I Am Very Busy. 2016 Ban.do Planner First Impression / Review

Happy Wednesday, everyone! :) 

So today I'm doing a review on this planner I got from Altar'd State last weekend! 

I got this planner (it's sadly sold out on the ban.do site , but there's a gold and floral one!) on a Sunday while looking around Altar'd State and when I saw it I had to have, it was too cute not to! (I'm a bit of a planner addict!) It's a light pink planner with rose gold font and elastic band! It's a 17- month planner just like my Lilly Pulitzer Agenda! The size of the agenda is 5.5 in. x 8.5 in. so it's the perfect size for on the go, it fits perfectly in my purse and doesn't take up much space which is great! :D 

So when you open the planner you have a sticker sheet and I must say these are some cute pictures. (The "but first, coffee" mug is my favorite, of course!)

Then after the sticker page, there's a "secret code" page! This reminds me of middle school when we made up the most random codes! haha 

As all planners, this comes with a 2016-2017 yearly pages! I also like that the tabs are colorful and not all the same colors!)

It also has a page for special dates, birthdays, etc. I love the title, super cute! 

Again, loving the title because it's so true, holidays are the best days, of course! I like that it's in the beginning because in one of my planners, these were at the very back! 

With every month, there's a different quote and image on the pages! Every page is different and very unique! 

Before getting to the monthly view, you get a couple of pages for notes or anything you feel like jotting down and I love this because I don't have to flip all the way to the back to write in the notes section! 

Here's the monthly view and I like how the holidays are different colors! The boxes are a bit small, but that's not such a big issue to me because I write small to begin with and if I run out of room I can just write in the little notes section on the left side! :) 

Here's the weekly view! They aren't lined like Lilly's, but it's not something I'm picky about, more space and more decorating for me! :) 

 Here are the rest of the months for this year! :) 

September!

October!

November!

Lastly, December!

 As a first impressions/review post, I must say that I am in love with this planner! It's small, lightweight and great for every-day use! I might do a how I organize my everyday planner soon! :) 

Rate: 5/5 

The verdict for this planner is : Stephanie Alexandra Approved! 

Love this planner and I'm so glad I got it! :) 

(P.s. I've filled it out already and it's easy to read and space is great, pen ink doesn't bleed through, all in all a great planner! :D )

What planner are you using this year? Do you use a different planner for life/school/etc?

Happy Wednesday, y'all! Have a great day! :)

Acapulco Weekend Recap♡ (Prepare for lots of pictures!)

So this past weekend I went to Acapulco with the family and I had lots of fun! This was our last trip for the summer and it's bittersweet, but I know I'll be back very soon! 

We left Friday morning and got there around 2 pm (to be completely honest, I don't remember, I'm guessing lol) and it was crazy getting rooms because it was literally beyond packed! We almost didn't get to stay in our go-to hotel, but luckily we did! Once we left all our stuff in our rooms, we changed into our bathing suits and headed straight to the beach! Once we spent some time at the beach, we swam a bit at the pool area and once we had enough, we went upstairs and got ready for dinner! We didn't do much after that, just some dinner and family bonding! Here are the pictures! :) 

Entering the tunnel to head to Acapulco!

We stayed at the Copa Cabana Beach Hotel!

The hotel room view!

Our bedroom!

Mirror selfie because why not? haha 

The beautiful palm trees!! <3 

The beautiful sky! <3 

My face got cut, but look at my cute little cousin! <3 

We ate dinner at this restaurant called El Fogón!

I ordered the Gringa with Agua de Jamaica! <3

Then on Saturday we spent the time at the beach again and once we left the beach we ate some dinner and spent some time in downtown and had fun dancing and seeing a comedian in the hotel's bar area. It was a chill Saturday to say the least. :) Here are some pictures of that day! 

The sunset was beautiful on this day! 

Selfie on the beach! 

Selfie with the cousin! 

Picture with the lobsters [BRING IN THE DANCING LOBSTERS!]

Ended the night with a Corona Michelada <3 

On Sunday we packed our stuff, loaded everything into our vehicles and headed to Barra Vieja! We got there in about 30 minutes and we ordered our fish (I would insert the name, but I can't remember it nor spell it haha) and spent some family time and had a chill lunch close to the beach and after all of that and before the sun was going to set we headed home! Here are some pictures! :) 

Relaxing in the chair! <3 

Relaxing in the hammock (literally fell asleep! haha)

Our fish for lunch! It was so good! Thomasita is amazing!

Beach breeze, beach waves, sunny rays and smiles galore <3

Seriously love being at the beach <3 #beachbum

So that was my weekend in Acapulco! Hope you enjoyed this and hope your summer was [is] fantastic! Crazy how this summer went by so fast and I can't believe I start classes this Monday! 

Did you go anywhere this weekend? :)

Have a wonderful weekend, y'all! 

My Trip to Cuernavaca (Recap) ♡

Happy Thursday, y'all! Today I am sharing with you guys my trip to Cuernavaca I took a couple weeks ago! :) I went to visit my Godmother and cousin for a little bit with my cousin Samy and we had such a fun time! The people are so nice, the weather is perfect, not too hot during the day and not too cold at night, and the food is good too! We had gone once before this trip, but it was only for a day, so not a lot happened, but this time it was for 3 days and 2 nights and we did a bit more stuff together! However I didn't get to go to any of the tourist parts of Cuernavaca because of the time crunch and budget. We mainly went to spend time with the family, really! 

DAY 1

This was what I wore on the first day! 

T-Shirt Dress: Hollister 

Necklace: Francesca's 

Shoes: Steve Madden Donddi in Tan Leather 

Sunglasses: Ray Ban Clubmaster (mine are polarized)

Lip Tint: Tarte LipSurgence Matte Lip Tint in Fiery 

My cousin meet us at the bus terminal and we got there at around 1:30 p.m. and from there we went to my Godmother's house to drop off our stuff 

Had to take selfie in the taxi because why not haha

My Godmother lives about 30 minutes from the city which isn't bad when you love the cold and a view like this! Nature is truly beautiful! 

Once we left our things we headed back to the city and went to Galerias Cuernavaca which is the shopping center (and it's pretty big!) and we headed straight to P.F. Chang's because we were starving! This was the first time I ever ate there and I LOVED IT! Wish I had one close to me! (Closest one is about 2 hours!) 

For an appetizer I got the dumplings and my cousin got the Warrior Roll as her meal!

Then I order Chang's Spicy Chicken and it was SO GOOD!

Here was the fortune I got and I can't wait to go back P.F. Chang's in the States!

We walked around the shopping mall and looked at Victoria's Secret, Guess, and Mac for a little and then we headed to Zara and as I was going to check out I saw Yuya's Brother Fichis and not gonna lie I did freak out a little bit because beforeI had told my mom that what if I see Fichis and lo and behold, it happened! 

 Here he is with his girlfriend Pao!

After all the excitement, we headed to Starbucks and we got some Caramel Frappes! :)

Once we walked around for a bit again, we headed up the second floor and headed to Chilim Balokos and we got to eat this wonderful creation! It looks weird, but it was so good!! <3

We left the mall and headed back to my Godmother's house and this little cutie was there to greet us with my Godmother! Look at that cute face! <3

We talked and played around for a bit and we headed to bed and that was the end of day 1! 

DAY 2

We woke up at around 9:30 a.m. and this cute was the one who woke us up! 

He is such ball of energy, he's so cute! <3

 We all got ready and headed down to city and ate Kentucky Fried Chicken! 

I got the Tocino Chipotle which is basically a bacon chipotle chicken sandwich and it was really good!

Selfie with this cutie! <3 

 We went to the movies and we saw the Minions! It was such a cute movie and Carlitos was all for the movie! 

I just got a cherry icee and my cousin got the combo! 

 Once we left the movie theater it rained like no ones business! 

It was raining so much that it rained that it rained with hail! But I had to get this picture of this palm tree and I like how it turned out! 

So that was my trip to Cuernavaca, it was short and simple, but I had fun regardless! And tomorrow I'm going to Acapulco so a new post about that will be up when I return! :) 

Where did you go this summer? :)