Responsible Travel Guide // A Trip to Mt Pleasant, South Carolina

Last weekend my family and I took a trip to visit an old friend of mine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. This trip looked a lot different than the road trips we were taking this time last year, because this year, we are navigating COVID-19. I’m aware this is controversial, but here’s the thing. We have to figure out how to continue to live our lives in a safer way. There are safe ways to continue fun things in life, but no matter what those activities are… they have to be done safely and THERE ARE WAYS to do that.

THIS IS NOT A MOMENT, IT'S A MOVEMENT // A trip to the Anthropologie home office in Philadelphia, PA

If you’re new around here, you may not know that Anthropologie extended their sizing to include plus sizes last Spring. I was very impressed with my first fitting room experience (read about that here or watch it here). While I was there trying amazing clothing on that actually fit (tears!!) - one of the corporate team members was there and mentioned that the president of Anthropologie was actually behind APlus 100%.

STYLE, TRAVELAshley DoroughSeptember 2, 2019anthro, aplusbyanthropologie, anthropologie, philly, philadelphia, travelComment

TRAVEL // Highlands, NC - Toyota Camry: There for Life

Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (“Toyota”) provided me with compensation and use of a Camry for a short period of time. The opinions I have shared about this vehicle are my own.

It’s Summer. If you’re like me, you have big hopes and dreams every year for having the best summer ever. Hopes and dreams of traveling and making memories with our families, sure...but what about the stress that comes with traveling?! Forget about it. There shall be NO SUCH THING!! Right?! Wishful thinking…

But on top of these unattainable goals we give ourselves, we scroll our feeds and often see people we may or may not know on lavish family vacations, seemingly having the time of their lives.

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughAugust 4, 2019toyota camry, camry, travel, family trip, mountains, river cabin, river barn, packing tipsComment

TRAVEL // Panama City Beach as a family of four

DRESS | EARRINGS

I almost called this post “from Beads to Babies” - but decided against it, lol.

Really what this post should be called is… FAMILY BEACH TRIP SURVIVAL // The main takeaway: you can’t do it alone and you might hate your life.

Ha! Jk. But really…

TRAVEL, LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughJuly 25, 2019beach, beach trip, travel, travel guide, panama city beachComment

BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

A little bit of a love story - Wes and I got to experience the place we got married in almost 5 years ago!

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughDecember 29, 2017The Graduate travel, travelguide, athens ga, the graduate, hotel, review, marriageComment

A SWIMSUIT, RESTYLED

I've gotten a lot of questions about what I wore in New Orleans on our recent trip. Guess what?! It was actually just a swimsuit that I restyled as a bodysuit. Here is what was going through my head while trying to figure out what to wear:

STYLEAshley DoroughAugust 17, 2017travel, whattowear, currentlywearing, whatiwore, outfitsinpiration, bodysuitComment

A 24 HOUR GUIDE TO NEW ORLEANS

What can you do with less than 24 hours in New Orleans? SO. MANY. THINGS. A few weeks ago, my husband and I stopped there for a day before heading to Texas for my best friends' wedding. We had less than 24 hours to enjoy NOLA, and it was a freaking blast.

TRAVEL, LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughAugust 15, 2017travel, travelguide, kendrascott, seaangelswim, neworleans, nola, asos, targetstyle, target, marriage, styleComment

BEFORE WE HAD A BABY

Before we had a baby, we could go on 5 date nights a week. We could laugh as loud as we wanted to at night. We could sleep in on the weekends. We wouldn't worry about how much quality time we were getting with each other. Last week, my college roommate got married in Texas. My husband and I decided a while ago that we would just block this time off and drive, instead of flying. This drive would include a pit stop in New Orleans for a night.