The 5 Things No One Told You About Going Out in College...

Going out in college sounds awesome doesn’t it? Who doesn’t want super cute insta pics and wild memories of the time you danced on that table? You finally made it to freshmen year and you are so pumped about being away from your curfews and questions from parents. This is all you baby! Nothing but time stands in your way now as you wait for 10pm to come and the party to begin. Wrong. Wrong, just totally wrong. I’m not saying wild nights are a myth in college, I’m just saying you’ll most likely find them in the last place you thought to look. Take it from me, there are plenty of things no one ever told you about going out in college… here are 5.

1. You won’t be out by 10. End of story. You won’t! One roommate will not be able to shower when she wants, so she’s thrown off and taking forever. Next thing you know your closest disappears into one shirt and no pants and you arrive at the conclusion there is simply nothing to wear. Then, the person you’ve been texting with the address to the party suddenly stops answering. “But he was just texting me!” I know, but now he isn’t, and you won’t be out the door till 11:30 at best.
2. It will always be further than “one block away.” Seriously it’s never just one block away. It will always be at least a 10 minute walk, on a good night if you are able to herd your friends like cattle in a straight line with no one stopping. If you are brave enough to bare the party scene in the dead of winter… Good luck! Looking cute doesn’t seem so important when you’ve lost your legs to hypothermia. The walk back will seem 10X longer.. And it will be because you’ll probably get lost or lose a few friends along the way.
3. You will be packed inside a small house and possibly overheat. See the tricky part is dressing warm for the walk… But not so warm that you pass out mid dougie on the dance floor. Just like you found out about the party? Yeah so did 100 other students who have been on the same journey as you. Everyone is dancing off 30 pounds of sweat. Stick 100 kids in a basement and you could generate a school with all the heat. Let’s just say, you’ll never leave the party looking as good as when you got there.
4. You’ll have to be in charge once every cycle. Oh you’ve never heard about the cycle? It’s how many friends you have, that’s the amount in a cycle. Once every cycle you’ll have to be in charge of what seem like 2nd grade children at Chucky Cheese. Don’t let her hook up with him! Where the heck is Ashely?! Wait who has the key to the dorm! No Megan that is not a good idea! Yup. Being in charge of everyone is great!
5. The best nights you’ll have are unexpected. You’ll plan your Halloween costume all October and your “ABC” outfit for three weeks, but those nights won’t ever compare to the random nights you didn’t even know were happening. You’ll be bored in your room alone when all of a sudden someone comes in and says “I’m bored too.” There you go. The perfect recipe for what have turned out to be my favorite memories of college so far.  It could be at a party, but more times than not the fun memories happen outside of a Frat house. They’ll happen when the story begins with “so this one random night…”

There you have it. The 5 things no one ever told you about going out in college. The best of times are the ones you never saw coming.

I tricked you all by posting, yet another, not fashion related post but this was something I wrote a few months ago, and after seeing all the back to school posts, I was inspired to find this again and post it on here. This blog is about embracing your story, so there is more to me than fashion, thus, I'm willing to post whatever inspires me, which most of the time is fashion anyway!

Thank you for reading, until next time...

- Casey