Let the Christmas Shopping Begin

This Christmas season I'm on a roll. If you recall from my previous post, one of the 12 things I want to do before 2012 is accomplish all (or at least the majority) of my Christmas shopping without a trip to the mall. So far I am doing really good and have accomplished getting the majority of people I've shopped for thus far a wonderful gift without dealing with traffic and tons of people. It's been great, and an eye opener! But, this is for another blog post.

Right now I want to talk about one of the gifts I'm the most proud about so far and wanted to share.  Joseph's brother Paul is hard to buy for. He's into music, comic books, movies, toys, etc... which should be easy but he's one of those crazy picky people that I constantly worry about getting the wrong thing. So, when I was thinking about looking for him one of the first places I checked out was Society 6.  Society 6 is an online gallery of sorts where artists can submit their artwork and have it turned into gallery quality prints, iPhone cases, t-shirts, and much more. It's really cool and I have browsed and bought from it before. While I was looking I came across a slew of Bill Murray prints. Paul loves Bill Murray and when I found a print titled "Murrays" that featured a mini Bill Murray outfitted in some of his most famous film attire I knew I had found just the thing for him.

I would highly suggest checking out Society 6 if you're shopping for an art/culture/fun lover. They have so many awesome artists contributing and a lot of the things are reasonably priced. I'm pretty excited about this find though!

Turbans

I would really like to try wearing a turban this winter as an alternative to the cold weather staple knit hats. These are just so cute!

(via A Cup of Jo)

Not to Sound Greedy But...

my 21st birthday is in ELEVEN days! So, with lots of time on my hands (NOT) I compiled a little birthday list and sent it on its merry way to my momma. Here's a little taste of my wishlist!

1.puppy! 2.craft book! 3.cupcake earrings! 4.cape 5.funky tights 6.Keep Calm and Carry on print 7. full series box set of Degrassi TNG

Mariaane Handcrafted Watch Studio

I'm not really one to dabble in watch buying. It is very very rare that you'll ever even see me sporting one. Usually I find them too bulky (which is funny because I love bracelets) and uncomfortable. BUT, I just may have found a place to turn my ill will towards self worn time tellers. Enter, Mariaane Handcrafted Watch Studio, a humble little Etsy shop started all the way in Korea!

All of the watches are handcrafted and they even do custom orders. And, if you're like me and don't want a watch on your wrist, they make beautiful watch necklaces!


The shop also dabbles in cute pendants, and other handmade jewelry. I really love the vintage feel of the pieces as well. Everything is a little pricey, but if you have the money, it's totally worth it!

Bed Bath and Beyond is the current love of my life

A few things I've bought for my apartment lately...

KitchenAid hand mixer.

KitchenAid toaster. (I have a matching blender too that I got for Christmas last year haha)

Marilyn Monroe cutting board (yes her face is made of various vegetables!)

I finally found bedding I liked after the bedding I was in love with went out of stock!

I'm probably way more excited about my apartment than I should be, but at my mom's I've had the same bed and furniture since I was little and at my old apartment it was furnished and we couldn't really do much with it. So...this is going to be my little project. If I have a place all to myself I'm going to take advantage of making it mine!

Vintage love

I'm absolutely in love with Etsy shop, My Grandma's Closet. The LA based shop is full of beautiful vintage wear that is positively to die for!

Don't you just love how colorful and fun everything is??

Score!

I just bought these cute little tennis shoes from Forever 21 for a sweet $7.80! I can't wait until they arrive!

Fake shopping...that might turn into real shopping

I have the shopping bug BAD. I can't stop perusing online to see all of the different things I would just love to blow my money on. Mostly I've been drooling over some of Forever 21's stuff mainly because it's actually affordable for me right now. They currently have the CUTEST summer dresses!

Not to mention some cool tops as well.

I may have to go hit up the mall tonight.

It's only Tuesday?

It's Tuesday and my mind is finally registering that it's the week and not the weekend. My weekend was pretty full of fun stuff. Friday night the boy and I went go kart racing, ate yummy pizza, drove to Ohio just to get ice cream, explored Berne, Indiana, and danced to 80's rock in the car. Saturday I got a pedicure and did a lot of unexpected (but welcome) shopping with my mom. I came out of the day with 2 dresses, 1 tunic, 3 tanks tops, 1 shirt, 3 pairs of sandles, 1 pair of leopard print flats, and a pair of pink and white Nike Shox that I love for working out. It was a good shopping day. That night Joe and I went go karting again with our friends Adam and Carlie and afterwards we we hung out with Mike and Emily. Sunday I cleaned and did laundry most of the day before going to a hockey game with the boyfriend and then to his mom's for dinner. I've been drowning in piles of homework and last minute papers/projects ever since.

I just have 2 papers, 2 extra credit assignments, 1 test, 1 oral exam, 2 online homework assignments, and 5 finals until I'm done with the semester next week. It seems daunting really, but I tend to be really good about pulling through at the last minute.

So there's a little update. I'll do something a little better later. I'm still out of it. I need the semester to be over pronto.

This is an EMERGENCY!

Ok, it's not really a real emergency, more of a fashion emergency I suppose. I buy leggings quite often and everytime I do I manage to get a hole in them or wear them down fairly quickly because I wear them so much (mostly because I can only wear black pants or dresses for work, so leggings and a tunic are quick and easy for me to put on at 6:30 in the morning). I also wear them with long shirts and sometimes even with hoodies on chilly days. Because of this I go through leggings at lightning speed. Case in point, the leggings I am wearing today. I somehow managed to put a nice little hole in them with one of my rings which I didn't even think would be possible seeing as that is more common with tights.

Anywho, the question. Where can I get some fairly cheap, but lasting leggings?! The ones from H&M and Forever 21 don't seem to be very well made, and when you pay $6 or less for them I suppose you get what you pay for. So, does anyone know where to get good leggings that will last and not tear and the tiniest pull?

Urban Outfitters online store is mocking me

I want to, NEED to, buy clothes from Urban. I just got my early fall look book in the mail the other day and I can hardly keep myself from grabbing my credit card out of my purse and purchasing awesome clothes. Really, I need to excercise some self control here. I move out into my apartment in 27 days, I should be buying things to make my apartment cute as can be not to mention saving my money for rent and groceries. Yet I continuously log on to Urban's web site looking through pages of dresses and shoes and booties and tights and jackets and tops and jeans, pining over all of the wonderful options. I'm so pathetic that i have 5 items just sitting in my "shopping cart" should I decide to do something drastic and give in to temptation. I have spending issues. I just need to breathe in, breathe out, and sustain my excitement. Saving = good, spending ridiculous amounts of money on clothes = very bad.

I came, I saw, I purchased

So today on my lunch break at work I decided to look for an Easter dress. Even though I am 19 years ols, and and far past the stage where an actual Easter dress is a necessity, year after year I have the urge to purchase one. The dress makes me feel more bright eyed and bushy tailed, just like I felt all those years when I was little and my mom always got me a fresh new dress to wear. I think there's just something about Easter that exudes spring time, warm weather, blooming flowers, fresh air, and all around goodness. By having a cute little springy dress for Easter Sunday I feel more like it's time for April showers and May flowers, and not so much snow grossness. Anyway, the point is this is my brand new Easter dress that will be here in 2-5 days. :)

You can what?!

I can't find the motivation to sit down and really blog lately.
I have so many different things I want to say but I lose focus real fast.
I've been super ADD lately with everything.

Maybe a quick rundown would be good???
-My Mondays have become what I like to call "Mormon Monday's". I love them so much. I go with Amy to FHE and then to Applebee's for half price apps. So good! I love going to FHE so much. Everyone's nice for the most part and I just feel like I can be myself. The missionaries are cool, Elder Stevenson is my favorite. Last night Lindsay gave me a peek-a-pooh, it's cute. I'm now prepared to fit in if I ever go to Rexburg to visit Amy.
-I have no love interest at the moment. It's both extremely nice and very frustrating all at once. I still miss him so much.
-I have become extremely skilled in the are of skipping my classes. I do it at least once a week with no remorse. I know this is bad and I know I could be getting even better grades if I went to every class. Amy warned me that once I started skipping classes I wouldn't be able to stop. She was right. My goal for the second half of this semester is to go to class every day and to devote at least an hour per night to school work. I want to get all A's and B's.
-My eyes are killing me at the moment. I ordered contacts over a month ago and they just came in today. This is due to the fact that the receptionists at Optical One tend to be a bit slow. For instance I ordered my contacts in February and to last me until they came in they gave me a pair of sample contacts. Well my contacts never came in so I called last week to chack on them and they said I was supposed to come back in for a follow up eye exam since it was a new prescription, except it wasnt.

Last night me and Amy went to the mall with the original mission of getting her new jeans and we ended up spending $50+ and $80+ respectively. Amy bought a pair of jeans,a top,earrings,a vest,white shoes,and other things I can't remember right now. My purchases included a pair of sunglasses,earrings,a sweater,a hoodie,and the same white shoes that Amy bought. After our spur of the moment shopping spree we went to Chipotle. It was absolutely delicious. I love that place.

Today in Women's Studies a lady from Planned Parenthood came in and talked to us about sti's and sex. I now know more about the sex lives and scares of some of the women in there than I ever had any desire to know.

I had coffee with Amanda Quintrel tonight. It was the first time I'd seen her since Augustish. I missed her so much. It was great to just catch up and hang out after so long.

I should really study.