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Emerald Isle, NC

27 Dec 2021

2021 Year in Review

2021…wow, what a year! It’s hard to believe that we are in the final days of 2021. I feel like it’s been the fastest year…

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20 Good Things About 2020

31 Dec 2020

20 Good Things about 2020

Hey y’all! Congratulations, you made it to the last day of 2020! And even if that’s the only thing you can say you accomplished this…

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31 Dec 2018

2018 in Review

Hey y’all! It’s so hard to believe that 2018 is almost over! Is it just me, or has this been the fastest year yet?! I…

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In my aspiring ballerina era… 🩰 . One of the

In my aspiring ballerina era… 🩰
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One of the items on my 2023 bucket list was to see a @carolinaballet production, and I was able to check that off when I saw their performance of The Sleeping Beauty earlier this month! I love The Nutcracker and have seen a production almost every Christmas season for years now. But I otherwise hadn’t really seen any other true classical ballet productions. Carolina Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty is also the first true professional ballet production I’ve seen, and it was everything I hoped it would be! I definitely plan to go to more of their performances next season. Can’t believe I’ve lived in the Raleigh/Durham area for over nine years and hadn’t taken advantage of having a professional ballet company in the area until just recently!

I never took ballet lessons as a kid, but really wish I had had the opportunity. When I first expressed interest in taking dance at age 10, the local dance studio didn’t offer beginner ballet classes for my age, so I ended up taking jazz and modern for a few years. So the closest I will get to being a ballerina is wearing my @sarahflint_nyc Sacchetto ballet flats to the ballet! This style was actually inspired by ballet shoes, and when it was originally released two years ago there was a limited edition collaboration with American Ballet Theater!

Good news-you can save $60 on your first pair of Sarah Flint shoes with code SARAHFLINT-BALIZS. The Sacchetto Flat is so comfy as well, and I definitely recommend sizing down a half size if you have narrow feet.
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Have you ever seen a professional ballet performance? What’s your favorite ballet? Now that I’ve seen two out the three Tchaikovsky ballets (The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty), Swan Lake is definitely on my bucket list!

#sarahflint #inmyflints #sarahflintshoes #flintfamily #walklikeawoman #designershoes #designerflats #balletflats #carolinaballet #raleighblogger #raleighinfluencers #rdu #raleighdurham #raleighnc #classicstyle #preppystyle

Happy Easter! Christ Is Risen! ✝️🌸🐰 The

Happy Easter! Christ Is Risen! ✝️🌸🐰

The Easter sermon at church this morning was on the story of doubting Thomas in John 20, and this verse especially stuck with me:

“Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’” -John 20:29

It’s often so hard for me to walk by faith than by sight, and I find myself doubting that Jesus is who He says He is because He’s not showing up for me in the way and on the timeline I want.

On this resurrection Sunday I am thankful for the hope of eternal life in a Savior who is patient and continues to pursue me even when I struggle and doubt Him!

Hope y’all had a blessed Easter! 💗

Photo cred: @ameliacassarphoto

One of the highlights of this past weekend (and tb

One of the highlights of this past weekend (and tbh of 2023 so far) was getting to meet the famous @ripkenthebatdog at the Durham Bulls game! 🐾😍🐕‍🦺
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As most of y’all know, I am not much of a dog person at all, and strongly prefer cats! However, labs are the exception! I love labs, and black labs are my favorite! Ripken is so handsome and so sweet! He fetches bats for the @durhambulls at their Saturday home games, and is the tee retriever for NC State football (one of the only things I like about the Wolfpuppies 😂). Ripken also got to do the ceremonial puck drop at the Carolina Hurricanes outdoor stadium series came back in February. His popularity has exploded, and he is quite the local celebrity now! 🐾
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You can meet Ripken at a Saturday Durham Bulls home game! He usually only retrieves the first four innings, and is happy to stop and take pics with his adoring fans on his way to chill in his suite! Positioning yourself near the end of a row towards the third base dugout at the end of the 4th inning is the best way to catch him! You also might be able to catch him before the game while he’s hanging out at the front of Section 107 near third base dugout. My friend and I were actually able to see him before the game! Be sure to ask Ripken for a baseball card with his pawtograph too! 🐾
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Swipe to see Ripken in action, and his baseball card! The crowd definitely cheered louder for Ripken retrieving the bats than they did for any play in the actual game 😂

Last night wrapped up the 2022-2023 college basket

Last night wrapped up the 2022-2023 college basketball season, and “March Madness” is a huge understatement to describe this year’s tournament! Despite being preseason number 1 and expected to have a shot at the title after coming up just short last year, my Tar Heels failed to make the tournament at all! And then my alma mater, Furman, made their first NCAA Tournament in 43 years! I never thought I would live to see the day when Furman made the tournament but UNC didn’t! While simply making the tournament was a huge deal by itself, the fact that @furmanhoops had a thrilling upset win over UVA in the first round thanks to a last second shot was the icing on the cake! And I loved re-living that moment last night when it made the One Shining Moment video montage. Regardless of who wins it all, the One Shining Moment video montage is my favorite part of the tournament each year!

Also, this year’s tournament was a reminder that while life brings us disappointments when expectations aren’t met (as in UNC’s basketball season), life is also full of sweet unexpected surprises that we couldn’t have imagined beforehand (Furman’s tournament bid and thrilling upset.) And the Lord is faithful through it all! As @jpokluda said in a post a few weeks ago, the bracket busters of March Madness are a perfect example of how despite our best human efforts to predict what will happen, only God knows the outcome!

Finally, the past month reminded me that I really need to get a new Furman shirt. But at least I still have this Furman @tervis tumbler I could use to show my Paladin Pride over the past month! A lot has changed since my time at @furmanuniversity & I’m a very different person than I was 16-20 years ago. Over the past decade, I found myself not feeling connected to Furman the way I did as a student and more recent grad. But the excitement of the past month has rekindled my connection with Furman, and reminded me that despite all that has changed through the years, that beautiful campus on the northern outskirts of Greenville, SC that I literally called home for four years will always have a piece of my heart and will always be a symbolic home I can return to.

Thankful for a great birthday week! Enjoyed dinner

Thankful for a great birthday week! Enjoyed dinner and March Madness watching with family last weekend, then dinner with some good friends on my actual birthday. And two of my closest friends prayed over
me at the end of my birthday night! Oh and there was lots of cake too 🎂!

I was honestly really dreading this particular birthday approaching, because 38 is way too close for comfort to 40. And I’ve really been struggling with discontent in multiple areas of my life-particularly with feeling like I’m nowhere near where I thought I would be at this point in my life, and that I’m still stuck in the exact same spot I was a year ago. However, the Lord graciously reminded me how blessed I am to have so many amazing people in my life who’ve made me feel so loved and celebrated in recent days!

And even though nothing in my circumstances has changed in the past year, I can wholeheartedly say that I know Jesus more intimately than I did one year ago, and that is reason enough to celebrate! I am praying that this coming year is full of open doors and new opportunities in multiple areas of my life, along with continued growth in the Lord!

Ps. The t-shirt I’m wearing in first pic commemorates UNC’s Final 4 win over Dook one year ago tonight! As disappointing as my Tar Heels’ basketball season was this year, it’s hard for me to be too upset because I will forever have the memory of UNC wrecking Coach K’s retirement tour last March/April 😂!

“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” -Lilly Pulitzer 🌸
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Definitely didn’t feel like the first day of spring in NC today, so felt like this Lilly Pulitzer quote was especially fitting! Instead of wearing a @lillypulitzer sundress, I have been bundled up all day. Here’s to hoping it will warm up for good soon! 😎
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In addition to warmer temperatures, another thing I love about spring is that it’s a time of renewal and rebirth after a cold dark winter. I feel like many things in my life have been in a season of figurative winter that’s lasted far longer than three months. However, this quote from Lilly reminds me that perspective is everything, and despite how life’s circumstances might be unfolding, live like it’s “spring.” This doesn’t mean you can’t grieve and lament unfulfilled desires, delayed dreams, and difficult circumstances. But grieving with hope is a game-changer. And as a believer in Jesus, I have to constantly remind myself that there is so much going on behind the scenes, and that the Lord is working on my behalf even when I can’t see it! 💗!
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So here’s to entering a new season with a renewed trust in the Lord to make all things new, and to make a way in the wilderness! 💗
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“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” -Isaiah 43:19

Photo: @ameliacassarphoto

If @americangirlbrand considers your childhood a “historical era,” it’s time to start using an anti-aging serum and eye cream 😂
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Y’all, American Girl was one of the defining parts of my childhood! My entire Christmas list and birthday lists from about 1992-1997 consisted of items from the Pleasant Company catalogue. When I added an American Girl of Today doll to my collection for Christmas 1995, the Girl of Today line had just launched when I got mine. And as of less than two weeks ago, there are now American Girl 1999 HISTORICAL Dolls 😮! That’s right, Isabel & Nikki are younger than my childhood Girl of TODAY doll 😂. Even though I was born in 1985, I consider myself more of a 90s kid, because I was too young to remember most of the 80s! And I was only one year old in 1986 when Courtney Moore (80s historical doll) books were set. Therefore, the release of 90s historical girls Nikki & Isabel really hits me in a “goodness I’m old” way that the release of 80s historical girl Courtney didn’t quite reach!
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With American Girl briefly re-releasing the original six historical dolls for their 35th anniversary almost two years ago and the resurgence of interest in American Girl on social media/ online communities among millennials like myself, I’ve been rekindling my interest in American Girl! I don’t intend to become a full-fledged adult collector like many of the #agig community. But I did buy a 35th anniversary Felicity and Samantha (since hair of my childhood Samantha has seen better days) back in 2021, and lately I’ve gotten a few of the accessories sets from the 80s and 90s historical lines with childhood nostalgia—think Care Bears, Book-It!, and character lunchboxes with matching thermoses! 😂 And just this past week I dug my “once modern” 90s American Girl doll out of storage from my parents. Swipe to see Julie Ann!
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If the latest American Girl launch is also making you feel old, you can start investing in quality skincare! And now is the perfect time, because @beautycounter is offering a gift with purchase to celebrate their 10th birthday! Spend $125, get a free C Serum. Spend $250, and get free AHA smoothing mask too! DM me for details 😊

Cheers to the weekend and to March! I love March b

Cheers to the weekend and to March! I love March because it means warmer weather, the official start of spring, and MARCH MADNESS! Here’s to hoping my Tar Heels can have a great month of basketball despite struggling and not living up to expectations for much of the season. However, one thing the Heels showed me last year is that the struggles of January and February don’t define your March! I think this is a great analogy not just for basketball, but for life! My January and February had some good moments, but they also had some of the same struggles and feelings of “stuck-ness” carried over from 2022. However, I have to remind myself that that the past two months don’t necessarily indicate what’s to come this month and the rest of the year! 😊
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So here’s to great things to come in March, hopefully starting off with a UNC win over Duke this weekend! 🐏
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What are you looking forward to this weekend and this month? 😊
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#unc #uncchapelhill #carolina #carolinagirl #tarheels #tarheelsnation #goheels #goheelsgoamerica #carolinabasketball #uncbasketball #marchmadness #hellomarch #carolinablue #rameses #ncblogger #lillypulitzer #lifestyleblogs #chapelhillnc #visitchapelhill

And that’s a wrap on February! A couple of highl

And that’s a wrap on February! A couple of highlights included being treated to dinner at @thecarolinainn while sharing their lobby refresh, and adding a new pair of @sarahflint_nyc shoes to my collection! 💗
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My newest pair of Sarah Flint shoes actually arrived the same day I went to The Carolina Inn, so I wore them out for dinner that night! This particular style is the Sacchetto Ballet Flat in Petal Nappa! I actually have the Sacchetto in two other colors, but this petal color really makes me feel like I’m wearing actual ballet slippers! I never took ballet growing up, but always thought it would be fun. So these shoes are a way I can live out my aspiring ballerina fantasies 🩰 Pairing these with a black dress and cream tights added some additional ballerina vibes to this outfit! Fun fact: actual pointe shoes were the inspiration behind the Sacchetto flat, and when Sarah Flint first released this style two years ago they did a collaboration with the American Ballet Theatre! If you have a narrow foot like me, you will want to size down a half size in the Sacchetto. And you can save $50 on your first pair of Sarah Flints with code SARAHFLINT-BALIZS. 😊
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Also, although I went to The Carolina Inn to share their new lobby, I had to snap a pic in this iconic hallway with the black & white floor! 😊
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What was a highlight of your February?
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#sarahflint #flintfamily #walklikeawoman #balletflats #ballerinastyle #designershoes #flats #classicstyle #preppystyle #styledbyme #outfitinspirations #whatiwore #carolinainn #unc #uncchapelhill #chapelhillnc #visitnc #northcarolina #ncblogger

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