Turkey Day Football With some Tasty Parings

I hate to break it to my New Englanders out there but you will not get to see Tom Brady's nice looking face on thanksgiving. There are three games on thanksgiving starting at 12:30.  Perfect time to put out some appetizers, right?

12:30 CBS Bears VS. Lions Pared with Buffalo Chicken Dip and Your Favorite IPA

The Detroit Lions are at it again.  Can the repeat their win they had last year against the Packers?  This game should be interesting because it features the leagues most powerful offenses lead by Matthew Stafford and Jay Cutler. 

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 20

INGREDIENTS:

2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1 cup Ranch dressing 3/4 cup pepper sauce (such as Frank's Red Hot®)

1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese   1 bunch celery, cleaned and cut into 4 inch pieces 1 (8 ounce) box chicken-flavored crackers

DIRECTIONS:

1.

Heat chicken and hot sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm. Mix in half of the shredded cheese, and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on Low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks and crackers. 4:30 FOX Eagles VS. Cowboys Tony Romo and Nick Foles are going to make this game one to remember.  Under Chip Kelly Nick is taking the eagles to a new level.  Does Tony still have it in him or are the new guys going to get things passed him? Stuffed Mushrooms Paired with Belgian Trappist Beer Its around 6 and your stomach is starting to growl after the 3'oc turkey, instead of those potato chips try these Stuffed Mushrooms.

Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes

Ready In: 1 Hour  Servings: 12

INGREDIENTS: 12 fresh mushrooms 1/2 pound ground beef 1 tablespoon minced onion 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 cup bread crumbs salt and pepper to taste 1/4 cup heavy cream 1/4 cup butter, melted 1 teaspoon chili powder DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Remove and chop mushroom stems. 2. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine ground beef, onion, and garlic. Cook until beef is no longer pink; drain. Mix in chopped mushroom stems, 1 tablespoon butter, bread crumbs, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in cream. 3. Dip mushroom caps in 1/4 cup melted butter, and stuff generously with meat mixture. Arrange stuffed mushrooms in a baking dish. Sprinkle with chili powder. 4. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven. 8:30 NBC Seahawks Vs. 49ers There two teams are going to battle it out again after the January 2014 championship game. The Classic Pecan Pie and J.W. Lees Harvest Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes Ready In: 1 Hour 5 Minutes Servings: 8 "A pecan pie without the corn syrup. Pecans, white sugar, and brown sugar are combined to create a satisfying dessert." INGREDIENTS: 1 cup light brown sugar 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 cup butter 2 eggs 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup chopped pecans DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). 2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until foamy, and stir in melted butter. Stir in the brown sugar, white sugar and the flour; mix well. Last add the milk, vanilla and nuts. 3. Pour into an unbaked 9-in pie shell. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes at 400 degrees, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until done. Thank you NFL.com and all recipes.com

The Holiday Season

Not that I don't love laying on the beach in the middle of the summer on a day off with a good playlist nothing beats the feeling of curling up in a blanket with a hot cup of coco while your Dad yells at a screen while someone doesn't catch the ball the great Tom through.  Yes there is no bashing Brady in my house.  I love this season with a passion.  I love seeing my family and can not wait to see my brothers and my brothers new puppy.

Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday, I would have it over chrisms any day.  Yes it's stressful and someone always yells but you always get over it because you are family.  This week leading up to thanksgiving I'm going to have a post hopefully every day to get you ready for the day.  Get ready for some pumpkin pie recipes!

Winter Bucket List

1. Go look at Holiday Lights In a different town

2. Give a Secret Gift to Someone

3.  Go Ice Skating

4. Make a Gingerbread House

5. Have A fire and watch Holiday Movies

6.  Go Sledding

7. Donate Toys

8. Make Peppermint Bark

Love and the Internet

Every day I read many articles about fashion/makeup/ and love.  Fashion and makeup I have pretty well covered and can help someone in those situations but love is something I have very little experience with because when someone tells me their relationship problems my advice is pretty much always to let them go.  The reason being if you're not happy whats the point of staying in the relationship and if they really love you they need that time away to figure out what they want.  But every article or just about every article I find online I find hilarious because it will not help you in real life. Here some on the craziest ones I've seen.  

20 Tips To Make Him Fall in Love with You

Fist I'm going to ask you would you want to make a guy fall in love with you?  In my opinion love and relationships are never something that should be forced because you wouldn't want to be with someone who just thinks he wants to be with you.  You want someone who knows he wants to be with you and wants a future.  

15 Flirting Rules to make a Guy like You 

If a guy likes you he will like you if your horrible at it or amazing.  Think about it if you like someone for their personality and humor would you care if they sucked at flirting?  Flirting doesn't last that long once you have him theres no need to continue flirting because you're getting into the serious parts of the relationship where you actually learn who the person is inside and out.  

15 Tips to get a guy to Text You Back

If a guy doesn't text you back it's really no big deal.  Don't sit in your bed watching sad romantic movies all day clutching your phone waiting for him to say "hi".  Get out of bed and do something you never know you could run into him and he can see that him not texting you back meant nothing to you.  

Love can be something amazing that lasts for a while but It can also be something that breaks you down and makes you wish you never kissed them in the first place.  When every relationship ends you ask yourself if it was worth it.  Sometimes all the work and pain won't be equal to the happiness and the love.  At my age putting myself out there for another person was the riskiest and scariest thing for me.  My advice is act yourself in the beginning if it will be worth it, if the pain is worth the potential happiness.  

Love's a game, wanna play?: How to get Through A Breakup Through Taylor Swift 1989 Lyrics

So I got dumped, hard core and I had no idea how to deal with it.  To be honest this is the first real breakup I went though, yes I've been dumped before and been the dumper but none of those previous relationships led me to crying and ending up going to bed at 8:30 on a Friday night.  I was thinking about doing the typical right after watch movies and eat chocolate post but that just isn't me (not that I didn't binge watch netflix).  I think the best way to get through a break up is to have a little humor with it because you may feel like your life is over but it's really not in some cases it could just be the beginning.  

Blank Space

So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
...
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar

This song pretty much describes any passionate relationship.  You are either going to be together forever and be that old couple who still have sex multiple times a week or your relationship is going to crash and burn.  But sometimes the burn is worth the time and effort you put into the relationship because it can help you in future relationships.  With these relationships you will either find yourself telling your girlfriends about the wild love you had for years or it being too painful to ever mention.  If this was the breakup you experienced focus on the positive and don't let the fire give you too much thought.

Style

Could end in burning flames or paradise
Fade into view, oh, it's been a while since I have even heard from you (heard from you)
...
I say, "I heard, oh, that you been out and about with some other girl, some other girl."
He says, "What you've heard is true but I Can't stop thinking about you," and
 I...I said, "I've been there too a few times."

These lyrics are there for anyone who has ever been cheated on.  In this song Taylor describes him as a James Dean character, a boy that ever goes out of style aka all the girls want him.  No one deserves to be cheated on and no one should let it happen.  Stand up for yourself and get out of the relationship because if they're going to cheat on you now it's not worth the risk of them cheating on you when you have 2.5 kids and a mortgage. For this break up forget about it.   The good times you shared as a couple might lead you to go back, focus on yourself and find yourself someone you loves you too much to be afraid to hurt you.

Welcome to New York

Everybody here wanted something more
Searching for a sound we hadn't heard before
...
Like any great love, it keeps you guessing
Like any real love, it's ever-changing
Like any true love, it drives you crazy

But you know you wouldn't change anything, anything, anything
Can an artist please make a song about Boston? Anyways this song is all about love being something that sound be wonderful and make you feel empowered.  Maybe its my little obsession with gossip girl but there is some power that comes along with walking down the streets of New York (it could be just because I was 12 and the Jay-z song about NYC was just released.  Love should be something that keeps you wondering and wanting to know more about the person.  And it should also drive you crazy (not mad, crazy). Be crazy in love and have wild adventures.  These lyrics are to inspire you to have a love that keeps you excited.  It also helps to get over a bad relationship because something better will be out there, just find the right person to open yourself up to.

My 101th Post

First I would like to say I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween this year.  

I am very sad that I missed my 100th post it said 99 then quickly changed to 100 so here it is the 101th post of Don't Be Common Fashion.  To think I started this whole thing when I was a lonely sophomore laying in bed when I was "sick" from school that it has come to something that I've continued to do for the past two years.  I've always love fashion, like what other five year old wears a eyelet dress to their 5th birthday when I believe that day there was an intense game of hid and seek in the woods behind my house.  

I started this blog to help girls feel confident in what they where and helping people pick outfits. From what to wear to prom to what to wear on a Tuesday to school I am here for you girls.  Fashion can be complicated because some people are mixed with what they think is fashionable and what the opinion is between their friends.  Which is where the term "Basic Bitch" comes from.  Which I have sooooo been wanting to write a post about it.  I went to a high school where "Basic Bitch" would classify about 75% of my school.  Not that dressing that way in any way is bad, I myself own a north face rain jacket and Hunter Boots but never will  I ever wear vineyard vines.  And If anyone sees me wearing vineyard Vines you have the permission to steal it and burn it.  

I want to concluded this post with the original Don't Be Common quote. "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."  Fashion is all about self expression.  Make it what ever you want it to be, because if someone is going to judge you on wearing two different color socks its probably not the only thing they judge about people.  Fashion is yours and don't let anyone take it away the feeling on looking amazing in an outfit.

Always,

Cara

Stunning Party Dresses For the Fall And Winter Season

Before I start this article I would like to say that there where four or five previous topics for today's post so the writers block had defiantly continued.  When people are asked about their favorite parts about holidays this time of the year many people would expect and 18 year old girl obsessed with fashion with a little of an online shopping addiction to say getting gifts.  To be honest I hate getting gifts, I know my parents do not understand either.  My favorite part of the fall/ winter holidays is celebrating with friends and family.  Here in this post I'm going to share a couple of dresses that will be perfect for you friends, family, or works holiday party.

News Years

After making this post I realized it not even past Halloween and who would even think about buying these dresses.  But buying dresses early is the smartest thing to do if you want to get the exact dress you want in your size.  The Last thing you want to do is fall in love with a dress and realize that the only sizes are either way too small or way too big.

This would be the perfect dress for you to wear at an office holiday party.  It is very professional but also will show off the best aspects of your body.   

The Host

I love this dress.  The bottom of the dress and also the shoulders  are a scallop ending. This dress is perfect if you are hosting an event this season because of the color.  This color is regal and not a common color for people to wear during this time of year.  

Baby doll Dress

I love this dress.  This dress is perfect to wear if you are attending a semi fancy Christmas party.  The top of the dress is embroidered and has a glittery sparkly  pattern.

The New York City Thanksgiving

This dress just reminded me of a dress that Serena would wear on Gossip Girl so I just had to put it in this post.

All of these dresses can be found on lulus.com

8 Things I think Everyone Should Read/Watch/Liston to

1. Liston to Thinking out Loud by Ed Sheeran

2.Watch Shake it Off by Taylor swift

3.Watch Catching Fire On Netflix

4.Read Anna Anna Kendrick tweets

For someone with such an intense need to be liked you'd think I would have figured out how to be less of an asshole.

Follow +Anna Kendrick 

5. Read Losing it by Kate Monro

Kate Monro is an English writer who asks men and women the most intimate and person question out there; How they lost their virginity.  This book is great and a perfect book for when you are stuck on a bus traveling home for the holiday season.  

6. Watch: How to get Away With Murder

Being sick on a Friday night turned out to not be such a bad thing.  How to get away with Murder is a show about a high power laser and her students who help her win her court case with also flash forwards to the Murder of her own Husband.  

7.Watch Hocus Pocus

It's crazy to think this movie is 21 years old

8. Read Is Everyone Hanging out Without Me by Mindy Kaling

I absolutely love Mindy. If there was one famous person that I could have as a best friend it would be Mindy Kaling.  This book is great and hilarious.  

Long Distance Relationships

Everyone knows how it feels to have long distant relationships.  Weather it be you and your best friend sense kindergarten when to college thousands of miles away or your spouse is serving their country over seas we all have felt the horrible pain of missing someone.  I'm just kinda going with the flow for this article so Just go with it but not in the crappy Adam Sander movie way.

First in this post I'm going to focus on your long distant relationships with your friends.  Everyone moves on in their life and when they move on they have to leave their friends behind.  The thing to remember is you're not leaving your friends behind your just making a change.  The biggest problem in this is you worry more about that something is going to change and you won't be friends anymore but its more important to stay connected to your friends.  Start a group message, arrange weekly Skype calls.  Chances are your friend is feeling the same way.  A great why to stay connected and show your friends that you care is send little care packages even if it's even a letter trust me they will appreciate it.  

For people who are in romantic long distant relationships I have to commend you on trying to make it work.  Those of you who have loved ones over seas I wish I had your strength to work and show your love to your loved ones.  The first thing I have to say is that long distant relationships are fucking challenging.(Sorry I had no other way to form it).  The only positive about long distant relationships is when you finally see that person you've been wanting to see for so long its wonderful and then it ends and you go back to your normal life.  It gets to the point where you feel alone, and the only thing to help with feeling alone is getting distracted.  Find a hobby connect more with your friends.  

Now comes the hard part making these relationships work.  Communication is the biggest part of making these relationships work.  There are so many couples apps like feel me, pair, and couple.  The best thing to use is Skype or FaceTime because then you can at least see their face and hear their voice.  

Another Idea for making these relationships work is send each other little love gifts.  A classic idea is sending a message in a bottle another idea is making little cards that your significant other can open when a certain thing happens in their life.  For example open when you've had a bad day...

Finally my advice is make sure your relationship is worth the pain that you are going through from being away from this person.  Makes sure that the relationship is something that has a future and that your relationship is going to progress in the future and not crash and burn the second you come home.    I know personally that this can be hard but don't let it overcome your life and have trust in the relationship. 

love, Cara

Things You Need to Know in College

1. Laundry

This could possibly be the most important thing you need to learn before you go to college.  You won't have our parents to relay on having your clothes clean so if you want to have good outfit choices.  My advice is start doing your laundry right after graduation so you get use to it.   

2. Easy Cooking

In college you can't go out to dinner every nigh with your friends.  When your studying you will need a quick study break.  Before you go to college learn how to make basic pasta like spongebob mac and cheese.

3. Learn to Window Shop

Even though you think you love in in a few months you probably won't be using it.  Learn what is a necessity and what is not.  In college you will need all the money you can have to have a little fun.  Instead of going out every night in the summer try staying in and saving money.

Homework

In college you alone your best friend won't be their to help you with your homework and "compare answers".  If you are caught cheating in college you will be kicked out and you will loose everything.  If you need help in college talk to your professor.

Pulling and all Nighter

For me this will not be a problem, college is the one time in your life when sleep insomnia comes in handy.  When you need to stay up grab some caffeine and listen to some Eminem on Spotify.  The most important thing to remember is just don't stress out.  

Dress Well

At college you will be meeting new people everyday.  Also you will be meeting people that could possibly being your Future employers.

xoxo-dbc