A girl gone country..

No, not me, y'all. I'm already country ;)

I'm talking about one of my greatest friends, Sara, who just came to visit my little eastern NC town for the first time Wednesday and Thursday! How is she one of my greatest friends yet just came to my town for the first time, you ask? Well, let me tell you.

Two years ago (WOW!) when I was searching for roommates for my freshman year at UNC, I stumbled upon this website called "URoomSurf" --basically eHarmony for roommates. But really, it was! And it was great. You had to pay $10 (totally worth it) and you filled out a very lengthy, but very appropriate, questionnaire and it paired you with people who were attending your chosen college in the fall and gave you a compatibility rating! It was great, and this is how I found Miss Sara. 

 (Sara is on the right. This was her URoomSurf picture and therefore the first picture I ever saw of her)

She already had a roommate (the lovely Anna), but was still looking for 2 more suitemates. After talking back and forth for about 2 weeks, she oh-so-graciously agreed to be my suitemate and was a HUGE help in finding me a roommate, the hilarious Devin.

Because of these three girls, I had the best freshman year of college possible. I knew I would only be living in a dorm for one year and wanted to have a good experience with it, and I had a wonderful one.

L to R: Devin, myself, Sara, Anna

L to R: myself, Sara, Anna

L to R: myself, Anna, Sara, Devin

Each of these girls hailed from pretty large towns in central NC (with about 20,000 stoplights), and I came from a super tiny town in eastern NC (with 2 stoplights). They're city girls, and I'm all country.

Funny story/side-note: The first time I actually called Sara, instead of texting, she answered the phone ..

Sara: Hello?

Haley: Hey, what are you doing?

Sara: ...long pause.....nothing, what about you?

Then our conversation carried on as normal, but I would later find out (like 6 months ago) that the reason Sara paused for so long is because she was so shocked by my accent and "didn't expect me to sound like that". HAHA! Love her. 

Anyway, to make this already long story a little shorter, a country girl and a city girl were thrown together in the hopes of not killing each other, and now she's become one of my greatest friends and one that I know will forever be a part of my life. 

SO, with all that said, we had been planning and scheming trying to get her down to Pinetops (she has a very busy summer schedule) and she was finally able to break away this week! She arrived Wednesday afternoon and left Thursday at noon, but it was better than nothing and we made the very best of it!

She came to hang out with me in my "box", as she so affectionately referred to my ice cream stand, for a few hours and then we headed back to home to get all dolled up and headed to Greenville for a late dinner at Winslow's Tavern with 3 of my other best girls, Jordan (whom you all know), Jen, and Kelly.  

 L to R: Jen, myself, Jordan, Sara

 Back row: myself, Kelly, Sara

Front row: Jen and Jordan

L to R: myself, Jen, Jordan, Sara, Kelly

And as a rather interesting end to the night, we headed to Sonic for dessert and Sara made a friend..

Sara: Hey, look! It's a cat!

Me: Mmm..Sara. I don't think that's a cat. I think it's a....fox??

Sara: No way! I'm gonna go feed it. 

So yes, that is her Sonic blast that "Willy" the fox is eating. 

Oh, the things that happen when you bring a city girl into the country....

;) 

P.S. I'm guest posting over at the wonderful Asha's Aspects today while she's airborne to Portland for vacay! Go check it out!!

Hope y'all have a fab Friday and wonderful weekend!! xo