Jeans Again

Shirt - American Eagle // Jeans -Buffalo Jeans // Scarf - Thrifted // Boots & Hat - Charlotte Russe

As you can tell from the title, I am still not feeling creative. You know when I'm the most creative? In the shower. I should take a notebook in there with me. I have a few poster designs, but I'm really gonna have to spend the weekend coming up with more ideas.

Clothes I Just Can't Get Rid Of

Shirt - Faded Glory // Scarf - Thrifted // Jeans - Buffalo Jeans // Shoes - Walmart // Cardigan- Thrifted // Turquoise Ring - Thrifted // Earrings - Gift from my sister // Balm Stain - Revlon Romantic // Nail Polish - Revlon Vintage Rose

So as you know I've been trying to clean my closet...but it's not going so well. This shirt and scarf were both in the pitch pile and then I thought wait! I can think of so many ways to wear those. And here they are. Saved from the pitch pile. And now I love them. I guess this is a good thing, 'cause now I have more wearable clothes than I thought. It was almost a dumb idea to completely empty my closet 'cause it wasn't unorganized...I just thought I had a lot more to get rid of. But I'm not putting anything back in my closet unless I really love it! I should be cleaning right now...but I've been working on finals stuff. Now I'm just done for today. Eventually I need to get everything cleaned off the floor, but I guess not yet.

On another note, I'm finally wearing my...well they're not Toms...I call them Sams 'cause they're from Walmart. I guess I'll just call them canvas shoes. I wanted Toms for so long, and I was so excited to see a cheaper version at Walmart. They're soooo comfortable, I don't know why I haven't worn them before. Oh wait....it was snowing and freezing cold until recently! I guess I could wear them in the winter, but I don't really want to when I have fuzzy boots!

Bible reading and exercise...done. Thanks for reading! Hope y'all have a great day!

In Love with Plaid

Shirt - H&M (Thrifted) // Tank Top - Old Navy (Thrifted) // Jeans - Buffalo Jeans // Boots - Charlotte Russe // Green Ring and Arrowhead Necklace - Skyline Caverns Gift Shop // Turquoise Ring - Thrifted // Balm Stain - Revlon Honey // Nail Polish - Revlon Vintage Rose

Photos by R. Parker

I love plaid anyway, but aren't the elbow patches on this adorable? This outfit is more wintery than I would like, but since it was hailing yesterday I was in the mood for comfy winter clothes. Well, really I just wanted to be warm. It was alright yesterday, but near the end of the day it really cooled off. Actually, it just got really cold. And then started hailing. And then got even colder. Basically winter weather. NOOO IT'S ALMOST MAY!!! DANG IT, NO MORE COLD! Phew, I just checked the weather and it looks like it's going to be warmer next week.

So, my entire wardrobe is on the floor of my room right now. It's been driving me crazy, 'cause I really want to get it all re-organized (it was organized before, but I had stuff that I needed to get rid of). But, now that I'm going through my stuff I suddenly want to keep it all and I'm finding ways to wear everything I want to get rid of. And sometimes I like stuff but I'm not sure I'll wear it... Anyways, I need y'all here to help me go through my closet!!

Oh, and if you just started reading my blog. I've recently been using it to help keep me accountable for reading the Bible and exercising. So today I did read the Bible, but I forgot about exercising :( Oops. At least I've been good every other day with exercising so far.

Well hope y'all have a great day! Thanks for reading :)

It's A Jungle Out There

Shirt - LOFT (thrifted) // Jacket - Delia*s // Jeans - Buffalo Jeans // Shoes - Maurices // Earrings - Handmade // Rings - Thrifted // Scarf - Thrifted

The title has nothing to do with the fact that the theme song to Monk was playing... Ok ok so my scarf reminded me of a jungle or a safari or something and right then the theme song to Monk came on. And Wha-BAM! I have a post title. That's how blogging works, y'all. Just kidding. I actually don't even like the title 'cause it's not that original. If for some reason I do actually like the post title, I can almost guarantee you that it took me all day to come up with it.

So, on that note, I'd like to tell you how one of my blog posts is created. First I start planning my outfit the night before. Sometimes I will lay out my outfit on a chair so it's right there when I wake up. Once I've made up my mind I will completely change the outfit around 10 PM. Then I'll either wake up or still be awake at 2AM and change the outfit yet again. Once my alarm goes off I will stupidly decide that I can afford to sleep another 30 minutes. When I finally drag myself out of bed I'll realize that I'm running really late. So, I'll change the outfit again, rush to put on my makeup and do my hair, and then change my mind about the outfit once again. 

Once I'm at school, obviously I can't change my mind about the clothes. Thank goodness or I might never be dressed (although I'll have many dang it, I should have worn that instead moments)! I then spend my time in between classes (...or during class...) trying to come up with post titles and stuff to write about. Finally when I get home and begin to write, I completely change my mind again and just write about what's on my mind at the moment. And (I repeat my earlier statement)...Wha-BAM blog post complete. Then the cycle starts all over again. Ok, so some of that may not be entirely true...but it might surprise you what parts are true! Ironically, at one point, I actually had the entire week's outfits planned out and hanging on a clothes rack...that didn't last long. Anyways, if you blog, how do you write your posts/plan outfits?

Excersice ...check. Bible Reading ...check. (and yesterday too...I just forgot to post it).

Well, hope you have a great day! Thanks for reading!

A Warm Day at Last!

Shirt - Body Central (Similar) // Jeans - Buffalo Jeans // Belt - Cotton On // Shoes - Mossimo (Thrifted) // Leaf Ring - Kohls // Claddagh Ring - Gift from my Dad // Necklace - Walmart // Rose Earrings - Forever21 (Similar) // Sunglasses - Forever 21 // Balm Stain - Revlon Smitten // Nail Polish - Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Presto Pink
Photos by R. Parker

WOOO! IT'S WARM ENOUGH TO WEAR SLEEVELESS SHIRTS!!!!! Alright, alright, I'll stop yelling. But seriously, words can't describe how amazing this day was! And it had nothing to do with school I'll tell ya that right now.... I went the entire day with no jacket! The entire day! Plus, I just listened to the Supernatural soundtrack (amazing), I'm now watching Monk, and I'm not doing homework...and it's before midnight!! I've had so many late nights this week and I'm incredibly grateful that I can go to bed earlyish today!!

It was so weird to see so many people around Akron and in their summer clothes! Everyone was out and about...and kind of in my way. No joke, several people ran across the street and almost into my car--thankfully I have new brakes and I was paying more attention than they were! Almost gave me a heart attack! Just because the sun's out doesn't mean you can throw common sense to the wind! Y'all are college students, please tell me you at least know to look before you cross the street!!! Not that I've never done anything stupid, but the fact that I saw it happen at least 3 times just today....people, come on! Well, didn't expect things to go in that direction lol. Funny how thankful I was for such good weather and instead I go into this long rant.... anyways, I still love the weather!

Sadly, it's supposed to get really cool again :( But ya know, that's Ohio. Oh, Bible reading and exercising you ask? Why yes, both are done. Oh, and before I forget, check this and this out! It's the beautiful abandoned places that I've now seen several times just today. But, just in case you haven't seen it...you must. The links are very similar, but there are a few different pictures between them and it's worth checking out both! On a completely unrelated note...I love this outfit so much, but I think I look like I'm 12 years old :p I guess that means I'll age well...I hope!

Thanks for reading! Oh and let me know if you like that Google + comment thing...whatever it is. The comment form is different from before. So just tell me which one you liked better I guess. Hope your day is as awesome as mine was!

And....Google+ comments gone. I only had it up for a couple of hours and I didn't like it. It really made keeping track of comments a lot harder. So...for now it's back to regular comments.

Forgotten Stairs

Shirt - Maurices (Thrifted) // Scarf - Charlotte Russe // Jeans - Buffalo Jeans // Jacket - JCPenney // Shoes - Go Jane // Bracelet - Thrifted // Earrings - Big Lots // Rings - Thrifted

Photos by CT

These photos are actually from before vacation...but I got distracted with vacation stuff and didn't have a chance to post them. But here they are now! Obviously the writing is from before I left for vacation too :p

I don't think these are really forgotten stairs...but I didn't even know they were there until yesterday. And I think forgotten stairs are cool... Anyways, as I was walking to 151 (the printing room in Akron's art building) the other day I looked out the glass door, saw those stairs, and I thought wow that's a cool place to take pictures! The very next day CT tells me that we're taking pictures by the stairs behind the art building--the very same stairs I found the day before. Turns out I'm just a doof 'cause CT takes pictures there a lot and I just don't pay attention to my surroundings!

So I'm leaving for vacation in the morning! (as in last week in the morning...) I will still be posting (I did) and I hope that I will get some awesome pictures with the mountains as a backdrop! (oh wait we left the camera behind...so yeah that totally happened...I guess they came out alright :p) Can't wait!!! (truth) It's supposed to be in the 70s all week!! (It was...and a little in the 80s!)

Hope your day is fantastic!

Portrait and "Lambskate"

Shirt - American Eagle Outfitters (Thrifted) //  Jeans - Buffalo Jeans // Boots - l.e.i. // Bracelet - Glitter // Earrings - Walmart // Turtle Necklace - Handmade // Tribal Necklace - Thrifted // Rings - Thrifted // Sunglasses (similar) - Charlotte Russe // Nail Polish - China Glaze Kinetic Candy // Balm Stain - Revlon Charm

Photos by me, Laura, and Natalie

I'm sitting outside on the back porch of our condo just thinking about how much I love the sound of the air conditioner. And...now that I think about it the sound itself is actually really annoying, but I associate it with summer and heat so the sound just makes me happy!

So, it's the hottest day of the week and I'm super excited to wear a tank top! I've been looking for a tribal print tank top for a long time and it was awesome to finally find this one at a thrift store! On another note I'm not happy to be wearing boots...even if they do look awesome with this outfit... We went hiking today and those are the best shoes I have for wilderness exploration. Why we went hiking instead of swimming on the hottest day of the week I'll never know...but it may have something to do with my mom not wanting to go during a slight drizzle because her hair might frizz. She claims she's a country girl, but I know there's a city girl in there just dying to get out.

We had a great time hiking though...even if we went farther than I thought we would. I was under the impression that we wouldn't hike that far because I have so many younger siblings. But apparently they have more endurance than me. I was done after the first mile...but no, we had to go 5 more miles... At least the walk was beautiful. Laura wasn't with me the entire time, so I tried to teach my 8-year-old sister, Natalie, to use my cell phone camera. I'm actually surprised with how well the pictures came out! I think she did a wonderful job! The rest of the hike she kept pointing out good places to take pictures. :) It was funny though when I tried to teach her the difference between portrait and landscape...she kept saying "lambskate." Oh, it was so cute!

I can't believe this vacation is almost half over! Anyways, I hope your day is fantastic! Don't forget to follow, and like Finding Inspiration on Facebook!