Friday's Favorites:

 

 

1/ I am dying to get my hands on some animal inspired flats, these cat ones are adorable!

 Modcloth

 

 

2/ This journal/planner is amazing! I loved Beetle juice as a kid!!

 Etsy

 

 

 3/ I've been really into vintage aprons lately, and especially one with a name embroidered on it!! So personal :)

Etsy 

 

 

 

 

 4/ I am IN LOVE with polka dots, especially paired with this beautiful blue!

Modcloth

 

 

 I've accomplished so much today! I woke up at about 6:30 am and showered, then went to visit my mom and ate some delicious oatmeal date bars with orange juice. She's been home sick for a couple days so it's been nice to spend some time with her!

 

 After that I went to my old apartment and began to vacuum, scrub the bathroom and take out loads of trash! I'm so glad to be out of there and living with Clint, besides just loving spending time with him I'm so glad to be away from the sketchy people that live there as well.

 

 When I got home Clint was home too, he decided to skip school because the roads are terrible! When I got outside this morning the concrete was coated thick with ice as were the cars. As I scraped the windows free of ice I could hear a chorus of other scrapers echoing from every angle of the block! We're expecting a blizzard tonight and through the weekend which sucks, I hope it passes us by.

 

 Today's been nice and relaxing and I still have two more days to relax!!

 Hope every one's Friday is lovely :)

 

What I Wore

 Today was a really great day. It's been awhile since I've felt this positive and productive so I definitely took advantage of that and the near tropical temperature ( mid 30's!) and took some outfit photos. I'll admit, I don't love them, but it takes practice to get back in the swing of things and to feel a little less awkward in front of the camera. I know I'll get there!

 

 

Kitten Print Dress-Modcloth

Sweater-Modcloth

Boots-TJ Maxx

Bag-Modcloth!

 I woke up at the usual time, 5:00 am and instead of doing my morning yoga routine I decided to meditate. It's been awhile since I've tried so I felt a little nervous but everything went awesome! I was totally encapsulated in my breathes and clearing my mind, that's not to say my mind didn't stray, it did, but then I got right back on track again. I have to say the 24 minutes felt more like 10 and I really felt the difference when I was through. I'll definitely be doing that again!

 So I bought this dress on Black Friday, I was so excited to see Modcloth having a sale and SO SO excited to see this Kitten Print dress with my size still available. I usually get compliments about my outfits, but this dress is tricky. People who know me have said how cute it is but customers at the bakery are a little hesitant, which I totally understand. If you don't know somebodies personality an outfit like this has the potential to be creepy!

  I laughed when I realized this whole outfit is basically Modcloth, I was so lucky this year to get a box of adorable clothes from my mom from Modcloth. She knows I've been obsessing over the site but, until recently, hadn't bought anything. She knows me too well :)

 

 Work was pretty boring but it was great to just talk with my other coworkers and listen to music. Also it was Taco Bean Soup today, one of my favorites and I enjoyed it while reading Nylon! Later I may be having dinner with my boyfriends dad who's on his way through town, and then doing some yoga. This week marks the first week I don't work Fridays and I am pumped to have an extra day off! I plan to utilize my time by starting projects and working on blogging, one of my New Year Resolutions!

 
Hope everyone is enjoying their Thursday!!

P.S, I am on a MAJOR 90's kick right now!


 

 

 

Style Diary :

 As a little girl my motto was to always root for the underdog. With every show, movie or book I read I would always find myself loving the "losers" and "freaks".  I wanted to be like them, different, a unique flower in a field of tall green grass. As I grew up I did things to make myself stand out; in the 5th grade I began wearing a slew of rubber bracelets, jeweled cuffs, cheap chains with cursive L's dangling from them and many many homemade beaded bracelets. I also wore bright red tennis shoes and toe rings !(so forbidden ha ha :)) This is what constituted being "different" in Catholic school.
 
So when I finally made the leap to a public middle school I found myself completely lost in the crowd. I had very little casual clothes, in my Catholic elementary school we wore required uniforms, so my wardrobe was a tad sparse. I remember the items I bought in preparation for my new Middle School life: a short sleeved olive top ,a red and pink striped t-shirt, a plain pink t-shirt, a graphic t-shirt with a map of Italy on it (WTF?! ha ha), a pair of two toned converse high tops and last but certainly not least a netted twine colored poncho with fringe.You really can't blame me, it's impossible to develop style when your only allowed to wear what you want three day's a week. And then there's the fact that Middle School is terrible.
 
 I wont lie, I turned sulky pretty quick. I made new friends who were sulky, who wore black and plaid and who wore long colorful socks with their converse. By the 8th grade my wardrobe was full of band tee's, witty graphic t-shirts, short ragged skirts, long crape skirts, lots of fishnets, heart shaped sunglasses, and large ominously black hoodies.
 
 Looking back I really appreciate the time I spent on the dark side. No really! It was a way to express myself when I was painfully shy and it helped me develop a backbone. Though my wardrobe is largely colorful/whimsical/fun now I still keep some of my former dark/moody elements that I think really enhance my style. So the following is a compilation of some of my former and current inspirations!

 

 

                                         


1/ Enid was my first real look into alternative style. She was witty and bad ass and everything I wanted to be as a teen. I credit the growing of my backbone in part to her and her never ending sarcasm. Watch !

 

 2/ As High School progressed I toned it down a bit I found a new passion for vertical/nautical stripes and longed for a fur coat and the courage to smoke. Aww <3

 

 

3/ Clementine will always stand out to me. She was fun, I loved her constant hair color fluctuations, her potato dolls, her blunt way of speaking and her spazzy style. I always see a little bit of myself in her. <3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4/ I probably could have related to the character Debra a little more at the age of 14 than now, but I sort of recently ( If you call a year recently) watched this movie and really liked her character a lot. So moody/broody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5/ Michelle Williams, any movie I've seen with her I've loved. She is awesome and cool and stylish. As I flipped through Nylon today I saw an article about the style in the movie Me without you, and it really made me anxious to rent it!

 

 

 So ultimately I really love all of these awesome ladies for being my style icons and teaching me that different is good, it makes you interesting, bold, and creative. There are bumps along life's path, but that's everybody, be yourself because it's beautiful :) 

 

This may be a tad long winded but I hope you enjoyed regardless!

 

 

Hello! I decided to start from scratch, deleted my other blog and all the previous content and am starting over and really committing to the whole blogging experience! I know I can be much more creative and the perfectionist in me wouldn't allow me to keep my old blog.
So sometime this week I'll be starting it all from scratch!
Happy Monday and here's a little bit of what I've been listening to lately :)