Blogger Buddies Mail Unboxing #1

I can’t believe that it’s been a month since we got our first pen pals! In case you have no idea what the Blogger Buddies Pen Pal program is, I’ll go ahead and give you a brief description. It’s a group of bloggers who have come together and decided to be pen pals. A majority of the members are college bloggers like myself, but there’s really no age limit. You receive a different pen pal each month, and then by the 20th of whatever month it currently is, you send a letter to your pen pal! It’s a great way to get to know the blogger community, and it’s such a wonderful support system.

For the month of August, my pen pal was Colleen Eck. She blogs over at Buckeye Bliss. I highly suggest you check her out! She’s also a college blogger and is going to be a junior at Ohio State University. Colleen started e-mailing back and forth, and I feel like I have an amazing connection with someone in the blogging world. Looking back at the e-mail records, we exchanged over 35 e-mails! She gave me some wonderful advice on freshman year and just college in general.

Both of us were moving into college at about the same time, so our letters went out a little later. She was moving into an apartment while I was moving into a dorm and both were equally as chaotic. I was so excited when I went to go get my mail, and there was a package for me! I was just expecting a letter, but a package was a wonderful surprise!

She included some Starbursts, which tasted amazing. I already ate most of them, haha. She also wrote this really sweet note that was beautifully decorated. It definitely outdid my letter!

I just want to say that Colleen, you have been such a wonderful pen pal this month, and I hope we keep in touch. To everyone else, go check out her blog!

-Abigail T.