Pinterest Inspired

One of my favorite blogs is J's Everyday Fashion. She usually gets her inspiration from celebrity outfits and sometimes Pinterest. I've never seriously applied this technique to dressing myself, however, until recently. One morning, I was wearing a worse version of this outfit and happened to check Pinterest quickly while eating breakfast. Well, the Pinterest outfit certainly looked better than mine, so I immediately copied it, minus the short skirt. How often do you copy your whole outfit (or most of it) from Pinterest...

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White Lace, Fake Pearls

Oh, hello there, big, daunting, unapproachable world of blogging. I have some great outfits to share with you since I've started GRAD SCHOOL (eek!), but my computer died and I've probably lost all of those pictures. That's the only reason you won't get to see those outfits. It's not like I've been procrastinating starting to blog again or anything like that. Ahem. Today I found an amazing shirt that I couldn't stand to not share, broken computer or not. Since starting grad school, I told myself I'd only shop at Goodwill, because...

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"Mine House is a House of Order"

  Lately, I've been extremely motivated to organize our house. When you live in a rental, you develop a mindset of: "This place is not permanent. I am only here for a little while. Why bother decorating?" But I think we may stay in this house for a while longer, so I am getting my act together. As my fellow procrastinators out there may know, if you suddenly feel motivated to do something, you need to act on that motivation immediately before it passes. So this morning as I was struck suddenly and acutely with the inspiration...

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Break from Blogging

If you couldn't tell, I have taken a break from blogging. I no longer work at American Eagle Outfitters, which was the main reason why I began blogging; I wanted to catalog my work outfits so I would not repeat them and I wanted to keep track of how I paired all the new clothes I was buying for work.  Currently, I am keeping a tight lock on my clothes spending so that I can pay tuition when I begin my graduate studies in the fall. Most likely I will recommence blogging once my classes start.  I have been doing tons...

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