All Drains Lead to the Ocean

Introducing:

My two permanent best friends.

Big sister and baby sister.

We are all so different, but we all have so much fun when we’re together.

I just had to share them.

Thank goodness for sisters.

Mint Jeans, my new obsession!

Do yourself a favor, and go buy a pair!

Jeans: Ross (whopping $9), Taupe Shirt: Down East Outfitters, Striped Sweater: Forever 21, Blazer: Shade, Scarf: H&M, Taupe Booties: Target, Earrings: c/o my beautiful Nana

Do yourself another favor and….

Experiment with lip color, really! You’ll love the extra pop it gives your whole look!

Detail time…

A background detail:

For Valentine’s Day I bought my class pet fish!

The Husband and I stayed up until 2:00am setting up the tank and giving the 10 fish a beautiful home.

The lady at the pet store warned me that when you start with a lot of fish the chances of them living are very slim.

But did I listen? Nope, I wanted each student and teacher to have a fish to name.

So I bought 10, count them, TEN!

An everyday detail:

Every morning when I arrive to my classroom

1. I turn on all the lights.

2. I unlock all the doors.

3. I start up all of the computers.

and then… I check on the fish.

Sadly, about one every week has died, sometimes even more.

We are now down to 2 fish, count them, TWO…

But today’s detail:

I arrived to work.

1. I turned on the lights.

2. I unlocked all of the doors.

3. I started up all of the computers.

and then… I checked on the fish, plural… oh wait, I checked on the fish, singular.

Sadly, we are down to one, count it, ONE!

Luckily, my students adore Nemo and have remembered the line ..

“All drains lead to the ocean!”

So flushing the fish down the toilet hasn’t been so dramatic.

Sadly, not all of our daily details are happy ones...

But, let’s talk details again soon!

A Walk in the Park

Today is Sunday and a beautiful one at that.

Coat: Ross, Skirt: Down East Outfitters, Shirt: Shade, Vest: Urban Blues, Tights: Smiths Marketplace, Shoes: Ross

Hair: Loose fish tail braid
Favorite part about today's attire I just want to share:
The mixture of patterns.
The tights are a zigzag pattern and the skirt is all lace. They are complete opposites, but in a way that's what makes it fun!
So mix those patterns up and get crazy!

The weather was gorgeous today!

We just couldn’t resist taking a walk.

The Mother and baby Sister live across for this cemetery, so we all took a stroll.

Background detail:

I was raised by a singing family.

Seriously though, everyone in my family has a beautiful voice.

And they all love to share their talent.

All except one.

Sometimes my Mom would declare singing days where we had to sing what we wanted to say.

An everyday Detail:

I sing for fun.

At the top of my lungs.

And sometimes dance moves are even choreographed into it.

But today’s Detail:

The Husband and I surprised the Mother at her church.

After church a few of her singing group friends asked me to join in because “we have heard you have a beautiful voice.”

I couldn’t hold back the laughter as I politely declined.

And I couldn’t help but notice the awkward moment that followed when no one laughed along with me.

Luckily the baby sister walked in to take my place.

I hope you all had a wonderful and beautiful Sunday!

Let’s talk details again soon!

A Night Out With The Honey

The weekdays in our home sneak right past us.

Which is good and bad all in one.

Bad because we rarely see each other during the week due to school and work.

Good because it means the weekend comes quickly which then means we get to spend some time together.

For this date night we drove out to meet up with some good friends.

We may or may not have gotten lost on the way, 30 minutes past our destination lost.

We had about an hour before our friends arrived so we walked around this adorable shopping center, and yes, their Christmas lights are an all year thing!

 

Isn’t this Husband of mine cute?

I think so.

We had a lovely night doing three of my favorite things.

Seeing friends and catching up.

Taking pictures.

&

Eating sushi!

An every weekend detail:

We have at least one date night.

This means NO homework.

&

Just spending time together.

But this weekend’s detail:

We had TWO date nights.

&

Didn’t do ANY homework.

I love weekends like this.

Let’s talk details again soon!

Routines

An everyday detail:

Saturdays are my homework days.

Sadly, I wake up at 7:00 am and don’t leave my computer and books until around 5:00pm.

But today’s detail:

I woke up at 10:00am.

Did an hour of homework.

And went shopping with the Mother.

Sometimes you just have to mix it up and get away from your daily routine.

Grey Jeans: Nordstrom Rack, White blouse: Target, Grey Vest: Thrifted, Tan Belt: Thrifted, Brown Shoes: Target, Black and White Coat: Thrifted, Earrings: NPS

It’s sushi night with the Husband and some long lost friends, so I better get going!

Let’s talk details again soon!

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Get Up and Get Going

An everyday detail:

I obsess over Bare Minerals makeup, it’s really all I will wear.

But today’s detail:

The best friend bought me a new kind of make up to try (the dollar kind) and I am almost converted.

Today was a non-student day and I made it into a non-teacher day as well.

I love gloomy days that are sunny at the same time.

It’s beautiful in our town today!

Leggings: Target, Striped shirt: Target, Sheer over shirt: Bohme, Jacket: Ross, Boots: Ross, Necklace: NPS

I kind of went over board with the pictures today c/o the Mother who stepped in to be the photographer.

Have a GREAT weekend!

Let’s talk details again soon!

It’s Just One of Those Days

An Everyday detail:

I wake up at 5:46am exactly, no joke.

I get ready and eat some breakfast.

I drive to work and arrive there around 6:am(on a good day).

But…

today’s detail:

I woke up at 7:15am to the Husband getting ready for work

and the best friend sleeping on the couch.

I didn’t get ready and my breakfast was a bag of Erin’s all natural white cheddar popcorn c/o the best friend.

I skipped the optional training (from work) and decided that staying in bed and doing homework all day sounded much better.

So this is where I intend to stay for the next few hours.

Since I didn’t post up yesterday’s outfit I will now and hopefully I’ll end up getting ready at some point today..

Jeans: Nordrstrom Rack, Shirt: Thrifted, Vest: NPS, Boots: Ross, Earrings: NPS

My break is over, back to the books I go.

Let’s talk details again soon!

Take A Leap

Happy Leap Day!

I hope you have all had a great one! And I hope all you Leap Day babies are celebrating!

My celebrating consisted of:

Talking a student out of missing P.E.

Cleaning up endless amounts of cupcakes and frosting.

Making copies and jamming the machine.

Having a dance party to J.B.

Running through the wind at recess with my kiddos, until a piece of bark flew into my eye.

Running around the University to turn in last minute Masters application pieces and scholarship applications (keep those fingers crossed).

Attending class with good friends.

Running through a freak blizzard.

Picking up transcripts from my old college.

Going to dinner with the Husband.

Homework.

and tea.

I guess you could say I made this leap day a useful one!

An everyday detail of mine:

I always jam out to rap in the morning on my way to work.

Jay Z, Tupac, Bone Thugs, Kanye… you name it cause they’re probably on my playlist.

There really is nothing like a little rap to get you pumped and feeling like you can take on whatever, whoever, whenever.

But today’s detail:

I jammed out to Celine Dion.

That alone explains it all, so I don’t really need to go too far into it with that one.

Jeans: Ross, Shirt: Thrifted, Jacket: Nordstrom Rack, Boots: Famous Footwear, Necklace: Gift

My favorite part of today’s attire?

The mix of textures up top!

The shirt is just a sheer lace material paired with a pleather jacket.

Turquoise is one of my favorite colors for just about anything right now. So keep an eye out for that one.

Let’s talk details again soon!