Hey y'all! So last Saturday, July 16th, I spent the day in Columbia, South Carolina with Hannah! Hannah is one of my closest friends, and I met her through blogging! Hannah owns @scusemysouthernprep on Instagram (check her out!). If you'd like to see how I spent my Saturday with Hannah, feel free to keep reading!
So to start off the day I took the 45 minute drive to Cola (another name for Columbia) from my small town in South Carolina. I went and picked up Hannah from her house so we could start our journey! Of course Hannah wasn't fully ready when I got there, so I had to wait. But when she was finally ready we took the short trip to the Tropical Smoothie that was near her house. I had never been to a Tropical Smoothie before so I was pretty excited to try it! I ordered the strawberry kiwi smoothie which was delicious! Hannah decided to get the mocha madness smoothie and it was surprisingly pretty good. We sat down and caught up on our lives since we hadn't seen each other since the 4th of July.
After our smoothie break we were both craving a snack. And what better snack than Chick-Fil-A nuggets! I mean come on, Chick-Fil-A is the bomb.com!
Since the best time to shop is after you've eaten some food, we decided to stop by Pink Sorbet, our local Lilly Pulitzer Signature Store! I loved looking at all the new prints and styles they had! Sadly, Hannah nor I was able to purchased anything, because you know, we're just broke High School students! (LoL) I was able to add some things to my wish list though! Here are some pictures that I took while there!
Hannah then wanted to show me this small boutique that was filled with gifts, jewelry, and purses! It was called Just The Thing and it was located on Divine Street near Pink Sorbet! I actually purchased something at this boutique. Only because I knew I would regret it so much if I didn't!! I bought this beautiful tassel necklace and matching bracelet set which will be pictured below!
After our shopping spree is when the real fun began! We decided to take pictures at the West Cola River Walk. The river walk is on the Congaree River. The trail contains a few small bridges and hills. The scenery is beautiful! Hannah and I decided to take pictures at three different locations along the river walk. We would have done more, but here in SC we're known to be famously hot. And that held true that day.
The first location we took pictures at was at this cute little bridge towards the first part of the trail. There was green everywhere! The next stop was at the river. There are rocks all along and in the river. So of course we had to jump to the rocks that were in the river to take pictures! (I mean duhhhh, who wouldn't!) This part of the river was also under a bridge and it was actually very cool to stand under. Here is a picture of some of the scenery from our second locations.
After we skipped on some rocks, and we both almost fell in, we decided to move on. The last location was along another part of the river. There we took pictures with bubbles and confetti! I know you've been waiting to see, so I'll finally show y'all some of the photos from the shoot below of Hannah and I! (The beautiful candles featured are from Bridge Water Candle Company! They smell and look beautiful!)
Before we ended our time together, we made a quick pit stop to see one of our mutual blogger fiends, Cathleen! Cathleen's Instagram is @cathslagle! (She takes amazing photos!) The reason we went to meet Cathleen is because Hannah needed to drop off a rep package from her business, @simplygoldaccesories on Instagram! We even got pictures with Cathleen!
So that was my Saturday with Hannah! I hope y'all enjoyed reading my story! Don't forget to follow me on Instagram at @theofficialprep to see more photos from my day in Cola!
Xoxo,
Samantha
