My mom had told me weeks ago, even before we had thought of coming here, that she had won a trip to a place called Gran Pacifica. She had given me the website to check out, but didn't do so until after a few calls from her and it did look like a nice place. I hadn't fully looked at the site until the day before we were going on the trip and it had some nice amenities like air conditioning, wifi, washer/dryer, full kitchen, English tv and private beach. We finally got there and the place was amazing, the website had said North American style and they were right. We had brought some nice clothes to wear for the dinner we would have at the restaurant I had seen on their website. I was taking pictures of my outfit and my mother wanted pictures as well, so I took some with her.

My mother wore all white and she wore my necklace from JCPenney.

Peplum top from Rainbow, leggings from Charlotte Russe and booties from Sears.

I had brought my contacts to wear for the special dinner.

Earrings from Miss A and my first time wearing them, necklace/headband from Beya as well as the ring, Guess watch and bracelets from Miss A and mini in the box.

I ordered the fried shrimp dish, which came with a salad, veggies and potato wedges, the shrimp came with mashed potatoes and tartar sauce.

I was in the pool when I took this picture of the restaurant, Sea Salt, since I couldn't take it at night.

We had ordered some drinks before the dinner while poolside, piña colada, mojito, whiskey and a michelada.

The Condos we stayed at.

The view of the beach we had, which we couldn't swim in because of all the rocks and the strong tides, it's only for surfers. My mom still has another voucher to come back and they were taking about maybe going next month towards the end, if that is the case....I will definitely come back.

It was Sunday and my mother had planned a day trip to San Juan del Sur, which we had been excited for all week. Surfers out there may have heard of this place as it is popular with them, for everyone else that have not heard of this place, it is a beach area popular with tourists with many bars and restaurants. We had gone twice before, but this was the first time we had seen so many tourists here, which was fun to watch, since we like to people watch. We had already created nicknames for people like one guy was bare footed ginger and a blonde couple were the Swedes.

New top from Rainbow, which was given to me for my birthday back in August and I finally found the occasion to wear it, shorts were a gift, sunglasses from Sears and sandals also from Rainbow.

I wore simple jewelry and not too much since we were going to the beach. Necklace was a gift, earrings from Miss A and watch from mini in the box.

We had the bucket of beers for us four at a restaurant my friend and I had been to on our last trip there with my cousin and her husband. We also enjoyed some wifi time there while eating, drinking, talking and people watching.

The day had come, leaving North Carolina to go back to Miami. I had only brought 2 shirts to wear on this 4 day trip and the third shirt was the one for my costume, which I rolled up the sleeves for a different look. So when I first arrived in NC, I had some time before I would get picked up and I walked around the airport, that's when I went to the same store I had bought the last NC shirts and got 2 new ones, the red one for me and a blue one for my friend. If it wasn't for that buy, I'd have nothing to wear this day, I had to bring many things for the fam up here.

The leggings are from Charlotte Russe, shirt from Hudson News inside Raleigh/Durham airport and booties from Sears. I was very excited about my new shirt and had to recreate the picture I took with my first North Carolina shirt.

I used the headband from as a necklace again, which is from Beya, pearl earrings from Forever 21 and my matte red lipstick from e.l.f.

I had to throw on my blazer because it was a chilly morning and that was one less thing inside my carry on. And here I was ready to head out to the airport with my matching red carry on from Walmart and my Brittany Fuson luggage tag. The ring in the picture is the ring I lost at the airport when I landed in Miami, I had to use the bathroom and took it off to wash my hands and forgot it, I was already in baggage claim when I realized it.

My carry on had to be checked since I had the giant wall art I had bought from At Home and I had 3 pieces. It was much wider than my carry on, but worth it to bring it to them.