Happy Birthday Big Brother!

Happy birthday to the greatest big brother! Wish I could be celebrating with you!

High School Graduation

Family Time

More Family Time

(Like that random clip-art there? That was my lame attempt at covering Jake's 

not family-friendly hand symbols, which pretty much just made it a lot more noticeable.)

Vacation

Pre-Big Sister's Wedding Family Time

I hope your partying it up down in Florida, regardless of the horrible weather that is going on there right now. Don't get into too much trouble!

(P.S. I was going to write some super-nice-journey-down-memory-lane stuff here. But then, I realized that he will probably never read this. Oh, well. At least I thought about it.)

Love you Jake!

Good Decisions

Blazer: NY & Company; Top: Old Navy; Jeans: JC Penney;

Shoes: Charlotte Russe; Earrings: Forever21

Story Time: 

I bought this blazer in 2006. I saw it on the clearance rack at NY&Co., assumed it wasn't my size and walked away from it. But, I couldn't stop thinking about it. So, my mom and I went back in so that I could admire it some more, and had a little heart attack when I saw that it was my size. So, I happily walked back over to the check-out line and made this little baby my own.

And then I never wore it. Until now.

Every time I put it on when getting ready in the morning I felt a little too doctor-y. So, I always put it back and opted for a colored blazer or cardigan instead. I knew that if I included it in my 30 (27) items I would have to wear it. And I have to say, I'm pretty pleased with that decision.

Also, I'm in love with these earrings. I forgot to bring them to SC with me and almost considered driving an hour to the nearest F21 to get another pair.

Have you ever fallen in love with something in a store and then not worn it for years?

xoxo

Shirt Love

Top: H&M; Skirt: Target; Belt: NY & Co.;

Shoes: Target; Earrings: Target

So, if you remember, the other day I mentioned that I had a top I was going to add to my 30x30 items, bringing the total to 28 pieces right now. I fell in love with this top when I saw it on Hayley last month, and had almost forgotten about it until I saw it on sale at H&M a few weeks ago. And, I've probably worn it about 300 times since then. I'm in love with the colors and how amazingly soft it is. 

But, enough shirt love for now. I can't believe this is only day 4 of 30. Technically it's really somewhere around day 8, but there is no photographic proof of that because I'm lazy, the weather here sucks, of one reason or another.

Alright loves, I'm off to a fun-filled afternoon of cleaning and doing laundry.

xoxo

Items 26 & 27

Cardigan: Sam's; Top: NY & Company (exact); Skirt: NY & Company;

Belt: NY & Company (similar); Shoes: Target; Earrings: Local Fair Trade Shop

I've realized that this 30x30 might take a while, but I'm still really excited about it. I'm adding this top and skirt to my items, which, I think, brings me to 27 pieces. I have another top that I'm thinking about adding, that you'll probably see tomorrow.

I got back to MI on Tuesday to two days of storms and a house with (literally) no food and a weird smell coming from a wall near my closet, and the sound of a critter running around in another one. So, hopefully the pest control people will get out here soon because I would really like to be able to go near my closet without needing to hold my breath & suffocating myself with huge amounts of air freshener. 

On a happier note, I went to the craft store on Sunday and got some fabric to make a skirt that I will probably add to my 30x30 items assuming that it comes out at least semi-decent (I'm winging it. No pattern or anything, so we'll see how it goes). 

Hope everyone's having a great week so far!

xoxo