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Wet Seal sweater and boots; Target skirt; American Apparel tights; Scarf borrowed from the little bro

Everyone, I'm pleased to introduce pictures from my new camera. Pictures from my new camera, this is everyone.

I got a shiny new PowerShot for Christmas, and so I no longer have to use borrowed cameras to take my outfit pictures! This is very exciting, also because I need to do a better job of documenting my life. That's one of the reasons that I started this blog to begin with, because I realized the only pictures taken the whole time I've been in college are ones tagged on facebook, and while I used to always keep a diary, that eventually stopped around my junior year.

Anyway, it's nice to have a new medium to be able to look back on and not only see what I was wearing, but where I was in my life.

Twas the night before Christmas

I'll try and keep this short and sweet, because the sooner I go to bed, the sooner it will be Christmas morning!

Anchor Blue flannel; AE necklace; Maurices skirt; Target tights; Wet Seal boots; Belt borrowed from my mom


Today I was put in charge of decorating Christmas cookies and this was my attempt: As you can probably tell, I'm no artist, but I thought they were cute :) (the bacon one is my favorite).

Anyway, a very merry Christmas from me and the little bro above. I hope everything you wanted is under the tree this year, but more importantly than the gifts, I hope you spend the day with people you love.

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming

Express jacket; Wet Seal tee and boots; American Eagle jeans; J. Crew necklace

Well, I'm back from my much-needed vacation, and let me tell you, I kind of didn't want to leave San Francisco. Except at some point I would have run out of money, and I was starting to miss the sun (it was cloudy all but about 2 of the days we were there). So I'm (hopefully) back to a regular blogging schedule, which is good because I feel sooo behind on all my reading / commenting.

Anyway, things I love about this time of year:

Sales. I keep accidentally buying myself stuff when Christmas shopping. I'm finally done though, and my presents are all wrapped in a pretty little pile and ready for me to take back home.

Eggnog. Fact: this is the most delicious kind that you will ever have, and it's not even that hard to make. Seriously, if I can do it, you can do it.

Being lazy. This is actually a rare thing for me to be able to do. I have a tendency to keep my schedule pretty full during the school year, and this is actually the first winter break in about 5 years that I haven't been working the whole time. This year I'm fortunate enough to not have to work, which means way more time for spending with loved ones.

What do you love about this time of year?

Not exactly the look I was going for

Tee-Old Navy

Jeans-Pacsun

Boots-Wet Seal

Blazer-from Dillard's I think

It's very weird to have access to my whole closet again, I still find myself drawn towards my 30 items, and I have to make myself stay away from them. Are you guys who are finished also having that problem?

Anyway, it's a rare things that you'll see my hair up, but I was inspired to try this hairstyle after seeing Plummy doing it and how good it looked on her. You cant's see it too too well in these pics, but it was super easy to do in the morning, and I didn't even have to touch it all day. I'm hooked.

Overall, I was going for a milkmaid-in-the-Swiss-Alps-meets-equestrian but all I got all day were comments that I looked like Princess Leia. Not exactly what I was going for, but oh well.

In other news, finals are over!!! Thank goodness. Tonight I'm celebrating by going to an ugly sweater party and drinking marga-tinis. It should be awesome.

It's the end of the world as we know it (No. 30)

Okay, it's not the end of the world. But for me, it is the end of the 30 for 30 Challenge. And it's almost the end of the semester. All I have left is a Advanced Accounting Theory final and I am DONE.


Pacsun shirt; Old Navy skirt; Aeropostale leggings; Wet Seal boots


I tried to be cute and get pictures of me throwing leaves up in the air, but it was windy. You get the point though, right?



Anyway, either later tonight or tomorrow I'll post all 30 of my outfits for you to see, and maybe some reflections on the challenge. But for now, it's time to study some more!

Tough act to follow (25 and 26)

So, I was really proud of yesterday's outfit, and I'm so glad you all liked it too! I think that's the most comments that I've ever gotten on a single post.

Unfortunately, I've been studying and doing homework like a maniac the past couple of days, and since it gets dark so early now these next outfits are of the slightly blurry, indoor lighting variety. Hopefully you won't hold it against me. (It's better than me trying to describe them to you, right?)

Old Navy cardigan; Pacsun tank (it's an undershirt, doesn't count, right?)and jeans; Wet Seal boots; Target scarf (won over at Bon Chic Bon Gastronomique)

I also need to remove the tag from my scarf, it looks like.

Wet Seal cardigan and scarf; Maurices shirt; Pacsun jeans; Wet Seal boots (same as above)

In other news, I've added a nifty gadget over there on the side where you can ask me anything on Formspring. Because I'm sure you guys have burning questions...right?

The Number 23

Maurices cardigan; Old Navy tee; Aeropostale jeans; Wet Seal boots; Scarf borrowed from my brother

It turns out I've been only working with 29 items this whole time (shows how much I pay attention). I got rid of two pairs of oxfords early on and apparently never replaced one of them, so I'm going to make this t-shirt my 30th item for the next week or so. It'll be nice to have another long-sleeved tee for layering since it's been getting cold.



I went shopping with my family on Black Friday and I gotta say, I'm definitely glad to not be working retail anymore. I was very proud of myself for not buying anything, although I really think I would have bought these in a second if they were in my size:



They were at Goodwill, brand new for $5. I drooled over them for a good 15 minutes before giving up on trying to make an 8.5 work for my size 7 feet. So sad.

It's probably all for the best though, I have no idea what I would have worn them with anyway. I think this challenge is already making me think more carefully about what I do buy and how things will go with the stuff already in my closet.

Sweet Sixteen

Cardigan-New York+Company, Shirt-Pacsun, Belt and Boots-Wet Seal, Jeans-Aeropostale, Necklace-Street vendor in Santa Fe

I actually had time to take outside pictures today (hooray!). Also, I'm going back and adding descriptions of what I've been wearing the past couple of weeks since I just realized it's a pain to look all the way back to my 30 for 30 items if you want to see where something's from.

I also went to a spinning class today, and I can't figure out why anyone would want to go to those. I mean, pedaling for an hour is not that interesting, the room smells bad even with fans going, and my legs are all jello-y afterwards.

I might go again tomorrow.

No. 14

Sweater-Express, Scarf and Leggings-Walmart, Skirt-Old Navy, Boots-Wet Seal, Socks-Target


I had the urge to wear purple with this olive skirt again, and I really loved how it turned out this time. It's simple, but I was warm and cozy all day.



PS This is the easiest way ever to wear a scarf. I just tied the ends together so it made a big loop, and then doubled it (pretty much like an infinity scarf). Otherwise I'd spend all day figuring out how to tie my scarf so that it looks good.

Cheaper by the Dozen

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I'm sad to see it over so quickly, but I only have to sit through 4 classes this week before Thanksgiving Break!



Oh yeah, and we made heart-shaped sushi this weekend. Because we're awesome.


Sweater-Express, Dress and boots-Wet Seal, Leggings-Aeropostale, Bag-Pacsun, Necklace-Gift from the boyfriend