campus.

There is always some kind of silly theme to each of their parties. Think Animal House.

To get to the houses off campus, girls will have to take a pledge driver, a pledging brother who is not drinking.

For sorority girls, your chapter’s social chair will send you all the details for all the parties that are going on that weekend which will include the designated pledge brothers, with their phone numbers listed. You will call them when you want to get picked up for the party and they will safely deliver you to the festivities at a fraternity house.

Fraternities will also have “mixers” with sororities. Where it is not an open party for all girls, but rather just a one-on-one party with one fraternity and one sorority.

Both fraternities and sororities throw formals and date functions.

I was date function chair my sophomore year and planned six date functions at various venues, and not in frat basements.

And that’s the lowdown!

Why Wake Forest University? Why I picked Wake 4 Years Ago

As you all should know by now, I am a tour guide at Wake Forest University. I love being a tour guide! I am also a senior!

At the end of every hour and a half tour that I give, first starting at the admissions building then walking down past Scales Fine Art Center, up to the quad, then past the gym and into a classroom on the lower quad, and through a freshman year dorm, our last stop is always the library.

At the library I share why I love Wake and why I chose this beautiful school that I call my home.

Below is what I share at the end of my tours...

J.Crew dress | J.Crew "New York" kerchief | Tory Burch double pearl studs | Jack Rogers sandals in platinum

I was a really good student all of high school. I was in nine honor societies, in the theater department, captain of the varsity badminton team and president of the French Honor Society.

I was a real overachiever. I still am and always will be.

But in high school I felt like a major geek and nerd.

I wanted to go to a college where I could continue to be a nerd but not feel like a geeky one. I wanted to continue to be an overachiever and work hard but also have a social life.

Wake is number 27 in the nation for academics. It is an academically rigorous institution but also a fun place where there is a nice balance between academics and socializing.

I also wanted to pick a school that has big sports! Football is one of my favorite sports so when I found out that Wake was a D1 school in the ACC, I was sold! We might be the smallest one in the ACC, but we are mighty. We have great school spirit and I love to cheer on the Demon Deacons!

Picking a small school with a big school feel was important to me. I wanted a school that was small enough where the professors knew my name and where I was from, but also a school that was bigger than my graduating class in high school. So, a class that was bigger than 300. High school was too small because everyone knew everyone, and everyone knew everyone’s drama. Big news does travel fast here at Wake, but it is big enough that not everyone knows who broke up with so-in-so. I also see new faces every day on my walk to class but also friends and familiar faces across the quad.

I fell in love with Wake the first time I visited, four years ago last week. I fell in love with its beauty and I felt very at home on campus. Wake is one of the few schools that I do not remember touring. I know I did, and I remember walking past Taylor Residence Hall and walking up to the upper quad and seeing Wait Chapel, but that is all I can remember. My mother remembers differently and of course remembers every inch of the tour we went on. But don’t worry, I remember the 19 other schools I toured…

So regardless that I did not remember the tour, I did know that by the end of it, I knew Wake was my first-choice school. I felt at home and have felt those same feelings since first stepping onto campus four years ago!

It was the best decision I could have made and I am so in love with this school, the people here and my beautiful life.