Local Flavor Swap Show-Off

Ah, I'm soooo late posting this.  Life got away from me entirely over the last few weeks-and sadly the blog isn't the only thing I'm behind on.  I'm behind on my school work and housework as well.  Gah! I'm working on getting caught up.

As most of you know, I co-host the blog Chaotic Goddess Swaps where we do blogging swaps.  The last one we did was the Local Flavor Swap where you send your partner stuff from your local area.  I was partnered up with the lovely Alyssa from Sincerely, Alaska.  She lives in South Carolina and sent me this fantastic box of goodies:

I love this towel.  I may not live in the South, but I'm pro giving it a cocktail and parading it on the front porch!  I love it!   She also included some delicious Key Lime cookies (I'm a huge lime fan), some cornbread mix (I LOVE cornbread!), a mason jar with pretty straw and some half and half tea/lemonade mix, and a cute book of Charleston recipes that I can't wait to try!  Thank you Alyssa!  See what I sent her HERE.

If you missed this swap, or any other fantastic ones-never fear you'll have a chance to join again!  We've worked out our schedule for next year and I'm happy to tell you that Local Flavor will be back next Summer with a lot of favorites and an extra book swap!  This will all be announced soon over at Chaotic Goddess Swaps.  For now, we're taking sign-ups for our Swapoween swap so don't miss that one!  

Chandelier: Why We Can't Cover Our Problems with Pills & Alcohol {Musical Mondays & Giveaway}

What is Musical Mondays?

Musical Mondays is a weekly linky party where we share a song we're into for the week, and talk about why we like it-or why it effects us.  Along with talking about music, I host a (usually) month-long music giveaway. 

This week's song:

Chandelier 
by Sia

+ cover by Sarah Bareilles

The Weekly Round Up

Hey hey hey... My amazing co-host Aubrey from High-Heeled Love decided it was time we give our Weekly Round Up button a makeover!  So voila-the new button-pretty no?

<a href="http://www.mysocalledchaos.com" target="blank"><img src="http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww257/agofish/For%20Blog/WeeklyRoundUpButton_zps0b87b3d9.jpg" alt="The Weekly Round-Up"></a>

Anyway, here are my weekly finds from around the Blogosphere-I hope you find a great new read! 

♥ I have to agree with Tay from The Daily Tay on her 20 Reasons Girls LOVE Fall.  I love love love it!

♥ Are you looking for a new linkup?  Mrs.Tee from Mrs.Tee Life, Love, Laughter is co-host of a great Social Media Mixer every week that you can join up on!  It looks like a lot of fun!

♥ Anna from Anna in Wonderland wrote this great post to help you stay motivated and be successful when writing-either for blogging or professional writing.  These are great things I need to keep in mind!

♥ I love Vegas, but I do not love gambling.  I also love that Alex from Her Wonderful Adventure wrote up a fantastic list of things to do in Vegas for non-gamblers!  So useful-I need to keep this handy!

♥ Taylor from Pink Heels Pink Truck always have great "blogging edumacation" posts.  I loved this one with tips on how to make Facebook more effective with these daily to-do's.  Check it out!

Share your favorite reads this week!

The point of The Weekly Round-Up is to focus on other people instead of just another post about ourselves.  It's to build better community, share insight into what we love to read, and hopefully introduce you to a new blogger you'll love and adore!  Wanna play along?  Write a post with links to your favorite blog posts from others throughout the week, put the button in it, and link up with us on Sundays!